IVangeli Elilahlekile NgokukaPetru 1 Kodwa kumaJuda kakho owageza izandla zakhe, loHerodi loba omunye wabahluleli bakhe. Kwathi bengala ukubageza, wasukuma uPilatu. Khona uHerode inkosi wayala ukuba iNkosi ithathwe kubo, ethi kubo: Konke enginiyale ngakho ukuba nikwenze kuye, kwenzeni. 2 Njalo kwakumi uJosefa umngane kaPilatu leNkosi; esazi ukuthi sebezambethela, weza kuPilatu, wacela isidumbu seNkosi ukungcwatshwa. UPilatu wathumela kuHerode, wabuza isidumbu sakhe. Wayesethi uHerode: “UPilatu, umzalwane, noma kungekho muntu omcelileyo, sahlosa ukummbela, ikakhulu uma sekuqala isabatha, ngokuba kulotshiwe emthethweni ukuthi: 3 Wamnikela ebantwini ngosuku olwandulela isinkwa esingenamvubelo, umkhosi wabo. Base beyibamba iNkosi, bayisunduza begijima, bathi: Masiyihudule iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ngokuba sizuze amandla phezu kwayo. Bamembathisa okububende, bambeka esihlalweni sokwahlulela, bathi: “Yahlulela ngokulunga, nkosi yakwaIsrayeli. Omunye wabo waletha umqhele wameva, wawubeka ekhanda leNkosi. Abanye bema bamkhafulela emehlweni, abanye beyishaya ezihlathini; abanye bambhaxabula, bethi: Ngalolu udumo asidumise iNdodana kaNkulunkulu. 4 Base beletha abenzi bobubi ababili, bambethela iNkosi esiphambanweni. Kodwa wazithulela kwangathi akanabuhlungu. Futhi lapho bephakamisa isiphambano, babhala isihloko: Lo uyinkosi yakwa-Israyeli. Babeka izingubo zakhe phambi kwakhe, babelana ngazo, benza inkatho ngazo. Omunye walezo zigebengu wabakhuza, wathi: “Thina sihlupheke kanje ngenxa yobubi esibenzile, kepha lona oseze waba nguMsindisi wabantu, wone ngani na? Basebemthukuthelela, balaya ukuthi imilenze yakhe ingaphulwa, ukuze afe ebuhlungu. 5 Kwasekusemini, kwaba mnyama eJudiya lonke, bakhathazeka bekhathazeka, hlezi ilanga litshone esaphila; ngoba kulotshiwe kubo ukuthi ilanga lingashoni phezu kobuleweyo. Omunye wabo wathi: "Mphuzise inyongo neviniga." Baxuba, bamnika ukuba aphuze, bagcwalisa konke, bafeza izono zabo phezu kwekhanda labo. Abaningi bazulazula bephethe izibani, bethi kusebusuku, bawa. INkosi yakhala yathi: amandla ami, amandla ami, ungishiyile. Eseshilo wakhushulwa. Ngaleso sikhathi isihenqo sethempeli laseJerusalema sadabuka kabili. 6 Futhi emva kwalokho bakhipha izipikili ezandleni zeNkosi, futhi bayibeka emhlabeni, futhi umhlaba wonke wazamazama, futhi kwaba nokwesaba okukhulu. Ilanga lakhanya, latholakala ngehola lesificamunwemunye. Wamthatha uJehova, naye, wamsonga ngendwangu, wamyisa ethuneni lakhe, okuthiwa iNsimu kaJosefa. 7 Khona amaJuda namalunga nabapristi sebebona ububi ababebenzile kubo, baqala ukulila bathi: “Maye ngezono zethu! Futhi mina nabangane bami ngadabuka; salinyazwa engqondweni sacasha, ngokuba sasifunwa yibo njengababi, sithanda ukuthungela ithempeli ngomlilo. Phezu kwakho konke lokho sazila ukudla, sihlezi silila, sikhala ubusuku nemini kwaze kwaba yisabatha.
