John 18
1 After Jesus finished praying, he went across the Kidron Brook, along with [us] disciples, to a grove [of olive trees].
Mgbe Jisọs kwusiri okwu ndị a, ya na ndị na-eso ụzọ ya rịdara ndagwurugwu iyi Kidrọn rigorokwa nʼofe nke ọzọ, ebe e nwere otu ogige, ya na ndị na-eso ụzọ ya banyere nʼime ya.
2 Judas, who was [about to] enable Jesus’ enemies to seize him, knew that [he would probably be] there. [He knew that because] Jesus often gathered there with us.
Judas, onye rara ya nye matakwara ebe ahụ. Nʼihi na Jisọs na ndị na-eso ụzọ ya na-anọ nʼebe ahụ ọtụtụ oge.
3 So Judas came to that grove. He was leading a troop of Roman [soldiers] and some Temple guards who had been sent by the Pharisees and chief priests. They were carrying torches and lamps and weapons.
Ya mere, Judas duuru otu ndị agha, na ụfọdụ ndị ozi sitere nʼetiti ndịisi nchụaja na ndị Farisii bịa nʼebe ahụ. Ha chịkwa ọwaọkụ, oriọna na ngwa agha.
4 Jesus knew everything that was about to happen to him. So [as they approached], he stepped forward and asked them, “Who are you looking for?”
Ebe Jisọs maara ihe niile na-akwado ịbịakwasị ya, ọ pụtara sị ha, “Onye ka unu na-achọ?”
5 They replied to him, “Jesus, the man from Nazareth.” He replied, “That is who I am.” Judas, the one who was enabling his enemies to seize him, was with them.
Ha zaghachiri ya, “Ọ bụ Jisọs onye Nazaret.” Ọ sịrị ha, “Ọ bụ m” (Judas onye ahụ rara ya nye so ha guzo nʼebe ahụ.)
6 When Jesus told them, “That is who I am,” they lurched backward and fell down on the ground [because of his power].
Mgbe Jisọs gwara ha, “Ọ bụ m,” ha laghachiri azụ, daa nʼala.
7 He asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” They said, “Jesus, [the man] from Nazareth.”
Ọzọ ọ jụkwara ha, “Onye ka unu na-achọ?” Ha sịrị, “Ọ bụ Jisọs onye Nazaret.”
8 Jesus replied, “I told you that I am Jesus. So since I am the one you are looking for, allow these [disciples of mine] to go.”
Jisọs zara, “Agwara m unu na Ọ bụ m. Ọ bụrụ na unu na-achọ m, hapụnụ ndị a ka ha laa.”
9 [This happened] in order that [when they did what he asked them to do], the words would be fulfilled that he had prayed, “I will never lose any of those whom God has brought to me.”
Nke a bụ iji mezuo okwu ahụ o kwuru na mbụ, “Etufughị m onye ọbụla nʼime ndị ahụ i nyere m.”
10 Simon Peter had a [long] dagger. So he drew it and [tried to kill] the high priest’s servant, [but he only] cut off the man’s right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
Ya mere Saimọn Pita, onye ji mma agha, mịpụtara ya, gbuo ohu onyeisi nchụaja, gbupụ ntị aka nri ya. Aha ohu ahụ bụ Malkus.
11 Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword [back] into its sheath! (I must endure what [my] Father wants me to suffer./Do you not think that I must endure what [my] Father wants me to suffer?) [MET, RHQ]”
Ma Jisọs gwara Pita, “Mịghachi mma agha gị nʼọbọ ya! Ọ bụ na mụ agaghị aṅụ site nʼiko ahụ Nna m nyere m ka m ṅụọ?”
12 Then the troop of soldiers, along with their commander and the Jewish Temple guards, seized Jesus. They tied his hands [behind his back].
Ya mere ndị agha ahụ na ọchịagha ha, na ndị na-ejere ndị Juu ozi, jidere Jisọs kee ya agbụ.
13 Then they took him first to Annas, [who was previously the high priest]. He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas. Caiaphas was the high priest that year.
Ha buru ụzọ duru ya jekwuru Anas, onye bụ nna nwunye Kaịfas. Onye bụ onyeisi nchụaja nʼafọ ahụ.
14 Caiaphas was the one who [previously] advised the Jewish [Council] that it would be better if one man died for the sake of the people [than for all the people of the Jewish nation to die].
Kaịfas bụkwa onye ahụ dụrụ ndị ndu ndị Juu ọdụ, sị na ọ ka mma ka otu onye nwụọ nʼihi mmadụ niile.
15 Simon Peter and [I] were following Jesus. Because the high priest knew [me], [his doorkeeper permitted me] to enter the courtyard.
Saimọn Pita na otu onye ọzọ na-eso ụzọ ya sooro Jisọs. Nʼihi na onye nke ahụ na-eso ụzọ ya bụ onye onyeisi nchụaja maara nke ọma, o sooro Jisọs banye nʼobi onyeisi nchụaja.
