23. Sathi, sikwelabafileyo, saphakamisa amehlo aso sisentuthumbeni, sambona uAbraham ekude, uLazaro enaye.
24. Samemeza ke, sathi: ‘Bawo, Abraham, ndénzele inceba, uthume uLazaro ukuba athi nkxu incam yomnwe wakhe emanzini, aphozise ulwimi lwam, kuba ndiyathuthunjelwa kweli langatye!’
25. “Kodwa uAbraham wathi: ‘Nyana, khumbula ukuba wena ebomini bakho wawufumana izinto ezimnandi, uLazaro yena efumana ezimbi; ngoku yena uyathuthuzelwa apha, kanti wena uyathuthunjelwa.