Luka
23:1 Futhi lonke uquqaba lwabo wasukuma, wamyisa kuPilatu.
23:2 Baqala ukumbeka icala, bathi: "Simfumene lo ephambukisa."
isizwe, enqabela ukuthela kuKesari, ethi
ngokwakhe unguKristu iNkosi.
23:3 UPilatu wambuza, wathi: "Wena uyinkosi yabaJuda?" Futhi yena
wamphendula wathi: Utsho wena.
23:4 Khona uPilatu wathi kubapristi abakhulu nasezixukwini: "Angitholi cala
kulendoda.
23:5 Baqinisa kakhulu, bathi: "Uxhokonxa abantu;
efundisa kulo lonke elaseJudiya, eqala eGalile waze wafika lapha.
23:6 UPilatu esezwile ngeGalile wabuza ukuthi lowomuntu ungowaseGalili yini.
23:7 Kwathi esazi ukuthi ungowombuso kaHerodi
wamthumela kuHerode owayekhona naye eJerusalema ngaleso sikhathi.
23:8 Kwathi uHerode embona uJesu, wajabula kakhulu, ngokuba wayethanda
ukumbona kwasekuyisikhathi eside, ngoba wayezwile izinto ezinengi ngaye; futhi
wayethemba ukuthi uzobona isimangaliso senziwa nguye.
23:9 Wasembuza ngamazwi amaningi; kodwa akamphendulanga lutho.
NgokukaLuka 23:10 Abapristi abakhulu nababhali babemi bemmangalela kakhulu.
23:11 Futhi uHerode namabutho akhe bameyisa, futhi bamklolodela, futhi
wamembathisa ingubo ekhazimulayo, bambuyisela kuPilatu.
23:12 Futhi ngalolo suku oPilatu noHerode baba abangane ndawonye
babenobutha phakathi kwabo.
23:13 Futhi uPilatu, lapho esebizele ndawonye abapristi abakhulu nababusi
nabantu,
23:14 Wathi kubo: "Nilethe kimi lo muntu njengomuntu ophendukezela
abantu; bhekani, mina, sengimhlolile phambi kwenu, ngamfumana
akunacala kulo muntu ezintweni enimmangalela ngazo;
23:15 Cha, noHerode, ngokuba nginithumele kuye; futhi bheka, akukho lutho olufanele
ukufa kwenziwe kuye.
23:16 Ngakho ngizomshaya, futhi ngimkhulule.
23:17 (Ngokuba kufanele abakhululele oyedwa ngomkhosi.)
23:18 Bamemeza kanyekanye, bathi: "Susa lo muntu, futhi nikhulule."
kithina uBarabasi.
NgokukaLuka 23:19 owaphonswa ngenxa yesiyaluyalu esithile esasenzeka emzini, nangenxa yokubulala
ejele.)
23:20 Ngakho uPilatu, ethanda ukumkhulula uJesu, wabuye wakhuluma kubo.
23:21 Kodwa bamemeza, bathi: "Mbethele, mbethele!
23:22 Wathi kubo ngokwesithathu: Ngoba enze bubi buni? I
kangitholanga kuye icala lokufa; ngakho ngizamjezisa, njalo
akahambe.
23:23 Futhi baphikelela ngezwi elikhulu, edinga ukuba abe
bethelwe esiphambanweni. Futhi amazwi abo nawabapristi abakhulu aphumelela.
NgokukaLuka 23:24 UPilatu wanquma ukuthi makwenziwe njengokucela kwabo.
23:25 Wayesebakhululela owayephonswe kukho ngenxa yesiyaluyalu nokubulala
ijele ababelifisa; kodwa wamnikela uJesu entandweni yabo.
23:26 Futhi njengoba bemuka naye, babamba uSimoni waseKhurene.
bephuma emaphandleni, babeka isiphambano phezu kwakhe, ukuze akwazi
kuthwale emva kukaJesu.
23:27 Futhi bamlandela isixuku esikhulu sabantu, nabesifazane, ababemlandela
laye lamlilela, lamlilela.
23:28 Kodwa uJesu ephendukela kubo wathi: "Madodakazi aseJerusalema, ningalili
mina, kodwa zikhaleleni nina nabantwana benu.
