The Plan to Kill Jesus
1Jesus finished saying all these things. Then he said to his disciples, 2“As you know, the Passover Feast is two days away. The Son of Man will be handed over to be nailed to a cross.”
3Then the chief priests met with the elders of the people. They met in the palace of Caiaphas, the high priest. 4They made plans to arrest Jesus secretly. They wanted to kill him. 5“But not during the feast,” they said. “The people may stir up trouble.”
A Woman Pours Perfume on Jesus
6Jesus was in Bethany. He was in the home of Simon, who had a skin disease. 7A woman came to Jesus with a special sealed jar of very expensive perfume. She poured the perfume on his head while he was at the table.
8When the disciples saw this, they became angry. “Why this waste?” they asked. 9“The perfume could have been sold at a high price. The money could have been given to poor people.”
10Jesus was aware of this. So he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 11You will always have poor people with you. But you will not always have me. 12She poured the perfume on my body to prepare me to be buried. 13What I’m about to tell you is true. What she has done will be told anywhere this good news is preached all over the world. It will be told in memory of her.”
Judas Agrees to Hand Jesus Over
14One of the 12 disciples went to the chief priests. His name was Judas Iscariot. 15He asked, “What will you give me if I hand Jesus over to you?” So they counted out 30 silver coins for him. 16From then on, Judas watched for the right time to hand Jesus over to them.
The Lord’s Supper
17It was the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The disciples came to Jesus. They asked, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover meal?”
18He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man. Tell him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover at your house with my disciples.” ’ ” 19So the disciples did what Jesus had told them to do. They prepared the Passover meal.
20When evening came, Jesus was at the table with his 12 disciples. 21While they were eating, he said, “What I’m about to tell you is true. One of you will hand me over to my enemies.”
22The disciples became very sad. One after the other, they began to say to him, “Surely you don’t mean me, Lord, do you?”
23Jesus replied, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will hand me over. 24The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But how terrible it will be for the one who hands over the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
25Judas was the one who was going to hand him over. He said, “Surely you don’t mean me, Teacher, do you?”
Jesus answered, “You have said so.”
26While they were eating, Jesus took bread. He gave thanks and broke it. He handed it to his disciples and said, “Take this and eat it. This is my body.”
27Then he took a cup. He gave thanks and handed it to them. He said, “All of you drink from it. 28This is my blood of the covenant. It is poured out to forgive the sins of many people. 29Here is what I tell you. From now on, I won’t drink wine with you again until the day I drink it with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
30Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives.
Jesus Says That the Disciples Will Turn Away
31Jesus told them, “This very night you will all turn away because of me. It is written that the Lord said,
“ ‘I will strike the shepherd down.
Then the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ (Zechariah 13:7)
32But after I rise from the dead, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
33Peter replied, “All the others may turn away because of you. But I never will.”
34“What I’m about to tell you is true,” Jesus answered. “It will happen tonight. Before the rooster crows, you will say three times that you don’t know me.”
35But Peter said, “I may have to die with you. But I will never say I don’t know you.” And all the other disciples said the same thing.
Jesus Prays in Gethsemane
36Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane. He said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him. He began to be sad and troubled. 38Then he said to them, “My soul is very sad. I feel close to death. Stay here. Keep watch with me.”
39He went a little farther. Then he fell with his face to the ground. He prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, take this cup of suffering away from me. But let what you want be done, not what I want.”
40Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter. 41“Watch and pray. Then you won’t fall into sin when you are tempted. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
42Jesus went away a second time. He prayed, “My Father, is it possible for this cup to be taken away? But if I must drink it, may what you want be done.”
43Then he came back. Again he found them sleeping. They couldn’t keep their eyes open. 44So he left them and went away once more. For the third time he prayed the same thing.
45Then he returned to the disciples. He said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look! The hour has come. The Son of Man is about to be handed over to sinners. 46Get up! Let us go! Here comes the one who is handing me over to them!”
