Verse 1: Kepha ngosuku lokuqala lweviki, kuntwela ngenzansi, bafika ethuneni bephethe amakha ababewalungisile.
Verse 2: Bafumana itshe ligingqiwe ethuneni.
Verse 3: Kuthe bengena, abasifumananga isidumbu seNkosi uJesu.
Verse 4: Kwathi besasambathekile yilokho, bheka, nanko amadoda amabili emi ngakubo, enezingubo ezicwebezelayo.
Verse 5: Besesaba bekhothamela phansi ngobuso, athi kubo: “Nifunelani ophilayo kwabafileyo na?
Verse 6: Kakho lapha, kepha uvukile; khumbulani ukukhuluma kwakhe kini eseseGalile,
Verse 7: ethi: ‘INdodana yomuntu imelwe ukukhashelwa ezandleni zabantu abayizoni, ibethelwe, ivuke ngosuku lwesithathu.’ ”
Verse 8: Bawakhumbula-ke amazwi akhe.
Verse 9: Base bebuya ethuneni, babika konke lokho kwabayishumi nanye nakubo bonke abanye.
Verse 10: KwakungoMariya Magdalena, noJowana, noMariya unina kaJakobe; nabanye ababe kanye nabo babatshela abaphostoli lokho.
Verse 11: Kepha lawo mazwi aba njengokukhuluma okuyize kubo, kabaze bakholwa yibo.
Verse 12: Khona uPetru wasuka, wagijimela ethuneni, wakhothama, wabona izindwangu zizodwa; wamuka, waya ekhaya emangele ngokwenzekileyo.
Verse 13: Bheka-ke, ababili babo babehamba ngalona lolo suku, beya emzaneni othiwa i-Emawuse, ukude neJerusalema amastadiyu angamashumi ayisithupha.
Verse 14: Babekhulumisana omunye nomunye ngazo zonke lezo zinto ezehlakeleyo.
Verse 15: Kwathi besakhuluma bebuzana, uJesu uqobo wasondela, wahambisana nabo.
Verse 16: Kepha amehlo abo abebambekile ukuba bangamazi.
Verse 17: Wathi kubo: “Zindaba zini lezi enikhuluma ngazo omunye nomunye nihamba na?” Base bema benyukumele.
Verse 18: Omunye, nguKleyophase igama lakhe, waphendula, wathi kuye: “Wena uyisihambi eJerusalema, ungoyedwa ongazazi izinto ezenzekileyo khona ngalezi zinsuku na?”
Verse 19: Wayesethi kubo: “Zinto zini na?” Bathi kuye: “NgoJesu waseNazaretha obengumprofethi onamandla ngesenzo nangezwi phambi kukaNkulunkulu nabantu bonke,
Verse 20: ukuthi abapristi abakhulu nababusi bethu bamkhaphela ukunqunyelwa ukufa, baze bambethela esiphambanweni.
Verse 21: Thina-ke besethemba ukuthi nguye ozakuhlenga u-Israyeli; kodwa phezu kwalokho konke sekulusuku lwesithathu lezo zinto zenzekile.
Verse 22: Futhi nabesifazane abathile bakithi basethusile, ababeyile ethuneni ekuseni;
Verse 23: kuthe bengasifumani isidumbu sakhe, bafika bathi babone nombono wezingelosi ezithi uyaphila.
Verse 24: Nabathile babakithi baya ethuneni, bakufumana kunjalo njengokuba beshilo abesifazane, kodwa yena uqobo abambonanga.”
Verse 25: Wayesethi kubo: “O nina eningaqondiyo nenilibele enhliziyweni ukukholwa yikho konke abakushilo abaprofethi!
Verse 26: UKristu ubengamelwe yini ukuhlupheka ngalokho, aze angene enkazimulweni yakhe na?”
Verse 27: Wayesethathela kuMose nakubaprofethi bonke, wabachasisela emibhalweni okuqondene naye.
Verse 28: Base besondela emzaneni ababeya kuwo yena washaya sengathi udlulela phambili.
Verse 29: Bamncengisisa bathi: “Hlala nathi, ngokuba sekuzakuhlwa, nemini isiyadlula.” Wangena wahlala nabo.
Verse 30: Kwathi esehlezi nabo ekudleni, wathabatha isinkwa, wabonga, wasihlephula, wabanika.
Verse 31: Amehlo abo ayesevuleka, bamazi; wayesenyamalala kubo.
Verse 32: Bathi omunye komunye: “Inhliziyo yethu ibingavuthi yini phakathi kwethu, lapho ekhuluma kithi endleleni, nalapho esivulela imibhalo, na?”
Verse 33: Base besuka ngasona leso sikhathi, baphindela eJerusalema, bafumana abayishumi nanye nababe nabo behlangene ndawonye,
Verse 34: bethi: “Impela iNkosi ivukile, ibonakele kuSimoni.”
Verse 35: Base belanda nabo okwenzekileyo endleleni, nokuthi yaziwa kanjani yibo ekuhlephuleni isinkwa.
Verse 36: Besakhuluma lokho, yena uqobo wema phakathi kwabo, wathi kubo: “Ukuthula makube kinina.”
Verse 37: Kepha bashaywa luvalo, besaba bethi babona ithongo.
Verse 38: Wayesethi kubo: “Nikhathazekeleni na? Kuvelelani imizindlo ezinhliziyweni zenu na?
Verse 39: Bhekani izandla zami nezinyawo zami ukuthi yimina uqobo; ngiphatheni, nibone, ngokuba ithongo alinanyama namathambo, njengokuba ningibona nginakho.”
Verse 40: Esekushilo lokho wababonisa izandla nezinyawo.
Verse 41: Kepha bengakakholwa ngenxa yentokozo bemangala, wathi kubo: “Ninakho ukudla lapha na?”
Verse 42: Bamnika iqatha lenhlanzi eyosiweyo neqa lezinyosi.
Verse 43: Wakuthatha, wadla phambi kwabo.
Verse 44: Wayesethi kubo: “Yiwo lawo mazwi ami engawakhuluma kini ngisenani okuthi: ‘Kumelwe ukugcwaliseka konke okulotshwe ngami emthethweni kaMose, nakubaprofethi nasemaHutsheni.’ ”
Verse 45: Khona wayesevula ingqondo yabo, ukuze baqonde imibhalo.
Verse 46: Wathi kubo: “Kulotshiwe kanje ukuthi uzakuhlupheka uKristu, avuke kwabafileyo ngosuku lwesithathu,
Verse 47: kushunyayelwe egameni lakhe ukuphenduka, kube ngukuthethelelwa kwezono ezizweni zonke, kuqalwe eJerusalema.
Verse 48: Nina-ke ningofakazi balezi zinto.
Verse 49: Bhekani, ngiyathumela kini isithembiso sikaBaba; kepha hlalani emzini, nize nembathiswe amandla avela phezulu.”
Verse 50: Wabahola, baze bafika ngaseBethaniya, waphakamisa izandla zakhe, wababusisa.
Verse 51: Kwathi esababusisa, wahlukana nabo, wenyuselwa ezulwini.
Verse 52: Bakhuleka kuye, baphindela eJerusalema benokuthokoza okukhulu.
Verse 53: Babekhona ethempelini njalo bemdumisa uNkulunkulu.