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| 1. | Kwasekusukuma ixuku labo lonke, lamusa kuPilatu. |
| 2. | Baqala ukummangalela, besithi: Simficile lo eduhisa isizwe, esalela ukuthela kuKesari, esithi nguye onguKristu iNkosi. |
| 3. | UPilatu wasembuza, wathi: Wena uyiNkosi yamaJuda yini? Wasemphendula wathi: Uyatsho wena. |
| 4. | Wasesithi uPilatu kubapristi abakhulu lemaxukwini: Kangitholi cala kulumuntu. |
| 5. | Kodwa baqinisa, besithi: Udunga abantu, efundisa kuyo yonke iJudiya, eqala eGalili kuze kufike lapha. |
| 6. | Lapho uPilatu esizwa kuthiwa iGalili wabuza ukuthi lumuntu ungumGalili yini. |
| 7. | Kwathi esezwile ukuthi ungowombuso kaHerodi, wamthumela kuHerodi, owayekhona laye eJerusalema ngalezonsuku. |
| 8. | Kwathi uHerodi embona uJesu wathokoza kakhulu; ngoba wayekade ethanda ukumbona, ngoba wayezwile okunengi ngaye; wayethemba ukuthi uzabona isibonakaliso esithile sisenziwa nguye. |
| 9. | Wambuza ngamazwi amanengi; kodwa yena kamphendulanga lutho. |
| 10. | Abapristi abakhulu lababhali babemi, bemmangalela ngamandla. |
| 11. | UHerodi lamabutho akhe bamyangisa, ba m klolodela, basebemgqokisa isembatho esikhazimulayo, bambuyisela kuPilatu. |
| 12. | Ngalolosuku uHerodi kanye loPilatu baba ngabangane omunye komunye; ngoba ngaphambi kwalokhu babelobutha phakathi kwabo. |
| 13. | UPilatu wasebizela ndawonye abapristi abakhulu lababusi labantu, |
| 14. | wathi kubo: Limlethile kimi lumuntu, ngokungathi ungoduhisa abantu; njalo khangelani, mina ngimhlolile phambi kwenu, kodwa kangitholanga cala kulumuntu ngalezozinto elimmangalela ngazo; |
| 15. | hatshi ngitsho loHerodi; ngoba ngilithumeze kuye, njalo khangelani, kakulalutho olufanele ukufa olwenziwe nguye. |
| 16. | Ngakho ngizamtshaya ngi m khulule. |
| 17. | Kwakufanele ukuthi abakhululele abe munye ngomkhosi. |
| 18. | Bamemeza bonke kanyekanye besithi: Msuse lo, usikhululele uBarabasi |
| 19. | (owayephoselwe entolongweni ngenxa yomvukela othile owenzeka phakathi komuzi langenxa yokubulala ). |
| 20. | Ngakho uPilatu wabuya wakhuluma labo, efuna ukumkhulula uJesu. |
| 21. | Kodwa bamemeza, besithi: Bethela, mbethele! |
| 22. | Wasesithi kubo ngokwesithathu: Ngoba lo enze bubi bani? Kangitholanga kuye icala afanele ukufa ngalo; ngakho ngiza m tshaya ngimkhulule. |
| 23. | Kodwa baqinisa ngamazwi amakhulu, befuna ukuthi abethelwe; lamazwi abo lawabapristi abakhulu aphumelela. |
| 24. | UPilatu wasequma ukuthi kwenziwe isicelo sabo. |
| 25. | Wasebakhululela lowo ababemcelile owayephoselwe entolongweni ngenxa yomvukela lokubulala; kodwa uJesu wamnikela entandweni yabo. |
| 26. | Kwathi sebemqhuba, babamba uSimoni othile umKurene owayevela emaphandleni, bamethesa isiphambano, ukuthi asi thwale ngemva kukaJesu. |
| 27. | Laselimlandela ixuku elikhulu labantu, labesifazana labo ababekhala bemlilela. |
| 28. | Kodwa uJesu ephendukela kubo wathi: Madodakazi eJerusalema, lingangikhaleli mina, kodwa zikhaleleni lina labantwana benu, |
