UNyana Uyavuka

Abafazi bafumana ingcwaba livuliwe, kodwa abakholelwa. Ababini abahamba besiya e-Emawusi bancokola nomhambi ongaziwayo ocacisa izibhalo, kodwa oziwa kuphela xa eqhekeza isonka. Uyabonakala, adle intlanzi ukubonisa ukuba akasosithunzela, aze abasikelele, enyuselwe kuBawo wakhe.

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Ngolokuqala usuku lweveki, kusasa, beza engcwabeni, bephethe ubulawu ababebulungisile. Bafumana ilitye liqengqiwe lasuka engcwabeni, kodwa bakungena bengawufumani umzimba weNkosi uYesu. Bathe besakhohlwa yile nto, kwabonakala kumi ngakubo amadoda amabini enezambatho ezibengezelayo. Besoyika, bathoba ubuso emhlabeni. Athi loo madoda: “Nibafunelani abaphilayo phakathi kwabafileyo? Akakho apha—uvukile. Khumbulani oko wakuthethayo kuni eseselaseGalili, ethi uNyana woLuntu umelwe kukunikelwa ebantwini abanezono, abethelelwe emnqamlezweni, aze avuke ngomhla wesithathu.”

Bawakhumbula ke amazwi akhe, bebuye engcwabeni, babikela abalishumi elinamnye nabanye bonke zonke ezi zinto. UMariya waseMagadala, noYohana, noMariya unina kaYakobi, nabanye abafazi abenabo, babikela abapostile ezi zinto. Kodwa la mazwi abonakala engamampunge kubo, abawakholwanga. Wesuka uPetros wagidima waya engcwabeni; wathi akuqondela, wabona izisongelo zelinen zodwa, waza wagoduka emangaliswe koko kwenzekileyo.

Indlela Eya E-Emawusi

Ngaloo mini kwanayo, ababini kubo babesendleleni besiya emzaneni ekuthiwa yi-Emawusi, omgama ungangeemayile ezisixhenxe ukusuka eJerusalem, besithethathetha bodwa ngazo zonke ezi zinto zenzekileyo. Bathe bethetha bexoxa kunye, wasondela uYesu ngokwakhe, wahamba nabo. Kodwa amehlo abo ayebanjiwe ukuze bangamazi.

Wathi kubo: “Yintoni na le nto enithetha ngayo nisahamba?” Bema, bematshekile.

Waphendula omnye kubo, ogama linguKeleyopas, wathi: “Nguwe wedwa na umphambukeli eJerusalem ongaziyo izinto ezenzekileyo apho kule mihla?”

Wathi: “Zeziphi na izinto?” Bathi: “NgezikaYesu waseNazarete—owayengumprofeti onamandla ngomsebenzi nangelizwi phambi koBawo wethu nabantu bonke,

nendlela ababingeleli bethu abakhulu nabalawuli abamnikela ngayo ukuba agwetywe afe, bambethelela emnqamlezweni. Thina besithembile ukuba nguye lowo ubeya kuwakhulula amaSirayeli. Kanti ke phezu kwako konke oku, namhla ngumhla wesithathu selokoko zenzeka ezi zinto. Kananjalo, abanye abafazi bakuthi basimangalisile—ababekhona engcwabeni kwakusasa, kwathi bengawufumani umzimba wakhe, babuya bathi bade babona umbono wezithunywa zezulu, ezithi uyaphila. Baye abanye kubalingane bethu engcwabeni, bafumana kunjengoko babetshilo abafazi, kodwa yena abambonanga.”

Wathi kubo: “Nina zidenge ezizeka kade ukukholwa kuko konke okwathethwa ngabaprofeti! Bekungamelanga na ukuba uKrestu eve ubunzima obu, aze angene eluzukweni lwakhe?”

Waza eqale kuMoses nabaprofeti bonke, wabacacisela kuzo zonke izibhalo konke okubhaliweyo ngaye.

Baza basondela emzaneni ababesiya kuwo, wenza ngathi uqhubela phambili yena. Kodwa baqinisela, besithi: “Hlala nathi—kuyahlwa, nemini isithambeke kakhulu.” Wangena ke ukuze ahlale nabo.

Kuthe xa ehleli nabo etafileni, wathabatha isonka, wasikelela, waqhekeza, wabanika. Avuleka ke amehlo abo, bamazi. Waza wemka emehlweni abo. Bathi omnye komnye: “Bezingavuthi na iintliziyo zethu ngaphakathi kwethu xa ebethetha nathi endleleni, evula izibhalo kuthi?” Besuka ngelo lixa kanye, babuyela eJerusalem, bafumana belishumi elinamnye nabo abenabo behlanganisene, besithi: “Inyaniso, iNkosi ivukile, ibonakele kuSimon!” Baza bacacisa izinto ezenzekileyo endleleni, nokwaziwa kwakhe ekuqhekezeni isonka.

UYesu Ubonakala Kwabakhe

Bathe bethetha ezi zinto, uYesu ngokwakhe wema phakathi kwabo, wathi kubo: “Uxolo malube kuni!”

Kodwa bothuka besoyika, besiba babona umoya.

Wathi kubo: “Kungani na ukuba nikhathazeke, ziphakame iintandabuzo ezintliziyweni zenu? Khangelani izandla zam neenyawo zam—ndim ngenyaniso. Ndichukumiseni nibone: umoya awunanyama namathambo, njengoko niyabona ukuba ndinawo mna.”

Uthe akuba etshilo oku, wababonisa izandla zakhe neenyawo zakhe.

Kuthe ke besengakholwa ngenxa yovuyo, bemangaliswa, wathi kubo: “Ninento yokudla na apha?”

Bamnika iqhekeza lentlanzi eyojiweyo, waza walithabatha, walidla phambi kwabo.

Wathi kubo: “Nguwo lo amazwi endawathetha kuni ndisenani: ukuba kumele kuzaliseke konke okubhaliweyo ngam emthethweni kaMoses, nabaprofeti, nakwizIndumiso.”

Wandula ke wayivula ingqondo yabo ukuba baziqonde izibhalo,

wathi kubo: “Kubhaliwe ukuthi: uKrestu umelwe kukuva ubunzima, avuke kwabafileyo ngomhla wesithathu, kushunyayelwe egameni lakhe inguquko ukuze kuxolelwe izono kuzo zonke iintlanga, kuthabathela eJerusalem. Nina ningamangqina ezi zinto. Niyabona, ndithuma phezu kwenu idinga likaBawo. Nina ke hlalani kuwo umzi, nide nambathiswe amandla avela phezulu.”

UBawo Wamkela UNyana Wakhe

Waza wabakhokela, baphuma baya kuthi xhaxhe eBhetani; waphakamisa izandla zakhe, wabasikelela. Kuthe ke esabasikelela, wahlukana nabo, wenyuselwa ezulwini. Baza baqubuda kuye, babuyela eJerusalem benovuyo olukhulu, besoloko besetempileni, bemdumisa uBawo wethu.