Mathewu 27:45-66

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. Kwathi sekuhlwile, kweza umuntu ocebileyo wase-Arimathiya, ibizo lakhe linguJosefa, naye owayengumfundi kaJesu. Yena waya kuPilatu, wacela isidumbu sikaJesu. Khona uPilatu wayala ukuba isidumbu sikhululwe. Kwathi uJosefa esesithathile isidumbu, wasisonga ngendwangu yelineni ehlanzekileyo. Wawubeka ethuneni lakhe elisha abeligubhe edwaleni, wagingqela itshe elikhulu emnyango wethuna, wamuka. Kwakukhona lapho uMariya Magdalena nomunye uMariya, behlezi malungana nethuna. Kwathi ngangomuso, olulandela usuku lokulungisela, abapristi abakhulu nabaFarisi babuthana kuPilatu; besithi: Nkosi, siyakhumbula ukuthi umkhohlisi lowo esaphila wathi: Emva kwezinsuku ezintathu ngizavuka. Ngakho yala ukuba liqiniswe ithuna kuze kube lusuku lwesithathu, hlezi abafundi bakhe beze ebusuku, bamebe, bathi ebantwini: Uvukile kwabafileyo; UPilatu wathi kubo: Ninabalindi; Bahamba-ke, baligcina ithuna, bebeka uphawu etsheni, nabalindi.