Jọn 18
1 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.
After Jesus spoke these words, he went out with his disciples to the other side of the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden into which he and his disciples entered.
2 Judas, onye rara ya nye matakwara ebe ahụ. Nʼihi na Jisọs na ndị na-eso ụzọ ya na-anọ nʼebe ahụ ọtụtụ oge.
Now Judas, who was going to betray him, also knew the place, for Jesus often went there with his disciples.
3 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.
Then Judas, leading a group of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, went there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.
4 Ebe Jisọs maara ihe niile na-akwado ịbịakwasị ya, ọ pụtara sị ha, “Onye ka unu na-achọ?”
Then Jesus, who knew all the things that were happening to him, went forward and asked them, “Who are you looking for?”
5 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.)
They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am.” Judas, who betrayed him, was also standing with the soldiers.
6 Mgbe Jisọs gwara ha, “Ọ bụ m,” ha laghachiri azụ, daa nʼala.
So when he said to them, “I am,” they went backward and fell to the ground.
7 Ọzọ ọ jụkwara ha, “Onye ka unu na-achọ?” Ha sịrị, “Ọ bụ Jisọs onye Nazaret.”
Then again he asked them, “Who are you looking for?” Again they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
8 Jisọs zara, “Agwara m unu na Ọ bụ m. Ọ bụrụ na unu na-achọ m, hapụnụ ndị a ka ha laa.”
Jesus answered, “I told you that I am. So if you are looking for me, let these go.”
9 Nke a bụ iji mezuo okwu ahụ o kwuru na mbụ, “Etufughị m onye ọbụla nʼime ndị ahụ i nyere m.”
This was in order to fulfill the word that he said: “Of those whom you have given me, I lost no one.”
10 Ya mere Saimọn Pita, onye ji mma agha, mịpụtara ya, gbuo ohu onyeisi nchụaja, gbupụ ntị aka nri ya. Aha ohu ahụ bụ Malkus.
Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. Now the name of the servant was Malchus.
11 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?”
Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword back into its sheath. Should I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?”
12 Ya mere ndị agha ahụ na ọchịagha ha, na ndị na-ejere ndị Juu ozi, jidere Jisọs kee ya agbụ.
So the group of soldiers and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and tied him up.
13 Ha buru ụzọ duru ya jekwuru Anas, onye bụ nna nwunye Kaịfas. Onye bụ onyeisi nchụaja nʼafọ ahụ.
They led him first to Annas, for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
14 Kaịfas bụkwa onye ahụ dụrụ ndị ndu ndị Juu ọdụ, sị na ọ ka mma ka otu onye nwụọ nʼihi mmadụ niile.
Now Caiaphas was the one who had given the advice to the Jews that it would be better that one man die for the people.
15 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.
Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and he entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest;
16 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.
but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the female doorkeeper and he brought Peter in.
17 Nwaagbọghọ ahụ sịrị Pita, “Ọ bụ na ị bụghị otu nʼime ndị na-eso ụzọ nwoke a?” Pita sịrị, “Mba! Abụghị m.”
Then the female servant, the doorkeeper, said to Peter, “Are you not also one of the disciples of this man?” He said, “I am not.”
18 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.
Now the servants and the officers were standing there, and they had made a charcoal fire, for it was cold, and they were warming themselves. Peter was also with them, standing there and warming himself.
19 Nʼoge ahụ onyeisi nchụaja ahụ jụrụ Jisọs banyere ndị na-eso ụzọ ya, na ozizi ya.
The high priest then asked Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.
20 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.
Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world. I was always teaching in synagogues and in the temple where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.
21 Gịnị mere i ji ajụ m? Jụọ ndị niile gere m ntị! Ha makwaara ihe niile m kwuru.”
Why did you ask me? Ask those who have heard me about what I said. Look, these people know what I said.”
22 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?”
When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing there struck Jesus and said, “Is that how you answer the high priest?”
23 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.”
Jesus answered him, “If I spoke wrongly, testify about the wrong, but if rightly, why do you hit me?”
24 Ya mere, Anas kere ya agbụ zigara ya Kaịfas onyeisi nchụaja.
Then Annas sent him tied up to Caiaphas the high priest.
25 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.”
Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. The people then said to him, “Are you not also one of his disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”
26 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?”
One of the servants of the high priest, who was a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Did I not see you in the garden with him?”
27 Ma Pita gọkwara agọ ọzọ. Nʼotu mgbe ahụ oke ọkụkụ kwara akwa.
Peter then denied again, and immediately the rooster crowed.
28 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.
Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the government headquarters. It was early in the morning, and they did not enter the government headquarters so that they would not be defiled but would eat the Passover.
29 Pailet gakwuru ha nʼezi sị, “Gịnị bụ ebubo unu na-ebo nwoke a?”
So Pilate went out to them and said, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”
30 Ha zara ma sị ya, “Ọ bụrụ na onye a abụghị onye arụrụala, anyị agaraghị akpọtara gị ya.”
They answered and said to him, “If this man was not an evildoer, we would not have given him over to you.”
31 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.”
Pilate therefore said to them, “Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put any man to death.”
32 Nke a mere iji mezuo okwu ahụ Jisọs kwuru banyere ụdị ọnwụ ọ gaje ịnwụ.
They said this so that the word of Jesus would be fulfilled which he had spoken to indicate by what kind of death he would die.
33 Mgbe ahụ Pailet baghachiri nʼime ụlọeze ahụ, zie ozi ka a kpọọrọ ya Jisọs. Ọ jụrụ ya, “Ị bụ eze ndị Juu?”
Then Pilate entered the government headquarters again and called Jesus and he said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”
34 Jisọs zara, “Ị na-ajụ nke a nʼonwe gị ka ọ bụ ihe ndị ọzọ gwara gị banyere m?”
Jesus answered, “Do you speak from yourself, or did others speak to you about me?”
35 Pailet zara, “Abụ m onye Juu? Ọ bụ ndị ala gị na ndịisi nchụaja unu kpọtaara m gị. Gịnị ka i mere?”
Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and the chief priests gave you over to me. What did you do?”
36 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.”
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were part of this world, then my servants would fight so that I would not be given over to the Jews. But now my kingdom is not from here.”
37 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.”
Pilate then said to him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I have been born, and for this purpose I have come into the world, so that I would bear witness to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”
38 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.
Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them, “I find no guilt in this man.
39 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’?”
But you have the custom that I release one person to you at the Passover. So do you want me to release the King of the Jews to you?”
40 Ha tiri mkpu ọzọ sị, “Ọ bụghị nwoke a, ma hapụrụ anyị Barabas.” Barabas bụ onye abalị dị egwu.
Then they cried out again and said, “Not this man, but Barabbas.” Now Barabbas was a robber.
