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| 1. | Kwathi khonokho ekuseni kakhulu abapristi abakhulu benza umhlangano kanye labadala lababhali, lomphakathi wonke, bambopha uJesu ba m qhuba ba m nikela kuPilatu. |
| 2. | UPilatu wasembuza wathi: Wena uyiNkosi yamaJuda yini? Wasemphendula wathi kuye: Uyatsho wena. |
| 3. | Abapristi abakhulu basebemmangalela ngezinto ezinengi; kodwa yena kaphendulanga lutho. |
| 4. | UPilatu wasebuya embuza, wathi: Kawuphenduli lutho yini? Khangela, zingaki izinto abazifakazayo ezimelana lawe. |
| 5. | Kodwa uJesu kabesaphendula lutho, waze wamangala uPilatu. |
| 6. | Langomkhosi wayebakhululela isibotshwa esisodwa, loba yisiphi abasicelayo. |
| 7. | Kwakukhona umuntu othiwa nguBarabasi, owayebotshiwe lalabo ababevukele umbuso laye, ababebulele ekuvukeleni umbuso. |
| 8. | Ixuku laselimemeza laqala ukucela ukuthi alenzele njengezikhathi zonke. |
| 9. | UPilatu wasebaphendula, wathi: Lithanda ukuthi ngilikhululele iNkosi yamaJuda yini? |
| 10. | Ngoba wayekwazi ukuthi ngomona abapristi abakhulu bamnikele. |
| 11. | Kodwa abapristi abakhulu bavusa ixuku, ukuthi kungcono alikhululele uBarabasi. |
| 12. | UPilatu wasephendula wathi futhi kubo: Pho lifuna ngimenzeni lo elithi uyiNkosi yamaJuda? |
| 13. | Basebememeza futhi bathi: Mbethele! |
| 14. | Kodwa uPilatu wathi kubo: Ngoba wenze ububi bani? Kodwa bamemeza kakhulu bathi: Mbethele! |
| 15. | Khona uPilatu ethanda ukukholisa ixuku, wabakhululela uBarabasi; kodwa wamnikela uJesu, ese m tshaye ngesiswepu, ukuthi abethelwe. |
| 16. | Abebutho basebemngenisa phakathi, egumeni, eliyindlu yombusi, basebebizela ibutho lonke ndawonye, |
| 17. | bamgqokisa okuyibubende, sebeluke umqhele wameva bamethesa, |
| 18. | baqala ukumbingelela besithi: Bayethe, Nkosi yamaJuda! |
| 19. | Batshaya ikhanda lakhe ngomhlanga, bamkhafulela amathe, baguqa ngamadolo bamkhonza. |
| 20. | Sebemklolodele, bamhlubula okuyibubende, bamgqokisa ezakhe izembatho. Basebemusa phandle ukuze bambethele. |
| 21. | Babamba ngamandla omunye owayesedlula othiwa nguSimoni umKurene, evela emaphandleni, uyise kaAleksandro loRufusi, ukuthi athwale isiphambano sakhe. |
| 22. | Basebemusa endaweni ethiwa yiGolgotha, okuyikuthi ngokuphendulelwa, iNdawo yokhakhayi. |
| 23. | Basebemnika iwayini lixutshaniswe lenhlaka ukuthi alinathe; kodwa kalemukelanga. |
| 24. | Sebembethele, babelana izembatho zakhe, benza inkatho yokuphosa ngazo, ukuthi ngamunye uzathathani. |
| 25. | Kwakulihola lesithathu*, njalo bambethela. |
| 26. | Futhi kwakulombhalo wecala lakhe elalibhalwe phezulu usithi: INKOSI YAMAJUDA. |
| 27. | Njalo babethelwa kanye laye abaphangi ababili, omunye ngakwesokunene lomunye ngakwesokhohlo sakhe. |
| 28. | Wasugcwaliseka umbhalo othi: Futhi wabalwa kanye lezoni. |
| 29. | Labedlulayo bamhlambaza, benikina amakhanda abo, besithi: Hiya, wena odiliza ithempeli, ulakhe ngensuku ezintathu, |
| 30. | zisindise, wehle esiphambanweni. |
| 31. | Langokunjalo abapristi abakhulu labo bakloloda kanye lababhali bathi omunye komunye: Wasindisa abanye, angezisindise yena. |
| 32. | UKristu iNkosi yakoIsrayeli kehle khathesi esiphambanweni, ukuze sibone sikholwe. Lababebethelwe kanye laye bamklolodela. |
| 33. | Kwathi sekufike ihola lesithupha*, kwaba khona ubumnyama phezu komhlaba wonke kwaze kwaba lihola lesificamunwemunye*. |
| 34. | Ngehola lesificamunwemunye uJesu wamemeza ngelizwi elikhulu, wathi, "Eloyi, Eloyi, lama sabaktani?" Okuyikuthi ngokuphendulelwa: Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungitshiyeleni? |
| 35. | Labanye kwababemi khona besizwa bathi: Khangelani, ubiza uElija. |
| 36. | Wasegijima omunye, wagcwalisa uzipho ngeviniga, waluhloma emhlangeni, wamnika ukuthi anathe, esithi: Yekelani, sibone uba uElija uzakuza amethule. |
| 37. | UJesu wasememeza ngelizwi elikhulu waphefumula okokucina. |
| 38. | Leveyili lethempeli ladatshulwa laba zincezu ezimbili laqala phezulu lisiya phansi. |
| 39. | Kwathi induna yekhulu eyayimi maqondana laye ibona ukuthi ukhale njalo, waphefumula okokucina, yathi: Ngeqiniso lumuntu ubeyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu. |
| 40. | Kwakukhona labesifazana bebukele bekhatshana, okwakukhona phakathi kwabo loMariya Magadalena, loMariya unina kaJakobe omncinyane lokaJose, loSalome, |
| 41. | (labo ababemlandela, eseseGalili, bemncedisa), labanye abesifazana abanengi abenyukela eJerusalema laye. |
| 42. | Kwathi sekuhlwile, ngoba kwakungamalungiselelo, okuyikuthi usuku phambi kwesabatha, |
| 43. | wafika uJosefa owayevela eArimathiya, ilunga elihloniphekayo lomphakathi, owayelindele laye umbuso kaNkulunkulu; wangena ngesibindi kuPilatu, wacela isidumbu sikaJesu. |
| 44. | UPilatu wasemangala ngokuthi usefile; wabizela kuye induna yekhulu, wayibuza ukuthi kambe sekuyisikhathi efile. |
| 45. | Esazisiwe yinduna yekhulu, wamnika uJosefa isidumbu. |
| 46. | Wasethenga ilembu elicolekileyo, wamethula, wamgoqela ngelembu elicolekileyo, wambeka engcwabeni elaligujwe edwaleni; wagiqela ilitshe emnyango wengcwaba. |
| 47. | Futhi uMariya Magadalena loMariya unina kaJose babona lapho ayebekwa khona. |
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