1 Kwatjipinda sabatha, kotangisa hhuba lekutanga letshipi, Mariya wekuMagadala newumwe Mariya bakayenda benobona kumbu. 2 Kwakabe nekutengenyeka kwehango kukulu; ngobe ntumwa waHe wakajita ebva kudzimu akahha akakunguludzila kutjena hongwe yaka yakazwina kumbu akagala pehhugwi kwayo. 3 Bon'wa kukwe waka epenya sethari, zwiyambalo zwizwe zwili zwitjenatjena semakaha. 4 Nentha yehlisa kukwe balindi bakatetema bakanga banhu bakafa.

5 Ntumwa weNdzimu wakalebeleka nebafumakadzi akati, "Musihle; ndoziba kuti mohaka Yesu waka akakowhomegwa patjileyanyo. 6 Atapo pano; wamuka, seleba kukwe. Ihhani mubone bugalo paalilele. 7 Tjiyendani nekulibilidza munobudza badiyiwa babe kuti wamuka kubafi, umbeli kwenyu kuyenda kuGalile; mowhonowumbona ikweno. Ndatjimubudza."

8 Bakabva pakumbu nekulibilidza balihhele hla koga bakahanha kwazo, bakalabuka benobudza badiyiwa babe.

9 Ngono Yesu wakabahanganidza akati, "Dumilani!" Bakasedzela bakapfigama bakabhata makumbo awe, bakawunamata. 10 Yesu akakotjiti kubali, "Musihle; yendani munobudza makamu angu kuti ayende kuGalile, banowhondibona ikweno."

11 Bafumakadzi bakati bayenda, bamwe bebalindi bakayenda kunzi-nkulu, bakanobudza baphirisiti bakulu zose zwayetikala. 12 Hule kwekuti baphirisiti bakulu bakubungana nebawhola bakalangana kuti bate betini, bakapa bagwi bengwa mari njinji, 13 bakati kubali, "Mubudze banhu muti, ‘Badiyiwa babe bakabuya busiku bakakhwiba mbili uwe iswi tililele.’ 14 Hapa ikoku kungaswika muzebe dzembhati wentunhu, towholebeleka naye iswi akagutshikana kuti imwi amuna nlandu."

15 Balindi bakatola mari bakathama sekwabaka babudziwa; ndebo iyeyi yakahhala mumaJuta kudza kuba nasi.

16 Badiyiwa bali gumi newun'ompela bakayenda kuGalile, kudombo Yesu laaka ababva kuti bayende kulili. 17 Bakati bewumbona, bakawunamata; koga bamwe bakabvubvuma. 18 Yesu wakasedzela kubali akalebeleka nabo eti, "Simba lose lekudzimu nemuhango latjipiwa imi. 19 Tjiyendani ke munothama badiyiwa benjudzi dzose, mubabvubike muzina laTate, neleNkololo neleMeya Yakayengemala. 20 Mubadiye kuti balondolodze kose kwandakamulaya; lingani, ndinamwi lubaka gose, kudza kunoti kubupelo gwelubaka."