Jesus Is Sentenced to Be Crucified
1Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped. 2The soldiers twisted thorns together to make a crown. They put it on Jesus’ head. Then they put a purple robe on him. 3They went up to him again and again. They kept saying, “We honor you, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face.
4Once more Pilate came out. He said to the Jews gathered there, “Look, I am bringing Jesus out to you. I want to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.” 5Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Then Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
6As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”
But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him. I myself find no basis for a charge against him.”
7The Jewish leaders replied, “We have a law. That law says he must die. He claimed to be the Son of God.”
8When Pilate heard that, he was even more afraid. 9He went back inside the palace. “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus. But Jesus did not answer him. 10“Do you refuse to speak to me?” Pilate said. “Don’t you understand? I have the power to set you free or to nail you to a cross.”
11Jesus answered, “You were given power from heaven. If you weren’t, you would have no power over me. So the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”
12From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free. But the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are not Caesar’s friend! Anyone who claims to be a king is against Caesar!”
13When Pilate heard that, he brought Jesus out. Pilate sat down on the judge’s seat. It was at a place called the Stone Walkway. In the Aramaic language it was called Gabbatha. 14It was about noon on Preparation Day in Passover Week.
“Here is your king,” Pilate said to the Jews.
15But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!”
“Should I crucify your king?” Pilate asked.
“We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.
16Finally, Pilate handed Jesus over to them to be nailed to a cross.
Jesus Is Nailed to a Cross
So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17He had to carry his own cross. He went out to a place called the Skull. In the Aramaic language it was called Golgotha. 18There they nailed Jesus to the cross. Two other men were crucified with him. One was on each side of him. Jesus was in the middle.
19Pilate had a notice prepared. It was fastened to the cross. It read,
Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.
20Many of the Jews read the sign. That’s because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. And the sign was written in the Aramaic, Latin and Greek languages. 21The chief priests of the Jews argued with Pilate. They said, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews.’ Write that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.”
22Pilate answered, “I have written what I have written.”
23When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes. They divided them into four parts. Each soldier got one part. All that was left was Jesus’ long, inner robe. It did not have any seams. It was made out of one piece of cloth from top to bottom.
24“Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s cast lots to see who will get it.”
This happened so that Scripture would come true. It says,
“They divided up my clothes among them.
They cast lots for what I was wearing.” (Psalm 22:18)
So that is what the soldiers did.
25Jesus’ mother stood near his cross. So did his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26Jesus saw his mother there. He also saw the disciple he loved standing nearby. Jesus said to his mother, “Dear woman, here is your son.” 27He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, the disciple took her into his home.
Jesus Dies
28Later, Jesus knew that everything had now been finished. He also knew that what Scripture said must come true. So he said, “I am thirsty.” 29A jar of wine vinegar was there. So they soaked a sponge in it. They put the sponge on the stem of a hyssop plant. Then they lifted it up to Jesus’ lips. 30After Jesus drank he said, “It is finished.” Then he bowed his head and died.
31It was Preparation Day. The next day would be a special Sabbath day. The Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath day. So they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. 32The soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus. Then they broke the legs of the other man. 33But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead. So they did not break his legs. 34Instead, one of the soldiers stuck his spear into Jesus’ side. Right away, blood and water flowed out. 35The man who saw it has been a witness about it. And what he has said is true. He knows that he tells the truth. He is a witness so that you also may believe. 36These things happened in order that Scripture would come true. It says, “Not one of his bones will be broken.” (Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12; Psalm 34:20) 37Scripture also says, “They will look to the one they have pierced.” (Zechariah 12:10)
Jesus Is Buried
38Later Joseph asked Pilate for Jesus’ body. Joseph was from the town of Arimathea. He was a follower of Jesus. But he followed Jesus secretly because he was afraid of the Jewish leaders. After Pilate gave him permission, Joseph came and took the body away. 39Nicodemus went with Joseph. He was the man who had earlier visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought some mixed spices that weighed about 75 pounds. 40The two men took Jesus’ body. They wrapped it in strips of linen cloth, along with the spices. That was the way the Jews buried people. 41At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden. A new tomb was there. No one had ever been put in it before. 42That day was the Jewish Preparation Day, and the tomb was nearby. So they placed Jesus there.
