João 11

File Lazalo

1 Kuna mnt’hu akwitangwa Lazalo endile akekala Besania, mnt’hu uyu andaga mnyonge. Besania na winda mzi akwikala Maliamu na lumbudye Masa. 2 Maliamu uyu ni yudya amhakile mavuta Zumbe, yo mhemp’he mwo mtwi wakwe nakumhangusa ne zifili zakwe. Mkuluwe akwitangwa Lazalo nie andaga mnyonye. 3 Wadya walumbuze niyo wamwigaila ulosi Yesu, kugamba, Zumbe "mbuyayo Lazalo alumwa."

4 Yesu eze eve mbuli ino niyo alonga, "Unyonge uno homtende Lazalo abanike, unyonge uno ulaila vileke Mnungu enk’higwe ukulu ino naitende Mwana wa Adamu ahokele ukukile."

5 Yesu nakawaunga Masa na lumbudye hamwenga na Lazalo. 6 Yesu eze eve Lazalo mnyonge niyo enda ukudya endile kwa mazuwa matuhu maidi. 7 Niyo awagamba wanamp’hina wakwe, "Kiteni zatu Yudeya."

8 Wanamp’hina wakwe niyo wamhitula, "Mhinizi, mazuwa mageke yomboke Wayahudi kudya nawakaunga kukutowa maiwe naho waunga kuuya uko?"

9 Yesu niyo awahitula, "Msi hikugaa una masaa mlongo na maidi, naho mnt’hu anagenda mwe ungazi wa nomsi hakukehamiza Kwaviya kuna nulu. 10 Mna anagenda nekilo naagwe kwaviya kuna ziza." 11 Yesu nakalonga ivi naho niyo ongezela, "Mbuyetu Lazalo kabanika mna nenite hamwinule."

12 Wanamp’hina wakwe niyo wamhitula, "Zumbe uneva kagona mnyonge naahone."

13 Mna Yesu na kanda na ivo vo kugamba kabanika, mna woho nawakagamba na kanda kabanika kagona. 14 Yesu niyo awagambila pwilili, "Lazalo kabanika."