UJohane 19 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978UJesu ugwetshelwa ukufa ( Mat 27:15–31 ; Mark 15:6–20 ; Luka 23:13–25 ) 1 Ngakhoke uPilatu wamthatha uJesu, wamtshaya. 2 Abebutho baluka umqhele wameva bawubeka ekhanda lakhe, bamambathisa ingubo eyibubende; 3 beza kuye futhifuthi besithi: Bayethe, Nkosi yabaJuda! Bamwakala. 4 Wabuya waphuma uPilatu wathi kubo: Khangelani, ngiyamkhuphela kini, lazi ukuthi kangifumani cala kuye. 5 Wasephuma uJesu ethwele umqhele wameva embethe ingubo eyibubende. UPilatu wathi kubo: Khangelani, nangu lumuntu. 6 Bathi bembona abapristi abakhulu lamanxusa, bamemeza bathi: Mbethele, mbethele! UPilatu wathi kubo: Mthatheni lina, limbethele, ngoba kangifumani cala kuye. 7 Kodwa abaJuda bamphendula bathi: Silomlayo thina; ngomlayo wethu ufanele ukufa, ngoba uzenze iNdodana kaNkulunkulu. 8 Kwathi uPilatu esizwa lamazwi, wasesesaba kakhulu, 9 wangena futhi endlini yombusi wathi kuJesu: Ungowangaphi wena na? Kodwa uJesu kamphendulanga. 10 Kwang’khona uPilatu wathi kuye: Kawukhulumi kimi? Kawazi yini ukuthi ngilamandla okukukhulula, ngilamandla futhi okukubethela na? 11 UJesu wamphendula wathi: Ungebe lawo amandla phezu kwami, uba ungawanikwanga ngaphezulu. Ngakhoke onginikele kuwe ulesono esikhulu. 12 Ngalokhoke uPilatu wafuna ukumkhulula; kodwa abaJuda bamemeza bathi: Uba ukhulula lumuntu, kawusuye umngane kaKesari; osuka azenze inkosi, umelana loKesari. 13 Kuthe esizwa lamazwi uPilatu wamkhuphela phandle uJesu; wahlala phansi esihlalweni sokuthethela amacala endaweni egandelwe ngamatshe, ethiwa ngesiHeberu iGabatha. 14 Kwakulusuku lokulungiselela iPhasika, kwakusemini. Wathi kubaJuda: Khangelani, nansi inkosi yenu. 15 Kodwa bamemeza bathi: Msuse, msuse, mbethele! UPilatu wathi kubo: Ngibethele inkosi yenu na? Abapristi abakhulu baphendula bathi: Kasilankosi thina, ngaphandle kukaKesari. 16 Wasemnikela kubo ukuba abethelwe. Ukubethelwa lokufa kukaJesu ( Mat 27:32–56 ; Mark 15:21–41 ; Luka 23:26–49 ) 17 Bamthathake uJesu, waphuma ethwele isiphambano sakhe, waya endaweni ethiwa yiNdawo yokhakhayi, ethiwa ngesiHeberu iGolgotha. 18 Bambethela khona labanye ababili kanye laye, omunye ngapha, lomunye ngapha, uJesu ephakathi. 19 UPilatu waloba isaziso, wasiphanyeka esiphambanweni. Kwakulotshiwe ukuthi: UJESU WASENAZARETHA, INKOSI YABAJUDA. 20 Abanengi babaJuda basifunda lesisaziso; ngoba indawo lapho uJesu wayebethelwe khona, yayiseduze lomuzi. Kwakulotshiwe ngesiHeberu, langesiRoma, langesiGriki. 21 Abapristi abakhulu babaJuda basebesithi kuPilatu: Ungalobi ukuthi: INkosi yabaJuda; kodwa loba ukuthi: Lumuntu wathi: NgiyiNkosi yabaJuda. 22 UPilatu waphendula wathi: Engikulobileyo ngikulobile. 23 Kwathi abebutho sebembethele uJesu, bathatha ingubo zakhe, bazenza izabelo ezine, kwaba yilowo lalowo owebutho waba lesabelo, bathatha lesigqoko. Kodwa isigqoko sakhe sasingelamthungo, salukiwe sonke kusukela phezulu kuze kufike phansi. 24 Ngakhoke bakhulumisana besithi: Kasingasidabuli, kodwa asisenzele inkatho ukuba sizakuba ngesikabani. Lokhu kwenzeka ukuze kugcwaliseke umbhalo othi: Babelana ingubo zami, benzelana inkatho ngesigqoko sami. 25 Azenzake lezizinto amabutho. Kodwa kwakumi ngasesiphambanweni sikaJesu unina, lodadewabo kanina, uMariya umkaKlophasi, loMariya Magadalena. 26 Kwathi uJesu ebona unina lomfundi amthandayo bemi khona, wathi kunina: Mama, nanso indodana yakho. 27 Wasesithi kumfundi: Nango unyoko. Kusukela kulesosikhathi umfundi lowo wamthatha wamusa ekhaya lakhe. 28 Emva kwalokhu uJesu ekwazi ukuthi konke kuphelile ukuze kugcwaliseke umbhalo, wathi: Ngomile. 29 Kwakukhona isitsha sigcwele iwayini elimunyu sibekiwe khona; ngakho bacwilisa uzipho ewayinini, baluhloma emhlangeni, balusa emlonyeni wakhe. 30 Kwathi uJesu eselamukele wathi: Kuphelile. Wakhothamisa ikhanda lakhe, wafa. 31 Lokhu kwakulusuku lokulungiselela, ukuze izidumbu zingahlali esiphambanweni ngeSabatha, ngoba lolosuku lweSabatha lwalulukhulu, abaJuda bacela uPilatu ukuba yaphulwe imilenze yabo, basuswe. 32 Ngakhoke abebutho beza baphula imilenze yowokuqala leyomunye ababebethelwe laye. 33 Kodwa sebefika kuJesu, bebona ukuthi wayesefile, kabayaphulanga imilenze yakhe; 34 kodwa omunye webutho wamgwaza ngomkhonto ohlangothini, kwaphuma masinyane igazi lamanzi. 35 Yena owakubonayo ufakazile, ubufakazi bakhe buqinisile; yenake uyazi ukuthi ukhuluma iqiniso, ukuze lani likholwe. 36 Lezizinto zenzeka ukuze kugcwaliseke umbhalo othi: Kakuyikwaphulwa ithambo lakhe. 37 Njalo omunye uthi: Bazakumkhangela abamgwazileyo. Ukumbelwa kukaJesu ( Mat 27:57–61 ; Mark 15:42–47 ; Luka 23:50–56 ) 38 Emva kwalokhu uJosefa waseArimathiya, owayengumfundi kaJesu kodwa ekufihla ngenxa yokwesaba abaJuda, wacela kuPilatu ukuba asuse isidumbu sikaJesu; uPilatu wavuma. Ngakho weza, wasisusa isidumbu sakhe. 39 Kweza loNikodima laye, owake wafika kuye kuqala ebusuku, ephethe imure lixutshaniswe lenhlaba, ubunengi bayo bungangemifuma eminengi. 40 Basebesithatha isidumbu sikaJesu, basigoqela ngamalembu kanye lamakha njengomkhuba welahlo labaJuda. 41 Kuleyondawo lapho ayebethelwe khona kwakukhona insimu, ensimini kukhona iliba elitsha okwakungazanga kubekwe umuntu kulo. 42 Ngenxa yokulungiselela kwabaJuda bambeka laphoke uJesu, ngoba iliba laliseduze. |
Bible Society of Zimbabwe 1978
Bible Society of Zimbabwe