Johane 19
1 Mme Pilatwe a fatola mokwatla wa ga Jesu ka thupa,
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 mme masole a loga serwalo sa mitlwa a se mo rwesa mo tlhogong a bo a mo apesa seaparo se se bohibidu jo bo mokgona.
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 Ba mo sotla ba re, “Dumela, Kgosi ya Bajuta!” Ba bo ba mo itaya ka mabole.
Then they kept coming to him and saying, “Hooray for the King of the Jews [IRO]!” and slapping him [on his face].
4 Pilatwe tswela kwa ntle gape mme a raya Bajuta a re, “Ke ya go mo ntshetsa kwa ntle kwa go lona jaanong, mme legale tlhaloganyang sentle gore nna ga ke mmone molato.”
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 Mme Jesu a tswela kwa ntle a rwele serwalo sa mitlwa a bile a apere seaparo se se bohibidu jo bo mokgona. Mme Pilatwe a re, “Bonang monna yo!”
When Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Look at this [wretched] man!”
6 Erile fela fa ba mmona, ditlhogo tsa baperesiti le bagolwane ba Sejuta ba simolola go goa ba re, “A a bapolwe! A a bapolwe!” Pilatwe a re, “Mmapoleng lona, nna ga ke mmone molato.”
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 Mme ba mo fetola ba re, “Ka melao ya rona o tshwanetse go swa gonne o ipiditse Morwa Modimo.”
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 Erile fa Pilatwe a utlwa ba bua jalo, a tshoga thata go gaisa malatsi otlhe.
When Pilate heard that, he was more afraid [of what would happen to himself if he commanded the soldiers to kill Jesus].
9 A busetsa Jesu kwa kgotleng ya tshekelo a mmotsa a re, “O tswa kae?” Mme Jesu a seka a ntsha karabo epe.
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 Mme Pilatwe a re, “A ga o batle go bua le nna? A ga o lemoge gore ke na le nonofo ya go go golola kgotsa go go bapola?”
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 Mme Jesu a re, “O ka bo o sena nonofo epe gotlhelele mo go nna fa o ne o sa e newa e tswa kwa godimo. Mme ba ba ntlisitseng kwa go wena ba na le sebe se segolo.”
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 Mme Pilatwe a leka go mo golola, mme baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba mo raya ba re, “Fa o golola monna yo, ga o tsala ya ga Kaesara. Le fa e le mang yo o ipitsang gore ke Kgosi o tlhabana le Kaesara.”
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 Erile Pilatwe a utlwa mafoko a, a ntshetsa Jesu kwa ntle gape kwa go bone mme a nna mo setilong sa tshekelo mo bonnong jo bo dirilweng ka matlapa.
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 E ne jaanong e ka nna motshegare wa sethoboloko pele ga letsatsi la Tlolaganyo. Mme Pilatwe a raya Bajuta a re, “Kgosi ya lona ke e!”
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 Mme ba goa ba re, “A a ye koo, A a ye koo, mmapole!” Pilatwe a re, “Lwa reng? Ke bapole Kgosi ya lona? Baperesiti ba bagolo ba goa ba re, Ga re na kgosi epe fa se Kaesara.”
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 Mme Pilatwe a ba neela Jesu gore a bapolwe.
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 Jalo Jesu lwa bofelo a tsenngwa mo diatleng tsa bone, mme a tseelwa kwa ntle ga motse, a itshikaretse mokgoro a isiwa kwa lefelong le le bidiwang “Logata.” Ka Sehebera le bidiwa “Gologotha.”
[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 Ba feta ba mmapola le ba bangwe teng koo ba le babedi, yo mongwe a bapolwa ka fa letsogong la gagwe la molema, yo mongwe ka fa go la moja, Jesu a le fa gare ga bone.
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 Mme Pilatwe a baya sesupo fa godimo ga ga Jesu se se balegang jaana, “JESU WA NASARETHA, KGOSI YA BAJUTA.”
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 Lefelo le Jesu a bapoletsweng mo go lone le ne le le gaufi le motse; mme sesupo se ne se kwadilwe ka Selatina le Segerika, gore batho ba le bantsi ba tle ba kgone go se bala.
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 Mme baperesiti ba bagolo ba raya Pilatwe ba re, “Fetola sesupo mo go reng, ‘Kgosi ya Bajuta’ o se fetolele mo go reng, ‘A re ke Kgosi ya Bajuta’.”
