UMakho 15
1 Ekuseni kakhulu abaphristi abakhulu, labadala, labafundisi bomthetho kanye leSanihedrini yonke bavumelana ngesinqumo sabo. Bambopha uJesu bamqhuba bayamethula kuPhilathu.
And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests, having held a consultation with the elders and the scribes, and the whole council, bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
2 UPhilathu wambuza wathi, “Uyinkosi yamaJuda na?” UJesu waphendula wathi, “Usukutshilo lokho.”
And Pilate asked him, Art thou the king of the Jews? And he answering saith to him, I am.
3 Abaphristi abakhulu bamethesa amacala amanengi.
And the chief priests brought many charges against him.
4 Ngakho uPhilathu wambuza njalo wathi, “Kanti kungani ungaphenduli na? Khangela, bakubeka amacala amanengi.”
And Pilate asked him again, Dost thou make no answer? See what things they are testifying against thee!
5 Kodwa uJesu wala elokhu ethule, uPhilathu wamangala.
But Jesus made no further answer; so that Pilate marveled.
6 Kwakungumkhuba ukuthi ngomkhosi kukhululwe isibotshwa esasizabe sicelwe ngabantu.
Now at the feast he was wont to release to them one prisoner, whom they might ask.
7 Indoda eyayithiwa nguBharabhasi yayisentolongweni kanye labahlamuki ababebulele abantu kulowomvukela.
And there was one named Barabbas, who lay bound with insurgents who had committed murder in the insurrection.
8 Ixuku labantu leza kuPhilathu ukuthi abenzele leyo nhlalayenza.
And the multitude, coming up, began to ask him to do as he had been wont to do for them.
9 “Lifuna ukuthi ngilikhululele inkosi yamaJuda na?” UPhilathu wabuza,
And Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release to you the king of the Jews?
10 esazi ukuthi kwakungenxa yomhawu okwenza abaphristi abakhulu banikela uJesu kuye.
For he knew that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.
11 Kodwa abaphristi abakhulu badunga abantu babakhuthaza ukuthi bacele uPhilathu abakhululele uBharabhasi.
But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release to them Barabbas.
12 UPhilathu wasebabuza wathi, “Pho ngithini ngalo elimbiza ngokuthi uyinkosi yamaJuda na?”
And Pilate answering again said to them, What then would ye have me do with him whom ye call the king of the Jews?
13 Bamemeza bathi, “Mbethele!”
And they cried out again, Crucify him!
14 UPhilathu wabuza wathi, “Yindaba? Woneni?” Kodwa bamemeza ngamandla bathi, “Mbethele!”
Then Pilate said to them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more, Crucify him!
15 UPhilathu wasebakhululela uBharabhasi ngoba wayefuna ukusuthisa ixuku labantu. Wathi uJesu katshaywe, ngemva kwalokho wasebapha ukuba bambethele.
And Pilate, wishing to satisfy the multitude, released to them Barabbas; and, when he had scourged Jesus, delivered him up to be crucified.
16 Amabutho amqhuba uJesu amusa esigodlweni (kutshiwo iPhrethoriyamu) basebebiza iviyo lonke lamabutho laqoqana ndawonye.
And the soldiers led him away into the court, which is the Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
17 Bamgqokisa ijazi eliyibubende, basebeseluka umqhele wameva bamethesa wona.
And they clothe him with purple, and having platted a crown of thorns, they put it on him.
18 Basebememeza besithi kuye, “Bayethe, nkosi yamaJuda!”
And they began to salute him: Hail, king of the Jews!
19 Bamtshaya ekhanda ngomqwayi baphindaphinda, bamkhafulela. Baguqa phansi ngamadolo bamkhonza.
And they struck him on the head with a reed, and spit upon him, and kneeling down, did him homage.
20 Sebemhozile, bamhlubula ijazi eliyibubende bamgqokisa ezakhe izigqoko. Basebephuma laye bamqhuba ukuba bayombethela.
And after they had made sport of him, they stripped him of the purple robe, and put his own garments on him. And they lead him out to crucify him.
21 Indoda ethile yaseKhureni, eyayithiwa nguSimoni, uyise ka-Alekizanda loRufasi, wayezedlulela khonapho evela emaphandleni, basebembamba ngamandla ukuthi athwale isiphambano.
And they compel one Simon a Cyrenaean, who was passing by, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
22 Baletha uJesu endaweni eyayithiwa yiGoligotha (okutsho ukuthi, “Indawo yoKhakhayi”).
And they bring him to the place Golgotha; which is, when interpreted, Place of a Skull.
23 Basebemupha iwayini elihlanganiswe lemure, kodwa wala ukulinatha.
And they gave him wine mingled with myrrh; but he did not take it.
