Johane 18
1 Mme erile Jesu a sena go bua dilo tse, a kgabaganya molatswana wa Kide-rona le barutwa ba gagwe mme a tsena mo sekgweng sa lotlhware.
When Jesus had said this, he went out with his disciples and crossed the brook Kedron to a place where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples went.
2 Judase wa moraedi, o ne a itse lefelo le, gonne Jesu o ne a sa bolo go nna a ya teng gantsi le barutwa ba gagwe.
The place was well known to Judas, the betrayer, for Jesus and his disciples had often met there.
3 Ditlhogo tsa baperesiti le Bafarasai di ne di neetse Judase segopa sa masole le mapodisi go mo pata. Mme ba goroga mo sekgweng sa lotlhware ba tshotse dipone tsa mefuta e farologanye ba tshotse le ditlhabani.
So Judas, who had obtained the soldiers of the Roman garrison, and some police-officers from the Chief Priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.
4 Jesu a tlhaloganya ka botlalo se se neng se ya go mo diragalela. Erile a tsamaela kwa pele go ba kgatlhantsha a re, “Lo batla mang?” Mme ba mo fetola ba re, “Jesu wa Nasaretha.” Mme Jesu a ba raya a re, “Ke nna.”
Jesus, aware of all that was coming upon him, went to meet them, and said to them: “For whom are you looking?”
“Jesus of Nazareth,” was their answer. “I am he,” said Jesus. (Judas, the betrayer, was also standing with them.)
6 Mme erile a bua jalo, botlhe ba boela kwa morago ba wela fa fatshe.
When Jesus said ‘I am he,’ they drew back and fell to the ground.
7 Mme a ba botsa gape a re, “Lo batla mang?” Mme ba mo fetola gape ba re, “Jesu wa Nasaretha.” Mme Jesu a ba raya a re,
So he again asked for whom they were looking, and they answered: “Jesus of Nazareth.”
8 “Ke lo reile ka re ke Nna, mme ka ke Nna yo lo mpatlang, tlogelang ba bangwe ba, ba tsamaye.”
“I have already told you that I am he,” replied Jesus, “so, if it is for me that you are looking, let these men go.”
9 O ne a dira jaana go diragatsa seporofeso se a neng a setse a se buile a re, “Ga ke a latlhegelwa ke ope mo go ba o ba nneileng.”
This was in fulfilment of his words — ‘Of those whom thou hast given me I have not lost one.’
10 Mme Simone Petere a somola chaka a kgaola “tsebe e e ka fa letsogong la moja ya ga Maleko motlhanka wa moperesiti yo mogolo”.
At this, Simon Peter, who had a sword with him, drew it, and struck the High Priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
11 Mme Jesu a raya Petere a re, “Somela chaka ya gago. A ga ke a tshwanela go nwa mo senwelong se Rara o se nneileng?”
But Jesus said to Peter: “Sheathe your sword. Shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?”
12 Mme mapodisi a Sejuta le masole le maotlana a tshwara Jesu a mo golega.
So the soldiers of the garrison, with their Commanding Officer and the Jewish police, arrested Jesus and bound him,
13 Ba mo tseela “pele” kwa go Anase mogwagadia Kaiafase, Moperesiti yo mogolo mo ngwageng eo.
and took him first of all to Annas. Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year.
14 Kaiafase e ne e le ene yo o reileng baeteledipele ba Sejuta a re go botoka gore motho a le mongwe fela a swele batho botlhe.
It was Caiaphas who had counselled the Jews, that it was best that one man should die for the people.
15 Simone Petere a ba sala morago, jaaka yo mongwe wa barutwa yo ene a neng a tsalanye le Moperesiti yo Mogolo a ne a dira
Meanwhile Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. That disciple, being well-known to the High Priest, went with Jesus into the High Priest’s court-yard,
16 fa Petere a eme fa ntle ga kgoro ya batsena. Mme Morutwa yo a buisanya le mosetsana yo o tlhokometseng kwa kgorong, mme a letlelela Petere go tsena.
while Peter stood outside by the door. Presently the other disciple — the one well-known to the High Priest — went out and spoke to the portress, and brought Peter in.
