Maka
14:1 Emva kwezinsuku ezimbili kwaba nomkhosi wePhasika nowesinkwa esingenamvubelo.
abapristi abakhulu nababhali bafuna ukuthi bangambamba kanjani
ubuqili, wambulala.
14:2 Kodwa bathi: Kungabi ngomkhosi, funa kube khona isiyaluyalu phakathi kwabo
abantu.
14:3 Kwathi eseBethaniya endlini kaSimoni onochoko, ehlezi ekudleni.
kwafika owesifazane ephethe umfuma we-alabaste wamafutha enadi* elilodwa kakhulu
yigugu; wahlephula umfuma, wamthela ngawo ekhanda.
14:4 Kwakukhona abanye ababethukuthele phakathi kwabo, bathi:
Kwenziwani lokhu kumoshwa kwamafutha?
14:5 Ngoba ngabe ithengiswe ngaphezu kodenariyo abangamakhulu amathathu, futhi uthole
iphiwe abampofu. Basebekhonona ngaye.
14:6 UJesu wathi: “Myekeni; nimhluphelani na? wenze a
umsebenzi omuhle kimi.
14:7 Ngoba abampofu ninabo njalo, futhi noma nini lapho nithanda ningenza
mihle, kepha mina aninami njalo.
14:8 Wenzile abengakwenza;
ukungcwatshwa.
14:9 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Nomaphi lapho liyakushunyayelwa khona leli vangeli
emhlabeni wonke, lalokhu akwenzileyo kuyakukhulunywa
kube yisikhumbuzo sakhe.
14:10 UJudasi Iskariyothe, omunye wabayishumi nambili, waya kubapristi abakhulu,
amkhaphele kubo.
14:11 Futhi lapho bekuzwa, bajabula, futhi bathembisa ukumnika imali.
Wasedinga ukuthi angamkhaphela njani ngesikhathi esifaneleyo.
14:12 Futhi ngosuku lokuqala lwesinkwa esingenamvubelo, lapho behlaba iphasika.
abafundi bakhe bathi kuye: Uthanda ukuthi siye ngaphi, sikulungisele lokho
ungalidla iphasika na?
14:13 Wathuma ababili kubafundi bakhe, wathi kubo: "Hambani."
emzini, khona niyakuhlangana nomuntu ethwele imbiza
amanzi: mlandele.
14:14 Nomaphi lapho eya khona, anothi kumninindlu, The
Uthi uMfundisi: Liphi ikamelo lezivakashi, lapho ngingadlela khona iphasika
nabafundi bami?
14:15 Futhi yena uzonikhombisa ikamelo elikhulu eliphezulu, elungisiwe futhi elungisiwe
silungiselele.
14:16 Abafundi bakhe baphuma, bafika emzini, bamfumana enjengaye
wayeshilo kubo: base belungisa iphasika.
14:17 Kwathi sekuhlwile, weza nabayishumi nambili.
NgokukaLuka 14:18 Kwathi behlezi bedla, uJesu wathi: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Omunye
wena odla nami uyakungikhaphela.
14:19 Baqala ukudabuka, bathi kuye ngamunye ngamunye: "Ingabe yimi?"
omunye wathi: Yimi yini?
14:20 Waphendula, wathi kubo: Ngomunye wabayishumi nambili, lowo
ecwilisa kanye nami esitsheni.
14:21 INdodana yomuntu iyahamba ngempela, njengoba nje kulotshiwe ngayo, kodwa maye kulokho!
umuntu iNdodana yomuntu ekhashelwa nguye! ngabe kuhle kulowomuntu uma ekhona
wayengakaze azalwe.
14:22 Futhi njengoba bedla, uJesu wathatha isinkwa, futhi wabusisa, futhi wasihlephula, futhi
wabanika, wathi: Thathani, nidle: lokhu kungumzimba wami.
14:23 Futhi wathatha nendebe, futhi ngemva kokubonga, wabanika.
baphuza kuso bonke.
14:24 Wathi kubo: Lokhu kuyigazi lami lesivumelwano esisha
chitha abaningi.
14:25 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Angisayikuphuza okwesithelo somvini.
kuze kube yilolo suku engiyiphuza ngalo lusha embusweni kaNkulunkulu.
14:26 Kwathi sebehlabelele igama lokubonga, baphuma baya eNtabeni Yeminqumo.
14:27 UJesu wathi kubo: "Nonke niyakukhubeka ngami lokhu
ebusuku: ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Ngiyakushaya umalusi, izimvu ziyoshaya
zihlakazeke.
14:28 Kodwa ngemva kokuvuka kwami, ngizakunandulela ukuya eGalile.
14:29 Kodwa uPetru wathi kuye: "Noma bonke bayakukhubeka, kodwa mina ngeke.
14:30 UJesu wathi kuye: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Namuhla,
ngalobubusuku, lingakakhali kabili iqhude, uzakungiphika kathathu.
NgokukaLuka 14:31 Kepha waqinisa kakhulu, wathi: “Uma ngingaze ngife nawe, angisoze.
ukuphika nganoma iyiphi indlela. Ngokunjalo babuye bathi bonke.
14:32 Bafika endaweni ethiwa iGetsemane;
bafundi: Hlalani lapha, ngisaya kukhuleka.
14:33 Wathatha oPetru, noJakobe, noJohane, waqala ukuba buhlungu
ukumangala, nokuba nzima kakhulu;
14:34 Wathi kubo: "Umphefumulo wami ulusizi kakhulu kuze kube sekufeni;
lapha, futhi qaphela.
14:35 Waqhubekela phambili kancane, wawa phansi, wakhuleka ukuthi.
uma kungenzeka, ihora lingadlula kuye.
