NGOKUKAJOHANE 19

₁UPilatu wayesemthatha uJesu, wamshaya.

₂Amabutho aluka umqhele wameva awufaka ekhanda lakhe, amembathisa ingubo ebubende;

₃aya kuye, athi: Bayede, nkosi yabaJuda! Ammukula.

₄UPilatu wabuye waphuma, wathi kubo: Bhekani, ngimkhiphela kini, ukuze nazi ukuba angifumani-cala kuye.

₅Wayesephuma uJesu ethwele umqhele wameva nengubo ebubende. Wathi kubo uPilatu: Bhekani lomuntu!

₆Bathi bembona abapristi abakhulu nezikhonzi, bamemeza bathi: Mbethele, mbethele esiphambanweni! UPilatu wathi kubo: Mthatheni nina, nimbethele esiphambanweni, ngokuba angifumanicala kuye.

₇Kepha abaJuda bamphendula bathi: Sinomthetho thina; ngalomthetho ufanele ukufa, ngokuba ezenzile iNdodana kaNkulunkulu.

₈Kuthé uPilatu ezwa lelozwi, kwayikhona esaba kakhulu,

₉wabuye wangena enqabeni, wathi kuJesu: Ungowaphi wena na? Kepha uJesu kamphendulanga.

₁₀Khona wathi uPilatu kuye: Awukhulumi kimi na? Awazi ukuthi nginamandla okukukhulula, nginamandla futhi okukubethela esiphambanweni na?

₁₁UJesu waphendula wathi: Ngabe awunamandla neze phezu kwami, ukuba awuwanikwanga ngaphezulu. Ngalokhoke onginikele kuwe unesono esikhulu.

₁₂Ngalokho uPilatu wayefuna ukumkhulula. Kepha abaJuda bamemeza bathi: Uma ukhulula lona, awusiye umhlobo kaKesari; osuka ezenza inkosi, umelene noKesari.

₁₃Kuthé uPilatu esezwa lawomazwi wamkhiphela ngaphandle uJesu; wahlala esihlalweni sokwahlulela endaweni ethiwa eGandaywé ngamatshe kodwa ngesiHeberu iGabatha.

₁₄Kwakungolokulungisela iPhasika kungathi ihora lesithupha. Wathi kubaJuda: Bhekani inkosi yenu.

₁₅Ngakho bamemeza bathi: Susa, susa, mbethele esiphambanweni! Wathi kubo uPilatu: Ngibethele inkosi yenu na? Abapristi abakhulu baphendula bathi: Asinankosi, uKesari kuphela.

₁₆Wayesemnikela kubo ukuba abethelwe esiphambanweni.

Bamthatha-ke uJesu, bahamba naye.

₁₇Waphuma ezithwalele isiphambano, waya endaweni ethiwa iNdawo yeKhanda, ethiwa ngesiHeberu iGolgotha.

₁₈Bambethela khona nabanye ababili kanye naye ngalapha nangalapha, uJesu ephakathi.

₁₉Kepha uPilatu waloba isaziso, wasibeka esiphambanweni. Kwakulotshiwe ukuthi: ujesu wasenazaretha, inkosi yabajuda.

₂₀Khona abaningi babaJuda bafunda lesosaziso; ngokuba indawo leyo, lapho uJesu wabethelwa khona esiphambanweni, yayiseduze nomuzi. Kwakulotshiwe ngesiHeberu, nangesiRoma, nagesiGreki.

₂₁Base bethi abapristi abakhulu babaJuda kuPilatu: Ungalobi ukuthi: Inkosi yabaJuda, kepha ukuba yena wathi: NgiyiNkosi yabaJuda.

₂₂UPilatu waphendula wathi: Engikulobile ngikulobile.

₂₃Kuthé amabutho esembethele uJesu esiphambanweni, athatha izingubo zakhe, azenza izabelo ezine, kwaba-yilelo nalelobutho laba-nesabelo, neyembe futhi. Kepha iyembe lalingenamthungo, lalukiwe lonke kusukela phezulu.

₂₄Ngakho-ke akhuluma odwa, athi: Asingalidabuli, kodwa asilenzele inkatho yokuthi liyakuba-ngelikabani, ukuze kugcwaliseke umbhalo othi:

₂₅Kepha kwakumi ngasesiphambanweni sikaJesu unina kanye nodadewabo kanina, uMariya umkaKleyophase, noMariya Magdalena.

₂₆Kuthé uJesu ebona unina nomfundi amthandayo bemi ngakhona, wathi kunina: Mame, bheka indodana yakho.

₂₇Wayesethi kumfundi: Bheka unyoko. Kusukela kulesosikhathi umfundi lowo wamyisa kwakhe.

₂₈Emva kwalokho uJesu, ekwazi ukuthi konke sekuphelelisiwe ukuba umbhalo ugcwaliseke, wathi: Ngomile.

₂₉Kwakubekiwe khona isitsha sigcwele uviniga; khona bachoma ilula ligcwele uviniga othini lwehisopi*, baliyisa emlonyeni wakhe.

₃₀Kwathi ukuba uJesu ewamukele uviniga, wathi: Kufeziwe; wagebisa ikhanda, wafa.

₃₁Khona abaJuda, ngokuba kwakungolokulungisela, ukuze izidumbu zingahlali esiphambanweni ngesabatha, ngokuba lolosuku lwesabatha lwalulukhulu, banxusa uPilatu ukuba yaphulwe imilenze yabo, basuswe.

₃₂Ayeseza-ke amabutho, ayaphula imilenze yowokuqala neyomunye owayebethelwe naye.

₃₃Esefika kuJesu, ebona ukuthi usefile, kawayaphulanga imilenze yakhe;

₃₄kodwa elinye lamabutho lamgwaza ohlangothini ngomkhonto, kwaphuma masinyane igazi namanzi.

₃₅Obonileyo ufakazile, ubufakazi bakhe buqinisile; yena-ke uyazi ukuthi ukhuluma iqiniso, ukuze nikholwe nani.

₃₆Ngokuba lokho kwenzeka ukuba kugcwaliseke umbhalo othi: Akuyikwaphulwa-thambo lakhe.

₃₇Futhi omunye umbhalo uthi: Bayakumbheka abamgwazileyo.

₃₈Emva kwalokho uJosefa waseArimatheya, engumfundi kaJesu kepha ekufihla ngokwesaba abaJuda, wacela kuPilatu ukuba asuse isidumbu sikaJesu; uPilatu wavuma-ke. Wayesefika, wasisusa isidumbu sikaJesu.

₃₉Kweza noNikodemu owafika kuye kuqala ebusuku, waletha ixube lenhlaka nomhlaba kungathi amalitra* ayikhulu.

₄₀Ngakho base besithatha isidumbu sikaJesu, basisonga ngezindwangu zelineni kanye namakha njengesiko labaJuda lokumbela.

₄₁Khona ngakuleyondawo, lapho wayebethelwe khona esiphambanweni, kwakukhona insimu, nasensimini kukhona ithuna elisha okwakungazange kubekwemuntu kulo.

₄₂Bambeka lapho-ke uJesu ngenxa yolokulungisela lwabaJuda, ngokuba ithuna laliseduze.