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).
Te vaengah Pilat loh Jesuh te a doek tih a boh sak.
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].
Rhalkap rhoek long khaw hling rhuisam a vaeh uh tih a lu ah a khuem sak uh. Te phoeiah daidi himbai neh a khuk uh.
3 Then they kept coming to him and saying, “Hooray for the King of the Jews [IRO]!” and slapping him [on his face].
Te phoeiah amah te a paan uh tih, “Judah rhoek kah manghai te uem uh lah,” a ti uh phoeiah kutcaihnah la a khueh uh.
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].”
Te phoeiah Pilat te phawn koep cet tih amih te, “Anih he nangmih taengah phawn kang hal coeng ne. Te daengah ni anih soah paelnaehnah ka hmuh pawt te na ming uh eh,” a ti nah.
5 When Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Look at this [wretched] man!”
Jesuh tah pawh ha thoeng vaengah hling rhuisam neh daidi himbai te a bai. Pilat long khaw amih taengah, “Hlang aih he,” a ti nah.
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.”
Te dongah khosoihham rhoek neh tueihyoeih rhoek loh amah te a hmuh uh vaengah a ho uh tih, “Tai laeh, tai laeh,” a ti uh. Pilat loh amih taengah, “Amah he namamih loh khuen uh lamtah tai uh. Kai tah a soah paelnaehnah ka hmuh moenih,” a ti nah.
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]}.”
Judah rhoek loh, “Kaimih loh olkhueng ka khueh uh. Te dongah amah te Pathen capa la a sak uh dongah olkhueng vanbangla a duek ham a kuek,” a ti uh.
8 When Pilate heard that, he was more afraid [of what would happen to himself if he commanded the soldiers to kill Jesus].
Pilat loh hekah olka a yaak vaengah taoe a rhih.
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.
Te dongah khoboeiyung la koep kun tih Jesuh te, “Nang mekah nim?” a ti nah. Tedae Jesuh loh anih te ollannah khaw thuung pawh.
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}?”
Te dongah Pilat loh, “Kai rhae nan voek pawh. Nang hlah ham saithainah ka khueh tih nang tai ham khaw saithainah ka khueh te na ming moenih a?” a ti nah.
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.”
Jesuh loh, “Nang taengah soben lamkah paek la a om pawt atah kai taengah saithainah na khueh loeng loeng moenih. Te dongah nang taengah kai aka voei loh a nah la tholhnah a khueh,” a ti nah.
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!”
Te vaeng lamkah Pilat loh Jesuh te hlah ham a dawn. Tedae Judah rhoek te pang uh tih, “Anih he na hlah atah Kaisar kah paya la na om moenih. Amah te manghai la aka saii uh boeih loh Kaisar te a tloelh,” a ti uh.
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.
Hekah olka te a yaak dongah Pilat loh Jesuh te phawn a mawt. Te vaengah amah te lungphaih [tedae Hebrew ol la Gabbatha] la a khue hmuen kah ngolkhoel soah ngol.
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!”
Te vaengah yoom kah rhuengphongnah om. Khonoek parhuk tluk a lo vaengah Judah rhoek te, “Nangmih kah manghai he,” a ti nah.
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!”
Te dongah amih loh, “Khuen laeh, khuen laeh, anih te tai laeh,” tila a ho uh. Pilat loh amih te, “Nangmih kah manghai te ka tai aya?” a ti nah. Khosoihham loh, “Kaisar pawt atah manghai ka khueh uh moenih,” a ti uh.
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.
Te dongah Jesuh te tai ham amih taengah a paek tih a khuen uh.
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.
Thinglam te khaw amah loh a koh tih lurhuh a ti nah hmuen la cet. Tekah te Hebrew la Golgotha a ti.
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.
Te ah te amah neh a taengah voeivang kah a tloe rhoi laklo ah Jesuh te a tai uh.
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’.
Mingnoek khaw Pilat loh a daek tih thinglam soi ah a tai uh. Te vaengkah a daek te “Judah rhoek kah manghai Nazareth Jesuh” la om.
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.
Jesuh thinglam ah a tai nah hmuen te kho neh rhep a om dongah tekah mingnoek te Judah rhoek loh muep a tae uh. Te te Hebrew, Latin, Greek la a daek.
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’!”