Jesus Is Arrested
47While Jesus was still speaking, Judas arrived. He was one of the 12 disciples. A large crowd was with him. They were carrying swords and clubs. The chief priests and the elders of the people had sent them. 48Judas, who was going to hand Jesus over, had arranged a signal with them. “The one I kiss is the man,” he said. “Arrest him.” 49So Judas went to Jesus at once. He said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” And he kissed him.
50Jesus replied, “Friend, do what you came to do.”
Then the men stepped forward. They grabbed Jesus and arrested him. 51At that moment, one of Jesus’ companions reached for his sword. He pulled it out and struck the slave of the high priest with it. He cut off the slave’s ear.
52“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “All who use the sword will die by the sword. 53Do you think I can’t ask my Father for help? He would send an army of more than 70,000 angels right away. 54But then how would the Scriptures come true? They say it must happen in this way.”
55At that time Jesus spoke to the crowd. “Am I leading a band of armed men against you?” he asked. “Do you have to come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courtyard teaching. And you didn’t arrest me. 56But all this has happened so that the words of the prophets would come true.” Then all the disciples left him and ran away.
Jesus Is Taken to the Sanhedrin
57Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas, the high priest. The teachers of the law and the elders had come together there. 58Not too far away, Peter followed Jesus. He went right up to the courtyard of the high priest. He entered and sat down with the guards to see what would happen.
59The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for something to use against Jesus. They wanted to put him to death. 60But they did not find any proof, even though many false witnesses came forward.
Finally, two other witnesses came forward. 61They said, “This fellow claimed, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God. I can build it again in three days.’ ”
62Then the high priest stood up. He asked Jesus, “Aren’t you going to answer? What are these charges that these men are bringing against you?” 63But Jesus remained silent.
The high priest said to him, “I am commanding you in the name of the living God. May he judge you if you don’t tell the truth. Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”
64“You have said so,” Jesus replied. “But here is what I say to all of you. From now on, you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One. You will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven.”
65Then the high priest tore his clothes. He said, “He has spoken a very evil thing against God! Why do we need any more witnesses? You have heard him say this evil thing. 66What do you think?”
“He must die!” they answered.
67Then they spit in his face. They hit him with their fists. Others slapped him. 68They said, “Prophesy to us, Messiah! Who hit you?”
Peter Says He Does Not Know Jesus
69Peter was sitting out in the courtyard. A female servant came to him. “You also were with Jesus of Galilee,” she said.
70But in front of all of them, Peter said he was not. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said.
71Then he went out to the gate leading into the courtyard. There another servant saw him. She said to the people, “This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
72Again he said he was not. With a curse he said, “I don’t know the man!”
73After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter. “You must be one of them,” they said. “The way you talk gives you away.”
74Then Peter began to curse and said to them, “I don’t know the man!”
Right away a rooster crowed. 75Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said. “The rooster will crow,” Jesus had told him. “Before it does, you will say three times that you don’t know me.” Peter went outside. He broke down and cried.
Chiwembu cha Ayuda pa Yesu
1Yesu atamaliza kuyankhula zonsezi, anati kwa ophunzira ake, 2“Monga mukudziwa, kwatsala masiku awiri kuti Paska ifike ndipo Mwana wa Munthu adzaperekedwa kuti apachikidwe.”
3Pamenepo akulu a ansembe ndi akuluakulu anasonkhana ku nyumba ya mkulu wa ansembe dzina lake Kayafa, 4ndipo anapangana kuti amugwire Yesu mobisa ndi kumupha. 5Ndipo anati, “Osati nthawi yaphwando chifukwa pangabuke chipolowe pakati pa anthu.”
Yesu Adzozedwa ku Betaniya
6Yesu ali ku Betaniya mʼnyumba Simoni Wakhate, 7mayi wina anabwera kwa Iye ndi botolo la mafuta onunkhira a mtengowapatali, amene anathira pa mutu pake Iye akudya pa tebulo.
