To The Word – Day 110

₁Kwathi uJesu eseqedile onke lawo mazwi, wathi kubafundi bakhe: ₂“Niyazi 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.”

₆Kuthe uJesu eseBethaniya endlini kaSimoni owayenochoko, ₇kwafika kuye owesifazane ephethe umfuma we-alabaste* wamafutha anenani elikhulu, wawathela ekhanda lakhe ehlezi ekudleni.

₈Kepha abafundi bakhe bebona lokho bathukuthela, bathi: “Kwenzelwani lokho kuchitha 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 lawo mafutha emzimbeni wami, ukwenzele ukungilungisela ukumbelwa. ₁₃Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Nomaphi lapho liyakushunyayelwa khona leli vangeli 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: “Ofake isandla kanye nami esitsheni nguyena ozakungikhaphela. ₂₄INdodana yomuntu iyamuka kambe njengokulotshiwe ngayo, kepha maye kulowo muntu iNdodana yomuntu ekhashelwa ngaye! Nga kukuhle kulowo muntu 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 kulesi sithelo somvini, kuze kufike lolo suku engiyakusiphuza ngalo nani sisisha embusweni kaBaba.”

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

₃₁Khona uJesu wathi kubo: “Nina nonke nizakukhubeka ngami ngalobu busuku, 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: Ngalobu busuku, 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 lesi sitsha; 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 lesi sitsha singedlule kimi ngingasiphuzanga, mayenziwe intando yakho.”

₄₃Esebuya futhi wabafumana belele, ngokuba amehlo abo ayenzima. ₄₄Wabuye wabashiya, waya wakhuleka ngokwesithathu esho futhi lona lelo zwi.

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 wayebanike 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 kwababe noJesu 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 kube njalo na?”

₅₅Ngaleso sikhathi uJesu wathi ezixukwini: “Niphumile kungathi nize 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 kwababe lapho: “Lona ubenoJesu waseNazaretha.”

₇₂Waphika futhi ngokufunga, wathi: “Angimazi lowo muntu.”

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

₇₄Khona waqala ukuthuka nokufunga, wathi: “Angimazi lowo muntu.”

Masinyane lase likhala iqhude. ₇₅UPetru wayesekhumbula izwi likaJesu abelishilo lokuthi: “Iqhude lingakakhali, uzakungiphika kathathu.” Waphumela phandle, wakhala kamunyu.

₁Kwathi sekusile, bonke abapristi abakhulu namalunga esizwe benza icebo ngoJesu lokuba bambulale; ₂bambopha, bamuka naye, bamnikela kuPilatu umbusi.

₃Khona uJuda owamkhaphelayo, ebona ukuthi ulahliwe, wazisola, wabuyisela izinhlamvu zesiliva ezingamashumi amathathu kubapristi namalunga, ₄wathi: “Ngonile ukuba ngikhaphele igazi elingenacala.”

Bona bathi: “Kuyini lokho kithi na? Zibonele wena.”

₅Wayesephonsa izinhlamvu zesiliva ethempelini, wamuka, waziphanyeka.

₆Kepha abapristi abakhulu bazithatha izinhlamvu zesiliva, bathi: “Akuvunyelwe ukuzifaka emnikelweni, ngokuba kuyimali yegazi.” ₇Benza icebo, bathenga ngayo insimu yombumbi, ibe ngeyokumbela abafokazi. ₈Ngalokho insimu leyo ithiwa insimu yegazi kuze kube namuhla. ₉Khona kwagcwaliseka okwashiwo ngomprofethi uJeremiya ukuthi: “Bathatha izinhlamvu zesiliva ezingamashumi amathathu, inani lowamiselwa inani onani lakhe lamiswa ngamadodana ka-Israyeli; ₁₀bakhokha ngazo insimu yombumbi, njengokuba iNkosi ingiyalile.”

₁₁Kepha uJesu wayemi phambi kombusi; umbusi wambuza wathi: “Wena uyinkosi yabaJuda na?”

UJesu wathi kuye: “Usho khona.”

₁₂Kwathi lapho abapristi abakhulu namalunga bemthwesa icala, kaphendulanga lutho. ₁₃Khona uPilatu wathi kuye: “Awuzwa yini lokho okungaka abakufakaza ngawe na?” ₁₄Akaze amphendula nakwelilodwa izwi, umbusi waze wamangala kakhulu.

₁₅Kepha ngomkhosi umbusi wayejwayele ukukhululela isixuku isiboshwa sibe sinye esasisithanda. ₁₆Ngaleso sikhathi babe nesiboshwa esidumileyo esithiwa uBaraba. ₁₇Ngakho sebebuthene, uPilatu wathi kubo: “Nithanda ukuba nginikhululele bani, uBaraba nokuba uJesu othiwa uKristu, na?” ₁₈Ngokuba wayekwazi ukuthi bamnikele ngomhawu.

