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1. | Kwathi sekusile, bonke abapristi abakhulu labadala babantu bacebisana ngoJesu ukuthi bambulale; |
2. | sebembophile ba m qhuba bamnikela kuPontiyusi Pilatu umbusi. |
3. | Kwathi uJudasi owamnikelayo esebonile ukuthi ulahliwe, wazisola wabuyisela inhlamvu zesiliva ezingamatshumi amathathu kubapristi abakhulu labadala, |
4. | wathi: Ngonile nginikele igazi elingelacala. Kodwa bona bathi: Kulani lathi? Zibonele wena. |
5. | Wasephosela inhlamvu zesiliva ethempelini, wasuka; wayaziphanyeka. |
6. | Abapristi abakhulu basebethatha inhlamvu zesiliva bathi: Kakuvunyelwa ukuzifaka emnikelweni, ngoba ziyintengo yegazi. |
7. | Basebecebisana bathenga ngazo isiqinti sombumbi, sibe ngesokungcwaba abezizwe. |
8. | Ngakho lesosiqinti sathiwa yisiqinti segazi, kuze kube lamuhla. |
9. | Kwasekugcwaliseka okwakhulunywa ngumprofethi uJeremiya, esithi: Basebethatha inhlamvu zesiliva ezingamatshumi amathathu, intengo yalowo owalinganiswayo, abantwana bakoIsrayeli abamlinganisayo; |
10. | basebebapha zona ngensimu yombumbi, njengoba iNkosi ingilayile. |
11. | UJesu wasesima phambi kombusi; umbusi wasembuza, wathi: Wena uyiNkosi yamaJuda yini? UJesu wasesithi: Utshilo wena. |
12. | Kwathi nxa esemangalelwe ngabapristi abakhulu labadala, kaphendulanga lutho. |
13. | UPilatu wasesithi kuye: Kawuzwa yini izinto ezingaka abazifakaza ngawe? |
14. | Kodwa kamphendulanga lakwelilodwa ilizwi, waze wamangala kakhulu umbusi. |
15. | Futhi ngomkhosi umbusi wayejwayele ukukhululela ixuku isibotshwa esisodwa, elisifunayo. |
16. | Njalo ngalesosikhathi babelesibotshwa esidumileyo, esithiwa nguBarabasi. |
17. | Ngakho sebebuthene, uPilatu wathi kubo: Lithanda ukuthi ngilikhululele bani, uBarabasi, kumbe uJesu othiwa nguKristu? |
18. | Ngoba wayekwazi ukuthi bamnikele ngomona. |
19. | Kwathi esehlezi esihlalweni sokwahlulela, umkakhe wathumela kuye, wathi: Ungabi landaba lalowo olungileyo; ngoba lamuhla ngihluphekile kakhulu ngaye ephutsheni. |
20. | Kodwa abapristi abakhulu labadala bancengana lamaxuku ukuthi acele uBarabasi, ambhubhise uJesu. |
21. | Wasephendula umbusi wathi kubo: Lithanda ukuthi ngilikhululele bani kulaba ababili? Basebesithi: UBarabasi. |
22. | UPilatu wathi kubo: Pho ngimenzeni uJesu othiwa nguKristu? Bonke bathi kuye: Kabethelwe. |
23. | Umbusi wasesithi: Ngoba wenze bubi bani? Kodwa bamemeza kakhulu, bathi: Kabethelwe! |
24. | Kwathi uPilatu esebonile ukuthi kakusizi lutho, kodwa kwasekuqala kulalokhu ukuba lesiphithiphithi, wathatha amanzi, wageza izandla phambi kwexuku, wathi: Angilacala ngegazi lalumuntu olungileyo; ziboneleni lina. |
25. | Bonke abantu basebephendula bathi: Igazi lakhe kalibe phezu kwethu laphezu kwabantwana bethu. |
26. | Wasebakhululela uBarabasi; kodwa esemtshaye ngesiswepu uJesu wa m nikela ukuthi abethelwe. |
27. | Abebutho bombusi basebemngenisa uJesu endlini yombusi, baqoqela kuye ibutho lonke; |
28. | bamhlubula, bamgqokisa isembatho esibomvu, |
29. | sebelukile umqhele wameva, bamethesa wona ekhanda, bamphathisa lomhlanga esandleni sakhe sokunene; baguqa phambi kwakhe bamklolodela, bathi: Bayethe, Nkosi yamaJuda ! |
30. | Bamkhafulela amathe, bathatha umhlanga, batshaya ikhanda lakhe. |
31. | Sebemklolodele, bamhlubula isembatho, bamgqokisa izigqoko zakhe, bamqhuba ukuze ba m bethele. |
32. | Kwathi sebephuma, bafica umuntu weKurene, uSimoni ngebizo; bambamba ngamandla lowo ukuthi athwale isiphambano sakhe. |
33. | Sebefikile endaweni ethiwa yiGolgotha, okuyikuthi iNdawo yokhakhayi, |
34. | bamnika iviniga elixutshaniswe lenyongo ukuze alinathe; kodwa eselizwile kavumanga ukunatha. |
