uMateyu 27:32-66

Athe ke ekuphumeni, afumana umntu waseKirene, ogama linguSimon; anyanzela lowo ukuba awuthwale umnqamlezo wakhe. Bakufika kwindawo ekuthiwa yiGologota, oko kukuthi, yindawo yokakayi. Amnika iviniga iphithikezwe nenyongo, ukuba ayisele; wathi akuba eyivile, akavuma ukuyisela. Athi ke, akumbethelela emnqamlezweni, abelana ngeengubo zakhe, esenza amaqashiso, ukuze kuzaliseke okwathethwayo ngomprofeti, esithi, Babelana ngeengubo zam, benza amaqashiso ngesambatho sam. Ahlala phantsi, amlinda khona apho. Babeka ngaphezu kwentloko yakhe ityala lakhe libhaliwe, kwathiwa, lo nguYesu uKumkani wamaYuda. Kwaza kwabethelelwa naye eminqamlezweni izihange ezibini, esinye ngasekunene, nesinye ngasekhohlo. Bamtshabhisa ke abadlulayo, behlunguzela iintloko zabo, besitsho ukuthi, Wena uchitha itempile, uyakhe ngeentsuku ezintathu, zisindise; Ukuba unguNyana kaThixo, yihla emnqamlezweni. Ngokukwanjalo nababingeleli abakhulu bedlala ngaye, benababhali namadoda amakhulu, besithi, Wabasindisa abanye; yena ngokwakhe akanako ukuzisindisa. Ukuba unguKumkani wakwaSirayeli, makehle kalokunje emnqamlezweni, size simkholwe. Wakholosa ngoThixo; makamhlangule ngoku, ukuba uyamthanda; kuba wathi, NdinguNyana kaThixo. Zaye ke nezihange, ezibe zibethelelwe eminqamlezweni naye, zimngcikiva kwangokunjalo. Kuthe ke, kuthabathele kwilixa lesithandathu, kwada kwesa kwilixa lesithoba, kwehla ubumnyama phezu kwawo wonke umhlaba. Ke kaloku, malunga nelixa lesithoba, wadanduluka uYesu ngezwi elikhulu, esithi, Eli! Eli! Lama sabhaktani! Oko kukuthi, Thixo wam, Thixo wam, undishiye ngani na? Inxenye ke yababemi khona, yakuva, yathi, Lo mntu ubiza uEliya. Wesuka wagidima kwaoko omnye kubo, wathabatha imfunxa, wayizalisa ngeviniga, wayifaka engcongolweni, wamseza. Bathe ke bona abanye, Khawuyeke, sibone ukuba uEliya uza kumsindisa na. uYesu, ephinde wadanduluka ngelizwi elikhulu, wawukhupha umoya. Lasuka ikhuselo lengcwele lakrazuka kubini, lithabathela phezulu lada lesa phantsi; Wanyikima umhlaba, namawa acandeka; Amangcwaba avuleka; yaza yavuka imizimba emininzi yabangcwele ababelele; baphuma emangcwabeni emveni kokuvuka kwakhe, bangena kuwo umzi ongcwele, babonakala kuninzi. Ke kaloku umthetheli-khulu, nabo babelinda uYesu naye, bakubona ukunyikima oko, nezo zinto zenzekileyo, boyika kakhulu, besithi, Inyaniso, lo ebenguNyana kaThixo. Kwaye kukho ke khona abafazi abaninzi, bekhangele bemgama, bona babelandele uYesu kwakwelaseGalili, bemlungiselela; ekwakukho phakathi kwabo uMariya waseMagadala, noMariya unina wooYakobi noYose, kwanonina woonyana bakaZebhedi. Kwathi kwakuhlwa, kweza umntu osisityebi waseArimati, ogama linguYosefu, owayengumfundi kaYesu naye. Yena lowo waya kuPilato, wawucela umzimba kaYesu. Waza uPilato wathi makawunikwe umzimba. Ewuthabathile ke umzimba uYosefu, wawusongela kwilinen entle emhlophe. Wawubeka kwelakhe ingcwaba elitsha, abelixhole eweni; waqengqela ilitye elikhulu emnyango wengcwaba elo, wemka. Baye ke bekhona apho uMariya waseMagadala nomnye uMariya, behleli phantsi malunga nengcwaba. Ke kaloku ngengomso, eliyimini yokulungiselela, bahlanganisana ababingeleli abakhulu nabaFarisi kuPilato; besithi, Nkosi, sikhumbule ukuba umlahlekisi lowa wathi esahleli, Emveni kweentsuku ezintathu, ndiya kuvuka. Yitsho ngoko linqatyiswe ingcwaba, kude kube lusuku lwesithathu, hleze abafundi bakhe beze ebusuku, bambe, bathi ke ebantwini, Uvukile kwabafileyo; luze olokugqibela ulahlekiso lube lubi kunolokuqala. Wathi ke uPilato kubo, Ninabo abalindi; Baya ke bona balinqabisa ingcwaba, ngokulitywina ilitye, bekunye nabalindi.