< Matthew 27 >
1 Early in the morning all the chief priests and elders of the people consulted together and decided to have Jesus put to death.
Na rĩrĩ, rũciinĩ tene, athĩnjĩri-Ngai arĩa anene othe na athuuri a andũ makĩiguithania atĩ matuĩre Jesũ kũũragwo.
2 They bound him, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate, the governor.
Makĩmuoha na mĩnyororo; makĩmũruta kũu, makĩmũtwara kũrĩ Pilato, ũrĩa warĩ barũthi.
3 When Judas, the one who'd betrayed Jesus, saw that Jesus had been condemned to death, he regretted what he'd done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders.
Rĩrĩa Judasi, ũcio wamũkunyanĩire oonire atĩ Jesũ nĩatuĩrwo gũkua-rĩ, akĩĩrira na agĩcookeria athĩnjĩri-Ngai arĩa anene na athuuri mbeeca icio cia betha mĩrongo ĩtatũ.
4 “I've sinned! I've betrayed innocent blood!” he told them. “What's that got to do with us?” they replied. “That's your problem!”
Akiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩnjĩhĩtie, nĩgũkorwo nĩngunyanĩire thakame ĩtarĩ na mahĩtia.” Nao makĩmũcookeria makĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Ũcio ũkĩrĩ ũhoro witũ? Ũcio nĩ ũhoro waku.”
5 Judas threw the silver coins into the sanctuary and left. He went away and hanged himself.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Judasi agĩikania mbeeca icio thĩinĩ wa hekarũ, agĩĩthiĩra. Agĩcooka agĩthiĩ akĩĩita.
6 The chief priests took the silver coins and said, “This is blood money, so it's not lawful to put this in the Temple treasury.”
Athĩnjĩri-Ngai acio anene makĩoya mbeeca icio makiuga atĩrĩ, “Kũiga mbeeca ici kĩgĩĩna-inĩ nĩ kuuna watho, nĩgũkorwo nĩ mbeeca cia thakame.”
7 So they agreed to buy the potter's field as a place to bury foreigners.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio makĩiguithania mahũthĩre mbeeca icio na kũgũra gĩthaka kĩrĩa kĩa mũũmbi nyũngũ gĩtuĩke gĩa gũthikagwo ageni.
8 That's why the field is still called today the “Field of Blood.”
Kĩu nĩkĩo gĩtũmaga gĩthaka kĩu gĩĩtwo Gĩthaka gĩa Thakame nginya ũmũthĩ.
9 This fulfilled the prophecy spoken through the prophet Jeremiah: “They took thirty silver coins—the ‘value’ of the one who was bought at the price set by some of the children of Israel—
Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩguo ũhoro ũrĩa waarĩtio nĩ Jeremia ũrĩa Mũnabii wahingire, rĩrĩa oigire atĩrĩ: “Nao nĩmoire icunjĩ icio mĩrongo ĩtatũ cia betha, thogora ũrĩa andũ a Isiraeli maatuĩte wa kũmũgũra,
10 and used them to pay for the potter's field, just as the Lord instructed me to do.”
nao magĩcihũthĩra na kũgũra gĩthaka kĩa mũũmbi nyũngũ, o ta ũrĩa Mwathani aanjathire gwĩkwo.”
11 Jesus was brought before Pilate the governor who asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” “You said it,” Jesus replied.
Na rĩrĩ, Jesũ akĩrũgama mbere ya barũthi, nake barũthi ũcio akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Wee nĩwe Mũthamaki wa Ayahudi?” Jesũ agĩcookia atĩrĩ. “Ĩĩ, wee nĩwoiga.”
12 But when the chief priests and elders brought charges against him, Jesus did not answer.
No rĩrĩa aathitangirwo nĩ athĩnjĩri-Ngai arĩa anene na athuuri, ndarĩ ũndũ aacookirie.
13 “Don't you hear how many charges they're bringing against you?” Pilate asked him.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Pilato akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Kaĩ ũtaraigua ũira wa maũndũ marĩa maragũthitangĩra?”
