UJesu wafika nabo endaweni okuthiwa yiGetsemane, wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Hlalani lapha, ngisayokhuleka laphaya.”
Wathatha uPhethro namadodana amabili kaZebedewu, waqala ukuba nomunyu nosizi. Khona wathi kubo: “Umphefumulo wami ulusizi kakhulu, kuze kube sekufeni; hlalani lapha, nilinde kanye nami.”
Waqhubeka ibangana, wawa ngobuso, wakhuleka wathi: “Baba, uma kungenzeka, mayedlule kimi le ndebe, kodwa kungabi njengokuthanda kwami, kube njengokuba uthanda wena.”
Wabuyela kubafundi, wabafica belele, wathi kuPhethro: “Kodwa beningehlale nilinde nami ihora libe linye na? Lindani, nikhuleke ukuze ningangeni ekulingweni; umoya uyavuma, kodwa umzimba ubuthakathaka.”
Wabuye wahamba okwesibili, wakhuleka wathi: “Baba, uma le ndebe ingenakudlula kimi ngingakayiphuzi, mayenziwe intando yakho.”
Wabuyela kubo futhi, wabafumana belele, ngokuba amehlo abo ayegcwele ubuthongo. Wabuye wabashiya, wayokhuleka ngokwesithathu elokhu esho lona lelo lizwi.
Wayesephindela kubafundi, wathi kubo: “Namanje nisalele, niphumule. Phela ihora selisondele; iNdodana yomuntu izakukhashelwa ezandleni zezoni. Sukumani sihambe; niyabona-ke, ongikhaphelayo useseduze.”
Kwathi esakhuluma; kwafika uJuda, omunye wabali-12, ehamba nesixuku sabantu esikhulu siphethe izinkemba nezinduku, sivela kubaphristi abakhulu namalunga esizwe. Omkhaphelayo wayebanike isibonakaliso, wathi: “Lowo engiyakumanga nguye; mbambeni.”
Wayeseya kuJesu ngokushesha, wathi: “Rabi!”
Wamanga.
UJesu wayesethi kuye: “Mngani, yenza lokho oze ngakho.”
Base besondela, bambamba uJesu. Omunye walabo ababenoJesu wagqashula inkemba yakhe, wagenca inceku yomphristi omkhulu, wanquma indlebe yayo.
UJesu wathi kuye: “Buyisela inkemba yakho emgodleni wayo, ngokuba bonke abaphatha inkemba bayakubhubha ngenkemba. Ucabanga ukuthi bengingecele yini kuBaba angithumelele amaviyo ezingelosi angaphezu kwali-12 na? Pho-ke ingafezeka kanjani imibhalo ethi kufanele ukuba kwenzeke kanjalo na?”
Ngaleso sikhathi uJesu wathi ezixukwini: “Niphume kungathi nize kumphangi, niphethe izinkemba nezinduku, nizongibamba na? Nsuku zonke bengifundisa ethempelini, kodwa anizange ningibambe. Kepha konke lokho kwenzekile ukuba kugcwaliseke imibhalo yabaphrofethi.”
Khona bonke abafundi bamshiya babaleka.
Labo ababembambile uJesu bamyisa kuKhayifase, umphristi omkhulu, lapho kwakubuthene khona izazimthetho namalunga. Kepha uPhethro wamlandela uJesu ebuqamama, kwaze kwaba segcekeni lomphristi omkhulu. Naye wangena ngaphakathi, wahlala phansi nezikhonzi ukuze abone isiphetho.
Abaphristi abakhulu nomkhandlu wonke bafuna ubufakazi obungamanga ngoJesu, ukuze bambulale. Kepha ababutholanga, nakuba kwase kufike ofakazi abaningi bamanga. Kodwa kamuva kwavela ababili, bathi: “Lo wathi: ‘Nginamandla okudiliza ithempeli likaNkulunkulu, ngibuye ngilakhe ngezinsuku ezintathu.’ ”
Kwase kusukuma umphristi omkhulu, wathi kuye: “Awuphenduli ngalutho kulokhu abakufakaza ngawe na?”
Kepha uJesu wathula du.
Umphristi omkhulu wayesethi kuye: “Ngikufungisa uNkulunkulu ophilayo ukuba usitshele uma unguKhristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu.”
UJesu wayesethi kuye: “Usho khona. Nokho ngithi kini: kusukela manje niyakuyibona iNdodana yomuntu ihleli ngakwesokunene saMandla, iza ngamafu ezulu.”
Umphristi omkhulu waklebhula izingubo zakhe, wathi: “Usehlambalazile; sisabadingelani ofakazi na? Nani senizizwele ngezindlebe zenu ehlambalaza. Pho nithini ngalokhu na?”
Baphendula bathi: “Ufanelwe ngukufa.”
Base bemkhafulela ngamathe ebusweni, bamdushuza, abanye bammukula, bathi: “Siphrofethele, Khristu; ngubani okushayileyo na?”
UPhethro wayehleli phandle egcekeni, enye yamantombazane yeza kuye, yathi: “Nawe ubunoJesu waseGalile.”
Kepha waphika phambi kwabo bonke, wathi: “Angazi ukuthi ukhuluma ngani.”
Esephumile esangweni, enye intombazane yambona, yathi kwababelapho: “Lona ubenoJesu waseNazaretha.”
Wafunga wagomela ephika futhi, ethi: “Angimazi lowo muntu.”
Emva kwesikhashana, esesondele kwababemi lapho, bathi kuPhethro: “Impela nawe ungomunye wabo, udalulwa ngisho nangukukhuluma kwakho.”
UPhethro waqala ukuqalekisa nokufunga, ethi: “Angimazi lowo muntu.”
Masinyane, lakhala iqhude. UPhethro wayesekhumbula izwi abelishilo uJesu, lokuthi: “Iqhude lingakakhali, uzakube usungiphike kathathu.”
Waphumela ngaphandle, wakhala kalusizi.
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