24 Basebembethela. Bahlukanisa izigqoko zakhe basebesenza inkatho ukuze babone ukuthi ngulowo athathe kuphi.
And they crucify him, and divide his garments, casting lots for them, what each should take.
25 Kwakulihola lesithathu isikhathi abambethela ngaso.
And it was the third hour when they crucified him.
26 Umbhalo wecala lakhe wawusithi: INkosi yamaJuda.
And on the cross the inscription of the charge against him was written: “The king of the Jews.”
27 Babethela kanye laye abaphangi ababili, omunye kwesokunene sakhe, omunye kwesokhohlo. [
And with him they crucify two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.
28 Kwagcwaliseka umbhalo othi, “Wabalwa ndawonye lezephulamthetho.”]
29 Labo ababedlula lapho babemthuka benikina amakhanda abo besithi, “Ehe! Wena ozadiliza ithempeli ulakhe ngezinsuku ezintathu,
And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it up in three days,
30 yehla esiphambanweni uzisindise!”
save thyself, and come down from the cross.
31 Ngaleyondlela labaphristi abakhulu labafundisi bomthetho bamklolodela behlekisana ngaye phakathi kwabo. Bathi, “Wasindisa abanye, kodwa uyehluleka ukuzisindisa yena!
In like manner also the chief priests, with the scribes, making sport among themselves, said, He saved others, cannot he save himself?
32 Ake kuthi uKhristu lo, iNkosi le yako-Israyeli, yehle esiphambanweni ukuze sibone, sikholwe.” Lalabo ayebethelwe kanye labo, labo babemhlambaza.
Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him were reviling him.
33 Ngehola lesithupha ubumnyama bembesa ilizwe lonke kwaze kwaba lihola lesificamunwemunye.
And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
34 Kwathi ngehola lesithathu emini uJesu wakhala ngelizwi elikhulu wathi, “Eloyi, Eloyi, lamasabakithani?” (okutsho ukuthi, “Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungitshiyelani na?”).
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani? which is, when interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
35 Kwathi abanye balabo ababemi eduzane bekuzwa lokho bathi, “Zwanini, ubiza u-Elija.”
And some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, See! he is calling for Elijah.
36 Enye indoda yagcwalisa uzipho ngewayini elimunyu, yaluxhumela oluthini, yasiluqhubela uJesu ukuthi anathe. Yasisithi, “Ake simyekele manje, kesibone ingabe u-Elija uzakuza azomehlisa.”
And one ran and filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, Hold! Let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.
37 Ngomkhosi omkhulu, uJesu waphefumula okokucina.
And Jesus, having uttered a loud cry, expired.
38 Ikhetheni lethempeli ladabuka kabili lisuka phezulu kusiya phansi.
And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.
39 Kwathi induna yekhulu eyayimi khonapho phambi kukaJesu isizwa ukukhala kwakhe njalo ikubonile ukuthi ufe kanjani yathi, “Ngeqiniso indoda le ibe iyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu!”
And the centurion who stood over against him, seeing that he so expired, said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
40 Abanye abesifazane babebukele bebucwala. Phakathi kwabo kwakuloMariya Magadalini loMariya unina kaJakhobe omncinyane lokaJosefa loSalome.
There were also women looking on from a distance; among whom was Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
41 Laba abesifazane babemlandele bemsebenzela eseGalile. Labanye abesifazane abanengi ababeze laye eJerusalema labo babekhona.
who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and rendered him their services; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
42 Kwakulusuku lokuLungiselela (kutsho usuku olwandulela iSabatha). Kwathi sekuntambama
And evening having now come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
43 uJosefa wase-Arimathiya indoda elesithunzi eNkundleni, yona ngokwayo eyayilindele umbuso kaNkulunkulu, yaqunga isibindi yaya kuPhilathu yacela isidumbu sikaJesu.
Joseph of Arimathaea, an honorable councilor, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, came, and boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
44 UPhilathu wamangala ukuthi wayesefile. Wabiza induna yekhulu wayibuza ukuthi uJesu wayesefile yini.
And Pilate wondered that he was already dead; and calling to him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been long dead.
45 Wathi esezwile ngenduna yekhulu ukuthi kwasekwenzakele, wamupha uJosefa isidumbu.
And having been informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
46 Ngakho uJosefa wasethenga amalembu elineni, wathatha isidumbu wasigoqela ngelineni wasibeka ethuneni elaligujwe edwaleni. Wasegiqela ilitshe emlonyeni wethuna.
And having bought fine linen, he took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a tomb which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone to the door of the tomb.
47 UMariya Magadalini loMariya unina kaJosefa babona lapho abekwa khona.
And Mary the Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.