16 But Peter [had to] wait outside near the doorway. However, since I knew the high priest, I went back to the doorway and spoke to the girl who was guarding the entrance. Then [she allowed] Peter to come in.
Ma Pita na-eguzo nʼezi nʼọnụ ụzọ. Onye ọzọ ahụ na-eso ụzọ ya, nke onyeisi nchụaja maara nke ọma, pụrụ nʼezi gwa nwaagbọghọ ahụ na-eche ọnụ ụzọ okwu, ma kpọbata Pita.
17 The servant girl who was guarding the doorway said to Peter, “Surely you are not another disciple of that man [they have arrested], are you?” He said, “I am not.”
Nwaagbọghọ ahụ sịrị Pita, “Ọ bụ na ị bụghị otu nʼime ndị na-eso ụzọ nwoke a?” Pita sịrị, “Mba! Abụghị m.”
18 It was cold, so the high priest’s slaves and Temple guards made a charcoal fire and were standing around it to keep warm. Peter was also standing near it, warming himself.
Ndị ohu na ndị nche kwanyere ọkụ nʼihi na oyi na-atụ. Ha guzoro nʼebe ahụ na-anya ọkụ. Pita soro ha guzo na-anyakwa ọkụ.
19 [While Peter was doing that], the high priest asked Jesus about his disciples and about what he was teaching people.
Nʼoge ahụ onyeisi nchụaja ahụ jụrụ Jisọs banyere ndị na-eso ụzọ ya, na ozizi ya.
20 Jesus replied, “I have always spoken where many people [MTY, HYP] could hear me. I have taught them in (the synagogues/their meeting places) and in the Temple courtyard, in places where many [HYP] Jews come together. I have spoken nothing secretly.
Jisọs zara ya, “Nʼihu ọha mmadụ ka m kwuru okwu niile m kwuru. A kuziri m ihe nʼime ụlọ ekpere na nʼime ụlọnsọ ukwu ebe ndị Juu na-ezukọ. Ekwukwaghị m ihe ọbụla na nzuzo.
21 [So] (why are you asking me questions [like this illegally]?/you should not be asking me questions [like this illegally]!) [RHQ] Ask the people who heard what I taught! They certainly know what I said!”
Gịnị mere i ji ajụ m? Jụọ ndị niile gere m ntị! Ha makwaara ihe niile m kwuru.”
22 After Jesus said that, one of the Temple guards standing near him slapped him on his face. He said, “(That is not the way you should answer the high priest!/Is that the way you should answer the high priest?) [RHQ]”
Mgbe o kwuru nke a, otu onye nʼime ndị na-eje ozi guzo nʼakụkụ ya, mara Jisọs ụra nʼihu, sị, “Ọ bụ otu a ka ị si aza onyeisi nchụaja ajụjụ?”
23 Jesus replied to him, “If I said something that was contrary [to your laws], you could tell [me that what I said that] was wrong. But because I said only what was right, (you should not be striking me!/why are you striking me?) [RHQ]”
Jisọs zara ya, “Ọ bụrụ na ọ dị ihe ọjọọ m kwuru, gbaa ama megide okwu ọjọọ dị otu a, ma ọ bụrụ na m kwuru eziokwu, gịnị mere i ji ama m ụra.”
24 Then after Jesus’ hands were tied {after they tied Jesus hands} [again], Annas sent him to Caiaphas, the high priest.
Ya mere, Anas kere ya agbụ zigara ya Kaịfas onyeisi nchụaja.
25 As Simon Peter was standing warming himself [at the fire], someone else said to him, “You are not one of that man’s disciples, are you?” He denied [that he was], and said, “I am not.”
Ma dịka Saimọn Pita ka guzo nʼebe ahụ na-anya ọkụ, ha sịrị ya, “Ọ bụ na ị bụghị otu onye nʼime ndị na-eso ụzọ ya?” Ma ọ gọrọ agọ sị, “Abụghị m ya.”
26 [Later] one of the high priest’s servants, a man who was a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off [before], said to him, “I saw you with that man in the grove [of olive trees], did I not?”
Otu nʼime ndị ohu onyeisi nchụaja, bụ onye ikwu nwoke ahụ Pita bipụrụ ntị, sịrị, “Ọ bụ na m ahụghị gị na ya nʼime ogige ahụ?”
27 Peter again denied it. Immediately a rooster crowed, [as Jesus had said would happen].
Ma Pita gọkwara agọ ọzọ. Nʼotu mgbe ahụ oke ọkụkụ kwara akwa.
28 Then the [Jewish leaders] [SYN] led Jesus from the [home of] Caiaphas to the headquarters [of Pilate, the Roman governor]. It was before dawn. [Pilate was a non-Jew], [and they thought that if they entered his headquarters], they would become unacceptable to God {God would reject them}, [and as a result] they would not be able to eat [the food during] the Passover [celebration]. [Because of that, they did not want to enter Pilate’s headquarters].
