NgokukaMakhu 16

16 ¹Kwathi seliphelile iSabatha, uMariya Magdalena, uMariya unina kaJakobe, noSalome bathenga amakha ukuze bayomgcoba. ²Ekuseni kakhulu ngosuku lokuqala lwesonto, emva nje kokuphuma kwelanga, baya ethuneni. ³Babuzana bodwa bathi: “Ngubani oyosigingqela itshe lisuke emnyango wethuna?” ⁴Kodwa bathi bebheka phezulu, babona itshe—elalilikhulu kakhulu—seligingqiwe lasuswa.

⁵Bangena ethuneni babona insizwa yembethe ingubo emhlophe, ihlezi ngakwesokunene. Bethuka. ⁶Yathi: “Ningethuki. Nifuna uJesu waseNazaretha owabethelwa esiphambanweni. Uvukile—akekho lapha. Bhekani, indawo lapho ababemlalise khona. ⁷Kodwa hambani, nitshele abafundi bakhe noPhethro, nithi: ‘Uyanandulela eGalile. Niyombona khona, njengoba anitshela.’”

⁸Bethuthumela bemangele, abesifazane babaleka ethuneni, bangatsheli muntu—ngoba babesaba.

⁹Esevukile ekuseni ngosuku lokuqala lwesonto, uJesu wabonakala kuqala kuMariya Magdalena, ayekhiphe kuye amademoni ayisikhombisa. ^a a v9 Imibhalo yakudala kunayo yonke iphetha uMarku evesini lesi-8. Amavesi 9-20 atholakala ezincwadini eziningi zakamuva futhi anyatheliswe lapha, njengakumaBhayibheli amaningi anamuhla. ¹⁰Wahamba watshela labo ababekade benaye, ababezilile bekhala. ¹¹Bathi besizwa ukuthi uJesu uyaphila nokuthi umbonile, abakukholwanga.

¹²Emva kwalokho uJesu wabonakala, ngesinye isimo, kwababili babo ababehamba beya emaphandleni. ¹³Babuyela bakubika kwabanye, kodwa nabo ababakholwanga.

¹⁴Kamuva uJesu wabonakala kwabayishumi nanye besadla, wabasola ngokuntula kwabo ukholo nangobulukhuni bezinhliziyo zabo, ngokuba babengabakholwanga labo abambona esevukile.

¹⁵Wathi kubo: “Hambani niye ezweni lonke, nimemezele izindaba ezinhle kuyo yonke indalo. ¹⁶Okholwayo abhapathizwe uyosindiswa, kodwa ongakholwayo uyolahlwa. ¹⁷Lezi zibonakaliso ziyobalandela abakholwayo: egameni lami bayokhipha amademoni, bakhulume ngezilimi ezintsha. ¹⁸Bayophatha izinyoka ngezandla zabo; uma bephuza ushevu obulalayo, ngeke ubalimaze; bayobeka izandla phezu kwabagulayo, basinde.”

¹⁹Emva kokukhuluma nabo, iNkosi uJesu yakhushulelwa ezulwini yahlala ngakwesokunene sikaBaba wethu. ^b b v19 Lapho iNdodana isiqedile umsebenzi wayo, yabuyela eceleni kukaYise — indawo yodumo eyihlanganyela noYise. ²⁰Baphuma bashumayela yonke indawo, iNkosi isebenza kanye nabo, iqinisa izwi layo ngezibonakaliso ezaziphelezela.