8 Kodwa sebebuthene ababhali labaFarisi labadala bodwa, sebezwile ukuthi ixuku lonke lalikhonona, lizitshaya izifuba, lisithi: Uba zenzekile lezizibonakaliso ezinkulukazi ngokufa kwakhe, bonani ukuthi ulungile kangakanani, abadala basebesesaba, beza kuPilatu, bamncenga besithi: Siphe amabutho, ukuze silinde ingcwaba lakhe insuku ezintathu, hlezi abantu behle besuka kuye; abafileyo futhi basenze okubi. UPilatu wabanika uPetronius induna yekhulu kanye namasosha ukuba alinde ithuna. Kwase kufika kanye nabo amalunga nababhali ethuneni, sebegingqe itshe elikhulu kanye nenduna yekhulu namasosha, bonke ababelapho balimisa ngasemnyango wethuna. banamathisela izimpawu eziyisikhombisa, bamisa itende lapho, balilinda. Ekuseni ngelanga lesabatha, kwafika ixuku livela eJerusalema lasezindaweni ezizingelezeleyo, ukuze libone ingcwaba elalibekwe uphawu. 9 Kwathi ngalobo busuku usuku lweNkosi lusondela ngabo, lapho amabutho elinda ngababili emlindweni, kwaba khona izwi elikhulu ezulwini; babona izulu livulekile, namadoda amabili ehla esuka lapho enokukhanya okukhulu, asondela ethuneni. Lelotshe elalibekwe emnyango lazigingqela lahlukana phakathi; lavuleka ithuna, zangena izinsizwa zombili. 10 Kwathi-ke lawomabutho ekubona, avusa induna yekhulu labadala; ngoba nabo babelukhuni ngokulinda. Kwathi besalandisa ababekubonile, babuye babona amadoda amathathu ephuma ethuneni, amabili esekele oyedwa, nesiphambano silandelana; nekhanda lalaba ababili lafinyelela ezulwini, kepha ikhanda lowayehola ladlula amazulu. Bezwa izwi livela ezulwini, lithi: Ushumayele kwabaleleyo. Futhi impendulo yezwakala esiphambanweni, Yebo. 11 Basebekhulumisana bodwa ukuthi bangasuka yini bayetshela uPilatu lezizinto. Besacabanga kanjalo, abuye abonakala izulu livuleka, nomuntu wehla engena ethuneni. Kwathi induna yekhulu nababe nayo bebona lokho, baphuthuma kuPilatu ebusuku, basuka ethuneni ababelibhekile, babika konke ababekubonile, bedabukile kakhulu, bethi: “Nempela ubeyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu. UPilatu waphendula wathi: Mina ngimsulwa egazini leNdodana kaNkulunkulu; Base besondela bonke, bamncenga, bamncenga ukuba ayale induna yekhulu namasosha ukuba bangasho lutho ngalokho ababekubonile: Ngokuba bathi kungcono kithi ukuba necala lesono esikhulu kunazo zonke phambi kukaNkulunkulu, futhi singaweli ezandleni zabantu bamaJuda futhi sikhandwe ngamatshe. Ngakho uPilatu walaya induna yekhulu lamabutho ukuthi bangatsho lutho. 12 Kwathi ekuntweleni kokusa osukwini lweNkosi uMariya Magdalena, umfundi weNkosi, esaba ngenxa yamaJuda, ngoba ayevutha ngolaka, engenzanga ethuneni leNkosi izinto abesifazana abajayele ukuzenzela abafayo lalabo abathandekayo babo, wathatha abangane bakhe wahamba labo, waya ethuneni lapho ayebekwe khona. Besaba ukuthi amaJuda angababona, athi: “Nakuba ngalolo suku abethelwa ngalo esiphambanweni sasingenakukhala nokulila, nokho masenze lokho ethuneni lakhe. Kodwa ngubani ozakusigingqela itshe elalibekwe emnyango wethuna, ukuze singene sihlale eduze kwakhe, senze okufaneleyo? Ngokuba itshe lalilikhulu, futhi siyesaba funa omunye usibone. Uma singenakukwazi, nokho uma sibeka