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 Pilatwe a fetola a re, “Se ke se kwadileng ke se kwadile. Se nna fela jaaka se ntse.”
Pilate replied, “What I [told them to] write is what they have written, [and I] will not [change it].”
23 Erile masole a sena go bapola Jesu, a baya diaparo tsa gagwe ka mekoanyana e le mene, mongwe le mongwe wa one masole ao a nna le seabe mo mekoanyaneng eo. Mme ba re, “Re seka ra kgagola seaparo sa gagwe,” gonne se ne se sena momeno, “A re se tsheleleng bola (mataese) gore re tle re bone gore se tsewa e mang.” Mo ga diragatsa polelo ya dikwalo e e reng, “Ba kgaogana diaparo tsa me, mme ba tshelela hempe ya me bola.”
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.
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 Se ke sone se ba se dirileng. Gaufi le mokgoro go ne go eme Marea Mma Jesu le mmangwanaagwe ebong mosadi wa ga Kelopase le Marea Magatalena.
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 Erile fa Jesu a bona mmaagwe a eme foo fa thoko ga me, nna tsala ya gagwe e kgolo, a raya mmaagwe a re, “Ke morwao.”
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 Nna a nthaya a re, “Ke mmago.” Mme go simolola foo ka mo tseela kwa lwapeng lwa me.
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 Jesu a itse gore sengwe le sengwe jaanong se weditswe, mme go diragatsa dikwalo a bua a re, “Ke nyorilwe.”
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 Nkgwana ya mofine o o botsarara e ne e le foo, mme ngami ya inwa mo go yone ya ba ya tlhomelwa ka thupa ya mosiama mme ya tsholelediwa kwa molomong wa gagwe.
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 Erile fa Jesu a sena go leka mofine ka legano, a re, “Go fedile,” mme a lepeletsa tlhogo a golola mowa wa gagwe.
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 Baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba ne ba sa rate gore batho ba ba bapotsweng ba nne foo go fitlhelela letsatsi le le latelang, le e neng e le Sabata (le gone e le Sabata yo mogolo thata, gonne e ne e le Tlolaganyo) mme ba kopa Pilatwe go laola gore maoto a banna bao a rojwe go re ba swe ka bonako, le gore mebele ya bone e tle e folosiwe.
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 Mme masole a tla a roba maoto a banna ba babedi ba ba bapotsweng le Jesu;
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 mme erile fa ba tla kwa go ene, ba bona gore o setse a sule, mme ba seka ba roba a gagwe.
But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was dead already. So they did not break his legs.
34 Le fa go ntse jalo, mongwe wa masole a tlhaba lotlhakore lwa gagwe ka segai, mme madi le metsi a elela.
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 Ke iponetse selo se ka matlho mme ke ntshitse polelo ya boammaaruri gore le lona lo dumele.
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 Masole a dira jaana a diragatsa seporofeso sa dikwalo se se reng, “Le fa e le lengwe la marapo a gagwe ga le na go rojwa, mme ba tlaa leba kwa go ene yo ba mo tlhabileng.”
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}.”
And [they fulfilled] another Scripture passage [that has these words]: ‘They will look on the one whom they have pierced’.
38 Moragonyana Josefa wa Arimathea, yo a neng a le morutwa wa ga Jesu ka sephiri ka ntlha ya go boifa baeteledipele ba Sejuta, a kopa Pilatwe ka bopelokgale go mo fa tetlelelo ya go tsaya mmele wa ga Jesu; mme Pilatwe a mo raya a re o ka tswelela pele wa ya go o tsaya. Mme a ya teng a ya go o tsaya a tsamaya ka one.
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 Nikodemo, monna yo a neng a kile a ya kwa go Jesu go le bosigo, a tla le ene a lere lookwane lo lo dirilweng ka mera le aloe lo lo tlhwatlhwa ya makgolo a le mabedi a dipula.
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 Botlhe ka bobedi ba phutha mmele wa ga Jesu ka leloba le le telele le innwe mo ditlolong tse di nkgang monate, ka e le mokgwa wa Sejuta wa phitlho.
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 Lefelo la Papolelo le ne le le gaufi le sekgwa sa ditlhare, kwa go neng go na le lebitla le lesha le le neng le ise le ke le dirisiwe.
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 Mme jalo, ka ntlha ya iketleetso pele ga Sabata, le ka ntlha ya gore lebitla le ne le le gautshwane, ba mo robatsa mo go lone.
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].