Yesu Aweruzidwa kuti Aphedwe
1Kenaka Pilato anatenga Yesu namukwapula mwankhanza. 2Asilikali analuka nkhata yaminga ndi kumuveka pamutu pake. Kenaka anamuveka mkanjo wapepo 3ndipo ankapita kwa Iye mobwerezabwereza ndi kumanena kuti, “Moni mfumu ya Ayuda?” Ndipo amamumenya makofi.
4Pilato anatulukanso ndipo anati kwa Ayuda, “Taonani, ine ndikumubweretsa kuti inu mudziwe kuti ine sindikupeza chifukwa chomuyimbira mlandu.” 5Pamenepo Yesu anatuluka atavala nkhata yaminga ndi mkanjo wapepo ndipo Pilato anawawuza kuti, “Nayu munthu uja!”
6Atangomuona Iye akulu a ansembe ndi akuluakulu ena anafuwula kuti, “Mpachikeni! Mpachikeni!”
Koma Pilato anayankha kuti, “Inu mutengeni ndi kumupachika. Koma ine sindikupeza chifukwa chomuyimbira mlandu.”
7Ayuda anayimirira nati, “Ife tili ndi lamulo, ndipo molingana ndi lamulolo, Iyeyu ayenera kuphedwa chifukwa akudzitcha kuti ndi Mwana wa Mulungu.”
8Pilato atamva zimenezi, anachita mantha kwambiri, 9ndipo anabwereranso mʼnyumba yaufumu. Iye anafunsa Yesu kuti, “Kodi umachokera kuti?” Koma Yesu sanayankhe. 10Pilato anati, “Kodi ukukana kundiyankhula ine? Kodi sukuzindikira kuti ine ndili ndi mphamvu yokumasula ndiponso mphamvu yokupachika?”
11Yesu anayankha kuti, “Inu simukanakhala ndi mphamvu pa Ine akanapanda kukupatsani kumwamba. Nʼchifukwa chake amene wandipereka Ine kwa inu ndiye wochimwa kwambiri.”
12Kuyambira pamenepo Pilato anayesa kuti amumasule Yesu, koma Ayuda anapitirira kufuwula kuti, “Ngati mumumasula munthuyu kuti apite, inu si bwenzi la Kaisara.”
13Pilato atamva zimenezi, iye anamutulutsa Yesu kunja ndi kukhala pansi pa mpando wa woweruza pamalo otchedwa Mwala Wowaka (umene pa Chiaramaiki ndi Gabata). 14Linali tsiku lokonzekera Sabata la Paska ndipo nthawi inali ora lachisanu ndi chimodzi masana.
Pilato anati kwa Ayuda, “Nayi mfumu yanu.”
15Koma iwo anafuwula kuti, “Choka nayeni! Choka nayeni! Mpachikeni!”
Pilato anafunsa kuti, “Kodi ine ndipachike mfumu yanuyi?”
Akulu a ansembe anayankha kuti, “Ife tilibe mfumu ina koma Kaisara.”
16Pomaliza Pilato anamupereka kwa iwo kuti akapachikidwe. Choncho asilikali anamutenga Yesu.
Kupachikidwa kwa Yesu
17Atanyamula mtanda wake, anapita kumalo otchedwa “Malo a Bade” (mʼChiaramaiki amatchedwa Gologota). 18Pamenepo iwo anamupachika Iye pamodzi ndi anthu ena awiri, mmodzi mbali ina ndi wina mbali inanso ndipo Yesu pakati.
19Pilato analemba chikwangwani chomwe anachikhoma pa mtandapo. Panalembedwa mawu akuti, yesu wa ku nazareti, mfumu ya ayuda. 20Ayuda ambiri anawerenga chikwangwanichi, pakuti pamalo pamene Yesu anapachikidwapo panali pafupi ndi mzinda ndipo chikwangwanicho chinalembedwa mu Chiaramaiki, Chilatini ndi Chigriki. 21Kenaka mkulu wa ansembe wa Ayuda anakadandaula kwa Pilato nati, “Musalembe kuti ‘Mfumu ya Ayuda,’ koma kuti munthuyu amadzitcha kuti ndi mfumu ya Ayuda.”