Mgbe ahụ, ha sitere nʼụlọ Kaịfas duru Jisọs gaa nʼụlọeze Pailet. Ọ bụkwa nʼisi ụtụtụ, ma ha onwe ha abanyeghị nʼime ụlọeze ahụ nʼihi na ha achọghị imerụ onwe ha, ka ha nwee ike isoro rie nri na Mmemme Ngabiga.
29 So Pilate came out to [talk to] them. He said, “What law do you say that this man has disobeyed?”
Pailet gakwuru ha nʼezi sị, “Gịnị bụ ebubo unu na-ebo nwoke a?”
30 [They knew that Jesus had not disobeyed any Roman law, so they did not want to answer him. Instead], they said, “If this man were not a criminal, we would not have brought him to you!”
Ha zara ma sị ya, “Ọ bụrụ na onye a abụghị onye arụrụala, anyị agaraghị akpọtara gị ya.”
31 Then Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your own laws!” Then the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] said, “[No! We want him executed, but we want you Romans to execute him, because] we Jews have no right to execute anyone!”
Pailet sịrị, “Durunụ ya pụọ kpee ya ikpe nʼonwe unu dị ka iwu unu si dị.” Ndị Juu sịrị ya, “Ma anyị enweghị ikike igbu onye o bụla.”
32 [The Romans executed people by nailing them to a cross]. [So], as a result of what [the Jewish leaders said], it was fulfilled {[the Romans] would fulfill} what Jesus had said previously about the way he was going to die.
Nke a mere iji mezuo okwu ahụ Jisọs kwuru banyere ụdị ọnwụ ọ gaje ịnwụ.
33 Pilate then went back inside his headquarters. He summoned Jesus. [Because the Jewish leaders had said that Jesus claimed to be a king], Pilate said to Jesus [scornfully], “Are you the king of the Jews?”
Mgbe ahụ Pailet baghachiri nʼime ụlọeze ahụ, zie ozi ka a kpọọrọ ya Jisọs. Ọ jụrụ ya, “Ị bụ eze ndị Juu?”
34 Jesus replied, “Are you asking that because you yourself [want to know if I claim to be a king], or because (someone else/Caiaphas) said [that I claim to be their king]?”
Jisọs zara, “Ị na-ajụ nke a nʼonwe gị ka ọ bụ ihe ndị ọzọ gwara gị banyere m?”
35 Pilate replied, “I am not a Jew, [so] ([I cannot understand these matters!/how can I understand these matters]?) [RHQ] It was your fellow Jews and your chief priests who brought you to me! What have you done [to make them want to execute you]?”
Pailet zara, “Abụ m onye Juu? Ọ bụ ndị ala gị na ndịisi nchụaja unu kpọtaara m gị. Gịnị ka i mere?”
36 Jesus replied, “It is not people in [MTY] this world who are [making me] king. If it was people in this world who were making me a king, my disciples would have fought in order that the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] would be prevented {to prevent the Jewish [leaders] [SYN]} from seizing me. But it is not [someone here in] this world who is making me a king.”
Jisọs zara, “Alaeze m abụghị nke ụwa a. A sị na alaeze m bụ nke ụwa a, ndị na-ejere m ozi gaara ịlụrụ m ọgụ iji gbochie m ịdaba nʼaka ndị Juu. Ma ugbu a, alaeze m abụghị nke ụwa a.”
37 Then Pilate said to him, “So [are you saying that] you are a king?” Jesus replied, “[Yes], what you have said about my being a king [is correct]. I was born to become a king, and I came into this world to tell people the truth [about God]. Everyone who [believes] the truth pays attention to what I say.”
Pailet sịrị ya, “Ya bụ na ị bụ eze?” Jisọs zara, “Gị onwe gị kwuru na m bụ eze. Amụrụ m nʼihi nke a, ọ bụkwa nʼihi nke a ka m ji bi a nʼụwa ịgba ama banyere eziokwu. Onye ọbụla hụrụ eziokwu nʼanya na-ege m ntị.”
38 Pilate said to him, “[How can anyone know] what the truth is?” After he said that, he went outside and talked to the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] again. He said to them, “I do not find that he has done anything at all for which I should punish him.
Pailet sịrị ya, “Gịnị bụ eziokwu?” Mgbe o kwuchara nke a, ọ pụrụ jekwuuru ndị Juu ọzọ sị ha, “Ọ dịghị ihe ọbụla m chọpụtara megidere ya.
39 But you [Jews] customarily, [every year] during the Passover [celebration], ask me to release for you [someone who is in prison]. So would you like for me to release for you the [man who you] Jews [say is your] king?”
Ma ọ bụ omenaala unu, na m ga-ahapụrụ unu otu onye mkpọrọ nʼoge Mmemme Ngabiga. Unu chọrọ ka m hapụrụ unu ‘eze ndị Juu’?”
40 They shouted again, “No, do not [release] this man! Instead, [release] Barrabas!” But Barrabas was [in prison because he was] a revolutionist!
Ha tiri mkpu ọzọ sị, “Ọ bụghị nwoke a, ma hapụrụ anyị Barabas.” Barabas bụ onye abalị dị egwu.
