UMateyu
26:1 Kwathi, xeshikweni uYesu ebewagqibile onke la mazwi, wathi
kubafundi bakhe,
26:2 Niyazi ukuba emveni kweentsuku ezimbini kukho ipasika, uNyana kaNyana wakhe
umntu ungcatshwa ukuze abethelelwe emnqamlezweni.
26:3 Bahlanganisana ngoko ababingeleli abakhulu, nababhali, kwanabapostile
amadoda amakhulu abantu, kwibhotwe lombingeleli omkhulu owayebiziwe
uKayafa,
26:4 babhunga ukuba bambambe uYesu ngobuqhophololo, bambulale.
26:5 Babesithi ke, Kungabi ngomthendeleko, hleze kubekho isaqunge phakathi kwenu
abantu.
26:6 Ke kaloku, akubon’ ukuba uYesu useBhetani, endlwini kaSimon owayeneqhenqa,
26:7 Kweza kuye umfazi enehlala lelabhastile, lixabiso likhulu;
Wamgalela entloko, njengoko wayehleli ngasesithebeni.
26:8 Bekubonile ke oko abafundi bakhe, bacaphuka, besithi, Yintoni na?
Injongo yinkcitho le?
26:9 Kuba la mafutha ngekuthengiswe ngawo ngexabiso elikhulu, kwaphiwa amahlwempu.
26:10 Ekwazi ke oko, uYesu wathi kubo, Umfazi lo nimaphulelani na?
ngokuba undenzele umsebenzi olungileyo.
26:11 Kuba amahlwempu lawo nihleli ninawo; ke mna anihleli ninam.
26:12 Kuba, ekugaleleni kwakhe la mafutha aqholiweyo emzimbeni wam, undenzele oko
ukungcwatywa.
26:13 Inene ndithi kuni, Apho zithe zavakaliswa khona ezi ndaba zilungileyo kuni
ihlabathi liphela, kuya kuxelwa nalento ayenzileyo lo mfazi
ukuba ibe sisikhumbuzo kuye.
26:14 Ngelo xesha kwaphuma omnye weshumi elinababini, ekuthiwa nguYuda Sikariyoti, waya kumthetheli-waka;
ababingeleli,
26:15 Wathi kubo, Ningandinika ntoni na, ndimnikele kulo?
wena? Banqophisana naye ngamaqhosha esilivere amashumi mathathu.
26:16 Waza kwalapho wafuna ithuba elimlungeleyo lokuze amnikele.
26:17 Ke kaloku, ngowokuqala umhla wezonka ezingenagwele, beza abafundi kuwo
esithi kuye uYesu, Ùthanda ukuba sikulungisele phi na, ukuba udle?
ipasika?
26:18 Wathi ke yena, Hambani niye kuwo umzi, kuthile, nithi kuye, Thetha
Uthi uMfundisi, ixesha lam likufuphi; ndiya kuyenzela ipasika endlwini yakho
nabafundi bam.
26:19 Benza ke abafundi njengoko uYesu wayebayalele ngako; balungisa ke
ipasika.
26:20 Ke kaloku, kwakuhlwa, wahlala ngasesithebeni nabalishumi elinababini.
26:21 Xa badlayo wathi, Inene ndithi kuni, omnye kuni
uya kundingcatsha.
26:22 Baye bebuhlungu kakhulu, baqala ukuthi bonke ngabanye
wathi kuye, Ingaba ndim, Nkosi?
26:23 Waphendula ke yena wathi, Osithe nkxu nam isandla esityeni,
nguye oya kundingcatsha.
26:24 UNyana woMntu uyemka okunene, njengoko kubhalwe ngaye;
lowo uNyana woMntu angcatshwayo! Ngekumlungele ukuba ebenako
akazalwa.
26:25 Waphendula ke uYuda, lowo wamngcatshayo, wathi, Ingaba ndim, yini na, Rabhi? Yena
wathi kuye, Uselutshilo nawe.
26:26 Bakubon' ukuba bayadla, uYesu wasithabatha isonka, wasikelela, waqhekeza;
wanika abafundi, wathi, Thabathani nidle; ngumzimba wam lo.
