Egumbini Eliphezulu

KUNGOKUHLWA ngoLwesine ngoku, emva kweentsuku ezimbini kamva. UYesu nabapostile bakhe abali-12 beze kweli gumbi likhulu liphezulu ukuze bafumane isidlo sePasika. Indoda oyibona iphuma apha nguYudas Skariyoti. Uyemka aye kuxelela ababingeleli indlela yokufumana uYesu.

Ngosuku olungaphambili, uYudas waya kubo wababuza: ‘Niya kundinika ntoni na ukuba ndiyaninceda nibambe uYesu?’ Bathi: ‘Iisilivere ezimashumi mathathu.’ Ngoku uYudas uya kula madoda ukuze awakhokelele kuYesu. Ngaba asinto imbi na le?

Isidlo sePasika sigqityiwe. Kodwa ngoku uYesu uqalisa esinye isidlo esikhethekileyo. Unika abapostile bakhe isonka aze athi: ‘Thabathani nidle kuba oku kuthetha umzimba wam onikelwa ngenxa yenu.’ Emva koko ubanika indebe yewayini aze athi: ‘Selani kuba oku kuthetha igazi lam, eliphalazwa ngenxa yenu.’ IBhayibhile ithi esi ‘sisidlo seNkosi sangokuhlwa.’

AmaSirayeli ayesidla iPasika ukuwakhumbuza ixesha laxa ingelosi kaThixo ‘yadlula’ izindlu zawo eYiputa, kodwa yabulala amazibulo ezindlwini zamaYiputa. Kodwa ngoku uYesu ufuna abalandeli bakhe bamkhumbule, nendlela awabancamela ngayo ubomi bakhe. Yiyo le nto ebaxelela ukuba bakhumbule esi sidlo sikhethekileyo nyaka ngamnye.

Emva kokudla iSidlo SeNkosi Sangokuhlwa, uYesu uthi abapostile bakhe mabakhaliphe baze bomelele elukholweni. Ekugqibeleni, bavuma iingoma kuThixo baze bahambe. Sele kusebusuku ngoku, mhlawumbi emva kwasezinzulwini zobusuku. Masibone ukuba bayaphi.