IVangeli likaNikhodemu, ngaphambili elalibizwa ngokuthi IzEnzo ZikaPontiyu Pilatu ISAHLUKO 1 1 UAnase, noKayafase, noSuma, noDathamu, noGamaliyeli, noJuda, noLevi, noNefithali, no-Aleksandru, noKoresi, nabanye abaJuda, baya kuPilatu ngoJesu, bemmangalela ngamacala amaningi amabi. 2 Base bethi: “Siqinisekile ukuthi uJesu uyindodana kaJosefa umbazi, izwe elizalwa nguMariya, nokuthi uzibiza ngokuthi uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, futhi uyinkosi; futhi hhayi lokho kuphela, kodwa uzama ukuchithwa kwesabatha, kanye nemithetho yokhokho bethu. 3 UPilatu waphendula; Yini ayimemezelayo? futhi yini lena azama ukuyiqeda? 4 AmaJuda athi kuye: Thina silomlayo owenqabela ukuphilisa ngesabatha; kodwa uphulukisa kokubili izinyonga nezithulu, abafe uhlangothi, izimpumputhe, abanochoko, namademoni, ngalolo suku ngezindlela ezimbi. 5 UPilatu waphendula wathi: Angakwenza njani lokhu ngamasu amabi? Baphendula bathi: Ungumthakathi, ukhupha amadimoni ngombusi wamadimoni; ngakho zonke izinto zingaphansi kwakhe. 6 Khona-ke uPilatu wathi: “Ukukhipha amademoni akubonakali kuwumsebenzi womoya ongcolile, kodwa kuvela emandleni kaNkulunkulu. 7 AmaJuda amphendula uPilatu athi: Siyakuncenga wena ophakemeyo ukuthi umbize phambi kwenkantolo yakho, umzwele wena. 8 UPilatu wasebiza isithunywa, wathi kuso: UKristu uzalethwa njani lapha? 9 Khona kwaphuma isithunywa, simazi uKristu, sakhuleka kuso; Wasendlala ingubo abeyiphethe ngesandla emhlabathini, wathi: Nkosi, hamba phezu kwalokhu, ungene, ngokuba umbusi uyakubiza. 10 AmaJuda esekwazi lokho okwakwenziwe isithunywa, amemeza kuPilatu, athi: Kungani ungamnikanga ukubiza kwakhe ngobuhlalu, njalo kungeyisithunywa? wakhuleka kuye, wendlala ingubo abeyiphethe ngesandla sakhe emhlabathini phambi kwakhe, wathi kuye: “Nkosi, umbusi uyakubiza. 11 UPilatu wasesibiza isithunywa, wathi: Ukwenzeleni okunje? 12 Isithunywa saphendula sathi: Esengithume eJerusalema ngisiya kuAleksandru, ngabona uJesu ehlezi embongolweni ngomfanekiso omubi; 13 Abanye bendlala izingubo zabo endleleni, bathi: “Sisindise, wena osezulwini; ubusisiwe ozayo ebizweni leNkosi. 14 Khona-ke abaJuda bakhamuluka ngokumelene nesithunywa, bathi: “Abantwana bamaHeberu bakhuluma amazwi abo ngesiHebheru; wena ungumGreki ungasiqonda kanjani isiHeberu na? 15 Isithunywa saphendula sathi: Ngabuza omunye wabaJuda ngathi: Kuyini lokhu abantwana abakhala ngakho ngesiHebheru? 16 Futhi yangichazela, yathi, bamemeza Hosana, okuhunyushwa ngokuthi, O, Nkosi, ngisindise; noma: O Nkosi, sindisa. 17 UPilatu wasesithi kubo: Lina lina lifakazelani amazwi akhulunywa ngabantwana, ngokuthula kwenu? Kwenze okubi ngani isithunywa? Bathula ke. 18 Umbusi wasesithi kuso isithunywa: Phuma uzame ngamandla ukuthi usingenise. 19 Kepha isithunywa saphuma, senza njengakuqala; wathi: Nkosi, ngena, ngoba umbusi uyakubiza. 20 Kwathi uJesu engena ephethe amabhanela, izihloko zazo zakhothama, zakhuleka kuJesu. 21 Ngakho amaJuda aqhweba kakhulu emelene lamabhanela. 22 Kodwa uPilatu wathi kumaJuda: Ngiyazi ukuthi kalithokozi kini ukuthi amabhanela akhothama akhonza uJesu; kodwa nibabaza ngani izimpawu, kungathi ziyakhothama, zikhuleka? 23 Basebephendula uPilatu besithi: Thina sabona izimpawu zikhothama, zikhonza uJesu. 24 Umbusi wasezibizela izimpawu, wathi kuzo: Likwenzeleni okunje?
25 Izimpawu zathi kuPilatu: Thina sonke singabahedeni, sikhonza onkulunkulu emathempelini; futhi kufanele sicabange kanjani ngokumkhulekela? Siphethe izilinganiso kuphela ezandleni zethu futhi bakhothama bakhuleka kuye. 26 UPilatu wayesethi kubaphathi besinagoge: “Zikhetheleni nina amadoda anamandla, niwabambele amabhanela, sibone ukuthi ayakukhothama yini. 27 Ngakho abadala bamaJuda badinga abalitshumi lambili emaxhegu alamandla lalamandla kakhulu, bawamisa amabhanela, ema phambi kombusi. 28 Khona uPilatu wathi kuso isithunywa: Khipha uJesu, futhi mhlawumbe ungambuyisela. UJesu nesithunywa baphuma ehholo. 29 UPilatu wabiza amabhanela ababeziphethe ngaphambili, wafunga kubo ukuthi, uma babengaziphathanga ngaleyo ndlela, lapho uJesu eqala ukungena, wayezozinquma amakhanda azo. 30 Umbusi waselaya uJesu ukuthi abuye angene. 31 Isithunywa senza njengakuqala, samncenga kakhulu uJesu ukuthi agqoke isembatho saso, ahambe phezu kwaso, wahamba phezu kwaso, wangena. 32 Kwathi uJesu esengenile, amafulegi akhothama njengakuqala, akhuleka kuye. ISAHLUKO 2 1 Kwathi uPilatu ekubona lokho wesaba, wasukuma esihlalweni. 2 Esacabanga ukusukuma, umkakhe emi kude, wathumela kuye, wathi: “Ungabi nandaba kulowo muntu olungileyo; ngoba ngihlupheke kakhulu ngaye embonweni ngalobubusuku. 3 Kwathi abaJuda bekuzwa lokho bathi kuPilatu: Asishongo yini kuwe ukuthi: Uyisangoma? Bheka, usephuphe umkakho. 4 UPilatu wasebiza uJesu, wathi: Wena ukuzwile abakufakaza ngawe, kodwa kawuphenduli? 5 UJesu waphendula wathi: Uba bebengelamandla okukhuluma, babengeke bakhulume; kodwa ngenxa yokuthi yilowo nalowo unomyalo wolimi lwakhe lokukhuluma okuhle nokubi, makabheke kukho. 6 Kodwa amalunga abaJuda aphendula athi kuJesu: Sizakhangelani? 7 Okokuqala siyakwazi lokhu ngawe, ukuthi wazalwa ngokuphinga; okwesibili, ukuthi ngenxa yokuzalwa kwakho kwabulawa izingane eBetlehema; okwesithathu, ukuthi uyihlo lonyoko uMariya babalekela eGibhithe, ngoba bengelathemba abantu bakibo. 8 Abanye kubaJuda ababemi khona bakhuluma kahle kakhulu, bathi: “Asinakusho ukuthi wazalwa ngokuphinga; kodwa siyazi ukuthi unina uMariya wayemiselwe uJosefa, ngakho akazalwanga ngokuphinga. 9 Ngakho uPilatu wathi kumaJuda afakaza ukuthi uzelwe ngokuphinga: Lokhu kulandisa kwenu akusilo iqiniso, ngoba kwakukhona umtshado, njengoba bafakaza abesizwe sakini. 10 UAnase loKayafase basebesithi kuPilatu: Sonke lesixuku sabantu simelwe ukubonwa, abamemeza besithi: Wazalwa ngokuphinga, njalo ungumlingo; kodwa labo abaphika ukuthi uzalwa ngokuphinga, bangamaproselithe nabafundi bakhe. 11 UPilatu waphendula oAnase loKayafase wathi: Ngobani amaproselithe? Baphendula bathi: Bangabantwana bezizwe, futhi ababanga amaJuda, kodwa abalandeli bakhe. 12 Base bephendula u-Eleyazeri, no-Asteriyu, no-Antoniyu, noJakobe, noKarasi, noSamuweli, no-Isaka, noFinehasi, noKrispu, no-Agripha, no-Anase, noJuda, bathi: “Asibona amaproselithe, kodwa singabantwana bamaJuda, futhi sikhuluma iqiniso, futhi sasikhona lapho uMariya. waqonywa. 13 UPilatu wasekhuluma emadodeni alitshumi lambili akhuluma lokho, wathi kuwo: Ngilifungisa ngokuphila kukaKesari, ukuthi likhulume ngokwethembeka ukuthi wazalwa ngokuphinga yini, lezinto elizitshoyo ziqinisile. 14 Basebemphendula uPilatu besithi: Silomlayo esingavunyelwanga ngawo ukuthi sifunge, kuyisono; 15 Base bethi o-Anase noKayafase kuPilatu: “Lawomadoda ayishumi nambili awayikukholwa ukuthi siyamazi ukuthi uzelwe ngumntwana, noma eshaya sengathi uyindodana kaNkulunkulu nokuthi uyinkosi, esiyikho kuze kube manje. ekukholweni, ukuthi siyathuthumela ukuzwa. 16 UPilatu waselaya ukuthi bonke baphume, ngaphandle kwamadoda alitshumi lambili, abathi yena kazalwanga ngokuphinga;
17 Basebemphendula bathi: Bathukuthele ngoba ephulukise ngesabatha. UPilatu wathi: Bazakumbulalela umsebenzi omuhle yini? Bathi kuye: Yebo, Nkosi. ISAHLUKO 3 1 Khona uPilatu egcwele intukuthelo, waphuma endlini, wathi kubaJuda: “Ngifakaza izwe lonke ukuthi angifumani cala kulowo muntu. 2 AmaJuda amphendula uPilatu athi: Uba ubengesiye omubi, sasingeke simlethe phambi kwakho. 3 UPilatu wathi kubo: Mthatheni lina, limqulise ngomthetho wenu. 4 Ngakho amaJuda athi: Kakuvunyelwa kithi ukuthi sibulale umuntu. 5 UPilatu wasesithi kumaJuda: Ngakho umlayo othi ungabulali ungowenu, kodwa awusiwo owami. 6 Wabuye wangena egcekeni, wabiza uJesu eyedwa, wathi kuye: “Wena uyinkosi yabaJuda na? 7 UJesu waphendula, wathi kuPilatu: Uyazikhuluma lokhu ngokwakho, noma amaJuda akutshele ngami? 8 UPilatu waphendula wathi kuJesu: Mina ngingumJuda yini? Isizwe sonke nababusi bamaJuda bakunikele kimi. Wenzeni? 9 UJesu waphendula wathi: Umbuso wami kawusiwo walumhlaba; kepha manje umbuso wami awusiwo owalapha. 10 UPilatu wasesithi: Ngakho wena uyinkosi yini? UJesu waphendula wathi: “Wena uthi ngiyinkosi; ngazalelwa lokho, futhi ngizele lokho ezweni; futhi ngenxa yalokho ngizile, ukuze ngifakazele iqiniso; futhi wonke oweqiniso uyalizwa izwi lami. 11 UPilatu wathi kuye: Liyini iqiniso? 12 UJesu wathi: Iqiniso livela ezulwini. 13 UPilatu wathi: Ngakho iqiniso alikho emhlabeni. 14 UJesu wathi kuPilatu: Kholwa ukuthi iqiniso lisemhlabeni phakathi kwalabo abathi lapho benamandla okwahlulela, babuswe ngeqiniso, futhi banikeze ukwahlulela okulungileyo. ISAHLUKO 4 1 Khona uPilatu wamshiya uJesu egcekeni, waphumela kumaJuda, wathi: “Angifumani cala kuJesu. 2 AmaJuda athi kuye: Kodwa yena wathi: Ngingalidiliza ithempeli likaNkulunkulu, ngibuye ngilakhe ngensuku ezintathu. 3 UPilatu wathi kubo: Linjani ithempeli akhuluma ngalo? 4 AmaJuda athi kuye: “Lokho uSolomoni ayakha iminyaka engamashumi amane nesithupha, wathi uyakukubhidliza, akhe ngezinsuku ezintathu. 