Mak 15
1 Nʼezigbo isi ụtụtụ, ndịisi nchụaja na ndị okenye na ndị ozizi iwu, na ndị nzukọ ndị okenye niile, nwere mkpebi. Ha kere Jisọs agbụ, duru ya nyefee nʼaka Pailet.
At earliest dawn, after the High Priests had held a consultation with the Elders and Scribes, they and the entire Sanhedrin bound Jesus and took Him away and handed Him over to Pilate.
2 Pailet jụrụ ya sị, “Ị bụ eze ndị Juu?” Ọ zara sị ya, “Gị onwe gị kwuru ya.”
So Pilate questioned Him. "Are you the King of the Jews?" he asked. "I am," replied Jesus.
3 Mgbe ahụ ndịisi nchụaja boro ya ebubo banyere ọtụtụ ihe.
Then, as the High Priests went on heaping accusations on Him,
4 Pailet jụrụ ya ajụjụ ọzọ sị, “Ọ bụ na ị nweghị ọsịsa ọbụla? Lee ọtụtụ ebubo ha na-ebo gị.”
Pilate again and again asked Him, "Do you make no reply? Listen to the many charges they are bringing against you."
5 Ma Jisọs azaghị ihe ọzọ. Nke a juru Pailet anya.
But Jesus made no further answer: so that Pilate wondered.
6 Ugbu a, ọ bụ omenaala nʼoge mmemme, na a ga-ahapụ otu onye mkpọrọ, bụ onye ha rịọrọ ka a hapụ.
Now at the Festival it was customary for Pilate to release to the Jews any one prisoner whom they might beg off from punishment;
7 Nʼoge ahụ kwa, otu nwoke a na-akpọ Barabas nọ nʼụlọ mkpọrọ, ya na ụfọdụ ndị biliri megide isi ọchịchị, ndị gbukwara mmadụ nʼoge ọgbaaghara ahụ.
and at this time a man named Barabbas was in prison among the insurgents--persons who in the insurrection had committed murder.
8 Igwe mmadụ gbakọrọ na-arịọ Pailet ka o mezuoro ha omenaala ha.
So the people came crowding up, asking Pilate to grant them the usual favour.
9 Mgbe ahụ ọ jụrụ ha sị, “Unu chọrọ ka m hapụrụ unu eze ndị Juu?”
"Shall I release for you the King of the Jews?" answered Pilate.
10 Ebe ọ maara na ọ bụ nʼihi ekworo ka ndịisi nchụaja ji nyefee Jisọs nʼaka ya.
For he could see that it was out of sheer spite that the High Priests had handed Him over.
11 Ma ndịisi nchụaja kpaliri igwe mmadụ ahụ ka ha kwagide ya ka ọ hapụrụ ha Barabas.
But the High Priests urged on the crowd to obtain Barabbas's release in preference;
12 Pailet jụrụ ha ọzọ sị, “Gịnị ka m ga-eme nwoke a unu kpọrọ eze ndị Juu?”
and when Pilate again asked them, "What then shall I do to the man you call King of the Jews?"
13 Ma ha tiri mkpu ọzọ sị, “Kpọgide ya nʼobe!”
they once more shouted out, "Crucify Him!"
14 Ma Pailet jụrụ ha sị, “Ọ bụ nʼihi gịnị? Olee ihe ọjọọ o mere?” Ma ha tiri mkpu karịa ka ha si eti na mbụ, na-asị, “Kpọgide ya nʼobe!”
"Why, what crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they vehemently shouted, "Crucify Him!"
15 Ma ebe Pailet chọrọ ime ihe ga-atọ igwe mmadụ ahụ ụtọ, ọ hapụụrụ ha Barabas, nyefee ha Jisọs nʼaka ka ha pịa ya ihe ma kpọgidekwa ya nʼobe.
So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the mob, released Barabbas for them, and after scourging Jesus handed Him over for crucifixion.
