Ruka 23
1 Zvino chaunga chavo chese chakasimuka, chikamutungamidza kuna Pirato.
And the whole company of them arose, and carried him before Pilate.
2 Zvino vakatanga kumupomera, vachiti: Tawana uyu achitsausa rudzi, nekudzivisa kupa mitero kuna Kesari, achiti iye pachake ndiKristu Mambo.
And they began to accuse him, and said: We have found this man seducing our people, and forbidding to pay the capitation money to Caesar, and declaring himself to be king Messiah.
3 Zvino Pirato wakamubvunza achiti: Iwe uri Mambo weVaJudha here? Ndokumupindura, akati: Unoreva iwe.
And Pilate interrogated him, and said to him: Art thou king of the Jews? He said to him: Thou hast said.
4 Pirato ndokuti kuvapristi vakuru nezvaunga: Handiwani mhosva kumunhu uyu.
And Pilate said to the chief priests and the company: I find no crime upon this man.
5 Asi vakasimbisa, vachiti: Unonyonganisa vanhu, achidzidzisa muJudhiya rese, kutanga paGarirea kusvikira pano.
And they vociferated, and said: He raiseth disturbance among our people, by teaching in all Judaea, commencing from Galilee, and quite to this place.
6 Pirato wakati anzwa zveGarirea, akabvunza kana munhu uyu ari muGarirea.
And Pilate, when he heard the name Galilee, inquired if the man were a Galilean.
7 Zvino paakangoziva kuti ndeweushe hwaHerodhe, wakamutumira kuna Herodhe, iye waivawo muJerusarema pamazuva iwayo.
And having learned that he was from under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod; for he was at Jerusalem on those days.
8 Zvino Herodhe paakaona Jesu wakafara zvikurusa; nokuti waishuva kumuona kwenguva refu, nokuti wakange anzwa zvinhu zvizhinji pamusoro pake; uye wakatarisira kuona chimwe chiratidzo chichiitwa naye.
And Herod rejoiced greatly when he saw Jesus, for he had been desirous to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things of him, and he hoped to see some sign from him.
9 Ndokumubvunza nemashoko mazhinji; asi iye haana kumupindura chinhu.
And he asked him many questions; but Jesus gave him no reply.
10 Zvino vapristi vakuru nevanyori vakamira vakamupomera zvine simba.
And the chief priests and Scribes stood up, and accused him vehemently.
11 NaHerodhe nemauto ake wakamuzvidza, nekuseka akamupfekedza nguvo refu inobwinya, akamudzosera kuna Pirato.
And Herod and his warriors contemned him. And when he had mocked him, he clothed him in a purple robe, and sent him to Pilate.
12 Nemusi iwoyo Pirato naHerodhe vakava shamwari neshamwari; nokuti paimbova neruvengo pakati pavo.
And on that day, Pilate and Herod became friends to each other; for there had previously been enmity between them.
13 Zvino Pirato wakati adanira pamwe vapristi vakuru nevatungamiriri nevanhu,
And Pilate called the chief priests and the rulers of the people,
14 akati kwavari: Mauisa munhu uyu kwandiri seanotsausa vanhu; zvino tarirai ini ndaongorora pamberi penyu, handina kuwana mhosva kumunhu uyu yezvinhu zvamunomupomera;
and said to them: Ye have brought this man before me, as a disturber of your people; and lo, I have examined him before you, and I find in the man no crime, among all that ye charge upon him.
15 kwete, kunyange Herodhe; nokuti ndinokutumai kwaari; zvino tarirai, hapana chakafanira rufu chakaitwa naye.
Neither yet Herod: for I sent him to him, and lo, nothing deserving death hath been done by him.
16 Naizvozvo ndichamurova ndigomusunungura.
I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
17 Nokuti zvaiva zvakafanira kuti avasunungurire umwe pamutambo.
For it was a custom, that he should release one at the festival.
18 Asi vese vakadanidzira pamwe vachiti: Kure neuyu, asi mutisunungurire Bharabhasi.
And all the company vociferated, and said: Away with this man; and release to us Barabbas.
19 Iye wakange akandirwa mutirongo nemhaka yerimwe bongozozo rakange raitika muguta uye neumhondi.
He was one who had been thrown into prison, on account of a sedition and murder which had occurred in the city.
