UJesu uzeswa ngamafutha eBhethaniya
(Mt 26:6-13; Mk 14:3-9)
1Sekusele amalanga amathandathu ngaphambi kwePhasika, uJesu weza eBhethaniya ekhabo lakaLazaru, umuntu amvusa ekufeni. 2Lapho-ke bebamlungisele ukudla. UMarta gade atinazela aphakulula, uLazaru yena angomunye wabahlezi noJesu etafuleni. 3Yeke uMariya wathatha isithaba samafutha abizako wenaridi, wazesa iinyawo zakaJesu, wesula ngeenhluthu zakhe. Iphunga elinuka kamnandi lamafutha lazala ikumba yoke. 4Omunye wabafundi bakaJesu uJudasi Iskariyodi, loyo ogade azomkhaphela, wathi: 5“Kungebanga lani amafutha la angakathengiswa, kuthi imali leyo yabelwe abadududu na?” 6Wakutjho lokho ingasibona uzwela abadududu, kodwana gade alisela, njengombana gade amlondisikhwama nje bephele ebe okungaphakathi.
7Kodwana uJesu wathi: “Mlise, alondele amafutha la ilanga lokuthunwa kwami. 8Abadududu nizakuhlala njalo ninabo, kodwana mina angekhe nihlale ninami.”
Basongela uLazaru
9Isiqubuthu samaJuda sezwa bona uJesu useBhethaniya, yeke seza lapho. Bekungasingebanga lakhe kwaphela kodwana nokuzokubona uLazaru obegade amvuse ekufeni. 10Nje-ke abaphristi abakhulu baluka amano wokubulala noLazaru 11ngombana ngebanga lakhe amaJuda amanengi asuka kibo akholwa kuJesu.
UJesu ungena eJerusalema ngedumo
(Mt 21:1-11; Mk 11:1-11; Lk 19:28-40)
12Ngelanga elilandelako isiqubuthu ebesize emnyanyeni wePhasika sezwa bona uJesu usendleleni uza eJerusalema. 13Sathatha amahlahla womuthi wesundu saphuma sayomhlangabeza sarhuwelela, sathi:
“Dumisani uZimu!
Ubusisiwe ozako ebizweni lakaSomnini!
Iye, ibusisiwe iKosi yakwa-Israyeli!”
14UJesu wafumana udumbana, wamkhwela njengombana imitlolo isithi:
15“Ungesabi, ndodakazi yeZiyoni!
Nasi iKosakho isiza,
ikhwele udumbana osemutjha.”
16Abafundi bakhe azange bakuzwisise lokhu ekuthomeni; kwaba ngemva kokuphazimuliswa kwakaJesu lapha balemuka khona bona izintwezi bezitlolwe ngaye nokobana benze izintwezi kuye.
17Nje-ke isiqubuthu ebesinaye lokha nabiza uLazaru bona aphume ngelibeni amvusa ekufeni, saragela phambili nokusabalalisa ilizwi. 18Godu kwaba ngebanga lokobana besele bezwile bonyana wenze isimangaliswesi ukuze bamhlangabeze. 19Yeke abaFarisi bathi omunye komunye: “Niyabona bonyana asiyindawo na? Qalani, loke iphaseli liyamlandela!”
AmaGirigi athileko afuna uJesu
20Bekukhona amaGirigi athileko hlangana nalabo egade baye eJerusalema ukuyokulotjha emnyanyeni. 21Baya kuFlebhe, obekavela eBhethe-Sayida ngeGalile, bathi: “Mnimzana, sibawa ukubona uJesu.”
22UFlebhe wayokutjela u-Andrisi, bobabili baya kuJesu. 23UJesu wabaphendula wathi: “Isikhathi sesifikile bona iNdodana yoMuntu iphazimuliswe. 24Kwamambala ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lokha ithoro yekoroyi iwela equlwanini ingafi, ihlala injalo. Kodwana nangabe iyafa, ihloma iinthelo ezinengi. 25Loyo othanda ipilwakhe, izomlahlekela; loyo ohloya ipilwakhe ephasineli, uzayilondela ukuphila okungapheliko. 26Nanyana ngubani oyincekwami kufuze angilandele; nalapho ngikhona nencekwami izakubakhona. UBaba uzamdumisa umuntu oyincekwami.”