17 Mosetsana a botsa a re, “A ga o mongwe wa barutwa ba ga Jesu?” Mme Petere a re, “Nnyaa ga ke mongwe wa bone.”
So the maidservant said to Peter: “Are not you also one of this man’s disciples?” “No, I am not,” he said.
18 Mme mapodise le batlhanka ba mo lwapeng ba ne ba eme ka dinao ba dikologile molelo o ba neng ba o gotsitse gonne go ne go le serame. Mme Petere a nna foo le bone a ikomosa.
The servants and police-officers were standing round a charcoal fire (which they had made because it was cold), and were warming themselves. Peter, too, was with them, standing and warming himself.
19 Mme mo teng ga kgotla ya tshekelo Moperesiti yo Mogolo a simolola go botsa Jesu kaga barutwa ba gagwe le se a neng a ntse a se ba ruta.
The High Priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
20 Jesu a fetola a re, “Se ke se rutang se itsege ka bophara, gonne ke rutile ka gale mo disenagogeng le mo Tempeleng; ke utlwilwe ke baeteledipele ba Sejuta botlhe mme ga ke rute sepe mo sephiring se ke sa se buang mo ponong ya mongwe le mongwe.
“For my part,” answered Jesus, “I have spoken to all the world openly. I always taught in some Synagogue, or in the Temple Courts, places where all the Jews assemble, and I never spoke of anything in secret.
21 Ke eng fa o mpotsa potso e? Botsa ba ba nkutlwileng. O na le bangwe ba bone fano. Ba itse se ke se buileng.”
Why question me? Question those who have listened to me as to what I have spoken about to them. They must know what I said.”
22 Mongwe wa masole a a emeng foo a ngadibola Jesu ka lebole a mmotsa a re, “A ke yone tsela ya go araba Moperesiti yo Mogolo eo?”
When Jesus said this, one of the police-officers, who was standing near, gave him a blow with his hand. “Do you answer the High Priest like that?” he exclaimed.
23 Mme Jesu a fetola a re. “Fa ke buile maaka, ntsha bosupi, a o tshwanetse go iteela motho go bua boammaaruri?”
“If I said anything wrong, give evidence about it,” replied Jesus; “but if not, why do you strike me?”
24 Mme Anase a romela Jesu a golegilwe kwa go Kaiafase Moperesiti yo Mogolo.
Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the High Priest.
25 Mme ya re ka lobaka loo, fa Simone Petere a sa ntse a eme fa molelong, a bodiwa gape gatwe, “A ga o mongwe wa barutwa ba gagwe?” Mme ene a fetola a re, “Nnyaa,”
Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing there, warming himself; so they said to him: “Are not you also one of his disciples?” Peter denied it. “No, I am not,” he said.
26 Mme mongwe wa batlhanka ba mo lwapeng lwa Moperesiti yo mogolo, wa losika lwa monna yo o neng a kgaotswe tsebe ke Petere, a botsa a re, “A ga ke a go bona kwa sekgweng sa lotlhware o na le Jesu?”
One of the High Priest’s servants, a relation of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, exclaimed: “Did not I myself see you with him in the garden?”
27 Mme Petere a itatola gape. Mme ka bofefo mokoko wa lela.
Peter again denied it; and at that moment a cock crowed.
28 Go sekisiwa ga ga Jesu ke Kaiafase ga fela maphakela thata. Go tsweng foo a tseelwa kwa kgotleng ya Molaodi wa Mmuso wa Roma. Basekisi ba gagwe ba seka ba tsena mo teng gonne ba ne ba re, go ne go tlaa ba “itshekolola”, le gone ba ne ba sena go letlelelwa go ja kwanyana ya Tlolaganyo.
From Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Government House. It was early in the morning. But they did not enter the Government House themselves, lest they should become ‘defiled,’ and so be unable to eat the Passover.
