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27 Kwathi kwakusa, bonke ababingeleli abaziintloko nabadala badibana ukuze bathethe ngendlela yokubulala uYesu.+ 2 Bambopha bemka naye, baza bamnikela kuPilato owayengumlawuli.+
3 UYudas, lowo wamjikelayo, wathi akubona ukuba uYesu ugwetyiwe, wazisola, waza wawabuyisela kubabingeleli abaziintloko nabadala amaqhosha esilivere ayi-30,+ 4 esithi: “Ndonile ngokunikela kuni igazi elingenatyala.” Bathi: “Asiyongxaki yethu leyo. Bona ukuba mawuthini!” 5 Ngoko wayijula etempileni loo mali, wahamba wayokuzixhoma.+ 6 Ababingeleli abaziintloko bayithatha loo mali baza bathi: “Akukho mthethweni ukufaka le mali kwindawo yetempile yokugcina imali, kuba yimali yegazi.” 7 Emva kokuthethathethana, bathenga ngayo umhlaba wombumbi ukuze ube yindawo yokungcwabela abantu basemzini. 8 Ngoko ke, loo mhlaba kusathiwa nguMhlaba Wegazi+ nanamhlanje. 9 Kwenzeka into eyayithethwe ngumprofeti uYeremiya, esithi: “Yaye bathatha amaqhosha esilivere ayi-30, ixabiso lokumjikela, imali eyayifunwe ngoonyana bakaSirayeli, 10 bathenga ngayo umhlaba wombumbi, njengokuba uYehova* wayendiyalele.”+
11 UYesu wema phambi kukaPilato umlawuli. Lo mlawuli wambuza wathi: “Unguye na uKumkani wamaYuda?” UYesu waphendula wathi: “Nawe utsho.”+ 12 Kodwa, akazange aphendule xa wayemangalelwa ngababingeleli abaziintloko nabadala.+ 13 Emva koko, uPilato wathi kuye: “Awuziva na ezi zinto zininzi kangaka bakumangalela ngazo?” 14 Kodwa akazange amphendule. Wathi cwaka, kangangokuba wothuka kakhulu lo mlawuli.
15 Umlawuli wayekhulula ibanjwa elikhethwe ngabantu, qho ngetheko lepasika.+ 16 Kanye ngelo xesha kwakukho ibanjwa elidume kakubi elibizwa ngokuba nguBharabhas. 17 UPilato wathi ebantwini ababedibene apho: “Nifuna ndinikhululele bani phakathi kukaBharabhas noYesu ekuthiwa nguKristu?” 18 Kuba uPilato wayeqonda ukuba bambambe ngenxa yomona uYesu. 19 Ngaphezu koko, ngoxa wayehleli kwisitulo sokugweba, umfazi wakhe wamthumelela umyalezo othi: “Sukuba nanto yakwenza nalo mntu ulilungisa, kuba namhlanje ndiphuphe kakubi gqitha ngenxa yakhe.” 20 Kodwa ababingeleli abaziintloko nabadala benza abantu bacele ukuba kukhululwe uBharabhas,+ kubulawe uYesu.+ 21 Lo mlawuli wathi kubo: “Nifuna ndikhulule bani kwaba bantu babini?” Abantu bathi: “UBharabhas.” 22 UPilato wathi kubo: “Ndenzeni ke ngoYesu ekuthiwa nguKristu?” Bonke bathi: “Makaye esibondeni!”*+ 23 Wathi: “Ngoba? Yintoni embi ayenzileyo?” Kodwa baqhubeka bekhwaza besithi: “Makaye esibondeni!”+
24 Wathi uPilato esakubona ukuba le nto ayincedi nganto, kunoko kuvela isiphithiphithi, wathatha amanzi, wahlamba izandla phambi kwabantu, esithi: “Andinanto yakwenza nokufa kwalo mntu.* Bonani ukuba manenze ntoni.” 25 Bonke abantu baphendula bathi: “Igazi lakhe malibe phezu kwethu naphezu kwabantwana bethu.”+ 26 Emva koko wakhulula uBharabhas, kodwa wathi uYesu makakatswe,+ aze abulawelwe esibondeni.+
27 Amajoni amthatha uYesu amsa emzini kaPilato, aqokelela wonke umkhosi aya ngakuYesu.+ 28 Amkhulula impahla aza amthi wambu ngengubo yokwaleka ebomvu krwe,+ 29 enza isithsaba sameva, amthwalisa sona aza amphathisa ingcongolo ngesandla sasekunene. Aguqa phambi kwakhe, amgezela esithi: “Aa, Kumkani wamaYuda!” 30 Amthufela+ aza athatha ingcongolo, ambetha ngayo entloko. 31 Akugqiba ukumgezela, amkhulula loo ngubo, amnxibisa izambatho zakhe zangaphezulu, amhambisa ukuba aye kubethelelwa esibondeni.+
