Mateo 27
1 Ade kyee no, asɔfo mpanyin ne Yudafo mpanyin kɔɔ agyina, hwehwɛɛ ɔkwan a wɔbɛfa so ama wɔakum Yesu.
When the morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people held a consultation against Jesus, that they might put him to death.
2 Afei wɔde nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn guu Yesu, de no baa Pilato a ɔyɛ Roma amrado no anim.
And they bound him and led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
3 Saa bere no ara mu na Yuda a oyii Yesu mae no huu sɛ wɔabu Yesu kumfɔ no, onuu ne ho yiye. Enti ɔsan de sika a ogye fii asɔfo mpanyin ne Yudafo mpanyin no nkyɛn no brɛɛ wɔn kae se,
Then Judas, who had delivered him up, when he saw that he was condemned, stung by remorse, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
4 “Mayɛ bɔne, efisɛ mayi onipa a ɔnyɛɛ bɔne biara no ama.” Wɔn nso kae se, “Ɛmfa yɛn ho. Ɛyɛ wo ara wʼasɛm.”
saying: I have sinned in having delivered up innocent blood. They replied: What is that to us? You will see to that.
5 Ɔtow sika no guu asɔredan no mu, fii hɔ kɔsɛn ne ho.
And he threw down the money in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
6 Asɔfo mpanyin no sesaw sika no kae se, “Yɛrentumi mfa saa sika yi mfra yɛn tow a yɛagye mu. Efisɛ yɛn mmara mma ho kwan sɛ yebegye sika a wɔde abɔ awudi ho paa.”
And the chief priests took the money, and said: It is not lawful to put it into the sacred treasury, because it is the price of blood.
7 Wodwinnwen ho sii gyinae se, wɔde sika no bɛtɔ asase bi a wotu dɔte wɔ mu de nwen nkuku, na wɔde ɛhɔ ayɛ amusiei ama ahɔho a wobewu wɔ Yerusalem no.
And they took counsel, and bought with it the potter’s field, as a burial-place for foreigners.
8 Enti na wɔda so frɛ saa asase no se, “Mogya Asase” de besi nnɛ yi.
For this reason, that field is called the field of blood, to this day.
9 Eyi maa nea Odiyifo Yeremia kae se, “Wogyee dwetɛ mpɔw aduasa, bo a Israelfo sese huu sɛ ɛfata,
Then the word was fulfilled which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying: And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that had a price set upon him, on whom some of the children of Israel did set a price,
10 na wofii mu tɔɔ asase fii anwemfo nkyɛn, sɛnea Awurade hyɛɛ me” no baa mu.
and gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.
11 Afei wɔde Yesu begyinaa Pilato a ɔyɛ Roma amrado no anim. Obisaa Yesu se, “Wone Yudafo Hene no ana?” Yesu buae se, “Wo na woaka.”
And Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, saying: Are you the king of the Jews? Jesus replied to him: You say it.
12 Nanso bere a asɔfo mpanyin ne Yudafo mpanyin reka nsɛm gu Yesu so no, wankasa.
And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he made no answer.
13 Pilato bisaa no se, “Wonte nea wɔreka no ana?”
Then Pilate said to him: Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?
14 Nanso Yesu anka hwee ma ɛyɛɛ amrado no nwonwa.
And he gave him answer to not one word, so that the governor was greatly astonished.
15 Na ɛyɛ amrado no amanne sɛ afe biara Twam Afahyɛ mu no, ogyaa odeduani baako a ɔman no pɛ sɛ wogyaa no.
Now at the feast, the governor was in the habit of releasing to the multitude one prisoner, whom they chose.
16 Saa afe no mu, na onipa bɔnefo bi a wɔfrɛ no Baraba nso da afiase.
They then had a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas.
17 Anɔpa no a nnipadɔm no hyiaa wɔ Pilato ahemfi anim hɔ no, Pilato bisaa wɔn se, “Hena na mopɛ sɛ migyaa no ma mo, Baraba anaa Yesu, mo Agyenkwa no?”
