NgokukaMathewu 27

Isahluko 27.

27 ¹Ekuseni kakhulu, bonke abapristi abakhulu namalunga abantu bahlangana, benza icebo lokubulala uJesu. ²Ngakho bambopha, bamqhuba, bamnikela kuPilatu umbusi.

³UJuda, owayemkhaphele, ebona ukuthi uJesu ulahliwe, wazisola, wabuyisela izinhlamvu zesiliva ezingamashumi amathathu kubapristi abakhulu nakumalunga, ⁴wathi: “Ngonile, ngikhaphele igazi elingenacala.” Bathi: “Akulona udaba lwethu. Uzozibonela wena.”

⁵Waphonsa izinhlamvu zesiliva ethempelini, waphuma, wazilengisa.

⁶Abapristi abakhulu bathatha isiliva bathi: “Ngeke sikufake lokhu esikhwameni sethempeli—kwakuyinkokhelo yegazi.” ⁷Ngakho bacebisana, bese bethenga ngayo insimu yombumbi, ukuze bangcwabe abezizwe. ⁸Kungakho leyo nsimu kuthiwa yiNsimu Yegazi kuze kube namuhla. ⁹Khona kwagcwaliseka lokho okwakhulunywa ngumprofethi uJeremiya: “Bathatha izinhlamvu zesiliva ezingamashumi amathathu, inani elabekwa kuye, abanye bamadodana ka-Israyeli abalibekayo, ¹⁰bazinika insimu yombumbi, njengokuba uBaba wethu wangiyala.”

UJesu Ema Ethule Phambi kukaPilatu

¹¹UJesu wema phambi kombusi; umbusi wambuza wathi: “Wena uyiNkosi yamaJuda na?” UJesu wathi: “Usho wena.”

¹²Kodwa lapho emangalelwa ngabapristi abakhulu namalunga, akaphendulanga lutho. ¹³UPilatu wayesethi kuye: “Awuzwa yini ukuthi bakumangalela ngezinto ezingaka?”

¹⁴Akamphendulanga ngisho nakucala olulodwa, umbusi waze wamangala kakhulu.

¹⁵Emkhosini ngamunye umbusi wayevame ukukhulula isiboshwa esisodwa isixuku esasisifuna. ¹⁶Ngaleso sikhathi babephethe isiboshwa esidume kabi esasithiwa uBarabha. ¹⁷Lapho sebebuthene, uPilatu wabuza wathi: “Nifuna nginikhululele muphi—uBarabha, noma uJesu othiwa uKhristu?” ¹⁸Ngokuba wayazi ukuthi babemnikele ngomona.

¹⁹Kwathi esahlezi esihlalweni sokwahlulela, umkakhe wathumela kuye wathi: Ungabi nandaba naleyo ndoda elungileyo, ngokuba namuhla ngihluphekile kakhulu ephusheni ngenxa yayo.

²⁰Kodwa abapristi abakhulu namalunga bancenga izixuku ukuba zicele uBarabha, nokuba uJesu abulawe. ²¹Umbusi wathi: “Yimuphi kulaba ababili enifuna nginikhululele yena?” Bathi: “UBarabha.”

²²UPilatu wababuza wathi: “Pho ngenzeni ngoJesu othiwa uKhristu?” Bonke bathi: “Akabethelwe esiphambanweni!”

²³Wathi: “Kungani? Woneni?” Kodwa bamemeza kakhulu bathi: “Mbethele esiphambanweni!”

²⁴UPilatu, ebona ukuthi akasenakwenza lutho, kunalokho kuqubuka isiyaluyalu, wathatha amanzi, wageza izandla zakhe phambi kwesixuku, wathi: “Anginacala egazini laleli muntu; nizozibonela nina.”

²⁵Bonke abantu baphendula bathi: “Igazi lakhe malibe phezu kwethu naphezu kwabantwana bethu!” ^a a v25 Ukuthi ‘igazi lakhe malibe phezu kwethu’ kwakuyinkulumo yasendulo isixuku esasivuma ngayo ngokusemthethweni umthwalo wecala nowokuziphatha ngokufa komuntu.

²⁶Wayesebakhululela uBarabha, wamshaya uJesu ngesiswebhu, wamnikela ukuba abethelwe esiphambanweni.

Amasosha Abhinqa iNkosi

²⁷Khona amasosha ombusi amthatha uJesu amyisa endlini yombusi, abutha lonke iviyo lamasosha lamzungeza. ²⁸Amhlubula, amgqokisa ingubo ebomvu. ²⁹Eluka umqhele wameva, awubeka ekhanda lakhe, afaka umhlanga esandleni sakhe sokudla, aguqa phambi kwakhe, ambhinqa athi: “Bayede, Nkosi yamaJuda!” ³⁰Amkhafulela ngamathe, athatha umhlanga, amshaya ekhanda kaninginingi. ³¹Esembhinqile, amhlubula ingubo, amgqokisa izingubo zakhe, amqhuba ukuba ayombethela esiphambanweni.