8Ophunzira ataona izi anayipidwa nafunsa kuti, “Chifukwa chiyani akuwononga chotere? 9Mafuta amenewa akanatha kugulitsidwa pa mtengo waukulu, ndipo ndalama zake zikanaperekedwa kwa osauka.”
10Yesu podziwa izi anawawuza kuti, “Chifukwa chiyani mukumuvutitsa mayiyu? Wandichitira Ine chinthu chabwino. 11Osauka mudzakhala nawo nthawi zonse, koma simudzakhala ndi Ine nthawi zonse. 12Pamene wathira mafuta onunkhirawa pa thupi langa, wachita izi kukonzekera kuyikidwa kwanga mʼmanda. 13Zoonadi, ndikuwuzani kuti kulikonse kumene Uthenga Wabwinowu udzalalikidwa ku dziko lonse lapansi, zimene wachitazi zidzanenedwanso pomukumbukira.”
Yudasi Avomereza Kupereka Yesu
14Pamenepo mmodzi wa khumi ndi awiriwo wotchedwa Yudasi Isikarioti anapita kwa akulu a ansembe 15nafunsa kuti, “Kodi mundipatsa chiyani ngati nditamupereka Iye kwa inu?” Pamenepo anamuwerengera ndalama zokwanira masiliva makumi atatu. 16Kuyambira pamenepo Yudasi anafunafuna nthawi yabwino yoti amupereke Yesu.
Paska Womaliza ndi Mgonero wa Ambuye
17Pa tsiku loyamba laphwando la buledi wopanda yisiti, ophunzira anabwera kwa Yesu ndi kumufunsa kuti, “Kodi mukufuna tikakonze kuti malo odyera Paska?”
18Iye anayankha kuti, “Pitani mu mzinda kwa munthu wakutiwakuti ndipo kamuwuzeni kuti, ‘Aphunzitsi akuti, nthawi yanga yoyikidwa yayandikira. Ine ndidzadya phwando la Paska ndi ophunzira anga ku nyumba kwako.’ ” 19Pamenepo ophunzira ake anachita monga momwe Yesu anawawuzira ndipo anakonza Paska.
20Kutada, Yesu ndi ophunzira ake khumi ndi awiriwo anakhala pa tebulo nʼkumadya. 21Akudya, Iye anati, “Zoonadi, ndikuwuzani kuti mmodzi wa inu adzandipereka.”
22Iwo anamva chisoni kwambiri ndipo anayamba kuyankhulana naye mmodzimmodzi nati, “Kodi nʼkukhala ine Ambuye?”
23Yesu anayankha nati, “Iye amene akusunsa mʼmbale pamodzi ndi Ine, yemweyo adzandipereka. 24Mwana wa Munthu adzaphedwa monga mmene kunalembedwera za Iye. Koma tsoka kwa munthu amene apereka Mwana wa Munthu! Kukanakhala bwino kwa iye akanapanda kubadwa.”
25Ndipo Yudasi amene anamupereka Iye anati, “Monga nʼkukhala ine Aphunzitsi?”
Yesu anayankha nati, “Iwe watero.”
26Pamene ankadya, Yesu anatenga buledi, nayamika ndipo anamunyema nagawira ophunzira ake nanena kuti, “Tengani, idyani; ili ndi thupi langa.”
27Kenaka anatenga chikho, nayamika nachipereka kwa iwo nati, “Imwani nonsenu. 28Awa ndi magazi anga a pangano amene akhetsedwa chifukwa cha ambiri kuti akhululukidwe machimo. 29Ndikuwuzani kuti sindidzamwanso kuchokera ku chipatso cha mtengo wa mpesa kuyambira lero mpaka tsiku ilo pamene ndidzamwenso mwatsopano ndi inu mu ufumu wa Atate anga.”
30Atayimba nyimbo, anatuluka kupita ku phiri la Olivi.
