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₁Kwathi seledlulile isabatha, ekuseni kusempondozankomo, ngosuku lokuqala lweviki, kwafika uMariya Magdalena nomunye uMariya, ukuzobona iliba.

₂Kwaba khona ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu, ngokuba ingelosi yeNkosi yehla ezulwini, yeza, yaligingqa itshe, yahlala phezu kwalo. ₃Yayibukeka injengonyazi, isembatho sayo simhlophe njengongqoqwane. ₄Ababelinde iliba bathuthumela ngenxa yokuyesaba, baba njengabafileyo.

₅Ingelosi yaphendula yathi kwabesifazane: “Ningesabi, ngokuba ngiyazi ukuthi nifuna uJesu obebethelwe esiphambanweni. ₆Akekho lapha, ngokuba uvukile njengokusho kwakhe. Wozani nibone indawo lapho ebelele khona. ₇Phuthumani, nitshele abafundi bakhe ukuthi uvukile kwabafileyo. Useyanandulela ukuya eGalile, nizakumbona khona. Niyabona-ke, senginitshelile.”

₈Bashesha basuka ethuneni benokwesaba nokuthokoza okukhulu, bagijima bayobikela abafundi bakhe. ₉UJesu wahlangana nabo, wathi: “Sanibona.”

Basondela babamba izinyawo zakhe, bakhuleka kuye. ₁₀UJesu wayesethi kubo: “Ningesabi; hambani, nibikele abafowethu ukuba bahambe baye eGalile; bayakungibona lapho.”

₁₁Besahamba, abanye kubalindi bafika emzini, babikela abaphristi abakhulu konke okwakwenzekile. ₁₂Sebebuthene abaphristi abakhulu namalunga, bakha icebo, base benika amabutho imali eningi, ₁₃bathi: “Anibothi abafundi bakhe bafikile ebusuku, bameba silele. ₁₄Uma lolu daba luzwakala kumbusi, thina siyakumchazela, nina ningahlushwa lutho.”

₁₅Abalindi bayithatha imali, benza njengalokhu beyaliwe. Lolo daba lwasabalala kubaJuda kuze kube namuhla.

₁₆Abafundi abali-11 baya eGalile, kuleyo ntaba uJesu ayebayalele yona. ₁₇Kwathi lapho bembona, bakhuleka kuye; kodwa abanye bangabaza. ₁₈UJesu wasondela, wakhuluma kubo, wathi: “Ngiphiwe amandla wonke ezulwini nasemhlabeni. ₁₉Ngakho-ke hambani, nenze izizwe zonke abafundi, nibabhabhadise egameni likaYise neleNdodana nelikaMoya oNgcwele. ₂₀Nibafundise ukukugcina konke enginiyale ngakho. Niyabona, Mina nginani izinsuku zonke, kuze kube sekupheleni kwezwe.”