4 Sele ibizele ndawonye boke abaphathi babaphristi kanye nabafundisi bomthetho, yababuza bonyana uKrestu ubelethelwephi.
gade anikelwe umsebenzi wokwelusa abasebenza ngezandla kanye neensebenzi ngokuhlukahlukana komsebenzi. Amanye wamaLevi gade abososiba, abomabhalana nabogosa.
URhilikhiya wathi kuTjhafani umabhalana: “Ngifunyene nasi incwadi yomthetho ethempelini lakaSomnini.” Wamnikela yona.
Ukusuka lapho boke abarholi babaphristi kanye nabantu bathuwelela ngokungasathembeki, balandela woke amanyala enziwa zizizwe basilaphaza ithempeli lakaSomnini ebegade alihlambululile eJerusalema.
Nje-ke u-Ezra wasikima wafungisa abarholi babaphristi, amaLevi nama-Israyeli woke bonyana benze njengombana kukhulunyiwe. Ngendlela leyo benza isifungo.
U-Ezra loyo wakhuphuka asuka eBhabheli. Yena bekamtloli osisazi somthetho kaMosi, okumthetho owanikelwa nguSomnini uZimu wakwa-Israyeli. Ikosi yePheresiya beyimnikele koke agade akubawile ngombana isandla sakaSomnini uZimakhe besiphezu kwakhe.
uSalu, u-Amokhi, uRhilikhiya noJedaya omunye. Labo bekubarholi babaphristi kanye nabasebenzisani babo emalangeni kaJetjhuwa.
Amakhosi wephasi ayazihlela, nababusi baluka amaqhinga ngoSomnini nangozesiweko wakhe ngokuthi:
Ningatjho njani nithi, ‘Sihlakaniphile begodu sinomthetho kaSomnini’ na? Ngambala, isiba labososiba litlole amanga!
“Ngambala iimbhena zomphristi kufanele zilonde ukwazi, emlonyenakhe kube nomyalo ngombana yena usithunywa sakaSomnini uSomandla.
Yena wathi kibo: “Yeke woke umfundisi womthetho ofundiswe ngombuso wezulu ufana nomnikazi wekumba okhupha ngebulungelweni lakhe amagugu amatjha namadala.”
Kwathi bona ikosi uHerode izwe lokho, yawurubajeka, neJerusalema loke lawurubajeka nayo.
Bayiphendula bathi: “NgeBhethelehema eseJudiya ngombana lokhu ngilokho umphorofidi atlole ngakho nasithi,
Kodwana kwathi lokha abaphristi abakhulu nabafundisi bomthetho nababona izinto ezikarisako ebegade azenza, nabantwana barhuwelela ngethempelinapho basithi “Hosana kiyo iNdodana kaDavida”, banyenya khulu.
UJesu wangena ngesirhodlweni sethempeli; kwathi asafundisa, abaphristi abakhulu nabaphathi babantu beza kuye bambuza bathi: “Izintwezi uzenza ngegunya lakabani na? Ngubani okuphe amandla la na?”
Khonapho abaphristi abakhulu nabaphathi babantu bahlangana etatawini lomphristi omkhulu ebekuthiwa nguKhayafasi.
Kwathi asakhuluma, uJudasi ongomunye wabalitjhumi nambili, wafika akhamba nesiqubuthu esikhulu sihlome ngeensabula nangeembhuku, sithunywe baphristi abakhulu nabaphathi babantu.
Kwathi ekuseni ngamasa boke abaphristi abakhulu nabaphathi babantu bathatha iqunto lokubulala uJesu.
ngombana gade afundisa njengonegunya, ingasi ngendlela abafundisi bomthetho bebafundisa ngayo.
UJesu wathoma ukubafundisa bona iNdodana yoMuntu kumele itlhage khulu, ilahlwe baphathi, abaphristi abakhulu nabafundisi bomthetho, nokobana kumele ibulawe bekuthi ngemva kwamalanga amathathu ivuke.
Abafundisi bomthetho nabaphristi abakhulu bafuna indlela yokumbamba khonokho ngombana bebasazi bona ukhulume umfanekiso lo alunganise kibo. Kodwana bebesaba abantu.
Abaphristi abakhulu nabafundisi bomthetho bebajame ubuhlomohlomo lapho basola uJesu kumbi ngomlandu.
Yeke uJudasi weza esimini, akhamba namabutho wamajoni nezinye zeenkhulu zabaphristi abakhulu nabaFarisi. Bebahlomile baphethe iinhlothi ezivutako, iimbani neenkhali.
UJesu wamphendula wathi: “Wena umfundisi wakwa-Israyeli, kodwana awukwazi lokhu na?
AbaFarisi bezwa isiqubuthu sihlebeza izintwezi ngaye; yeke abaphristi abakhulu nabaFarisi bathumela abalindi bethempeli bona bayombamba.
Abafundisi bomthetho nabaFarisi baletha kuye umfazi obanjwe ahlobonga, bamjamisa phambi kwabo boke.
Itjhada laba likhulu bekwasikima abanye abafundisi bomthetho babaFarisi baphikisa ngamandla, bathi: “Asiboni ilitho elimbi endodeni le! Kuzokuthiwani nakube ummoya namkha ingilozi, ikhulume kuye na?”
Ngakusasa kwakhona ababusi, abaphathi nabafundisi bomthetho bahlangana eJerusalema.
Ngalokho baphehla abantu, abaphathi nabafundisi bomthetho, balunga kuye, bambamba, bamusa esigungwini sabarholi bamaJuda.