Yowana 19
1 Bhai, a Pilato gubhaatolile a Yeshu gubhaakomile mishapilo.
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).
2 Na bhalabhonji ashimanjola nkwaalembula, gubhaeleyenje ulemba gwa mibha, gubhaawashiyenje a Yeshu muntwe mbuti ulemba gwa shipalume, gubhaawashiyenje na nngubho ja langi ja shambalau.
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].
3 Gubhaajendelenje, bhalinkutinji “Tunakunkomaya a mpalume bha Bhayaudi!” Gubhaakomilenje mapapa mmatukwa.
Then they kept coming to him and saying, “Hooray for the King of the Jews [IRO]!” and slapping him [on his face].
4 Kungai a Pilato gubhakopweshe kabhili palanga, gubhaalugulilenje, “Nnolanje, ngunakwiya nabho kabhili kwenu mmanganya mmumanyanje kuti nne, nangashibhona shoshowe shibhalebhile.”
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].”
5 Bhai, a Yeshu gubhakopweshe palanga bhawete ulemba gwa mibha na nngubho ja langi ja shambalau. A Pilato gubhaalugulilenje bhandunji bhala, “Nnolanje! Abha apano.”
When Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Look at this [wretched] man!”
6 Bhai, Bhakulungwa bhaabhishila na bhalinda bhakaabhonanjeje a Yeshu gubhautiyenje lilobhe bhalinkutinji, “Mwaabhambe munshalabha! Mwaabhambe munshalabha!” A Pilato gubhaalugulilenje, “Bhai, mwaatolanje mwaashayenenji nkaabhambanje munshalabha, pabha nne ngakushibhona shibhalebhile.”
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.”
7 Bhayaudi gubhaajangwilenje, “Uwe tukwete shalia ja kwaukumula, pabha bhashinkwiitenda kuti Mwana jwa a Nnungu.”
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]}.”
8 Bhai a Pilato bhakapilikaneje gene malobhego gubhapundile jogopa.
When Pilate heard that, he was more afraid [of what would happen to himself if he commanded the soldiers to kill Jesus].
9 Bhai, gubhajinjile kabhili nnukumbi lukulu lushemwa Pulaitolio, gubhaabhushiye a Yeshu, “Mmwe kunkoposhele kwai?” Ikabheje a Yeshu bhangaajangula shindu shoshowe.
So he [took Jesus] back inside the headquarters. He said to Jesus, “Where do you [really] come from?” But Jesus did not answer him.
10 Bhai a Pilato gubhaalugulile “Nkaapinga kubheleketa na nne? Bhuli nkaakumumanya kuti nne njikola ukulungwa gwa kunngopola na gwa kummamba munshalabha?”
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}?”
11 A Yeshu gubhaajangwile, “Mmwe ngunkakweteje upalume gogowe kwangu nne gwangali pegwa na a Nnungu. Kwa nneyo jwene angamwiye kwenu mmwejo, ashikola shambi shikulungwa.”
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.”
12 Tandubhila penepo a Pilato gubhaloleye shanabhuli shibhaagopole, ikabheje Bhayaudi gubhajobhelenje bhalinkutinji, “Mwaagopolaga bhenebha, mmwe mwangali shilongani na a Kaishali a mpalume bhakulu bha Loma, kila mundu akwiitenda mpalume anakwaatendebhuka a Kaishali!”
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!”
13 Bhai a Pilato, bhakapilikaneje gene malobhego, gubhakopweshe nabho a Yeshu palanga, gubhatemi pashitengu sha ukumu, pashemwaga “lupenu lwa maganga” eu kwa Shiebhulania, “Gabhasha.”
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.
14 Puyaliji mui malanga ga shaa shita nnei, lyubha lya kolokoya Pashaka. A Pilato gubhaalugulilenje Bhayaudi, “Mwaalolanje! A mpalume bhenunji!”
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!”
15 Bhai, bhanganyabho gubhajobhelenje, “Mwaashoye! Mwashoye! Bhabhambwe munshalabha!” A Pilato gubhaabhushiyenje, “Bhuli naabhambe munshalabha a mpalume bhenunji?” Bhakulungwanji bhaabhishila gubhajangwilenje, “Uwe twangali a mpalume ikabhe a Kaishali!”
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!”
16 Penepo a Pilato gubhaakamwiyenje a Yeshu nkupinga bhaabhambe munshalabha, na bhalabhonji gubhaaposhelenje. Bhai, gubhaatolilenje a Yeshu.
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.
17 Na bhalabho gubhakopweshe palanga akuno bhajigele nshalabha gwabho, kuloya mmbali pashemwaga “Shibhanga sha Ntwe” kwa Shiebhulania Goligota.
[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.
18 Penepo nipubhaabhambilenje munshalabha a Yeshu na bhandu bhananji bhabhili, jumo nkono gwabho gwa nnilo, na juna nkono nshinda gwabho na a Yeshu pakati pakati.
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.
19 Na bhalabho a Pilato gubhajandishe mmbila panani nshalabha, jijandikwe nnei, “A YESHU BHANASHALETI, A MPALUME BHA BHAYAUDI.”
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’.
20 Bhai Bhayaudi bhabhagwinji gubhashomilenje jene mmbilajo, pabha pubhaabhambilenje munshalabha a Yeshu, pupaaliji tome na shilambo. Na jene mmbilajo pujajandikwe kwa Shiebhulania na Shilatini na Shigiliki.
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.
