João 11

Lazalo Kodanganhika

1 Munhu imwe yokemigwa Lazalo, yakalile yokala Betania, kakala yolumwa. Betania kikala kiwambo chawakalile wokala Mata na lumbu jake Maliamu. 2 Maliamu ino iyo yamwitile mavuta ga kunung’hila Mndewa mmagulu na kumuhangusa na mvili zake. Lazalo yakalile yolumwa kakala lumbu jake. 3 Walumbu wano wamgalila usenga Mndewa, wolonga, "Mndewa, mbwigaako yuumnogele kolumwa." 4 Yesu viyahulike, kalonga, "Kimambukizo cha malawililo ga utamu uno hakigala ifa ya Lazalo, ila ulawila giladi Mulungu yayenzigwe. Na mkilamso kino, Mwana wa Mulungu koyenzigwa."

5 Yesu kakala yamnogele Mata na lumbu jake na Lazalo. 6 Viyahulike kamba Lazalo kolumwa, kakala bahaja hayakalile mazua mabili. 7 Abaho, kawalongela wanahina zake, "Tubweleganye Yudea." 8 Wanahina zake wamulongela, "Mkulufunzi, kipigiti kiguhi kibitile Wayahudi wa kuja walonda kukutoa na mabwe, abaho, konda kubweleganya kukuja?"

9 Yesu kalonga, "Zua hadili na masaa longo dimwe na mabili? Avo munhu yoyose yotembela imisi hadaha kuikwala, kwavija kowona mulangaza wa ulumwengu. 10 Ila yahatembela ikilo kokiikwala, kwavija kabule mulangaza." 11 Viyamambukize kulonga gano, kawalongela, "Mbwiga wetu Lazalo kawasa, ila nochola nikamulamuse."

12 Wanahina zake wamulongela, "Mndewa, kamba kawasa, basi kohona."

13 Yesu kakala yalongile ifa ya Lazalo, ila wanahina zake wagiza kawasa utulo wa mazua gose. 14 Avo Yesu kawalongela bila kufisa, "Lazalo kadanganhika,