22Pilato anayankha kuti, “Chimene ine ndalemba, ndalemba.”
23Asilikali atamupachika Yesu, anatenga zovala zake ndi kuzigawa zigawo zinayi, gawo limodzi la aliyense wa iwo, ndi kutsala mwinjiro wamʼkati wokha. Chovala ichi chinawombedwa kuyambira pamwamba mpaka pansi wopanda msoko.
24Iwo anati kwa wina ndi mnzake, “Tiyeni tisachingʼambe koma tichite maere kuti tione amene achitenge.”
Izi zinachitika kuti malemba akwaniritsidwe amene anati,
“Iwo anagawana zovala zanga pakati pawo
ndi kuchita maere pa zovala zangazo.”
Choncho izi ndi zimene asilikali anachita.
25Pafupi ndi mtanda wa Yesu panayima amayi ake, mngʼono wa amayi ake, Mariya mkazi wa Kaliyopa ndi Mariya wa ku Magadala. 26Yesu ataona amayi ake pamenepo ndi wophunzira amene Iye anamukonda atayima pafupipo, Iye anati kwa amayi ake, “Amayi nayu mwana wanu.” 27Anawuzanso wophunzirayo kuti, “Nawa amayi ako.” Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, wophunzirayo anatenga amayiwo kupita nawo kwawo.
Imfa ya Yesu
28Atadziwa kuti zonse zatha tsopano komanso kuti malemba akwaniritsidwe, Yesu anati, “Ine ndili ndi ludzu.” 29Pomwepo panali mtsuko wodzaza ndi vinyo wosasa, choncho iwo ananyika chinkhupule ndi kuchisomeka ku mtengo wa hisope nachifikitsa kukamwa kwa Yesu. 30Yesu atalandira chakumwachi anati, “Kwatha.” Ndipo Iye anaweramitsa mutu wake napereka mzimu wake.
31Popeza linali Tsiku Lokonzekera ndipo tsiku linalo linali Sabata lapadera; Ayuda sanafune kuti mitembo ikhale pa mtanda pa Sabata, iwo anapempha Pilato kuti akathyole miyendo ndi kutsitsa mitemboyo. 32Chifukwa chake asilikali anabwera ndi kuthyola miyendo ya munthu oyamba amene anapachikidwa ndi Yesu ndipo kenaka ya winayo. 33Koma atafika pa Yesu ndi kupeza kuti anali atamwalira kale, iwo sanathyole miyendo yake. 34Mʼmalo mwake, mmodzi wa asilikaliwo anamubaya Yesu ndi mkondo mʼnthiti, ndipo nthawi yomweyo munatuluka magazi ndi madzi. 35Munthu amene anaona izi wapereka umboni ndipo umboni wake ndi woona. Iye akudziwa kuti akunena choonadi kuti inunso mukhulupirire. 36Zinthu izi zinachitika kuti malemba akwaniritsidwe: “Palibe limodzi la mafupa limene lidzathyoledwa,” 37ndi monga lemba linanso linena, “Iwo adzayangʼana Iye amene iwo anamubaya.”
Yesu Ayikidwa Mʼmanda
38Kenaka, Yosefe wa ku Arimateyu anakapempha mtembo wa Yesu kwa Pilato. Tsono Yosefe anali wophunzira wa Yesu koma mobisa chifukwa iye ankaopa Ayuda. Atalandira chilolezo kwa Pilato, anakatsitsa mtembo wa Yesu. 39Nekodimo, munthu amene poyamba pake anabwera kwa Yesu usiku, anatenga mafuta osakaniza ndi mure ndi aloe wolemera pafupifupi makilogalamu 32. 40Pamenepo anatenga mtembo wa Yesu nawukulunga pamodzi ndi zonunkhiritsa mu nsalu za mtundu woyera monga mwa mwambo wa maliro wa Ayuda. 41Pamalo pamene anapachikidwa Yesu panali munda ndipo mʼmundamo munali manda atsopano mʼmene munali simunayikidwemo aliyense. 42Chifukwa linali Tsiku la Ayuda Lokonzekera ndi kuti mandawo anali pafupipo, iwo anayika Yesu mʼmenemo.
