UJesu uphambi kukaPilatu

15Kwathi khonokho ekuseni kakhulu abapristi abakhulu benza umhlangano kanye labadala lababhalia, lomphakathi wonkeb, bambopha uJesu bamqhuba bamnikela kuPilatuc. 2 UPilatu wasembuza wathi: Wena uyiNkosi yamaJuda yini? Wasemphendula wathi kuye: Uyatsho wena. 3 Abapristi abakhulu basebemmangalela ngezinto ezinengi; kodwa yena kaphendulanga lutho. 4 UPilatu wasebuya embuza, wathi: Kawuphenduli lutho yini? Khangela, zingaki izinto abazifakazayo ezimelana lawe. 5 Kodwa uJesu kabesaphendula lutho, waze wamangala uPilatud.

6 Langomkhosi wayebakhululela isibotshwa esisodwa, loba yisiphi abasicelayo. 7 Kwakukhona umuntu othiwa nguBarabasi, owayebotshiwe lalabo ababevukele umbuso laye, ababebulele ekuvukeleni umbuso. 8 Ixuku laselimemeza laqala ukucela ukuthi enze njengalokho ayehlezi ekwenza kubo. 9 UPilatu wasebaphendula, wathi: Lithanda ukuthi ngilikhululele iNkosi yamaJuda yinie? 10 Ngoba wayekwazi ukuthi ngomona abapristi abakhulu bamnikele. 11 Kodwa abapristi abakhulu bavusa ixuku, ukuthi kungcono alikhululele uBarabasif. 12 UPilatu wasephendula wathi futhi kubo: Pho lifuna ngimenzeni lo elithi uyiNkosi yamaJuda? 13 Basebememeza futhi bathi: Mbethele! 14 Kodwa uPilatu wathi kubo: Ngoba wenze ububi bani? Kodwa bamemeza kakhulu bathi: Mbethele!

15 Khona uPilatu ethanda ukukholisa ixuku, wabakhululela uBarabasi; kodwa wamnikela uJesu, esemtshaye ngesiswepu, ukuthi abethelweg.

Abebutho bamenza uJesu inhlekisa

16 Abebutho basebemngenisah phakathi, egumenii, eliyindlu yombusi, basebebizela ibutho lonke ndawonyej, 17 bamgqokisa okuyibubende, sebeluke umqhele wameva bamethesa, 18 baqala ukumbingelela besithi: Bayethe, Nkosi yamaJuda! 19 Batshaya ikhanda lakhe ngomhlanga, bamkhafulela amathe, baguqa ngamadolo bamkhonzak. 20 Sebemklolodele, bamhlubula okuyibubende, bamgqokisa ezakhe izembatho. Basebemusa phandle ukuze bambethele.

UJesu esiphambanweni

21 Babamba ngamandla omunye owayesedlula othiwa nguSimoni umKurene, evela emaphandleni, uyise kaAleksandrol loRufusim, ukuthi athwale isiphambano sakhe.

22 Basebemusa endawenin ethiwa yiGolgotha, okuyikuthi ngokuphendulelwa, iNdawo yokhakhayio. 23 Basebemnika iwayini lixutshaniswe lenhlaka ukuthi alinathep; kodwa kalemukelanga. 24 Sebembethele, babelana izembatho zakhe, benza inkatho yokuphosa ngazo, ukuthi ngamunye uzathathani. 25 Kwakulihola lesithathu*, njalo bambethelaq. 26 Futhi kwakulombhalo wecala lakhe elalibhalwe phezulu usithi: INKOSI YAMAJUDAr.

27 Njalo babethela kanye laye abaphangi ababili, omunye ngakwesokunene lomunye ngakwesokhohlo sakhe. 28 Wasugcwaliseka umbhalo othi: Futhi wabalwa kanye lezonis.

29 Labedlulayo bamhlambaza, benikina amakhanda abo, besithi: Hiya, wena odiliza ithempeli, ulakhe ngensuku ezintathu, 30 zisindise, wehle esiphambanweni. 31 Langokunjalo abapristi abakhulu labo bakloloda kanye lababhali bathi omunye komunye: Wasindisa abanye, angezisindise yena. 32 UKristu iNkosi yakoIsrayeli kehle khathesi esiphambanweni, ukuze sibone sikholwe. Lababebethelwe kanye laye bamklolodela.

Ukufa kukaJesu

33 Kwathi sekufike ihola lesithupha*, kwaba khona ubumnyama phezu komhlaba wonke kwaze kwaba lihola lesificamunwemunye*. 34 Ngehola lesificamunwemunye uJesu wamemeza ngelizwi elikhulu, wathi, "Eloyi, Eloyi, lama sabaktani?" Okuyikuthi ngokuphendulelwa: Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungitshiyelenit? 35 Labanye kwababemi khona besizwa bathi: Khangelani, ubiza uElija. 36 Wasegijima omunye, wagcwalisa uzipho ngeviniga, waluhloma emhlangeni, wamnika ukuthi anathe, esithi: Yekelani, sibone uba uElija uzakuza amethule. 37 UJesu wasememeza ngelizwi elikhulu waphefumula okokucinau.

38 Leveyili lethempeli ladatshulwa laba zincezu ezimbili laqala phezulu lisiya phansi. 39 Kwathi induna yekhulu eyayimi maqondana laye ibona ukuthi ukhale njalo, waphefumula okokucina, yathi: Ngeqiniso lumuntu ubeyiNdodana kaNkulunkuluv.

40 Kwakukhona labesifazana bebukele bekhatshana, okwakukhona phakathi kwabo loMariya Magadalena, loMariya unina kaJakobe omncinyane lokaJose, loSalome, 41 (labo abamlandela, eseseGalili, bamsebenzela), labanye abesifazana abanengi abenyukela eJerusalemaw laye.

Ukungcwatshwa kukaJesu

42 Kwathi sekuhlwilex, ngoba kwakungamalungiselelo, okuyikuthi usuku phambi kwesabathay, 43 wafika uJosefa owayevela eArimathiya, ilungaz elihloniphekayoa lomphakathi, owayelindele laye umbuso kaNkulunkulub; wangena ngesibindi kuPilatu, wacela isidumbu sikaJesu. 44 UPilatu wasemangala ngokuthi usefile; wabizela kuye induna yekhulu, wayibuza ukuthi kambe sekuyisikhathi efile. 45 Esazisiwe yinduna yekhulu, wamnika uJosefa isidumbuc. 46 Wasethenga ilembu elicolekileyo, wamethula, wamgoqela ngelembu elicolekileyo, wambeka engcwabeni elaligujwe edwaleni; wagiqela ilitshe emnyango wengcwaba. 47 Futhi uMariya Magadalena loMariya unina kaJose babona lapho abekwe khonad.