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).
Su, Pilatu katakuriti Yesu wamtoli, wamsyatangi ntomondu.
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].
Wanjagira wapota lijenjeri lya misontu na wamtula mumutuwi, wamvarisiya na lihabiti lya shifalumi.
3 Then they kept coming to him and saying, “Hooray for the King of the Jews [IRO]!” and slapping him [on his face].
Wamwizira na kutakula, “Mwika, Mtuwa gwa Wayawudi!” Wamgendera na kumwakula makofi.
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].”
Pilatu kalawa kayi kunja, kawagambira, “Mlori, numjega kunja kwamwenga, mpati kuvimana handa neni mona ndiri shidoda shoseri kwakuwi.”
5 When Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Look at this [wretched] man!”
Su, Yesu kalawa kunja pakavala lijenjeri lya misontu na lihabiti lya shifalumi. Pilatu kawagambira, “Mlori! Muntu mweni ndo ayu.”
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.”
Watambika Wakulu na wanjagila pawamwoniti wabota, “Gumpingiki! Gumpingiki!” Pilatu kawagambira, “Su mumutoli maweni mkampingiki, toziya neni mona ndiri vidoda vyoseri kwakuwi.”
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]}.”
Wayawudi wamwankula, “Twenga twanaga malagaliru na kulawirana na malagaliru aga, ndo mpaka kahowi, toziya kalitakuziya mweni ka Mwana gwa Mlungu.”
8 When Pilate heard that, he was more afraid [of what would happen to himself if he commanded the soldiers to kill Jesus].
Pilatu pakapikaniriti visoweru avi katiriti nentu.
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.
Kingira kayi mngati mwa ikulu, kamkosiya Yesu, “Gulawa koshi gwenga?” Kumbiti Yesu kamwankula ndiri shintu.
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}?”
Pilatu kamgambira, “Gutakula ndiri naneni? Guliholi, guvimana ndiri handa nanawu uwezu wa kukuvugulira na uwezu wa kukupingika?”
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 kamwankula, “Meguweri na uwezu woseri kwa neni hera toziya yakakupanani ndo Mlungu. Su muntu yakanjegiti kwa gwenga kana vidoda vikulu nentu.”
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!”
Pilatu pakapikiniriti aga, kaweriti kakusakula ntambu ya kumlekiziya Yesu, kumbiti lipinga lya Wayawudi liwuyiriti kushowangana, “Pagumlekeziya muntu ayu, gwenga gwa ganja ndiri gwakuwi Kaisari Mfalumi mkulu wa Warumi, kila muntu yakalitenda kuwera Mfalumi kamlema Kaisari Mfalumi mkulu wa Warumi!”
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.
Su, Pilatu pakapikaniriti visoweru avi kamjega Yesu kunja, kalivaga pashiti sha kutoza, pahala wapashema, “Sakafu ya libuwi.” Kwa Shiebraniya, “Gabata.”
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!”
Iweriti ipata saa sita paliwala, lishaka lya kutandira Pasaka. Pilatu kawagambira Wayawudi, “Mlori, mfalumi gwenu!”
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!”
Womberi washowangana, “Gumlagi! Gumlagi! Mulupingika!” Pilatu kawakosiya, “Hashi, numupingiki mfalumi gwenu?” Watambika wakulu wamwankula, “Twenga twahera Mfalumi ira Kaisari Mfalumi mkulu gwa Warumi!”
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.
Su, panu Pilatu kamlekiziya Yesu mumawoku mwawu su wampingiki. Su, wamtola Yesu.
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.
Nayomberi kalawa kiwiti kalitola lupingika lwakuwi kugenda pahala pawashemapu “Shipalakasa sha Mtuwi.” Kwa Shiebraniya Goligota.
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.
Wampingika aku na wantu wawili wamonga wawapingika, yumu uwega wakuwi wa kumliwu na mmonga uwega wakuwi wa kumshigi.
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’.
Pilatu kalembiti malembu kagatula pampindi pa lupingika. Iweriti ilembwa hangu, “Yesu gwa Nazareti, Mfalumi gwa Wayawudi.”
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.
Wayawudi wavuwa wagasomiti malembu aga, mana pahala panu pawampingikiti Yesu paweriti pakwegera na lushi. Kayi malembu aga gaweriti galembwa kwa Shiebraniya na Shilatini na Shigiriki.
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’!”
Watambika Wakulu wa Shiyawudi wamgambira Pilatu, “Nagulemba, ‘Mfalumi gwa Wayawudi,’ Kumbiti gulembi yomberi katakuliti, Neni ndo Mfalumi gwa Wayawudi.”
22 Pilate replied, “What I [told them to] write is what they have written, [and I] will not [change it].”
Pilatu kankula, “Ganembiti, nemba!”
