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.
Kwakuthi njalo ngomkhosi, umbusi akhululele isixuku isiboshwa sibe sinye esisithandayo. Ngaleso sikhathi kwakukhona isiboshwa esiluhlupho okwakuthiwa uJesu Bharabha. Ngakho-ke sebebuthene, uPilatu wathi kubo: “Nifuna ukuba nginikhululele bani uJesu onguBharabha, noma uJesu okuthiwa nguKhristu na?”
UPilatu wayazi ukuthi uJesu bamnikele ngenxa yomona.
Esahleli esihlalweni sokwehlulela, umkakhe wathumela kuye, wathi: “Ungayingeni indaba yalowo muntu olungileyo, ngokuba ngikhathazeke kakhulu ngaye namuhla ephusheni.”
Kepha abaphristi abakhulu namalunga bazinxenxa izixuku ukuba zicele uBharabha, kodwa zimbulale uJesu.
Wayesephendula umbusi, wathi kubo: “Nithanda ukuba nginikhululele muphi kulaba ababili na?”
Bathi: “UBharabha.”
UPilatu wathi: “Pho ngenzenjani ngoJesu okuthiwa nguKhristu na?”
Bonke bathi: “Makabethelwe.”
Kepha uPilatu wathi: “Bubi buni abenzile na?”
Kepha bamemeza kakhulu kunakuqala, bathi: “Makabethelwe esiphambanweni!” Kuthe uPilatu esebona ukuthi akukho angakwenza, futhi sekuqala isiyaluyalu, wathatha amanzi, wageza izandla phambi kwesixuku, wathi: “Anginacala egazini lalo muntu; ziboneleni nina.”
Abantu bonke baphendula, bathi: “Igazi lakhe malibe phezu kwethu naphezu kwabantwana bethu.”
UPilatu wayesebakhululela uBharabha, kodwa eseshayiwe uJesu, wamnikela ukuba abethelwe esiphambanweni.
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