UMatewu 27 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978UJesu unikelwa kuPilatu umbusi ( Mark 15:1 ; Luka 23:1 , 2 ; Joha 18:28–32 ) 1 Kwathi sekusile, bonke abapristi abakhulu labadala babantu bacebisana ngoJesu ukuba bambulale; 2 bambopha, bamqhuba, bamnikela kuPilatu umbusi. Ukuzibulala kukaJudasi 3 Kwathi uJudasi owamnikelayo, esebonile ukuthi ulahliwe, wazisola, wabuyisela inhlamvu zesiliva ezingamatshumi amathathu kubapristi abakhulu labadala, 4 wathi: Ngonile lokhu nginikele igazi elingelacala. Kodwa bona bathi: Kasilandaba lalokho thina. Zibonele wena. 5 Wasephosela inhlamvu zesiliva ethempelini, wasuka, wayaziphanyeka. 6 Abapristi abakhulu bathatha inhlamvu zesiliva, bathi: Kakuvunyelwa ukuzifaka emnikelweni wethempeli, ngoba ziyimali yegazi. 7 Bacebisana, bathenga ngazo isiqinti sombumbi ukuba sibe yindawo yokumbela abemzini. 8 Ngakho lesosiqinti sathiwa yisiqinti segazi, kuze kube lamuhla. 9 Kwasekugcwaliseka okwakhulunywa ngumprofethi uJeremiya ukuthi: Bathatha inhlamvu zesiliva ezingamatshumi amathathu, intengo eyamiselwa othengiswayo, ngoba yayinjalo emadodaneni kaIsrayeli; 10 bathenga ngazo insimu yombumbi, njengokuba iNkosi ingilayile. UJesu uphambi kukaPilatu ( Mark 15:1–15 ; Luka 23:3–5 , 13–25 ; Joha 18:33—19:16 ) 11 Wema uJesu phambi kombusi; umbusi wambuza wathi: Wena uyiNkosi yabaJuda na? UJesu wathi: Kutsho wena. 12 Kwathi nxa abapristi abakhulu labadala bemmangalela, kaphendulanga lutho. 13 UPilatu wasesithi kuye: Kawuzwa yini lezizinto ezingaka abazifakaza ngawe na? 14 Kodwa kamphendulanga lakwelilodwa ilizwi, waze wamangala kakhulu umbusi. 15 Ngomkhosi wePhasika umbusi wayejwayele ukukhululela ixuku isibotshwa sibe sinye elisifunayo. 16 Ngalesosikhathi babelesibotshwa esidumileyo esithiwa nguBarabasi. 17 Ngakho sebebuthene, uPilatu wathi kibo: Lithanda ukuba ngilikhululele bani, uBarabasi ingabe uJesu othiwa nguKristu na? 18 Ngoba wayekwazi ukuthi bamnikele uJesu ngomona. 19 Kwathi esahlezi esihlalweni sokuthetha amacala, umkakhe wathumela kuye, wathi: Ungabi landaba kulowomuntu olungileyo, ngoba lamuhla ngihluphekile kakhulu ngaye ephupheni. 20 Kodwa abapristi abakhulu labadala bavumelana lamaxuku ukuba bacele uBarabasi, ambulale uJesu. 21 Wasebaphendula umbusi, wathi: Lithanda ukuba ngilikhululele bani kulaba ababili na? Bathi: UBarabasi. 22 UPilatu wathi kibo: Pho, lithi ngimenze njani uJesu othiwa nguKristu na? Bonke bathi kuye: Kabethelwe. 23 Wathi: Ngoba wenze ububi bani? Kodwa bamemeza kakhulu bathi: Kabethelwe! 24 UPilatu esebonile ukuthi kakusizi lutho lokuthi kwasekuqala ukuba lesiphithiphithi, wathatha amanzi, wageza izandla zakhe phambi kwexuku, wathi: Angilacala ngegazi lalumuntu; ziboneleni lina. 25 Bonke abantu baphendula bathi: Igazi lakhe kalibe phezu kwethu laphezu kwabantwana bethu. 26 Wasebakhululela uBarabasi, kodwa esemtshayile uJesu wamnikela ukuba abethelwe. Abebutho bamenza uJesu inhlekisa 27 Abebutho bombusi basebemthatha uJesu, bamngenisa endlini yombusi, baqoqela kuye ibutho lonke. 28 Bamhlubula, bamambathisa ingubo ebomvu, 29 baluka umqhele wameva, bamethwesa wona ekhanda, bamphathisa loluthi esandleni sakhe sokunene, baguqa phambi kwakhe, bamenza inhlekisa, bathi: Bayethe, Nkosi yabaJuda! 30 Bamkhafulela ngamathe, bathatha uluthi bamtshaya ekhanda. 31 Sebemenze inhlekisa, bamhlubula ingubo, bamambathisa ingubo zakhe, bamqhuba ukuba bambethele. 32 Kwathi bephuma bafumana umuntu waseKureni othiwa nguSimoni; bambamba ngamandla lowo ukuba athwale isiphambano sakhe. UJesu esiphambanweni ( Mark 15:16–32 ; Luka 23:26–43 ; Joha 19:17–27 ) 33 Sebefikile endaweni ethiwa yiGolgotha, okuyikuthi iNdawo yokhakhayi, 34 bamnika iwayini elixutshaniswe lenyongo; kodwa kuthe ukuba alizwe, kaze athanda ukulinatha. 