14 But Jesus didn't say anything, not a single word. This greatly surprised the governor.
Nowe Jesũ ndaigana gũcookia ũndũ o na ũmwe wa macio; nake barũthi akĩgega mũno.
15 Now it was the custom of the governor to release to the crowd during the festival whichever prisoner they wanted.
Na rĩrĩ, hĩndĩ ya Gĩathĩ kĩa Bathaka, barũthi ũcio nĩamenyerete kuohora mũndũ ũmwe wa arĩa oohe, o ũrĩa kĩrĩndĩ kĩngĩathuurire.
16 At that time a notorious prisoner was being held, a man named Barabbas.
Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩ maarĩ na mũndũ kĩmaramari wohetwo na woĩkaine mũno, wetagwo Baraba.
17 So Pilate asked the crowds that had gathered, “Who do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, called the Messiah?”
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, hĩndĩ ĩrĩa kĩrĩndĩ kĩagomanire, Pilato agĩkĩũria atĩrĩ, “Nũũ mũkwenda ndĩmuohorere; nĩ Baraba, kana nĩ Jesũ ũrĩa wĩtagwo Kristũ?”
18 (He had realized it was because of jealousy that they had handed Jesus over to him to be tried.)
Nĩgũkorwo we nĩamenyaga atĩ maatwarĩte Jesũ kũrĩ we nĩ ũndũ wa ũiru.
19 While he was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent a message to him that said, “Don't do anything to this innocent man, for I've suffered terribly today as a result of a dream about him.”
Na hĩndĩ ĩyo Pilato aikarĩire gĩtĩ gĩa ciira, mũtumia wake akĩmũtũmĩra mũndũ, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ: “Ndũkae gwĩka mũndũ ũcio ũndũ tondũ ndarĩ na mahĩtia, nĩgũkorwo ũmũthĩ nĩthĩĩnĩtio nĩ kĩroto mũno nĩ ũndũ wake.”
20 But the chief priests and the elders convinced the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to have Jesus put to death.
No rĩrĩ, athĩnjĩri-Ngai arĩa anene na athuuri makĩringĩrĩria kĩrĩndĩ gĩĩtie Baraba, nake Jesũ ooragwo.
21 When the governor asked them, “So which of the two do you want me to release to you?” they answered, “Barabbas.”
Barũthi ũcio akĩmooria atĩrĩ, “Andũ aya eerĩ nĩ ũrĩkũ mũkwenda ndĩmuohorere?” Nao makiuga atĩrĩ, “Tũkwenda Baraba.”
22 “Then what shall I do with Jesus, the Messiah?” he asked them. They all shouted out, “Have him crucified!”
Pilato akĩmooria atĩrĩ, “Ngũgĩĩka atĩa na Jesũ ũyũ wĩtagwo Kristũ?” Othe magĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Mwambe mũtĩ-igũrũ.”
23 “Why? What crime has he committed?” Pilate asked. But they shouted even louder, “Crucify him!”
Nake Pilato akĩmooria atĩrĩ, “Nĩkĩ? Nĩ ngero ĩrĩkũ agerete?” Nao magĩkĩrĩrĩria kwanĩrĩra, makiugaga atĩrĩ, “Mwambe mũtĩ-igũrũ!”
24 When Pilate saw it was a lost cause, and that a riot was developing, he took some water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I'm innocent of this man's blood. It's on your heads!” he told them.
Rĩrĩa Pilato oonire atĩ matiraiguithania, na akĩona atĩ nĩ ngũĩ yambagĩrĩria-rĩ, akĩoya maaĩ, agĩĩthamba moko hau mbere ya kĩrĩndĩ, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Niĩ ndikoorio thakame ya mũndũ ũyũ ũtarĩ na mahĩtia. Ũcio nĩ ũhoro wanyu!”