5 UPilatu wabuye wathi kubo: Mina ngimsulwa egazini lalowomuntu; bhekani nina. 6 AmaJuda athi kuye: Igazi lakhe malibe phezu kwethu labantwana bethu. UPilatu wayesebizela ndawonye amalunga nababhali, nabapristi namaLevi, wathi kubo ngasese: “Ningenzi kanje; Kangitholanga lutho kuwe (okumelene laye) mayelana lokwelapha kwakhe abagulayo, lokwephula isabatha elifanele ukufa. 7 Abapristi namaLevi baphendula uPilatu, bathi: Ngempilo kaKesari, uma umuntu ehlambalaza, ufanelwe ukufa; kodwa lo uthukile eNkosini. 8 Umbusi waphinda walaya amaJuda ukuthi aphume egcekeni; wabiza uJesu, wathi kuye: “Ngikwenzeleni na? 9 UJesu wamphendula wathi: Yenza njengokulotshiweyo. 10 UPilatu wasesithi kuye: Kulotshiwe njani? 11 UJesu wathi kuye: UMozisi labaprofethi baprofetha ngokuhlupheka kwami lokuvuka kwami. 12 AmaJuda ekuzwa lokho acaphuka, athi kuPilatu: Usasayikuzwani inhlamba yalowomuntu? 13 UPilatu wathi kubo: Uba lamazwi kini ehlambalaza, mthatheni, limlethe enkantolo yenu, limqulise ngokomlayo wenu. 14 AmaJuda aphendula uPilatu athi: Umthetho wethu uthi: Uzathola imivimbo engamatshumi amathathu lesificamunwemunye; 15 UPilatu wathi kubo: “Uma leyonkulumo yakhe iyinhlamba, mvivinyeni ngokomthetho wakini. 16 AmaJuda athi kuPilatu: Umthetho wethu uyalaya ukuthi singabulali muntu; 17 UPilatu wathi kubo: Kakufanelanga ukuthi abethelwe; 18 Kodwa umbusi ekhangela ixuku elalikhona lamaJuda, wabona abanengi kubaJuda bekhala, wasesithi kubapristi abakhulu bamaJuda: Abantu bonke kabakuthandi ukufa kwakhe.
19 Amalunga abaJuda aphendula uPilatu athi: Thina nesixuku sonke size lapha ngakhona lokho ukuba afe. 20 UPilatu wasesithi kubo: Uzafelani? 21 Basebesithi kuye: Ngoba uzibiza ngokuthi uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, leNkosi. ISAHLUKO 5 1 Kepha uNikodima umJuda othile wema phambi kombusi, wathi: “Ngiyakuncenga mahluleli olungileyo, ukuba ungithande ngokukhuluma amazwi ambalwa. 2 UPilatu wathi kuye: Khuluma. 3 UNikodima wathi: “Ngakhuluma kumalunga abaJuda, nababhali, nabapristi, namaLevi, nalo lonke uquqaba lwabaJuda ebandleni labo; Nizokwenzani ngalo muntu? 4 Ungumuntu owenze izimangaliso eziningi eziwusizo nezikhazimulayo, ezingakaze zenziwe muntu emhlabeni, futhi ongeke aphinde asebenze. Myeke ahambe, ungamlimazi; uma evela kuNkulunkulu, izimangaliso zakhe, (ukuphulukisa kwakhe okuyisimangaliso) ziyoqhubeka; kodwa uma ivela kubantu, iyokwenziwa ize. 5 Kanjalo uMose, lapho ethunywe nguNkulunkulu eGibithe, wazenza izimangaliso uNkulunkulu amyala ngazo phambi kukaFaro inkosi yaseGibithe; nakuba izanusi zalelo zwe, oJane noJambre, zazenza ngemilingo yazo izibonakaliso zikaMose azenzayo, nokho zazingenakuzenza zonke azenzayo; 6 Futhi izibonakaliso ezazenzayo izanusi aziveli kuNkulunkulu, njengoba nazi nina babhali nabaFarisi; kodwa abazenzayo babhubha, labo bonke abakholwa yizo. 7 Manje myekeni ahambe; ngoba zona kanye izimangaliso enimmangalela ngazo zivela kuNkulunkulu; futhi akafanele ukufa. 8 Ngakho abaJuda bathi kuNikodemu: Kambe usungumfundi wakhe yini, njalo ukhuluma amazwi alungileyo kuye? 9 UNikodima wasesithi kubo: Umbusi laye usengumfundi wakhe, njalo uyamkhulumela yini? Akazange yini uKhesari ambeke kuleso sikhundla esiphakeme? 10 Kwathi abaJuda bekuzwa lokho bathuthumela, bagedla amazinyo kuNikhodemu, bathi kuye: Ungamukela imfundiso yakhe ngeqiniso, ube lesabelo sakho loKristu! 11 UNikodima waphendula wathi: Amen; ngiyakwamukela isifundiso sakhe, nenkatho yami kanye naye, njengokusho kwenu. 12 Kwasekusukuma omunye umJuda, wacela kumbusi ukuthi amuzwe kancinyane. 13 Umbusi wasesithi: Khuluma lokho okubonayo. 14 Wathi: “Ngalala iminyaka engamashumi amathathu nesishiyagalombili ngasechibini lezimvu eJerusalema, ngisebenza kanzima ebuthakathakeni obukhulu, ngilindele ukuphulukiswa okuza kwenziwa ngokufika kwengelosi, eyanyakazisa amanzi ngesikhathi esithile. ; futhi lowo owangena kuqala emva kokuzanyazanyiswa kwamanzi, wayesindiswa kunoma yisiphi isifo ayenaso. 15 Kwathi uJesu engibona ngidangele khona, wathi kimi: Uyathanda yini ukusinda? Ngaphendula ngathi: Nkosi, kangilamuntu ongangifaka echibini, nxa amanzi ezanyanyiswa. 16 Wasesithi kimi: Sukuma, uthabathe icansi lakho, uhambe. Ngasindiswa masinyane, ngathabatha uhlaka lwami, ngahamba. 17 Ngakho abaJuda bathi kuPilatu: Nkosi yethu, Mbusi, cela umbuze ukuthi lusuku luni aphulukiswa ngalo ebuthakathakeni bakhe. 18 Ogulayo waphendula wathi: Kwakungesabatha. 19 AmaJuda athi kuPilatu: Kasitshongo yini ukuthi waphilisa ngesabatha, wakhupha amadimoni ngombusi wamadimoni? 20 Kwasekuphuma omunye umJuda 7 wathi: Ngangiyisiphofu, ngizwa imisindo, kodwa ngingaboni muntu; kwathi uJesu ehamba, ngezwa isixuku sidlula, ngabuza ukuthi kukhonani na? 21 Bangitshela ukuthi uJesu uyadlula; ngase ngimemeza, ngathi: Jesu, Ndodana kaDavide, ngihawukele! Wasesima, walaya ukuthi ngilethwe kuye, wathi kimi: Uthandani? 22 Ngathi: Nkosi, ukuze ngibone. 23 Yathi kimi: ‘Bona!’ masinyane ngabona, ngamlandela ngithokoza, ngibonga. 24 Kwasekuphuma omunye umJuda, wathi: Ngangilobulephero; ngasengihlanjululwa ochokweni lwami. 25 Kwasekuphuma omunye umJuda, wathi: Mina ngangiyisigwegwe;
26 Owesifazane othile ogama lakhe linguVeronica wathi: “Nganginomopho iminyaka eyishumi nambili, ngathinta umphetho wengubo yakhe, kwanqamuka masinyane ukugobhoza kwegazi lami. 27 Ngakho amaJuda athi: Silomlayo wokuthi owesifazana kayikuvunyelwa abe ngubufakazi. 28 Ngemva kokunye, omunye umJuda wathi: “Ngabona uJesu eme emtjhadweni nabafundi bakhe. 29 Kwathi iwayini seliphuzile, wayala izinceku ukuba zigcwalise izimbiza eziyisithupha ezazilapho ngamanzi, zawagcwalisa kwaze kwafika emlonyeni, wawabusisa, waphendula amanzi aba iwayini, nabantu bonke. waphuza, emangala ngalesi simangaliso. 30 Kwasekusukuma omunye umJuda, wathi: Ngabona uJesu efundisa esinagogeni eKapenawume; kwakukhona esinagogeni umuntu othile owayenedemoni; wamemeza, wathi: Ngiyeke; Sinamsebenzi muni nawe Jesu waseNazaretha? Uze ukusibhubhisa na? Ngiyazi ukuthi ungoNgcwele kaNkulunkulu. 31 UJesu wamkhuza, wathi: Thula, moya ongcolileyo, uphume kumuntu; wahle waphuma kuye, akamlimazanga neze. 32 Lalokhu okulandelayo kwakhulunywa ngumFarisi; Ngabona ukuthi isixuku esikhulu siza kuJesu sivela eGalile, naseJudiya, nasogwini lolwandle, nasezifundeni eziningi zaseJordani, nabagulayo abaningi beza kuye, wabaphulukisa bonke. 33 Ngase ngizwa omoya abangcolileyo bekhala, bethi: “Wena uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu. UJesu wazilaya ukuthi zingamenzi aziwe. 34 Emva kwalokho omunye, ogama lakhe linguCenturiyo, wathi: “Ngabona uJesu eKapernawume, ngamncenga, ngathi: ‘Nkosi, inceku yami ilele endlini ofe uhlangothi. 35 UJesu wasesithi kimi: Ngizakuza ngimphulukise. 36 Kodwa ngathi: Nkosi, kangifanele ukuthi ungene ngaphansi kophahla lwami; kepha khuluma izwi kuphela, khona inceku yami iyakusinda. 37 UJesu wasesithi kimi: Hamba; futhi njengoba ukholiwe, makube njalo kuwe. Futhi inceku yami yasinda kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. 38 Kepha isikhulu esithile sathi: “Benginendodana eKapernawume isizakufa; kwathi sengizwile ukuthi uJesu usefikile eGalile, ngaya kuye ngamncenga ukuba ehlele endlini yami, aphulukise indodana yami, ngokuba yayisigulela ukufa. 39 Wathi kimi: Hamba, indodana yakho iphilile. 40 Futhi indodana yami yelashwa kusukela kulelo hora. 41 Ngaphandle kwalaba, labanye abanengi babaJuda, abesilisa labesifazana, bamemeza bathi: Isibili yona iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, eyelapha zonke izifo kuphela ngelizwi, lamadimoni angaphansi kwayo ngokupheleleyo. 42 Abanye babo baqhubeka bathi: Lawa mandla kawaveli koyedwa ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu. 43 UPilatu wasesithi kumaJuda: Kungani amadimoni engabathobi abafundisi benu? 44 Abanye babo bathi: Amandla okuthobisa amadimoni angephume ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu. 45 Kodwa abanye bathi kuPilatu ukuthi uvusile uLazaru kwabafileyo, esenezinsuku ezine ethuneni lakhe. 46 Umbusi ekuzwa lokhu ethuthumela wathi esixukwini sabaJuda: Kuzakusizani ukuchitha igazi elingelacala? ISAHLUKO 6 1 Khona uPilatu esebizile ndawonye uNikodemu namadoda ayishumi nanhlanu ayethi uJesu akazalwanga ngokuphinga, wathi kubo: “Ngizakwenzani, lokhu kukhona isiyaluyalu phakathi kwabantu? 2 Basebesithi kuye: Kasazi; mababheke abavusa isiphithiphithi. 3 Khona uPilatu wabuye wabiza isixuku, wathi kuso: “Niyazi ukuthi ninomkhuba wokuthi nginikhululele isiboshwa sibe sinye ngomkhosi wePhasika; 4 nginesiboshwa esidumile, umbulali, othiwa uBaraba, noJesu othiwa uKristu, engingafumani kuye lutho olufanele ukufa; Ngakho yimuphi kubo enithanda ukuba nginikhululele kini? 5 Bamemeza bonke, bathi: Sikhulule uBaraba. 6 UPilatu wathi kubo: Pho ngimenzeni uJesu othiwa uKristu? 7 Baphendula bonke, bathi: Kabethelwe esiphambanweni. 8 Basebememeza futhi, bathi kuPilatu: Kawusuye umhlobo kaKesari, uba umkhulula lumuntu? ngokuba umemezele ukuthi uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, futhi uyinkosi. Kepha nina nithanda ukuba abe yinkosi, kungabi nguKhesari na?
