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UJesu uphambi kukaPilatu

1 Kwasekusukuma ixuku labo lonke, lamusa kuPilatu.

2 Baqala ukummangalela, besithi: Simficile lo eduhisa isizwe, esalela ukuthela kuKesari, esithi nguye onguKrestu iNkosi. 3 UPilatu wasembuza, wathi: Wena uyiNkosi yamaJuda yini? Wamphendula wathi: Utshilo wena. 4 Wasesithi uPilatu kubapristi abakhulu lemaxukwini: Kangitholi cala kulumuntu. 5 Kodwa baqinisa, besithi: Udunga abantu, efundisa kulo lonke eleJudiya, waqala eGalili waze wafika lapha.

UJesu uphambi kukaHerodi

6 Lapho uPilatu esizwa kuthiwa iGalili wabuza ukuthi lumuntu ungumGalili yini. 7 Kwathi esezwile ukuthi ungowombuso kaHerodi, wamthuma kuHerodi, owayekhona laye eJerusalema ngalezonsuku.

8 Kwathi uHerodi embona uJesu wathokoza kakhulu; ngoba wayekade ethanda ukumbona, ngoba ebezwile 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, bamklolodela, basebemgqokisa isembatho esikhazimulayo, bambuyisela kuPilatu. 12 Ngalolosuku uHerodi kanye loPilatu baba ngabangane komunye lomunye; ngoba ngaphambi kwalokhu kwakulobutha phakathi kwabo.

Ukulahlwa kukaJesu lokukhululwa kukaBarabasi

13 UPilatu wasebabizela 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 kodwa ngitsho loHerodi; ngoba ngilithumezile kuye, njalo khangelani, kakulalutho afanele ukufa ngalo olwenziwe nguye. 16 Ngakho ngizamtshaya ngimkhulule. 17 Kwakufanele ukuthi abakhululele abe munye ngomkhosi.

18 Bamemeza bonke kanyekanye besithi: Msuse lo, usikhululele uBarabasi; 19 yena wayephoselwe entolongweni ngenxa yomvukela othile owenzeka phakathi komuzi langenxa yokubulala. 20 Ngakho uPilatu wabuye wakhuluma labo, efuna ukumkhulula uJesu. 21 Kodwa bamemeza, besithi: Bethela, mbethele! 22 Wasesithi kubo ngokwesithathu: Ngoba lo wenze bubi bani? Kangitholanga kuye icala afanele ukufa ngalo; ngakho ngizamtshaya 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.

UJesu esiphambanweni

26 Kwathi sebemqhuba, babamba uSimoni othile umKurene owayevela emaphandleni, bamethwesa isiphambano, ukuthi asithwale 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 bazaqalisa 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 uKhakhayi, bambethela khona, labenzi bobubi, omunye ngakwesokunene, lomunye ngakwesokhohlo. 34 UJesu wasesithi: Baba, bathethelele; ngoba kabakwazi abakwenzayo. Babelana izembatho zakhe, benza inkatho yokuphosa.

35 Labantu bema babukela. Lababusi labo bamklolodela, besithi: Wasindisa abanye, kazisindise yena, uba yena enguKrestu, okhethiweyo kaNkulunkulu. 36 Labebutho bamklolodela, beza kuye bamnika iwayini elimunyu, 37 besithi: Uba wena uyiNkosi yamaJuda, zisindise wena. 38 Kwakukhona lombhalo ngaphezu kwakhe kubhaliwe ngamabala esiGriki langesiRoma langesiHeberu wokuthi: LO YINKOSI YAMAJUDA.

39 Lomunye wabenzi bobubi ababelengisiwe wamthuka, esithi: Uba wena unguKrestu, zisindise wena lathi. 40 Kodwa omunye waphendula emkhuza, esithi: Wena kawumesabi uNkulunkulu, lokhu lawe ukulokhukulahlwa yini? 41 Thina kambe kusilungele, ngoba semukela okulingene ukwenza kwethu; kodwa lo kenzanga lutho olungayisilo. 42 Wasesithi kuJesu: Ungikhumbule, Nkosi, lapha ufika embusweni wakho. 43 UJesu wasesithi kuye: Qiniso ngithi kuwe: Lamuhla uzakuba lami eParadise.

Ukufa kukaJesu

44 Kwakungaba lihola lesithupha*, kwaba khona ubunyama phezu kwawo wonke umhlaba 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 lezizinto waphefumula okokucina.

47 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 bema khatshana, labesifazana ababemlandela bevela eGalili, bebona lezizinto.

Ukungcwatshwa kukaJesu

50 Njalo khangela, indoda ethiwa nguJosefa, owayelilunga lomphakathi, indoda emnene elungileyo; 51 yena wayengavumelananga lecebo lesenzo sabo; wayevela 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 kulo umuntu. 54 Kwakulusuku lwamalungiselelo, leSabatha laselisondela. 55 Labesifazana, ababeze laye bevela eGalili, balandela, balibona ingcwaba, lokuthi isidumbu sabekwa njani. 56 Basebebuyela emuva balungisa amakha lamagcobo. NgeSabatha basebephumula njengomlayo.

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