₁₉Esahlezi esihlalweni sokwahlulela, umkakhe wathumela kuye, wathi: “Ungabi nandaba kulowo muntu olungileyo; ngokuba ngihluphekile kakhulu namuhla ngaye ephusheni.”

₂₀Kepha abapristi abakhulu namalunga bancenga izixuku ukuba zicele uBaraba, zimbulale uJesu.

₂₁Wayesephendula umbusi, wathi kubo: “Nithanda ukuba nginikhululele muphi kulaba ababili na?”

Bathi: “UBaraba.”

₂₂UPilatu wathi kubo: “Pho-ke, ngimenze njani uJesu othiwa uKristu na?”

Bonke bathi: “Makabethelwe esiphambanweni.”

₂₃Wayesethi: “Ngokuba wenze bubi buni na?”

Kepha bamemeza kakhulu, bathi: “Makabethelwe esiphambanweni.”

₂₄UPilatu esebona ukuthi akanakwenza lutho nokuthi isiphithiphithi sesanda kakhulu, wathatha amanzi, wahlamba izandla phambi kwesixuku, wathi: “Anginacala egazini lalo muntu; ziboneleni nina.”

₂₅Abantu bonke base bephendula bethi: “Igazi lakhe malibe phezu kwethu naphezu kwabantwana bethu.”

₂₆Wayesebakhululela uBaraba, kepha wamshaya uJesu, wamnikela ukuba abethelwe esiphambanweni.

₂₇Khona amabutho ombusi ayesemthatha uJesu, amngenisa enqabeni, aqoqela kuye ibutho lonke. ₂₈Amhlubula, amembathisa ingubo ebomvu, ₂₉aluka umqhele wameva, awufaka ekhanda lakhe, nomhlanga esandleni sakhe sokunene, aguqa ngamadolo phambi kwakhe, ambhinqa athi: “Bayede, nkosi yabaJuda!” ₃₀Amkhafulela ngamathe, athatha umhlanga, amshaya ekhanda lakhe. ₃₁Esembhinqile amhlubula ingubo, amembathisa izingubo zakhe, amuka naye ukuyombethela esiphambanweni.

₃₂Esaphuma afumana umuntu waseKhurene, nguSimoni igama lakhe; amcindezela lowo ukuba athwale isiphambano sakhe.

₃₃Esefikile endaweni ethiwa iGolgotha okungukuthi iNdawo Yekhanda, ₃₄amphuzisa iwayini elixutshwe nenyongo; kepha kuthe elizwa, akathandanga ukuliphuza. ₃₅Esembethele esiphambanweni abelana izingubo zakhe, enzelana inkatho; ₃₆ahlala amlinda khona. ₃₇Abeka ngaphezu kwekhanda lakhe icala lakhe libhalwe ngokuthi: LO NGUJESU, INKOSI YABAJUDA. ₃₈Kwabethelwa kanye naye abaphangi ababili, omunye ngakwesokunene nomunye ngakwesokhohlo. ₃₉Kepha abadlulayo bamhlambalaza benikina amakhanda abo, ₄₀bathi: “Wena odiliza ithempeli, ubuye ulakhe ngezinsuku ezintathu, zisindise, uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, wehle esiphambanweni.”

₄₁Kanjalo nabapristi abakhulu bambhinqa kanye nababhali namalunga, bathi: ₄₂“Wasindisa abanye, angezisindise yena; uyinkosi yakwa-Israyeli, akehle manje esiphambanweni, sikholwe nguye. ₄₃Wethembile uNkulunkulu; makamkhulule manje, uma emthanda, ngokuba wathi: ‘NgiyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.’ ” ₄₄Kepha nabaphangi ababebethelwe esiphambanweni kanye naye bamdumaza kanjalo.

₄₅Kepha kusukela ngehora lesithupha kwaba mnyama emhlabeni wonke, kwaze kwaba yihora lesishiyagalolunye. ₄₆Kepha ngehora lesishiyagalolunye uJesu wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: “Eli, Eli, lama sabaktani?” okungukuthi: “Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungishiyeleni na?”

₄₇Abanye kwababemi khona bekuzwa bathi: “Lo ubiza u-Eliya.”

₄₈Masinyane omunye kubo wagijima, wathatha ilula, waligcwalisa ngoviniga, walihloma emhlangeni, wamphusiza. ₄₉Kepha abanye bathi: “Yeka, sibone uma u-Eliya eza ukumsindisa.”

₅₀UJesu wabuye wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wafa.

₅₁Bheka-ke, isihenqo sethempeli sadabuka kabili, kusukela phezulu kuze kufike phansi; umhlaba wazamazama, amadwala aqhekezeka; ₅₂amathuna avuleka, imizimba eminingi yabangcwele ababelele yavuka; ₅₃baphuma emathuneni emva kokuvuka kwakhe, bangena emzini ongcwele, babonakala kwabaningi.

