UBawo Uyamvusa uNyana wakhe

Abafazi bafika engcwabeni kusasa baze balifumane livuliwe, abalindi benjengabantu abafileyo, nesithunywa sisithi uYise umvusile. Amasoldati ahlawulwa ukuba athi umzimba ubiwe. Entabeni yaseGalili abanye basathandabuza, kodwa bonke bathunyelwa kuzo zonke iintlanga.

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Emveni kwesabatha, kusasa ngomhla wokuqala weveki, kwafika uMariya waseMagadala nomnye uMariya ukuze babone ingcwaba. Kwabakho inyikima enkulu kwaoko, kuba isithunywa sikaBawo wethu sehla sivela ezulwini, saliqengqa ilitye, sahlala phezu kwalo. Imbonakalo yaso yayinjengombane, nengubo yaso yayimhlophe njengekhephu. Abalindi bangcangcazela besoyika yena, baba njengabantu abafileyo. Kodwa isithunywa sathi kubafazi: “Musani ukoyika, kuba ndiyazi ukuba nifuna uYesu owabethelelwa emnqamlezweni. Akakho apha—uvukile, njengoko watshoyo. Yizani, nibone indawo abelele kuyo. Hambani ngokukhawuleza, nibaxelele abafundi bakhe nithi: Uvukile kwabafileyo. Khangelani, uyanandulela esiya kwelaseGalili; niya kumbona khona apho. Yivani, ndinixelele.”

Baphuma ke engcwabeni ngokukhawuleza, benoloyiko novuyo olukhulu, bagidima besiya kubaxelela abafundi bakhe.

Kwaoko uYesu waqubisana nabo, wathi: “Nindibulisile!” Beza kuye, bazibamba iinyawo zakhe, baqubuda kuye. Wandula ke uYesu wathi kubo: “Musani ukoyika. Hambani, nibaxelele abazalwana bam ukuba baye kwelaseGalili—baya kundibona khona apho.”

Ibali Lokufihla Labalindi

Besesendleleni, abanye babalindi bangena emzini, baxelela ababingeleli abaziintloko konke okwenzekileyo. Emveni kokuhlangana namadoda amakhulu nokwenza icebo, bawanika imali eninzi amajoni, bewaxelela besithi: “Yithini: Abafundi bakhe beze ebusuku, bameba sisalele. Ukuba oku kuthe kwafika ezindlebeni zerhuluneli, soyithundeza, nina sinigcine ningabi nangxaki.” Bayithabatha ke imali, benza njengoko babexelelwe; olu daba lwanda phakathi kwamaYuda unanamhla.

Isiyalezo sikaBawo wethu Kweentlanga Zonke

Baya ke abafundi abalishumi elinamnye kwelaseGalili, entabeni awabayalela kuyo uYesu. Bakumbona, baqubuda kuye, kodwa abanye bathandabuza.

Weza uYesu wathi kubo: “Lonke igunya ezulwini nasemhlabeni ndilinikiwe. Ngoko ke hambani niye kwenza abafundi kweentlanga zonke, nibabhaptiza egameni loBawo neloNyana nelikaMoya oyiNgcwele, ^a nibafundisa ukugcina konke endiniwisele mthetho ngako. Khumbulani, ndinani yonke imihla, kude kube sekupheleni kweli xesha.”