UJesu uphambi kukaPilatu

23Kwasekusukuma ixuku labo lonke, lamusa kuPilatua.

2 Baqala ukummangalela, besithi: Simficile lo eduhisa isizweb, esalela ukuthela kuKesaricd, esithi nguye onguKristu iNkosie. 3 UPilatu wasembuzaf, wathi: Wena uyiNkosi yamaJuda yinig? Wasemphendula wathi: Uyatsho wena. 4 Wasesithi uPilatu kubapristi abakhulu lemaxukwini: Kangitholi cala kulumuntuh. 5 Kodwa baqinisa, besithi: Udunga abantu, efundisa kuyo yonke iJudiyai, eqalaj eGalili kuze kufike laphak.

UJesu uphambi kukaHerodi

6 Lapho uPilatu esizwa kuthiwa iGalili wabuza ukuthi lumuntu ungumGalili yini. 7 Kwathi esezwile ukuthi ungowombuso kaHerodil, wamthumela kuHerodi, owayekhona laye eJerusalema ngalezonsukum.

8 Kwathi uHerodi embona uJesu wathokoza kakhulu; ngoba wayekade ethanda ukumbonan, ngoba wayezwile okunengi ngaye; wayethemba ukuthi uzabona isibonakaliso esithile sisenziwa nguyeo. 9 Wambuza ngamazwi amanengi; kodwa yena kamphendulanga lutho. 10 Abapristi abakhulu lababhali babemi, bemmangalela ngamandlap. 11 UHerodi lamabutho akheq bamyangisar, bamklolodelas, basebemgqokisat isembatho esikhazimulayou, bambuyisela kuPilatuv. 12 Ngalolosuku uHerodi kanye loPilatu baba ngabangane omunye komunyew; ngoba ngaphambi kwalokhu babelobutha phakathi kwabo.

Ukulahlwa kukaJesu lokukhululwa kukaBarabasi

13 UPilatu wasebizela ndawonye abapristi abakhulu lababusi labantu, 14 wathi kubo: Limlethile kimi lumuntux, ngokungathi ungoduhisa abantuy; njalo khangelani, mina ngimhlolile phambi kwenuz, kangitholanga cala kulumuntu ngalezozinto elimmangalela ngazoa; 15 hatshi ngitsho loHerodi; ngoba ngilithumeze kuye, njalo khangelani, kakulalutho olufanele ukufa olwenziwe nguyeb. 16 Ngakho ngizamtshaya ngimkhululec. 17 Kwakufanele ukuthi abakhululele abe munye ngomkhosid.

18 Bamemeza bonke kanyekanye besithi: Msuse lo, usikhululele uBarabasie 19 (owayephoselwe entolongweni ngenxa yomvukela othile owenzeka phakathi komuzi langenxa yokubulalaf). 20 Ngakho uPilatu wabuya wakhuluma labo, efuna ukumkhulula uJesu. 21 Kodwa bamemeza, besithi: Bethela, mbethele! 22 Wasesithi kubo ngokwesithathu: Ngoba lo enze bubi banig? Kangitholanga kuye icala afanele ukufa ngalo; ngakho ngizamtshaya ngimkhululeh. 23 Kodwa baqinisa ngamazwi amakhulu, befuna ukuthi abethelwe; lamazwi abo lawabapristi abakhulu aphumelela.

24 UPilatu wasequma ukuthi kwenziwe isicelo sabo. 25 Wasebakhululela lowo ababemcelile owayephoselwe entolongweni ngenxa yomvukela lokubulalai; kodwa uJesu wamnikela entandweni yaboj.

UJesu esiphambanweni

26 Kwathi sebemqhuba, babamba uSimoni othile umKurene owayevela emaphandleni, bamethesa isiphambano, ukuthi asithwale ngemva kukaJesuk.

