UJohane
19:1 Khona uPilatu wamthatha uJesu, wambhaxabula.
19:2 Amasosha aluka umqhele wameva, awubeka ekhanda lakhe, futhi
bamgqokisa ingubo ebubende;
19:3 Athi: Bayede, Nkosi yamaJuda! bamshaya ngezandla.
19:4 Ngakho uPilatu waphuma futhi, futhi wathi kubo: "Bhekani, ngiletha
aphumele kini, ukuze nazi ukuthi angifumani cala kuye.
19:5 Khona uJesu waphuma, ethwele umqhele wameva, futhi ingubo ebubende.
UPilatu wasesithi kubo: Khangelani umuntu!
19:6 Kwathi abapristi abakhulu nezikhonzi bembona, bamemeza.
esithi: Mbethele, mbethele. UPilatu wathi kubo: Mthatheni nina;
nimbethele, ngokuba mina angitholi cala kuye.
19:7 AmaJuda amphendula athi: Thina silomthetho, langomlayo wethu ufanele ukufa.
ngoba wazenza iNdodana kaNkulunkulu.
19:8 Kwathi uPilatu esizwa lelolizwi, wesaba kakhulu;
19:9 Wabuye wangena endlini yokwahlulela, wathi kuJesu: "Uvelaphi."
wena? Kodwa uJesu kamphendulanga.
19:10 Khona-ke uPilatu wathi kuye: "Awukhulumi kimi na? kawazi wena
ukuthi ngilamandla okukubethela, njalo ngilamandla okukukhulula?
19:11 UJesu waphendula wathi: Ubungeke ube lamandla phezu kwami, ngaphandle kwalo
ngakuphiwa wena kuvela phezulu; ngakho-ke onginikele kuwe
unesono esikhulu.
19:12 Futhi kusukela lapho uPilatu wafuna ukumkhulula, kodwa abaJuda bamemeza
waphuma, wathi: “Uma umkhulula lo, awusiye umngane kaKesari;
lowo ozenza inkosi uphikisana loKesari.
19:13 Kwathi uPilatu esizwa lelo zwi, wamkhiphela ngaphandle uJesu, wahlala
phansi esihlalweni sokwahlulela endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi uMgandayo, kodwa phakathi
isiHebheru nguGabhatha.
19:14 Futhi kwakuyilungiselelo lephasika, futhi cishe ihora lesithupha.
wasesithi kumaJuda: Khangelani inkosi yenu!
19:15 Kodwa bamemeza: Susa, susa, mbethele esiphambanweni! UPilatu
wathi kubo: Ngibethele inkosi yenu yini? Abapristi abakhulu baphendula.
Asinankosi ngaphandle kukaKesari.
19:16 Ngakho wamnikela kubo, ukuze abethelwe. Futhi bathatha
uJesu, wamuka naye.
19:17 Futhi ethwele isiphambano sakhe waphuma waya endaweni ethiwa iNdawo
ugebhezi lwekhanda, oluthiwa ngesiHeberu iGolgotha;
19:18 lapho bambethela khona, nabanye ababili kanye naye, omunye ngalapha.
loJesu ephakathi.
19:19 UPilatu wabhala incwadi, wasibeka esiphambanweni. Futhi umbhalo wawuthi,
UJESU WAMANAZARETHA INKOSI YAMAJUDA.
NgokukaLuka 19:20 Lesi sihloko sasifunda abaningi kubaJuda ngendawo lapho uJesu ekhona
wayebethelwe esiphambanweni eduze nomuzi, futhi kulotshiwe ngesiHeberu nangesiGreki,
kanye nesiLatini.
19:21 Ngakho abapristi abakhulu bamaJuda bathi kuPilatu: Ungabhali ukuthi: INkosi
wamaJuda; kodwa ukuthi wathi: Mina ngiyiNkosi yabaJuda.
