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₁Kwathi uJesu eseqedile onke lawomazwi, wathi kubafundi bakhe:

₂Niyazi ukuthi emva kwezinsuku ezimbili kuyiPhasika; iNdodana yomuntu izakukhashelwa ukuba ibethelwe esiphambanweni.

₃Khona kwabuthana abapristi abakhulu namalunga esizwe egcekeni lompristi omkhulu othiwa uKayafase.

₄Bacebisana ukuba bambambe uJesu ngobuqili, bambulale.

₅Kepha bathi: Makungabi-ngomkhosi, funa kube-khona isiyaluyalu esizweni.

₆Kuthé uJesu eseBethaniya endlini kaSimoni owayenochoko,

₇kwafika kuye owesifazane ephethe umfuma wealabaste* wamafutha anenani elikhulu, wawathela ekhanda lakhe ehlezi ekudleni.

₈Kepha abafundi bakhe bebona lokho bathukuthela, bathi: Kwenzelwani lokhokuchitha na?

₉Ngokuba lokho nga kuthengisiwe ngokukhulu, kwaphiwa abampofu.

₁₀Kepha uJesu ekwazi lokho wathi kubo: Nimhluphelani owesifazane na? Ngokuba usebenzile umsebenzi omuhle kimi;

₁₁ngokuba abampofu ninabo njalo, kepha mina aninami njalo.

₁₂Ngokuba lapho ethela lawomafutha emzimbeni wami, ukwenzele ukungilungisela ukumbelwa.

₁₃Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Nomaphi lapho liyakushunyayelwa khona lelivangeli ezweni lonke, kuyakukhulunywa nangalokho akwenzileyo, kube-yisikhumbuzo ngaye.

₁₄Khona kwasuka omunye wabayishumi nambili othiwa uJuda Iskariyothe, waya kubapristi abakhulu,

₁₅wathi: Niyakunginikani, ngimkhaphele kini, na? Base bemnika izinhlamvu zesiliva ezingamashumi amathathu.

₁₆Kusukela lapho wafuna ithuba lokumkhaphela.

₁₇Kepha ngosuku lokuqala lwesinkwa esingenamvubelo abafundi beza kuJesu, bathi: Uthanda ukuba sikulungiselephi ukuba udle iphasika na?

₁₈Wathi: Hambani niye emzini kumuntu othile, nithi kuye: Uthi uMfundisi: Isikhathi sami siseduze; ngizakwenza iphasika kwakho kanye nabafundi bami.

₁₉Abafundi benza-ke njengokuba uJesu ebayalile; balungisa iphasika.

₂₀Kwathi sekuhlwile, wayehlezi ekudleni nabafundi abayishumi nambili.

₂₁Besadla, wathi: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Omunye kini uzakungikhaphela.

₂₂Badabuka kakhulu, baqala ukusho kuye, kwaba-yilowo, nalowo, ukuthi: Kungaba-yimi, Nkosi, na?

₂₃Kepha waphendula wathi: Ofaké isandla kanye nami esitsheni nguyena ozakungikhaphela.

₂₄INdodana yomuntu iyamuka kambe njengokulotshiwe ngayo, kepha maye kulowomuntu iNdodana yomuntu ekhashelwa ngaye! Nga kukuhle kulowomuntu ukuba kazalwanga.

₂₅Wayesephendula uJuda omkhaphelayo, wathi: Kungaba-yimi, Rabi, na? Wathi kuye: Usho khona.

₂₆Besadla, uJesu wathabatha isinkwa, wasibusisa, wasihlephula, wanika abafundi bakhe, wathi: Thabathani nidle; lokhu kungumzimba wami.

₂₇Wayesethabatha isitsha, wabonga, wabanika, wathi: Phuzani nonke kuso;

₂₈ngokuba lokhu kuyigazi lami lesivumelwano elithululwa ngenxa yabaningi kukho ukuthethelelwa kwezono.

₂₉Kepha ngithi kini: Kusukela manje angisayikuphuza kulesisithelo somvini, kuze kufike lolosuku engiyakusiphuza ngalo nani sisisha embusweni kaBaba.

₃₀Kwathi sebehlabelele igama lokubonga, baphuma, baya eNtabeni yemiNqumo.

₃₁Khona uJesu wathi kubo: Nina nonke nizakukhubeka ngami ngalobobusuku, ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: Ngiyakushaya umalusi, izimvu zomhlambi zihlakazeke;

₃₂kodwa emva kokuvuswa kwami ngiyakunandulela ukuya eGalile.

₃₃UPetru waphendula, wathi kuye: Noma bonke beyakukhubeka ngawe, mina angisoze ngakhubeka.

₃₄UJesu wathi kuye: Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Ngalobubusuku, lingakakhali iqhude, uzakungiphika kathathu.

₃₅UPetru wayesethi kuye: Noma ngingaze ngife nawe, angisoze ngakuphika. Basho njalo nabafundi bonke.

₃₆Khona uJesu wafika nabo endaweni ethiwa iGetsemane, wathi kubafundi: Hlalani lapha, ngisaya kukhuleka laphaya.

₃₇Wathatha uPetru namadodana amabili kaZebedewu, waqala ukuba-nomunyu nosizi.

₃₈Khona wathi kubo: Umphefumulo wami ulusizi kakhulu kuze kube-sekufeni; hlalani lapha, nilinde kanye nami.

₃₉Waqhubeka ingcosana, wawa ngobuso bakhe, wakhuleka wathi: Baba, uma kungenzeka, akudlule kimi lesisitsha; nokho kungabi-njengokuba ngithanda mina, kodwa njengokuba uthanda wena.

