Isahluko 112
Isondele Ipasika KaYesu Yokugqibela
NJENGOKO uLwesibini, uNisan 11, ephela, uYesu ugqibezela ukufundisa abapostile kwiNtaba yemiNquma. Olunjani lona ukuxakeka nokuba nzima olube lulo olu suku! Ngoku, mhlawumbi ngoxa bebuyela eBhetani ukuya kuchithela ubusuku khona, uxelela abapostile bakhe oku: “Niyazi ukuba emveni kweentsuku ezimbini kukho ipasika, aze uNyana woMntu anikelwe ukuba abethelelwe [kumthi wentuthumbo, NW].”
Ngosuku olulandelayo, ngoLwesithathu, ngoNisan 12, kuyabonakala ukuba uYesu uphumla ngasese nabapostile bakhe. Ngosuku olungaphambi kolo, uye wazikhalimela ekuhleni iinkokeli zonqulo, ibe uyaqonda ukuba zifuna ukumbulala. Ngoko ngoLwesithathu akazibonakalisi ekuhleni, ekubeni engafuni kwenzeke nantoni na eza kuphazamisa ukubhiyozela kwakhe iPasika kunye nabapostile bakhe ngengokuhlwa elandelayo.
Okwangoku, ababingeleli abakhulu namadoda amakhulu ebantwini baye bahlanganisana entendelezweni yombingeleli omkhulu, uKayafa. Bebuhlungu ngenxa yokuhlaselwa nguYesu ngezolo, baceba iyelenqe lokumbamba ngenkohliso ukuze bambulale. Ukanti baqhubeka besithi: “Makungabi khona ngomthendeleko, ukuze kungehli saqunge phakathi kwabantu.” Bayaboyika abantu, ekubeni bemthanda uYesu.
Ngoxa iinkokeli zonqulo zisenza iyelenqe elingendawo lokubulala uYesu, zifikelwa lundwendwe. Into ezimangalisayo kukuba, lungomnye wabapostile bakaYesu, uYuda Sikariyoti, lowo uSathana aye watyala kuye ingcamango embi yokungcatsha iNkosi yakhe! Hayi indlela ezivuya ngayo xa uYuda ezibuza oku: “Ningandinika ntoni na, ndimnikele kuni?” Ngovuyo ziyavuma ukumhlawula amaqhosha esilivere angama-30, ixabiso elalithengwa ngalo ikhoboka ngokomnqophiso woMthetho kaMoses. Ukususela ngoko ukusa phambili, uYuda ufuna ithuba elifanelekileyo ukuze angcatshe uYesu engajikelezwanga sisihlwele.
NgoLwesithathu ekutshoneni kwelanga kuqalisa uNisan 13. UYesu ebesele efikile ngoLwesihlanu evela eYeriko, ngoko obu bubusuku besithandathu nobokugqibela abuchithela eBhetani. Ngomhla olandelayo, ngoLwesine, kuya kufuneka kwenziwe amalungiselelo okugqibela ePasika, eqalisa ekutshoneni kwelanga. Elo lixesha laxa ixhwane lePasika liya kuxhelwa lize ke losiwe lonke. Baza kuwenzela phi lo msitho, ibe ngubani oza kwenza amalungiselelo?
UYesu akazichazanga ezo nkcukacha zinjalo, mhlawumbi ukuthintela uYuda ekuxeleleni ababingeleli abakhulu ukuze bambambe uYesu ebudeni bomsitho wePasika. Kodwa ngoku, ngokunokwenzeka ekuqalekeni kwemva kwemini yangoLwesine, uYesu undulula uPetros noYohane eBhetani, esithi: “Hambani niye kusilungisela ipasika, ukuze sidle.”
Bayabuza besithi, “Ufuna ukuba siyilungise phi na?”
UYesu uyacacisa, “Nakungena kuwo umzi lo, nohlangatyezwa ngumntu ethwele umphanda wamanzi; mlandeleni, niye endlwini angena kuyo. Nothi kumninindlu, Uthi uMfundisi kuwe, Liphi na igumbi labahambi, apho ndingadlela khona ipasika nabafundi bam? Kwayena wonibonisa igumbi eliphezulu elikhulu, landlelwe; lungisani apho ke.”
Ngokungathandabuzekiyo umninindlu ngumfundi kaYesu mhlawumbi osilindeleyo isicelo sikaYesu sokusebenzisa indlu yakhe ngesi sihlandlo sikhethekileyo. Kakade ke, xa uPetros noYohane befika eYerusalem, bafumana yonke into injengoko uYesu ebebaxelele. Ngoko bobabini bayaqinisekisa ukuba ixhwane lilungiselelwe nokuba onke amanye amalungiselelo enziwe ukunyamekela iintswelo zabo beze ePasikeni abali-13, uYesu nabapostile bakhe abali-12. Mateyu 26:1-5, 14-19; Marko 14:1, 2, 10-16; Luka 22:1-13; Eksodus 21:32.
▪ Kubonakala ukuba uYesu wenza ntoni ngoLwesithathu, ibe ngoba?
▪ Kuhlanganisenwe ngantoni kwikhaya lombingeleli omkhulu, ibe uYuda uzityelela ngayiphi injongo iinkokeli zonqulo?
▪ UYesu uthuma oobani ngoLwesine eYerusalem, yaye ngayiphi injongo?
▪ Yintoni efunyanwa ngabo bathunyiweyo ethi kwakhona ityhile amandla kaYesu amangalisayo?