Mathewu
26:1 Kwathi, lapho uJesu eseqedile wonke la mazwi, wathi
kubafundi bakhe,
26:2 Niyazi ukuthi emva kwezinsuku ezimbili kukhona iPhasika, futhi iNdodana yeNdodana
umuntu uyakhashelwa ukuze abethelwe.
26:3 Khona kwabuthana abapristi abakhulu, nababhali, kanye
abadala babantu, endlini yomphristi omkhulu owayebiziwe
Kayafase,
26:4 Futhi bacebisana ukuze babambe uJesu ngobuqili, futhi bambulale.
26:5 Kodwa bathi: Kungabi ngomkhosi, funa kube khona isiyaluyalu phakathi kwenu
abantu.
26:6 Kwathi uJesu eseBethaniya endlini kaSimoni onochoko.
26:7 Kwase kufika kuye owesifazane ephethe umfuma wealabhaste eliyigugu kakhulu
amafutha, wawathela ekhanda lakhe ehlezi ekudleni.
26:8 Kepha abafundi bakhe bekubona bathukuthela, bathi: "Kuyini?"
inhloso ingabe lokhu kumosha?
26:9 Ngoba lawa mafutha ngabe ithengiswe kakhulu, futhi inikezwe abampofu.
26:10 UJesu ekwazi lokho wathi kubo: "Nimhluphelani owesifazane?
ngoba wenzé umsebenzi omuhle kimi.
26:11 Ngokuba abampofu ninabo njalo; kepha mina aninami njalo.
26:12 Ngoba lapho ethela lawa mafutha emzimbeni wami, ukwenzele kimi
ukungcwatshwa.
26:13 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Nomaphi lapho liyakushunyayelwa khona leli vangeli
umhlaba wonke, kuyakutshelwa nalokhu, akwenzile lo wesifazane
kube yisikhumbuzo sakhe.
26:14 Khona-ke omunye wabayishumi nambili, okuthiwa uJuda Iskariyothe, waya enduneni
abapristi,
26:15 Wathi kubo: "Niyakunginikani, futhi ngiyomnikela kuye?"
wena? Basebesenza isivumelwano laye ngenhlamvu zesiliva ezingamatshumi amathathu.
26:16 Futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi wafuna ithuba lokumkhaphela.
26:17 Kwathi ngosuku lokuqala lomkhosi wesinkwa esingenamvubelo abafundi beza kuye
uJesu wathi kuye: Uthanda ukuthi sikulungisele ngaphi ukudla?
iphasika?
26:18 Wathi, Hambani niye emzini kumuntu othile, nithi kuye:
Uthi uMfundisi: Isikhathi sami siseduze; ngizakwenza iphasika endlini yakho
labafundi bami.
26:19 Abafundi benza njengokusho kukaJesu; basebelungisa
iphasika.
26:20 Kwathi sekuhlwile, wahlala phansi nabayishumi nambili.
26:21 Futhi njengoba bedla, wathi: "Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Omunye kini
uzongikhaphela.
26:22 Futhi badabuka kakhulu, futhi ngamunye wabo baqala ukusho
wathi kuye: Nkosi, yimi yini?
26:23 Waphendula wathi: "Ofaka isandla sakhe kanye nami esitsheni.
yena uyakungikhaphela.
26:24 INdodana yomuntu ihamba njengokulotshiweyo ngayo, kodwa maye kulowo muntu ngaye
iNdodana yomuntu ekhashelwayo! bekuyakuba kuhle kulowo muntu ukuba ubenakho
engazalwanga.
26:25 Khona uJuda, owamkhaphelayo, waphendula wathi: "Mfundisi, ingabe mina? Yena
wathi kuye: Ushilo wena.
26:26 Kwathi besidla, uJesu wathatha isinkwa, wasibusisa, wasihlephula.
wanika abafundi, wathi: Thathani, nidle; lokhu kungumzimba wami.