| 29. | ngoba khangelani, ziyeza insuku abazakutsho ngazo ukuthi: Zibusisiwe inyumba, lezizalo ezingazalanga, lamabele angamunyisanga. |
| 30. | Khona bezaqalisa ukuthi ezintabeni: Welani phezu kwethu; lemaqaqeni: Sisibekeleni. |
| 31. | Ngoba uba besenza lezizinto esihlahleni esimanzi, kuzakwenzakalani kwesomileyo? |
| 32. | Kwaqhutshwa labanye abenzi bobubi ababili, ukuthi babulawe kanye laye. |
| 33. | Sebefikile endaweni ethiwa luKhakhayi, bambethela khona, labenzi bobubi, omunye ngakwesokunene, lomunye ngakwesokhohlo. |
| 34. | UJesu wasesithi: Baba, bathethelele; ngoba kabakwazi abakwenzayo. Njalo babelana izembatho zakhe, benza inkatho yokuphosa. |
| 35. | Labantu bema babukela. Lababusi kanye labo ba m klolodela, besithi: Wasindisa abanye, kazisindise yena, uba yena enguKristu, okhethiweyo kaNkulunkulu. |
| 36. | Labebutho bamklolodela, beza kuye bamnika iviniga, |
| 37. | besithi: Uba wena uyiNkosi yamaJuda, zisindise wena. |
| 38. | Kwakukhona lombhalo ngaphezu kwakhe kulotshiwe ngamabala esiGriki langesiRoma langesiHebheru othi: LO UYINKOSI YAMAJUDA. |
| 39. | Lomunye wabenzi bobubi ababelengisiwe wamthuka, esithi: Uba wena unguKristu, zisindise wena lathi. |
| 40. | Kodwa omunye waphendula emkhuza, esithi: Wena kawumesabi yini uNkulunkulu, lokhu lawe ukulokhukulahlwa? |
| 41. | Thina kambe kusilungele, ngoba semukela okulingene ukwenza kwethu; kodwa lo kenzanga lutho olungafanelanga. |
| 42. | Wasesithi kuJesu: Ungikhumbule, Nkosi, lapha ufika embusweni wakho. |
| 43. | UJesu wasesithi kuye: Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Lamuhla uzakuba lami eParadise. |
| 44. | Kwakungaba lihola lesithupha*, kwaba khona ubumnyama phezu komhlaba wonke kwaze kwaba lihola lesificamunwemunye*, |
| 45. | futhi ilanga lalifiphaziwe, leveyili lethempeli ladatshulwa phakathi. |
| 46. | UJesu wasememeza ngelizwi elikhulu esithi: Baba, ezandleni zakho ngibeka umoya wami; esetshilo lokhu waphefumula okokucina. |
| 47. | Kwathi induna yekhulu isibonile okwenzekileyo, yamdumisa uNkulunkulu, isithi: Isibili lumuntu ubelungile. |
| 48. | Lamaxuku wonke ayebuthene ukubukela lokho, sebebonile izinto ezenzekileyo, babuyela bezitshaya izifuba. |
| 49. | Bonke abazana laye, labesifazana ababemlandela bevela eGalili, bema khatshana, bebona lezizinto. |
| 50. | Njalo khangela, indoda ethiwa nguJosefa, ilunga lomphakathi, indoda elungileyo eqotho; |
| 51. | yena wayengavumelananga lecebo lesenzo sabo; waye vela eArimathiya umuzi wamaJuda, laye ngokwakhe wayelindele umbuso kaNkulunkulu; |
| 52. | lowo wasuka waya kuPilatu wacela isidumbu sikaJesu. |
| 53. | Wasesethula wasigoqela ngelembu elicolekileyo, wasibeka engcwabeni elaligujwe edwaleni, lapho okwakungazanga kubekwe khona umuntu. |
| 54. | Kwakulusuku lwamalungiselelo, lesabatha laselisondela. |
| 55. | Labesifazana, ababeze laye bevela eGalili, balandela, balibona ingcwaba, lokuthi isidumbu sibekwe njani. |
| 56. | Basebebuyela emuva balungisa amakha lamagcobo. Ngesabatha basebephumula njengokomlayo. |
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