Luka 24:1-53

Kwathi ngolokuqala lweviki, kusesekuseni kakhulu, bafika ethuneni bephethe amakha ababewalungisile, labanye kanye labo. Bafica itshe ligingqiwe lasuswa ethuneni. Sebengenile, abasifumananga isidumbu seNkosi uJesu. Kwathi besasambathekile yilokho, bheka, nanko amadoda amabili emi ngakubo, enezingubo ezicwebezelayo; Besaba bekhothamele phansi ngobuso, bathi kubo: “Nifunelani ophilayo kwabafileyo na? Kakho lapha, kodwa uvukile; khumbulani ukuthi wakhuluma njani kini eseseGalili. Esithi: INdodana yomuntu imele ukunikelwa ezandleni zabantu abayizoni, ibethelwe, ibuye ivuke ngosuku lwesithathu. Bawakhumbula amazwi akhe. Base bebuya ethuneni, babika konke lokho kwabayishumi nanye nakubo bonke abanye. KwakunguMariya Magdalena, noJowana, noMariya unina kaJakobe, nabanye besifazane ababe nabo, babatshela lokho abaphostoli. Namazwi abo aba njengeze nje kubo, kabaze bakholwa yibo. Khona uPetru wasuka, wagijimela ethuneni; wakhothama, wabona izindwangu zelineni zikhona zodwa; Bheka, ababili babo babehamba ngalona lolo suku, beya emzaneni othiwa i-Emawuse, ukude neJerusalema amastadiyu angamashumi ayisithupha. Babexoxa bodwa ngazo zonke lezo zinto ezenzekileyo. Kwathi besakhuluma bebuzana, uJesu uqobo wasondela, wahambisana nabo. Kodwa amehlo abo ayebanjiwe ukuthi bangamazi. Wathi kubo: Zindaba zini lezi enikhuluma ngazo omunye komunye nihamba, nilusizi na? Omunye wabo, ogama lakhe linguKleyophase, waphendula wathi kuye: “Ingabe nguwe wedwa umfokazi eJerusalema, ongakwaziyo okwenzekileyo khona ngalezi zinsuku na? Wasesithi kubo: Izinto zini? Basebesithi kuye: EzingoJesu waseNazaretha, obengumprofethi elamandla ngesenzo langelizwi phambi kukaNkulunkulu labantu bonke; lokuthi abapristi abakhulu lababusi bethu bamnikela njani ukuthi agwetshelwe ukufa, basebembethela esiphambanweni. Kepha besethemba ukuthi nguye obezakuhlenga u-Israyeli; futhi phezu kwakho konke lokho sekulusuku lwesithathu lezo zinto zenzekile. Yebo, nabesifazane abathile bakithi basethusile, abeze ethuneni ekuseni; kuthe bengasifumani isidumbu sakhe, beza, bathi babone nombono wezingelosi ezithi uyaphila. Abanye babakithi baya ethuneni, bakufumana kunjengokusho kwabesifazane, kepha yena abambonanga. Wayesethi kubo: “O nina ziwula enilibele enhliziyweni ukukholwa yikho konke abakushilo abaprofethi! UKristu ubengafanele yini ukuba ahlupheke ngalezizinto, aze angene enkazimulweni yakhe? Eqala kuMose nakubaprofethi bonke, wabachasisela emibhalweni okuqondene naye. Base besondela emzaneni ababeya kuwo; yena wenza sengathi udlulela phambili. Kepha bamcindezela, bathi: “Hlala nathi, ngokuba sekuzakuhlwa, nemini isiyadlula. Wangena ukuba ahlale nabo. Kwasekusithi ehlezi labo ekudleni, wathatha isinkwa, wasibusisa, wasihlephula, wabanika. Asevuleka amehlo abo, bamazi; wasenyamalala emehlweni abo. Base bethi omunye komunye: “Inhliziyo yethu ibingavuthi yini phakathi kwethu, lapho ekhuluma kithi endleleni, nalapho esivulela imibhalo, na? Basebesuka ngalesosikhathi, babuyela eJerusalema, bafica abalitshumi lanye bebuthene ndawonye lalabo ababelabo. Besithi: Isibili iNkosi ivukile, ibonakele kuSimoni. Base belandisa okwenzekileyo endleleni, nokuthi waziwa kanjani kubo ekuhlephuleni isinkwa. Kwathi besakhuluma lokho, uJesu uqobo wema phakathi kwabo, wathi kubo: Ukuthula makube kini. Kepha bethuka, bethuka, bethi babone ithongo. Wathi kubo: Nikhathazekeleni na? Kuvelelani izizindlo ezinhliziyweni zenu na? Bhekani izandla zami nezinyawo zami ukuthi yimina uqobo; ngokuba ithongo alinanyama namathambo, njengokuba ningibona nginakho. Esekushilo lokho wababonisa izandla nezinyawo. Kodwa bengakakholwa ngenxa yentokozo bemangala, wathi kubo: Lilokudla lapha yini? Bamnika iqatha lenhlanzi eyosiweyo neqa lezinyosi. Wakuthatha, wadla phambi kwabo. Wathi kubo: Lawa angamazwi engawakhuluma kini ngisenani, ukuthi kumele kugcwaliseke konke okulotshiweyo emlayweni kaMozisi, lakubaprofethi, lemahutsheni, mina. Wayesevula ingqondo yabo, ukuze baqonde imibhalo; Wathi kubo: Kulotshiwe kanje, lokuthi uKhristu umelwe ukuhlupheka, njalo avuke kwabafileyo ngosuku lwesithathu. Kutshunyayelwe ebizweni lakhe ukuphenduka lokuthethelelwa kwezono ezizweni zonke, kuqalwe eJerusalema. Nina-ke ningofakazi balezi zinto. Bhekani, ngiyathumela kini isithembiso sikaBaba, kepha hlalani emzini waseJerusalema, nize nembathiswe amandla avela phezulu. Wabahola, baze bafika eBethaniya, waphakamisa izandla zakhe, wababusisa. Kwathi esababusisa, wahlukana nabo, wenyuselwa ezulwini. Bakhuleka kuye, babuyela eJerusalema benokuthokoza okukhulu. Babekhona ethempelini njalo bemdumisa uNkulunkulu. Amen.