35. | Futhi sebembethele, babelana izembatho zakhe, benza inkatho yokuphosa; ukuze kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa ngumprofethi ukuthi: Babelana izembatho zami, benza inkatho yokuphosa ngesigqoko sami. |
36. | Njalo sebehlala phansi bamlinda khona. |
37. | Babeka ngaphezu kwekhanda lakhe incwadi yecala lakhe ilotshiwe ukuthi: LO NGUJESU INKOSI YAMAJUDA. |
38. | Kwasekubethelwa abaphangi ababili kanye laye, omunye ngakwesokunene lomunye ngakwesokhohlo. |
39. | Labadlulayo bamhlambaza, benikina amakhanda abo, |
40. | besithi: Wena odiliza ithempeli ulakhe ngensuku ezintathu, zisindise; uba uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, yehla esiphambanweni. |
41. | Langokunjalo labapristi abakhulu labo bekloloda kanye lababhali labadala bathi: |
42. | Wasindisa abanye, yena angezisindise. Uba eyiNkosi yakoIsrayeli, kehle khathesi esiphambanweni, futhi sizamkholwa. |
43. | Wathemba kuNkulunkulu; kamkhulule khathesi, uba emthanda. Ngoba wathi: NgiyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu. |
44. | Labaphangi ababebethelwe kanye laye bamyangisa ngokufananayo. |
45. | Njalo kusukela ngehola lesithupha kwaba lobumnyama emhlabeni wonke kwaze kwaba lihola lesificamunwemunye*; |
46. | sekungaba lihola lesificamunwemunye uJesu wamemeza ngelizwi elikhulu, wathi: "Eli, Eli, lama sabaktani?" Okuyikuthi: Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungitshiyeleni? |
47. | Njalo abanye kwababemi khona besizwa bathi: Lo ubiza uElija. |
48. | Njalo omunye wabo wahle wagijima, wathatha uzipho, wa lu gcwalisa ngeviniga, wa lu hloma emhlangeni, wamnika ukuthi anathe. |
49. | Kodwa abanye bathi: Yekelani sibone ukuthi uElija uzakuza amsindise. |
50. | UJesu wasebuya ememeza ngelizwi elikhulu wanikela umoya. |
51. | Futhi khangela, iveyili lethempeli ladatshulwa incezu ezimbili laqala phezulu lisiya phansi; lomhlaba wazamazama; lamadwala aqhekezeka; |
52. | lamangcwaba avuleka; lezidumbu ezinengi zabangcwele abasebelele zavuswa; |
53. | sebephumile emangcwabeni emva kokuvuka kwakhe bangena emzini ongcwele, babonakala kwabanengi. |
54. | Kwathi induna yekhulu lalabo ababelayo belinde uJesu, sebebonile ukuzamazama komhlaba lezinto ezenzekileyo, besaba kakhulu, bathi: Ngeqiniso lo ubeyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu. |
55. | Kwakukhona lapho abesifazana abanengi bebukele bekhatshana, ababemlandele uJesu bevela eGalili, bemncedisa; |
56. | okwakukhona phakathi kwabo oMariya Magadalena, loMariya unina kaJakobe loJose, lonina wamadodana kaZebediya. |
57. | Kwathi sekuhlwile, kwafika umuntu onothileyo evela eArimathiya, ibizo lakhe linguJosefa, owayengumfundi kaJesu laye; |
58. | yena waya kuPilatu, wacela isidumbu sikaJesu. UPilatu waselaya ukuthi isidumbu a sinikwe. |
59. | UJosefa wasethatha isidumbu wasigoqela ngelembu elicolekileyo elihlambulukileyo, |
60. | wasibeka engcwabeni lakhe elitsha, elaligujiwe edwaleni; wasegiqela ilitshe elikhulu emnyango wengcwaba, wahamba. |
61. | Futhi kwakukhona lapho uMariya Magadalena, lomunye uMariya, behlezi maqondana lengcwaba. |
62. | Langosuku olulandelayo, olulandela olwamalungiselelo, abapristi abakhulu labaFarisi babuthana kuPilatu, |
63. | besithi: Nkosi, siyakhumbula ukuthi lowomkhohlisi esaphila wathi: Emva kwensuku ezintathu ngizavuka. |
64. | Ngakho laya ukuthi ingcwaba liqiniswe kuze kube lusuku lwesithathu; hlezi abafundi bakhe bafike ebusuku bamebe, besebesithi ebantwini: Uvukile kwabafileyo; kuthi inkohliso yokucina ibembi kuleyokuqala. |
65. | UPilatu wasesithi kubo: Lilabalindi; hambani, li li qinise njengokubona kwenu. |
66. | Bahamba-ke baliqinisa ingcwaba, beliphawula ilitshe, belabalindi. |
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