Yesu Aneneratu kuti Petro Adzamukana
31Pamenepo Yesu anawawuza kuti, “Usiku omwe uno inu nonse mudzandithawa, pakuti kwalembedwa:
“ ‘Kantha mʼbusa,
ndipo nkhosa zidzabalalika.’
32Koma ndikadzauka, ndidzatsogola kupita ku Galileya.”
33Petro anayankha nati, “Ngakhale onsewa atakuthawani, ine ndekha ayi.”
34Yesu anayankha nati, “Zoonadi, ndikukuwuza kuti usiku omwe uno, asanalire tambala, udzandikana Ine katatu.”
35Koma Petro ananenetsa nati, “Ngakhale kutakhala kufa nanu pamodzi, sindidzakukanani.” Ndipo ophunzira onse ananena chimodzimodzi.
Yesu mu Getsemani
36Kenaka Yesu anapita ku malo otchedwa Getsemani, ndipo anawawuza kuti, “Khalani pano pamene Ine ndikukapemphera apo.” 37Anatenga Petro ndi ana awiri a Zebedayo, ndipo anayamba kumva chisoni ndi kuvutika mu mtima. 38Pamenepo anawawuza kuti, “Moyo wanga uli ndi chisoni chofa nacho. Khalani pano ndipo dikirani pamodzi ndi Ine.”
39Atapita patsogolo pangʼono, anagwa pansi chafufumimba napemphera kuti, “Atate anga, ngati ndikotheka, chikho ichi chichotsedwe kwa Ine. Koma osati monga mmene ndifunira, koma monga mufunira Inu.”
40Kenaka anabwera kwa ophunzira ake nawapeza ali mtulo. Iye anafunsa Petro kuti, “Kodi anthu inu, simukanakhala maso pamodzi ndi Ine kwa ora limodzi lokha? 41Khalani maso ndi kupemphera kuti musagwe mʼmayesero. Mzimu ukufuna koma thupi ndi lofowoka.”
42Anachokanso nakapemphera kachiwiri kuti, “Atate anga, ngati chikhochi sichingandichoke, mpaka nditamwa, kufuna kwanu kuchitike.”
43Atabweranso anawapeza ali mtulo chifukwa zikope zawo zinalemedwa ndi tulo. 44Choncho anawasiya napitanso kukapemphera kachitatu nanenanso chimodzimodzi.
45Kenaka anabwera kwa ophunzira ake nati kwa iwo, “Kodi mukanagonabe ndi kupumula? Taonani, ora layandikira ndipo Mwana wa Munthu akuperekedwa mʼmanja mwa ochimwa. 46Imirirani, tiyeni tizipita! Wondipereka Ine wafika!”
Amugwira Yesu
47Akuyankhula choncho, Yudasi mmodzi mwa khumi ndi awiriwo anafika. Pamodzi ndi iye panali gulu lalikulu la anthu ali ndi mikondo ndi zibonga otumidwa ndi akulu a ansembe ndi akuluakulu. 48Womuperekayo anawawuziratu chizindikiro anthuwo kuti, “Amene ndidzapsompsona ndi iyeyo; mugwireni.” 49Pamenepo Yudasi anapita kwa Yesu nati, “Moni, Aphunzitsi!” Ndipo anapsompsona Iye.
50Yesu anayankha kuti, “Bwenzi langa, chita chimene wabwerera.”
Pamenepo anthuwo anabwera patsogolo namugwira Yesu ndi kumumanga. 51Pa chifukwa ichi, mmodzi wa anzake a Yesu anagwira lupanga lake, nalisolola ndi kutema wantchito wa mkulu wa ansembe, nadula khutu lake.
52Yesu anati kwa iye, “Bwezera lupanga lako mʼchimake, chifukwa onse amene amapha ndi lupanga adzafa ndi lupanga. 53Kodi mukuganiza kuti sindingathe kupempha Atate anga ndipo nthawi yomweyo nʼkundipatsa magulu a angelo oposa khumi ndi awiri? 54Koma nanga malemba akwaniritsidwa bwanji amene akuti ziyenera kuchitika motere?”
