IVangeli Elabhalwa NguJohane 20:1-31
20 Ngelanga lokuqala leviki, uMariya Magadalena wafika ethuneni ekuseni+ kusesemnyama, wabona ukuthi ilitshe lalisusiwe ethuneni.+
2 Yikho wagijima waya kuSimoni Phetro lomunye umfundi, lowo owayethandwa nguJesu,+ wafika wathi kubo: “Sebeyithethe iNkosi bayisusa ethuneni,+ asazi ukuthi bayibeke ngaphi.”
3 UPhetro lomfundi lo basuka baya ethuneni.
4 Bagijima bobabili kodwa umfundi lowo wagijima watshiya uPhetro, wafika kuqala ethuneni.
5 Wakhothama walunguza phakathi, wasebona amalembu elineni ephansi+ kodwa kazange angene.
6 USimoni Phetro owayengemuva kwakhe wathi efika wangena ethuneni, wawabona amalembu elineni ephansi.
7 Ilembu elalikade lisekhanda lakhe lalingekho kwamanye amalembu kodwa laligoqiwe labekwa lodwa.
8 Umfundi owayefike kuqala ethuneni laye wangena, wabona futhi wakholwa.
9 Kodwa babengakawuzwisisi umbhalo othi kumele avuke kwabafileyo.+
10 Abafundi basebesuka babuyela emizini yabo.
11 UMariya yena waqhubeka emi phandle duze kwethuna ekhala. Wakhothama elokhu ekhala, walunguza ethuneni
12 wabona izingilosi ezimbili+ ezazigqoke okumhlophe. Zazihlezi lapho isidumbu sikaJesu esasikade sikhona, enye ngasekhanda enye ngasenyaweni.
13 Zathi kuye: “Dadewethu ukhalelani?” Yena wathi: “Bathethe iNkosi yami, angazi ukuthi bayibeke ngaphi.”
14 Esetsho njalo watshibilika wabona uJesu emi khonapho, kodwa kananzelelanga ukuthi kwakunguye.+
15 UJesu wathi kuye: “Dadewethu ukhalelani? Udinga bani?” UMariya wacabanga ukuthi ngumuntu osebenza ensimini, wathi kuye: “Mnumzana, nxa umthethe ngitshela ukuthi umbeke ngaphi ngiyemthatha.”
16 UJesu wasesithi: “Mariya!” Yena watshibilika wathi kuye ngesiHebheru: “Rabhoni!” (okutsho ukuthi, “Mfundisi!”)
17 UJesu wathi: “Yekela ukunginamathela ngoba angikayi kuBaba. Kodwa hamba uyetshela abafowethu+ uthi, ‘Ngiya kuBaba+ onguYihlo, loNkulunkulu wami+ onguNkulunkulu wenu.’”
18 UMariya Magadalena wasesiya kubafundi wafika wathi: “Ngiyibonile iNkosi!” Wabatshela lokuthi yayitheni kuye.+
19 Ngalelolanga ntambama, okwakulilanga lokuqala leviki, iminyango yalapho abafundi ababekhona yayikhiyiwe njengoba babesesaba amaJuda. UJesu wafika wama phakathi kwabo wathi: “Ukuthula akube kini.”+
20 Esetsho njalo wabatshengisa izandla zakhe lomhlubulo wakhe.+ Abafundi bathaba bebona iNkosi.+
21 UJesu waphinda wathi kubo: “Ukuthula akube kini.+ Ngiyalithuma+ njengoba loBaba wangithuma.”+
22 Esekutshilo lokhu wabavuthela wathi: “Yamukelani umoya ongcwele.+
23 Nxa lingaxolela loba ngubani, izono zakhe ziyabe sezithethelelwe, kodwa loba ngubani elingamxoleliyo, izono zakhe azithethelelwa.”
24 Kodwa uTomasi+ omunye wabaliTshumi Lambili owayebizwa ngokuthi liphahla, wayengekho kwabanye ngesikhathi uJesu efika.
25 Abanye abafundi bamtshela bathi: “Siyibonile iNkosi!” Kodwa yena wathi: “Angisoze ngikukholwe lokho ngaphandle ngize ngibone amanxeba ezipikili ezandleni zakhe, ngihlome umunwe wami phakathi kwawo ngifake lesandla sami emhlubulweni wakhe.”+
26 Ngemva kwensuku ezingu-8 abafundi babesendlini, loTomasi laye ekhona. Lanxa iminyango yayikhiyiwe, uJesu wangena wama phakathi kwabo wathi: “Ukuthula akube kini.”+
27 Wasesithi kuTomasi: “Hloma umunwe wakho lapha, khangela izandla zami ufake lesandla sakho lapha emhlubulweni wami. Yekela ukuthandabuza ukholwe.”
28 UTomasi wasesithi: “Nkosi yami, Nkulunkulu wami!”
29 UJesu wathi kuye: “Usukholwa yini njengoba usungibonile? Bayathokoza abakholwa bengazange babone.”
30 UJesu wenza lezinye izimangaliso ezinengi phambi kwabafundi bakhe, ezingazange zibhalwe encwadinimgoqwa le.+
31 Kodwa lezi zabhalwa phansi ukuze likholwe ukuthi uJesu unguKhristu iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, besekusithi ngokholo lolu lithole ukuphila ngebizo lakhe.+
