ULukha 23
1 Kwasekusukuma ixuku labo lonke, lamusa kuPilatu.
And the assembly broke up, and conducted Jesus to Pilate:
2 Baqala ukummangalela, besithi: Simficile lo eduhisa isizwe, esalela ukuthela kuKesari, esithi nguye onguKristu iNkosi.
and they accused him, saying, We found this man perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, calling himself Messiah the King.
3 UPilatu wasembuza, wathi: Wena uyiNkosi yamaJuda yini? Wasemphendula wathi: Uyatsho wena.
Then Pilate, asking him, said, You are the King of the Jews? He answered, You say right.
4 Wasesithi uPilatu kubapristi abakhulu lemaxukwini: Kangitholi cala kulumuntu.
Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitude, I find nothing criminal in this man.
5 Kodwa baqinisa, besithi: Udunga abantu, efundisa kuyo yonke iJudiya, eqala eGalili kuze kufike lapha.
But they became more vehement, adding, He raised sedition among the people, by the doctrine which he spread through all Judea, from Galilee, where he began, to this place.
6 Lapho uPilatu esizwa kuthiwa iGalili wabuza ukuthi lumuntu ungumGalili yini.
When Pilate heard them mention Galilee, he asked, whether the man were a Galilean.
7 Kwathi esezwile ukuthi ungowombuso kaHerodi, wamthumela kuHerodi, owayekhona laye eJerusalema ngalezonsuku.
And finding that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also then at Jerusalem.
8 Kwathi uHerodi embona uJesu wathokoza kakhulu; ngoba wayekade ethanda ukumbona, ngoba wayezwile okunengi ngaye; wayethemba ukuthi uzabona isibonakaliso esithile sisenziwa nguye.
And Herod was very glad to see Jesus: it was what he had long desired; having heard much of him, and hoping to see him perform some miracle.
9 Wambuza ngamazwi amanengi; kodwa yena kamphendulanga lutho.
He, therefore, asked him many questions, but Jesus returned him no answer.
10 Abapristi abakhulu lababhali babemi, bemmangalela ngamandla.
Yet the chief priests and the scribes, who were present, accused him with eagerness.
11 UHerodi lamabutho akhe bamyangisa, bamklolodela, basebemgqokisa isembatho esikhazimulayo, bambuyisela kuPilatu.
But Herod and his military train despised him: and having, in derision, arrayed him in a splendid robe, remanded him to Pilate.
12 Ngalolosuku uHerodi kanye loPilatu baba ngabangane omunye komunye; ngoba ngaphambi kwalokhu babelobutha phakathi kwabo.
On that day, Pilate and Herod became friends; for, before, they had been at enmity.
13 UPilatu wasebizela ndawonye abapristi abakhulu lababusi labantu,
Pilate, having convened the chief priests, the magistrates and the people,
14 wathi kubo: Limlethile kimi lumuntu, ngokungathi ungoduhisa abantu; njalo khangelani, mina ngimhlolile phambi kwenu, kangitholanga cala kulumuntu ngalezozinto elimmangalela ngazo;
said to them, You have brought this man before me, as one who excites the people to revolt; yet, having examined him in your presence, I have not found him guilt of any of those crimes of which you accuse him.
15 hatshi ngitsho loHerodi; ngoba ngilithumeze kuye, njalo khangelani, kakulalutho olufanele ukufa olwenziwe nguye.
Neither has Herod; for I referred you to him. Be assured, then, that he has done nothing to deserve death.
16 Ngakho ngizamtshaya ngimkhulule.
I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
17 Kwakufanele ukuthi abakhululele abe munye ngomkhosi.
For it was necessary that he should release one to them at the festival.
18 Bamemeza bonke kanyekanye besithi: Msuse lo, usikhululele uBarabasi
Then all cried out together, Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas.
19 (owayephoselwe entolongweni ngenxa yomvukela othile owenzeka phakathi komuzi langenxa yokubulala).