23:29 Ngoba bheka, izinsuku ziyeza, lapho bayokuthi: 'Ubusisiwe
bayinyumba, nezizalo ezingazalanga, namabele angazanga
wancela.
23:30 Khona bayakuqala ukuthi ezintabeni: Welani phezu kwethu; futhi ku
amagquma, Sibekele.
23:31 Ngoba uma benza lezi zinto esihlahleni esiluhlaza, kuzokwenziwani emthini?
omile?
23:32 Futhi kwakukhona nabanye ababili, abenzi bobubi, bayiswa kanye naye ukuba babulawe
ukufa.
23:33 Futhi lapho befika endaweni, okuthiwa Calvary, lapho
bambethela esiphambanweni, nezelelesi, esinye ngakwesokunene, nesinye
omunye ngakwesobunxele.
23:34 UJesu wasesithi: Baba, bathethelele; ngoba kabakwazi abakwenzayo.
Babelana izingubo zakhe, benza inkatho yokuphosa.
23:35 Futhi abantu bema bebukele. Nababusi nabo baklolodela
bathi: “Wasindisa abanye; akazisindise, uma enguye uKristu
abakhethiweyo bakaNkulunkulu.
23:36 Namasosha amklolodela, eza kuye, amnika
uviniga,
23:37 Futhi bathi: "Uma uyinkosi yabaJuda, zisindise."
23:38 Futhi umbhalo futhi umbhalo phezu kwakhe ngezinhlamvu zesiGreki, futhi
IsiLatini, nesiHeberu, LO UYINKOSI YAMAJUDA.
23:39 Futhi omunye wabenzi bobubi ababelengisiwe wamthuka, wathi: "Uma!"
wena unguKristu, zisindise kanye nathi.
23:40 Kepha omunye wamkhuza, wathi: "Awumesabi uNkulunkulu na?
Nawe ukulokhu kulahlwa na?
23:41 Futhi thina ngokweqiniso; ngoba samukela umvuzo wezenzo zethu: kodwa
lomuntu akenzanga lutho olubi.
23:42 Futhi wathi kuJesu: "Nkosi, ngikhumbule, lapho ungena eyakho
umbuso.
23:43 UJesu wathi kuye: Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Namuhla uzakuba khona
nami epharadesi.
NgokukaLuka 23:44 Kwakungaba yihora lesithupha, kwaba khona ubumnyama phezu kwawo wonke umhlaba
emhlabeni kuze kube yihora lesishiyagalolunye.
23:45 Futhi ilanga laba mnyama, futhi isihenqo sethempeli ladabuka
phakathi.
23:46 Futhi lapho uJesu wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi, "Baba, kweyakho."
izandla ngiyawubeka umoya wami; eseshilo lokho waphuma.
23:47 Kwathi induna yekhulu ibona okwenzekileyo, yamdumisa uNkulunkulu, yathi:
Impela lo bekuyindoda elungile.
23:48 Futhi bonke abantu ababebuthene kulowo mbono, bebuka
okwenzekileyo, bashaya izifuba zabo, babuya.
23:49 Nabo bonke abazana naye, nabesifazane ababemlandela bevela eGalile.
wema kude, ebuka lezizinto.
23:50 Futhi bheka, kwakukhona indoda igama layo uJosefa, umeluleki; futhi waye a
umuntu omuhle, futhi nje:
23:51 (Ofanayo wayengavumelananga iseluleko nesenzo sabo;) wayengowakho
I-Arimathiya, umuzi wamaJuda, naye owayelindele umbuso
kaNkulunkulu.
23:52 Yona yaya kuPilatu, yacela isidumbu sikaJesu.
23:53 Yasehlisa, yasisonga ngelineni, yasibeka ethuneni.
elaqoshwa etsheni, okungakabekwa muntu kulo.
23:54 Futhi ngalolo suku kwakuwukulungiselela, futhi isabatha lase lisondela.
23:55 Nabesifazane abeza naye bevela eGalile bamlandela.
wabona ithuna, nokuthi isidumbu sakhe sabekwa kanjani.
23:56 Base bebuya, balungisa amakha namafutha. futhi waphumula
isabatha ngokomlayo.