Mark 15
1 Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders, scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
Kwathi khonokho ekuseni kakhulu abapristi abakhulu benza umhlangano kanye labadala lababhali, lomphakathi wonke, bambopha uJesu bamqhuba bamnikela kuPilatu.
2 Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered, “So you say.”
UPilatu wasembuza wathi: Wena uyiNkosi yamaJuda yini? Wasemphendula wathi kuye: Uyatsho wena.
3 The chief priests accused him of many things.
Abapristi abakhulu basebemmangalela ngezinto ezinengi; kodwa yena kaphendulanga lutho.
4 Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!”
UPilatu wasebuya embuza, wathi: Kawuphenduli lutho yini? Khangela, zingaki izinto abazifakazayo ezimelana lawe.
5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.
Kodwa uJesu kabesaphendula lutho, waze wamangala uPilatu.
6 Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whomever they asked of him.
Langomkhosi wayebakhululela isibotshwa esisodwa, loba yisiphi abasicelayo.
7 There was one called Barabbas, bound with his fellow insurgents, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.
Kwakukhona umuntu othiwa nguBarabasi, owayebotshiwe lalabo ababevukele umbuso laye, ababebulele ekuvukeleni umbuso.
8 The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.
Ixuku laselimemeza laqala ukucela ukuthi enze njengalokho ayehlezi ekwenza kubo.
9 Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
UPilatu wasebaphendula, wathi: Lithanda ukuthi ngilikhululele iNkosi yamaJuda yini?
10 For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.
Ngoba wayekwazi ukuthi ngomona abapristi abakhulu bamnikele.
11 But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.
Kodwa abapristi abakhulu bavusa ixuku, ukuthi kungcono alikhululele uBarabasi.
12 Pilate again asked them, “What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?”
UPilatu wasephendula wathi futhi kubo: Pho lifuna ngimenzeni lo elithi uyiNkosi yamaJuda?
13 They cried out again, “Crucify him!”
Basebememeza futhi bathi: Mbethele!
14 Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, “Crucify him!”
Kodwa uPilatu wathi kubo: Ngoba wenze ububi bani? Kodwa bamemeza kakhulu bathi: Mbethele!
15 Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.
Khona uPilatu ethanda ukukholisa ixuku, wabakhululela uBarabasi; kodwa wamnikela uJesu, esemtshaye ngesiswepu, ukuthi abethelwe.
16 The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.
Abebutho basebemngenisa phakathi, egumeni, eliyindlu yombusi, basebebizela ibutho lonke ndawonye,
17 They clothed him with purple; and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him.
bamgqokisa okuyibubende, sebeluke umqhele wameva bamethesa,
18 They began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
baqala ukumbingelela besithi: Bayethe, Nkosi yamaJuda!
19 They struck his head with a reed and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.
Batshaya ikhanda lakhe ngomhlanga, bamkhafulela amathe, baguqa ngamadolo bamkhonza.
20 When they had mocked him, they took the purple cloak off him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him.
Sebemklolodele, bamhlubula okuyibubende, bamgqokisa ezakhe izembatho. Basebemusa phandle ukuze bambethele.
21 They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them that he might bear his cross.
Babamba ngamandla omunye owayesedlula othiwa nguSimoni umKurene, evela emaphandleni, uyise kaAleksandro loRufusi, ukuthi athwale isiphambano sakhe.
22 They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, “The place of a skull.”
Basebemusa endaweniethiwa yiGolgotha, okuyikuthi ngokuphendulelwa, iNdawo yokhakhayi.
23 They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take it.
Basebemnika iwayini lixutshaniswe lenhlaka ukuthi alinathe; kodwa kalemukelanga.
24 Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take.
Sebembethele, babelana izembatho zakhe, benza inkatho yokuphosa ngazo, ukuthi ngamunye uzathathani.
25 It was the third hour when they crucified him.
Kwakulihola lesithathu, njalo bambethela.
26 The superscription of his accusation was written over him: “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
Futhi kwakulombhalo wecala lakhe elalibhalwe phezulu usithi: INKOSI YAMAJUDA.
27 With him they crucified two robbers, one on his right hand, and one on his left.
Njalo babethela kanye laye abaphangi ababili, omunye ngakwesokunene lomunye ngakwesokhohlo sakhe.
28 The Scripture was fulfilled which says, “He was counted with transgressors.”
Wasugcwaliseka umbhalo othi: Futhi wabalwa kanye lezoni.
29 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads and saying, “Ha! You who destroy the temple and build it in three days,
Labedlulayo bamhlambaza, benikina amakhanda abo, besithi: Hiya, wena odiliza ithempeli, ulakhe ngensuku ezintathu,
30 save yourself, and come down from the cross!”
zisindise, wehle esiphambanweni.
31 Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, “He saved others. He can’t save himself.
Langokunjalo abapristi abakhulu labo bakloloda kanye lababhali bathi omunye komunye: Wasindisa abanye, angezisindise yena.
32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him.” Those who were crucified with him also insulted him.
UKristu iNkosi yakoIsrayeli kehle khathesi esiphambanweni, ukuze sibone sikholwe. Lababebethelwe kanye laye bamklolodela.
33 When the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Kwathi sekufike ihola lesithupha, kwaba khona ubumnyama phezu komhlaba wonke kwaze kwaba lihola lesificamunwemunye.
34 At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
Ngehola lesificamunwemunye uJesu wamemeza ngelizwi elikhulu, wathi, "Eloyi, Eloyi, lama sabaktani?" Okuyikuthi ngokuphendulelwa: Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungitshiyeleni?
35 Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”
Labanye kwababemi khona besizwa bathi: Khangelani, ubiza uElija.
36 One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down.”
Wasegijima omunye, wagcwalisa uzipho ngeviniga, waluhloma emhlangeni, wamnika ukuthi anathe, esithi: Yekelani, sibone uba uElija uzakuza amethule.
37 Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit.
UJesu wasememeza ngelizwi elikhulu waphefumula okokucina.
38 The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.
Leveyili lethempeli ladatshulwa laba zincezu ezimbili laqala phezulu lisiya phansi.
39 When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
Kwathi induna yekhulu eyayimi maqondana laye ibona ukuthi ukhale njalo, waphefumula okokucina, yathi: Ngeqiniso lumuntu ubeyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.
40 There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
Kwakukhona labesifazana bebukele bekhatshana, okwakukhona phakathi kwabo loMariya Magadalena, loMariya unina kaJakobe omncinyane lokaJose, loSalome,
41 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
(labo abamlandela, eseseGalili, bamsebenzela), labanye abesifazana abanengi abenyukela eJerusalema laye.
42 When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
Kwathi sekuhlwile, ngoba kwakungamalungiselelo, okuyikuthi usuku phambi kwesabatha,
43 Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for God’s Kingdom, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.
wafika uJosefa owayevela eArimathiya, ilunga elihloniphekayo lomphakathi, owayelindele laye umbuso kaNkulunkulu; wangena ngesibindi kuPilatu, wacela isidumbu sikaJesu.
44 Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.
UPilatu wasemangala ngokuthi usefile; wabizela kuye induna yekhulu, wayibuza ukuthi kambe sekuyisikhathi efile.
45 When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.
Esazisiwe yinduna yekhulu, wamnika uJosefa isidumbu.
46 He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
Wasethenga ilembu elicolekileyo, wamethula, wamgoqela ngelembu elicolekileyo, wambeka engcwabeni elaligujwe edwaleni; wagiqela ilitshe emnyango wengcwaba.
47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.
Futhi uMariya Magadalena loMariya unina kaJose babona lapho abekwe khona.