16 Ndị agha ahụ duuru ya pụọ baa nʼime ụlọeze a na-akpọ Pritoriọm. Ha kpọkọtakwara ndị agha ndị otu ha ndị ọzọ.
Then the soldiers led Him away into the court of the Palace (the Praetorium), and calling together the whole battalion
17 Ha yinyere ya uwe mwụda na-acha odo odo, kpukwasịkwa ya okpueze nke e ji ogwu kpaa nʼisi.
they arrayed Him in crimson, placed on His head a wreath of thorny twigs which they had twisted,
18 Emesịa, ha malitere na-ekele ya sị, “Ekele, eze ndị Juu.”
and went on to salute Him with shouts of "Long live the King of the Jews."
19 Ha ji osisi kụọ ya nʼisi ọtụtụ mgbe, na-agbụ ya ọnụ mmiri asọ. Ha gbukwara ikpere nʼihu ya, na-akpọ isiala na-enye ya.
Then they began to beat Him on the head with a cane, to spit on Him, and to do Him homage on bended knees.
20 Mgbe ha ji ya mechaa ihe ọchị, ha yipụrụ ya uwe odo odo ahụ, yinyekwa ya uwe nke ya. Emesịa, ha duuru ya pụọ gawa ịkpọgide ya nʼobe.
At last, having finished their sport, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.
21 Ha zutere otu onye na-agata nʼụzọ, aha ya bụ Saimọn, onye Sirini, bụ nna Alegzanda na Rufọs. Ha manyere ya ka o buru obe ya.
One Simon, a Cyrenaean, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing along, coming from the country: him they compelled to carry His cross.
22 Nʼikpeazụ, ha duuru Jisọs ruo ebe a na-akpọ Gọlgọta (nke pụtara “ebe okpokoro isi”).
So they brought Him to the place called Golgotha, which, being translated, means 'Skull-ground.'
23 Ha nyere ya mmanya a gwara máá, ma ọ jụrụ ịṅụ ya.
Here they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh; but He refused it.
24 Emesịa, ha kpọgidere ya nʼobe, ma kee uwe ya nʼetiti onwe ha site nʼife nza onye ga-enwe nke ọ ga-ewe.
Then they crucified Him. This done, they divided His garments among them, drawing lots to decide what each should take.
25 Ha kpọgidere ya nʼobe nʼelekere itoolu nke ụtụtụ.
It was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified Him.
26 Ha depụtara ebubo ha boro ya kwụba ya nʼelu obe ahụ, nke bụ: Eze ndị Juu.
Over His head was the notice in writing of the charge against Him: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27 Ha kpọgidekwara ya na ndị ohi abụọ nʼobe, otu nʼaka nri ya, nke ọzọ nʼaka ekpe ya.
And together with Jesus they crucified two robbers, one at His right hand and one at His left.
28 A gụkọtara ya na ndị na-emebi iwu.
29 Ndị mmadụ si nʼebe ahụ gafee fufere isi ha na-ekwutọ ya, na-asị, “Leenụ gị! Onye ga-akwada ụlọnsọ ma wugharịa ya nʼabalị atọ.
And all the passers-by reviled Him. They shook their heads at Him and said, "Ah! you who were for destroying the Sanctuary and building a new one in three days,
30 Zọpụtanụ onwe gị! Si nʼelu obe ahụ rịdata.”
come down from the cross and save yourself."
31 Ọ bụladị ndịisi nchụaja, na ndị ozizi iwu na ndị ode akwụkwọ nọ na-akwa ya emo nʼetiti onwe ha na-asị, “Ọ zọpụtara ndị ọzọ, ma ọ pụghị ịzọpụta onwe ya!
In the same way the High Priests also, as well as the Scribes, kept on scoffing at Him, saying to one another, "He has saved others: himself he cannot save!
32 Ka Kraịst a, bụ Eze Izrel, si nʼelu obe a rịdata ka anyị hụ ma kwerekwa.” Ndị ahụ a kpọgidekọrọ ha na ya nʼobe nọkwa na-akparị ya.
This Christ, the King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Even the men who were being crucified with Him heaped insults on Him.
33 Mgbe ọ kụrụ elekere iri na abụọ nke ehihie, ọchịchịrị gbachikọtara nʼala ahụ niile. Ọchịchịrị a dịgidere ruo nʼelekere atọ nke ehihie.
At noon there came a darkness over the whole land, lasting till three o'clock in the afternoon.
