Johane 19:1-42

Khona uPilatu wamthatha uJesu, wambhaxabula. Amabutho eluka umqhele wameva awubeka ekhanda lakhe, amembathisa ingubo ebubende; Athi: Bayede, Nkosi yabaJuda! bamshaya ngezandla. UPilatu wabuye waphuma, wathi kubo: Bhekani, ngimkhiphela kini, ukuze nazi ukuthi angifumani cala kuye. Khona waphuma uJesu, ethwele umqhele wameva, nengubo ebubende; UPilatu wasesithi kubo: Khangelani umuntu! Kwathi abapristi abakhulu nezikhonzi bembona, bamemeza bathi: “Mbethele, mbethele esiphambanweni! UPilatu wathi kubo: “Mthatheni nina, nimbethele, ngokuba mina angitholi cala kuye. AmaJuda amphendula athi: Thina silomlayo, langokomlayo wethu ufanele ukufa, ngoba uzenze iNdodana kaNkulunkulu. Kuthe uPilatu esizwa lelo zwi, wesaba kakhulu; Wabuye wangena endlini yokwahlulela, wathi kuJesu: “Ungowaphi na? Kodwa uJesu kamphendulanga. UPilatu wayesethi kuye: “Awukhulumi kimi na? Awazi yini ukuthi nginamandla okukubethela, nginamandla okukukhulula na? UJesu waphendula wathi: “Ungeke ube namandla neze phezu kwami, uma ungawanikwanga evela phezulu; Kusukela lapho uPilatu wafuna ukumkhulula, kepha abaJuda bamemeza bathi: “Uma ukhulula lo, awusiye umngane kaKesari; Kwathi uPilatu ezwa lelo zwi, wamkhiphela ngaphandle uJesu, wahlala esihlalweni sokwahlulela endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi, Indawo egandaywe ngamatshe, kodwa ngesiHeberu iGabatha. Kwakulilungiselelo lephasika, kwakungaba yihora lesithupha; wayesethi kubaJuda: “Bhekani inkosi yenu! Kodwa bamemeza bathi: Susa, susa, mbethele esiphambanweni! UPilatu wathi kubo: Ngibethele inkosi yenu na? Abapristi abakhulu baphendula bathi: Kasilankosi ngaphandle kukaKesari. Khona wamnikela kubo ukuba abethelwe. Basebemthatha uJesu, bahamba laye. Yena waphuma ethwele isiphambano sakhe, waya endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi iNdawo Yokhakhayi, ethiwa ngesiHeberu iGolgotha; lapho bambethela khona, labanye ababili kanye laye, omunye ngapha, loJesu ephakathi. UPilatu waloba nombhalo, wasibeka esiphambanweni. Kwakulotshiwe ukuthi: UJESU WENAZARETHA INKOSI YABAJUDA. Leso saziso abaningi kubaJuda basifunda, ngokuba indawo lapho uJesu ayebethelwe khona yayiseduze nomuzi, futhi kulotshiwe ngesiHeberu, nangesiGreki, nangesiLatini. Base bethi abapristi abakhulu babaJuda kuPilatu: “Ungalobi ukuthi: Inkosi yabaJuda; kodwa ukuthi wathi: Mina ngiyiNkosi yabaJuda. UPilatu waphendula wathi: Engikubhalileyo ngikulobile. Khona amasosha esembethele uJesu esiphambanweni, athatha izingubo zakhe, azenza izabelo ezine, kwaba yilelo butho laba nesabelo; nejazi lakhe; ibhantshi lalingenamthungo, lalukiwe lonke kusukela phezulu. Basebekhulumisana besithi: Kasingasidabuli, kodwa kasisenzele inkatho ukuthi sizakuba ngekabani; ukuze kugcwaliseke umbhalo othi: Babelana izembatho zami, lesambatho sami benza inkatho yokuphosa. Akwenza-ke lokho amasosha. Kwakumi ngasesiphambanweni sikaJesu unina, nodadewabo kanina, noMariya umkaKleyophase, noMariya Magdalena. UJesu ebona unina nomfundi amthandayo bemi khona, wathi kunina: “Mame, bheka indodana yakho! Wasesithi kumfundi: Khangela unyoko! Kusukela kuleso sikhathi lowo mfundi wamthatha wamyisa kwakhe. Emva kwalokho uJesu ekwazi ukuthi zonke izinto seziphelile, ukuze kugcwaliseke umbhalo, wathi: Ngomile. Kwakubekwe isitsha esigcwele uviniga; bagcwalisa uzipho ngoviniga, baluhloma phezu kwehisopi, balubeka emlonyeni wakhe. Kuthe uJesu eselamukele uviniga, wathi: “Kufeziwe.” Wagebisa ikhanda, wafa. Ngakho abaJuda, njengoba kwakulilungiselelo, ukuba izidumbu zingahlali esiphambanweni ngesabatha, ngokuba lolo suku lwesabatha lwaluwusuku olukhulu, acela kuPilatu ukuba yephulwe imilenze yabo, bathathwe kude. Khona amabutho afika, aphula imilenze yowokuqala, neyomunye owayebethelwe kanye naye. Kodwa efika kuJesu, ebona ukuthi wayesefile, kawayephulanga imilenze yakhe; Kodwa elinye lamasosha lamgwaza ohlangothini ngomkhonto, kwaphuma masinyane igazi namanzi. Lowo obonileyo ufakazile, nobufakazi bakhe buqinisile, naye uyazi ukuthi ukhuluma iqiniso, ukuze nani nikholwe. Ngoba lezizinto zenziwa ukuze kugcwaliseke umbhalo othi: Akuyikuphulwa thambo lakhe. Futhi omunye umbhalo uthi: Bazamkhangela abamhlabayo. Emva kwalokho uJosefa wase-Arimathiya, engumfundi kaJesu, kodwa ekusithekeni ngokwesaba abaJuda, wacela kuPilatu ukuba asuse isidumbu sikaJesu; uPilatu wamvumela. Ngakho weza wathatha isidumbu sikaJesu. Kwafika noNikodemu owafika kuJesu kuqala ebusuku, ephethe ingxube yenhlaka nenhlaba, engaba amapondo ayikhulu. Base bethatha isidumbu sikaJesu, basisonga ngezindwangu zelineni kanye namakha, njengomkhuba wabaJuda ukumbela. Kwakukhona insimu endaweni lapho wayebethelwe khona esiphambanweni; nasensimu ithuna elisha, okungakabekwa muntu kulo. Ngakho bamlalisa lapho uJesu ngenxa yosuku lokuLungiselela lwabaJuda; ngoba ithuna laliseduze.