Joni 18
1 Jesu nakamana kwambula majwi aaya, wakainka kuli aanze abasikwiiya bakwe kuli bumwi busena mumusena wa Kkidiloni, oko kwakali chilili mwakakunjila abasikwiya bakwe.
After he had spoken these words Jesus went forth with his disciples to a place across the Ravine of the Cedars, where there was a garden into which he and his disciples went.
2 Lino Judasi ooyo wakali sikuyo mwaba, alakwe wakalibwizi busenobu nkambo Jesu wakali kuswanana absikwiya bakwe nkuko.
Judas the Traitor also knew this place; for Jesus and his disciples often met there.
3 Mpawo Judasi wakazulwida inkamu yabasilumamba abamwi bendelezi bazwa kubapayizi bapati akubaFalisi, abasizyuno, bakayinka nkukoko amalampi, azimunisyo, azilwanisyo.
So after getting troops and some Temple police from the chief priests and Pharisees, Judas came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
4 Mpawo Jesu, iwakazi zyoonse zintu ezyo zyakali kuyochitika kulinguwe, wakaya kunembo wababuzya kuti, “Ngwani ngomulokuyanduula?”
Then Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon him, went forth to meet them, and asked them, "Who is it that you are looking for?"
5 Bakamusandula, “Jesu waku Nazaleta.” Jesu wakati ndamwambila kuti, “Ndime.” Judasi ooyo wakamuzya wakaliimvwi abasiliumamba.
"For Jesus of Nazareth," they answered. He said to them, "I am he." (Now Judas also, the betrayer, was standing with them.)
6 Nakaamba kuli mbabo kuti, “Ndime,” bakabwedela musule bawidaansi.
When Jesus said "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground;
7 Wakababuzya lubo, “Ngwani ngomulokuyanduula?” Lubo bakindulula bati, “Jesu waku Nazaleta.”
so he asked them once more, "Whom are you looking for?" and they replied, "Jesus of Nazareth."
8 Jesu wakasandula, “Ndamubuzya kuti ndime. Na kamulokuyandula ndime, amubaleke aaba beende.”
"I have already told you that I am he," said Jesus. "If, then, you are looking for me, let these go their way."
9 Ezi zyakachitika kuti ijwi ndyakaamba lizuzikizigwe: “kuti kulibaabo mbwaakandipa takwe ngundakasowa pe.”
"(In order that the word which he had spoken might be fulfilled, "Of those whom thou hast given me I have not lost one.")
10 Alimwi Sayimoni Pita, wakali akafulo, wakakasomona wagonka mulanda wamupayizi mupati wamugonka kutwi kwakuchilisyo. Lino izina lyamulanda oyu wakali Malukkasi.
Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, and striking at the high priest’s slave, cut off his right ear.
11 Jesu wakati kuli Pita, “Bweedezya ikafulo munkomo. Nsyelede kunywa muchinywido eecho Taata nchaakandipa mebo?”
(The slave’s name was Malchus.) Then Jesus said to Peter. "Put up your sword in its sheath. the cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?"
12 Awo inkamu yabasilumamba amupati wabo, ababelesi babaJuda, bakajata Jesu akumwaanga.
So the troops and their commandant and the Jewish police took Jesus, and bound him,
13 Kutanguna bakamutola kuli Aanasi, nkambo wakali yisizyala wa Kkefasi, wakali mupayizi mupati munyokoyo.
and led him to Annas first. (For Annas was the Father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year -
14 Lino Kkefasi wakali nguwe wakapede lulayo kubaJuda kuti nichali chibotu kuti umwi muntu afwide bantu boonse.
the Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was for their advantage that one man should die for the people.)
15 Sayimoni Pita wakatobela Jesu, alimwi awumwi sikwiiya. Lino ooyu sikwiiya wakazibinkene kubapayizi bapati, aboobo wakanjila a Jesu munkuta yabapayizi bapati.
Meanwhile Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so was another disciple who was known to the high priest, and they went in with Jesus into the court of the high priest’s palace.
16 Pesi Pita wakaliimvwi amulyango kalaanze, mpawo umwi sikwiya, wakazibinkene kubapayizi bapati, wakazwa aanze kuyowambuula abalinda amulyango, mpawo wakanjizya Pita mukati.
But Peter took his stand outside, near the door. So the other disciple who was known to the high priest came out and spoke to the doorkeeper and brought Peter in.
17 Mpawo mulanda wachikayintu, wakalikubamba amulyango, wakabuzya Pita kuti, “Tooli umwi wabaabo basikwiiya bayooyu mwalumi na, wakasikuti, “teensi ndime pe.”
The doorkeeper (a maid servant) then said to Peter, "Are not you also one of this man’s disciples?" "No I am not," he answered.
18 Lino balanda abasikubeleka muwofesi bakalimvwi awo, nkabela bakali bakutilizya mulilo nkambo kwakali kutontola, bakali kuyota. Pita ambabo kayimvwi kalikuyota alakwe.
Now the slaves and the attendants were standing and warming themselves about a charcoal fire, which they had made because it was cold; and Peter also stood with them, and was warming himself.
19 Mupayizi mupati wakabuzya Jesu aatala abasikwiiya bakwe anjiisyo yakwe.
Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
20 Jesu wakamusandula, “Ndakambuula entanganana kunyika. Choonse chiindi ndakali kuyiisya muzitumba amuzikombelo akoko baJuda nkubakali kuswanana. Taakwe pe nchindakaamba mukusisikizya.
Jesus answered him. "I have spoken to all the world openly. I always taught in a synagogue and in the temple, places where all the Jews are wont to assemble, and in secret I have spoken nothing.
21 Nkambonzi nimundibuzya? Kabuzye kuli bakandimvwa ataala azezyo nzindakaamba. Boona, aaba bantu balizizi nzindakaamba.”
