NGOKUKALUKA 24

₁Kepha ngosuku lokuqala lweviki, kuntwela ngenzansi, bafika ethuneni bephethe amakha ababewalungisile.

₂Bafumana itshe ligingqiwe ethuneni.

₃Kuthé bengena, abasifumananga isidumbu seNkosi uJesu.

₄Kwathi besasambathekile yilokho, bheka, nanko amadoda amabili emi ngakubo, enezingubo ezicwebezelayo.

₅Besesaba bekhothamela phansi ngobuso, athi kubo: Nifunelani ophilayo kwabafileyo na?

₆Kakho lapha, kepha uvukile; khumbulani ukukhuluma kwakhe kini eseseGalile,

₇ethi: INdodana yomuntu imelwe ukukhashelwa ezandleni zabantu abayizoni, ibethelwe, ivuke ngosuku lwesithathu.

₈Bawakhumbula-ke amazwi akhe.

₉Base bebuya ethuneni, babika konke lokho kwabayishumi nanye nakubo bonke abanye.

₁₀KwakungoMariya Magdalena, noJowana, noMariya unina kaJakobe; nabanye ababekanye nabo babatshela abaphostoli lokho.

₁₁Kepha lawomazwi aba-njengokukhuluma okuyize kubo, kabaze bakholwa yibo.

₁₂Khona uPetru wasuka, wagijimela ethuneni, wakhothama, wabona izindwangu zizodwa; wamuka, waya ekhaya emangele ngokwenzekileyo.

₁₃Bheka-ke, ababili babo babehamba ngalona lolosuku, baya emzaneni othiwa iEmawuse, ukude neJerusalema amastadiyu* angamashumi ayisithupha.

₁₄Babekhulumisana omunye nomunye ngazo zonke lezozinto ezehlakeleyo.

₁₅Kwathi besakhuluma bebuzana, uJesu uqobo wasondela, wahambisana nabo.

₁₆Kepha amehlo abo abebambekile ukuba bangamazi.

₁₇Wathi kubo: Zindaba zini lezi enikhuluma ngazo omunye nomunye nihamba na? Base bema benyukumele.

₁₈Omunye, nguKleyophase igama lakhe, waphendula, wathi kuye: Wena uyisihambi eJerusalema, ungoyedwa ongazazi izinto ezenzekileyo khona ngalezizinsuku na?

₁₉Wayesethi kubo: Zinto zini na? Bathi kuye: NgoJesu waseNazaretha obengumprofethi onamandla ngesenzo nangezwi phambi kukaNkulunkulu nabantu bonke,

₂₀ukuthi abapristi abakhulu nababusi bethu bamkhaphela ukunqunyelwa ukufa, baze bambethela esiphambanweni.

₂₁Thina-ke besethemba ukuthi nguye ozakuhlenga uIsrayeli; kodwa phezu kwalokho konke sekulusuku lwesithathu lezozinto zenzekile.

₂₂Futhi nabesifazane abathile bakithi basethusile, ababeyile ethuneni ekuseni;

₂₃kuthé bengasifumani isidumbu sakhe, bafika bathi baboné nombono wezingelosi ezithi uyaphila.

₂₄Nabathile babakithi baya ethuneni, bakufumana kunjalo njengokuba beshilo abesifazane, kodwa yena uqobo abambonanga.

₂₅Wayesethi kubo: O nina eningaqondiyo nenilibele enhliziyweni ukukholwa yikho konke abakushilo abaprofethi!

₂₆UKristu ubengamelwe yini ukuhlupheka ngalokho, aze angene enkazimulweni yakhe na?

₂₇Wayesethathela kuMose nakubaprofethi bonke, wabachasisela emibhalweni okuqondene naye.

₂₈Base besondela emzaneni ababeya kuwo; yena washaya sengathi udlulela phambili.

₂₉Bamncengisisa bathi: Hlala nathi, ngokuba sekuzakuhlwa, nemini isiyadlula. Wangena wahlala nabo.

₃₀Kwathi esehlezi nabo ekudleni, wathabatha isinkwa, wabonga, wasihlephula, wabanika.

₃₁Amehlo abo ayesevuleka, bamazi; wayesenyamalala kubo.

₃₂Bathi omunye komunye: Inhliziyo yethu ibingavuthi yini phakathi kwethu, lapho ekhuluma kithi endleleni, nalapho esivulela imibhalo, na?

₃₃Base besuka ngasona lesosikhathi, baphindela eJerusalema, bafumana abayishumi nanye nababenabo behlangene ndawonye,

₃₄bethi: Impela iNkosi ivukile, ibonakele kuSimoni.

₃₅Base belanda nabo okwenzekileyo endleleni, nokuthi yaziwa kanjani yibo ekuhlephuleni isinkwa.

₃₆Besakhuluma lokho, yena uqobo wema phakathi kwabo, wathi kubo: Ukuthula makube-kinina.

₃₇Kepha bashaywa luvalo, besaba bethi babona ithongo.

₃₈Wayesethi kubo: Nikhathazekeleni na? Kuvelelani izizindlo ezinhliziyweni zenu na?

₃₉Bhekani izandla zami nezinyawo zami ukuthi yimina uqobo; ngiphatheni, nibone, ngokuba ithongo alinanyama namathambo, njengokuba ningibona nginakho.

₄₀Esekushilo lokho wababonisa izandla nezinyawo.

₄₁Kepha bengakakholwa ngenxa yentokozo bemangala, wathi kubo: Ninakho ukudla lapha na?

₄₂Bamnika iqatha lenhlanzi eyosiweyo neqa lezinyosi.

₄₃Wakuthatha, wadla phambi kwabo.

₄₄Wayesethi kubo: Yiwo lawomazwi ami engawakhuluma kini ngisenani okuthi: Kumelwe ukugcwaliseka konke okulotshwé ngami emthethweni kaMose, nakubaprofethi, nasemaHutsheni.

₄₅Khona wayesevula ingqondo yabo, ukuze baqonde imibhalo.

₄₆Wathi kubo: Kulotshiwe kanje ukuthi uzakuhlupheka uKristu, avuke kwabafileyo ngosuku lwesithathu,

₄₇kushunyayelwe egameni lakhe ukuphenduka, kube-ngukuthethelelwa kwezono ezizweni zonke, kuqalwe eJerusalema.

₄₈Nina-ke ningofakazi balezizinto.

₄₉Bhekani, ngiyathumela kini isithembiso sikaBaba; kepha hlalani emzini, nize nembathiswe amandla avela phezulu.

₅₀Wabahola, baze bafika ngaseBethaniya, waphakamisa izandla zakhe, wababusisa.

₅₁Kwathi esababusisa, wahlukana nabo, wenyuselwa ezulwini.

₅₂Bakhuleka kuye, baphindela eJerusalema benokuthokoza okukhulu.

₅₃Babekhona ethempelini njalo bemdumisa uNkulunkulu.