9 Khona uPilatu egcwele intukuthelo, wathi kubo: “Isizwe sakini silokhu sihlubuka njalo, nina-ke nihlala nimelene nabasebenzi benu na? 10 AmaJuda aphendula athi: Ngobani labo abasisebenzelayo? 11 UPilatu waphendula wathi kubo: UNkulunkulu wenu owanikhulula ebugqileni obulukhuni bamaGibhithe, waniwela uLwandle Olubomvu kungathi umhlabathi owomileyo, wanondla ehlane ngemana nenyama yezigwaca, waletha amanzi. edwaleni, wakunika umthetho ovela ezulwini. 12 Namcunula ngazo zonke izindlela, nazifunela ithole elibunjiweyo, nakhuleka kulo, nahlabela kulo, nithi: ‘Naba onkulunkulu bakho, Israyeli, abakukhipha ezweni laseGibithe. 13 Ngenxa yalokho uNkulunkulu wakho ayethambekele ukukubhubhisa; kepha uMose wanikhulekela, uNkulunkulu wenu wamuzwa, wathethelela ububi benu. 14 Emva kwalokho navuthela ngolaka, nafuna ukubulala abaprofethi benu, oMose no-Aroni, lapho bebalekela etendeni lokuhlangana, nikhonona njalo ngoNkulunkulu nabaprofethi. 15 Esesukuma esihlalweni sakhe sokwahlulela, ubefuna ukuphuma; kodwa abaJuda bamemeza bonke, bathi: Thina sivuma uKesari ukuthi uyinkosi, hatshi uJesu. 16 Kwathi lo muntu esezelwe, kwafika izazi, zamphathela izipho; Kwathi uHerode ekuzwa, wakhathazeka kakhulu, wafuna ukumbulala. 17 Uyise esekwazi lokho wabaleka laye lonina uMariya, baya eGibhithe. UHerode, esezwile ukuthi uzelwe, wafuna ukumbulala; wathumela wabulala bonke abantwana baseBetlehema nakuyo yonke imikhawulo yalo, kusukela kwabaneminyaka emibili nangaphansi. 18 Kwathi uPilatu ekuzwa lokho wesaba; esekhuza isixuku, sathula, sathi kuJesu: “Wena uyinkosi na? 19 Bonke abaJuda baphendula uPilatu bathi: Nguye kanye lowo uHerodi abefuna ukumbulala. 20 UPilatu wasethatha amanzi, wageza izandla phambi kwabantu, wathi: Kangilacala ngegazi lalumuntu olungileyo; zibhekeni nina. 21 AmaJuda aphendula athi: Igazi lakhe malibe phezu kwethu labantwana bethu. 22 UPilatu waselaya ukuthi uJesu alethwe phambi kwakhe, wakhuluma kuye lamazwi: 23 Isizwe sakini sikuyalile ngokuthi uzenza inkosi; ngalokho-ke mina, Pilatu, ngikugwebela ukuba ushaywe ngokwemithetho yababusi bangaphambili; nokuthi uboshwe kuqala, bese ulengiswa esiphambanweni kuleyo ndawo oyisiboshwa kuyo manje; kanye nezigebengu ezimbili ezikanye nawe, amagama azo ngoDima noGesta. ISAHLUKO 7 1 UJesu wasephuma egcekeni lamasela amabili laye. 2 Sebefikile endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi yiGolgotha, bamhlubula izingubo zakhe, bambhincisa indwangu yelineni, bamthwesa umqhele wameva, bafaka umhlanga esandleni sakhe. 3 Benze njalo nakuzo izigebengu ezimbili ezazibethelwe kanye naye, uDima ngakwesokunene sakhe noGestasi ngakwesokhohlo sakhe. 4 Kodwa uJesu wathi: Baba, bathethelele; Ngoba abakwazi abakwenzayo. 5 Babelana izingubo zakhe, benza inkatho yokuphosa ngesambatho sakhe. 6 Ngaleso sikhathi isixuku sasimi, nabapristi abakhulu namalunga abaJuda bamklolodela, bathi: “Wasindisa abanye; uma eyindodana kaNkulunkulu, makehle manje esiphambanweni. 7 Namasosha amklolodela, ethatha uviniga nenyongo amnika ukuba anathe, athi kuye: “Uma uyinkosi yabaJuda zikhulule. 8 Khona-ke uLonginus, isosha elithile, wathatha umkhonto, 1 wamgwaza ohlangothini, futhi masinyane kwaphuma igazi namanzi. 9 UPilatu waloba isihloko esiphambanweni ngezinhlamvu zesiHeberu, zesiLatini, nezesiGreki, iziz. Le yinkosi yamaJuda. 10 Kodwa omunye wabaphangi ababili ababebethelwe kanye loJesu, ibizo lakhe lalinguGestasi, wathi kuJesu: Uba wena unguKristu, zikhulule wena lathi. 11 Kodwa isela elalibethelwe ngakwesokunene saso, ibizo lakhe linguDima, laphendula, lamkhuza lathi: Kawumesabi yini uNkulunkulu olahlwe yilesi sijeziso? Ngempela samukela ngokufanelekile nangokufanelekile ukufaneleka kwezenzo zethu; kodwa uJesu lo, wenze ububi bani?
12 Ngemva kokububula lokho wathi kuJesu: Nkosi, ngikhumbule, nxa usufikile embusweni wakho. 13 UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Lamuhla uzakuba lami eParadisi. ISAHLUKO 8 1 Kwakungaba yihora lesithupha, ubumnyama babuphezu komhlaba wonke kwaze kwaba yihora lesishiyagalolunye. 2 Kwathi selishonile ilanga, bheka, isihenqo sethempeli sadabuka kusukela phezulu kuze kufike phansi; namadwala aqhekezwa, namathuna avuleka, nemizimba eminingi yabangcwele ababelele yavuka. 3 Kwathi sekungaba lihola lesificamunwemunye uJesu wamemeza ngelizwi elikhulu, esithi: Hawu! okungukuthi ngokuhunyushwa: Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungishiyeleni na? 4 Emva kwalokho uJesu wathi: “Baba, ezandleni zakho ngiyawubeka umoya wami; eseshilo lokho wafa. 5 Kodwa induna yekhulu yathi ibona ukuthi uJesu wakhala ngokunjalo wafa, yakhazimulisa uNkulunkulu, yathi: Ngeqiniso lo ubengumuntu olungileyo. 6 Bonke abantu ababemi khona bethuka kakhulu ngalombono; becabanga ngalokho okwenzekileyo, bashaya izifuba zabo, base bebuyela emzini waseJerusalema. 7 Induna yekhulu yaya kumbusi, yamlandisa konke okwenzekileyo; 8 Esezwile zonke lezizinto wadabuka kakhulu; 9 Wayesebizela ndawonye amaJuda, wathi kuwo: “Nisibonile isibonakaliso sokushona kwelanga nezinye izinto ezenzekayo lapho uJesu efa? 10 Kwathi amaJuda esezwile, aphendula umbusi athi: Ukusitheka kwelanga kwenzakale njengomkhuba wako. 11 Kodwa bonke ababemazi uKristu bema khatshana, labesifazana ababemlandela uJesu besuka eGalili, bebona zonke lezizinto. 12 Njalo khangela, indoda ethile yeArimathiya, ibizo layo nguJosefa, eyayingumfundi kaJesu laye, kodwa ingekho obala, ngokwesaba abaJuda, yeza kumbusi, yancenga umbusi ukuthi amvumele ukuthi asuse umbusi. umzimba kaJesu esiphambanweni. 13 Umbusi wasemvumela. 14 Kwase kufika uNikodemu ephethe ingxube yenhlaka nenhlaba engaba amapondo ayikhulu; bamehlisa uJesu esiphambanweni ngezinyembezi, bambopha ngezindwangu zamakha, njengomkhuba wokumbela phakathi kwabaJuda; 15 Wambeka ethuneni elisha uJosefa alalakhileyo, waqopha edwaleni, okungakabekwa muntu kulo; base begingqela itshe elikhulu emnyango wethuna. ISAHLUKO 9 1 Kwathi abaJuda abangalungile bezwa ukuthi uJosefa unxusile wangcwaba isidumbu sikaJesu, afuna uNikodima; nalawo madoda ayishumi nanhlanu ayefakaze phambi koMbusi, ukuthi uJesu akazalwanga ngobufebe, nabanye abantu abalungileyo ababebonise izenzo ezinhle kuye. 2 Kodwa bonke sebecashile ngokwesaba amaJuda, uNikodima yedwa wazibonakalisa kubo, wathi: “Bangangena kanjani esinagogeni abanjengalaba na? 3 AmaJuda amphendula athi: Kodwa waba lesibindi kangakanani ukungena esinagogeni ungumhlanganyeli loKristu? Isabelo sakho masibe kanye naye kwelinye izwe. 4 UNikodima waphendula wathi: Amen; makube njalo, ngibe naye isabelo sami embusweni wakhe. 5 Ngokunjalo uJosefa esefikile kumaJuda, wathi kuwo, Lingithukutheleleleni ngokucela isidumbu sikaJesu kaPilatu? Bheka, ngimbekile ethuneni lami, ngimsongile ngelineni elicolekileyo, ngibeke itshe ngasemnyango wethuna; 6 Ngenzé ngokufaneleyo kuye; kepha nimthukile ngokungafanele lowo olungileyo ngokumbethela esiphambanweni, nimnike uviniga, nimthwese umqhele wameva, niklebhule umzimba wakhe ngeziswebhu, nikhulekele icala legazi lakhe phezu kwenu. 7 AmaJuda ekuzwa lokho akhathazeka, akhathazeka; basebembamba uJosefa, balaya ukuthi afakwe entolongweni lingakafiki isabatha, agcinwe khona lize lidlule isabatha. 8 Basebesithi kuye: Vuma; ngokuba ngalesi sikhathi akuvunyelwe ukukulimaza, kuze kufike usuku lokuqala lweviki. Kodwa siyazi
