Mathewu 27:33-56

Sebefikile endaweni ethiwa yiGolgotha, okutsho ukuthi, iNdawo yoKhakhayi. Bamnika uviniga oxutshwe nenyongo ukuba anathe; Ambethela, abelana izingubo zakhe, enzelana inkatho, ukuze kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa ngomprofethi ukuthi: “Babelana izingubo zami, benza inkatho yokuphosa ngesambatho sami. Bahlala phansi bamlinda khona; Babeka phezu kwekhanda lakhe icala lakhe libhaliwe ukuthi: LO NGUJESU INKOSI YABAJUDA. Kwabethelwa kanye naye abaphangi ababili, esinye ngakwesokunene nesinye ngakwesokhohlo. Abadlulayo bamthuka, benikina amakhanda abo. Bethi: Wena odiliza ithempeli, ulakhe ngezinsuku ezintathu, zisindise. Uma uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, yehla esiphambanweni. Ngokunjalo labapristi abakhulu bamklolodela kanye lababhali labadala, bathi: Wasindisa abanye; yena ngokwakhe akanakuzisindisa. Uma eyinkosi yakwa-Israyeli, makehle manje esiphambanweni, futhi sizomkholwa. Wathembela kuNkulunkulu; makamkhulule manje, uma emthanda, ngokuba wathi: Mina ngiyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu. Labaphangi ababebethelwe kanye laye, bamluma ngokunjalo. Kusukela ngehora lesithupha kwaba mnyama emhlabeni wonke kwaze kwaba yihora lesishiyagalolunye. Kwathi ngehola lesificamunwemunye uJesu wamemeza ngelizwi elikhulu, wathi: Eli, Eli, lama sabaktani? okungukuthi: Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungishiyeleni na? Abanye kwababemi khona besizwa bathi: Lo ubiza uEliya. Wasegijima masinyane omunye kubo, wathatha uzipho, walugcwalisa ngoviniga, waluhloma emhlangeni, wamphuzisa. Abanye bathi: Yekelani, sibone ukuthi uEliya uzafika yini ukumsindisa. UJesu esephinde wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wawukhipha umoya. Bheka, isihenqo sethempeli sadabuka kabili, kusukela phezulu kuze kufike phansi; umhlaba wazamazama, amadwala aqhekezeka; Amathuna avuleka; nemizimba eminingi yabangcwele ababelele yavuka; baphuma emathuneni emva kokuvuka kwakhe bangena emzini ongcwele, babonakala kwabaningi. Kwathi induna yekhulu nababe nayo belinda uJesu bebona ukuzamazama komhlaba nalokho okwenzekileyo besaba kakhulu, bathi: “Nempela lo ubeyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu. Kwakukhona lapho abesifazana abanengi, bekhangele bekhatshana, ababelandele uJesu bevela eGalili, bemkhonza; phakathi kwabo kwakukhona uMariya Magdalena, noMariya unina kaJakobe noJose, nonina wamadodana kaZebedewu.