25 All the people answered, “May his blood be on us, and on our children!”
Nao andũ acio othe magĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Thakame yake ĩrotũcookerera hamwe na ciana ciitũ!”
26 Then he released Barabbas to them, but he had Jesus whipped and sent to be crucified.
Pilato akĩmohorera Baraba. No akĩhũũrithia Jesũ iboko, agĩcooka akĩmũneana akaambwo mũtĩ-igũrũ.
27 The governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and the whole troop surrounded him.
Ningĩ thigari cia barũthi cigĩtwara Jesũ thĩinĩ wa gĩikaro kĩa barũthi, nacio cigĩcookanĩrĩria mbũtũ yothe ya thigari, cikĩmũrigiicĩria.
28 They stripped him and put a scarlet cloak on him.
Cikĩmũruta nguo ciake, cikĩmũhumba nguo ndune,
29 They made a crown of thorns and placed it on his head, and put a stick in his right hand. They kneeled down in front of him and mocked him, saying, “We salute you, King of the Jews!”
cigĩcooka cigĩtuma thũmbĩ ya mĩigua, cikĩmwĩkĩra mũtwe. Cikĩmũnengera kamũrangi guoko-inĩ gwake kwa ũrĩo, cikĩmũturĩria ndu, na cikĩmũnyũrũria, cikiuga atĩrĩ, “Wĩ mũhoro, mũthamaki wa Ayahudi!”
30 They spat on him, and took the stick and beat him over the head with it.
Cikĩmũtuĩra mata, cikĩoya kamũrangi kau, na cikĩmũhũũra nako mũtwe.
31 When they'd finished mocking him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.
Ciarĩkia kũmũnyũrũria, cikĩmũruta nguo ĩyo, na cikĩmũhumba nguo ciake mwene. Cigĩcooka cikĩmumagaria cikamwambe mũtĩ-igũrũ.
32 On the way they found a man called Simon, from Cyrene, and they forced him to carry Jesus' cross.
Na hĩndĩ ĩrĩa moimagaraga-rĩ, magĩcemania na mũndũ woimĩte Kurene, wetagwo Simoni, nacio thigari cikĩmũkuuithia mũtharaba ũcio na hinya.
33 When they arrived at Golgotha, meaning “Place of the Skull,”
Magĩthiĩ, magĩkinya handũ heetagwo Gologotha (ũguo nĩ kuuga Handũ hahaana ta Ihĩndĩ rĩa Mũtwe).
34 they gave him wine mixed with gall. But having tasted it, he refused to drink it.
Nacio cikĩhe Jesũ ndibei anyue, ĩtukanĩtio na kĩndũ kĩrũrũ ta maaĩ ma nyongo; no aamĩcama akĩrega kũmĩnyua.
35 After they had crucified him, they rolled dice to divide his clothes between them.
Ciarĩkia kũmwamba mũtĩ-igũrũ, cikĩgayana nguo ciake na njĩra ya gũcicuukĩra mĩtĩ.
36 Then they sat down and kept watch over him there.
Nacio cigĩikara thĩ hau, cikĩmũrangĩra.
37 They placed a sign over his head with the charge against him. It read, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”
Na hau igũrũ rĩa mũtwe wake, nĩhandĩkĩtwo maũndũ marĩa aathitangĩirwo, atĩrĩ: ŨYŨ NĨWE JESŨ, MŨTHAMAKI WA AYAHUDI.
38 They crucified two criminals with him, one on the right, and one on the left.
Na rĩrĩ, atunyani eerĩ nĩmambirwo mĩtĩ-igũrũ hamwe nake, ũmwe mwena wake wa ũrĩo, na ũcio ũngĩ mwena wake wa ũmotho.
39 Those who passed by shouted insults at him, shaking their heads,
Nao andũ arĩa maahĩtũkagĩra hau makamũrumaga, makĩinagia mĩtwe yao,
40 saying, “You who promised to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days, why don't you save yourself! If you really are the Son of God, then come down from the cross.”
makiugaga atĩrĩ, “Wee ũngĩratharirie hekarũ na ũcooke ũmĩake na mĩthenya ĩtatũ-rĩ, kĩĩhonokie! Harũrũka uume mũtharaba-inĩ, aakorwo wee nĩwe Mũrũ wa Ngai!”
