Ilitye Eliqengqiweyo
UMariya ufika ilitye lisusiwe, amgqale ecinga ukuba ngumlimi womyezo, ade athi uYesu igama lakhe. Umthuma nelizwi elithi: “Ndinyuka ndiya kuBawo wam noBawo wenu.” Ufuthela uMoya kubafundi ababevalelwe ngaphakathi, aze avumele uTomas achukumise amanxeba.
20 1Ekuseni kakhulu ngosuku lokuqala lweveki, kusemnyama, kwafika uMariya waseMagadala engcwabeni, wabona ilitye lisusiwe kulo. 2Wagidima ke, weza kuSimon Petros nakomnye umfundi, lowo uYesu wayemthanda, wathi kubo: “Bayisusile iNkosi engcwabeni, kanti asazi apho bayibeke khona.”
3Waphuma ke uPetros nomnye umfundi, baya engcwabeni. 4Bagidima bobabini kunye, kodwa omnye umfundi wagidima ngokukhawuleza kunoPetros, wafika engcwabeni kuqala. 5Equbudile, wabona amalaphu elinen elele apho, kodwa akangena. 6USimon Petros, emlandela, wafika wangena engcwabeni, wabona amalaphu elinen elele apho, 7nelaphu elalisentlokweni yakhe, lingekho kunye namalaphu elinen, kodwa lisongwe lodwa ndaweni-nye. 8Waza omnye umfundi, lowo wafika kuqala engcwabeni, naye wangena; wabona, wakholwa. 9Kuba babengekayiqondi isibhalo, ukuba umelwe kukuvuka kwabafileyo.
10Babuyela ke abafundi emakhayeni abo. 11Kodwa uMariya wema ngaphandle kwengcwaba, elila. Ekubeni elila, waqubuda ukuze akhangele ngaphakathi engcwabeni.
UBawo noYihlo
12Wabona izithunywa ezibini ezambethe ezimhlophe, zihleli apho umzimba kaYesu wawubekwe khona, esinye ngasentloko yakhe, esinye ezinyaweni zakhe. 13Zathi kuye: “Mfazi, ulilelani na?” Waphendula wathi: “Bayithabathile iNkosi yam, kanti andazi apho bayibeke khona.”
14Akuba etshilo, wajika, wabona uYesu emi apho, engazi ukuba nguYesu.
15Wathi uYesu kuye: “Mfazi, ukhalelani na? Ngubani omfunayo?” Ecinga ukuba ngumsebenzi wesitiya, wathi kuye: “Nkosi, ukuba umsusile wena, ndixelele apho umbeke khona, ndize ndihambe naye.”
16Wathi uYesu kuye: “Mariya.” Wajika, wathi kuye ngesiHebhere: “Rabhoni!” (oko kukuthi mfundisi).
17Wathi uYesu kuye: “Musa ukundibamba, kuba andikenyuki ndiye kuBawo. Kodwa hamba uye kubazalwana bam, uthethe kubo uthi: ‘Ndinyukela kuBawo noYihlo.’” a a v17 UYesu uthetha ngononophelo esithi “uBawo noYihlo” — engaze athethe nje esithi “uBawo wethu” — kuba ubuNyana bakhe bungunaphakade, obethu busisipho sokubuyiselwa asivulela lona ngokuvuka kwakhe kwabafileyo.
18Waya uMariya waseMagadala, waxelela abafundi: “Ndiyibonile iNkosi,” nokuba izithethile ezi zinto kuye.
Uxolo Malube Nani
19Ngokuhlwa kwaloo mini, usuku lokuqala lweveki, iingcango zivaliwe apho babekhona abafundi, ngenxa yokoyika iinkokeli zakwaYuda, weza uYesu, wema phakathi kwabo, wathi: “Uxolo malube nani.”
20Akuba etshilo oku, wababonisa izandla zakhe nohlangothi lwakhe. Bavuya abafundi bakuyibona iNkosi.
21Waphinda uYesu wathi kubo: “Uxolo kuni. Njengoko uBawo endithumileyo, nam ndiyanithuma.” 22Akuba etshilo oku, wabaphefumlela, wathi kubo: “Yamkelani uMoya oyiNgcwele. 23Ukuba nithe naxolela izono zomntu, ziyaxolelwa; ukuba anixolelanga, azixolelwa.”
UTomas Wayengekho Nabo
24Ke kaloku uTomas, omnye wabalishumi elinababini, ekuthiwa liWele, wayengekho nabo xa weza uYesu. 25Babesithi kuye abanye abafundi: “Siyibonile iNkosi!” Kodwa yena wathi kubo: “Ndingazi kubona amanxeba ezikhonkhwane ezandleni zakhe, ndibeke umnwe wam kuloo manxeba, ndibeke nesandla sam ehlangothini lwakhe, andisayi kukholwa.”
26Emva kweentsuku ezisibhozo, babephinde bangaphakathi endlwini abafundi bakhe, benoTomas. Nangona iingcango zazivaliwe, weza uYesu, wema phakathi kwabo, wathi: “Uxolo malube nani.” 27Waza wathi kuTomas: “Beka umnwe wakho apha, ubone izandla zam. Yolula isandla sakho, usifake ehlangothini lwam. Yeka ukungakholwa, kholwa.”
28Waphendula uTomas wathi kuye: “Nkosi yam noThixo wam!”
29Wathi uYesu kuye: “Ukholiwe ngokuba undibonile na? Banoyolo abo bangabonanga, bakholwa.”
Isizathu Sokubhalwa Kwezi Zinto
30Wenza uYesu neminye imiqondiso emininzi kubafundi bakhe, engabhalwanga kule ncwadi. 31Kodwa oku kubhaliwe ukuze nikholwe ukuba uYesu unguKrestu, uNyana kaBawo wethu, nize ngokholo nibe nobomi egameni lakhe.