ukuthi kawufanele ukungcwatshwa; kodwa inyama yakho siyakuyinika izinyoni zezulu nezilwane zomhlaba. 9 UJosefa waphendula wathi: Leyo nkulumo ifana nenkulumo kaGoliyathi ozidlayo, owahlambalaza uNkulunkulu ophilayo ngokukhuluma kabi ngoDavide. Kodwa nina babhali nodokotela niyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu washo ngomprofethi ukuthi: Ngeyami impindiselo, futhi ngizonibuyisela okubi njengalokho enangisongela ngakho. 10 UNkulunkulu owamphanyeka esiphambanweni uyakwazi ukungikhulula esandleni sakho. Bonke ububi bakho buyobuyela phezu kwakho. 11 Ngoba umbusi egeza izandla zakhe wathi: Mina ngikhululekile egazini lalumuntu olungileyo. Kepha nina naphendula, nikhala, lithi: 'Igazi lakhe malibe phezu kwethu nabantwana bethu.' Njengalokho nishilo, manibhubhe kuze kube phakade. 12 Amalunga abaJuda ezwa lawa mazwi, athukuthela kakhulu; bambamba uJosefa, bambeka ekamelweni elingenafasitele; babopha umnyango, bafaka uphawu ekhiyeni; 13 U-Anase noKayafase babeka umlindi kuso, bacebisana nabapristi namaLevi ukuba bahlangane bonke emva kwesabatha; 14 Kwathi sebekwenzile lokho, iziphathamandla, oAnasi loKayafasi, zalaya ukuthi uJosefa alethwe. ISAHLUKO 10 1 Ibandla lonke selikuzwa lokho, lamangala, lamangala, ngokuba lafumana uphawu lunye ekhiyeni yekamelo, kepha abamfumananga uJosefa. 2 Base bephuma o-Anase noKayafase, besababaza ukuhamba kukaJosefa, bheka, elinye lamasosha elilinda ithuna likaJesu likhuluma ebandleni. 3 Kwathi belinda ingcwaba likaJesu, kwaba khona ukuzamazama komhlaba; futhi sabona ingelosi kaNkulunkulu igingqa itshe lengcwaba futhi yahlala phezu kwalo; 4 Ubuso bakhe babunjengombani, ingubo yakhe injengeqhwa; futhi ngokwesaba saba njengabafileyo. 5 Sezwa ingelosi isithi kwabesifazane ethuneni likaJesu: “Ningesabi; Ngiyazi ukuthi nifuna uJesu obebethelwe; uvukile njengokusho kwakhe. 6 Wozani nibone indawo lapho ebebekwe khona; hambani masinyane, nitshele abafundi bakhe ukuthi uvukile kwabafileyo, futhi uzakunandulela ukuya eGalile; lizambona lapho njengokutsho kwakhe kini. 7 Ngakho amaJuda abizela ndawonye wonke amabutho ayelinda ingcwaba likaJesu, athi kuwo: Ngobani labo besifazane, ingilosi ekhulume labo? Anizibambanga ngani na? 8 Amabutho aphendula athi: Kasazi ukuthi abesifazane babengobani; ngaphandle kwalokho saba njengabafile ngokwesaba, futhi sasingababamba kanjani labo besifazane? 9 AmaJuda athi kubo: Kuphila kweNkosi thina kasikholwa lina. 10 Amasosha aphendula athi kumaJuda, lapho nibona futhi nimuzwa uJesu enza izibonakaliso ezingaka, futhi ningakholwa nguye, nizosikholwa kanjani na? Nisho kahle ukuthi: 'Kuphila kukaJehova, isibili iphila iNkosi.' 11 Sizwile ukuthi namvalela uJosefa owangcwaba isidumbu sikaJesu ekamelweni, ngaphansi kwesihluthulelo esivaliweyo; nalivula, animfumananga khona. 12 Ngakho-ke ningamkhipha yini uJosefa enamgada ekamelweni, futhi sizomveza uJesu esasimgadile ethuneni. 13 AmaJuda aphendula athi: Thina sizaveza uJosefa; Kodwa uJosefa usemzini wakubo e-Arimathiya. 14 Amabutho aphendula athi: Uba uJosefa eseArimathiya, loJesu eseGalili, sayizwa ingilosi itshela abesifazana. 15 AmaJuda ekuzwa lokho esaba, akhulumisana athi: Uba lezizinto zingavela obala, bonke bazakholwa kuJesu. 16 Basebebutha imali enengi, bayinika amabutho, besithi: Litshela amaxuku yini ukuthi abafundi bakaJesu beza ngobusuku lilele basebeba isidumbu sikaJesu; uma uPilatu umbusi ekuzwa lokho, thina siyakumnelisa, sinivikele. 17 Amasosha ayeseyithatha-ke imali, asho njengokuyalelwa kwawo ngamaJuda; futhi umbiko wabo wasakazwa phakathi kwabantu. 18 Kepha umpristi othile uFinehasi, no-Ada umfundisi, nomLevi, ogama lakhe lingu-Agewu, bafika bona bebathathu bevela eGalile
beza eJerusalema, babikela abapristi abakhulu nabo bonke ababesemasinagogeni, bathi: 19 Simbonile uJesu enambethela esiphambanweni, ekhuluma nabafundi bakhe abayishumi nanye, ehlezi phakathi kwabo eNtabeni Yeminqumo, ethi kubo: 20 Hambani niye emhlabeni wonke, nishumayele iVangeli ezizweni zonke, nibabhapathize egameni likaYise, neleNdodana, nelikaMoya oNgcwele; futhi yilowo nalowo okholwa futhi abhapathizwe uyakusindiswa. 21 Eseshilo lokho kubafundi bakhe, sambona enyukela ezulwini. 22 Kwathi abapristi abakhulu labadala lamaLevi sebezwile lezizinto, bathi kulawomadoda amathathu: Dumisani uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, livume kuye, ukuthi liqiniso yini lezizinto enizikhulumayo elizibonileyo lelizwile. . 23 Basebephendula bathi: Kuphila kweNkosi yawobaba, uNkulunkulu kaAbrahama, loNkulunkulu kaIsaka, loNkulunkulu kaJakobe, njengalokho samuzwa uJesu ekhuluma labafundi bakhe, lanjengoba sambona enyukela ezulwini. , ngakho-ke sikutshele iqiniso. 24 Amadoda amathathu aphendula phambili, athi, enezela lawa mazwi: “Uma singawamukeli amazwi esawazwa uJesu ewakhuluma, sambona enyukela ezulwini, sizoba necala lesono. 25 Khona-ke abapristi abakhulu basukuma masinyane, bephethe incwadi yomthetho ngezandla zabo, bafungisa laba bantu, bathi: “Ningabe nisakhuluma ngalezo zinto enizikhulume ngoJesu. 26 Babapha imali eningi, bathuma nabanye abantu kanye nabo ukuba babahambisele ezweni lakubo, ukuze bangahlali eJerusalema. 27 Ngakho abaJuda babuthana ndawonye, bakhuluma ngokudabuka okukhulu, bathi: Kuyini lokhu okumangalisayo okwenzeke eJerusalema? 28 Kepha oAnase noKayafase babaduduza, bathi: “Kungani siyakukholwa amasosha alinda ithuna likaJesu, esitshela ukuthi ingelosi yagingqa itshe, yalisusa emnyango wethuna na? 29 Mhlawumbe abafundi bakhe uqobo babatshela lokho, babapha imali ukuthi batsho njalo, basebethatha isidumbu sikaJesu. 30 Futhi-ke qaphelani lokhu, ukuthi akukho ukubongwa kwabezizwe, ngokuba nabo bathatha inani elikhulu kithi, basibikela ngokwemiyalo esabayala ngayo. Kumelwe bathembeke kithi, noma kubafundi bakaJesu. ISAHLUKO 11 1 Wayesesukuma uNikodima, wathi: “Nisho kahle, bantwana bakwaIsrayeli, nizwile lokho amadoda amathathu azifunga ngomthetho kaNkulunkulu, ethi: ‘Simbonile uJesu ekhuluma nabafundi bakhe entabeni ye-Oliva, sabona. enyukela ezulwini. 2 Futhi umbhalo ongcwele usifundisa ukuthi umprofethi obusisiwe uEliya wanyuselwa ezulwini; uElisha wabuzwa amadodana abaprofethi, wathi: "Uphi ubaba wethu u-Eliya na?" Wasesithi kubo, uphakanyiselwe ezulwini. 3 Amadodana abaprofethi athi kuye: “Mhlawumbe umoya umkhuphulele kwenye yezintaba zakwa-Israyeli, mhlawumbe singamfumana khona. Bamncenga u-Elisha, wahamba nabo izinsuku ezintathu, kepha abamfumananga. 4 Manje ngizweni, O bantwana bakwa-Israyeli, futhi masithumele amadoda ezintabeni zakwa-Israyeli, funa mhlawumbe umoya umthathile uJesu, futhi lapho mhlawumbe siyomthola futhi saneliswe. 5 Iseluleko sikaNikodemu sabajabulisa bonke abantu; bathuma abantu ukumfuna uJesu, kepha abamfumananga; babuya, bathi: “Sahambahamba, kepha asimfumananga uJesu, kepha samfumana uJosefa emzini wakubo wase-Arimathiya. 6 Izinduna kanye labantu bonke bezwa lokho bathokoza, bamdumisa uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ngoba uJosefa wayefunyenwe, ababemvalele ekamelweni, kodwa bengamtholanga. 7 Kwathi sebebumbe umhlangano omkhulu, abapristi abakhulu bathi: Sizamletha njani uJosefa kithi ukuze sikhulume laye? 8 Base bethatha iphepha, bambhalela, bathi: Ukuthula makube kuwe nomndeni wakho wonke. Siyazi ukuthi sonile kuNkulunkulu nakuwe. Kujabuleleni ukusivakashela oyihlo, ngoba samangala kakhulu ngokweqa kwakho ejele. 9 Siyazi ukuthi bekungamasu amabi esalibekela wona, nokuthi uJehova ukukhathalele, nokuthi uJehova wakukhulula emaqhingeni ethu. Ukuthula makube kuwe, Josefa, wena ohloniphekayo phakathi kwabantu bonke.
