Kwathi uJesu eseqedile onke lawo mazwi, wathi kubafundi bakhe.
Niyazi ukuthi emva kwezinsuku ezimbili kungumkhosi wePhasika, futhi iNdodana yomuntu izokhashelwa ukuba ibethelwe esiphambanweni.
Khona babuthana abapristi abakhulu, nababhali, namalunga esizwe egcekeni lompristi omkhulu othiwa uKayafase;
Bacebisana ukuthi bambambe uJesu ngobuqili, bambulale.
Kodwa bathi: Kungabi ngomkhosi, hlezi kube khona isiyaluyalu ebantwini.
Kwathi uJesu eseBethaniya endlini kaSimoni onochoko.
Kwafika kuye owesifazane ephethe umfuma wealabhaste wamafutha anenani elikhulu, wawathela ekhanda lakhe ehlezi ekudleni.
Kodwa abafundi bakhe bekubona bathukuthela, besithi: Ngani lokhu kuchithwa?
Ngokuba lawa mafutha abengathengiswa ngemali enkulu, kuphiwe abampofu.
UJesu ekwazi wathi kubo: “Nimhluphelani owesifazane na? ngoba wenzé umsebenzi omuhle kimi.
Ngokuba abampofu ninabo njalo; kepha mina aninami njalo.
Ngokuba ngokuthela lawa mafutha emzimbeni wami, ukwenzele ukungcwatshwa kwami.
Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Nomaphi lapho elizashunyayelwa khona lelivangeli emhlabeni wonke, kuyakuba-khona nalokhu akwenzileyo lona wesifazane, kube yisikhumbuzo ngaye.
Khona kwasuka omunye wabayishumi nambili, othiwa uJuda Iskariyothe, waya kubapristi abakhulu,
Wasesithi kubo: Lizanginikani, njalo ngimnikele kini? Basebesenza isivumelwano laye ngenhlamvu zesiliva ezingamatshumi amathathu.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi wafuna ithuba elihle lokumkhaphela.
Kwathi ngosuku lokuqala lomkhosi wesinkwa esingenamvubelo abafundi beza kuJesu, bathi kuye: “Uthanda ukuba sikulungisele ngaphi ukuba udle iphasika na?
Wathi: “Hambani niye emzini kumuntu othile, nithi kuye: ‘Uthi uMfundisi: Isikhathi sami siseduze; ngizakwenza iphasika kwakho kanye labafundi bami.
Abafundi benza njengokusho kukaJesu; basebelungisa iphasika.
Kwathi sekuhlwile, wahlala ekudleni nabayishumi nambili.
Kwathi besidla wathi: Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Omunye wenu uzangikhaphela.
Basebedabuka kakhulu, basebeqala ukuthi kuye ngulowo lalowo: Nkosi, kayisimi yini?
Wasephendula wathi: Ofaka isandla sakhe kanye lami esitsheni nguye ozangithengisa.
INdodana yomuntu iyamuka njengokulotshiweyo ngayo, kepha maye kulowo muntu iNdodana yomuntu ekhashelwa ngaye! ngabe kwaba kuhle kulowomuntu ukuba wayengazalwanga.
Wasephendula uJudasi owamnikelayo, wathi: Nkosi, kambe? Wathi kuye: “Wena ushilo.”
Kwathi besadla, uJesu wathatha isinkwa, wasibusisa, wasihlephula, wanika abafundi, wathi: Thathani, lidle; lokhu kungumzimba wami.
Wasethatha inkezo, wabonga, wabanika, esithi: Selani kuyo lonke;
Ngokuba lokhu kuyigazi lami lesivumelwano elithululwa ngenxa yabaningi kukho ukuthethelelwa kwezono.
Kepha ngithi kini: Kusukela manje angisayikuphuza okwesithelo somvini, kuze kufike lolo suku engiyakusiphuza ngalo nani sisisha embusweni kaBaba.
Sebehlabelele igama lokubonga, baphuma baya eNtabeni Yeminqumo.
Khona uJesu wathi kubo: “Nina nonke niyakukhubeka ngami ngalobu busuku, ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “ ‘Ngiyakushaya umalusi, izimvu zomhlambi zihlakazeke.
Kodwa emva kokuvuka kwami, ngizanandulela ukuya eGalili.
UPetro waphendula wathi kuye: Lanxa bonke bezakukhubeka ngawe, mina kangisoze ngikhubeke.
UJesu wathi kuye: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Ngalobu busuku, lingakakhali iqhude, uzakungiphika kathathu.
UPetro wathi kuye: Lanxa ngingafa lawe, kangisoze ngikuphike. Basho kanjalo bonke abafundi.