Luka 23
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Luka 23
1Kwase kusuka isixuku sabo sonke, samyisa kuPilatu.
2Base beqala ukumthwesa icala, besithi: Simfumene lo edukisa isizwe, enqabela ukuthela kuKesari, esithi yena unguKristu iNkosi.
3UPilatu wambuza wathi: “Wena uyinkosi yabaJuda na? Wasephendula wathi kuye: Utsho wena.
4UPilatu wayesethi kubapristi abakhulu nasezixukwini: “Angitholi cala kulo muntu.
5Baqinisa kakhulu, bethi: “Uvusa abantu, efundisa kulo lonke iJudiya, eqala eGalile waze wafika lapha.
6UPilatu esezwile ngeGalile wabuza ukuthi lowomuntu ungowaseGalile yini.
7Kwathi esekwazi ukuthi ungowombuso kaHerodi, wamthumela kuHerodi, owayekhona laye eJerusalema ngalesosikhathi.
8UHerode embona uJesu wajabula kakhulu, ngokuba kwase kuyisikhathi eside efuna ukumbona, lokhu ebezwile ngaye; wayethemba ukuthi uzobona isibonakaliso senziwa nguye.
9Wasembuza ngamazwi amaningi; kodwa akamphendulanga lutho.
10Abapristi abakhulu nababhali babemi bemmangalela kakhulu.
11UHerodi lamabutho akhe bameyisa, bamklolodela, bamgqokisa isembatho esikhazimulayo, bambuyisela kuPilatu.
12Ngalolo suku oPilatu noHerode baba ngabangane, ngokuba ngaphambili babenobutha phakathi kwabo.
13Kwathi uPilatu esebizele ndawonye abapristi abakhulu lababusi labantu.
14Wathi kubo: “Nilethe kimi lo muntu njengophambukisa abantu;
15Qha, noHerode, ngokuba nginithumele kuye; bheka, akenzanga lutho olufanele ukufa kuye.
16Ngakho-ke ngiyakumshaya, ngimkhulule.
17(Ngokuba kufanele abakhululele oyedwa ngomkhosi.)
18Basebememeza kanyekanye, besithi: Susa lumuntu, usikhululele uBaraba;
19owaphonswa etilongweni ngenxa yesiyaluyalu esithile esasenzeka emzini, nangenxa yokubulala.
20Ngakho uPilatu ethanda ukumkhulula uJesu, wabuye wakhuluma kubo.
21Kodwa bamemeza, besithi: Mbethele, mbethele!
22Wasesithi kubo ngokwesithathu: Ngoba enze ububi bani? Kangitholanga kuye icala lokufa; ngakho ngizamtshaya, ngimyeke ahambe.
23Base beqinisa amazwi amakhulu befuna ukuba abethelwe. Futhi amazwi abo nawabapristi abakhulu aphumelela.
24UPilatu wanquma ukuthi kwenziwe njengokucela kwabo.
25Wayesebakhululela owayefakwe etilongweni ngenxa yesiyaluyalu nokubulala, ababemcelile; kodwa wamnikela uJesu entandweni yabo.
26Kwathi bemuka naye, babamba uSimoni waseKhurene evela endle, bambethela isiphambano, ukuba asithwale emva kukaJesu.
27Kwamlandela isixuku esikhulu sabantu, nabesifazane ababemkhalela, bemlilela.
28Kodwa uJesu ephendukela kubo wathi: Madodakazi aseJerusalema, lingangikhaleli mina, kodwa zikhaleleni lina labantwana benu.
29Ngokuba bhekani, ziyeza izinsuku abayakusho ngazo ukuthi: ‘Zibusisiwe izinyumba, nezizalo ezingazalanga, namabele angamunyisanga.
30Khona bayakuqala ukuthi ezintabeni: Welani phezu kwethu; nasezintabeni: Sisibekele.
31Ngokuba uma benza lokho esihlahleni esiluhlaza, kuyakwenziwani kowomileyo na?
32Kwakukhona-ke nezinye izelelesi ezimbili, zasiwa kanye laye ukuze zibulawe.
33Sebefikile endaweni ethiwa uKhalvari, bambethela khona kanye nezelelesi, esinye ngakwesokunene, nesinye ngakwesokhohlo.
34UJesu wayesethi: “Baba, bathethelele; ngoba kabakwazi abakwenzayo. Babelana izingubo zakhe, benza inkatho yokuphosa.
35Abantu bema bebukela. Nababusi bamhleka usulu, bathi: “Wasindisa abanye; akazisindise, uma enguKristu, okhethiweyo kaNkulunkulu.
36Namasosha amklolodela, eza kuye, amnika uviniga.
37Besithi: Uba wena uyinkosi yabaJuda, zisindise.
38Kwakukhona nombhalo phezu kwakhe ngezinhlamvu zesiGreki, nesiLatini, nesiHeberu, othi: LO UYINKOSI YABAJUDA.
39Nesinye sezelelesi ezaziphanyekiwe samthuka, sithi: “Uma wena unguKristu, zisindise wena nathi.
40Kepha omunye wamkhuza, wathi: “Awumesabi uNkulunkulu, njengokuba ukulokhu kulahlwa na?
41Kepha thina ngokweqiniso; ngoba thina samukela umvuzo wezenzo zethu; kodwa yena lo akenzanga lutho olubi.
42Yathi kuJesu: “Nkosi, ngikhumbule, nxa usufike embusweni wakho.
43UJesu wathi kuye: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Namuhla uzakuba nami eParadisi.
44Kwathi kungaba yihora lesithupha, kwaba khona ubumnyama phezu komhlaba wonke kwaze kwaba yihora lesishiyagalolunye.
45Ilanga laba mnyama, iveli lethempeli ladabuka phakathi.
46UJesu wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: “Baba, ezandleni zakho ngiyawubeka umoya wami.” Eseshilo lokho wafa.
47Induna yekhulu isibonile okwenzekileyo, yamdumisa uNkulunkulu, ithi: “Nempela lo ubengumuntu olungileyo.
48Isixuku sonke esasibuthene kulowo mbono, sibona okwenzekileyo, sabuyela emuva, sishaya izifuba.
49Bonke abazana naye, nabesifazane ababemlandela bevela eGalile, bema kude, bebuka lezo zinto.
50Bheka, kwakukhona indoda, igama layo linguJosefa, engumeluleki; futhi wayeyindoda elungileyo, elungile;
51Yena wayengavumelananga necebo nesenzo sabo; wayengowase-Arimathiya umuzi wamaJuda, naye owayelindele umbuso kaNkulunkulu.
52Yona yaya kuPilatu, yacela isidumbu sikaJesu.
53Yasehlisa, yasisonga ngelineni, yasibeka ethuneni eliqoshwe etsheni, okungakabekwa muntu kulo.
54Ngalolo suku kwakuwukulungiselela, nesabatha lase lisondela.
55Nabesifazane abeza naye bevela eGalile balandela, balibona ithuna, nokubekwa kwesidumbu sakhe.
56Base bebuya, balungisa amakha namafutha; waphumula ngosuku lwesabatha ngokomthetho.
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