NgokukaLuka 24

24 ¹Ngosuku lokuqala lwesonto, ekuseni kakhulu, bafika ethuneni, bephethe amakha ababewalungisile. ²Bafica itshe ligingqiwe lasuswa ethuneni, ³kodwa bathi bengena abasitholanga isidumbu seNkosi uJesu. ⁴Kuthe besadidekile ngalokhu, kungazelelwe kwema amadoda amabili eceleni kwabo egqoke izingubo ezicwebezelayo. ⁵Bethukile, bakhothamisa ubuso babo phansi. Amadoda abuza athi: “Nimfunelani ophilayo phakathi kwabafileyo? ⁶Akekho lapha—uvukile. Khumbulani lokho akusho kini esesekhona eGalile, ⁷ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu kumelwe inikelwe ezandleni zabantu abayizoni, ibethelwe esiphambanweni, ibuye ivuke ngosuku lwesithathu.”

⁸Base bewakhumbula amazwi akhe, ⁹bebuya ethuneni, bakubikela abayishumi nanye kanye nabo bonke abanye konke lokhu. ¹⁰KwakunguMariya waseMagadala, noJowana, noMariya unina kaJakobe, nabanye abesifazane ababenabo, abatshela abaphostoli lezi zinto. ¹¹Kodwa lawo mazwi abonakala kubo engamampunge, abaze bawakholwa. ¹²UPhethro wasukuma wagijimela ethuneni; wakhothama, wabona izindwangu zelineni kuphela, wabe esegoduka emangele ngalokho okwakwenzekile.

Indlela Eya E-Emawusi

¹³Ngalona lolo suku ababili babo baya emzaneni othiwa yi-Emawusi, oqhele ngamamayela ayisikhombisa eJerusalema, ¹⁴babexoxa bodwa ngazo zonke lezi zinto ezase zenzekile. ¹⁵Kwathi besaxoxa bebonisana, uJesu uqobo wasondela wahamba nabo. ¹⁶Kodwa amehlo abo ayebanjiwe ukuze bangamazi.

¹⁷Wababuza wathi: “Yini le enixoxa ngayo nodwa nisahamba?” Bema, bebukeka bedabukile.

¹⁸Omunye wabo, okuthiwa uKleyophasi, waphendula wathi: “Kanti uwena wedwa isihambi eJerusalema ongakwaziyo okwenzeke khona kulezi zinsuku na?”

¹⁹Wabuza wathi: “Yiziphi izinto?” Bathi: “Ngendaba kaJesu waseNazaretha—umprofethi onamandla ngezenzo nangezwi phambi kukaBaba wethu naphambi kwabo bonke abantu,

²⁰nokuthi abapristi bethu abakhulu nababusi bamnikela kanjani ukuba agwetshwe ukufa, bambethela esiphambanweni. ²¹Thina besithemba ukuthi nguye obezohlenga u-Israyeli. Kodwa phezu kwakho konke lokhu, namuhla lusuku lwesithathu selokhu kwenzeka lezi zinto. ²²Ngaphezu kwalokho, abanye abesifazane bakithi basimangazile—abafike ethuneni ekuseni kakhulu, ²³bathi bengasitholi isidumbu sakhe, babuya bethi babone nombono wezingelosi, ezithe uyaphila. ²⁴Abanye kulabo esinabo baya ethuneni bakuthola kunjengoba abesifazane besho, kodwa yena kabambonanga.”

²⁵Wathi kubo: “Maye, niyiziwula kanjani, nilibele kangaka ukukholwa konke abakusho abaprofethi! ²⁶Bekungafanele yini ukuba uKhristu ahlupheke ngalezi zinto, bese engena enkazimulweni yakhe na?”

²⁷Waqala ngoMose nabo bonke abaprofethi, wabachazela kuyo yonke imibhalo konke okukhuluma ngaye.

²⁸Basondela emzaneni ababeya kuwo, yena wenza sengathi uyaqhubeka nohambo. ²⁹Kodwa bamncenga kakhulu bathi: “Hlala nathi—sekuhlwile, usuku selusondele ekupheleni.” Wangena-ke ukuba ahlale nabo.

³⁰Kwathi esehlezi etafuleni nabo, wathatha isinkwa, wasibusisa, wasihlephula, wasinika bona. ³¹Avuleka-ke amehlo abo, bamazi. Wanyamalala phambi kwabo. ³²Bakhulumisana bathi: “Bekungenjalo yini ukuthi izinhliziyo zethu bezivutha phakathi kwethu lapho ekhuluma nathi endleleni, esivulela imibhalo na?” ³³Ngalona lelo hora basukuma, babuyela eJerusalema, bafica abayishumi nanye nalabo ababenabo bebuthene ndawonye, ³⁴bethi: “Ngempela iNkosi ivukile, ibonakele kuSimoni!” ³⁵Bona balandisa okwenzeka endleleni, nokuthi waziwa kanjani ekuhlephuleni kwesinkwa.

UJesu Ubonakala Kwabakhe

³⁶Besakhuluma lezi zinto, uJesu uqobo wema phakathi kwabo wathi kubo: “Ukuthula makube kini!”

³⁷Kodwa bethuka besaba, becabanga ukuthi babona umoya.

³⁸Wathi kubo: “Nikhathazekelani, futhi kungani kuvela ukungabaza ezinhliziyweni zenu? ³⁹Bhekani izandla zami nezinyawo zami—ngingumina ngempela. Ngithinteni nibone: umoya awunanyama namathambo, njengoba nibona nginakho.”

⁴⁰Esekushilo lokhu, wababonisa izandla zakhe nezinyawo zakhe.

⁴¹Kwathi besengakakholwa ngenxa yenjabulo, bemangele, wathi kubo: “Ninakho yini lapha okudliwayo na?”

⁴²Bamnika ucezu lwenhlanzi eyosiwe, ⁴³wayithatha wayidla phambi kwabo.

⁴⁴Wathi kubo: “Yilokhu engakusho kini ngisenani: ukuthi kumelwe kugcwaliseke konke okwabhalwa ngami eMthethweni kaMose, nakubaprofethi, nasemaHubeni.”

⁴⁵Wase evula izingqondo zabo ukuze baqonde imibhalo,

⁴⁶wathi kubo: “Kulotshiwe ukuthi uKhristu kumelwe ahlupheke, avuke kwabafileyo ngosuku lwesithathu, ⁴⁷nokuthi ukuphenduka kuze kuthethelelwe izono kumelwe kushunyayelwe egameni lakhe kuzo zonke izizwe, kuqalwa eJerusalema. ⁴⁸Nina ningofakazi balezi zinto. ⁴⁹Mina ngithumela kini isithembiso sikaBaba. Hlalani edolobheni nize nembathiswe amandla avela phezulu.”

UBaba Wemukela INdodana Yakhe

⁵⁰Wabakhipha wabaholela ngaphandle kwaze kwaba seBhethaniya, waphakamisa izandla zakhe wababusisa. ⁵¹Kwathi esababusisa, wehlukana nabo, wakhushulelwa ezulwini. ⁵²Bamkhonza, babuyela eJerusalema benentokozo enkulu, ⁵³babelokhu besethempelini njalo bedumisa uBaba wethu.