Ugculelwa Enxibe Isithsaba Sameva
Etyakatyiwe, ethweswe isithsaba sameva, erhuqwa, uYesu unikelwa emva kokuba ababingeleli besithi abanakumkani ngaphandle kukaKesare. Wathwala owakhe umnqamlezo, wanika unina kumfundi awayemthanda, wathi kugqityiwe, waza wafa. UYosefu noNikodemo bamngcwaba emyezweni.
19 1Waza uPilato wamthabatha uYesu, wamtyakatya. 2Amajoni aluka isithsaba sameva, asibeka entloko yakhe, amambathisa ingubo emfusa. 3Ayesiza kuye ngokuphindaphindiweyo, esithi: “Bayethe, Kumkani wamaYuda!” emmbetha ngempama ebusweni.
4Waphuma kwakhona uPilato, wathi kubo: “Khangelani, ndiyamkhuphela kuni, ukuze nazi ukuba andifumani tyala kuye.” 5Waphuma ke uYesu enxibe isithsaba sameva nengubo emfusa. Wathi kubo uPilato: “Nangu umntu!”
6Bathi ababingeleli abaziintloko nabalindi bakumbona, bakhwaza besithi: “Mbethelele! Mbethelele!” Wathi kubo uPilato: “Mthatheni nina nimbethelele, kuba mna andifumani tyala kuye.”
7AmaYuda amphendula athi: “Thina sinomthetho; ngokomthetho lowo umelwe kukufa, ngenxa yokuba uzenze uNyana kaThixo.”
8Akukuva oku uPilato, woyika ngakumbi. 9Wangena kwakhona endlwini yomphathi, wambuza uYesu wathi: “Uvela phi na?” Kodwa uYesu akamphendula nokumphendula. 10Wathi ke kuye uPilato: “Akuthethi na kum? Awazi na ukuba ndinegunya lokukukhulula, negunya lokukubethelela?”
11Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Ngewawungenagunya kwaphela phezu kwam, ukuba ubungalinikwanga livela phezulu. Kungoko lowo undinikele kuwe enesono esikhulu ngakumbi.”
12Ukususela ngoko uPilato wazama ukumkhulula, kodwa amaYuda akhwaza esithi: “Ukuba uyamkhulula, akusiso isihlobo sikaKesare. Nabani na ozenza ukumkani uyamchasa uKesare.”
13Akuweva la mazwi uPilato, wamkhupha uYesu, wahlala kwisihlalo sokugweba, kwindawo ekuthiwa yiNdawo Egandiweyo Ngamatye—eyiGabhata ngesiAramiki. 14Yayilusuku lokuLungiselela iPasika, malunga nemini enkulu. Wathi kumaYuda: “Nangu uKumkani wenu!”
15Akhwaza athi: “Msuse! Msuse! Mbethelele!” Wababuza uPilato: “Ndimbethelele na uKumkani wenu?” Baphendula ababingeleli abaziintloko bathi: “Asinakumkani ngaphandle koKesare.”
Uyanikelwa
16Waza ke wamnikela kubo ukuba abethelelwe. Bamthatha ke uYesu, 17ethwele owakhe umnqamlezo, waphuma waya kwindawo ekuthiwa yiNdawo yoKhakhayi, ekuthiwa yiGolgota ngesiAramiki. 18Bambethelela khona apho, kunye nabanye ababini, omnye ngapha omnye ngapha, uYesu ephakathi. 19UPilato wabhala nombhalo, wawubeka emnqamlezweni, usithi: UYesu waseNazarete, uKumkani wamaYuda. 20Amaninzi amaYuda awufunda lo mbhalo, kuba indawo apho uYesu wabethelelwa khona yayikufuphi nesixeko; wawubhalwe ngesiAramiki, ngesiLatini, nangesiGrike. 21Bathi ke ababingeleli abaziintloko bamaYuda kuPilato: “Musa ukubhala ukuthi, ‘UKumkani wamaYuda,’ bhala ukuthi, ‘Lo mntu uthe, ndinguKumkani wamaYuda.’”
