UJesu Ulethwa KuPilatu
1Kwathi sekusile, bonke abaphristi abakhulu namalunga esizwe bahlangana, bakha itulo lokumbulala uJesu. 2Bambopha, bahamba naye, bamnikela kuPilatu, umbusi.
3Kuthe uJuda owayemkhaphelile ebona ukuthi icala limlahlile, wazisola, wayesezibuyisela kubaphristi namalunga izinhlamvu zesiliva ezigama-30, 4wathi: “Ngonile ngakhaphela ongenacala.”
Bona bathi: “Pho uthi asenzeni thina? Zibonele wena.”
5Waziphonsa ethempelini izinhlamvu zesiliva, wahamba; esehambile, wazikhunga.
6Kepha abaphristi abakhulu bazithatha izinhlamvu zesiliva, bathi: “Akuvunyelwe ukuba zifakwe emnikelweni, ngokuba ziyimali yegazi.”
7Bakha icebo, base bethenga ngazo insimu yombumbi, yaba yindawo yokungcwaba abafokazi. 8Yingakho-ke leyo nsimu kuthiwa yinsimu yegazi kuze kube namuhla. 9Ngakho-ke kwagcwaliseka okwashiwo ngomphrofethi uJeremiya, ukuthi: “Bathatha izinhlamvu zesiliva ezingama-30, inani elamiswa ngabakwa-Israyeli lokuthengiselana. 10Bathenga ngazo insimu yombumbi, njengokuba iNkosi ingiyalile.”
UJesu Uphekwa Ngemibuzo
11Ngaleso sikhathi uJesu wayemi phambi kombusi, umbusi wambuza wathi: “Wena uyinkosi yabaJuda na?”
UJesu wathi kuye: “Usho khona.”
12Nakuba abaphristi abakhulu namalunga bemethwesa icala, kodwa Yena akaphendulanga. 13Kepha uPilatu wathi kuye: “Awukuzwa yini ukuthi kungakanani abakufakaza ngawe na?”
14Kepha uJesu akazange amphendule nangelilodwa izwi, umbusi wamangala kakhulu.
Ukukhululwa Kwesiboshwa Esisodwa Ngomkhosi
15Kwakuthi njalo ngomkhosi, umbusi akhululele isixuku isiboshwa sibe sinye esisithandayo. 16Ngaleso sikhathi kwakukhona isiboshwa esiluhlupho okwakuthiwa uJesu Bharabha. 17Ngakho-ke sebebuthene, uPilatu wathi kubo: “Nifuna ukuba nginikhululele bani uJesu onguBharabha, noma uJesu okuthiwa nguKhristu na?”
18UPilatu wayazi ukuthi uJesu bamnikele ngenxa yomona.
19Esahleli esihlalweni sokwehlulela, umkakhe wathumela kuye, wathi: “Ungayingeni indaba yalowo muntu olungileyo, ngokuba ngikhathazeke kakhulu ngaye namuhla ephusheni.”
20Kepha abaphristi abakhulu namalunga bazinxenxa izixuku ukuba zicele uBharabha, kodwa zimbulale uJesu.
21Wayesephendula umbusi, wathi kubo: “Nithanda ukuba nginikhululele muphi kulaba ababili na?”
Bathi: “UBharabha.”
22UPilatu wathi: “Pho ngenzenjani ngoJesu okuthiwa nguKhristu na?”
Bonke bathi: “Makabethelwe.”
23Kepha uPilatu wathi: “Bubi buni abenzile na?”
Kepha bamemeza kakhulu kunakuqala, bathi: “Makabethelwe esiphambanweni!” 24Kuthe uPilatu esebona ukuthi akukho angakwenza, futhi sekuqala isiyaluyalu, wathatha amanzi, wageza izandla phambi kwesixuku, wathi: “Anginacala egazini lalo muntu; ziboneleni nina.”
25Abantu bonke baphendula, bathi: “Igazi lakhe malibe phezu kwethu naphezu kwabantwana bethu.”
26UPilatu wayesebakhululela uBharabha, kodwa eseshayiwe uJesu, wamnikela ukuba abethelwe esiphambanweni.
Amabutho Abhinqa UJesu
27Amabutho ombusi ayesemthatha uJesu, amngenisa enqabeni, ayeseqoqela kuye iviyo lonke lamabutho. 28Amhlubula izingubo zakhe, amembathisa ingubo ebomvu, 29eluka umqhele wameva, awufaka ekhanda, amphathisa umhlanga esandleni sakhe sokunene, aguqa ngamadolo phambi kwakhe, ambhinqa, athi: “Bayede, nkosi yabaJuda!”
30Amkhafulela ngamathe, athatha umhlanga, amshaya ekhanda. 31Esembhinqile, amkhumula ingubo, amembathisa izingubo zakhe, ahamba naye ayombethela esiphambanweni.
