UMatewu 27 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

27 ¹Kwathi ngesifingo, bonke ababingeleli abakhulu namadoda amakhulu abantu bahlangana, babhunga ukuba bambulale uYesu. ²Bamkhonkxa ngoko, bamrhola, bamnikela kuPilato irhuluneli.

³Waza uYuda, lowo wamngcatshayo, akubona ukuba uYesu ugwetyiwe, wazisola, wawabuyisela amashumi mathathu esilivere kubabingeleli abakhulu nakumadoda amakhulu, ⁴esithi: “Ndonile, ngokungcatsha igazi elimsulwa.” Bathi bona: “Asiyonto yethu leyo. Woyibona ngokwakho.”

⁵Waziphosa iisilivere ezo etempileni, waphuma, waya kuzixhoma.

⁶Ababingeleli abakhulu bazithabatha iisilivere ezo, bathi: “Asivumelekanga ukuzibeka ebuncwaneni, ngokuba zisisixa somvuzo wegazi.” ⁷Babhunga ke, baza bathenga ngazo intsimi yombumbi, ukuze kungcwatyelwe kuyo abasemzini. ⁸Kungenxa yoko le nto loo ntsimi ithiwe yiNtsimi yeGazi unanamhla. ⁹Kwandula kwazaliseka oko kwakuthethwe nguYeremiya umprofeti, esithi: “Bathabatha amashumi mathathu esilivere, ixabiso lakhe, lowo baye bambeka ixabiso abanye koonyana bakaSirayeli, ¹⁰bawanika intsimi yombumbi, njengoko uBawo wethu wandiyalelayo.”

UYesu Uma Athi Tu Phambi kukaPilato

¹¹Wema ke uYesu phambi kwerhuluneli; yambuza irhuluneli, yathi: “Wena unguKumkani wamaYuda na?” Wathi uYesu: “Uselutshilo.”

¹²Kodwa akubon' ukuba uyamangalelwa ngababingeleli abakhulu nangamadoda amakhulu, akaphendula nto. ¹³Wandula ke uPilato wathi kuye: “Akuziva na ukuba mangaphi na amatyala abakubeka wona?”

¹⁴Akamphendula nangalinye nokuba lithini na ityala, wada warhuleka irhuluneli kakhulu.

¹⁵Kwakusithi ngomthendeleko irhuluneli ikhulule ibanjwa elinye eliziswa ngabantu. ¹⁶Ngelo xesha babenebanjwa elidumileyo ekuthiwa nguBharabhas. ¹⁷Bakubon' ukuba baqukene, wathi uPilato: “Nifuna ndinikhululele wuphi na: uBharabhas, nokuba nguYesu ekuthiwa nguKrestu?” ¹⁸Kuba wayesazi ukuba bamnikela ngenxa yomona.

¹⁹Oko ahleli esihlalweni sokugweba, umkakhe wathumela kuye, esithi: Ungabi nanto nelo lungisa; kuba ndive ubunzima obukhulu namhlanje ephupheni ngenxa yakhe.

²⁰Kodwa ababingeleli abakhulu namadoda amakhulu bazicenga izihlwele ukuba zicele uBharabhas, aze uYesu abulawe. ²¹Yaphendula irhuluneli yathi: “Nifuna ndinikhululele wuphi na kaba babini?” Bathi bona: “UBharabhas.”

²²Wathi uPilato kubo: “Pho ndimthini na uYesu ekuthiwa nguKrestu?” Bathi bonke: “Makabethelelwe emnqamlezweni!”

²³Wathi yena: “Ngani na? Enze buni na ububi?” Kodwa bakhala ngakumbi, besithi: “Makabethelelwe emnqamlezweni!”

²⁴Akubon' uPilato ukuba akukho nto anokuyenza, kodwa ngakumbi kuvela isaqunge, wathabatha amanzi, wazihlamba izandla phambi kwesihlwele, esithi: “Msulwa mna egazini lalo mntu; woyibona nina.”

²⁵Baphendula bonke abantu, bathi: “Igazi lakhe malibe phezu kwethu naphezu kwabantwana bethu!” ^a a v25 Ukuthi ‘igazi lakhe malibe phezu kwethu’ yayilifolomula yamandulo, apho isihlwele sasamkela ngayo ngokusesikweni uxanduva lwezomthetho nolokuziphatha ngenxa yokufa komntu.

²⁶Wandula ke wabakhululela uBharabhas, waza uYesu wamtyakatya, wamnikela ukuba abethelelwe emnqamlezweni.

Amasoldati Adlala ngoKumkani

²⁷Amasoldati erhuluneli amthabatha ke uYesu, amsa endlwini yerhuluneli, aqokele umkhosi wonke, amngqonga. ²⁸Amhluba, amambathisa ingubo ebomvu. ²⁹Asonta isithsaba sameva, asibeka entlokweni yakhe, afaka ingcongolo esandleni sakhe sokunene, aguqa ngamadolo phambi kwakhe, adlala ngaye, esithi: “Aa, Kumkani wamaYuda!” ³⁰Amtshicela, athabatha ingcongolo leyo, ambetha ngayo entloko kaninzi. ³¹Akuba edlala ngaye, amhluba ingubo leyo, amambathisa ezakhe iingubo, amrhola ukuze amse ekubetheleleni emnqamlezweni.