35 Sebembethele, babelana ingubo zakhe, benza inkatho ngazo; 36 bahlala phansi bamlinda khona. 37 Babeka ngaphezu kwekhanda lakhe incwadi yecala lakhe ilotshiwe ukuthi: LO NGUJESU INKOSI YABAJUDA. 38 Kwabethelwa kanye laye abaphangi ababili, omunye ngakwesokunene lomunye ngakwesokhohlo. 39 Abadlulayo bamhlambaza benikina amakhanda abo, 40 besithi: Wena odiliza ithempeli, ubuye ulakhe ngensuku ezintathu, zisilise; uba uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, yehla esiphambanweni. 41 Ngokunjalo labapristi abakhulu labo bahlekisana ngaye kanye lababhali labadala, bathi: 42 Wasilisa abanye, angezisilise yena. UyiNkosi yakoIsrayeli; kehle khathesi esiphambanweni, sikholwe kuye. 43 Wathemba uNkulunkulu; kamkhulule khathesi, uba emthanda, ngoba wathi: NgiyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu. 44 Labaphangi ababebethelwe kanye laye bamklolodela ngokunjalo. Ukufa kukaJesu ( Mark 15:33–41 ; Luka 23:44–49 ; Joha 19:28–30 ) 45 Kusukela emini kwaba mnyama emhlabeni wonke kwaze kwaba yiawa yesithathu ntambana. 46 Ngeawa yesithathu uJesu wamemeza ngelizwi elikhulu wathi: “Eli, eli, lama sabaktani?” okuyikuthi ngokuphendulelwa: Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungitshiyeleni na? 47 Abanye kwababemi khona bekuzwa lokho bathi: Ubiza uElija. 48 Omunye wabo wagijima masinyane, wathatha uzipho, walugcwalisa ngewayini elimunyu, waluhloma oluthini, wamnika ukuba anathe. 49 Kodwa abanye bathi: Yekelani, sibone ukuba uElija uzakuza amsilise. 50 UJesu wabuya wamemeza ngelizwi elikhulu, wafa. 51 Iveli lethempeli ladabuka kabili, laqala phezulu laze lafika phansi; umhlaba wazamazama, amadwala aqhekezeka; 52 lamaliba avuleka, izidumbu ezinengi zabangcwele abasebelele zavuswa; 53 sebephumile emalibeni emva kokuvuka kwakhe, bangena emzini ongcwele, babonakala kwabanengi. 54 Kwathi induna yekhulu lalabo ababelayo belinde uJesu, sebebonile ukuzamazama komhlaba lalokho okwenzekileyo besaba kakhulu, bathi: Lembala lumuntu ubeyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu. 55 Kwakukhona lapho abesifazana abanengi bebukela, bekhatshana, ababemlandele uJesu bevela eGalili, bemsebenzela; 56 kwakukhona phakathi kwabo uMariya Magadalena, loMariya unina kaJakobe loJosefa, lonina wamadodana kaZebediya. Ukumbelwa kukaJesu ( Mark 15:42–47 ; Luka 23:50–56 ; Joha 19:38–42 ) 57 Kwathi sekuhlwile, kwafika umuntu onothileyo waseArimathiya, ibizo lakhe nguJosefa, owayengumfundi kaJesu laye; 58 yena waya kuPilatu, wacela isidumbu sikaJesu. UPilatu waselaya ukuba asinikwe. 59 UJosefa wathatha isidumbu, wasigoqela ngelembu elihlambulukileyo, 60 wasibeka elibeni lakhe elitsha elaligujiwe edwaleni, wagiqela ilitshe elikhulu emnyango weliba, wahamba. 61 Babekhona lapho uMariya Magadalena lomunye uMariya behlezi maqondana leliba. 62 Ngosuku olulandelayo olungasemva kosuku lokulungisela, abapristi abakhulu labaFarisi babuthana kuPilatu, 63 bathi: Nkosi, siyakhumbula ukuthi lowomkhohlisi esekhona wathi: Emva kwensuku ezintathu ngizakuvuka. 64 Ngakho laya ukuba iliba lilindwe kuze kube lusuku lwesithathu, funa abafundi bakhe bafike bamube, bathi ebantwini: Uvukile kwabafileyo; kuthi inkohliso yokucina ibe mbi kuleyokuqala. 65 UPilatu wathi kibo: Thathani abalindi, lilinde njengokubona kwenu. 66 Bahambake, bathatha abalindi, baliqinisa iliba, babeka uphawu elitsheni. |
Bible Society of Zimbabwe 1978
Bible Society of Zimbabwe