Mathewu
27:1 Kwathi sekusile, bonke abapristi abakhulu labadala bebandla
abantu benza icebo ngoJesu ukuba bambulale;
27:2 Futhi lapho sebembophile, bamqhuba, futhi bamnikela
uPontiyu Pilatu umbusi.
27:3 Khona uJuda, owamkhaphelayo, lapho ebona ukuthi ulahliwe.
wazisola, wabuyisela izinhlamvu zesiliva ezingamashumi amathathu
abapristi abakhulu namalunga;
27:4 Ethi, Ngonile ngokukhaphela igazi elingenacala. Futhi
bathi: Kuyini kithi lokho? bheka wena.
27:5 Futhi waphonsa phansi izinhlamvu zesiliva ethempelini, futhi waphuma, futhi
wahamba wazikhunga.
27:6 Abapristi abakhulu bathatha izinhlamvu zesiliva, bathi: "Akukho emthethweni
ukuze kufakwe emnikelweni, ngoba kuyintengo yegazi.
27:7 Bacebisana, bathenga ngayo insimu yombumbi, ukuba angcwabe
abangabazi phakathi.
27:8 Ngakho leyo nsimu ngokuthi, Insimu yegazi, kuze kube namuhla.
27:9 Khona kwagcwaliseka okwakhulunywa nguJeremiya umprofethi ukuthi:
Basebethatha izinhlamvu zesiliva ezingamatshumi amathathu, inani lalowo owayekhona
abamlinganiselayo abantwana bakwa-Israyeli;
27:10 Futhi wazinika insimu yombumbi, njengoba nje iNkosi ingimisele.
27:11 UJesu wema phambi kombusi; umbusi wambuza, wathi.
Wena uyiNkosi yabaJuda na? UJesu wasesithi kuye: Utsho wena.
27:12 Futhi lapho emangalelwa abapristi abakhulu namalunga, waphendula
lutho.
27:13 Khona uPilatu wathi kuye: "Awuzwa yini ukuthi zingaki izinto abazifakazayo."
ngokumelene nawe?
27:14 Futhi akazange amphendule ngisho nezwi; kangangoba umbusi
wamangala kakhulu.
27:15 Manje ngomkhosi umbusi wayejwayele ukukhululela abantu a
isiboshwa, ababemthanda.
27:16 Futhi ngaleso sikhathi babe nesiboshwa esidumile, okuthiwa uBaraba.
27:17 Ngakho sebebuthene, uPilatu wathi kubo: Ngubani
Nithanda ukuba nginikhululele na? UBaraba, noma uJesu othiwa
UKristu?
27:18 Ngoba wayekwazi ukuthi bamnikele ngomhawu.
27:19 Esehlezi esihlalweni sokwahlulela, umkakhe wathumela kuye.
wathi: Ungabi nandaba nalowo muntu olungileyo, ngokuba mina ngihluphekile
izinto eziningi namuhla ephusheni ngenxa yakhe.
27:20 Kodwa abapristi abakhulu namalunga bancenga izixuku ukuthi
kufanele acele uBaraba, futhi abhubhise uJesu.
27:21 Umbusi waphendula wathi kubo: "Nithanda ukuthi ubani kulaba ababili."
ukuthi nginikhululele na? Bathi: UBaraba.
27:22 UPilatu wathi kubo: Pho-ke ngizakwenzani ngoJesu okuthiwa?
UKristu? Bonke bathi kuye: Kabethelwe esiphambanweni.
27:23 Khona-ke umbusi wathi: Kungani, yini bubi ayenzile? Kodwa bakhala
kakhulu, ethi: Kabethelwe esiphambanweni.
27:24 Lapho uPilatu ebona ukuthi wayengeke aphumelele lutho, kodwa kunalokho isiyaluyalu
esenziwe, wathatha amanzi, wageza izandla zakhe phambi kwexuku.
esithi: Anginacala egazini lalumuntu olungileyo;
27:25 Base bephendula bonke abantu, wathi: "Igazi lakhe malibe phezu kwethu naphezu kwethu
izingane.
27:26 Khona wabakhululela uBaraba;
wamnikela ukuba abethelwe.
27:27 Khona-ke amasosha ombusi bathatha uJesu ehholo ovamile, futhi
babuthela kuye ibutho lonke lamabutho.
27:28 Amhlubula, futhi wamembathisa ingubo ebomvu.
27:29 Futhi lapho sebeluke umqhele wameva, bawubeka ekhanda lakhe.
nomhlanga esandleni sakhe sokunene: baguqa ngamadolo phambi kwakhe, futhi
bamklolodela, besithi: Bayede, Nkosi yamaJuda!
27:30 Futhi amkhafulela, futhi bathatha umhlanga, futhi bamshaya ekhanda.
27:31 Futhi ngemva kokuba bamklolodela, bamkhumula ingubo, futhi
wamembathisa ezakhe izembatho, bamqhuba ukuze bambethele.
27:32 Futhi njengoba bephuma, bathola indoda yaseKhurene, uSimoni ogama lakhe
bamphoqa ukuba athwale isiphambano sakhe.