32 Athi xa ephuma adibana nendoda yaseKirene egama linguSimon. Ayinyanzela le ndoda ukuba ithwale isibonda sikaYesu sokungcungcutheka.*+ 33 Xa efika kwindawo ebizwa ngokuba yiGolgotha, oko kukuthi, iNdawo YoKakayi,+ 34 amnika iwayini exutywe nenyongo ukuba ayisele;+ kodwa uthe akuyiva, akavuma ukuyisela. 35 Emva kokuba embethelele esibondeni, enza amaqashiso ukuze abelane ngezambatho zakhe zangaphezulu,+ 36 ibe ahlala apho emgadile. 37 Axhoma umbhalo onetyala lakhe phezu kwentloko yakhe, othi: “Lo nguYesu uKumkani wamaYuda.”+
38 Kwaxhonywa ootsotsi ababini ecaleni kwakhe, omnye ngasekunene omnye ngasekhohlo.+ 39 Abantu ababegqitha apho babethetha kakubi ngaye,+ benikina iintloko,+ 40 besithi: “Wena owawuthe uza kuyidiliza itempile uze uphinde uyakhe ngeentsuku ezintathu,+ zisindise kaloku! Ukuba ungunyana kaThixo, yihla kweso sibonda sokungcungcutheka!”*+ 41 Nababingeleli abaziintloko, ababhali kunye nabadala bahlekisa ngaye, besithi:+ 42 “Wabasindisa abanye, kodwa yena akakwazi kuzisindisa! NguKumkani wakwaSirayeli,+ andithi! Makehle kaloku kwisibonda sokungcungcutheka,* sakutsho simkholelwe. 43 Uthembele ngoThixo, andithi! Makamsindise kaloku ukuba uyamfuna,+ kuba wathi, ‘NdinguNyana kaThixo.’”+ 44 Wayegezelwa nangootsotsi ababexhonywe ecaleni kwakhe.+
45 Kwaba mnyama elizweni lonke, ukususela malunga nentsimbi ka-12 emini* de kwamalunga nentsimbi yesithathu emva kwemini.*+ 46 Malunga nentsimbi yesithathu emva kwemini, uYesu wakhwaza kakhulu, esithi: “Eli, Eli, lama sabhaktani?” oko kukuthi, “Thixo wam, Thixo wam, undishiyele ntoni na?”+ 47 Bathi bakumva esitsho, abanye abantu ababemi apho bathi: “Le ndoda ibiza uEliya.”+ 48 Ibe ngoko nangoko omnye wabo wabaleka, wathatha isiponji, wasifaka kwiwayini emuncu, wasibeka kwingcongolo, waza wamseza.+ 49 Kodwa abanye bathi: “Myeke! Makhe sibone ukuba uEliya uza kuza azokumnceda na.” 50 UYesu waphinda wakhwaza kakhulu, waza wafa.*+
51 Yasuka yakrazuka phakathi ikhethini+ ekwindawo engcwele,+ ukusuka phezulu ukuya ezantsi,+ wanyikima umhlaba, kwaqhekeka nolwalwa. 52 Kwavuleka amangcwaba,* kwaza kwatyekezwa imizimba emininzi yabangcwele, 53 yabonwa ngabantu abaninzi (yaye abantu ababesuka emangcwabeni emva kokuvuswa kwakhe bangena kwisixeko esingcwele). 54 Kodwa xa igosa lomkhosi nabo babekunye nalo begade uYesu, babona ukunyikima komhlaba nezinto ezazisenzeka, boyika kakhulu, baza bathi: “Ngokuqinisekileyo lo ibinguNyana kaThixo.”+
55 Kwakukho nabafazi abaninzi ababeme qelele bebukele. Abo bafazi babekhaphe uYesu besuka eGalili ukuze bamlungiselele.+ 56 Phakathi kwabo kwakukho uMariya Magadala, uMariya umama kaYakobi noYose, nomama woonyana bakaZebhedi.+
57 Kwathi kwakuba ngorhatya, kwafika indoda yaseArimathiya eyayisisityebi ekuthiwa nguYosefu, nayo eyaba ngumfundi kaYesu.+ 58 Le ndoda yaya kuPilato yaza yacela umzimba kaYesu,+ wathi mayiwunikwe.+ 59 UYosefu wawuthatha umzimba kaYesu, wawusongela ngelinen yodidi ecocekileyo,+ 60 waza wawubeka engcwabeni* lakhe elitsha+ awayelombe eliweni. Waqengqa ilitye elikhulu, walivala ngalo elo ngcwaba,* emva koko wahamba. 61 Kodwa uMariya Magadala nomnye uMariya baqhubeka behleli apho phambi kwengcwaba.+
62 Ezi zinto zenzeka ngosuku lokulungiselela iSabatha.+ Ngosuku olulandelayo, ababingeleli abaziintloko nabaFarisi baya kuPilato, 63 bathi: “Mhlekazi, siye sakhumbula ukuba elaa xoki lathi ngoxa lalisaphila, ‘Ndiza kuvuswa emva kweentsuku ezintathu.’+ 64 Ngoko ke, yithi makukhuselwe elaa ngcwaba de kube lusuku lwesithathu, ukuze abafundi bakhe bangawubi umzimba wakhe,+ baze bathi ebantwini, ‘Uvusiwe ekufeni!’ Obo buxoki bungaba bubi ukogqitha obuya bokuqala.” 65 UPilato wathi kubo: “Ningababeka oonogada. Hambani niyokulikhusela ngokokubona kwenu.” 66 Ngoko bahamba bayokulikhusela elo ngcwaba ngokulivala ngci ngelo litye nangokubeka oonogada.