32Kuthe amabutho esaphuma lapho, ahlangana nomuntu waseKhurene, nguSimoni igama lakhe; amphoqa ukuba athwale isiphambano sikaJesu.
UJesu Ubethelwa Esiphambanweni
33Esefike endaweni okuthiwa yiGolgotha, okusho iNdawo Yekhanda, 34amphuzisa iwayini elixutshwe nenyongo, kodwa eselinambithile, akathandanga ukuliphuza. 35Amabutho esembethele esiphambanweni, abelana ngezingubo zakhe, enza unkatho, 36ayesehlala lapho, amqapha. 37Abeka ngaphezu kwekhanda lakhe icala ayethweswe lona, kubhalwe kwathiwa: LO NGUJESU, INKOSI YABAJUDA. 38Kwakubethelwe kanye naye abaphangi ababili; omunye engakwesokunene, omunye engakwesokhohlo. 39Ababedlula bamhlambalaza, benikina amakhanda abo, 40bethi: “Wena odiliza ithempeli, ubuye ulakhe ngezinsuku ezintathu, zisindise; uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, yehla esiphambanweni.”
41Kanjalo nabaphristi abakhulu nezazimthetho namalunga nabo bambhinqa, bathi: 42“Wasindisa abanye, kodwa akakwazi ukuzisindisa Yena. Uyinkosi yakwa-Israyeli, akehle manje esiphambanweni; sizakukholwa nguye. 43 Wethembele kuNkulunkulu; makamkhulule manje, uma emthanda, ngokuba wathi: ‘NgiyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.’ ”
44Ngisho nabaphangi ababebethelwe esiphambanweni kanye naye, bamhlaza kanjalo.
Ukufa KukaJesu
45Kusukela ngehora lesithupha, kwaba mnyama ezweni lonke, kwaze kwaba yihora lesishiyagalolunye. 46Kepha ngehora lesishiyagalolunye, uJesu wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: “Eli, Eli, lama sabakthani?” okungukuthi: “Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungishiyeleni na?”
47Abanye kwababemi lapho bekuzwa lokho, bathi: “Lo ubiza u-Eliya.”
48Omunye wabo wagijima, wathatha isiponji, wasicwilisa kuviniga, wayesesihloma emhlangeni, wamphuzisa. 49Kepha abanye bathi: “Myeke, sibone ukuthi u-Eliya uzakuza yini amsindise.”
50UJesu wabuye wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wafa.
51Isihenqo sethempeli sadabuka kabili; kusukela phezulu kuze kufike phansi. Umhlaba wazamazama, amadwala aqhekezeka, 52kwavuleka amathuna, izidumbu eziningi zabangcwele ababelele, zavuswa; 53baphuma emathuneni emva kokuvuka kwakhe, bangena emzini ongcwele, babonakala kwabaningi.
54Induna yekhulu nalabo ababenayo beqaphe uJesu, bebona umhlaba uzamazama nalokho okwenzekileyo, besaba kakhulu, bathi: “Impela lo ubeyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.”
55Kwakukhona lapho abesifazane abaningi, ababemi buqamama, bebukela: babekadebemlandela uJesu, bevela eGalile, bemkhonza. 56Phakathi kwabo kwakukhona uMariya Magdalena, uMariya unina kaJakobe, uJose, nonina wamadodana kaZebedewu.
Ukubekwa Kwesidumbu SikaJesu Ethuneni
57Sekuhlwile, kwafika umuntu ocebileyo wase-Arimatheya, igama lakhe nguJosefa, naye wayengumfundi kaJesu; 58waya kuPilatu, wacela isidumbu sikaJesu. UPilatu wayalela ukuba anikwe sona. 59UJosefa wasithatha isidumbu, wasisonga ngendwangu yelineni enhle ehlanzekileyo; 60wasibeka ethuneni lakhe elisha ayeliqophe edwaleni; wagingqela itshe elikhulu emnyango wethuna, wahamba. 61Kepha kwakukhona lapho uMariya Magdalena nomunye uMariya, behleli phambi kwethuna.
Umyalo Wokuqashelwa Kweliba LikaJesu
62Ngakusasa, ngosuku olulandela uSuku Lokulungisela, abaphristi abakhulu nabaFarisi babuthana kuPilatu, 63bathi: “Nkosi, siyakhumbula ukuthi lo mkhohlisi esaphila, wathi: ‘Emva kwezinsuku ezintathu, ngizakuvuka.’
64“Ngakho-ke khipha umyalo ukuba iliba liqashelwe kuze kube lusuku lwesithathu, funa abafundi bakhe bafike bamebe, bese bethi kubantu: ‘Uvusiwe kwabafileyo;’ kuthi inkohliso yokugcina igqame ngokwedlulele kuneyakuqala.”
65UPilatu wathi kubo: “Nampa abalindi, hambani niliqaphe njengokubona kwenu.”
66Base behamba, balilinda iliba; babeka uphawu etsheni bekanye nabalindi.