Now Barabbas had been imprisoned for raising sedition in the city, and for murder.
20 Ngakho uPilatu wabuya wakhuluma labo, efuna ukumkhulula uJesu.
Pilate, willing to release Jesus, again, expostulated.
21 Kodwa bamemeza, besithi: Bethela, mbethele!
But they cried, saying, Crucify! crucify him!
22 Wasesithi kubo ngokwesithathu: Ngoba lo enze bubi bani? Kangitholanga kuye icala afanele ukufa ngalo; ngakho ngizamtshaya ngimkhulule.
A third time he repeated, Why? What evil has this man done? I do not find him guilty of any capital crime; I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
23 Kodwa baqinisa ngamazwi amakhulu, befuna ukuthi abethelwe; lamazwi abo lawabapristi abakhulu aphumelela.
But they persisted, demanding, with much clamor, that he might be crucified. At last, their clamors, and those of the chief priests, prevailed:
24 UPilatu wasequma ukuthi kwenziwe isicelo sabo.
and Pilate pronounced sentence, that it should be as they desired.
25 Wasebakhululela lowo ababemcelile owayephoselwe entolongweni ngenxa yomvukela lokubulala; kodwa uJesu wamnikela entandweni yabo.
Accordingly, he released a man who had been imprisoned for sedition and murder; whom they required; and gave up Jesus to their will.
26 Kwathi sebemqhuba, babamba uSimoni othile umKurene owayevela emaphandleni, bamethesa isiphambano, ukuthi asithwale ngemva kukaJesu.
As they led him away, they laid hold of one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the country, and laid the cross on him, that he might bear it after Jesus.
27 Laselimlandela ixuku elikhulu labantu, labesifazana labo ababekhala bemlilela.
And a great multitude followed him, amongst whom were many women, who lamented and bewailed him.
28 Kodwa uJesu ephendukela kubo wathi: Madodakazi eJerusalema, lingangikhaleli mina, kodwa zikhaleleni lina labantwana benu,
But Jesus, turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children:
29 ngoba khangelani, ziyeza insuku abazakutsho ngazo ukuthi: Zibusisiwe inyumba, lezizalo ezingazalanga, lamabele angamunyisanga.
for the days are coming, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, the wombs which never bare, and the breasts which never gave suck!
30 Khona bezaqalisa ukuthi ezintabeni: Welani phezu kwethu; lemaqaqeni: Sisibekeleni.
Then they shall cry to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us:
31 Ngoba uba besenza lezizinto esihlahleni esimanzi, kuzakwenzakalani kwesomileyo?
for if it fare thus with the green tree, how shall it fare with the dry?
32 Kwaqhutshwa labanye abenzi bobubi ababili, ukuthi babulawe kanye laye.
And two malefactors were also led with him to execution.
33 Sebefikile endaweni ethiwa luKhakhayi, bambethela khona, labenzi bobubi, omunye ngakwesokunene, lomunye ngakwesokhohlo.
When they came to the place called Calvary, they there nailed him to a cross, and the malefactors also; one at his right hand, the other at his left.
34 UJesu wasesithi: Baba, bathethelele; ngoba kabakwazi abakwenzayo. Njalo babelana izembatho zakhe, benza inkatho yokuphosa.
And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And they parted his garments by lot.
35 Labantu bema babukela. Lababusi kanye labo bamklolodela, besithi: Wasindisa abanye, kazisindise yena, uba yena enguKristu, okhethiweyo kaNkulunkulu.
While the people stood gazing, even their rulers joined them in ridiculing him, and saying, This man saved others; let him save himself, if he be the Messiah, the elect of God.
36 Labebutho bamklolodela, beza kuye bamnika iviniga,
The soldiers likewise mocked him, coming and offering him vinegar,
37 besithi: Uba wena uyiNkosi yamaJuda, zisindise wena.
and saying, If you be the King of the Jews, save yourself.
38 Kwakukhona lombhalo ngaphezu kwakhe kulotshiwe ngamabala esiGriki langesiRoma langesiHebheru othi: LO UYINKOSI YAMAJUDA.