14:36 Wayesethi: “Aba, Baba, zonke izinto zingenzeka kuwe; ukudla okudlela endlini
Le ndebe kimi; nokho kungabi njengokuba ngithanda mina, kodwa njengokuba kuthanda wena.
14:37 Wasesiza, wabafica belele, wathi kuPetro: Simoni!
ulele? Ubungekwazi ukulinda ihora libe linye na?
14:38 Lindani, nikhuleke, ukuze ningangeni ekulingweni. Umoya ngempela
ilungile, kepha inyama ibuthakathaka.
14:39 Wabuye wahamba, futhi wakhuleka, futhi wakhuluma amazwi afanayo.
14:40 Futhi lapho ebuya, wabafica futhi belele, ngoba amehlo abo
enzima,) babengazi ukuthi bamphendule bathini.
14:41 Weza ngokwesithathu, wathi kubo: Nisalele,
phumulani; sekwanele, ihora selifikile; bheka, iNdodana yomuntu
uyakhashelwa ezandleni zezoni.
14:42 Sukumani, sihambe; bhekani, ongikhaphelayo useduze.
14:43 Masinyane, esakhuluma, kwafika uJuda, omunye wabayishumi nambili;
kanye naye isixuku esikhulu siphethe izinkemba nezinduku, sivela kubaholi
abapristi nababhali namalunga.
14:44 Futhi omkhaphelayo wayebanike isiboniso sokuthi:
wokwanga, nguyena; mthathe, nimuke naye ephephile.
14:45 Esefikile, wahle waya kuye, wathi:
Mfundisi, nkosi; wamanga.
14:46 Basebebeka izandla phezu kwakhe, bambamba.
14:47 Omunye kwababemi khona wahosha inkemba, wayigenca inceku yebandla.
umpristi omkhulu, waquma indlebe yakhe.
14:48 UJesu waphendula, wathi kubo: Seniphumile kungathi nize a
isela, ngezinkemba nangezinduku ukungibamba?
14:49 Benginani imihla ngemihla ethempelini ngifundisa, aningibambanga;
imibhalo kumele igcwaliseke.
14:50 Futhi bonke bamshiya, babaleka.
14:51 Kwalandela insizwa ethile, embethe ilembu elicolekileyo
ngomzimba wakhe onqunu; izinsizwa zambamba.
14:52 Futhi wayishiya ilembu lelineni, wabaleka kubo ze.
14:53 Base beyisa uJesu kumpristi omkhulu, futhi babuthana naye
bonke abapristi abakhulu namalunga nababhali.
14:54 UPetru wamlandela ekude, kwaze kwaba segcekeni lendawo ephakeme
umpristi; wayesehlezi nezinceku, otha umlilo.
14:55 Abapristi abakhulu nomkhandlu wonke bafuna ubufakazi
uJesu ukuba ambulale; kabatholanga lutho.
14:56 Ngoba abaningi bafakaza amanga ngaye, kodwa ubufakazi babo abuvumelananga
ndawonye.
14:57 Kwasukuma abathile, bafakaza amanga ngaye, bathi.
14:58 Thina samuzwa ethi: Mina ngizadiliza lelithempeli elenziwe ngezandla.
ngezinsuku ezintathu ngizakwakha elinye elingenziwanga ngezandla.
14:59 Kodwa ngokunjalo ubufakazi babo abuvumelananga.
14:60 Kwasekusukuma umpristi omkhulu phakathi kwabo, wabuza uJesu, esithi.
Awuphenduli lutho na? kuyini laba abakufakaza ngawe na?
14:61 Kodwa wathula, futhi akazange aphendule lutho. Umphristi omkhulu waphinda wabuza
wathi kuye: Wena unguKristu, iNdodana yoBongekayo na?
14:62 UJesu wasesithi: Mina nginguye; njalo lizabona iNdodana yomuntu ihlezi phezu kwayo
isandla sokunene samandla, esiza ngamafu ezulu.
14:63 Khona umpristi omkhulu waklebhula izingubo zakhe, futhi wathi: "Sisweleni?"
abanye ofakazi?
14:64 Nikuzwile ukuhlambalaza; Basebemlahla bonke
ukuba necala lokufa.
NgokukaLuka 14:65 Abanye baqala ukumkhafulela amathe, nokumboza ubuso bakhe, nokumduba ngezibhakela.
bathi kuye: Profetha; izinceku zamshaya
izintende zezandla zabo.
14:66 Futhi njengoba uPetru ngaphansi esigodlweni, kwafika enye yezincekukazi za
umpristi omkhulu:
14:67 Futhi lapho ebona uPetru otha, wambheka, wathi.
Futhi nawe wawunoJesu waseNazaretha.
14:68 Kodwa waphika, wathi: "Angazi, futhi angikuqondi lokho wena."
sayest. Waphuma waya esangweni; lakhala iqhude.
14:69 Incekukazi yaphinda yambona, yaqala ukuthi kwababemi khona: Lo
ungomunye wabo.
14:70 Waphinda waphika. Kwathi emva kwesikhashana ababemi khona bathi
wabuye wathi kuPetru: “Nempela ungomunye wabo, ngokuba ungumGalile;
nokukhuluma kwakho kuvumelana nakho.
14:71 Kepha waqala ukuthuka nokufunga, ethi: “Angimazi lo muntu ngaye
niyakhuluma.
14:72 Futhi ngokwesibili iqhude. UPetro wasekhumbula ilizwi
ukuthi uJesu wathi kuye: Iqhude lingakakhali kabili, uzakungiphika
kathathu. Esecabanga, wakhala.