26:27 Wasethatha inkezo, wabonga, wabanika, wathi: Phuzani
nina nonke;
26:28 Ngoba lokhu kuyigazi lami lesivumelwano esisha, elithululwa ngenxa yabaningi
ukuthethelelwa kwezono.
26:29 Kodwa ngithi kini: Kusukela manje kusukela manje kuqhubeke lesi sithelo
umvini, kuze kufike lolo suku engiyakusiphuza ngalo nani lisha kwaBaba
umbuso.
26:30 Kwathi sebehlabelele igama lokubonga, baphuma baya eNtabeni Yeminqumo.
26:31 Khona uJesu wathi kubo: "Nonke niyakukhubeka ngami lokhu
ebusuku: ngoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: Ngizatshaya umalusi lezimvu ze
umhlambi uhlakazeke.
26:32 Kodwa ngemva kokuvuka kwami, ngizakunandulela ukuya eGalile.
26:33 UPetru waphendula, wathi kuye: "Noma bonke bayakukhubeka
ngenxa yakho, nokho angisoze ngakhubeka.
26:34 UJesu wathi kuye: Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Kulobu busuku, ngaphambi kobusuku
iqhude liyakhala, uzakungiphika kathathu.
26:35 UPetru wathi kuye: "Noma kufanele ngife nawe, angisoze ngaphika
wena. Basho kanjalo bonke abafundi.
26:36 Khona uJesu wafika nabo endaweni ethiwa iGetsemane, wathi
kubafundi bakhe: Hlalani lapha, ngisaya kukhuleka laphaya.
26:37 Wathatha uPetru namadodana amabili kaZebedewu, futhi waqala ukuba
edabukisayo futhi enzima kakhulu.
26:38 Khona wathi kubo: "Umphefumulo wami ulusizi kakhulu kuze kube
ukufa: hlalani lapha, nilinde kanye nami.
26:39 Waqhubeka ingcosana, wawa ngobuso bakhe, wakhuleka, wathi.
Baba, uma kungenzeka, makudlule kimi lesisitsha;
kungabi njengokuba ngithanda mina, kodwa njengokuba uthanda wena.
26:40 Futhi weza kubafundi, futhi wabathola belele, futhi wathi
kuPetru: Kanti beningelinde nami ihora libe linye na?
26:41 Lindani futhi nikhuleke, ukuze ningangeni ekulingweni
iyathanda, kodwa inyama ibuthakathaka.
26:42 Wabuye wahamba ngokwesibili, wakhuleka, wathi: "O Baba wami, uma!
lenkezo ingeze yadlula kimi, ngaphandle kokuthi ngiyiphuze, mayenziwe intando yakho.
26:43 Futhi weza futhi wabafica belele, ngoba amehlo abo ayenzima.
26:44 Wabashiya, futhi wahamba, futhi wakhuleka okwesithathu, ethi
amazwi afanayo.
26:45 Wayesesiza kubafundi bakhe, wathi kubo: “Nisalele,
phumulani: bhekani, ihora selisondele, futhi iNdodana yomuntu isikhona
ekhashelwa ezandleni zezoni.
26:46 Sukumani, sihambe;
26:47 Esakhuluma, bheka, kwafika uJuda, omunye wabayishumi nambili, enaye.
isixuku esikhulu siphethe izinkemba nezinduku, sivela kubapristi abakhulu na
abadala babantu.
26:48 Manje lowo omkhaphelayo wayebanike isibonakaliso, ethi: "Noma ubani engiya kuye."
manga, nguyena: mbambeni.
26:49 Wayesesondela masinyane kuJesu, wathi: "Sawubona, Rabi! wamanga.
26:50 UJesu wathi kuye: Mngane, kungani uze? Kwabe sekufika
bona, babeka izandla kuJesu, bambamba.
26:51 Futhi bheka, omunye kwababe noJesu welula isandla sakhe.
wahosha inkemba, wagalela inceku yompristi omkhulu, wayigenca
asuse indlebe yakhe.