UNyana kaThixo Ubethelelwa Emnqamlezweni

³²Bephuma, bafumana umKurene ogama linguSimon, bamnyanzela ukuba athwale umnqamlezo kaYesu. ³³Kwathi, bakufika kwindawo ekuthiwa yiGolgota (oko kukuthi iNdawo yoKakayi), ³⁴bamnika iwayini exutywe nenyongo ekrakra ukuba asele; wayiva ngencam, wala ukusela. ³⁵Bakuba bembethelele emnqamlezweni, bazaba phakathi kwabo iingubo zakhe ngokwenza amaqashiso. ³⁶Bandula bahlala phantsi, bamlindela khona apho. ³⁷Ngaphezu kwentloko yakhe babeka ityala awayelimangalelwe ngalo, besithi: “Lo nguYesu, uKumkani wamaYuda.”

³⁸Kwandula kwabethelelwa kunye naye izihange ezibini emnqamlezweni, esinye ngasekunene, esinye ngasekhohlo kwakhe.

³⁹Abo babedlula ngendlela bamnyelisa, behlunguzela iintloko zabo, ⁴⁰besithi: “Wena ubuza kuyichitha itempile, uyakhe ngeentsuku ezintathu, zisindise wena! Ukuba unguNyana kaThixo, yihla emnqamlezweni!”

⁴¹Ngokunjalo nababingeleli abakhulu, kunye nababhali namadoda amakhulu, badlala ngaye, besithi: ⁴²“Wasindisa abanye; yena akanako ukuzisindisa. UnguKumkani wakwaSirayeli; makehle emnqamlezweni ngoku, size sikholwe kuye. ⁴³Uthembele kuThixo; uThixo makamsindise ngoku, ukuba uyamfuna, kuba wathi: ‘NdinguNyana kaThixo.’” ⁴⁴Nezihange ezazibethelelwe emnqamlezweni kunye naye, zazimngcikiva ngokukwanjalo.

UNyana Olahliweyo Unikela ngoMoya Wakhe

⁴⁵Kususela emini enkulu kwada kwayintsimbi yesithathu emva kwemini, kwabakho ubumnyama kulo lonke ilizwe.

⁴⁶Malunga nentsimbi yesithathu emva kwemini, uYesu wadanduluka ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: “Eli, Eli, lema sabhakathani?” — oko kukuthi: “Thixo wam, Thixo wam, undilahlele ni na?”

⁴⁷Bathi abanye kwababemi apho beva oku, bathi: “Lo mntu ubiza uEliya.” ⁴⁸Omnye wabo wagidima kwaoko, wathi nkxu imfunxa ewayinini emuncu, wayifaka engcongolweni, wamseza. ⁴⁹Kodwa abanye bathi: “Myekeni. Masibone ukuba uEliya uya kuza na kumsindisa.”

⁵⁰UYesu wabuya wadanduluka ngezwi elikhulu, waza wancama umoya wakhe. ⁵¹Kwangoko umkhusane wetempile wakrazulwa kubini, ukususela phezulu kwada kwesa ezantsi. Umhlaba wanyikima, amawa aqhekeka. ⁵²Amangcwaba avulwa, yaza imizimba emininzi yabangcwele ababelele yavuswa. ⁵³Emva kokuvuka kukaYesu, baphuma emangcwabeni, bangena kuwo umzi ongcwele, babonakala kubaninzi.

⁵⁴Umthetheli wekhulu nabo babenaye begcina uYesu, bakubona unyikimo noko kwenzekileyo, boyika kakhulu, besithi: “Inene lo mntu ebenguNyana kaThixo!”

⁵⁵Babekhona abafazi abaninzi bebukele bekude, ababemlandele uYesu bevela eGalili, ukuze balungiselele kuye. ⁵⁶Phakathi kwabo kwakukho uMariya waseMagadala, noMariya unina kaYakobi noYosefu, nonina woonyana bakaZebhedi.

UYesu Ubekwa Engcwabeni

⁵⁷Ngokuhlwa kwafika indoda esisityebi yaseArimatiya, egama linguYosefu, eyayingumfundi kaYesu naye. ⁵⁸Waya kuPilato, wacela umzimba kaYesu. Waza uPilato wawisa umthetho ukuba awunikwe. ⁵⁹UYosefu wawuthabatha umzimba, wawusongela ngelaphu elicocekileyo lelinen. ⁶⁰Wawubeka engcwabeni lakhe elitsha, awayeliqingqe eweni; waqengqa ilitye elikhulu wavala umnyango wengcwaba, waza wemka. ⁶¹UMariya waseMagadala nomnye uMariya babelapho, behleli bejongene nengcwaba.

Ingcwaba Litywinwa Nokulindwa

⁶²Ngengomso, emva kweMini yoLungiselelo, ababingeleli abakhulu nabaFarisi bahlanganisana phambi kukaPilato, ⁶³besithi: “Nkosi, siyakhumbula ukuba laa mkhohlisi, oko wayesaphila, wathi: ‘Emva kweentsuku ezintathu ndiya kuvuka.’ ⁶⁴Ngoko wisa umthetho ukuba ingcwaba liqiniswe kude kube lusuku lwesithathu, hleze abafundi bakhe beze, bamebe, baxelele abantu ukuthi: ‘Uvukile kwabafileyo.’ Yaye le nkohliso yokugqibela iya kuba mbi kuneyokuqala.”

⁶⁵UPilato wathi kubo: “Ninabalindi. Hambani, niliqinise ngoko ninako.” ⁶⁶Bahamba ke, baliqinisa ingcwaba, ngokulitywina ilitye, bemise abalindi.