INdodana kaNkulunkulu Ibethelwa Esiphambanweni

³²Ekuphumeni, afica umuntu waseKhurene ogama lakhe linguSimoni, amphoqa ukuba athwale isiphambano sikaJesu. ³³Athi efika endaweni ethiwa yiGolgotha (okuchaza ukuthi iNdawo Yogebhezi Lwekhanda), ³⁴amnika iwayini elixutshwe nenyongo ebabayo ukuba aliphuze; walinambitha, wenqaba ukuliphuza. ³⁵Athe esembethele esiphambanweni, abelana izingubo zakhe ngokwenza inkatho. ³⁶Ahlala phansi, amlinda khona lapho. ³⁷Phezu kwekhanda lakhe abeka incwadi yecala lakhe: “Lo nguJesu, iNkosi yamaJuda.”

³⁸Khona kwabethelwa kanye naye abaphangi ababili, oyedwa ngakwesokudla, omunye ngakwesokhohlo.

³⁹Abadlulayo bamthuka, benikina amakhanda abo, ⁴⁰bethi: “Wena odiliza ithempeli ulakhe ngezinsuku ezintathu—zisindise! Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, yehla esiphambanweni!”

⁴¹Ngokunjalo nabapristi abakhulu, kanye nababhali namalunga, bambhinqa bathi, ⁴²“wasindisa abanye; yena angeke azisindise. UyiNkosi yakwa-Israyeli—akehle manje esiphambanweni, khona sizakukholwa kuye. ⁴³Wethemba uNkulunkulu—uNkulunkulu akamsindise manje, uma emfuna, ngokuba wathi, ‘NgiyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.’” ⁴⁴Nabaphangi ababebethelwe kanye naye bamthuka ngokunjalo.

INdodana Elahliwe Inikela uMoya Wayo

⁴⁵Kusukela emini enkulu kwaze kwaba yihora lesithathu ntambama, ubumnyama bembesa izwe lonke.

⁴⁶Cishe ngehora lesithathu ntambama, uJesu wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu wathi: “Eli, Eli, lema sabakithani?”—okungukuthi, “Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungishiyeleni na?”

⁴⁷Abanye babo ababemi lapho besizwa lokhu, bathi: “Lo muntu ubiza u-Eliya.” ⁴⁸Omunye wabo wagijima ngaso leso sikhathi, wacwilisa isiponji ewayinini elimuncu, walifaka emhlangeni, wamnika ukuba aphuze. ⁴⁹Kodwa abanye bathi: “Myeke. Ake sibone ukuthi u-Eliya uzakuza yini ukuzomsindisa.”

⁵⁰UJesu wabuye wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wanikela umoya wakhe. ⁵¹Masinyane ikhethini lethempeli ladabuka kabili, kusukela phezulu kuya phansi. Umhlaba wazamazama, amadwala aqhekeka. ⁵²Amathuna avuleka, izidumbu eziningi zabangcwele ababelele zavuswa. ⁵³Emva kokuvuka kukaJesu, baphuma emathuneni, bangena emzini ongcwele, babonakala kwabaningi.

⁵⁴Induna yekhulu nalabo ababenayo belinda uJesu, bebona ukuzamazama komhlaba nalokho okwenzeka, besaba kakhulu, bathi: “Ngempela lo muntu ube yiNdodana kaNkulunkulu!”

⁵⁵Abesifazane abaningi babebukele bekude; babelandele uJesu bevela eGalile ukuze bamsize. ⁵⁶Phakathi kwabo: uMariya waseMagdala, uMariya unina kaJakobe noJosefa, nonina wamadodana kaZebediya.

UJesu Ubekwa Ethuneni

⁵⁷Kuthe kusihlwa kwafika umuntu ocebileyo wase-Arimathiya ogama lakhe linguJosefa, naye owayengumfundi kaJesu. ⁵⁸Waya kuPilatu, wacela isidumbu sikaJesu. UPilatu wayeseyala ukuba asinikwe. ⁵⁹UJosefa wathatha isidumbu, wasisonga ngelineni elihlanzekile. ⁶⁰Wasibeka ethuneni lakhe elisha, ayeligubhe edwaleni, wagingqa itshe elikhulu emnyango wethuna, wahamba. ⁶¹UMariya waseMagdala nomunye uMariya babelapho, behlezi malungana nethuna.

Ithuna Livalwa Ngophawu Futhi Liqashwe

⁶²Ngangomuso—emva koSuku Lokulungiselela—abapristi abakhulu nabaFarisi babuthana phambi kukaPilatu, ⁶³bathi: “Mnumzane, siyakhumbula ukuthi lowo mkhohlisi, esaphila, wathi, ‘Emva kwezinsuku ezintathu ngizakuvuka.’ ⁶⁴Ngakho yala ukuba ithuna liqashwe kuze kube lusuku lwesithathu, funa abafundi bakhe beze, bameba, batshele abantu, ‘Uvusiwe kwabafileyo.’ Lowo mkhohliso wokugcina ungaba mubi kunowokuqala.”

⁶⁵UPilatu wathi kubo: “Ninabalindi. Hambani, niliqinise ngendlela eningakwazi ngayo.” ⁶⁶Ngakho bahamba, baliqinisa ithuna ngokubeka uphawu etsheni nangokumisa abalindi.