21 Bhai, bhakulungwanji bha bhaabhishila na Bhayaudi gubhaalugulilenje a Pilato, “Nnajandishe. ‘A mpalume bha Bhayaudi,’ ikabhe bhashinkubheleketa bhayene kuti, ‘Nne mpalume jwa Bhayaudi.’”
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’!”
22 A Pilato gubhajangwile, “Gunyandishe, nigajandishe!”
Pilate replied, “What I [told them to] write is what they have written, [and I] will not [change it].”
23 Ashimanjola bhala bhakaabhambanjeje a Yeshu munshalabha, gubhatolilenje nngubho yabho, gubhagebhenyenje maungu nsheshe, malinga shibhalinginji. Gubhatolilenje na kanshu jabho, jenejo pujaliji ja lukwa.
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.
24 Bhai, gubhalugulilenenje, “Tunajipapule, ikabhe tutende shikoma jibhe jika gani.” Genego gashinkutendeka nkupinga gatimilile Majandiko ga Ukonjelo ga taya, “Bhashinkugabhananga nngubho yangu, Na nngubho jangu gubhaagulenje kwa shikoma.” Bhai nneyo, ni shibhatendilenje ashimanjola bhala.
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.
25 Tome na nshalabha gwa a Yeshu bhashinkujimangana anyinabhabho, na a Malia akulu bhabho anyinabhabho akongobhabho a Kileopashi, na a Malia Magidalena.
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].
26 Bhai, a Yeshu bhakaabhoneje anyinabhabho na nkujiganywa jubhampinjile jula ajimi patome, gubhaalugulile anyinabhabho, “A Mama! Munnole, mwanagwenu.”
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.”
27 Kungai gubhaannugulile nkujiganywa jula. “Mwaalole, anyina bhenu.” Kutandubhila penepo, bhaajiganywa bhala gubhaatolile anyina bhabho a Yeshu bhakatame kunngwabho.
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].
28 Kungai, a Yeshu akuno bhalikumumanya kuti gowe gamalile, nkupinga Majandiko ga Ukonjelo gatimilile, gubhashite, “Njikola njota.”
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!”
29 Penepo jashinkupagwa bhakuli jigumbeywe divai ja shashama. Bhai, gubhashubhikenje shiponji mmakuli ja divai ja shashama jila, gubhatabhilenje nnubhalabhala lwa nkongo ushemwa ishopo, gubhaabhishilenje pa kang'wa.
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.
30 Bhai a Yeshu bhakapapileje divai ja shashama jila, gubhashite, “Gamalile!” Kungai gubhakotime nntwe, gubhamalile.
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]).
31 Bhai pabha pulyaaliji lyubha lya kolokoya kwa Lyubha lya Pumulila. Kwa nneyo ikapinjikwaga iilu ilepeshe munshalabha Lyubha lya Pumulila, pabha lyene lyubhalyo pulyaaliji likulungwa, Bhayaudi gubhaajujilenje a Pilato bhakaatemanje makongono bhakomelenjwe munshalabha bhala nkupinga bhawanganje shangu, na iilu yabhonji ishoywe mmishalabha.
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]}.
32 Bhai, ashimanjola gubhapite kuntemanga makongono mundu jwa nntai na jwa bhili, bhakomelwenje munshalabha pamo na a Yeshu bhala.
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.
33 Ikabheje bhakaishilanjeje a Yeshu, gubhaaimenje bhali bhawile, kwa nneyo bhangaatemanga makongono.
But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was dead already. So they did not break his legs.
34 Ikabheje linjola jumo gwabhaomile lipanga lya mmbalati, bhai gujikopweshe minyai na mashi.
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].
35 Kwa nneyo, jwene agabhweni genego ni akong'ondela, nkupinga na mmanganyanji nkulupalilanje. Na gene gabheleketego ni ga kweli, numbe amumanyi kuti anabheleketa ga kweli.
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].
36 Pabha genega gashinkutendeka nkupinga Majandiko ga Ukonjelo gatimilile ga taya kuti, “Lyakwa nkali liupa lyabho limo shilitemanywe.”
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}.”
37 Na majandiko gana gakuti, “Shibhannolanje jubhanng'omilenje lipanga jula.”
And [they fulfilled] another Scripture passage [that has these words]: ‘They will look on the one whom they have pierced’.
38 Gakapiteje genego, a Yoshepu bha ku Alimataya, gubhaajujile a Pilato bhatole shiilu sha a Yeshu. A Yoshepu pubhaliji bhaajiganywa bha a Yeshu, ikabheje kwa nng'iyo, pabha bhatendaga kwaajogopanga ashikalongolele bha Shiyaudi. Bhai, a Pilato gubhajitishiye. Kwa nneyo a Yoshepu gubhapite shoya shiilu sha a Yeshu.
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].
39 Na bhalabho a Nikodemo bhene bhaajendele a Yeshu shilo gwa ntai bhala, gubhapite na a Yoshepu bhali bhajigele mauta ga nunjila, gaengenywe na manemane na lubhani kilo makumi gatatu.
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).
40 Bhai, gubhatolilenje shiilu sha a Yeshu shila, gubhailijililenje shanda shammbone sha katani bhali bhatajilenje mauta malinga pugwaliji nkubho gwa Bhayaudi nkushika.
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].
41 Pubhabhambilwe munshalabha a Yeshu pala, jashinkupagwa bhushitani na nkati jakwe lyashinkupagwa likabhuli lya ambi likanabhe shikwa mundu jojowe.
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].
42 Pabha Bhayaudi pubhalinginji nkukolokoya ga Lyubha lya Pumulila, na likabhulilyo pulyaaliji pa tome, bhai gubhaabhishilenje a Yeshu mwenemo.
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].
