Uhlekwa Usulu Ngomqhele Wameva
Eshaywe ngeziswebhu, ethweswe umqhele wameva, eboniswa phambi kwabantu, uJesu unikelwa ngemva kokuba abapristi bethi abanayo inkosi ngaphandle kukaKhesari. Uthwala isiphambano sakhe, unikela unina kumfundi abemthanda, uthi kuphelile, bese efa. UJosefa noNikodemu bayamngcwaba engadini.
19 1Khona-ke uPilatu wamthatha uJesu wayala ukuba ashaywe ngesiswebhu. 2Amasosha aluka umqhele wameva, awubeka ekhanda lakhe, amembathisa ingubo eyibubende. 3Ayelokhu eza kuye, ethi: “Bayede, Nkosi yamaJuda!” emshaya ngempama ebusweni.
4UPilatu waphuma futhi wathi kubo: “Bhekani, ngimkhiphela kini ngaphandle, ukuze nazi ukuthi angitholi cala kuye.” 5UJesu waphuma egqoke umqhele wameva nengubo eyibubende. UPilatu wathi kubo: “Nangu umuntu!”
6Kwathi abapristi abakhulu nabalindi bembona, bamemeza bathi: “Mbethele! Mbethele!” UPilatu wathi kubo: “Mthatheni nina nimbethele, ngokuba mina angitholi cala kuye.”
7AmaJuda amphendula athi: “Thina sinomthetho; ngalowo mthetho umelwe ukufa, ngokuba uzenze iNdodana kaNkulunkulu.”
8Kwathi uPilatu ezwa lokhu, wesaba nakakhulu. 9Wabuyela endlini yombusi futhi wabuza uJesu: “Uvelaphi wena?” Kodwa uJesu akazange amphendule. 10Ngakho uPilatu wathi kuye: “Awukhulumi yini kimi? Awazi yini ukuthi nginegunya lokukukhulula, nginegunya nokukubethela?”
11UJesu wamphendula wathi: “Ubungeke ube nagunya nhlobo phezu kwami ukube awunikwanga lona livela phezulu. Kungakho lowo onginikele kuwe enesono esikhulu kunakho.”
12Kusukela lapho, uPilatu wazama ukumkhulula, kodwa amaJuda amemeza athi: “Uma umkhulula, awusona umngane kaKhesari. Noma ngubani ozenza inkosi uphikisana noKhesari.”
13Kwathi uPilatu ezwa la mazwi, wamkhiphela ngaphandle uJesu wahlala esihlalweni sokwahlulela endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi iNdawo Egandiwe Ngamatshe—ngesi-Aramu iGabatha. 14Kwakuwusuku lokuLungiselela iPhasika, cishe emini enkulu. Wathi kumaJuda: “Nayi iNkosi yenu!”
15Amemeza athi: “Msuseni! Msuseni! Mbethele!” UPilatu wawabuza: “Ngiyibethele iNkosi yenu?” Abapristi abakhulu baphendula bathi: “Asinankosi ngaphandle kukaKhesari.”
Uyanikelwa
16Ngakho-ke wamnikela kubo ukuba abethelwe. Base bemthatha uJesu, 17ethwele isiphambano sakhe, waphuma waya endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi iNdawo Yokhakhayi, ngesi-Aramu ibizwa ngokuthi iGolgotha. 18Lapho bambethela khona, kanye nabanye ababili, omunye ngalolu hlangothi omunye ngalolu, uJesu ephakathi. 19UPilatu wabhala nombhalo wawubeka esiphambanweni: UJesu waseNazaretha, iNkosi yamaJuda. 20AmaJuda amaningi awufunda lo mbhalo, ngokuba indawo uJesu abethelwa kuyo yayiseduze nomuzi; wawubhalwe ngesi-Aramu, ngesiLathini, nangesiGreki. 21Ngakho abapristi abakhulu bamaJuda bathi kuPilatu: “Ungabhali ukuthi ‘INkosi yamaJuda,’ kodwa ukuthi ‘Lo muntu wathi, ngiyiNkosi yamaJuda.’”