20 Naizvozvo Pirato achida kusunungura Jesu, wakataurazve kwavari.
And Pilate, being disposed to release Jesus, conversed with them again.
21 Asi vakadanidzira, vachiti: Roverera pamuchinjikwa, muroverere pamuchinjikwa!
But they cried out, and said: Crucify him; crucify him.
22 Akati kwavari rwechitatu: Nemhaka yei, iye waita chakaipa chipi? Handina kuwana mhosva yerufu maari; naizvozvo ndichamurova ndigomusunungura.
And he said to them the third time: But, what evil hath he done? I find no crime in him deserving of death. I will scourge him, therefore, and release him.
23 Asi vakasimbisa nemanzwi makuru, vachikumbira kuti arovererwe pamuchinjikwa. Manzwi avo neevapristi vakuru akabudirira.
But they were urgent, with a loud voice; and demanded of him, that they might crucify him.
24 Zvino Pirato wakatema kuti chikumbiro chavo chiitike.
And Pilate decreed, that their request be granted.
25 Akavasunungurira uyo wavakakumbira, wakange akandwa mutirongo nekuda kwebongozozo neumhondi; asi akakumikidza Jesu kuchido chavo.
And he released to them him, who for sedition and murder had been cast into prison, for whom they petitioned; and he delivered up Jesus to their pleasure.
26 Zvino vakati vachimutungamidza, vakabata umwe Simoni muKurini achibva kuruwa, vakamutakudza muchinjikwa, kuti atakure shure kwaJesu.
And as they led him away, they seized Simon the Cyrenian, coming from the fields. and laid upon him the cross, to bear it after Jesus.
27 Zvino kwakatevera kwaari chaunga chikuru chevanhu, nevakadzi vairirawo nekumuchema.
And there followed after him a great multitude of people; and those women also who wailed and lamented over him.
28 Asi Jesu wakatendeukira kwavari akati: Vakunda veJerusarema, musachemera ini, asi muzvichemere imwi nevana venyu;
And Jesus turned to them, and said to them: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me; but weep rather for yourselves, and for your children.
29 nokuti tarirai, mazuva anouya avachati nawo: Dzakaropafadzwa mhanje, nezvizvaro zvisina kubereka, nemazamu asina kunwisa.
For lo, the days are coming, in which they will say: Happy the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.
30 Ipapo vachatanga kuti kumakomo: Wirai pamusoro pedu; nekuzvikomo: Tifukidzei.
Then will they begin to say to the mountains, Fall upon us! and to the hills, Cover us!
31 Nokuti kana vachiita zvinhu izvi kumuti munyoro, chii chichaitika kune wakawoma?
For if they do these things in a green tree, what will be in the dry?
32 Zvino kwakatungamidzwawo vamwe vaiti vezvakaipa vaviri, kuti vaurawe pamwe naye.
And there went along with him two others, malefactors, to be crucified.
33 Zvino vakati vasvika panzvimbo inonzi Dehenya, ipapo vakamuroverera pamuchinjikwa, nevaiti vezvakaipa, umwe kuruoko rwerudyi, neumwe kuruboshwe.
And when they came to a certain place which is called a Skull, they crucified him there; and the two malefactors, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
34 Jesu ndokuti: Baba, vakanganwirei; nokuti havazivi chavanoita. Zvino vakagovana nguvo dzake, vakakanda mujenya.
And Jesus said: Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they divided his garments, casting a lot upon them.
35 Vanhu ndokumira vakatarira. Nevatongiwo pamwe navo vakamuseka, vachiti: Wakaponesa vamwe, ngaazviponese, kana iye ari Kristu, musanangurwa waMwari.
And the people stood and looked on; and the rulers also derided him, and said: He quickened others; let him quicken himself, if he is the Messiah, the chosen of God.
36 Nemautowo akamuseka, achimuvigira vhiniga,
And the soldiers like wise mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar,
37 uye vachiti: Kana iwe uri Mambo weVaJudha, zviponese.
and saying to him: If thou art the king of the Jews, quicken thyself.
38 Zvino kwakange kune rugwarowo rwakanyorwa pamusoro pake nemavara echiGiriki nechiRoma nechiHebheru, rwaiti: UYU NDIMAMBO WEVAJUDHA.