10 Base bekhetha abayisikhombisa kubangane bakaJosefa, bathi kubo: “Nxa nifika kuJosefa, nimkhonze ngokuthula, nimnike le ncwadi. 11 Ngakho, lapho amadoda efika kuJosefa, ambingelela ngokuthula, amnika incwadi. 12 UJosefa eseyifundile wathi: Kayibusiswe iNkosi uJehova, eyangikhulula kubantwana bakoIsrayeli, ukuze bangakwazi ukuchitha igazi lami. Makabongwe uNkulunkulu ongivikele phansi kwamaphiko akho. 13 UJosefa wasebanga, wabangenisa endlini yakhe. Kwathi ngangomuso uJosefa wagibela imbongolo yakhe, wahamba nabo, baya eJerusalema. 14 Kwathi bonke abaJuda sebezwile lezizinto, baphuma ukumhlangabeza, bamemeza besithi: Ukuthula makube lapha, baba uJosefa. 15 Yasiphendula yathi: Impumelelo evela eNkosini ibe phezu kwabantu bonke. 16 Basebemanga bonke; uNikodima wamyisa endlini yakhe, eselungise idili elikhulu. 17 Kepha ngangomuso, kulusuku lokulungisela, o-Anase, noKayafase, noNikodemu, bathi kuJosefa: “Vuma kuNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, usiphendule yonke imibuzo esizakubuza yona; 18 Ngoba sakhathazeka kakhulu, ukuthi wangcwaba isidumbu sikaJesu; nokuthi, lapho sikukhiyele ekamelweni, asikufumananga; kusukela ngaleso sikhathi siyesaba kuze kube yilesi sikhathi sokubonakala kwakho phakathi kwethu. Ngakho usitshele phambi kukaNkulunkulu, konke okwenzekileyo. 19 UJosefa waphendula wathi: "Nangivalela impela ngosuku lokulungisela kwaze kwaba sekuseni." 20 Kodwa ngisami emthandazweni phakathi kobusuku, indlu izungezwe izingelosi ezine; futhi ngabona uJesu njengokukhanya kwelanga, futhi ngawela phansi emhlabeni ngenxa yokwesaba. 21 Kodwa uJesu wabamba isandla sami, wangiphakamisa emhlabathini, futhi amazolo afafazwa phezu kwami; kodwa wesula ubuso bami, wanganga, wathi kimi: Ungesabi, Josefa; ngibhekeni, ngokuba yimina. 22 Ngase ngimbuka, ngathi: Rabboni Eliya! Wangiphendula wathi: Angisuye uEliya, kodwa uJesu waseNazaretha, isidumbu sakhe owammbela. 23 Ngathi kuye: Ngibonise ithuna engikubeke kulo. 24 UJesu wangibamba ngesandla, wangiyisa endaweni lapho engangimbeke khona, wangibonisa izindwangu zelineni nendwangu engakwembathisa ikhanda lakhe. Ngase ngazi ukuthi nguJesu, ngakhuleka kuye, ngathi: Makabongwe ozayo egameni leNkosi. 25 UJesu waphinda wangibamba ngesandla, wangiyisa eArimathiya endlini yami, wathi kimi: Ukuthula makube kuwe; kepha ungaphumi endlini yakho kuze kube lusuku lwamashumi amane; kodwa ngimelwe ukuya kubafundi bami. ISAHLUKO 12 1 Kwathi abapristi abakhulu bekuzwa konke lokho bamangala, bawa ngobuso emhlabathini njengabafile, bamemeza omunye komunye, bathi: Siyini lesi sibonakaliso esimangalisayo esenziwe eJerusalema? Siyamazi ubaba nonina kaJesu. 2 UmLevi othile wathi: “Ngiyabazi abaningi bezihlobo zakhe abakhonzayo, abajwayele ukunikela ngemihlatshelo neminikelo yokushiswa kuNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli ethempelini, bekhuleka. 3 Kwathi uSimeyoni umpristi omkhulu esemgona. wathi kuye: “Nkosi, manje uyayiyeka inceku yakho ihambe ngokuthula njengezwi lakho; ngokuba amehlo ami abonile insindiso yakho, oyilungisileyo phambi kobuso babantu bonke: ukukhanya okukhanyisela abezizwe, nenkazimulo yabantu bakho u-Israyeli. 4 Naye uSimeyoni wambusisa uMariya unina kaJesu, wathi kuye: “Ngiyakutshela ngomntwana lowo; Umiselwe ukuwa nokuvuka kwabaningi, abe yisibonakaliso esiyophikiswa. 5 Yebo, inkemba iyodabula nowakho umphefumulo futhi, futhi nemicabango yezinhliziyo eziningi iyokwambulwa. 6 Ngakho wonke amaJuda athi: Asithumele kulawomadoda amathathu, athi ambone ekhuluma labafundi bakhe eNtabeni Yeminqumo. 7 Emva kwalokho bababuza ukuthi baboneni; abaphendula nganhliziyonye bathi: Phambi kukaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli
siyafakaza ukuthi sambona uJesu ekhuluma nabafundi bakhe eNtabeni Yeminqumo, enyukela ezulwini. 8 Khona-ke u-Anase noKayafase babathathela ezindaweni ezihlukene, babaphenya ngokuhlukana; abavuma ngazwilinye iqiniso, bathi bambonile uJesu. 9 Basebesithi oAnasi loKayafasi: Umthetho wethu uthi: Ngomlomo wabofakazi ababili kumbe abathathu wonke amazwi azaqiniswa. 10 Kodwa sithini? U-Enoke obusisiwe wajabulisa uNkulunkulu, futhi wahunyushwa ngezwi likaNkulunkulu; lengcwaba likaMozisi obusisiweyo liyaziwa. 11 Kodwa uJesu wanikelwa kuPilatu, ebhaxabulwe, wathweswa umqhele wameva, wakhafulelwa, wagwazwa ngomkhonto, wabethelwa esiphambanweni, wafa esiphambanweni, wangcwatshwa, lesidumbu sakhe uJosefa ohloniphekayo wangcwatshwa ethuneni elitsha, futhi ufakaza ukuthi wambona ephila. 12 Ngaphandle kwalaba babikile ukuthi bambonile ekhuluma nabafundi bakhe eNtabeni Yeminqumo, enyukela ezulwini. 13 UJosefa wayesesukuma. wathi kuAnase noKayafase: Ningamangala ngokufanele, ngokuba nibikelwe ukuthi uJesu uyaphila, futhi wenyukela ezulwini. 14 Kuyisimangaliso ngempela, ukuthi akavuki yena yedwa kwabafileyo, kodwa futhi avuse nabanye emathuneni abo, ababonwe ngabaningi eJerusalema. 15 Manje ngizwe kancane: Sonke sasimazi uSimeyoni obusisiwe, umpristi omkhulu, owabamba uJesu esewusana wamgona ethempelini. 16 Yena loSimeyoni wayenamadodana akhe amabili, futhi sasikhona sonke ekufeni nasekungcwatshweni kwawo. 17 Ngakho hambani nibone amathuna abo, ngokuba avuliwe, bavukile; bhekani, basemzini wase-Arimathiya, bechitha isikhathi sabo ndawonye ezikhundleni zokukhulekela. 18 Abanye, ngempela, bawuzwile umsindo wamazwi abo emthandazweni, kodwa ngeke bakhulume nanoma ubani, kodwa baqhubeka beyisimungulu njengabafile. 19 Kodwa wozani, siye kubo, futhi siziphathe kubo ngenhlonipho yonke efanele kanye nokuqapha. Futhi uma singabenza bafunge, mhlawumbe bazositshela ezinye zezimfihlakalo zokuvuka kwabo. 20 Kwathi amaJuda ekuzwa lokho athokoza kakhulu. 21 Khona-ke oAnase, noKayafase, noNikodemu, noJosefa, noGamaliyeli, baya e-Arimathiya, kodwa ababatholanga emathuneni abo; kodwa bezulazula emzini, bababopha ngamadolo abo aguqa ekukhulekeleni kwabo. 22 Bababingelela ngenhlonipho nangenhlonipho yonke kuNkulunkulu, babayisa esinagogeni eJerusalema; sebevale amasango, bathatha incwadi yomthetho weNkosi. 23 Esekubeke ezandleni zabo, wafunga ngoNkulunkulu iNkosi, noNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, owakhuluma kokhokho bethu ngomthetho nabaprofethi, ethi: Uma nikholwa ukuthi unguJesu owanivusa kwabafileyo, yishoni. thina enikubonileyo, nokuthi navuswa kanjani kwabafileyo. 24 OKharinu noLenthiyu, amadodana amabili kaSimeyoni, bathuthumela lapho bezwa lezizinto, bakhathazeka, babubula; ngesikhathi esifanayo babheka phezulu ezulwini, benza isibonakaliso sesiphambano ngeminwe olimini lwabo. 25 Basebekhuluma masinyane, bathi: Siphe ngamunye wethu ingwalo, njalo sizalibhalela phansi zonke lezizinto esizibonileyo. Bahlala phansi, babhala, bathi: ISAHLUKO 13 1 O NKOSI Jesu noBaba, onguNkulunkulu, ngokunjalo novuko kanye nempilo yabafileyo, siphe ithuba lokumemezela izimfihlakalo zakho, esizibonile emva kokufa, ezesiphambano sakho; ngoba sifungile ibizo lakho. 2 Ngokuba uzenqabele izinceku zakho ukuthi zimemezele izinto eziyimfihlo, ezenziwa ngamandla akho obunkulunkulu esihogweni. 3 Ngenkathi sibekwe kanye nobaba bethu ekujuleni kwesihogo, ebumnyameni bobumnyama, ngokuphazima kweso kwavela umbala welanga onjengegolide, nokukhanya okunombala onsomi okukhulu kukhanyisa indawo. 4 Manje phezu kwalokhu, u-Adamu, uyise wesintu sonke, kanye nabo bonke okhokho kanye nabaphrofethi, wajabula futhi wathi: Lokho kukhanya kungumqambi wokukhanya okuphakade, othembise ukusihumushela ekukhanyeni okuphakade.