₄₀Wayeseza kubafundi, wabafumana belele; wathi kuPetru: Kanti beningelinde nami ihora libe-linye na?

₄₁Lindani, nikhuleke ukuba ningangeni ekulingweni; umoya uyavuma, kepha inyama ibuthakathaka.

₄₂Wabuye waya ngokwesibili, wakhuleka wathi: Baba, uma lesisitsha singedlule kimi ngingasiphuzanga, mayenziwe intando yakho.

₄₃Esebuya futhi wabafumana belele, ngokuba amehlo abo ayenzima.

₄₄Wabuye wabashiya, waya wakhuleka ngokwesithathu esho futhi lona lelozwi.

₄₅Khona wafika kubafundi, wathi kubo: Nisalele namanje niphumula; bhekani, ihora selisondele, iNdodana yomuntu isiyakhashelwa ezandleni zezoni.

₄₆Sukumani sihambe; bhekani, ongikhaphelayo usesondele.

₄₇Esakhuluma, bheka, kwafika uJuda, omunye wabayishumi nambili, enesixuku esikhulu sinezinkemba nezinduku, sivela kubapristi abakhulu namalunga esizwe.

₄₈Kepha omkhaphelayo wayebaniké isiboniso sokuthi: Lowo engiyakumanga nguye; mbambeni yena.

₄₉Wafika masinyane kuJesu, wathi: E Rabi! Wamanga.

₅₀UJesu wayesethi kuye: Mngane, ubabeleni na? Khona basondela, babeka izandla kuJesu, bambamba.

₅₁Bheka, omunye kwababenoJesu welula isandla, wahosha inkemba yakhe, wayigenca inceku yompristi omkhulu, wayinquma indlebe.

₅₂UJesu wayesethi kuye: Buyisela inkemba yakho endaweni yayo, ngokuba bonke abaphatha inkemba bayakubhubha ngenkemba.

₅₃Ingabe uthi ngingecele kuBaba angithumele manje amalegiyona* ezingelosi adlula ishumi nambili na?

₅₄Pho-ke ingagcwaliseka kanjani imibhalo yokuthi kumelwe ukuba kubenjalo na?

₅₅Ngalesosikhathi uJesu wathi ezixukwini: Niphumile kungathi nizé kumphangi, niphethe izinkemba nezinduku ukungibamba, na? Bengihlezi ethempelini imihla ngemihla ngifundisa, anangibamba.

₅₆Kepha konke lokho kwenzekile ukuba kugcwaliseke imibhalo yabaprofethi. Khona bonke abafundi bamshiya, babaleka.

₅₇Ababembambile uJesu bamusa kuKayafase umpristi omkhulu, lapho kwakubuthene khona ababhali namalunga.

₅₈Kepha uPetru wamlandela ekude kwaze kwaba-segcekeni lompristi omkhulu; wangena phakathi, wahlala phansi nezikhonzi ukuba abone isigcino.

₅₉Abapristi abakhulu nomphakathi wonke bafuna ubufakazi bamanga ngoJesu, ukuze bambulale;

₆₀kepha ababufumananga, nakuba kwafika ofakazi abaningi bamanga. Kodwa kamuva kwavela ababili,

₆₁bathi: Lo wathi: Nginamandla okudiliza ithempeli likaNkulunkulu, ngibuye ngilakhe ngezinsuku ezintathu.

₆₂Kwase kusukuma umpristi omkhulu, wathi kuye: Awuphenduli-lutho na? Kuyini abakufakaza ngawe laba na?

₆₃Kepha uJesu wathula. Wayesethi kuye umpristi omkhulu: Ngikufungisa uNkulunkulu ophilayo ukuba usitshele uma unguKristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu.

₆₄UJesu wayesethi kuye: Usho khona. Nokho ngithi kini: Kusukela manje niyakubona iNdodana yomuntu ihlezi ngakwesokunene saMandla, iza emafwini ezulu.

₆₅Khona umpristi omkhulu waklebhula izingubo zakhe, wathi: Usehlambalazile; sisaswelelani ofakazi na? Bheka, kalokhu nikuzwile ukuhlambalaza kwakhe.

₆₆Nithini na? Kepha baphendula bathi: Ufanele ukufa.

₆₇Base bemkhafulela ngamathe ebusweni, bamdushuza, kepha abanye bammukula,

₆₈bathi: Siprofethele, Kristu; ngubani okushayileyo na?

₆₉Kepha uPetru wayehlezi ngaphandle egcekeni; kweza kuye intombazana, yathi: Nawe ubunoJesu waseGalile.

₇₀Kodwa waphika phambi kwabo bonke, wathi: Angikwazi lokhu okushoyo.

₇₁Kwathi esephumele esangweni, enye intombazana yambona, yathi kwababelapho: Lona ubenoJesu waseNazaretha.

₇₂Waphika futhi ngokufunga, wathi: Angimazi lowomuntu.

₇₃Emva kwesikhashana ababemi khona basondela, bathi kuPetru: Nempela nawe ungomunye wabo, ngokuba nokukhuluma kwakho kuyakudalula.

₇₄Khona waqala ukuthuka nokufunga, wathi: Angimazi lowomuntu. Masinyane lase likhala iqhude.

₇₅UPetru wayesekhumbula izwi likaJesu abelishilo lokuthi: Iqhude lingakakhali, uzakungiphika kathathu. Waphumela phandle, wakhala kamunyu.