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14 Bekusele amalanga amabili+ bona kube yiPhasika+ nomNyanya woBurotho+ obunganaSibiliso. Abaphristi abakhulu nabatloli bebafuna indlela yokumbamba* ngobugirikitjani bambulale;+ 2 ngombana bebathi: “Singakwenzi emnyanyeni abantu bangavusa umguruguru.”

3 Ngesikhathi aseBhethaniya adla emzini kaSimoni obekanobulepheru, kweza umfazi aphethe umjekana we-alabhasta unamafutha anuka kamnandi, abiza khulu, inarada* yamambala. Wavula umjekana we-alabhasta loyo wawathela ehloko kaJesu.+ 4 Abanye nababona lokhu, bakhuluma bodwa basilingekile bathi: “Kubayini kudlalwa ngamafutha anuka kamnandi la? 5 Phela amafutha la bekangathengiswa ngabodenariyu abangaphezu kwabama-300 bese imali leyo inikelwe abatlhagako!” Bamkgharameja khulu. 6 Kodwana uJesu wathi: “Mliseni. Nimtshwenyelani? Ungenzele into ehle.+ 7 Ngombana abatlhagako nihlala ninabo+ ningabenzela okuhle nanyana kunini nanifunako kodwana mina angekhe nihlale ninami.+ 8 Wenze angakwenza; ungizese ngamafutha anuka kamnandi ukulungiselela umzimbami ukubulungwa.+ 9 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini nanyana kukuphi lapho kutjhunyayelwa khona iindaba ezimnandi ephasini loke,+ nokwenziwe mfazi lo kuzokukhulunywa ngakho akhunjulwe.”+

10 UJudasi Iskariyodi, omunye wabaliTjhumi namBili, waya ebaphristini abakhulu bona ayokuthengisa uJesu kibo.+ 11 Nabezwa lokho, bathaba bamthembisa ukumnikela imali yesiliva.+ Yeke wathoma ukufuna ithuba lokumthengisa.

12 Ngelanga lokuthoma lomnyanya woBurotho obunganaSibiliso,+ ilanga ngokujayelekileko abenza ngalo umhlatjelo wePhasika,+ abafundi bakhe bathi kuye: “Ufuna siyokulungiselela kuphi lapho ungadlela khona iPhasika?”+ 13 Ngalokho wathumela abafundi bakhe ababili wathi kibo: “Khambani niye edorobheni, nizokuhlangana nomuntu ophethe umjeka wamanzi. Mlandeleni,+ 14 lapho angena khona, nithi kumnikazi wendlu leyo, ‘uMfundisi uthi: “Ikuphi ikumba yeemvakatjhi engingadlela kiyo iPhasika nabafundi bami?”’ 15 Uzonitjengisa ikumba ekulu ephezulu, elungisiweko begodu enayo yoke into esizoyitlhoga. Silungiselelani iPhasika lapho.” 16 Nje-ke abafundi bakhamba, baya edorobheni bafumana kunjengombana uJesu atjhwile, balungiselela iPhasika.

17 Kuthe nakurhwaqelako, weza nabaliTjhumi namBili.+ 18 Njengombana bahlezi etafuleni badla, uJesu wathi: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini, omunye wenu odla nami uzongithengisa.”+ 19 Batlhuwa bathi kuye ngamunye ngamunye: “Akusingimi, angitjho?” 20 Wathi kibo: “Ngomunye wabaliTjhumi namBili, loyo otjheba nami esitjeni sinye.+ 21 Ngombana iNdodana yomuntu iyakhamba njengombana kutloliwe ngayo. Maye! Ngaloyo iNdodana yomuntu ezokuthengiswa ngaye.+ Bekuzokuba ngcono ngomuntu loyo ngathana azange abelethwe.”+