Te dongah Judah khosoihham rhoek loh Pilat te, “Judah rhoek kah manghai lam pawt tih amah loh, ‘Judah rhoek kah manghai la ka om a ti,’ tila na daek mako,” a ti nah uh.
22 Pilate replied, “What I [told them to] write is what they have written, [and I] will not [change it].”
Pilat loh, “Ka daek tangtae te ka daek coeng,” a ti nah.
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.
Te dongah Jesuh a tai uh vaengah rhalkap rhoek loh a himbai te a loh pah uh. Te phoeiah pali la a vaek uh tih rhalkap pakhat loh khat rhip a loh uh. Angki te khaw om dae angki te a so lamkah rhuih boeih a tah dongah mulh phaai uh.
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.
Te dongah amamih te, “He tah phen uh boel sih. Tedae u ham a om khaw hmulung bangla yo uh sih,” a ti uh. Te daengah ni cacim loh, “Ka himbai te amamih ham a phen uh tih, ka pueinak te hmulung a naan uh,” a ti te a soep eh. Rhalkap rhoek long khaw te te a saii uh tangloeng.
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].
Jesuh kah thinglam taengah a manu, a manu kah a mana, Klopa yuu Mary neh Magadala Mary te pai uh.
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.”
Te vaengah Jesuh loh a manu neh a lungnah hnukbang a pai te a hmuh vaengah a manu te, “Huta na capa aih he,” a ti nah.
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].
Te phoeiah hnukbang te, “Na nu te ne,” a ti nah. Te vaeng tue lamkah tah hnukbang pakhat loh a manu te amah taengla a khuen.
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!”
Te phoeiah Jesuh loh boeih soep coeng tila a ming. Te daengah ni cacim khaw a soep eh.
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.
“Tui ka hal,” a ti vaengah amrhaeng dongah yuthui a bae la ana om. Caethum te yuthui neh mawk a sul phoeiah pumpiding neh a yen uh tih a ka ah a mop pa uh.
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]).
Tedae yuthui te a doe vaengah Jesuh loh, “Ka khah coeng,” a ti. Te phoeiah a lu a thuk tih a a mal te pat.
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]}.
Te vaengah Judah rhoek tah rhuengphongnah om coeng. Sabbath te khohnin tanglue la a om dongah Sabbath vaengah tah thinglam dongah rhok a naeh sak moenih. Te dongah Pilat taengah, “Amih rhoek kah kho te khaem vetih khuen ham a bih uh.
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.
Te dongah rhalkap rhoek loh a paan uh tih lamhma kah kho te a khaem pa uh. Te phoeiah a taengkah a tai hmaih pakhat kah te khaw a khaem pa uh.
33 But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was dead already. So they did not break his legs.
Tedae Jesuh taengah a pha uh vaengah a duek tangtae la a hmuh uh dongah a kho te khaem pa uh pawh.
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].
Tedae rhalkap pakhat loh cai neh a vae te a thun hatah thii neh tui pong ha thoeng.
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].
Te vaengkah aka hmuh loh, ‘A olphong tah oltak la om tih nangmih long khaw na tangnah uh ham a thui te amah tah thuem tila ming,’ tila a phong.
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}.”
He he a om daengah ni cacim loh, “A rhuh tlawt mahpawh,” a ti te a soep eh.
37 And [they fulfilled] another Scripture passage [that has these words]: ‘They will look on the one whom they have pierced’.
Te phoeiah cacim pakhat loh, “Anih a thun uh te a sawt uh ni,” tila koep a thui.
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].
Te phoeiah Arimathea lamkah Joseph loh Jesuh kah rhok khuen ham te Pilat te a dawt. Jesuh hnukbang la om dae Judah rhoek a rhihnah dongah a phah. Pilat loh a paek dongah a paan tih a rhok te a khuen.
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).
Te phoeiah Nikodemu khaw ha pawk. Te long te hnuk vaengkah khoyin ah amah te a paan coeng. Anih long te myrrh neh thingul pound yakhat tluk a thoek te a khuen.
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].
Jesuh kah rhok te a loh rhoi phoeiah Judah rhoek kah khosing a om vanbangla up ham himbai te bo-ul neh a yol rhoi.
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].
Te vaengah a tai nah hmuen te dum ah om. Dum khuiah hlan thai om tih a khuiah ukhaw up hlan.
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].
Judah rhoek kah rhuengphongnah te tapkhoeh a om dongah a yoei kah aka om phuel ah Jesuh te a up rhoi.