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.
Wanjagira pawamaliriti kumpinjika Yesu, wazitoliti nguwu zakuwi, wagawana vifungu msheshi, shifungu shimu kwa kila mjagira. Watoliti viraa na rihabiti lyakuwi, rihabiti ali liweriti rifumwa kwa shipandi shimu hera, pota na mshonu.
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.
Wanjagira awa waligambiziyana, “Hapeni kuyikashula, ira wazigalambuziya simbi ziweri zya gaa?” Shitwatila ashi shitendikiti su gatimiyi Malembu Mananagala yagatakula, “Wagawaniti nguwu womberi kwa womberi, Na nguwu zaneni wazigalambuziya simbi.” Su, ntambu yawatenditi wanjagila walii.
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].
Pakwegera na lupingika lwa Yesu, paweriti wagoloka mawu gwakuwi na mlongu gwa mawu gwakuwi, Mariya Mdala gwa Kileopa na Mariya Magidalena.
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.”
Yesu pakamwoniti mawu gwakuwi na pakwegera nayomberi kagoloka uliya mfundwa yakamfiriti, kamgambira mawu gwakuwi, “Mawu! Gulori, ayu ndo mwanagwaku.”
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].
Shakapanu kamgambira mfundwa ulii, gulori, “Ayu ndomweni mawu gwaku.” Na kwanjira shipindi shilii mfundwa ayu kamtoliti katami ukaya kwakuwi.
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!”
Yesu kavimaniti handa goseri gaweriti gatimia na su Malembu Mananagala gapati kutimiya, katakula, “Mona kuyumuluwa.”
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.
Panu paweriti na libakuli limema siki. Su, watota sifongu pakati pa siki ayi, wayitula pampindi pa ufitu wa hisopu wamlandisiya.
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]).
Yesu pakalanditi siki, katakula “Gapera!” Shakapanu kango'ng'onala mtuwi gwakuwi, kahowa.
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]}.
Shakapanu Wakulu wa Wayawudi wamkosiya Pilatu wamegi magulu gawu wawapingikiti na kusulusiya nshimba kulawa mlupingika, wakosiyiti hangu toziya iweriti Ijumaa lishaka lya matandiru ga Pasaka na wafiriti ndiri nshimba kusigala mlupingika lishaka lya Kwoyera, paliyanja lishaka lya kwoyera toziya ya lishaka likulu.
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.
Su, wanjagila wagenditi, wagamega magulu ga uliya gwa kwanja na uliya gwa pili ndomweni kaweriti kapingikwa pamuhera na Yesu.
33 But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was dead already. So they did not break his legs.
Kumbiti pawamwiziriti Yesu, wawoniti kuwera kahowiti kala na hangu wammega ndiri magulu.
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].
Kumbiti mjagira yumu kamtobuliti Mluwavu kwa mgoha na palaa paliya mwazi na mashi galawa.
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].
Nayomberi yakawoniti shitwatira ashi kalaviya visoweru vyakuwi su mwenga mpati kujimira. Na aga yagapitawulitwi ndo nakaka, kayi yomberi kavimana handa kankutakula nakaka.
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}.”
Shitwatila ashi shashitenditwi su Malembu Mananagala gatimiyi, “Kwahera ata shifupa shakuwi shimu hashimegwi.”
37 And [they fulfilled] another Scripture passage [that has these words]: ‘They will look on the one whom they have pierced’.
Ilembwa kayi Mumalembu Mananagala gatakula, “Hawamloli uliya yawamtobuliti.”
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].
Pa aga, Yosefu, mwenikaya gwa Arimatayu, kamluwa Pilatu kayitoli nshimba ya Yesu. Yosefu kaweriti mfundwa gwa Yesu, kumbiti kwa kubada, toziya kawatiriti wakulu wa Wayawudi. Su, Pilatu kajimira. Hangu Yosefu kagenditi, kayitola nshimba ya Yesu.
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).
Nikodemu yomberi kaweriti kamgendera Yesu pashiru, wagenditi pamuhera na Yosefu kiza pakajega muhanganyiku gwa manimani na ubani wa kilu milongu mitatu.
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].
Su, watola nshimba ya Yesu. Waitawa sanda pamuhera na uturi kulinganira na shitiba sha Wayawudi shakusira.
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].
Pahala panu pawampingikiti Yesu paweriti na shiwunga na pakati pashiwunga ashi paweriti na lipumba lyampanga lyaliweriti lyasyayi, wamsira ndiri muntu yoseri mnumba mwakuwi.
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].
Toziya ya lihengu lya Wayawudi lya matandiru ga Lishaka lya Kwoyera, toziya lipumba lya mpanga ali liweriti pakwegera, wagatula mauti ga Yesu mlaa.