There was also an inscription over his head in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
39 Lomunye wabenzi bobubi ababelengisiwe wamthuka, esithi: Uba wena unguKristu, zisindise wena lathi.
Now, one of the malefactors who suffered with him, reviled him, saying, If you be the Messiah, save yourself and us.
40 Kodwa omunye waphendula emkhuza, esithi: Wena kawumesabi yini uNkulunkulu, lokhu lawe ukulokhukulahlwa?
The other, rebuking him, answered, Have you no fear of God, you who are undergoing the same punishment?
41 Thina kambe kusilungele, ngoba semukela okulingene ukwenza kwethu; kodwa lo kenzanga lutho olungafanelanga.
And we, indeed, justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man has done nothing amiss.
42 Wasesithi kuJesu: Ungikhumbule, Nkosi, lapha ufika embusweni wakho.
And he said to Jesus, Remember me, Lord, when thou comest to thy kingdom.
43 UJesu wasesithi kuye: Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Lamuhla uzakuba lami eParadise.
Jesus answered, Indeed, I say to you, To-day you shall be with me in paradise.
44 Kwakungaba lihola lesithupha, kwaba khona ubumnyama phezu komhlaba wonke kwaze kwaba lihola lesificamunwemunye,
And, about the sixth hour, there was darkness over all the land, which lasted till the ninth.
45 futhi ilanga lalifiphaziwe, leveyili lethempeli ladatshulwa phakathi.
The sun was darkened, and the vail of the temple was rent in the midst.
46 UJesu wasememeza ngelizwi elikhulu esithi: Baba, ezandleni zakho ngibeka umoya wami; esetshilo lokhu waphefumula okokucina.
And Jesus said with a loud voice, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit; and having thus said, he expired.
47 Kwathi induna yekhulu isibonile okwenzekileyo, yamdumisa uNkulunkulu, isithi: Isibili lumuntu ubelungile.
Then, the centurion, observing what had happened, gave glory to God; saying, Assuredly, this was a righteous man.
48 Lamaxuku wonke ayebuthene ukubukela lokho, sebebonile izinto ezenzekileyo, babuyela betshaya izifuba zabo.
Nay, all the people who were present at this spectacle, and saw what had passed, returned, beating their breasts.
49 Bonke abazana laye, labesifazana ababemlandela bevela eGalili, bema khatshana, bebona lezizinto.
And all his acquaintance, and the women who had followed him from Galilee, standing at a distance, beheld these things.
50 Njalo khangela, indoda ethiwa nguJosefa, ilunga lomphakathi, indoda elungileyo eqotho;
Now, there was a senator, named Joseph, a good and just man,
51 yena wayengavumelananga lecebo lesenzo sabo; wayevela eArimathiya umuzi wamaJuda, laye ngokwakhe wayelindele umbuso kaNkulunkulu;
from Arimathea, a city of Judea, who had not concurred in the resolutions and proceedings of the rest; and who himself, also expected the Reign of God.
52 lowo waya kuPilatu wacela isidumbu sikaJesu.
This man went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
53 Wasesethula wasigoqela ngelembu elicolekileyo, wasibeka engcwabeni elaligujwe edwaleni, lapho okwakungazanga kubekwe khona umuntu.
And having taken it down, he wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a tomb cut in stone, in which no man had ever been deposited.
54 Kwakulusuku lwamalungiselelo, lesabatha laselisondela.
Now that day was the preparation, and the Sabbath approached.
55 Labesifazana, ababeze laye bevela eGalili, balandela, balibona ingcwaba, lokuthi isidumbu sibekwe njani.
And the women, who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee, followed Joseph, and observed the tomb, and how the body was laid.
56 Basebebuyela emuva balungisa amakha lamagcobo. Ngesabatha basebephumula njengokomlayo.
When they returned, they provided spices and ointments, and then rested the Sabbath, according to the commandment.