27 Laselimlandela ixuku elikhulu labantu, labesifazana labo ababekhala bemlilelal. 28 Kodwa uJesu ephendukela kubo wathi: Madodakazi eJerusalema, lingangikhaleli mina, kodwa zikhaleleni lina labantwana benum, 29 ngoba khangelani, ziyeza insuku abazakutsho ngazo ukuthi: Zibusisiwe inyumba, lezizalo ezingazalanga, lamabele angamunyisangan. 30 Khona bezaqalisa ukuthi ezintabeni: Welani phezu kwethu; lemaqaqeni: Sisibekelenio. 31 Ngoba uba besenza lezizinto esihlahleni esimanzip, kuzakwenzakalani kwesomileyoq?

32 Kwaqhutshwa labanye abenzi bobubi ababilir, ukuthi babulawe kanye layes.

33 Sebefikile endaweni ethiwa luKhakhayi, bambethela khonat, labenzi bobubi, omunye ngakwesokunene, lomunye ngakwesokhohlou. 34 UJesu wasesithi: Babav, bathethelelew; ngoba kabakwazi abakwenzayox. Njalo babelana izembatho zakhe, benza inkatho yokuphosay.

35 Labantu bema babukelaz. Lababusi kanye laboa bamklolodela, besithi: Wasindisa abanye, kazisindise yena, uba yena enguKristub, okhethiweyo kaNkulunkuluc. 36 Labebutho bamklolodelad, beza kuye bamnika ivinigae, 37 besithi: Uba wena uyiNkosi yamaJuda, zisindise wenaf. 38 Kwakukhona lombhalo ngaphezu kwakheg kulotshiwe ngamabala esiGriki langesiRomah langesiHebheruij othi: LO UYINKOSI YAMAJUDAk.

39 Lomunye wabenzi bobubi ababelengisiwel wamthukam, esithi: Uba wena unguKristu, zisindise wena lathin. 40 Kodwa omunye waphendula emkhuza, esithi: Wena kawumesabi yini uNkulunkulu, lokhu lawe ukulokhukulahlwa? 41 Thina kambe kusilungele, ngoba semukela okulingene ukwenza kwethu; kodwa lo kenzanga lutho olungafanelangao. 42 Wasesithi kuJesu: Ungikhumbule, Nkosi, lapha ufika embusweni wakhop. 43 UJesu wasesithi kuye: Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Lamuhla uzakuba lami eParadiseq.

Ukufa kukaJesu

44 Kwakungaba lihola lesithupha*, kwaba khona ubumnyama phezu komhlaba wonke kwaze kwaba lihola lesificamunwemunye*, 45 futhi ilanga lalifiphaziwer, leveyili lethempeli ladatshulwa phakathis. 46 UJesu wasememeza ngelizwi elikhulu esithit: Babau, ezandleni zakhov ngibeka umoya wamiw; esetshilo lokhu waphefumula okokucinax.

47 Kwathi induna yekhulu isibonile okwenzekileyoy, yamdumisa uNkulunkuluz, isithi: Isibili lumuntu ubelungile. 48 Lamaxuku wonke ayebuthene ukubukela lokho, sebebonile izinto ezenzekileyo, babuyela betshaya izifubaa zabo.

49 Bonke abazana layeb, labesifazana ababemlandela bevela eGalilic, bema khatshana, bebona lezizinto.

Ukungcwatshwa kukaJesu

50 Njalo khangela, indoda ethiwa nguJosefad, ilunga lomphakathie, indoda elungileyo eqothof; 51 yena wayengavumelananga lecebo lesenzo sabo; wayevela eArimathiya umuzi wamaJuda, laye ngokwakheg wayelindele umbuso kaNkulunkuluh; 52 lowo waya kuPilatu wacela isidumbu sikaJesu. 53 Wasesethula wasigoqela ngelembu elicolekileyo, wasibeka engcwabeni elaligujwe edwaleni, lapho okwakungazanga kubekwe khona umuntui. 54 Kwakulusuku lwamalungiselelo, lesabathaj laselisondelak. 55 Labesifazana, ababeze laye bevela eGalilil, balandela, balibona ingcwaba, lokuthi isidumbu sibekwe njanim. 56 Basebebuyela emuva balungisa amakha lamagcobon. Ngesabatha basebephumula njengokomlayoo.