55Pa nthawi yomweyo Yesu anati kwa gululo, “Kodi ndine mtsogoleri wa anthu owukira kuti mwabwera ndi malupanga ndi zibonga kudzandigwira? Tsiku ndi tsiku ndimakhala mʼNyumba ya Mulungu kuphunzitsa, koma simunandigwire. 56Koma zonsezi zachitika kuti zolembedwa ndi aneneri zikwaniritsidwe.” Pamenepo ophunzira anamusiya nathawa.
Yesu ku Bwalo la Akulu Ayuda
57Iwo amene anamugwira Yesu anamutengera kwa Kayafa, mkulu wa ansembe, kumene aphunzitsi amalamulo ndi akuluakulu anasonkhana. 58Koma Petro anamutsatira Iye patali, mpaka ku bwalo la mkulu wa ansembe. Analowa nakhala pansi pamodzi ndi alonda kuti aone zotsatira.
59Akulu a ansembe ndi akulu olamulira Ayuda amafunafuna umboni wonama wofuna kuphera Yesu. 60Koma sanathe kupeza uliwonse, angakhale kuti mboni zambiri zabodza zinapezeka.
Pomalizira mboni ziwiri zinabwera patsogolo. 61Ndipo zinati, “Munthu uyu anati, ‘Ndikhoza kupasula Nyumba ya Mulungu ndi kuyimanganso mʼmasiku atatu.’ ”
62Pamenepo mkulu wa ansembe anayimirira nati kwa Yesu, “Kodi suyankha? Kodi umboni umenewu ndi otani umene anthu awa akupereka kukutsutsa Iwe?” 63Koma Yesu anakhalabe chete.
Mkulu wa ansembe anati kwa Iye, “Ndikulamulira Iwe ndi lumbiro pamaso pa Mulungu wa Moyo: utiwuze ife ngati ndiwe Khristu Mwana wa Mulungu.”
64Yesu anayankha nati, “Mwanena ndinu. Koma ndikunena kwa inu nonse: mʼtsogolomo mudzaona Mwana wa Munthu atakhala kudzanja lamanja la Wamphamvuzonse ndipo akubwera ndi mitambo ya kumwamba.”
65Pamenepo mkulu wa ansembe anangʼamba zovala zake nati, “Wanyoza Mulungu! Tifuniranji mboni zina? Taonani, tsopano mwamva mwano wake. 66Mukuganiza bwanji?”
Iwo anayankha kuti, “Ayenera kuphedwa!”
67Kenaka anamulavulira kumaso namumenya ndi zibakera. Ena anamumenya makofi. 68Ndipo anati, “Tanenera kwa ife, Khristu. Wakumenya ndani?”
Petro Amukana Yesu
69Tsopano Petro anakhala ku bwalo la nyumbayo, ndipo mtsikana wantchito anabwera kwa iye nati, “Iwenso unali ndi Yesu wa ku Galileya.”
70Koma iye anakana pamaso pawo nati, “Sindikudziwa chimene ukunena.”
71Kenaka anachoka kupita ku khomo la mpanda, kumene mtsikana wina anamuonanso nawuza anthu nati, “Munthu uyu anali ndi Yesu wa ku Nazareti.”
72Iye anakananso molumbira kuti, “Sindimudziwa munthuyu!”
73Patapita kanthawi pangʼono, amene anayimirira pamenepo anapita kwa Petro nati, “Zoonadi, ndiwe mmodzi wa iwo, popeza mayankhulidwe ako akukuwulula.”
74Pamenepo anayamba kudzitemberera ndipo analumbira kwa iwo nati, “Sindimudziwa munthu ameneyo!”
Nthawi yomweyo tambala analira. 75Ndipo Petro anakumbukira mawu amene Yesu anayankhula kuti, “Tambala asanalire, udzandikana Ine katatu.” Ndipo anatuluka panja nakalira kwambiri.