5 Khona-ke u-Isaya umprofethi wamemeza, futhi wathi: Lokhu kungukukhanya kukaBaba, neNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ngokwesiprofetho sami, lapho ngisaphila emhlabeni. 6 Izwe lakwaZabuloni nezwe lakwaNafetali ngaphesheya kweJordani, abantu ababehamba ebumnyameni, babona ukukhanya okukhulu; nabakhileyo ezweni lethunzi lokufa ukukhanya kuphumile. Manje usefikile, wasikhanyisela thina esasihlezi ekufeni. 7 Kwathi sisathokoza sonke ekukhanyeni okwasikhanyisela, ubaba uSimeyoni weza phakathi kwethu, walibusisa lonke ixuku, wathi: Khazimulisa iNkosi uJesu Kristu iNdodana kaNkulunkulu. 8 Engalugona izingalo zami lapho usana ethempelini, ngiqhutshwa nguMoya oNgcwele, ngathi kuye, futhi ngavuma, 1 ukuthi manje amehlo ami abonile insindiso yakho, oyilungisile phambi kobuso babantu bonke. , ukukhanya kokukhanyisa abezizwe nenkazimulo yabantu bakho u-Israyeli. 9 Bonke abangcwele ababesekujuleni kwesihogo bezwa lokho bathokoza kakhulu. 10 Emva kwalokho kwaphuma omunye onjengomunu omncane, wabuzwa yibo bonke ukuthi: Wena ungubani? 11 Yasiphendula yathi: Mina ngiyilizwi lomemeza enkangala, uJohane uMbhabhathizi, lomprofethi woPhezukonke, owahamba ngaphambi kokufika kwakhe ukulungisa indlela yakhe, ukunika ulwazi lwensindiso ebantwini bakhe. ukuthethelelwa kwezono. 12 Futhi mina Johane, ngesikhathi ngibona uJesu eza kimi, eqhutshwa nguMoya oNgcwele, ngathi: Bheka iWundlu likaNkulunkulu, bheka lowo osusa izono zomhlaba. 13 Ngambhapathiza emfuleni iJordani, ngabona uMoya oNgcwele ehlela phezu kwakhe enesimo sejuba, ngezwa izwi livela ezulwini, lithi: “Lo uyiNdodana yami ethandekayo engithokozile ngayo; 14 Manje ngisahamba phambi kwakhe, ngehlela lapha ukuze nginazise ukuthi iNdodana kaNkulunkulu izakusihambela ngokulandelayo, futhi njengentwasahlobo evela phezulu iza kithi thina abasebumnyameni nasebumnyameni. ithunzi lokufa. ISAHLUKO 14 1 Kepha umuntu wokuqala u-Adamu, ubaba wethu, ekuzwa lokho, ukuthi uJesu wabhapathizwa eJordani, wabiza uSeti indodana yakhe, wathi: 2 Tshela amadodana enu, okhokho nabaprofethi, zonke lezo zinto owazizwa kuMikayeli, ingelosi enkulu, lapho ngikuthuma emasangweni ePharadesi, ukuze uncenge uNkulunkulu ukuba agcobe ikhanda lami lapho ngigula. 3 Khona-ke uSeti, esondela kubokhokho nakubaprofethi, wathi: Mina Seti, lapho ngikhuleka kuNkulunkulu emasangweni ePharadesi, ngabona ingelosi yeNkosi, uMikayeli wabonakala kimi, ethi: Ngithunywe kuwe evela eNkosini. ; Ngibekwe ukuba ngengamele imizimba yabantu. 4 Ngithi kuwe, Seti, ungakhuleki kuNkulunkulu ngezinyembezi, umnxusele amafutha omuthi womusa, awugcobe ngawo uyihlo uAdamu ngenxa yobuhlungu bekhanda lakhe; 5 Ngokuba ungekuthole nangayiphi indlela kuze kube usuku nezikhathi zokugcina, kuze kudlule iminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezinhlanu namakhulu amahlanu. 6 Ngalesosikhathi uKristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu enesihawu esikhulu, uyoza emhlabeni ukuzovusa futhi umzimba womuntu kaAdamu, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ukuvusa imizimba yabafileyo, futhi lapho efika uyobhapathizwa eJordani; 7 Khona ngamafutha omusa wakhe uyobagcoba bonke abakholwa yiyo; futhi amafutha omusa wakhe ayoqhubeka ezizukulwaneni ezizayo, kulabo abayozalwa ngamanzi kanye nangoMoya oNgcwele ekuphileni okuphakade. 8 Futhi lapho ngaleso sikhathi iNdodana kaNkulunkulu enesihawu kakhulu, uKristu Jesu, izoza emhlabeni, iyokwethula ubaba wethu uAdamu ePharadesi, esihlahleni somusa. 9 Lapho bonke okhokho nabaprofethi bezwa zonke lezi zinto kuSeti, bajabula kakhulu. ISAHLUKO 15 1 Kwathi bonke abangcwele bethokoza, bheka, uSathane umbusi nombusi wokufa wathi kumbusi wesihogo:
2 Lungiselela ukwamukela uJesu waseNazaretha, owayezigqaja ngokuthi uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, nokho engumuntu osaba ukufa, wathi: “Umphefumulo wami ulusizi kuze kube sekufeni. 3 Ngaphandle kwalokho wenza okubi okuningi kimi nakwabanye abaningi; ngokuba labo engabenza izimpumputhe nezinyonga, nalabo engangibahluphile ngamademoni amaningana, wabaphulukisa ngezwi lakhe; yebo, nalabo engabaletha kuwe befile, uyabasusa kuwe ngamandla. 4 Umbusi wesihogo waphendula uSathane, wathi: Ngubani lowo mbusi onamandla, kanti futhi ungumuntu owesaba ukufa na? 5 Ngokuba bonke ababusi bomhlaba bangaphansi kwamandla ami, owabathobisa ngamandla akho. 6 Kodwa uma enamandla kangaka ebuntwini bakhe, ngifakazela kuwe ngeqiniso, ukuthi unamandla onke ngobuNkulunkulu bakhe, futhi akekho ongamelana namandla akhe. 7 Ngakho-ke lapho ethi yesaba ukufa wahlela ukukucupha, futhi kuyoba okubi kuwe kuze kube phakade. 8 USathane wasephendula wathi enduneni yesihogo: Kungani ungabaza, wesaba ukwamukela uJesu waseNazaretha, omelene lakho kanye lami? 9 Mina-ke, ngamlinga futhi ngavusa abantu bami abadala abaJuda ngentshiseko nangentukuthelo ngaye? 10 Ngalolela umkhonto ngenxa yokuhlupheka kwakhe; Ngahlanganisa inyongo noviniga, ngathi makaphuze; Ngalungisa isiphambano ukuba ngimbethele, nezipikili ukuba zibhoboze ezandleni nasezinyaweni zika-Ibis; manje ukufa kwakhe kuseduze, ngizamletha lapha, ngaphansi kwami lawe. 11 Isikhulu sendawo yabafileyo saphendula sathi: “Usushilo kimi manje ukuthi uthathile abafileyo kimi ngamandla; 12 Labo ababegcinwe lapha baze baphile futhi emhlabeni, basuswa lapha, hhayi ngamandla abo, kodwa ngemikhuleko eyenziwa kuNkulunkulu, futhi uNkulunkulu wabo onamandla onke wabasusa kimi. 13 Ungubani-ke lowoJesu waseNazaretha oze wasusa abafileyo kimi ngezwi lakhe ngaphandle kokukhuleka kuNkulunkulu na? 14 Mhlawumbe nguyena owasusa kimi uLazaru, esenezinsuku ezine efile, futhi wayesenuka futhi ebolile, futhi engangiba naye njengomuntu ofileyo, nokho wamvusa ngamandla akhe. . 15 USathane waphendula, waphendula umbusi wesihogo esithi: Nguye kanye uJesu weNazaretha. 16 Kwathi umbusi wesihogo esezwile, wathi kuye: Ngiyakufungisa ngamandla ami lawe, ukuthi ungamlethi kimi. 17 Ngokuba lapho ngizwa amandla ezwi lakhe, ngathuthumela ngokwesaba, futhi lonke ibandla lami elibi laphazamiseka kanyekanye; 18 Kepha asikwazanga ukumbamba uLazaru, kepha wazinyakazisa, wasuka masinyane kithi ngazo zonke izibonakaliso zobubi; futhi wona kanye umhlaba, lapho isidumbu sikaLazaru esasikuwo, wavele wamkhipha ephila. 19 Futhi manje ngiyazi ukuthi unguNkulunkulu uSomandla ongenza izinto ezinjalo, onamandla ebukhosini bakhe, futhi onamandla ngokwemvelo yomuntu, onguMsindisi wesintu. 20 Ngakho-ke ningamlethi lapha lo muntu, ngokuba uyokhulula bonke engibabambe etilongweni ngaphansi kokungakholwa, futhi eboshwe ngezibopho zezono zabo, futhi uyobaholela ekuphileni okuphakade. ISAHLUKO 16 1 Kwathi uSathane kanye nombusi wesihogo bekhuluma kanjalo omunye komunye, kungazelelwe kwezwakala izwi elinjengelokuduma nokuvunguza komoya, lithi: Phakamisani amasango enu, nina zikhulu; futhi phakamani, O masango aphakade, futhi iNkosi yenkazimulo iyongena. 2 Kwathi umbusi wesihogo ekuzwa lokho wathi kuSathane: Suka kimi, uphume endlini yami; uma uyiqhawe elinamandla, yilwa neNkosi yodumo. Kodwa uhlangene ngani naye? 3 Wamxosha ezindaweni zakhe zokuhlala. 4 Isikhulu sathi ezincekwini zaso ezimbi: "Valani amasango ethusi, niwaqinise ngemigoqo yensimbi, nilwe ngamandla, funa sithunjwe." 5 Kodwa kwathi lonke ibandla labangcwele selikuzwa lokhu bakhuluma ngelizwi elikhulu lentukuthelo enkosini yesihogo. 6 Vula amasango akho ukuze iNkosi yenkazimulo ingene.