"Why do you question me? Ask those who heard what I have said to them; these witnesses here know what I said."
22 Jesu nakamana kwamba eezi, umwi wababelesi wakayimvwi wakawuma Jesu wati, “Mbubo na mboyelede kusandula mupayizi mupati?”
When he had spoken these words, one of the police standing by gave him a blow with his hand, saying as he did so, "Is that the way you answer the high priest?"
23 Jesu wakatikuli nguwe, “kuti nkendi ndaambula bubi, paa bukamboni atala abubi, pesi kuti kakuli kabotu, unduuminayi?
Jesus replied "If I have said anything wrong, give evidence concerning the wrong; but if I said what was true, why do you strike me?"
24 Mpawo Aanasi wakamutola kaangidwe kuli Kkayifasi mupayizi mupati.
Then Annas sent him in chains to Caiaphas, the high priest.
25 Lino Sayimoni Pita wakalimvwi kayoota mulilo. Bantu bakati kulinguwe, “Sena tenduwe umwi wabasikwiiya bakwe na? Wakakaka akwamba kuti, “Tensindime pe.”
Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, "You are not also one of his disciples, are you not?" He denied it, saying "I am not."
26 Umwi wabalanda bamupayizi mupati, wakali munyina wamwalumi ulakutwi Pita nkwakagonkede, wakati, “Tooli nduwe na ngundakabwene muchilili anguwe?”
One of the slaves of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did not I myself see you with him in the garden."
27 Mpawo Pita wakakaka lubo, mpawo mukuku wakakokolika.
Peter again denied it; and at that very moment a cock crew.
28 Eelyo bakatola Jesu kuzwa kuli Kkayifasi kuya kukubetekwa. Kwakachili kuseni loko, nkabela tebakanjila pe mubbetekelo kuchitila kuti tabasofwazigwi pe pesi bakakonzye kulya pasika.
From the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Praetorium, and it was dawn. They themselves would not enter the Praetorium, in order that they might not be ceremonially defiled, but might be able to eat the Passover.
29 Awo Pilato wakazwa aanze waya kuli mbaboo wasikuti, “Nguuli mulandu ngumweeta ayoyu mwalumi?”
So Pilate came outside to them and asked, "What charge do you bring against this man?"
30 Bakasandula kabati kulinguwe, “Aanoli ooyu mwalumi tesimuchita zibi, Tetwayinomweeta kuli nduwe pe.”
In reply they said, "If he had not been a criminal, we should not have handed him over you."
31 Mpawawo Pilato wakati kulimbabo, “mumutole ndinywe, akuyomubeteka kwinda mumulawu wanu.” MaJuda bakati kulinguwe, “Tachili mumulawu pe kulindiswe kubikka kufumbwa umwi muntu kulufu.”
"Take him yourselves," answered Pilate, "and judge him according to your law."
32 Bakaamba ezi kuchitila kuti ijwi lya Jesu lizuzikizigwe eelyo ndyakaamba kutoondezya atala amusyobo walufu ndwayizofwa.
The Jews answered him, "We are not allowed to put anyone to death" (that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled in which he predicted the kind of death he was to die).
33 Mpawo Pilato wakanjila mungánda yakubetekela lubo wayita Jesu wamubuzya kuti, “Nduwe Mwami waba Juda na?”
So Pilate went into the Praetorium again, and summoned Jesus. "Are you the King of the Jews?" he said.
34 Jesu wakasandula, “Ulokulyambwida na, nakuti kuli bamwi bakambula atala andime kuli nduwe?”
Jesus answered, "Are you saying this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?"
35 Pilato wakasandula, “Nsili muJuda pe me, ndinguwe na? Bantu bako abapayizi bapati bakupeda kuli ndime. Niinzi nchiwachita?”
"I am not a Jew, am I?" replied Pilate; "It is your own nation and the high priests who have handed you over to me. What have you done?"
36 Jesu wakasndula, “Bwami bwangu tabuli bweenyika eeyi pe. Aanoli bwami bwangu bwali bwachimwi chipanzi chenyika eeyi, balanda bangu bayinokulwana kuchitila kuti nkindeka kwabwa kuba Juda. Pesi lino bwami bwangu tabuzwidi aano pe.
Jesus answered him. "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants have fought hard that I should not be handed the Jews; but in reality my kingdom is not of such origins."
37 Pilato wakati kulinguwe, “Uli mwami na?” Jesu wakamusandul, “wamba kuti ndimwami. Kuuli aya makanze ndakazyaligwa, akuli aya makanze ndakasika munyika, kuti ngaambe bukamboni mukasimpe. Woonse ooyo uuli mukasimpe ulaswilizya kujwi lyaangu.”
"You are a king, then? You!" said Pilate. "You say truly that I am a king." answered Jesus, "for this purpose I was born, and to this end came I into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Every man who is of the truth listens to my voice."
38 Pilato wakati kulinguwe, “niinzi kasimpe?” Ndakazwa kwaamba eezi, wakayinka kumaJuda wamba kuli mbabo, Takwe mulandu pe ngundajana mumwalumi ooyu.
Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" As he said this, he went outside again to the Jews and said to them.
39 Pesi mulachiyanza chakuti ndiwangunune umwi muntu kuli ndinywe apasika. Aabobo mulayandana kuti ndimulekezezye mwami waba Juda?”
"I find no crime in this man. Now it is a custom of yours that I release one prisoner to you at the time of the Passover feast. Do you wish me to release to you the King of the Jews?"
40 Mpawo bakoompolola lubo akwamba kuti, pepe oyu mwalumi, pesi Bbalabbasi.” Lino oyu Bbalabbasi wakaali mubbi.
Then they all shouted again. "No, not him! Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.