₅₄Kepha induna yekhulu nababe nayo belinda uJesu sebebona ukuzamazama nalokho okwenzekileyo besaba kakhulu, bathi: “Nempela lo ube yiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.”

₅₅Kwakukhona lapho abesifazane abaningi bebukela, bekude, ababemlandele uJesu bevela eGalile, bemkhonza; ₅₆phakathi kwabo kwakukhona oMariya Magdalena, unina kaJakobe nokaJose, nonina wamadodana kaZebedewu.

₅₇Sekuhlwile, kwafika umuntu ocebileyo wase-Arimatheya, igama lakhe nguJosefa, owayengumfundi kaJesu naye; ₅₈lo waya kuPilatu, wacela isidumbu sikaJesu. Khona uPilatu wayala ukuba anikwe sona. ₅₉UJosefa wasithatha isidumbu, wasisonga ngendwangu enhle ehlanzekileyo, ₆₀wasibeka ethuneni lakhe elisha ayeliqophe edwaleni, wagingqela itshe elikhulu emnyango wethuna, wahamba. ₆₁Kepha kwakukhona lapho uMariya Magdalena nomunye uMariya behlezi phambi kweliba.

₆₂Kepha ngangomuso okungolulandela usuku lokulungisela abapristi abakhulu nabaFarisi babuthana kuPilatu, ₆₃bathi: “Nkosi, sikhumbula ukuthi lowo mkhohlisi esekhona wathi: ‘Emva kwezinsuku ezintathu ngizakuvuka.’ ₆₄Ngakho yala ukuba iliba ligcinwe kuze kube lusuku lwesithathu ukuba abafundi bakhe bangaze bafike bamebe, bathi kubantu: ‘Uvukile kwabafileyo;’ kuthi inkohliso yokugcina ibe mbi kuneyokuqala.”

₆₅UPilatu wathi kubo: “Nampa abalindi; hambani niligcine njengokubona kwenu.” ₆₆Base behamba, baligcina iliba, babeka uphawu etsheni bekanye nabalindi.

₁Kepha ekupheleni kwesabatha ngovivi lolokuqala lweviki kwafika uMariya Magdalena nomunye uMariya, beza ukuyobona iliba.

₂Bheka, kwaba khona ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu, ngokuba ingelosi yeNkosi yehla ezulwini, yeza yagingqa itshe, yahlala phezu kwalo. ₃Ukubonakala kwayo kwakunjengonyazi, nesambatho sayo sasimhlophe njengongqoqwane. ₄Kepha abalindi bathuthumela ngokuyesaba, baba njengabafileyo.

₅Kodwa ingelosi yaphendula, yathi kwabesifazane: “Ningesabi nina; ngokuba ngiyazi ukuthi nifuna uJesu obebethelwe esiphambanweni; ₆kakho lapha, ngokuba uvukile njengokusho kwakhe; zanini nibone indawo lapho ebelele khona. ₇Hambani masinyane, nitshele abafundi bakhe ukuthi uvukile kwabafileyo; bhekani, uyanandulela ukuya eGalile, nizakumbona khona. Bhekani, nginitshelile.” ₈Base beshesha bamuka ethuneni benokwesaba nokuthokoza okukhulu, bagijima baya ukubikela abafundi bakhe. ₉Bheka, uJesu wabahlangabeza, wathi: “Sanibona.” Besondela babamba izinyawo zakhe, bakhuleka kuye. ₁₀Khona uJesu wathi kubo: “Ningesabi; hambani, nibikele abafowethu ukuba bahambe baye eGalile; bayakungibona khona.”

₁₁Besahamba, bheka, abanye kubalindi bafika emzini, babikela abapristi abakhulu konke okwenzekileyo. ₁₂Sebebuthene namalunga benza icebo, banika amabutho imali eningi, ₁₃bathi: “Shonini ukuthi abafundi bakhe beza ebusuku, bameba silele. ₁₄Uma kuzwakala lokho kumbusi, siyakuncengana naye thina, nina ningakhathazeki.” ₁₅Ayeseyithatha imali, enza njengokufundiswa kwawo. Leli zwi landa phakathi kwabaJuda kuze kube namuhla.

₁₆Kepha abafundi abayishumi nanye baya eGalile kuleyo ntaba uJesu ayebayalele yona; ₁₇sebembona bakhuleka kuye, kepha abanye bangabaza. ₁₈UJesu wasondela, wakhuluma kubo, wathi: “Ngiphiwe amandla onke ezulwini nasemhlabeni; ₁₉ngalokho hambani nenze izizwe zonke abafundi, nibabhapathize egameni likaYise neleNdodana nelikaMoya oNgcwele, ₂₀nibafundise ukugcina konke enginiyale ngakho; bhekani, mina nginani izinsuku zonke kuze kube sekupheleni kwezwe.”