7 Futhi umprofethi waphezulu uDavide, wamemeza wathi: “Angizange yini mina lapho ngisemhlabeni ngiprofethe ngempela futhi ngithi, O ukuthi abantu bayomdumisa uJehova ngobuhle bakhe, nangezimangaliso zakhe kubantwana babantu? 8 Ngokuba uwaphulile amasango ethusi, wanquma imigoqo yensimbi. Ubathathile ngenxa yobubi babo, futhi ngenxa yokungalungi kwabo bahlushwe. 9 Ngemva kwalokhu omunye umprofethi, u-Isaya ongcwele, wakhuluma ngendlela efanayo kubo bonke abangcwele, angizange yini ngiprofethe ngokufanele kini ngesikhathi ngisaphila emhlabeni? 10 Abafileyo bayophila, futhi bayovuka futhi labo abasemathuneni abo, futhi bayojabula abasemhlabeni; ngoba amazolo aphuma eNKOSIni azabalethela insindiso. 11 Ngathi kwenye indawo: “O kufa, kuphi ukunqoba kwakho na? Kufa, luphi udosi lwakho? 12 Kwathi bonke abangcwele sebezwile lokho okwakhulunywa nguIsaya, bathi enduneni yesihogo: Vula amasango akho, ususe imigoqo yakho yensimbi; ngoba manje uzoboshwa, futhi ungabi namandla. 13 Kwase kuba khona izwi elikhulu elinjengelokuduma, lithi: Phakamisani amasango enu, zikhulu; futhi niphakanyiswe, nina masango esihogo, futhi iNkosi yenkazimulo iyongena. 14 Inkosi yesihogo ilizwa lelo zwi eliphindaphindayo, yamemeza ngokungathi ibingazi, Ingubani leyoNkosi yenkazimulo? 15 UDavida wasephendula isikhulu sendawo yabafileyo wathi: Ngiyawezwa amazwi alelolizwi, ngoba ngiwakhulume ngomoya wakhe. Manje-ke, njengoba ngishilo ngenhla, ngithi kini: INkosi enamandla nenamandla, iNkosi enamandla ekulweni: iyiNkosi yenkazimulo, futhi iyiNkosi ezulwini nasemhlabeni; 16 Ukhangele phansi ukuze ezwe ukububula kwezibotshwa, akhulule abamiselwe ukufa. 17 Manje, wena nkosana yesihogo esingcolile nesinukayo, vula amasango akho, ukuze iNkosi yenkazimulo ingene; ngokuba uyiNkosi yezulu nomhlaba. 18 Kwathi uDavida esakhuluma lokho, iNkosi yamandla yabonakala isesimweni somuntu, yasikhanyisa lezondawo ezazikade zisebumnyameni. 19 Zazigqabula izibopho ezazingenakugqashulwa ngaphambili; nangamandla akhe angenakunqotshwa wahambela labo abahlezi esigayegayeni ngobubi, nasethunzini lokufa ngesono. ISAHLUKO 17 1 Ukufa Okubi nezikhonzi zakho ezinonya bezwa lokho, bashaywa luvalo emibusweni yabo eminengi, bebona ukucaca kokukhanya, 2 NoKristu uqobo ebonakala ngokuzumayo ezindaweni zabo zokuhlala; bamemeza bathi: “Siboshwe nguwe; ubonakala uhlose ukudideka kwethu phambi kweNkosi. 3 Ungubani wena, ongenaso isibonakaliso sokubola, kodwa ukubonakala okukhazimulayo okuwubufakazi obugcwele bobukhulu bakho, okubonakala ungakunaki na? 4 Ungubani wena, onamandla kangaka nobuthakathaka kangaka, omkhulu kangaka futhi omncane kangaka, ongasho lutho kodwa nokho isosha lesigaba sokuqala, ongalawula ngesimo senceku njengebutho elivamile na? 5 INkosi yenkazimulo, efile futhi ephilayo, nakuba yake yabulawa esiphambanweni? 6 Ngubani owalala ethuneni efile, futhi wehlela kithi ephila, futhi ekufeni kwakho zonke izidalwa zazamazama, futhi zonke izinkanyezi zanyakaza, futhi manje usunenkululeko yakho phakathi kwabafileyo, futhi uphazamisa ibutho lethu? 7 Ungubani wena, okhulula abathunjwa ababeboshwe ngesono sokuqala, ubayise enkululekweni yabo yakuqala? 8 Ungubani wena, owendlala ukukhanya okukhazimulayo nokwaphezulu phezu kwalabo abenziwe izimpumputhe ngobumnyama besono na? 9 Kanjalo namalegiyona amademoni abanjwa ngokwesaba okunjalo, amemeza ngokwesaba okukhulu, athi: 10 Kuvelaphi, O Jesu Kristu, ukuthi ungumuntu onamandla kangaka futhi okhazimulayo ebukhosini, okhanyayo ongenabala, futhi omsulwa kangangokuthi ungabi nacala na? Ngokuba lowomhlaba ophansi owawungaphansi kwethu kuze kube manje, nalapho sathola khona intela, awukaze usithume umuntu ofile onje, awukaze usithumele izipho ezinjalo kwababusi besihogo.
11 Ngakho-ke ungubani wena, ongena ngesibindi esingaka phakathi kwezindawo zethu zokuhlala, futhi awesabi nje kuphela ukusisongela ngezijeziso ezinkulu kakhulu, kodwa futhi uzama ukukhulula bonke abanye emaketangeni esibabambe ngawo na? 12 Mhlawumbe unguJesu lowo uSathane akhuluma ngaye khathesi kumbusi wethu, ukuthi ngokufa esiphambanweni usuzakwamukela amandla okufa. 13 Khona-ke iNkosi yenkazimulo yanyathela phezu kokufa, yabamba inkosana yesihogo, yamphuca wonke amandla ayo, futhi yathatha ubaba wethu wasemhlabeni u-Adamu wahamba naye enkazimulweni yakhe. ISAHLUKO 18 1 Khona umbusi wesihogo wamthatha uSathane, wathi kuye ngesibonakaliso esikhulu: “O wena mbusi wokubhujiswa, umqambi wokunqotshwa nokuxoshwa kukaBelzebule, inhlekisa yezingelosi zikaNkulunkulu nenengwa yibo bonke abantu abalungileyo! Yini eyakwenza ukuba wenze kanjalo na? 2 Ubungayibethela iNkosi yenkazimulo, futhi ngokubhujiswa kwayo, usenze izithembiso zezinzuzo ezinkulu kakhulu, kodwa njengesiwula sasingazi ukuthi umayelana nani. 3 Ngokuba bhekani manje ukuthi uJesu waseNazaretha, ngokukhazimula kobunkulunkulu bakhe obukhazimulayo, uxosha wonke amandla asabekayo obumnyama nokufa; 4 Yadiliza iziboshwa zethu kusukela phezulu kuze kufike phansi, yaxosha bonke abathunjwa, yakhulula bonke ababeboshiwe; nabo bonke ababevame ukububula ngenxa yezinhlupheko zabo sebesihlambalazile; imithandazo yabo. 5 Ukubusa kwethu okubi kunqotshiwe, futhi akukho ngxenye yesintu esele ngaphansi kokuzithoba kwethu, kodwa ngakolunye uhlangothi, bonke bayaseyisa ngesibindi; 6 Nakuba, ngaphambili, abafileyo babengakaze balokothe baziphathe ngokweyisa, futhi, njengoba beyiziboshwa, babengeke bajabule nganoma yisiphi isikhathi. 7 O Sathane, wena nkosana yabo bonke ababi, uyise wababi futhi abalahliwe, kungani uzama lokhu kuxhaphaza, njengoba iziboshwa zethu bezilokhu zingenawo amathemba amancane okusindiswa nokuphila na? 8 Kodwa manje akukho noyedwa kubo oke abubule, futhi akukho nyembezi oluncane ebusweni babo. 9 O nkosana uSathane, wena mlindi omkhulu wezifunda zasemhlabeni, zonke izinzuzo zakho owazithola ngomuthi owenqatshelwe, kanye nokulahlekelwa yiPharadesi, manje usulahlekelwe ngokhuni lwesiphambano; 10 Injabulo yakho yaphela lapho ubethela uJesu Kristu iNkosi yenkazimulo. 11 Wenze ngokumelene nenzuzo yakho siqu kanye neyami, njengoba manje usuzobona ngalezo zinhlupheko ezinkulu kanye nezijeziso ezingapheli osuzobhekana nazo. 12 O Sathane, inkosana yabo bonke ububi, umsunguli wokufa, kanye nomthombo wakho konke ukuzidla, kwakufanele uqale ubuze ngamacala amabi kaJesu waseNazaretha, futhi emva kwalokho wawuyothola ukuthi wayengenacala elifanele ukufa. 13 Kungani uye wazama, ngaphandle kwesizathu noma ukulunga, ukumbethela esiphambanweni, futhi wehlisele ezifundeni zethu umuntu ongenacala nolungile, futhi ngalokho ulahlekelwe yizoni zonke, abantu abangamhloniphiyo nabangalungile emhlabeni wonke na? 14 Kwathi umbusi wesihogo esakhuluma kanjalo loSathane, iNkosi yenkazimulo yathi kuBelzebule, umbusi wesihogo, uSathane, umbusi uzakuba ngaphansi kokubusa kwakho kuze kube nininini, esikhundleni sikaAdamu lamadodana akhe alungileyo, okwami. ISAHLUKO 19 1 Khona-ke uJesu welula isandla sakhe, wathi: Wozani kimi, nina nonke abangcwele bami, enadalwa ngomfanekiso wami, enalahlwa ngesihlahla sesithelo esinqatshelwe, kanye nodeveli nokufa; 2 Phila manje ngasenkuni yesiphambano sami; udeveli, umbusi waleli zwe, unqotshiwe, futhi ukufa kunqotshiwe. 3 Khona-ke bonke abangcwele bahlanganiswa ndawonye phansi kwesandla sikaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke; iNkosi uJesu yabamba
isandla sika-Adamu, yathi kuye: “Ukuthula makube kuwe, nenzalo yakho yonke elungileyo, eyami; 4 U-Adamu waseziphonsa ezinyaweni zikaJesu, wakhuluma kuye ngezinyembezi, ngolimi oluthobekileyo langelizwi elikhulu, esithi: 5 Ngiyakukuphakamisa, Nkosi, ngokuba ungiphakamisile, awuzenzanga izitha zami ukuba zijabule ngami. Jehova Nkulunkulu wami, ngakhala kuwe, wangiphulukisa. 6 O Nkosi, uwukhuphulile umphefumulo wami endaweni yabafileyo; ungigcinile, ukuze ngingehlele egodini. 7 Hlabelelani eNkosini nina nonke bangcwele bayo, nibonge ekukhumbuleni ubungcwele bayo. Ngokuba intukuthelo yakhe ngeyomzuzwana nje; emseni wakhe kukhona ukuphila. 8 Ngokunjalo bonke abangcwele, beguqe ezinyaweni zikaJesu, bathi ngazwi linye: Wena ufikile, O Mhlengi womhlaba, futhi empeleni usuzifezile zonke izinto, ozibikezele ngomthetho nangabaphrofethi bakho abangcwele. 9 Uhlengile abaphilayo ngesiphambano sakho, futhi wehlela kithi, ukuze ngokufa kwesiphambano usikhulule esihogweni, nangamandla akho ekufeni. 10 O, Nkosi, njengoba usuzibekile izibonakaliso zenkazimulo yakho ezulwini, futhi wamisa isibonakaliso sokuhlengwa kwakho, ngisho isiphambano sakho emhlabeni! ngakho, Nkosi, beka isibonakaliso sokunqoba kwesiphambano sakho esihogweni, ukuze ukufa kungabe kusaba namandla. 11 Khona-ke iNkosi yelula isandla sayo, yenza uphawu lwesiphambano ku-Adamu, naphezu kwabo bonke abangcwele bakhe. 12 Futhi ebambe u-Adamu ngesandla sakhe sokunene, wenyuka esuka esihogweni, futhi bonke abangcwele bakaNkulunkulu bamlandela. 13 Umprofethi wenkosi uDavida wasememeza ngesibindi wathi: 1 Hlabelelani eNkosini ihubo elitsha, ngoba wenze izimangaliso; isandla sakhe sokunene nengalo yakhe engcwele kumzuzele ukunqoba. 14 INkosi yazisile insindiso yayo, ukulunga kwayo ikubonakalisile emehlweni ezizwe. 15 Ixuku lonke labangcwele laphendula lathi: Loludumo maludunyiswe bonke abangcwele bakhe; 16 Ngemva kwalokho umprofethi uHabakuki 3 wakhala, wathi: “Waphumela ukusindisa abantu bakho, yebo, ukusindisa abantu bakho. 17 Bonke abangcwele bathi: 4 Ubusisiwe ozayo ebizweni leNkosi; ngoba iNkosi isisikhanyisele. Lo unguNkulunkulu wethu kuze kube phakade naphakade; uyobusa phezu kwethu kuze kube phakade, Amen. 18 Ngokunjalo bonke abaprofethi bakhuluma izinto ezingcwele zokudumisa kwakhe, balandela iNkosi. ISAHLUKO 20 1 INkosi yasibamba uAdamu ngesandla, yamnikela kuMikayeli ingilosi enkulu; futhi wabaholela ePharadesi, egcwele umusa nenkazimulo; 2 Futhi amadoda amabili asendulo kakhulu ahlangana nabo, futhi abuzwa ngabangcwele: Ningobani nina, eningakaze nibe nathi esihogweni, futhi nabeka imizimba yenu ePharadesi na? 3 Omunye wabo waphendula wathi: Mina nginguEnoke, owahunyutshwa ngelizwi likaNkulunkulu; 4 Lapha besikhona kuze kube manje, futhi asikuzwanga ukufa, kodwa manje sesizobuya ekufikeni komphikukristu, ehlome ngezibonakaliso nezimangaliso zaphezulu, ukuze alwe naye, futhi abulawe nguye eJerusalema, ukuba aphinde anyuselwe emafwini ephila, emva kwezinsuku ezintathu nengxenye. 5 Futhi ngesikhathi u-Enoke ongcwele kanye no-Eliya belandisa lokhu, bheka kwafika enye indoda esesimweni esidabukisayo ithwele uphawu lwesiphambano emahlombe ayo. 6 Kwathi bonke abangcwele bembona, bathi kuye: Wena ungubani? Ngokuba ubuso bakho bunjengobesela; futhi kungani uthwala isiphambano emahlombe akho? 7 Sasesiphendula sathi: Liqinisile, ngoba ngangilisela elenza konke okubi emhlabeni. 8 AmaJuda angibethela kanye noJesu; futhi ngabona izinto ezimangalisayo ezenzeka endalweni ekubethelweni kweNkosi uJesu.