Therefore, while they were together, Pilate said to them: Which do you wish me to release to you, Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?
18 Na onim pefee sɛ Yudafo mpanyin no de ɔtan na akyere Yesu efisɛ na wagye din.
For he knew that through envy they had delivered him up.
19 Pilato gu so redi Yesu asɛm no, ne yere soma ma wɔbɛka kyerɛɛ no se, “Gyaa onipa trenee no na ɔnkɔ ne baabi efisɛ anadwo yi, mesoo ne ho dae a ɛyɛ hu yiye maa me ho yeraw me.”
While he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent to him, saying: Have nothing to do with that just man, for I have suffered much to-day in a dream, because of him.
20 Nanso asɔfo mpanyin ne Yudafo mpanyin kasa kyerɛɛ dɔm no se, wommisa na wonnyaa Baraba mma wɔn na wonkum Yesu.
But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitude to ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
21 Enti amrado no san bisaa wɔn se, “Nnipa baanu yi mu hena na mopɛ sɛ migyaa no ma mo?” Na dɔm no bɔ gyee so se, “Baraba!”
The governor answered and said to them: Which of the two do you wish me to release to you? They replied: Barabbas.
22 Pilato bisaa wɔn bio se, “Sɛ saa de a, ɛno de, dɛn na menyɛ Yesu, mo Agyenkwa no?” Wɔn nyinaa bɔ gyee so bio se, “Bɔ no asennua mu!”
Pilate said to them: What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all said to him: Let him be crucified.
23 Pilato bisaa wɔn se, “Adɛn nti? Bɔne bɛn na wayɛ?” Nanso wɔkɔɔ so bɔ gyee so ara se, “Bɔ no asennua mu!”
But the governor said: Why, what evil has he done? But they cried vehemently, saying: Let him be crucified.
24 Pilato huu sɛ ɔyɛ asɛm no ho hwee a ɛnyɛ ye na basabasayɛ reba no, ɔma wɔsaw nsu guu ade mu brɛɛ no ma ɔhohoroo ne nsa wɔ dɔm no anim kae se, “Minni saa onipa trenee yi mogya ho fɔ. Nea ɛbɛba biara no yɛ mo asɛm!”
When Pilate saw that he gained nothing, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, and said: I am innocent of the blood of this just man; you will see to it.
25 Nnipadɔm no san bɔ gyee so bio se, “Ne mogya mmegu yɛn ne yɛn mma ti so.”
And all the people answered and said: His blood be upon us and upon our children.
26 Afei Pilato yii Baraba fii afiase hɔ de no maa wɔn. Ɔbɔɔ Yesu mmaa, na ɔde no maa Roma asraafo no sɛ wɔmfa no nkɔbɔ no asennua mu.
Then he released to them Barabbas; but after he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him up to be crucified.
27 Asraafo no de Yesu kɔɔ amrado aban mu hɔ, na wɔfrɛɛ asraafo dɔm baa hɔ.
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the palace, and brought together to him the whole band.
28 Woyii Yesu atade a na ɛhyɛ no no de batakari kɔkɔɔ bi hyɛɛ no,
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet cloak;
29 na wɔde nsɔe atenten nwenee kyɛw hyɛɛ no, na wɔde dua bi hyɛɛ ne nsa nifa sɛ ahempema, na wobubuu nkotodwe wɔ nʼanim fii ase bɔ gyee so, dii ne ho fɛw se, “Yudafo Hene, wo nkwa so.”
and when they had plaited a crown of thorn branches, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and kneeling before him, they derided him, saying: Hail, King of the Jews!
30 Wɔtetee ntasu guu ne so na wogyee dua no fii ne nsam de paa nʼapampam ntoatoaso.
And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and struck him on the head.
