< John 19 >

1 Then Pilate took Jesus [inside and had soldiers] (scourge Jesus/strike Jesus with a whip that had pieces of metal or bone fastened to it).
Bilatus yira Yesu ku adi kpizughe.
2 The soldiers also took [some branches with] thorns and wove them to make [something like] a crown. Then they put it on his head. They also put a purple robe on him. [They did these things to ridicule him by pretending that he was a king].
A soja pio imart i kyeghe litappa mun. I shono linin litin Yesu inin shonghe inin diuu.
3 Then they kept coming to him and saying, “Hooray for the King of the Jews [IRO]!” and slapping him [on his face].
I da kitime I woro, “Idin lissufi, ugo na Yahudawa!” Inin fighe nin nacara mine.
4 Once more Pilate came outside and said to the crowd, “Look! I am bringing him out to you so that you may know that I do not find that he has done anything for which we should punish him [any more].”
Bilatus kuru anuzu a woro anite, “Yeneng, ndin cinu unutunu minu unite ndas inan nyinno nan seghe nin kulapi ba.”
5 When Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Look at this [wretched] man!”
Yesu tunna a nuzu; awadi nin tilapa nimart litime a imon iduwe kidowo me. Bilatus woro nani, “Yeneng unite ule!”
6 When the chief priests and Temple guards saw him, they shouted, “Command your soldiers to kill him by nailing him to a cross! Crucify him!” Pilate, [knowing that they could not legally do it themselves], said to them, “You yourselves take him and nail him to a cross! As for me, I do not find that he has done anything for which we should punish him.”
Na udya na Priest nin na soja nyene Yesu ku. I ta ntet iworo “Na ikottunghe kuca, na ikottunghe kuca!” Bilatus woro nani, “yiranghe ussaminu idi kotinghe kuce, bara na meng seghe nin kulapi ba.”
7 The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] replied, “[Our ancestor Moses gave us] the law that says we must kill anyone [who claims to be God]. This man claims that he is (the Son of/the man who is also) God, [so you must have him killed] {[command your soldiers to kill him]}.”
A Yahudawa kawa Bilatus ku iworoghe, “Tidi nin duka, tutung bara ubellu leli uduke, ucaun aku, bara na ata litime aso Usaun Kutelle.”
8 When Pilate heard that, he was more afraid [of what would happen to himself if he commanded the soldiers to kill Jesus].
Na Bilatus nlaza uleli ulire, fiu kpina jukifughe kang,
9 So he [took Jesus] back inside the headquarters. He said to Jesus, “Where do you [really] come from?” But Jesus did not answer him.
akuru apira kudarun sharawe tutung a woro Yesu ku, “Una dak unuzun nweri?” Na Yesu kawaghe ba.
10 So Pilate said to him, “Are you refusing to answer me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you, and I [also] have authority to [have] you crucified {command my soldiers to crucify you}?”
Bilatus kuru a woroghe, “Na uma lirunu nin ba? Na uyiru ndi ni likara nsunfi u nya nkuru nyita nin likara nti ikottun fi kuca ba?”
11 Jesus replied, “The only authority you have is what has been given to you by God [MTY] {what God [MTY] has given you}. The [high priest] put me into your hands. [He has done to me what he wanted to do, and you do not really want to do it]. So he is guilty of committing a greater sin than you are.”
Yesu kawaghe a woro na uwasa uyita nin likara litinin ba, andi na inafi unuzu kitene kani ba. Ulenge na a nakpafi meng ku katin nin kulapi.”
12 Because of that, Pilate kept trying to release Jesus. But the Jewish [leaders][SYN], [threatening to report to the Emperor that Pilate was not going to punish a man who claimed he was a king], continued to shout, “Anyone who claims that he is a king is opposing the Emperor! So if you release this man, [we will make sure that] the Emperor [learns about it, and then he will not consider you as] his friend!”
Nin leli ukpinue, Bilatus wa pizuru nworu a sughe, ama a Yahudawa jartiza kang iworo, “Asa usuna unit ulele, nafe udondong Nkaisarari ba: Vat nlenge na ana litime tigo, adin nliru ule na Kaisar din lanzu nman nin ba.”
13 When Pilate heard that, he brought Jesus out again. He sat down at the place where he made decisions [about punishing people]. The place was called {People called it} The Stone Pavement. In the Aramaic language its name was Gabbatha.
Na Bilatus nlaza uleli ulire, anutuno Yesu ku ndas, aso kutet nshara kiti kanga na idin yiccu upaviment, nin ti Ibranaci lisse Gabbata.
14 It was almost noontime, on the day that they prepared [things for] the Passover [celebration] (OR, the day before the [Sabbath during] the Passover [celebration]). Pilate said to the Jewish [leaders] [SYN], [ridiculing them], “Look at your king!”
Liri nshirin Npaskari wadi, kusari nikoro kutocin. Biltus woro a Yahudawe, “Yeneng ugo mine ule!”
15 They shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! [Have] him crucified {Command your soldiers to nail him to a cross}!” Pilate said to them, “[He is] your king! Do you really want me to [tell my soldiers to] nail him to a cross?” The chief priests replied, “The Emperor is our king! We do not have any other king!”