9 Futhi ngamkholwa ukuthi unguMdali wazo zonke izinto, kanye neNkosi uSomandla; futhi ngakhuleka kuye, ngathi: Nkosi, ngikhumbule, lapho ungena embusweni wakho. 10 Wahle walalela ukunxusa kwami, wathi kimi: Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Namuhla uzakuba lami eParadisi. 11 Futhi wanginika lesi sibonakaliso sesiphambano, ethi: Thatha lokhu, uye eParadisi; uma ingelosi engumlindi wePharadesi ingakuvumeli, bonisa isibonakaliso sesiphambano, uthi kuyo: ‘UJesu Kristu osebethelwe esiphambanweni ungithumile lapha kuwe. 12 Kwathi sengikwenzile lokho, ngasengitshela ingilosi engumlindi weParadisi zonke lezizinto, futhi yasizwa, yasivula amasango, yangethula, yangibeka ngakwesokunene eParadisi; 13 Wathi: “Hlalani lapha isikhashana, aze angene u-Adamu, uyise wabo bonke abantu, kanye nawo wonke amadodana akhe, izinceku ezingcwele nezilungile zikaJesu Kristu owabethelwa esiphambanweni. 14 Kwathi sebezwile konke lokhu kulandisa kwesela, okhokho bonke bakhuluma ngazwi linye, bathi: Ubongwe wena Nkulunkulu uMninimandla onke, Yise wobubele obuphakade, uYise wesihe, owenzele izoni umusa ongaka. kuye, futhi wabaletha emseni wePharadesi, futhi wababeka phakathi kokuphakelwa kwakho okukhulu nangokomoya, empilweni kamoya nengcwele. Amen. ISAHLUKO 21 1 Lezi ziyizimfihlakalo zikaNkulunkulu nezingcwele esazibona sazizwa. Mina, uCharinus noLenthius asivunyelwe ukumemezela ezinye izimfihlakalo zikaNkulunkulu, njengoba ingelosi enkulu uMikayeli yasiyala, 2 esithi: Lizakuya eJerusalema labafowethu, njalo lizahlala likhuleka, litshumayela njalo likhazimulisa ukuvuka kukaJesu Kristu, lokhu yena wanivusa kanye laye kwabafileyo. 3 Futhi aniyikukhuluma nanoma yimuphi umuntu, kodwa hlalani njengabantu abayisimungulu kuze kufike isikhathi lapho iNkosi izonivumela ukuba nilandise izimfihlakalo zobunkulunkulu bayo. 4 UMikayeli, ingelosi enkulu, wasiyala ukuba siye ngaphesheya kweJordani, siye ezweni elihle nelivundile, lapho kukhona abaningi abavuka kanye nathi kwabafileyo, kube ubufakazi bokuvuka kukaKristu. 5 Ngokuba sinezinsuku ezintathu kuphela esisivumele kwabafileyo, esavuka ukuba sigubhe iPhasika leNkosi yethu nabazali bethu, nokufakaza ngoKristu iNkosi, sabhapathizwa emfuleni ongcwele waseJordani. Futhi manje ababonwa muntu. 6 Yilokhu uNkulunkulu asivumele ukuba sikutshele ngakho; ngakhoke mnikeni udumo nodumo, niphenduke, futhi uyakuba nomusa kini. Ukuthula makube kinina okuvela eNkosini uNkulunkulu uJesu Kristu, noMsindisi wethu sonke. Amen, Amen, Amen. 7 Futhi ngemva kokuba sebeqedile ukubhala futhi sebebhale emaphepheni amabili ahlukene, uCharinu wanikela lokho akulobayo esandleni sika-Anase, noKayafase, noGamaliyeli. 8 ULenthiyu ngokunjalo wakunikela lokho akulobileyo ezandleni zikaNikodemu noJosefa; futhi masinyane zashintshwa zaba mhlophe ngokwedlulele futhi zangabe zisabonwa. 9 Kodwa lokho ababekubhalile kwatholakala kuvumelana ngokuphelele, lolo lwalungenalo uhlamvu olulodwa olukhulu noma oluncane kunolunye. 10 Kwathi lonke ibandla lamaJuda selizwile zonke lezi zenzakalo ezimangalisayo zikaKharinu noLenthiyu, bakhuluma bodwa, bathi: “Nempela zonke lezi zinto zenziwe nguNkulunkulu, futhi mayibongwe iNkosi uJesu kuze kube phakade naphakade. 11 Bahamba benokukhathazeka okukhulu nokwesaba nokuthuthumela, bashaya izifuba zabo, bamuka, kwaba yilowo nalowo waya endlini yakhe. 12 Kodwa masinyane zonke lezozinto ezazikhulunywa ngabaJuda emasinagogeni abo ngoJesu, zabikwa nguJosefa noNikodemu kumbusi. 13 UPilatu waloba zonke lezi zindaba, wazifaka zonke lezi zindaba ezincwadini zendlu yakhe. ISAHLUKO 22 1 Emva kwalokho uPilatu waya ethempelini labaJuda, wabizela ndawonye bonke ababusi nababhali nezazi zomthetho, wangena nabo endlini yokukhonzela yethempeli.
2 Wayala ukuba avalwe onke amasango, wathi kubo: “Ngizwile ukuthi ninogwalo olukhulu kuleli thempeli; Ngakho ngiyakuncenga ukuthi ilethwe phambi kwami. 3 Kwathi kulethwa ugwalo olukhulu, luthwelwe yizikhonzi ezine zethempeli, luhlotshiswe ngegolide langamatshe aligugu, uPilatu wathi kubo bonke: Ngilifungisa uNkulunkulu waboyihlo, owenza, walaya lelithempeli ukuthi liguqulwe. wakhiwe, ukuze ungangifihleli iqiniso. 4 Niyakwazi konke okulotshiweyo kuleyo ncwadi; Ngakho-ke ngitsheleni manje ukuthi, uma nithole emibhalweni utho lwalowo Jesu enambethela esiphambanweni, nokuthi ubefanele ukufika ngasiphi isikhathi sezwe: ngiboniseni. 5 Khona sebefungile o-Anase noKayafase, bayala bonke abanye ababe nabo ukuba baphume endlini yesonto. 6 Basebevala amasango ethempeli lethempeli, bathi kuPilatu: Usifungise Mahluleli ngokwakhiwa kwalelithempeli, ukuthi sikutshele okuliqiniso lokulungileyo. 7 Ngemva kokuba sesimbethele uJesu esiphambanweni, singazi ukuthi uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, kodwa sithi wenza izimangaliso zakhe ngemilingo ethile, sabizela umhlangano omkhulu kuleli thempeli. 8 Futhi lapho sibuzana omunye nomunye ngezibonakaliso uJesu ayezenzile, sathola ofakazi abaningi bezwe lakithi, ababefakaza ukuthi babembonile ephila ngemva kokufa kwakhe, nokuthi bamuzwa ekhuluma nabafundi bakhe, futhi babona. ekhuphukela phezulu kwezulu, engena kuwo; 9 Futhi sabona ofakazi ababili, imizimba yabo uJesu ayivusa kwabafileyo, abasitshela ngezinto eziningi ezingavamile uJesu azenza phakathi kwabafileyo, esilotshiwe ngazo ezandleni zethu. 10 Futhi kuwumkhuba wethu minyaka yonke ukuvula lencwadi engcwele phambi kwebandla, futhi sifune lapho iseluleko sikaNkulunkulu. 11 Futhi sithole encwadini yokuqala yezincwadi ezingamashumi ayisikhombisa, lapho uMikayeli ingelosi enkulu ekhuluma nendodana yesithathu ka-Adamu umuntu wokuqala, umlando wokuthi ngemva kweminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezinhlanu namakhulu amahlanu, uKristu iNdodana ethandekayo kaNkulunkulu wafika emhlabeni. 12 Futhi sabona ukuthi mhlawumbe unguNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli owakhuluma kuMose, wathi: “Wowenza umphongolo wobufakazi; ubude bayo bube yizingalo ezimbili nengxenye, ububanzi bayo bube yingalo nengxenye, ukuphakama kwayo kube yingalo nengxenye. 13 Ngalezizingalo ezinhlanu nengxenye yokwakha umphongolo weTestamente Elidala, saqonda futhi sazi ukuthi eminyakeni eyizinkulungwane ezinhlanu nengxenye (inkulungwane eyodwa) uJesu Kristu wayezoza ngomkhumbi noma itabernakele lomzimba. ; 14 Futhi kanjalo imibhalo yethu ifakaza ukuthi uyindodana kaNkulunkulu, neNkosi neNkosi ka-Israyeli. 15 Kwathi emva kokuhlupheka kwakhe abapristi bethu abakhulu bemangala ngezibonakaliso ezenziwe ngesandla sakhe, sayivula leyo ncwadi, ukuze sihlole zonke izizukulwane kuze kube sesizukulwaneni sikaJosefa noMariya unina kaJesu, sithi ungowokuzalwa. inzalo kaDavide; 16 Futhi sayithola indaba yendalo, futhi ngesikhathi enza ngaso izulu nomhlaba nomuntu wokuqala u-Adamu, nokuthi kusukela lapho kuya kuzamcolo, kwaba yiminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu amabili neshumi nambili. 17 Kusukela kuzamcolo ku-Abrahama, amakhulu ayisishiyagalolunye neshumi nambili. Futhi kusukela ku-Abrahama kuya kuMose, amakhulu amane namashumi amathathu. kusukela kuMose kuya kuDavide inkosi, amakhulu amahlanu neshumi. 18 Futhi kusukela kuDavide kuye ekuthunjelweni eBhabhiloni, iminyaka engamakhulu amahlanu. Futhi kusukela ekuthunjweni kwaseBabiloni kuya ekuthathweni kukaKristu, iminyaka engamakhulu amane. 19 Isamba sakho konke esingaba zinkulungwane ezinhlanu nengxenye (inkulungwane). 20 Futhi kusobala ukuthi uJesu esambethela esiphambanweni, nguJesu Kristu iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, noNkulunkulu weqiniso noSomandla. Amen.