29 Mme Pilatwe molaodi wa mmuso wa Roma, a ya kwa ntle kwa go bone a botsa a re, “Lo bona monna yo molato wa eng? Lo mmona molato wa go dira eng.”
Therefore Pilate came outside to speak to them. “What charge do you bring against this man?” he asked.
30 Mme ba fetola ka go gakala ba re, “Fa e ka bo ene e se serukutlhi re ka bo re sa mo tshwara!”
“If he had not been a criminal, we should not have given him up to you,” they answered.
31 Mme Pilatwe a ba raya a re, “Mo tseyeng lo mo atlhole lo le nosi ka melao ya lona.” Mme ba re, Mme kana re batla a bapolwa, mme, re batla tetlelelo ya gago
“Take him yourselves,” said Pilate, “and try him by your own Law.” “We have no power to put any one to death,” the Jews replied —
32 Se se ne sa rurifatsa kakanyetsopele ya ga Jesu ka ga tsela e a tla bolawang ka yone.
In fulfilment of what Jesus had said when indicating the death that he was destined to die.
33 Mme Pilatwe a boela kwa kgotleng ya gagwe ya tshekelo a laola gore Jesu a leriwe kwa go ene. Ammotsa a re, “A o Kgosi ya Bajuta?”
After that, Pilate went into the Government House again, and calling Jesus up, asked him: “Are you the King of the Jews?”
34 Jesu a botsa a re, “A le wena wa re ke ‘Kgosi’ kgotsa o bua kafa Bajuta ba buang ka teng.”
“Do you ask me that yourself?” replied Jesus, “or did others say it to you about me?”
35 Pilatwe a botsa ka kgakalo a re, “A ke Mojuta? Batho ba gaeno le ditlhogo tsa bone tsa baperesiti ba go lerile kwano. Ka ntlha yang? O dirile eng?”
“Do you take me for a Jew?” was Pilate’s answer. “It is your own nation and the Chief Priests who have given you up to me. What have you done?”
36 Mme Jesu a araba a re, “Ga ke Kgosi ya lefatshe. Fa ke ne ke le yone, balatedi ba me ba ka bo ba lole fa ke tshwarwa ke baeteledipele ba Sejuta. Mme bogosi jwa me ga se jwa lefatshe.”
“My kingly power,” replied Jesus, “is not due to this world. If it had been so, my servants would be doing their utmost to prevent my being given up to the Jews; but my kingly power is not from the world.”
37 Pilatwe a fetola a re, “Ee, fa e le gore go ntse jalo o Kgosi?” Jesu a re, “Ee, ke tsaletswe gone moo. Mme ke tletse go lere boammaaruri mo lefatsheng. Botlhe ba ba ratang boammaaruri ke balatedi ba me.”
“So you are a King after all!” exclaimed Pilate. “Yes, it is true I am a King,” answered Jesus. “I was born for this, I have come into the world for this — to bear testimony to the Truth. Every one who is on the side of Truth listens to my voice.”
38 Pilatwe a botsa a re, “Boammaaruri ke eng?” Mme a boela a tswela gape kwa ntle kwa bathong a ba raya a re, “Ga a na molato ope wa borukutlhi motho yo.
“What is Truth?” exclaimed Pilate. After saying this, he went out to the Jews again, and said: “For my part, I find nothing with which he can be charged.
39 Mme lo na le ngwao ngwaga le ngwaga ya go nkopa go lo gololela mongwe mo kgolegelong fa go le Tlolaganyo. Mme fa lo batla ke dira jalo, ke tlaa golola ‘Kgosi ya Bajuta’.”
It is, however, the custom for me to grant you the release of one man at the Passover Festival. Do you wish for the release of the King of the Jews?”
40 Mme ba goa ba re, “Nnyaa! E seng monna yo, e leng Barabase!” Barabase e ne e le serukutlhi.
“No, not this man,” they shouted again, “but Barabbas!” This Barabbas was a robber.
