UMATEYU 26:1-35

Kwathi, xa ebewagqibile uYesu onke la mazwi, wathi kubafundi bakhe, Niyazi ukuba emveni kweentsuku ezimbini kukho ipasika,• aze uNyana woMntu anikelwe ukuba abethelelwe emnqamlezweni. Bathi ngelo xa ababingeleli abakhulu, nababhali, namadoda amakhulu abantu, bahlanganisana endlwini yombingeleli omkhulu okuthiwa nguKayafa; babhunga ukuba bambambe uYesu ngenkohliso, bambulale. Ke babesithi, Makungabi khona ngomthendeleko, ukuze kungehli saqunge phakathi kwabantu. Ke kaloku, akubon' ukuba uYesu useBhetani, endlwini kaSimon owayeneqhenqa, kweza kuye umfazi enehlala lelabhastile,• linamafutha aqholiweyo axabiso likhulu, wawagalela phezu kwentloko yakhe, akubon' ukuba uhleli ngasesithebeni. Bekubonile ke oko abafundi bakhe, bacaphuka, besithi, Yeyani na le nkcitho? Kuba la mafutha ngekuthengiswe lukhulu ngawo, kwaza kwaphiwa amahlwempu. Ekwazi ke oko, uYesu wathi kubo, Umfazi lo nimaphulelani na? Kuba usebenze kum umsebenzi omhle. Kuba amahlwempu lawo nihleli ninawo; kodwa mna anihleli ninam. Kuba la mafutha aqholiweyo, yena ewathululele emzimbeni wam nje, wenzele ukungcwatywa kwam. Inene ndithi kuni, Apho zithe zavakaliswa khona ezi ndaba zilungileyo kulo lonke ihlabathi, iya kuxelwa nayo le nto ayenzileyo yena, ibe sisikhumbuzo ngaye. Ngelo xesha kwaphuma omnye weshumi elinababini, ekuthiwa nguYuda Sikariyoti, waya kubabingeleli abakhulu, wathi, Ningandinika ntoni na, ndimnikele kuni? Bammisela ke amaqhosha esilivere amashumi mathathu. Waza kwalapho wafuna ithuba elilungileyo lokuze amnikele kubo. Ke kaloku, ngowokuqala umhla wezonka ezingenagwele, beza abafundi kuYesu, besithi kuye, Ùfuna ukuba sikulungisele phi na ukuyidla ipasika? Wathi ke yena, Hambani niye kuwo umzi, kuthile, nithi kuye, Uthi uMfundisi, ixesha lam likufuphi; ndiya kuyenzela kuwe ipasika nabafundi bam. Abafundi benza ke ngoko uYesu abebayaleze ngako, bayilungisa ipasika. Kwakuhlwa ke, wahlala ngasesithebeni nabalishumi elinababini. Xa badlayo, wathi, Inene ndithi kuni, Omnye kuni aba uya kundingcatsha. Baza, bebuhlungu kakhulu, baqala ukuthi kuye bonke ngabanye, Ingaba ndim yini na, Nkosi? Waphendula ke yena wathi, Osithe nkxu nam isandla esityeni, nguye lowo uya kundingcatsha. UNyana woMntu uyemka okunene, njengoko kubhaliweyo ngaye. Kodwa ke, yeha, loo mntu uNyana woMntu angcatshwa nguye! Ngekumlungele ukuba ebengazalwanga loo mntu. Waphendula ke uYuda, lowo wamngcatshayo, wathi, Ingaba ndim yini na, Rabhi?• Athi yena kuye, Uselutshilo nawe. Bakubon' ukuba bayadla ke, uYesu wasithabatha isonka, wathi akusikelela waqhekeza, wanika abafundi, wathi, Thabathani nidle; ngumzimba wam lo. Wayithabatha nendebe, wabulela, wabanika, esithi, Selani kuyo nonke; kuba ligazi lam eli lomnqophiso omtsha, eliphalala ngenxa yabaninzi, ukuze kuxolelwe izono. Ndithi ke kuni, Andisayi kusela kwesi siqhamo somdiliya, kuthabathela kweli xesha, kude kube yiloo mini sukuba ndisisela nani sisitsha ebukumkanini bukaBawo. Bakuba bevume ingoma yokudumisa, baphuma baya eNtabeni yemiNquma. Ngelo xesha uthi uYesu kubo, Nina nonke niya kukhubeka ngam ngobu busuku; kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Ndiya kumbetha umalusi, zichithwachithwe izimvu zomhlambi. (UZek. 13:7) Kodwa emveni kokuvuka kwam, ndiya kunandulela ndiye kwelaseGalili. Waphendula ke uPetros wathi kuye, Nokuba bonke baya kukhubeka ngawe, andisayi kukha ndikhubeke mna. Wathi uYesu kuye, Inene ndithi kuwe, Kwangobu busuku, ingekalili inkulu, ùya kundikhanyela kathathu. Athi uPetros kuye, Ndingafanelana ndimelwe kukuba ndife nawe, andingekhe ndikukhanyele. Batsho nabo bonke abafundi.