27:33 Futhi lapho befika endaweni ethiwa Golgotha, okungukuthi, a
indawo yogebhezi,
27:34 Bamnika uviniga oxutshwe nenyongo, ukuba aphuze
ngakho akavumanga ukukuphuza.
27:35 Ayesembethela esiphambanweni, abelana izingubo zakhe, enzelana inkatho;
ukuze kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa ngumprofethi ukuthi: Bahlukanisa okwami
izingubo phakathi kwabo, nangesambatho sami benza inkatho yokuphosa.
27:36 Base behlezi phansi bamlinda khona.
27:37 Babeka phezu kwekhanda lakhe icala lakhe libhaliwe ukuthi: LO NGUJESU INKOSI
KWABAJUDA.
27:38 Khona kwabethelwa kanye naye amasela amabili, esinye ngakwesokunene.
nenye ngakwesokhohlo.
27:39 Abadlulayo bamthuka, benikina amakhanda abo.
27:40 Bethi, Wena odiliza ithempeli, ulakhe kathathu
izinsuku, zisindise. Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, yehla esiphambanweni.
27:41 Ngokunjalo nabapristi abakhulu bamklolodela kanye nababhali kanye
abadala, bathi,
27:42 Wasindisa abanye; yena ngokwakhe akanakuzisindisa. Uma eyinkosi yakwa-Israyeli,
makehle manje esiphambanweni, futhi sizomkholwa.
27:43 Wathembela kuNkulunkulu; makamkhulule manje, uma emthanda, ngokuba yena
wathi: Mina ngiyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.
27:44 Nabaphangi ababebethelwe kanye naye, bamphonsa ekhanda lakhe
amazinyo.
NgokukaLuka 27:45 Kusukela ngehora lesithupha kwaba khona ubumnyama phezu komhlaba wonke kuze kube sekufeni
ihora lesishiyagalolunye.
27:46 Kwathi ngehora lesishiyagalolunye uJesu wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: "Eli!
Eli, lama sabaktani? okungukuthi: Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, kungani wena
ungishiyile?
27:47 Abanye kwababemi khona sebezwile bathi: "Lo muntu."
kumemeza uEliya.
27:48 Futhi masinyane omunye wabo wagijima, wathatha isiponji, wasigcwalisa
uviniga, wawuhloma emhlangeni, wamnika ukuba anathe.
27:49 Abanye bathi: "Yeka, ake sibone ukuthi u-Eliya uyeza ukumsindisa."
27:50 UJesu, lapho ememeza futhi ngezwi elikhulu, wawunikela umoya.
27:51 Futhi, bheka, isihenqo sethempeli ladabuka kabili, kusukela phezulu kuya
phansi; umhlaba wazamazama, amadwala aqhekezeka;
27:52 Futhi amathuna avuleka; lemizimba eminengi yabangcwele ababelele
wavuka,
27:53 Futhi baphuma emathuneni ngemva kokuvuka kwakhe, futhi wangena
umuzi ongcwele, wabonakala kwabaningi.
27:54 Kwathi induna yekhulu nababe nayo belinda uJesu bebona
nokuzamazama komhlaba, nalokho okwenzekileyo, besaba kakhulu;
esithi: Ngeqiniso lo ubeyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.
NgokukaLuka 27:55 Kwakukhona lapho abesifazane abaningi bebukela bekude, ababelandela uJesu bekude
eGalile, emkhonza;
27:56 Phakathi kwabo kwakukhona uMariya Magdalena, noMariya unina kaJakobe noJose.
lonina wabantwana bakaZebediya.
NgokukaLuka 27:57 Kwathi sekuhlwile, kwafika umuntu ocebile wase-Arimatheya igama lakhe
UJosefa, naye ngokwakhe owayengumfundi kaJesu:
27:58 Yena waya kuPilatu, wacela isidumbu sikaJesu. Khona uPilatu wayala
umzimba ozonikelwa.
27:59 Futhi lapho uJosefa wasithatha isidumbu, wasisonga ngelineni elihlanzekile
indwangu,
27:60 Wasibeka ethuneni lakhe elisha, ayeligubhe edwaleni.
wagingqela itshe elikhulu emnyango wethuna, wamuka.
27:61 Futhi kwakukhona uMariya Magdalena, nomunye uMariya, behlezi maqondana
ithuna.
27:62 Manje ngosuku olulandelayo, okwalandela usuku lokulungiselela, induna
abapristi nabaFarisi babuthana kuPilatu;
27:63 Bethi, Nkosi, siyakhumbula ukuthi lowomkhohlisi wathi esekhona
ngiphila, emva kwezinsuku ezintathu ngizavuka futhi.
27:64 Ngakho yala ukuthi ingcwaba liqiniswe kuze kube lusuku lwesithathu.
hlezi abafundi bakhe beze ebusuku, bamebe, bathi kini
abantu, uvukile kwabafileyo: ngakho isiphambeko sokugcina siyakuba sibi kakhulu kune
okokuqala.
27:65 Wathi uPilatu kubo: Nina abalindi;
ningakwazi.
27:66 Ngakho bahamba, futhi baqinisekisa ithuna, bebeka uphawu etsheni, futhi
kusetha iwashi.