Maka
15:1 Kwathi masinyane ekuseni abapristi abakhulu benza icebo
kanye namalunga nababhali nomphakathi wonke, bambopha uJesu, kanye
wamthatha, wamnikela kuPilatu.
15:2 UPilatu wambuza wathi: "Wena uyinkosi yabaJuda na?" Aphendule
wathi kuye: Utsho wena.
15:3 Abapristi abakhulu bammangalela ngokuningi
lutho.
15:4 UPilatu wabuye wambuza, wathi: "Awuphenduli lutho na? bhekani kanjani
izinto eziningi bafakaza ngawe.
15:5 Kodwa uJesu akaphendulanga lutho; waze wamangala uPilatu.
15:6 Manje ngomkhosi wayebakhululela isiboshwa esisodwa, noma ubani
efiswayo.
15:7 Futhi kwakukhona othile, uBaraba igama, owayeboshiwe kanye nababephethe
wenza isiyaluyalu naye owayebulele egcekeni
ukuvukela umbuso.
15:8 Futhi isixuku samemeza kakhulu waqala ukucela ukuba enze njengoba wayejwayele ukwenza
kwenziwe kubo.
15:9 Kodwa uPilatu wabaphendula, wathi: "Nithanda ukuba nginikhululele kini."
Inkosi yabaJuda?
15:10 Ngoba wayazi ukuthi abapristi abakhulu bamnikele ngomona.
15:11 Kodwa abapristi abakhulu babhebhezela isixuku, ukuthi kungcono amkhulule
uBaraba kubo.
15:12 UPilatu waphendula wabuye wathi kubo: Pho nithanda ukuba ngingenzeni?
lizakwenzani kuye enithi yiNkosi yabaJuda?
15:13 Basebememeza futhi, bathi: Mbethele!
15:14 Khona-ke uPilatu wathi kubo: "Kanti, yini bubi abenzile? Bakhala
kakhulukazi, Mbethele esiphambanweni.
15:15 Futhi ngakho uPilatu, ethanda ukwanelisa isixuku, wamkhulula uBaraba
kubo, wamnikela uJesu, esemtshaye ngesiswepu, ukuthi abethelwe esiphambanweni.
15:16 Amasosha amyisa ehholo, elithi Praetorium; futhi bona
bizani ibutho lonke.
15:17 Bamembathisa okububende, baluluka umqhele wameva, bamembathisa.
ngekhanda lakhe,
15:18 Aqala ukumbingelela, athi: “Bayede, Nkosi yamaJuda!
15:19 Amshaya ekhanda ngomhlanga, amkhafulela,
beguqa ngamadolo bakhuleka kuye.
15:20 Futhi lapho bamklolodela, bamhlubula okububende, futhi bagqoka
ezembatho zakhe siqu, bamkhiphela phandle ukuyombethela esiphambanweni.
15:21 Base becindezela othile owayedlula, uSimoni waseKhurene, evela emzini
izwe, uyise ka-Aleksandru noRufu, ukuba athwale isiphambano sakhe.
15:22 Bamyisa endaweni yaseGolgotha, okungukuthi ngokuhunyushwa.
Indawo yogebhezi.
15:23 Amnika iwayini elixutshwe nemore, ukuba aliphuze;
hhayi.
15:24 Kwathi sebembethele esiphambanweni, babelana izembatho zakhe, benza inkatho yokuphosa.
phezu kwabo, lokho wonke umuntu okufanele akuthathe.
15:25 Futhi kwase kuyihora lesithathu, futhi bambethela esiphambanweni.
15:26 Futhi umbhalo wecala lakhe wawubhalwe ngaphezulu, INKOSI YA
AMAJUDA.
15:27 Futhi kwabethelwa kanye naye amasela amabili; omunye ngakwesokunene sakhe, futhi
omunye ngakwesokhohlo sakhe.
15:28 Kwagcwaliseka umbhalo othi, Futhi wabalwa kanye
abaphambukayo.
15:29 Abadlulayo bamthuka, benikina amakhanda abo, bathi:
Awu, wena odiliza ithempeli, futhi ulakhe ngezinsuku ezintathu!
15:30 Zisindise, futhi wehle esiphambanweni.
15:31 Kanjalo nabapristi abakhulu bamklolodela kanyekanye
ababhali, Wasindisa abanye; yena ngokwakhe akanakuzisindisa.
15:32 UKristu iNkosi yakwa-Israyeli makehle manje esiphambanweni, ukuze thina
bona futhi bakholwe. Nababebethelwe kanye naye bamthuka.
15:33 Kwathi sekufikile ihola lesithupha, kwaba lobumnyama phezu kwelizwe lonke
kuze kube yihora lesishiyagalolunye.
15:34 Ngehora lesishiyagalolunye uJesu wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: "Eloi, Eloi!
lama sabakthani? okungukuthi ngokuhunyushwa: Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ngani
ungishiyile na?
15:35 Futhi abanye kwababemi khona lapho bezwa bathi, "Bheka, yena!"
ubiza u-Eliya.
15:36 Futhi omunye wagijima, wagcwalisa uzipho lugcwele uviniga, waluhloma emhlangeni.
wamphuzisa, esithi: Yekani; ake sibone ukuthi uEliya uyathanda yini
eze ukumehlisa.
15:37 UJesu wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, waphuma umoya.
15:38 Iveyili lethempeli ladabuka kabili, kusukela phezulu kuze kufike phansi.
15:39 Futhi lapho induna yekhulu, eyayimi phambi kwakhe, wabona ukuthi wayenjalo
wakhala, wafa, wathi: Nempela lo ube yiNdodana
uNkulunkulu.
15:40 Kwakukhona nabesifazane bebukela bekude, phakathi kwabo kwakukhona uMariya
Magdalena, noMariya unina kaJakobe omncinyane nokaJose, kanye
Salome;
15:41 owathi eseGalile bamlandela, bemkhonza
naye;) nabanye abesifazane abaningi abenyukela naye eJerusalema.
15:42 Manje sekuhlwile, ngoba kwakuyilungiselelo, okungukuthi.
ngosuku olwandulela isabatha,
15:43 UJosefa wase-Arimatheya, i Umeluleki ohlonishwayo, okuyinto futhi walinda
umbuso kaNkulunkulu wafika, wangena ngesibindi kuPilatu, wamcela
umzimba kaJesu.
15:44 UPilatu wamangala uma esefile, wabiza kuye
induna yekhulu, yambuza ukuthi kade efile yini.
15:45 Esekwazi enduneni yekhulu, wamnika uJosefa isidumbu.
15:46 Wathenga ilineni elicolekileyo, wamehlisa, wamsonga ngalo
yelineni, wambeka ethuneni elaliqoshwe edwaleni, futhi
wagingqela itshe emnyango wethuna.
15:47 OMariya Magdalena noMariya unina kaJose babona lapho ekhona
wabeka.