Amabutho amyisa endaweni okuthiwa yiGolgotha okungukuthi: “INdawo Yekhanda.”
Amnika iwayini elalixutshwe nemure, kodwa akalemukelanga. Ambethela esiphambanweni, abelana ngezingubo zakhe ngokwenza unkatho, ukuze kwazeke ukuthi yilowo nalowo uthathani.
Kwase kuyihora lesithathu ngesikhathi embethela esiphambanweni. Umbhalo wecala abekwe lona wawulotshwe phezulu esiphambanweni sakhe, uthi: INKOSI YABAJUDA. Kwakunabaphangi ababili ababebethelwe kanye naye, omunye engakwesokunene sakhe, omunye engakwesokhohlo sakhe. Wagcwaliseka kanjalo umbhalo othi: “Wabalwa kanye nezelelesi.”
Ababedlula lapho bamhlambalaza, benikina amakhanda, bethi: “Ashila, wena odiliza ithempeli ubuye ulakhe ngezinsuku ezintathu, zisindise, wehle esiphambanweni.”
Kanjalo nabaphristi abakhulu nezazimthetho, bambhinqa, bathi: “Wasindisa abanye, kodwa akakwazi ukuzisindisa. UKhristu, iNkosi yakwa-Israyeli, makehle manje esiphambanweni, ukuze sibone, sikholwe.”
Nababebethelwe naye, bamhlambalaza.
Ngehora lesithupha kwaba mnyama ezweni lonke, kwaze kwaba yihora lesishiyagalolunye. Ngehora lesishiyagalolunye, uJesu wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: “Eloyi, Eloyi, lama sabakthani?” okungukuthi: “Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungishiyeleni na?”
Abanye balabo ababemi lapho bekuzwa lokho, bathi: “Niyamuzwa-ke, ubiza u-Eliya.”
Omunye wagijima, wagcwalisa ilula ngoviniga walichoma emhlangeni, wamphuzisa, wathi: “Yekani sibone ukuthi u-Eliya uzokuza yini azomehlisa.”
UJesu wayesememeza ngezwi elikhulu, wafa.
Isihenqo sethempeli sadabuka kabili, kusuka phezulu kuze kufike phansi. Kepha induna yekhulu eyayimi lapho iqondene naye, kwathi lapho imbona efa, yathi: “Impela lo muntu ubeyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.”
Kwakukhona nabesifazane ababebukela, bebuqamama. Phakathi kwabo kwakukhona uMariya Magdalena, uSalome, uMariya ozala uJakobe omncane noJose. Laba babengabalandeli bakaJesu eseseGalile, bemkhonza. Kwakunabanye futhi abesifazane abaningi ababenyukele naye eJerusalema.
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