41 The chief priests mocked him in the same way, along with the religious teachers and elders.
O ũndũ ũmwe athĩnjĩri-Ngai arĩa anene, na arutani a watho, na athuuri o nao makĩmũnyũrũria.
42 “He saved other people, but he can't save himself!” they said. “If he really is the king of Israel, let him come down from the cross, and then we'll believe him!
Makiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩarahonokagia andũ arĩa angĩ, no ndangĩhota kwĩhonokia we mwene! Nĩwe Mũthamaki wa Isiraeli! Nĩakiume rĩu mũtharaba-inĩ, na ithuĩ nĩtũkũmwĩtĩkia.
43 He trusts God so confidently—well let God rescue him now if he wants him, because he claimed ‘I am the Son of God.’”
Nĩehokete Ngai, nĩakĩmũhonokie rĩu aakorwo nĩamwendete, nĩgũkorwo oigire atĩrĩ, ‘Niĩ ndĩ Mũrũ wa Ngai.’”
44 The criminals who were crucified with him also insulted him in the same way.
O na atunyani arĩa maambanĩirio hamwe nake o nao makĩmũruma.
45 From noon until three o'clock darkness covered the whole country.
Na rĩrĩ, kuuma thaa thita cia mũthenya nginya thaa kenda bũrũri wothe ũkĩgĩa nduma.
46 At about three o'clock Jesus shouted out loud, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
Na ta thaa kenda Jesũ akĩgũthũka na mũgambo mũnene, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Eli, Eli, lama sabakithani?” (Ũguo nĩ kuuga, “Ngai wakwa, Ngai wakwa, ũndiganĩirie nĩkĩ?”)
47 When some of those standing there heard it, they said, “He's calling for Elijah!”
Nao andũ amwe a arĩa maarũngiĩ hau rĩrĩa maiguire ũguo, makiuga atĩrĩ, “Areeta Elija.”
48 Immediately one of them ran and grabbed a sponge, soaked it in vinegar, put it on a stick, and gave it to Jesus to drink.
Na o rĩmwe, ũmwe wao agĩtengʼera akĩoya thibũnji. Akĩmĩtobokia thiki-inĩ, akĩmĩthecerera kamũrangi-inĩ, akĩhe Jesũ anyue.
49 But the others said, “Leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah will come and save him.”
Arĩa angĩ nao makiuga atĩrĩ, “Tiganai nake. Nĩtũkuona kana Elija nĩegũũka kũmũhonokia.”
50 Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and breathed his last.
Nake Jesũ akĩgũthũka rĩngĩ na mũgambo mũnene, agĩtuĩkana.
51 Right then the veil of the Temple was torn apart from top to bottom. The ground shook, the rocks split apart,
Na rĩrĩ, ihinda o rĩu gĩtambaya kĩa hekarũ gĩgĩatũkana icunjĩ igĩrĩ kuuma igũrũ nginya thĩ. Nayo thĩ ĩgĩthingitha, nacio ndwaro cia mahiga igĩatũkana.
52 and the graves were opened. Many of those who had lived good lives and had fallen asleep in death were raised to life.
Mbĩrĩra nacio ikĩhingũka, nao andũ aingĩ arĩa atheru arĩa maarĩkĩtie gũkua makĩriũka,
53 After the resurrection of Jesus they went out from the graveyards into the holy city where many people saw them.
makiuma thĩinĩ wa mbĩrĩra. Na thuutha wa kũriũka kwa Jesũ, magĩthiĩ itũũra rĩu inene itheru, na makiumĩrĩra andũ aingĩ.
54 When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what happened, they were terrified, and said, “This really was the Son of God!”
