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23:1 Yesuka yonke inkitha yabo, yamrholela kuPilato.
23:2 Baqala ke ukummangalela, besithi, Simfumene lo egqwetha
engavumi ukuba kunikelwe irhafu kuKesare, esithi, yena
ngokwakhe unguKristu uKumkani.
23:3 UPilato wambuza ke, esithi, Wena unguye na uKumkani wamaYuda? Kwaye yena
wamphendula wathi, Nawe utsho.
23:4 Uthe ke uPilato kubabingeleli abakhulu nakwizihlwele, Andifumani tyala
kule ndoda.
23:5 Kwaba kukhona bajokisayo, besithi, Uxhokonxa abantu;
wafundisa kulo lonke elakwaYuda, eqalele kwelaseGalili, wada wezisa apha.
23:6 Ke kaloku uPilato, akuva elaseGalili, wabuza ukuba umntu lo ngowaseGalili na.
23:7 Uthe ke, akuqonda ukuba ungowolawulo lukaHerode, wathi kuye
wamthumela kuHerode, owayeseYerusalem naye ngelo xesha.
23:8 Ke kaloku uHerode, akumbona uYesu, wavuya kunene;
ukumbona kwasekukudala, ngenxa yokuba ebeve kuthethwa izinto ezininzi ngaye; kwaye
wayethembe ukuba wobona umqondiso usenziwa nguye.
23:9 Wayembuza ke amazwi amaninzi; kodwa akamphendulanga nento.
23:10 Bema ke ababingeleli abakhulu nababhali, bammangalela kabukhali.
23:11 UHerode ke, kwanempi yakhe, wamenza into engento, wadlala ngaye
wamambathisa ngengubo eqaqambileyo, wamthumela kuPilato.
23:12 Ngaloo mini baba zizihlobo ke uPilato noHerode;
babeziintshaba phakathi kwabo.
23:13 Uthe ke uPilato, ebabizele ndawonye ababingeleli abakhulu nabaphathi;
kunye nabantu,
23:14 wathi kubo, Nizise kum lo mntu, ngathi ngongendawo;
Yabonani, ndimncinile phambi kwenu, ndamfumana
Akukho tyala kulo mntu, kwezo zinto nimmangalela ngazo;
23:15 kwanoHerode, kuba ndanithumela kuye. nanko ke kungekho nto ifanelekileyo
ukufa kwenziwe kuye.
23:16 Ndothi ke ngoko, ndakumbetha, ndimkhulule.
23:17 Kuba ebemelwe kukuthi abakhululele abe mnye ngomthendeleko.
23:18 Bankqangaza bonke kwaoko, besithi, Msuse lo, umkhulule
kuthi uBharabhas.
23:19 (Waphoswa ngenxa yesaqunge esithile phakathi komzi, nangenxa yokubulala
entolongweni.)
23:20 Waphinda ngoko uPilato wathetha kubo, efuna ukumkhulula uYesu.
23:21 Basuka ke bona bankqangaza, besithi, Mbethelele emnqamlezweni!
23:22 Uthe ke yena okwesithathu kubo, Kuba enze bubi buni na lo? I
andifumananga nalinye ityala lokufa kuye; ndothi ke ngoko, ndakumbetha, ndimbethe
myeke ahambe.
23:23 Bamxina ke bona ngezandi ezikhulu zamazwi, becela ukuba abe nguye
wabethelelwa emnqamlezweni. Ayeyisa amazwi abo nezababingeleli abakhulu.
23:24 Wathi ke uPilato makwenziwe njengoko babefuna ngako.
23:25 Wabakhululela ke owayethe ngenxa yesaqunge nokubulala
entolongweni, ababeyicela; wamnikela uYesu ekuthandeni kwabo.
23:26 Kuthe ke xa bamrholayo, babamba Simon uthile, waseKirene;
bephuma emaphandleni; bawubeka phezu kwakhe umnqamlezo, ukuze awenze
yithwale emva koYesu.
23:27 Wayelandelwa ke yinkitha eninzi yabantu, neyabafazi, ababenayo
bammbambazelela ke, bammbambazelela.
23:28 Wabaguqukela ke uYesu, wathi, Zintombi zaseYerusalem, musani ukulila
kodwa zilileleni nina nabantwana benu.
