20. Akuva uMarta okokuba uYesu uyeza, wamhlangabeza, kodwa yena uMariya wasala endlwini.
21. Waza wathi uMarta kuYesu: “Nkosi, ukuba ubukho, ngengabhubhanga umnakwethu.
22. Kodwa nangoku ndiyazi ukuba uThixo wokunika nantoni na oyicelayo kuye.”
23. Waza wathi kuye uYesu: “Umnakwenu uya kubuya avuke.”
24. Wathi kuye uMarta: “Ndiyazi okokuba uya kubuya avuke xa kuvuswa bonke abafileyo ngomhla wokugqibela.”
25. Waza wathi kuye uYesu: “Ndim uvuko; ndim ubomi. Lowo ukholwayo kum wodla ubomi nokuba ebefile.
26. Wonke odla ubomi ekholwa kum, soze afe naphakade. Ke wena ngaba uyakholwa koku?”
27. Waza wathi kuye: “Ewe, Nkosi. Sendoyisekile; ndiyavuma okokuba wena unguye *uKrestu, uNyana kaThixo, lowo umelwe kukuza ehlabathini.”
28. Akuba etshilo uMarta, wemka waya kubizela bucala udade wabo uMariya, wathi kuye: “Umfundisi ukho; uyakubiza.”
29. Akukuva oko uMariya, wakhawuleza waphuma, wahlangabeza uYesu.
30. UYesu ke wayengekangeni edolophini, kodwa wayesekuloo ndawo wayedibene kuyo noMarta.