Rĩrĩa mũnene-wa-thigari-igana na arĩa maarĩ nake makĩrangĩra Jesũ moonire gĩthingithia na maũndũ mothe marĩa meekĩkire-rĩ, makĩnyiitwo nĩ guoya, makĩanĩrĩra, makiuga atĩrĩ, “Ti-itherũ mũndũ ũyũ oima Mũrũ wa Ngai!”
55 Many women were also watching from a distance, those who had followed Jesus from Galilee and had supported him.
Na nĩ haarĩ andũ-a-nja aingĩ meeroragĩra marĩ o haraaya. Maarũmĩrĩire Jesũ kuuma Galili nĩguo mamũtungatagĩre.
56 These included Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
Thĩinĩ wao haarĩ Mariamu Mũmagidali, na Mariamu ũrĩa nyina wa Jakubu na Jose, na nyina wa ariũ a Zebedi.
57 When evening came, a rich man named Joseph, from Arimathea, (who was also a disciple of Jesus),
Na hwaĩ-inĩ wakinya-rĩ, mũndũ warĩ gĩtonga wa kuuma Arimathea, wetagwo Jusufu, ũrĩa watuĩkĩte mũrutwo wa Jesũ agĩũka.
58 went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate ordered it to be handed over to him.
Nake agĩthiĩ kũrĩ Pilato, na akĩhooya aheo mwĩrĩ wa Jesũ, nake Pilato agĩathana anengerwo mwĩrĩ ũcio.
59 Joseph took the body and wrapped it up in a fresh linen cloth,
Jusufu akĩoya mwĩrĩ ũcio, akĩwoha na taama mũtheru wa gatani,
60 and placed it in his own new tomb, cut out of solid rock. He rolled a large stone across the entrance to the tomb, and left.
akĩũiga thĩinĩ wa mbĩrĩra yake njerũ ĩrĩa eenjithĩtie rwaro-inĩ rwa ihiga. Akĩgaragaria ihiga inene mũromo-inĩ wa mbĩrĩra ĩyo, na agĩĩthiĩra.
61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.
Mariamu Mũmagidali na Mariamu ũcio ũngĩ maikarĩte hau mangʼetheire mbĩrĩra.
62 The next day, after the Preparation day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went together to see Pilate.
Na mũthenya ũyũ ũngĩ ũrĩa ũrũmagĩrĩra Mũthenya wa Ihaarĩria, athĩnjĩri-Ngai arĩa anene na Afarisai magĩthiĩ kwa Pilato.
63 They said to him, “Sir, we recall that the imposter said while he was still alive, ‘After three days, I'll rise again.’
Makĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Mwathi witũ, nĩtũkũririkana atĩ rĩrĩa mũheenania ũcio aarĩ muoyo. nĩoigire atĩrĩ, ‘Thuutha wa matukũ matatũ nĩngariũka.’
64 Give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. That way his disciples can't come and steal his body and tell people that he was raised from the dead, and the deception in the end will become worse than it was at first.”
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ruta watho nĩguo mbĩrĩra ĩyo ĩrangĩrwo nginya mũthenya wa gatatũ. Kwaga ũguo, arutwo ake maahota gũthiĩ maiye mwĩrĩ ũcio macooke meere andũ atĩ nĩariũkĩtio kuuma kũrĩ arĩa akuũ. Maheeni macio maahota gũtuĩka mooru gũkĩra marĩa ma mbere.”
65 “I'll give you a guard of soldiers,” Pilate told them. “Now go, and make it as secure as you possibly can.”
Nake Pilato akĩmacookeria atĩrĩ, “Oyai arangĩri, mũthiĩ mũrangĩre mbĩrĩra ĩyo wega o ta ũrĩa mũngĩhota.”
66 So they went and made the tomb secure, sealing the entrance stone and posting soldiers as guards.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio magĩthiĩ, makĩhinga ihiga rĩa mbĩrĩra ĩyo biũ, na makĩrĩĩkĩra rũũri rwa mũhũra, na makĩiga arangĩri ho.