22 Njengombana baragela phambili badla, wathatha uburotho, wathandaza, wabuhlephula, wabanikela bona, wathi: “Thathani; lokhu kutjho umzimbami.”+ 23 Wathatha nekapho, wathandaza, wabanikela yona basela ngayo boke.+ 24 Wathi kibo: “Lokhu kutjho ‘iingazi zami+ zesivumelwano,’+ ezizokuphalazwa ngebanga labanengi.+ 25 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini, angekhe ngisalisela iwayini bekube mhlazana ngilisela lilitjha emBusweni kaZimu.” 26 Emaswapheleni ngemva kokuvuma iingoma zokudumisa,* baphuma baya eNtabeni yama-Oliva.+

27 UJesu wathi kibo: “Noke nizokuwa ngombana kutloliwe ukuthi: ‘Ngizokubetha umelusi,+ izimvu ziphadlhalale.’+ 28 Kodwana ngemva kokuvuswa kwami, ngizonikhambela phambili ngiye eGalile.”+ 29 UPitrosi wathi kuye: “Ngitjho nanyana abanye bangawa, mina angekhe ngikutjhiye.”+ 30 UJesu nakezwa lokho wathi kuye: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe namhlanjesi, iye, ebusuku banamhlanjesi, ngaphambi kobana umkukurumbu ulile kabili, uzabe sewungiphike kathathu.”+ 31 Kodwana wasolo aphikelela athi: “Ngitjho nanyana kungafuze ngife nawe, angekhe ngikuphike.” Nabanye batjho okufanako.+

32 Bafika endaweni ekuthiwa yiGetsemani, wathi ebafundini bakhe: “Yijani nihlezi lapha ngisayokuthandaza.”+ 33 Wathatha uPitrosi, uJakopo noJwanisi wakhamba nabo,+ wathoma ukuzizwa agandeleleke kwamanikelela begodu atshwenyeke khulu. 34 Wathi kibo: “Ngilisizi khulu,+ bekube sekufeni. Hlalani lapha, nihlale niqalile.”+ 35 Waya phambidlana, waguqa wahloma nehloko phasi, wathandazela bona ngathana bekukghoneka, isikhathesi sidlule. 36 Wathi: “Abha,* Baba,+ zoke izinto ziyakghoneka kuwe; susa ikapho le kimi. Nokho ingasi ngokufuna kwami kodwana ngokufuna kwakho.”+ 37 Wabuya wabafumana balele, wathi kuPitrosi: “Simoni, ulele? Azange ube namandla wokuhlala uqalile i-iri linye na?+ 38 Hlalani niqalile begodu nithandaze qobe bona ningangeni esilingweni.+ Ummoya uyafisa kodwana inyama iyabogaboga.”+ 39 Wabuyela godu wayokuthandaza, watjho amezwi anjengewekuthomeni.+ 40 Wabuya godu wabafumana balele ngombana amehlwabo bewazele ubuthongo, akhenge bazi bona bamphendule bathini. 41 Wabuya kwesithathu wathi kibo: “Ngesikhathi esinje, nilele begodu niphumulile! Kwanele! I-iri selifikile!+ Qalani! INdodana yomuntu iyathengiswa ezandleni zezoni. 42 Sikimani sikhambeni. Loyo ongithengisako sekatjhidele.”+

43 Asakhuluma, uJudasi, omunye wabaliTjhumi namBili, wafika akhamba nesiqubuthu siphethe iinsabula neembhuku, sithunywe baphristi abakhulu, abatloli nabadala.+ 44 Umthengisakhe bekabanikele itshwayo ebebavumelene ngalo, wathi: “Loyo engizommanga, nguye enimfunako; mbambeni nimbophe nikhambe naye ngokuphepha.” 45 Watjhinga poro kuye wathi, “Rabi!” Wammanga ngomusa. 46 Bambamba bambopha. 47 Omunye wabagade bajame lapho warhwatjhula isabulakhe, warharhabula isisebenzi somphristi ophakemeko, wasiqunta indlebe.+ 48 UJesu wathi kibo: “Alo-ke niphumele ukuzokubopha mina niphethe iinsabula neembhuku ngasuthi nizokubamba isilelesi?+ 49 Mihla namalanga benginani ethempelini ngifundisa+ kodwana akhenge ningibambe. Nokho, lokhu kwenzeka bona kuzaliseke imiTlolo.”+