31 Wodii ne ho fɛw wiei no, wɔworɔw batakari kɔkɔɔ a wɔde hyɛɛ no no, de nʼankasa atade no san hyɛɛ no. Afei wɔde no kɔɔ sɛ wɔrekɔbɔ no asennua mu.
And when they had derided him, they took off the cloak from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.
32 Bere a wɔde no rekɔ faako a wɔbɔ asennua mu hɔ no, wohyiaa ɔbarima bi a wɔfrɛ no Simon a ofi Kirene a ɛwɔ Abibirim. Wɔhyɛɛ no ma ɔsoaa Yesu asennua no bi.
And as they were going out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: this man they compelled to carry his cross.
33 Wɔde Yesu kɔɔ baabi a wɔfrɛ hɔ Golgota a ne nkyerɛase ne “Nitiri So.”
And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, which, when translated, is the place of a skull,
34 Ɛhɔ na asraafo no maa no nsa nwenweenwen bi sɛ ɔnnom. Yesu kaa nʼano no, wannom.
they gave him vinegar to drink, mingled with gall; and when he had tasted it, he refused to drink.
35 Afei wɔbɔɔ no asennua mu no, wɔbɔɔ nʼatade no so ntonto kyekyɛ fae.
And when they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among themselves, by casting the lot.
36 Wɔn nyinaa tenatenaa ase wɛn no.
And they sat down and watched him there.
37 Wɔkyerɛw nsɛm a wɔka guu ne so no bi fam nʼatifi se, “YESU, YUDAFO HENE NO NI.”
And they placed above his head the charge that was made against him, written: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
38 Wɔbɔɔ awudifo baanu bi asennua mu kaa Yesu ho. Na ɔbaako sɛn ne nifa so na ɔbaako nso dɛn ne benkum so.
Then were two robbers crucified with him; one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
39 Nnipa a wotwaa mu wɔ hɔ no nyinaa wosow wɔn ti, yeyaw no
And they that passed by reviled him, shaking their heads,
40 se, “Wo na wuse sɛ wubetumi abubu asɔredan na wode nnansa asi no, gye wo ho! Sɛ woyɛ Onyankopɔn Ba ampa ara a, ɛno de sian fi asennua no so si fam ma yɛnhwɛ!”
and saying: You that destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself; if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.
41 Saa ara nso na asɔfo mpanyin ne Yudafo mpanyin bedii ne ho fɛw se,
In like manner also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, derided him, and said:
42 “Ogye afoforo, nanso ontumi nnye ne ho! Sɛ wone Israelfo hene no ampa ara a, sian fi asennua no so si fam, na yennye wo nni.
He saved others; himself he can not save. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him.
43 Ɔde ne ho too Onyankopɔn so. Afei ma Onyankopɔn nnye no! Waka nso se, ‘Meyɛ Onyankopɔn Ba.’”
He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he delights in him; for he said: I am the Son of God.
44 Awudifo bi a wɔbɔɔ wɔne no asennua mu no nso yeyaw no saa ara.
The robbers also that were crucified with him, uttered the same reproaches against him.
45 Bere a wɔbɔɔ Yesu asennua mu no, sum duruu asase so mmaa nyinaa fi owigyinae kɔpem nnɔnabiɛsa.
From the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land till the ninth hour.
46 Ɛbɛyɛ nnɔnabiɛsa bere mu no, Yesu teɛɛ mu dennen se, “Eli, Eli, lama sabaktani?” Ase kyerɛ sɛ, “Me Nyankopɔn, me Nyankopɔn, adɛn nti na woagyaw me?”
But about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying: Eli, Eli, lamah sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
47 Wɔn a wogyina hɔ no bi tee no wɔkae se, “Ɔrefrɛ Elia.”
Some of those who were standing there, when they heard it, said: This man calls for Elijah.
48 Mpofirim, wɔn mu baako tuu mmirika kɔfaa sapɔw bi de bɔɔ nsa nwenweenwen bi mu de tuaa dua bi so de brɛɛ Yesu sɛ ɔnnom.
And immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and having filled it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink.
49 Nanso nnipa no nkae no kae se, “Gyaa no na yɛnhwɛ sɛ Elia bɛba abegye no ana.”
The rest said: Wait, let us see if Elijah is coming to save him.
50 Na Yesu teɛɛ mu dennen bio no, ogyaa ne honhom mu wui.
And Jesus again cried with a loud voice, and gave up his spirit.
51 Ɛhɔ ara, ntama a etwa asɔredan no mu no mu suanee abien fi soro kosii fam. Asase wosowee. Abotan paapaee.
And behold, the vail of the temple was rent in two from top to bottom. And the earth did shake, and the rocks were rent:
52 Nna so buebue maa atreneefo a wɔawuwu nyannyanee.
and the sepulchers were opened, and many bodies of the saints that slept, arose.
53 Yesu wusɔre akyi no, wopuepue fii wɔn nna mu kɔɔ Yerusalem, koyii wɔn ho adi kyerɛɛ nnipa bebree.
And they came out of their sepulchers after his resurrection, and entered the holy city, and appeared to many.
54 Asraafo a wɔwɔ hɔ no huu asase wosow ne nsɛm a esisii wɔ hɔ no, wɔn koma tuu yiye ma wɔkae se, “Ampa ara, onipa yi yɛ Onyankopɔn Ba.”
Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and what was done, were greatly afraid, and said: Of a truth, this was the Son of God.
55 Saa bere no na mmea bebree a Yesu ho dɔ nti, wodii nʼakyi fii Galilea no gyinagyina akyiri baabi rehwɛ nea ɛrekɔ so.
Many women that had followed Jesus from Galilee, and had ministered to him, were there, looking on from a distance.
56 Mmea no bi ne Maria Magdalene ne Maria a ɔyɛ Yakobo ne Yosef na. Na Sebedeo mmabarima no na nso ka ho.
Among these was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
57 Eduu anwummere no, osikani bi a wɔfrɛ no Yosef a ofi Arimatea a na ɔyɛ Yesu suani no,
When the evening had come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph; and he also was a disciple of Jesus.
58 kɔɔ Pilato hɔ kɔsrɛ ma wɔde Yesu amu no maa no.
This man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given.
59 Yosef faa amu no de nwera kyekyeree ho,
And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in clean linen,
60 na ɔde no kɔtoo ɔno ankasa ne boda foforo bi a watwa mu, pirew ɔbo kɛse bi hinii ano, ansa na ɔregyaw hɔ akɔ.
and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.
61 Maria Magdalene ne Maria baako no de, na wɔte nkyɛn baabi rewɛn ɔboda no.
And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
62 Ade kyee a ɛyɛ da a edi Twam Afahyɛ no ahosiesie akyi no, asɔfo mpanyin ne Farisifo no kɔɔ Pilato nkyɛn,
On the morrow, which was the day after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,
63 kɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Owura, ɔtorofo no kaa bere bi se, ‘Nnansa akyi no mɛsɔre.’
and said: Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will arise.
64 Eyi nti ma yɛn kwan na yɛnkɔwɛn da no ano nkosi nnansa, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a nʼasuafo no ntwa wɔn ho nkowia amu no mmɔ no dawuru se wasɔre afi awufo mu. Na sɛ ɛkɔba saa de a anka akyiri no nnaadaa bɛsen kan de no.”
Therefore, command that the sepulcher be made safe till the third day, lest his disciples come and steal him away, and say to the people, He has risen from the dead; and the last error will be worse than the first.
65 Pilato ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Momfa awɛmfo. Momma wɔnkɔwɛn.”
Pilate said to them: You have a guard; go, make it as safe as you know how.
66 Enti wɔkɔtetaree ɔboda no ano, maa awɛmfo kɔwɛn hɔ.
And they went and made the sepulcher safe, by placing a seal upon the stone, and setting the guard.