23:29 Kuba, niyabona, iyeza imihla abaya kuthi ngayo, Ninoyolo;
Ngamadlolo, nezizalo ezingazalanga, namabele angazanga
wancanca.
23:30 Oko baya kuqala bathi ezintabeni, Siweleni; kwaye kwi
zinduli, Sigubungele.
23:31 Kuba ukuba bazenza ezi zinto komanzi umthi, kuya kuba njani na kuwo?
yomile?
23:32 Ke kaloku baberhola nabanye abangabambi, bebabini, bengabenzi bobubi, beya kubulawa kunye naye
ukufa.
23:33 Bakufika kwindawo ebizwa ngokuba luKhakhayi
bambethelela emnqamlezweni, kwanabenzi bobubi abo, omnye ngasekunene, nomnye ngasekunene
omnye ngasekhohlo.
23:34 Wathi ke uYesu, Bawo, baxolele; kuba abayazi into abayenzayo.
Babelana ngeengubo zakhe, benza amaqashiso.
23:35 Baye bemi abantu bebonela. Babebasinekela ke nabaphathi bamaYuda kunye nabo
besithi, Wabasindisa abanye; makazisindise, ukuba yena unguye uKristu
banyulwe nguThixo.
23:36 Aye ke namasoldati edlala ngaye, eza kuye, amnika
iviniga,
23:37 besithi, Ukuba wena unguye uKumkani wamaYuda, zisindise.
23:38 Kwaye ke kubhalwe nombhalo phezu kwakhe, ngoonobumba besiGrike, nombhalo
NgesiLatini, nesiHebhere, lo nguKumkani wamaYuda.
23:39 Ke kaloku, omnye wabenzi bobubi ababexhonyiwe wayemnyelisa, esithi, Ukuba!
wena unguye uKristu, zisindise, nathi usisindise.
23:40 Waphendula ke omnye wamkhalimela, esithi, Akumoyiki na wena uThixo?
Nawe ukwakoku kugwetywa nje?
23:41 Thina ke okunene ngobulungisa; kuba samkela umvuzo wemisebenzi yethu;
lo akenzanga nto ingendawo.
23:42 Wathi kuYesu, Uze undikhumbule, Nkosi, xa uthe wangena endlwini yakho
ubukumkani.
23:43 Wathi ke uYesu kuye, Inene, ndithi kuwe, Namhlanje uya kubakho
nam eparadesi.
23:44 Ke kaloku, kwakumalunga nelixa lesithandathu, kwabakho ubumnyama phezu kwawo wonke umhlaba
emhlabeni kwada kwalilixa lesithoba.
23:45 Lasuka laba mnyama ilanga, lasuka ikhuselo lengcwele lakrazuka
phakathi.
23:46 Wadanduluka ke uYesu ngezwi elikhulu, wathi, Bawo, endleni yakho
izandla ndiyawunikela umoya wam; akuba etshilo, waphuma umphefumlo.
23:47 Ke kaloku umthetheli-khulu, akukubona okuhlileyo, wazukisa uThixo, esithi,
Ngokuqinisekileyo le yayiyindoda elilungisa.
23:48 Zaye zonke izihlwele ezabe zibuthelene kuloo mbono, ziwubona
izinto ezenziweyo, bazibetha ezifubeni zabo, babuya.
23:49 nabo bonke abazana naye, kwanabafazi ababemlandela bevela kwelaseGalili,
bamela kude, bezikhangele ezi zinto.
23:50 Kwaye kukho indoda egama linguYosefu, umphakathi; kwaye waye a
umntu olungileyo, kwaye olungileyo:
23:51 Lowo ubengavumelananga necebo labo, nesenzo sabo;
IArimatiya, umzi wamaYuda, eyayibulindile nayo ubukumkani
kaThixo.
23:52 eyathi yona yeza kuPilato, yawucela umzimba kaYesu.
23:53 Yawuthula, yawusongela kwilinen emhlophe, yawubeka engcwabeni.
liqingqwe etyeni, ekungazanga kubekwe mntu kulo.
23:54 Ke kaloku loo mhla wawungowokulungiselela, nesabatha ibisondele.
23:55 Bamlandela ke nabafazi, abeza naye bevela kwelaseGalili.
walibona ingcwaba, nokubekwa komzimba wakhe.
23:56 Babuya ke, balungisa ubulawu namafutha aqholiweyo. kwaye waphumla i
isabatha ngokomthetho.