Ijarta kang i woro, Can ninghe, can ninghe; kottunoghe kuca!” Bilatus woro nani, “Meng kottin ugo mine?” Udya na Priest kawwa, “Na tidi nin mong ugo ba se Kaisar.”
16 Then [at last] Pilate agreed to do [what they wanted, and he told the soldiers] to crucify Jesus. John 19:16b-24 Then the soldiers took Jesus away.
Bilatus kurtuno nani Yesu ku, idin ikottunghe kucan.
17 [As they left], he himself was carrying the cross [on which they were going to nail him]. They went to a place called The Place of a Skull. In the Aramaic language it is called {they call it} Golgotha.
I yira Yesue ku, a nuzu udas, a yauna kuca ndi kottunu me usanme, ucindu kite na idin yiccu kin ku kankan liti. kanga na idin yiccu nin ti Yahudawa Golgota.
18 There, [after removing most of his clothes], the soldiers nailed him to the cross. They also [nailed] two other [criminals to crosses]. There was one on each side, and Jesus was in the middle.
I kottuno Yesu ku kuca kikane, ligowe ninghe among naba, kolome likt me unit urum, a Yesu kitik mine.
19 Pilate also [had them] write [on a board] a notice [that stated why they were executing him], and fasten it to the cross. But all they wrote was ‘Jesus from Nazareth, the King of the Jews’.
Bilatus yertine nkon kulap ndursu a bana kitene kuce. Iwa su iyerte nenge: YESU NNAZARET, UGO NA YAHUDAWA.
20 Many Jews were [able to] read this sign, because the place where Jesus was nailed {where they nailed Jesus} to the cross was very close to [Jerusalem, where many people had come for the celebration], and because it was written {they wrote it} in three languages: Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.
Gbardang na Yahudawa wa bellu iyete ine, bara kite na iwa kottun Yesu ku kuce wa di susut nin kipine. Iwa su iyerte nin ti Yahudanci, ti Romawa a ti Helenawa.
21 So the Jewish priests went back to Pilate and protested, saying to him, “Change what they have written from ‘The King of the Jews’ to ‘This man said that he is the King of the Jews’!”
Udya na Priest na Yahudawe woro Bilatus ku, “Na uwa yertin 'ugo na Yahudawa ba' mbara uworo, ame na woro, 'Meng ugo na Yahudawari.'”
22 Pilate replied, “What I [told them to] write is what they have written, [and I] will not [change it].”
Bilatus kawaghe a woro, “Imong ile na nyerti, nmal yerunari une.”
23 After the soldiers nailed Jesus to the cross, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier. But they kept his cloak [separate]. This cloak was without seam, woven [from top to bottom], one piece of cloth.
Na a soja nkottuno Yesue ku, i yauna ugudun me i kosso uni niti ninas, ko kome kusoja nin kusari kitime; nanere wang kultukke. Kulutukke wadi nin tutun ku ba, iwa ke kunin sundulunghari.
24 So they said to each other, “Let’s not tear it. Instead, let’s [decide] ([by] throwing lots/[by] gambling) who will get it.” So that is what the soldiers did. As a result, these words were fulfilled {they fulfilled these words} that [the Psalmist had written] in Scripture, They divided [most of] my clothes among themselves. They cast lots for [one piece of] my clothing.
I woro nati mine, “Na tiwa marya kunin ba, nbaa ira ti dinja timoku tiyene sa kuma so kunghari.” Uwaso nani uliru Kutelle na iwa bellin nenge nan kulo, “Iwa kossu tigudun nin nati mine, imon nin tutung i dinja timo ku.”
25 Near the cross where [they had nailed] Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the [wife] of Clopas, and [another] Mary, the woman from Magdala [village].
Asoje wassu ileli imone. Unan Yesu, gwana nne, Maryamu uwanin Kilopas, a Maryamu Magdaliya- awanin alele wa yissin susut nin kuca nkottunun Yesu.
26 Jesus saw his mother standing there. He also saw me standing nearby. Then he said to his mother, “This man [will now be like] your son.”
Na Yesu yene unene nin gono katwa me na wadi nin sume yissin susut kupo me, a woro nna me, “uwani, yene, gonofe kanga!”
27 And he said to me, “[Treat this] woman as [MET] your mother.” So from that time I took her to my home [and took care of her].
A woro gono katwa we, “Yene, unafe ule!” Nanya kubi konere nono katwa we wa yirughe ucin du mun ngame.
28 Later, Jesus knew that everything [that God sent him to do] had now been completed {that he had now completed everything [that God sent him to do]}, [but he knew that something else that was written in] the Scriptures [had] to be fulfilled {[that he had] to fulfill [something else that they had written in] the Scriptures}. So he said, “I am thirsty!”
Kimal nani nin yirun Yesu, nworu imon vat nmala, anan ta uliru Kutelle nan so kidegen, a woro, “Ayin kotoi.”
