1 NgeliSontfo ekuseni ngeluvivi, Mariya waseMagdala wahamba waya ethuneni, wakhandza kutsi litje selisusiwe emnyango welithuna.
Emkhatsini wabo bekukhona Mariya waseMagdala, naMariya, unina waJakobe naJosefa, nenina wemadvodzana aZebedi.
wasibeka ethuneni lelisha labesandza kuligubha edvwaleni. Wase ugicitela litje lelikhulu emnyango walelithuna wavala ngalo, wesuka wahamba.
Ngako khipha umyalo kutsi lelithuna lakhe ligadzisiswe kahle kuze kube lilanga lesitsatfu, kuze bafundzi bakhe bangayi kuyawumeba, bese batjela bantfu batsi: ‘Uvusiwe kulabafile,’ bese kutsi lamanga akhe ekugcina abe makhulu kakhulu kunalawa ekucala.”
Besuka bahamba, bayawuligadzisisa lelithuna: balivalisisa, baze bashiya neluphawu etjeni, babeka nebalindzi.
EmvakweliSabatha, ekuseni ngeluvivi ngeliSontfo, Mariya waseMagdala nalomunye Mariya baya kuyawubona lithuna.
Kwaba khona kutamatama kwemhlaba lokukhulu, ingilosi yeNkhosi yehla ezulwini, yaligicita lelitje, yase ihlala etikwalo.
Josefa watsenga indvwangu yelineni, wasetfula sidvumbu saJesu, wasigocota ngalendvwangu, wayawusibeka ethuneni lelalimbiwe edvwaleni, wagicitela litje wavala ngalo umnyango walelithuna.
Jesu asavukile ekufeni ekuseni ngeliSontfo, lilanga lekucala evikini, watibonakalisa kucala kuMariya waseMagdala, lona labekhiphe kuye emadimoni lasikhombisa.
Ngako Jesu waphindze wabibitseka, wahamba waze wefika ethuneni. Belingumhume nje limbonywe ngelitje emnyango.
Base bayalisusa-ke lelitje. Jesu wabuka etulu watsi: “Ngiyabonga, Babe, ngobe ungivile.
Lapha eceleni kwesiphambano saJesu bekume unina wakhe nadzadzewabonina, naMariya umkaKlophase, naMariya waseMagdala.
Kwatsi sekwendlule liviki bafundzi bakhe bandzawonye futsi kuyona leyondlu, naTomase akhona, iminyango ikhiyiwe, Jesu wefika wema emkhatsini wabo, watsi: “Kuthula akube kini!”
Kwatsi ngeMgcibelo kusihlwa sahlangana ndzawonye enkonzweni yeSidlo. Pawula wakhuluma kubantfu kwaze kwabasekhatsi nebusuku, ngobe abetawuhamba ngakusasa.
Njalo nje ngelilanga lekucala evikini, akube ngulowo nalowo alondvolote loko lokumlingene, kuze kutsi iminikelo ingentiwa sengikhona.
Ngelilanga leNkhosi ngangikuMoya, ngase ngiva emvakwami livi lelikhulu, shangatsi lelicilongo,