22Waphendula uPilato wathi: “Endikubhalileyo ndikubhalile.”
23Emva kokumbethelela uYesu, amajoni azithabatha iimpahla zakhe, azenza amacandelo amane, ijoni ngalinye lafumana isahlulo, athabatha nengubo yangaphantsi. Le ngubo yangaphantsi yayingenamthungo, ilukwe iyinto enye ukusuka phezulu ukuya ezantsi. 24Athi ke omnye komnye: “Masingayikrazuli, kodwa masenze amaqashiso ukubona ukuba ngubani oza kuyizuza.” Oku kwakuzalisekisa isibhalo esithi: “Bazahlulelana iimpahla zam, benza namaqashiso ngengubo yam.” Enza ke njalo amajoni.
25Babemi kufuphi nomnqamlezo kaYesu unina, nodade wabo kanina, noMariya umfazi kaKlopas, noMariya waseMagadala.
26Akubona unina nomfundi awayemthanda bemi apho, uYesu wathi kuye: “Mfazi, nangu unyana wakho.” 27Wandula wathi kumfundi: “Nangu unyoko.” Ukususela ngelo lixa, umfundi wamthabathela kowakhe umzi.
Kugqityiwe
28Emva koku, esazi ukuba konke kugqityiwe ngoku, uYesu wathi, ukuze kuzaliseke isibhalo: “Ndinxaniwe.”
29Kwakukho isitya esizele yiwayini emuncu simi apho; bathi nkxu isiponji kuyo, bayifaka eluswaneni lwehisope, bayiphakamisela emlonyeni wakhe.
30UYesu wayithabatha iwayini emuncu, wathi: “Kugqityiwe.” Wayithoba intloko yakhe, wawunikela umoya wakhe.
31Ekubeni yayilusuku lokuLungiselela, bengafuni ukuba izidumbu zihlale emnqamlezweni ngeSabatha—kuba laa Sabatha yayilusuku olukhethekileyo—amaYuda acela uPilato ukuba imilenze yabo yaphulwe, zisuswe izidumbu. 32Afika ke amajoni ayaphula imilenze yowokuqala, yaza eyomnye obethelelwe kunye naye. 33Kodwa akufika kuYesu, abona ukuba sele efile, akayaphula imilenze yakhe. 34Kodwa elinye lamajoni lamhlaba ecaleni ngomkhonto, kwaza kwaphuma igazi namanzi kwangoko. a a v34 UYohane usixelela ukuba oku wakubona ngokwakhe, aze akunikele njengobungqina bokuba uYesu wayefile ngokwenene. 35Owabona ngawakhe amehlo unikele ubungqina—buyinyaniso ubungqina bakhe, yaye uyazi ukuba uthetha inyaniso—ukuze nani nikholwe. 36Kaloku ezi zinto zenzeka ukuze kuzaliseke isibhalo esithi: “Akukho nalinye ithambo lakhe liya kwaphulwa.” 37Kananjalo esinye isibhalo sithi: “Baya kumkhangela lowo bamhlabayo.”
UYosefu noNikodemo
38Emva koko, uYosefu waseArimati—owayengumfundi kaYesu, kodwa ngasese, ngokoyika amaYuda—wacela uPilato ukuba amvumele asuse umzimba kaYesu. Wavuma uPilato, weza ke wawususa. 39Kweza noNikodemo, lowo wathi tanci weza kuYesu ebusuku, ephethe umxube wemore nekhala, malunga neeponti ezingamashumi asixhenxe anesihlanu. 40Bawuthabatha umzimba kaYesu, bawusongela ngamalaphu elinen kunye nezinongo, ngokwesiko lokungcwaba lamaYuda. 41Apho wabethelelwa khona kwakukho umyezo, nasemyezweni apho kwakukho ingcwaba elitsha ekwakungekabekwa mntu kulo. 42Ngenxa yokuba yayilusuku lwamaYuda lokuLungiselela, nengcwaba lalikufuphi, bambeka khona uYesu.
