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₁Wakuba udlule *uMhla woPhumlo, ekuseni ngeCawe, kwafika uMariya waseMagadala nomnye uMariya, beze kukhangela ingcwaba. ₂Kwasuka kwabakho ukunyikima okukhulu komhlaba, kuba isithunywa seNkosi sehla ezulwini, saza saliqengqa ilitye, sahlala phezu kwalo. ₃Imbonakalo yaso yayinjengombane, izambatho zaso zimhlophe ngokwekhephu. ₄Bathi ke ababegadile basoyika kangangokuba babe njengabafileyo.

₅Isithunywa sathi kubafazi abo: “Sanukoyika nina. Ndiyazi ukuba nifuna uYesu obebethelelwe emnqamlezweni. ₆Akakho apha. Uvukile, njengoko watshoyo. Yizani apha, niyibone indawo awayekuyo. ₇Khawulezani ke, niye kubaxelela abafundi bakhe okokuba uvukile kwelabafileyo. Niyabona, uyanandulela ukuya eGalili, apho niya kumbona khona. Nivile ke, ndinixelele.”

₈Bemka ke engcwabeni ngokukhawuleza, babaleka bephethwe luloyiko naluvuyo olukhulu, besiya kuxelela abafundi bakhe.

₉Nanko uYesu ebahlangabeza, ebabulisa. Baza baya kuye, baqubuda, babambelela ezinyaweni zakhe. ₁₀Waza wathi kubo uYesu: “Sanukoyika. Yiyani kuxelela amawethu ukuba makaye eGalili, apho aya kundibona khona.”

₁₁Bakuba bemkile abo bafazi, gqi amajoni athile kulawo awayegade ingcwaba, angena esixekweni, axelela ababingeleli abaziintloko konke okwenzekileyo. ₁₂Ababingeleli abaziintloko bacebisana namadoda amakhulu, baza bathatha imali eninzi, bayinika amajoni lawo, ₁₃bathi: “Ze nithi abafundi bakhe beze ebusuku, bamba nilele. ₁₄Ukuba le nto ithe yavakala kwirhuluneli, thina soyithomalalisa, ningabi naxhala nina.”

₁₅Amajoni ayithatha loo mali, enza njengoko ayexelelwe. Eli bali ke lasasazwa kumaJuda kwada kwaba namhlanje.

₁₆Bahamba ke abafundi abalishumi elinanye, baya eGalili kuloo ntaba uYesu wayebayalele ngayo. ₁₇Bathi bakumbona, baqubuda kuye, kodwa abanye babethandabuza. ₁₈Wasondela uYesu, wathi kubo: “Anikwe mna onke amagunya ezulwini nasemhlabeni. ₁₉Ke ngoko hambani niye kuzenza abafundi zonke iintlanga, nibabhaptize egameni loYise, neloNyana, neloMoya oyiNgcwele; ₂₀nibafundisa ukuba bazenze zonke izinto endiniyalele ngazo. Niyabona, mna ndinani yonke imihla, kude kube sekuphelisweni kwephakade eli.”