19:22 UPilatu waphendula wathi: Engikubhalileyo ngikubhalile.
19:23 Khona-ke amasosha, lapho sebembethele uJesu, bathatha izingubo zakhe, futhi
wenza izabelo ezine, kulo lonke isosha laba nesabelo; kanye nejazi lakhe: manje the
ibhantshi lalingenamthungo, lalukiwe lonke kusukela phezulu.
19:24 Ngakho bakhulumisana bodwa: Masingalidabuli, kodwa senze inkatho
ngokuba kuyakuba ngelikabani ukuba kugcwaliseke umbhalo othi
uthi: Babelana izingubo zami, benzela isembatho sami
yenza inkatho. Akwenza-ke lokho amasosha.
19:25 Manje kwakumi esiphambanweni sikaJesu unina nonina
udadewabo, uMariya umkaKleyophase, noMariya Magdalena.
19:26 Ngakho uJesu ebona unina, lomfundi emi lapho
ethanda, wathi kunina: Mame, bheka indodana yakho!
19:27 Wayesethi kumfundi: "Bheka unyoko!" Futhi kusukela kulelohora
lowo mfundi wamthatha wamyisa kwakhe.
19:28 Ngemva kwalokhu, uJesu ekwazi ukuthi zonke izinto sezifezekile, ukuthi
kugcwaliseke umbhalo othi: Ngomile.
19:29 Manje kwakukhona isitsha esigcwele uviniga, futhi bagcwalisa uzipho
neviniga, walibeka phezu kwehisopi, walibeka emlonyeni wakhe.
19:30 Kwathi uJesu ewamukele uviniga, wathi: Kufeziwe.
wagebisa ikhanda, wafa.
19:31 Ngakho-ke abaJuda, ngoba kwakuwukulungiselela, izidumbu
akufanele ahlale esiphambanweni ngosuku lwesabatha, (ngalelo sabatha
Kwakuwusuku olukhulu, wanxusa uPilatu ukuba yephulwe imilenze yabo;
lokuthi basuswe.
19:32 Khona-ke amasosha afika, futhi waphula imilenze yokuqala, futhi
omunye owabethelwa laye.
19:33 Kodwa lapho befika kuJesu, futhi ebona ukuthi wayesefile, they
akayiphulanga imilenze yakhe;
19:34 Kodwa elinye lamasosha wamgwaza ohlangothini, ngomkhonto
kwaphuma igazi namanzi.
19:35 Futhi owakubonayo wafakaza, futhi ubufakazi bakhe buyiqiniso, futhi uyazi
ukuthi ukhuluma iqiniso, ukuze likholwe.
19:36 Ngoba lezizinto zenzeka, ukuze kugcwaliseke umbhalo, A
ithambo lakhe aliyikwaphulwa.
19:37 Futhi futhi omunye umbhalo uthi: Bayombheka lowo abambhekayo
ogwaziwe.
19:38 Futhi emva kwalokhu uJosefa wase-Arimatheya, engumfundi kaJesu, kodwa
ngasese ngokwesaba abaJuda, wacela kuPilatu ukuba amsuse
isidumbu sikaJesu; uPilatu wamvumela. Ngakho weza, futhi
wathatha isidumbu sikaJesu.
19:39 Kwafika noNikodemu, owafika kuqala kuJesu
ebusuku, baletha ingxube yemure nenhlaba, kungathi amapondo ayikhulu
isisindo.
19:40 Base bethatha isidumbu sikaJesu, futhi basisonga ngezingubo zelineni
izinongo, njengomkhuba wamaJuda ukungcwaba.
19:41 Manje endaweni lapho ayebethelwe khona esiphambanweni, kwakukhona insimu; futhi kwe
insimu yethuna elisha, okungakabekwa muntu kulo.
19:42 Ngakho bamlalisa lapho uJesu ngenxa yosuku lokuLungiselela lwabaJuda;
ngoba ithuna laliseduze.