22UPilatu waphendula wathi: “Engikubhalile, ngikubhalile.”
23Kwathi sebembethele uJesu, amasosha athatha izingubo zakhe azahlukanisa zaba izabelo ezine, isabelo ngasinye sesosha ngalinye, athatha nesembatho sangaphansi. Isembatho sasingenamthungo, salukwe saba yinto eyodwa kusukela phezulu kuya phansi. 24Ngakho athi omunye komunye: “Masingasiklebhuli, kodwa masenze inkatho ukuthi ngubani oyakusithola.” Lokhu kwenzeka ukuze kugcwaliseke umBhalo othi: “Babelana izingubo zami, benza inkatho ngengubo yami.” Ngakho amasosha enza lokhu.
25Unina, nodadewabo kanina, uMariya umkaKlophase, noMariya waseMagadala babemi eduze nesiphambano sikaJesu.
26UJesu ebona unina nomfundi ayemthanda bemi lapho, wathi kuye: “Mame, nansi indodana yakho.” 27Wayesethi kumfundi: “Nangu unyoko.” Kusukela ngalelo hora, umfundi wamthatha wamusa ekhaya lakhe.
Sekufeziwe
28Emva kwalokhu, uJesu azi ukuthi konke manje sekufeziwe, wathi, ukuze kugcwaliseke umBhalo: “Ngomile.”
29Kwakukhona lapho isitsha sigcwele iwayini elimuncu; bagxamuza isiponji kulo, basihloma oluthini lwehisophi, basiphakamisela emlonyeni wakhe.
30UJesu wathatha iwayini elimuncu wathi: “Sekufeziwe.” Wakhothamisa ikhanda lakhe wawunikela umoya wakhe.
31Njengoba kwakuwusuku lokuLungiselela, futhi bengafuni ukuba izidumbu zisale esiphambanweni ngeSabatha—ngoba lelo Sabatha laliwusuku olukhethekile—amaJuda acela uPilatu ukuba aphulwe imilenze yabo, zisuswe nezidumbu. 32Ngakho amasosha eza aphula imilenze yowokuqala, abe eseyaphula neyomunye owayebethelwe naye. 33Kodwa kwathi efika kuJesu, ebona ukuthi wayesefile, awazange ayephule imilenze yakhe. 34Kodwa elinye lamasosha lamgwaza ehlangothini ngomkhonto, kwase kuphuma masinyane igazi namanzi. a a v34 UJohane usitshela ukuthi lokhu wakubona ngokwakhe, futhi ukunikeza njengobufakazi bokuthi uJesu wayefe ngempela. 35Owabona ngawakhe amehlo ufakazile—ubufakazi bakhe buyiqiniso, futhi uyazi ukuthi ukhuluma iqiniso—ukuze nani nikholwe. 36Ngokuba lezi zinto zenzeka ukuze kugcwaliseke umBhalo othi: “Akukho namunye wamathambo akhe oyokwaphulwa.” 37Futhi omunye umBhalo uthi: “Bayakubheka lowo abamgwazayo.”
UJosefa NoNikhodemu
38Emva kwalokho, uJosefa wasebe-Arimathiya—umfundi kaJesu, kodwa ngasese, ngokwesaba amaJuda—wacela uPilatu ukuba amvumele asuse isidumbu sikaJesu. UPilatu wavuma, ngakho weza wasisusa. 39NoNikhodemu, lowo owaqala weza kuJesu ebusuku, naye weza, ephethe ingxube yemure nenhlaba, cishe amaphawundi angamashumi ayisikhombisa nanhlanu. 40Bathatha isidumbu sikaJesu basigoqa ngezindwangu zelineni kanye namakha, njengokwenza kwesiko lokumbela lamaJuda. 41Endaweni abethelwa kuyo kwakukhona insimu, nasensimini kwakukhona ithuna elisha okwakungakabekwa muntu kulo. 42Ngenxa yokuthi kwakuwusuku lokuLungiselela lwamaJuda, nethuna laliseduze, bambeka khona uJesu.