26:27 Wayithabatha nendebe, wabulela, wabanika, esithi, Selani
nonke nina;
26:28 Kuba ligazi lam eli lomnqophiso omtsha, eliphalala ngenxa yabaninzi
uxolelo lwezono.
26:29 Ndithi ke kuni, Andisayi kusela kwesi siqhamo somthi, kuthabathela kweli xesha
kude kube yiloo mini sukuba ndisisela nani sisitsha kuBawo
ubukumkani.
26:30 Bakuba bevume ingoma yokubonga, baphuma baya eNtabeni yemiNquma.
26:31 Ngelo xesha uthi uYesu kubo, Nonke niya kukhubeka ngam ngenxa yam
ngokuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Ndiya kumbetha umalusi, nezimvu zakhe
uya kuchithwa-chithwa umhlambi.
26:32 Ke emveni kokuvuka kwam, ndiya kunandulela ndiye kwelaseGalili.
26:33 Waphendula ke uPetros wathi kuye, Nokuba baya kukhubeka bonke abantu
ngenxa yakho andisayi kukha ndikhubeke.
26:34 Wathi uYesu kuye, Inene ndithi kuwe, Kwangobu busuku, phambi kobusuku
Ikhala inkuku, uya kundikhanyela kathathu.
26:35 Wathi ke uPetros kuye, Ndingafanelana ndimelwe kukuba ndife nawe, andingekhe ndikhanyele
wena. Batsho ke bonke abafundi.
26:36 Ngelo xesha, ufika uYesu nabo kumhlatyana ekuthiwa yiGetsemane, athi
bathi kubafundi, Hlalani phantsi apha, ndikhe ndiye kuthandaza phaya.
26:37 Wathabatha uPetros noonyana bobabini bakaZebhedi, waqala ukubakho
ibuhlungu kwaye inzima kakhulu.
26:38 Aze athi kubo, Umphefumlo wam ubuhlungu kakhulu, kude kube ngoku
Kufa: hlalani apha, nilinde nam.
26:39 Waza ehambele phambili umganyana, wawa ngobuso bakhe, wathandaza, esithi.
Bawo, ukuba kunokwenzeka, mayidlule kum le ndebe;
kungabi ngokuthanda kwam, makube njengokuthanda kwakho.
26:40 Uyeza kubafundi, abafumane belele, athi
wathi kuPetros, Ninje na ukungabi nako ukulinda nam nexa elinye?
26:41 Lindani nithandaze, ukuze ningangeni ekuhendweni;
Iyavuma, ke yona inyama ithambile.
26:42 Wabuya wemka okwesibini, wathandaza, esithi, Bawo, ukuba!
ayinakudlula kum le ndebe, ndingathanga ndiyisele, makwenzeke ukuthanda kwakho.
26:43 Weza wabafumana bebuye balala, kuba amehlo abo ayenzima bubuthongo.
26:44 Wabashiya, wabuya wemka, wathandaza okwesithathu, esithi
amagama afanayo.
26:45 Andule ukuza kubafundi bakhe, athi kubo, Lalani ngoku, nilale.
niphumle; yabonani, ilixa lisondele, waye uNyana woMntu ufikile
engcatshwa ezandleni zaboni.
26:46 Vukani, sihambe; yabonani, usondele lowo uya kundingcatsha.
26:47 Kuthe, esathetha, kwathi gqi uYuda, omnye wabalishumi elinababini, esiza enaye.
indimbane enkulu inamakrele neentonga, ivela kubabingeleli abakhulu na
abadala babantu.
26:48 Ke kaloku, lowo umngcatshayo wayebanike umqondiso, esithi, Endithe ndasukuba ndithanda yena
manga, ikwanguye;
26:49 Uyeza kwaoko kuYesu, wathi, Vuya, Rabhi; wamanga.
26:50 Athi uYesu kuye, Wethu, yini na ukuba uze? Emva koko kwafika
bona, bamsa izandla uYesu, bambamba.
26:51 Kwabonakala omnye wabo babenaye, wasolula isandla sakhe.