And there was likewise a superscription over him, written in Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
39 Uye umwe wevaiti vezvakaipa vakange vakaremberedzwa wakamutuka achiti: Kana iwe uri Kristu, zviponese iwe nesu.
And one of the malefactors who were crucified with him, reproached him, and said: If thou art the Messiah, rescue thyself, and rescue us.
40 Asi umwe wakapindura achimutsiura, achiti: Iwe hautyi Mwari kanhi, zvauri pakutongwa kumwe?
But his fellow Malefactor rebuked him, said to him: Art thou not afraid even of God, seeing thou art under the same sentence?
41 Isu zvirokwazvo zvakarurama, nokuti tinogamuchira zvakafanira zvatakaita; asi uyu haana kuita chinhu chisakafanira.
And we justly; for we have a retribution according to our deserts, and according to our deeds; but nothing hateful hath been done by him.
42 Zvino akati kuna Jesu: Ishe mundirangarire kana masvika muushe hwenyu.
And he said to Jesus: My Lord, remember me, when thou comest into thy kingdom.
43 Jesu ndokuti kwaari: Zvirokwazvo ndinoti kwauri: Nhasi uchava neni muParadhiso.
Jesus said to him: Verily I say to you, That this day thou shalt be with me in paradise.
44 Zvino rakange rava awa rinenge rechitanhatu; kukavapo rima pamusoro penyika yese, kusvikira paawa repfumbamwe.
And it was about the sixth hour; and darkness was over all the land, until the ninth hour.
45 Nezuva rakadzikatirwa, uye vheiri retembere rakabvarurwa nepakati.
And the sun was darkened, and the curtain of the door of the temple was rent through its middle.
46 Zvino Jesu wakati adanidzira nenzwi guru achiti: Baba, mumaoko enyu ndinokumikidza mweya wangu; akati areva izvozvi, akapa mweya.
And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and said: My Father, into thy hand I commit my spirit. Thus he spake, and expired.
47 Zvino mukuru wezana wakati aona zvakaitika, akarumbidza Mwari, achiti: Zvirokwazvo munhu uyu wakange akarurama.
And when the centurion saw what occurred, he glorified God and said: Certainly, this was a righteous man.
48 Nezvaunga zvese zvakange zvakaungana kuzoona izvozvi, zvakati zvichiona zvakaitika, zvikadzokera zvichizvirova zvifuva.
And all the multitudes who had assembled at this spectacle, on seeing what occurred, returned, smiting upon their breasts.
49 Nevazikanwi vake vese, nevakadzi vaimutevera vachibva Garirea, vakamira kure, vachiona zvinhu izvi.
And there were standing at a distance, all they that knew Jesus, and those women who came with him from Galilee; and they beheld these things.
50 Zvino tarira, murume wainzi Josefa, nhengo yedare, murume wakanaka uye wakarurama;
And there was a certain man, whose name was Joseph, a counsellor, from Ramath a city of Judaea, who was a good man and righteous;
51 iye wakange asina kutenderana nezano nechiito chavo; waiva weArimatia, guta reVaJudha, naiyewo wakange achimirira ushe hwaMwari.
and he had not consented to their decision and deed; and he was waiting for the kingdom of God.
52 Iye wakaenda kuna Pirato akakukumbira mutumbi waJesu.
This man went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
53 Zvino wakauburusa, akauputira nemucheka werineni, ndokuuradzika muguva rakange rakacherwa pabwe, makange musina kumboradzikwa munhu.
And he took it down, and wrapped it in a winding-sheet of linen; and laid it in an excavated sepulchre, in which no one had hitherto been laid.
54 Zvino waiva musi wegadziriro, uye sabata roswedera.
And it was the day of preparation, and the sabbath began to dawn.
55 Nevakadziwo, vakange vauya naye vachibva Garirea, vakatevera mumashure, vakaona guva, nokuti mutumbi wake waradzikwa sei.
And those women who came with him from Galilee, approached, and viewed the sepulchre, and the manner in which the body was deposited.
56 Uye vakadzokera, vakagadzirira zvinonhuhwira nezvizoro. Zvino vakazorora nesabata zvichienderana nemurairo.
And they returned, and prepared perfumes and aromatics; and they rested on the sabbath, as it is commanded.
