NgokukaMathewu 27:1-14

NgokukaMathewu 27:1-14 ZUL20

Kwathi sekusile, bonke abaphristi abakhulu namalunga esizwe bahlangana, bakha itulo lokumbulala uJesu. Bambopha, bahamba naye, bamnikela kuPilatu, umbusi. Kuthe uJuda owayemkhaphelile ebona ukuthi icala limlahlile, wazisola, wayesezibuyisela kubaphristi namalunga izinhlamvu zesiliva ezigama-30, wathi: “Ngonile ngakhaphela ongenacala.” Bona bathi: “Pho uthi asenzeni thina? Zibonele wena.” Waziphonsa ethempelini izinhlamvu zesiliva, wahamba; esehambile, wazikhunga. Kepha abaphristi abakhulu bazithatha izinhlamvu zesiliva, bathi: “Akuvunyelwe ukuba zifakwe emnikelweni, ngokuba ziyimali yegazi.” Bakha icebo, base bethenga ngazo insimu yombumbi, yaba yindawo yokungcwaba abafokazi. Yingakho-ke leyo nsimu kuthiwa yinsimu yegazi kuze kube namuhla. Ngakho-ke kwagcwaliseka okwashiwo ngomphrofethi uJeremiya, ukuthi: “Bathatha izinhlamvu zesiliva ezingama-30, inani elamiswa ngabakwa-Israyeli lokuthengiselana. Bathenga ngazo insimu yombumbi, njengokuba iNkosi ingiyalile.” Ngaleso sikhathi uJesu wayemi phambi kombusi, umbusi wambuza wathi: “Wena uyinkosi yabaJuda na?” UJesu wathi kuye: “Usho khona.” Nakuba abaphristi abakhulu namalunga bemethwesa icala, kodwa Yena akaphendulanga. Kepha uPilatu wathi kuye: “Awukuzwa yini ukuthi kungakanani abakufakaza ngawe na?” Kepha uJesu akazange amphendule nangelilodwa izwi, umbusi wamangala kakhulu.