Esaphuma afumana umuntu waseKhurene, nguSimoni igama lakhe; amcindezela lowo ukuba athwale isiphambano sakhe.
Esefikile endaweni ethiwa iGolgotha okungukuthi iNdawo Yekhanda, amphuzisa iwayini elixutshwe nenyongo; kepha kuthe elizwa, akathandanga ukuliphuza. Esembethele esiphambanweni abelana izingubo zakhe, enzelana inkatho; ahlala amlinda khona. Abeka ngaphezu kwekhanda lakhe icala lakhe libhalwe ngokuthi: LO NGUJESU, INKOSI YABAJUDA. Kwabethelwa kanye naye abaphangi ababili, omunye ngakwesokunene nomunye ngakwesokhohlo. Kepha abadlulayo bamhlambalaza benikina amakhanda abo, bathi: “Wena odiliza ithempeli, ubuye ulakhe ngezinsuku ezintathu, zisindise, uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, wehle esiphambanweni.”
Kanjalo nabapristi abakhulu bambhinqa kanye nababhali namalunga, bathi: “Wasindisa abanye, angezisindise yena; uyinkosi yakwa-Israyeli, akehle manje esiphambanweni, sikholwe nguye. Wethembile uNkulunkulu; makamkhulule manje, uma emthanda, ngokuba wathi: ‘NgiyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.’ ” Kepha nabaphangi ababebethelwe esiphambanweni kanye naye bamdumaza kanjalo.
Kepha kusukela ngehora lesithupha kwaba mnyama emhlabeni wonke, kwaze kwaba yihora lesishiyagalolunye. Kepha ngehora lesishiyagalolunye uJesu wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: “Eli, Eli, lama sabaktani?” okungukuthi: “Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungishiyeleni na?”
Abanye kwababemi khona bekuzwa bathi: “Lo ubiza u-Eliya.”
Masinyane omunye kubo wagijima, wathatha ilula, waligcwalisa ngoviniga, walihloma emhlangeni, wamphusiza. Kepha abanye bathi: “Yeka, sibone uma u-Eliya eza ukumsindisa.”
UJesu wabuye wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wafa.
Bheka-ke, isihenqo sethempeli sadabuka kabili, kusukela phezulu kuze kufike phansi; umhlaba wazamazama, amadwala aqhekezeka; amathuna avuleka, imizimba eminingi yabangcwele ababelele yavuka; baphuma emathuneni emva kokuvuka kwakhe, bangena emzini ongcwele, babonakala kwabaningi.
Kepha induna yekhulu nababe nayo belinda uJesu sebebona ukuzamazama nalokho okwenzekileyo besaba kakhulu, bathi: “Nempela lo ube yiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.”
Kwakukhona lapho abesifazane abaningi bebukela, bekude, ababemlandele uJesu bevela eGalile, bemkhonza; phakathi kwabo kwakukhona oMariya Magdalena, unina kaJakobe nokaJose, nonina wamadodana kaZebedewu.
Sekuhlwile, kwafika umuntu ocebileyo wase-Arimatheya, igama lakhe nguJosefa, owayengumfundi kaJesu naye; lo waya kuPilatu, wacela isidumbu sikaJesu. Khona uPilatu wayala ukuba anikwe sona. UJosefa wasithatha isidumbu, wasisonga ngendwangu enhle ehlanzekileyo, wasibeka ethuneni lakhe elisha ayeliqophe edwaleni, wagingqela itshe elikhulu emnyango wethuna, wahamba. Kepha kwakukhona lapho uMariya Magdalena nomunye uMariya behlezi phambi kweliba.
Kepha ngangomuso okungolulandela usuku lokulungisela abapristi abakhulu nabaFarisi babuthana kuPilatu, bathi: “Nkosi, sikhumbula ukuthi lowo mkhohlisi esekhona wathi: ‘Emva kwezinsuku ezintathu ngizakuvuka.’ Ngakho yala ukuba iliba ligcinwe kuze kube lusuku lwesithathu ukuba abafundi bakhe bangaze bafike bamebe, bathi kubantu: ‘Uvukile kwabafileyo;’ kuthi inkohliso yokugcina ibe mbi kuneyokuqala.”
UPilatu wathi kubo: “Nampa abalindi; hambani niligcine njengokubona kwenu.” Base behamba, baligcina iliba, babeka uphawu etsheni bekanye nabalindi.
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