29 There was a jar of sour wine there. So [someone took] a stalk of [a plant called] hyssop and [fastened] a sponge [to it. Then] he dipped [the sponge into the wine and] lifted it up to Jesus’ lips.
KItene lissu nmyen mi gbalala wa duku, I buro lissut likpu jangarang i shono nanya nmyen mi gbalale, i taghe nnuu.
30 When Jesus tasted the sour wine, he shouted, “[I] have finished [all that I came to do]!” Then he bowed his head and (died/handed over his spirit [to God]).
Na Yesu nciro nmyen mi gbalale, a woro “Imone nmala.” A tumu litime, a suna nfip me.
31 That was the day that they prepared [everything for their] ([Sabbath/day of rest]). The next day was a special day of rest, [because it was the day of rest during the Passover celebration]. The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] did not want the bodies [of the three men] to remain on the cross during their (Sabbath/day of rest) [because leaving bodies hanging overnight would be contrary to their Jewish laws]. So they went to Pilate and asked him [to command that] the legs [of the three men on the crosses] be broken {the [soldiers] to break the legs [of the three men on the crosses]}, [so that they would die quickly]. Then their [bodies] could be taken down [and buried] {someone could take down their bodies [and bury them]}.
Kubi nshiriari wadi, bara iwa sun nidowo kitene naca nkottunu liri na Sabbat (bara liri na Sabbat liri lidya wari), a Yahudawa tirino Bilatus ku nworu a yinnin nani idi pucu abunu na lenge na ibana nani naca, inan toltino nidowo mine kutyin.
32 So, [after Pilate agreed], the soldiers went and broke the legs of the first man whom they had nailed on a cross near Jesus. Then they broke the legs of the second man.
A soja da ida puco abunu na le na ikotuno nani kuca ligowe nin Yesu.
33 But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was dead already. So they did not break his legs.
Na ida kitin Yesu, Ise amal ku, na i puco abunu me ba.
34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear [to make sure that Jesus was dead]. Immediately blood [clots] and [other] liquid flowed out, [which showed that Jesus was really dead].
Vat nani, nkon kusoja buro lipala me nin liyop, nmii nin myen nuzu kitene dedei.
35 I, [John], saw this myself, and what I am writing is true. I [know that] I am telling the truth, and I am saying this in order that you may believe [in] (OR, [my testimony about]) [Jesus].
Ulenge na ana yene ilenge imone, nati iyizi nba, iyizi nba me kidegenere. Ayiru nworu ulire na ana belli kidegenere, bara anung wang nan yinna.
36 These things happened in order that these words would be fulfilled {to fulfill these words} [that are written in] Scripture: “Not one of his bones will be broken {No one will break any of his bones}.”
Ilenge imone na se, bara uliru Kutelle nan kulo, “Na ina puru liku me ko lirum ba.”
37 And [they fulfilled] another Scripture passage [that has these words]: ‘They will look on the one whom they have pierced’.
Tutung umong uliru Kutelle wa belli “Ima yenjughe ame ulenge na iwa burughe.”
38 Later, Joseph, from Arimathea [town, went to Pilate and] asked Pilate [to allow him] to take Jesus’ body [down from the cross]. Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but he did not tell anyone that, because he was afraid of the [other] Jewish [leaders] [SYN]. Pilate permitted him to take Jesus’ body, so he went, along [with others], and they took Jesus’ body [down from the cross].
Kimal ni leli imone, Yusufun Armatiya, ame wang wa di gono katwan Yesu, ama nanya liyeshinbar fiu na Yahudawa, awa tirin Bilatus ku anan se ayira kidowon Yesu. Bilatus wa yinninghe mu. Yusufe da ada yira kidowo me.
39 Nicodemus was one of them. He was the man who previously went to visit Jesus at night. Nicodemus bought an [expensive] mixture of myrrh and aloe [spices to put on the body]. It weighed about (75 pounds/35 kilograms).
Nikodimo wang wa dak, ame ulenge na awa tu ada kitin Yesu nin kitik. A wa munu nnuf Myrth nin aloes adamun, ngetek mini wa durun ngetek nimon ngucu kiti akalt likure.
40 They took the body of Jesus and wrapped strips of linen cloth around it, putting the spices in with the strips of cloth. They did this according to the Jewish customs [about burying bodies in tombs].
Inani wa yaun kidowon Yesu i tere nin kusu kuba kubo a nnuf kunya kumang, nafo utanda na Yahudawa andi ima kasu libi.
41 Close to the place where Jesus was crucified {where they nailed Jesus to the cross} there was a grove [of trees], and [at the edge of] that grove was a new burial cave. Nobody had ever been put in that cave [previously].
Kitene na iwa kottunghe kuce kunen wa duku; nanya kunene kissek waduku kipesse kanga na iwa di isa kassa unit ku ba.
42 The Jewish day of rest would start [at sunset, and they had to finish burying his body before then]. So, since that cave was nearby, they laid Jesus’ body there [and rolled a huge stone in front of the entrance].
Bara lirin shiriari wa di a Yahudawa, tutung kiti kisseske wa di susut, inani wa nonko Yesu ku nanya kini.

< John 19 >