26:52 UJesu wathi kuye: "Buyisela inkemba yakho endaweni yayo
abaphatha inkemba bayakubhubha ngenkemba.
26:53 Ucabanga ukuthi anginakukhuleka manje kuBaba, futhi uyokwenza
nginike manje amalegiyona ezingelosi angaphezu kweshumi nambili na?
26:54 Kodwa izagcwaliseka njani imibhalo, ukuthi kumele kube njalo?
26:55 Ngaleso sikhathi uJesu wathi ezixukwini: "Niphume sengathi
nesela ngezinkemba nezinduku ukuba lingibambe na? Ngangihlala nsuku zonke
nifundisa ethempelini, aningibambanga.
26:56 Kodwa konke lokhu kwenziwa, ukuze imibhalo yabaprofethi ibe
kugcwalisekile. Khona bonke abafundi bamshiya, babaleka.
26:57 Futhi labo ababembambile uJesu bamyisa kuKayafase ophakeme
lapho kwakubuthene khona ababhali namalunga.
26:58 Kepha uPetru wamlandela ekude kwaze kwaba segcekeni lompristi omkhulu, wahamba
phakathi, wahlala lezinceku, ukuze abone isiphetho.
26:59 Manje abapristi abakhulu, namalunga, futhi wonke umkhandlu, bafuna amanga
ubufakazi ngoJesu ukuze bambulale;
26:60 Kodwa abakutholanga, yebo, nakuba ofakazi bamanga abaningi bafika, nokho bawathola
akukho. Ekugcineni kwafika ofakazi bamanga ababili.
26:61 bathi: Lo wathi: Nginamandla okudiliza ithempeli likaNkulunkulu, futhi
ukulakha ngezinsuku ezintathu.
26:62 Wayesesukuma umpristi omkhulu, wathi kuye: "Awuphenduli lutho na?
kuyini laba abakufakaza ngawe na?
26:63 Kodwa uJesu wathula. Umpristi omkhulu waphendula, wathi kuye
kuye, ngikufungisa uNkulunkulu ophilayo, ukuba usitshele uma unguye
uKristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu.
26:64 UJesu wathi kuye: "Wena ushilo; nokho mina ngithi kini.
Kusukela manje nizakubona iNdodana yomuntu ihlezi ngakwesokunene sikaJesu
amandla, futhi iza ngamafu ezulu.
26:65 Khona umpristi omkhulu waklebhula izingubo zakhe, wathi: "Ukhulume ngokuhlambalaza;
sisaswelelani ofakazi na? bhekani, manje seniyizwile eyakhe
ukuhlambalaza.
26:66 Nicabangani? Baphendula bathi: Unecala lokufa.
26:67 Khona bamkhafulela ebusweni, futhi bamshaya. abanye bamshaya
ngezintende zezandla zabo,
26:68 Wathi: "Profetha kithi, wena Kristu, ngubani ukushayile?"
26:69 UPetru wayehlezi ngaphandle egcekeni;
Nawe ubunoJesu waseGalile.
26:70 Kodwa waphika phambi kwabo bonke, wathi: Angikwazi lokho okushoyo.
26:71 Futhi lapho ephumela emnyango, enye incekukazi yambona, futhi wathi
kwababekhona: Lo futhi wayenoJesu waseNazaretha.
26:72 Waphinda waphika ngesifungo, wathi: Kangimazi lowomuntu.
26:73 Kwathi emva kwesikhashana beza kuye ababemi khona, bathi kuPetru:
Impela nawe ungomunye wabo; ngoba ukukhuluma kwakho kuyakuveza.
26:74 Khona waqala ukuthuka nokufunga, ethi: "Angimazi lowo muntu." Futhi
masinyane iqhude lakhala.
NgokukaLuka 26:75 UPetru wakhumbula izwi likaJesu, alisho kuye ukuthi: “Ngaphambi kukaJehova
iqhude liyakhala, uzakungiphika kathathu. Waphuma wakhala
kabuhlungu.