Kwathi lapho uJesu eseqedile ukusho wonke lawo mazwi, wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Niyazi ukuthi emuva kwezinsuku ezimbili kuzakuba yiPhasika; iNdodana yomuntu izakukhashelwa ukuze ibethelwe esiphambanweni.”
Kwabuthana abaphristi abakhulu namalunga esizwe emzini womphristi omkhulu okuthiwa nguKhayifase. Bakha uzungu lokuba bambambe uJesu ngobuqili, bambulale. Kepha bathi: “Makungabi ngomkhosi, funa kube khona isiyaluyalu esizweni.”
Kuthe uJesu eseBhethaniya, endlini kaSimoni owayenochoko, kwafika kuye owesifazane ephethe umfuma esitsheni se-alabhaste, owawungowenani elikhulu; wawuthela ekhanda likaJesu owayehleli esidlweni.
Kepha abafundi bakhe bekubona lokho, bathukuthela, bathi: “Kumoselwani lokhu na? Ngokuba ngabe kuthengisiwe ngenani eliphezulu, kwaphiwa abampofu.”
Kepha uJesu ekwazi ababekusho, wathi kubo: “Nimhluphelani lo wesifazane na? Ngokuba wenze umsebenzi omuhle kimi. Ngokuba abampofu ninabo njalo, kodwa Mina aniyukuhlala ninami njalo. Ngokuba lo wesifazane, ngokuthela lawa mafutha emzimbeni wami, ukwenzele ukungilungisela ukumbelwa. Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: noma kuphi lapho leli vangeli liyakushunyayelwa khona, emhlabeni wonke, kuyakukhulunywa nangalokhu akwenzile lo wesifazane, kube yisikhumbuzo ngaye.”
Kwasuka omunye wabali-12, okuthiwa nguJuda Iskariyothe, waya kubaphristi abakhulu, wathi: “Niyakunginika ini, uma ngimkhaphela kini na?” Base bemkalela, bamnika izinhlamvu zesiliva ezingama-30. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, wafuna ithuba lokumkhaphela.
Kwathi ngosuku lokuqala lwesinkwa esingenamvubelo, abafundi baya kuJesu, bathi: “Uthanda ukuba sikulungisele kuphi ukuba udle iPhasika na?”
Wathi: “Hambani niye emzini, kumuntu othile, nithi kuye: ‘Uthi uMfundisi: Isikhathi sami sesiseduze; ngizakwenza iPhasika kwakho nabafundi bami.’ ”
Abafundi benza njengalokhu uJesu ebayalile; balungisa iPhasika.
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