Maka
16:1 Selidlulile isabatha, uMariya Magdalena, noMariya unina kanina
UJames, noSalome, babethenge izinongo ezimnandi, ukuze beze futhi
umgcobe.
16:2 Futhi ekuseni kakhulu, ngosuku lokuqala lwesonto, bafika
ethuneni ekuphumeni kwelanga.
16:3 Bakhuluma bodwa, bathi: "Ngubani oyakusigingqela itshe
umnyango wethuna?
16:4 Futhi lapho bebheka, babona ukuthi itshe seligingqiwe
kwakukuhle kakhulu.
16:5 Futhi bengena ethuneni, babona insizwa ihlezi phezu
ngakwesokunene, embethe ingubo ende emhlophe; besaba.
16:6 Wathi kubo: Ningethuki; nifuna uJesu waseNazaretha;
owabethelwa esiphambanweni: uvukile; kakho lapha; bhekani indawo lapho
bamlalisa.
16:7 Kodwa hambani, nitshele abafundi bakhe noPetru ukuthi uyanandulela
eGalile; lizambona khona, njengokutsho kwakhe kini.
16:8 Base bephuma masinyane, babaleka ethuneni; ngoba bona
kabatshongo lutho kumuntu; okwe
besaba.
16:9 Manje lapho uJesu wavuka ekuseni kakhulu ngosuku lokuqala lwesonto, wabonakala
kuqala kuMariya Magdalena, ayekhiphe kuye amademoni ayisikhombisa.
16:10 Futhi wahamba wabikela labo ababenaye, besalila futhi
wakhala.
16:11 Futhi lapho sebezwile ukuthi uyaphila, futhi wayebonwa nguye
yena, kabakholwanga.
16:12 Emva kwalokho wabonakala ngesinye isimo kwababili babo behamba.
wasesiya emaphandleni.
16:13 Nabo baya babikela abaseleyo;
16:14 Ngasemuva wabonakala kwabayishumi nanye behlezi ekudleni, wabasola
ngokungakholwa kwabo nobulukhuni benhliziyo, ngokuba bakholwa
hhayi labo ababembonile esevukile.
16:15 Wathi kubo, Hambani niye ezweni lonke, nishumayele ivangeli
kuzo zonke izidalwa.
16:16 Okholwayo abhapathizwe uyakusindiswa; kodwa okholwayo
kayikulahlwa.
16:17 Lezi zibonakaliso ziyakubalandela abakholwayo; Bazakwenza ngebizo lami
khipha amadimoni; bayakukhuluma ngezilimi ezintsha;
16:18 Bayobamba izinyoka; uma bephuza okubulalayo, yikho
lingabalimazi; bayakubeka izandla phezu kwabagulayo, futhi bayokwenza
lulama.
16:19 Ngakho ngemva kokuba iNkosi isikhulumile kubo, wemukelwa phezulu
ezulwini, futhi wahlala ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu.
16:20 Base bephuma, bashumayela ezindaweni zonke, iNkosi isebenza nabo
kubo, eqinisa izwi ngezibonakaliso ezilandelayo. Amen.