UJesu ukhuluma ngokufa kwakhe
27“Nje-ke ihliziywami itshwenyekile, alo ngingathini na? Kghani ngithi, ‘Baba, ngisindise esikhathinesi’? Awa, kungesizathwesi kobana ngize esikhathinesi. 28Baba, phazimulisa ibizo lakho!”
Yeke kwafika ilizwi livela ezulwini lisithi: “Sengiliphazimulisile; ngisazaliphazimulisa godu.”
29Isiqubuthu ebesijame lapho sakuzwa lokho sathi beliduma, abanye bathi ingilozi beyikhuluma naye.
30UJesu wathi kibo: “Ilizweli lize ngebanga lenu kungasi ngenca yami. 31Kwanjesi sekusikhathi bona iphaseli ligwetjwe; nje-ke umphathi wephaseli uzokuqotjhelwa ngaphandle. 32Lokha nangiphakanyiswako mina ephasini, ngizakudosela woke umuntu kimi.” 33Wakutjho lokho abonisa indlela azokufa ngayo.
34Isiqubuthu saphendula sathi: “Sizwile emthethweni bona uKrestu uzakuphila ngokungapheliko. Alo-ke ungatjho njani bona iNdodana yoMuntu kufanele iphakanyiswe na? Kwakhona ingubani iNdondana yomuntu le na?”
35UJesu wathi kibo: “Umkhanyo usazakuba nani isikhatjhana nje. Yeke khambani nisesenomkhanyo, ubumnyama bungakabi ukunehlela. Umuntu okhamba ebumnyameni, akaboni lapha ayakhona. 36Kholwani emkhanyweni, ikani nisesenawo, khona nizakuba bantwana bomkhanyo.” UJesu selaqedile ukukhuluma, wakhamba wayozifihla.
Ukungakholwa kwamaJuda
37Kwathi nanyana uJesu enze zoke iimbonakaliso zeemangaliswezi phambi kwabo, azange bamkholwe. 38Lokho bekukuzalisa ilizwi lomphorofidi u-Isaya nakasithi:
“Somnini, ngubani owakholwa ngesikuzwileko na?
Ingalo kaSomnini yembulelwe bani na?”
39Nje-ke azange bakholwe ngombana u-Isaya wathi godu:
40“Yenza iinhliziyo zabantwaba ziyathe,
neendlebe zabo zibe buthuntu,
uphophaze namehlwabo,
ukuze bangaboni ngawo,
bezwe ngeendlebe zabo,
balemuke ngeenhliziyo zabo,
bebaphenduke bese bayaphiliswa.”
41U-Isaya watjho lokhu ngombana bekabone iphazimulo kaJesu bewakhuluma ngaye.
42Nanyana kunjalo abanengi ngitjho neemphathimandla zakholwa kuJesu. Kodwana ngebanga labaFarisi azange bakhulume ngaye pha ngombana bebesaba bonyana bebangaqotjhwa ngesinagogini; 43iye, bebesaba ngombana bebathanda ukudunyiswa babantu kunokudunyiswa nguZimu.
Abantu bayokugwetjwa ngamezwi kaJesu
44Nje-ke uJesu wamemeza wathi: “Loyo okholwa kimi, akakholwa kimi kwaphela, kodwana ukholwa nakiloyo ongithumileko. 45Obona mina, ubona ongithumileko. 46Ngize ephasinapha njengomkhanyo, khona kuzakuthi woke okholwa kimi angahlali ebumnyameni. 47Umuntu ozwa amezwami angawalondi, angimgwebi mina ngombana angikazeli ukugweba iphaseli, kodwana ukulisindisa. 48Kukhona umgwebi waloyo ongininako ongamukeli amezwami. Lona ilizweli engilikhulumileko lizamgweba ngomhla wokuphela! 49Angikakhulumi okungekwami, kodwana uBaba ongithumileko nguye ongiyale bona ngikhulume ini nokuthi ngikhulume njani. 50Ngiyazi bona umyalwakhe urholela epilweni engapheliko. Yeke nanyana yini engikutjhoko, ngilokho uBaba angitjele bona ngikutjho.”
