NgokukaJohane 20:1-18

Kwathi ngosuku lokuqala lweviki, uMariya Magdalena wafika ethuneni ekuseni kusemnyama, wabona itshe lisusiwe emnyango wethuna. Ngakho-ke wagijima, waya kuSimoni Phethro nakulowo mfundi uJesu ayemthanda, wathi kubo: “Bayithathile iNkosi ethuneni, asazi lapho beyibeke khona.” UPhethro nomunye umfundi, basuka baqonda ethuneni. Bobabili bagijima, kodwa lo omunye umfundi wagijima kakhulu kunoPhethro, wafika kuqala ethuneni. Walunguza wabona izindwangu zelineni zikhona, kodwa akangenanga. Wafika noSimoni Phethro owayemlandela, wangena ethuneni, wabona izindwangu zelineni zilapho, neduku ebelisekhanda likaJesu lingekho ezindwangwini zelineni, kodwa lisongwe lodwa likwenye indawo. Ngakho-ke wangena-ke nomfundi omunye obefike kuqala ethuneni, wabona, wakholwa, ngokuba bebengakawuqondi umbhalo othi ubefanele ukuvuka kwabafileyo. Base behamba abafundi, baphindela kubo. Kepha uMariya wema ngaphandle kwethuna ekhala, wayeselunguza ethuneni, wabona izingelosi ezimbili zembethe okumhlophe, zihleli. Enye yayingasekhanda, enye ingasezinyaweni, lapho isidumbu sikaJesu besibekwe khona. Izingelosi zathi kuye: “Mame, ukhalelani na?” Wathi kuzo: “Bayithathile iNkosi yami, futhi angazi ukuthi bayibeke kuphi.” Esekushilo lokho waphenduka, wabona uJesu emile, kodwa wayengazi ukuthi nguJesu. UJesu wathi kuye: “Mame, ukhalelani na? Ufuna bani na?” Kepha ecabanga ukuthi lo ngumphathi wensimu, wathi: “Nkosi, uma umsusile lapha, ngitshele ukuthi umbeke kuphi, ukuze ngihambe ngiyomthatha mina.” UJesu wathi kuye: “Mariya!” Waphenduka, wathi kuye ngesiHebheru: “Rabuni,” okusho ukuthi: “Mfundisi.” UJesu wathi kuye: “Ungangithinti, ngokuba angikenyukeli kuBaba. Kepha hamba uye kubazalwane bami, ubatshele ukuthi ngenyukela kuBaba noYihlo, kuNkulunkulu wami noNkulunkulu wenu.” UMariya Magdalena wafika wabikela abafundi, wathi: “Ngiyibonile iNkosi,” wathi futhi: “Ikushilo lokhu kimi.”