Wathi rhuthu ikrele lakhe, waxabela umkhonzi wombingeleli omkhulu, wamxabela
esuse indlebe yakhe.
26:52 Wathi ngoko uYesu kuye, Libuyisele endaweni yalo ikrele lakho;
abathabatha ikrele baya kutshabalala likrele.
26:53 Uba andinako na ngoku ukumbongoza uBawo, wothi?
Ndinike ngoku imikhosi yezithunywa zezulu engaphezu kweshumi elinamibini?
26:54 zingathini na ke oko ukuzaliseka izibhalo ezithi, kumele ukuba kube nje?
26:55 Ngalo elo lixa wathi uYesu kwindimbane, Niphume njengani na
nesela elinamakrele neentonga nje, ukuba lindibambe? Ndandihlala mihla le
Nanifundisa etempileni, anandibamba.
26:56 Ke oku konke kwenzeke, ukuze zibekho izibhalo zabaprofeti
izalisekile. Basuka bonke abafundi bamshiya, babaleka.
26:57 Bathi ke abo bambambayo, bamrholela kuKayafa ophakamileyo
kumbingeleli, apho babehlanganisene khona ababhali namadoda amakhulu.
26:58 Ke kaloku uPetros wamlandela, ebekele kude, kwada kwaya entendelezweni yendlu yombingeleli omkhulu, wemka
wahlala phantsi namadindala, ukuba abone isiphelo.
26:59 Ke kaloku, ababingeleli abakhulu, namadoda amakhulu, nentlanganiso yamatyala iphelele, befuna ubuxoki;
lingqina ngoYesu ukuze ambulale;
26:60 nangona afikayo amangqina abuxoki aba maninzi, ababufumananga
akukho nanye. Ada ke afika amangqina abuxoki emabini.
26:61 bathi, Lo wathi, Ndinako ukuyichitha itempile kaThixo, ndibuye
ukuyakha ngeentsuku ezintathu.
26:62 Wesuka wema umbingeleli omkhulu, wathi kuye, Akuphenduli nto na?
bangqina ntoni na aba ngawe?
26:63 Wahlala yena uYesu wathi tu. Waphendula umbingeleli omkhulu wathi kubo
Ndikufungisa uThixo ophilileyo, ukuba usixelele ukuba unguye na
uKristu, uNyana kaThixo.
26:64 Athi uYesu kuye, Uselutshilo nawe.
Emveni koku niya kumbona uNyana woMntu, ehleli ngasekunene kwakhe
amandla, eza ngamafu ezulu.
26:65 Waza umbingeleli omkhulu wazikrazula iingubo zakhe, esithi, Unyelisile;
sisawafunelani na amangqina? niyabona, ngoku niyivile eyakhe
unyeliso.
26:66 Nithini na nina? Baphendula ke bona bathi, Unetyala lokufa.
26:67 Baza bamtshicela ebusweni, bamntlitha. abanye ke bamxabela
ngeentende zezandla zabo,
26:68 besithi, Siprofetele, wena Kristu, ukubethileyo ngubani na?
26:69 Ke kaloku uPetros wayehleli ngaphandle entendelezweni; kweza kuye isicakazana sisithi,
Nawe ubunaye uYesu waseGalili.
26:70 Wakhanyela ke yena phambi kwabo bonke, esithi, Andiyazi into oyithethayo.
26:71 Uthe ke, ephume phandle waya evarandeni, wambona omnye umkhonzazana, wathi
kwababekhona, Naye lo ebenaye uYesu waseNazarete.
26:72 Waphinda wakhanyela efunga, esithi, Andimazi loo mntu.
26:73 Kwathi ke kwakuba mzuzwana, beza abo babemi khona, bathi kuPetros.
Inyaniso, nawe ungomnye wabo; kuba intetho yakho iyakudiza.
26:74 Waza waqala ukushwabula nokufunga, esithi, Andimazi loo mntu. Kwaye
yalila kwangoko inkuku.
26:75 Walikhumbula uPetros ilizwi likaYesu, abelithethile kuye, esithi, Phambi kwebandla
Ikhala inkuku, uya kundikhanyela kathathu. Waphuma phandle, walila
ngokukrakra.