34 Nʼelekere atọ nke ehihie, Jisọs tiri mkpu akwa nʼoke olu sị, “Elọi, Elọi, lama sabaktani!” (nke pụtara, “Chineke m, Chineke m, gịnị mere i jiri hapụ m?”).
But at three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Elohi, Elohi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?"
35 Ma ụfọdụ ndị guzo nso nʼebe ahụ, mgbe ha nụrụ nke a, sịrị, “Lee, ọ na-akpọ Ịlaịja!”
Some of the bystanders, hearing Him, said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah!"
36 Ya mere, otu onye gbaara ọsọ gaa weta ogbo, denye ya nʼime mmanya gbara ụka, fanye ya na okporo osisi, nye ya ka ọ ṅụọ, ma na-asị, “Hapụnụ ya, ka anyị lee ma Ịlaịja ọ ga-abịa tọtuo ya.”
Then a man ran to fill a sponge with sour wine, and he put it on the end of a cane and placed it to His lips, saying at the same time, "Wait! let us see whether Elijah will come and take him down."
37 Ma Jisọs tiri mkpu nʼolu ike, kubie ume.
But Jesus uttered a loud cry and yielded up His spirit.
38 Akwa mgbochi nke ụlọnsọ ukwu sitere nʼelu gbawaa abụọ ruo nʼọnụ ala ala ya.
And the curtain in the Sanctuary was torn in two, from top to bottom.
39 Mgbe ọchịagha guzo nʼihu ya, hụrụ otu o si kubie ume, o kwuru sị, “Nʼezie, nwoke a bụ Ọkpara Chineke.”
And when the Centurion who stood in front of the cross saw that He was dead, he exclaimed, "This man was indeed God's Son."
40 O nwere ụfọdụ ụmụ nwanyị guzo nʼebe dị anya na-ele ihe na-eme, nʼetiti ha bụ Meri Magdalin, Meri nne Jemis nke nta, na Josef, na Salomi.
There were also a party of women looking on from a distance; among them being both Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of James the Little and of Joses, and Salome--
41 Ndị a bụ ndị naara eso ya na-ejekwara ya ozi, mgbe ọ nọ na Galili. Ọ dịkwa ndị inyom ọzọ nọkwa nʼebe ahụ, bụ ndị sooro ya bịa na Jerusalem.
all of whom in the Galilaean days had habitually been with Him and cared for Him, as well as many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with Him.
42 Nʼoge uhuruchi (ya bụ ụbọchị na-abọta ụbọchị izuike), ebe ọ bụ Ụbọchị Nkwadebe,
Towards sunset, as it was the Preparation--that is, the day preceding the Sabbath--
43 Josef onye Arimatia, otu nʼime ndị otu nʼụlọ nzukọ, onye a na-asọpụrụ, onye na-echere ọbịbịa nke alaeze Chineke, ji obi ike jekwuru Pailet rịọ ya ka o bunye ya ahụ Jisọs.
Joseph of Arimathaea came, a highly respected member of the Council, who himself also was living in expectation of the Kingdom of God. He summoned up courage to go in to see Pilate and beg for the body of Jesus.
44 Ọ juru Pailet anya ịnụ na ọ nwụọla. Ọ kpọrọ ọchịagha ahụ jụọ ya ma ọ nwụọla.
But Pilate could hardly believe that He was already dead. He called, however, for the Centurion and inquired whether He had been long dead;
45 Mgbe ọchịagha ahụ gwara ya na ọ nwụọla, o kwere ka Josef buru ahụ ya.
and having ascertained the fact he granted the body to Joseph.
46 Josef zụtara akwa ọcha linin, wedata ahụ ya jiri akwa ahụ fụchie ya. O buuru ya buba ya nʼime ili nke o gwuru nʼime nkume. Emesịa o nuketara otu nkume buru ibu, jiri ya mechie ọnụ ụzọ ili ahụ.
He, having bought a sheet of linen, took Him down, wrapped Him in the sheet and laid Him in a tomb hewn in the rock; after which he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.
47 Meri Magdalin na Meri nne Josef hụkwara ebe e bubara ahụ ya.
Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of Joses were looking on to see where He was put.