50 Boke bamtjhiya babaleka.+ 51 Isokana elithileko elizitantele ngetjhila lelineni lathoma ukumlandela eduze, balinga ukulibamba, 52 kodwana latjhiya itjhilelo lasala ngesambatho sangaphasi.

53 Nje-ke bathatha uJesu bamusa kumphristi ophakemeko,+ boke abaphristi abakhulu namadoda amadala nabatloli babuthana lapho.+ 54 UPitrosi, wamlandela akudenyana bewayokufika ngesirhodlweni somphristi ophakemeko; wahlala neensebenzi zendlu wotha umlilo.+ 55 Abaphristi abakhulu neSanhedrini yoke bebafuna ubufakazi ngoJesu bona bambulale kodwana bebangabufumani.+ 56 Abanengi bebanikela ubufakazi bamala ngaye+ kodwana ubufakazi babo bebungavumelani. 57 Nabathileko bebasikima banikele ubufakazi bamala ngaye, bathi: 58 “Simzwile athi, ‘Ngizokugiriza ithempeleli elenziwe ngezandla, ngakhe elinye ngamalanga amathathu elingakenziwa ngezandla.’”+ 59 Ngitjho nakilokhu, ubufakazi babo bebungavumelani.

60 Ngalokho umphristi ophakemeko wasikima phakathi kwabo wabuza uJesu wathi: “Awutjho litho bona uziphendulele? Zizinto bani lezi abantwaba abakumangalela ngazo?”+ 61 Kodwana wathula akhenge aphendule.+ Godu umphristi ophakemeko wambuza wathi kuye: “UnguKrestu iNdodana kaZimu oCwengileko na?” 62 UJesu wathi: “Nginguye begodu nizokubona iNdodana yomuntu+ ihlezi ngesandleni sokudla+ soMninimandla Woke begodu iza ngamafu wezulu.”+ 63 Nakezwa lokhu umphristi ophakemeko warathula izambatho zakhe wathi: “Sisabafunelani abanye abofakazi?+ 64 Nikuzwile ukuhlambalaza kwakhe. Nicabangani?” Boke bamgwebela ukufa.+ 65 Abanye bamkhafulela,+ bamgubuzesa ebusweni, bamdula ngamaguduva bathi kuye: “Phorofida!” Bambetha ebusweni, ngemva kwalokho, iinsebenzi zekhotho zamthatha.+

66 Kuthe lokha uPitrosi asenzasi ngesirhodlweni, kwafika umntazana osisebenzi somphristi ophakemeko.+ 67 Nakabona uPitrosi otha umlilo, wamqala ngemehlweni wathi: “Nawe bewunoJesu umNazaretha lo.” 68 Kodwana waphika, wathi: “Angimazi nokumazi umuntu lo begodu angazi ukuthi ukhuluma ngani,” waphumela ngaphandle ngasuthi uya esangweni. 69 Umntazana osisebenzi wambona godu wathi kilabo abajame lapho: “Lo ngomunye wabo.” 70 Waphika godu. Ngemva kwesikhatjhana, labo abajame lapho bathi kuPitrosi: “Kwamambala ungomunye wabo ngombana eqinisweni umGalile.” 71 Wathoma ukuqalekisa nokufunga wathi: “Angimazi umuntu enikhuluma ngaye lo!” 72 Khonokho umkukurumbu walila kwesibili,+ uPitrosi wakhumbula okwatjhiwo nguJesu kuye: “Ngaphambi kobana umkukurumbu ulile kabili, uzabe ungiphike kathathu.”+ Walila kabuhlungu.