Jesus before Pilate
1Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.
2‘Are you the king of the Jews?’ asked Pilate.
‘You have said so,’ Jesus replied.
3The chief priests accused him of many things. 4So again Pilate asked him, ‘Aren’t you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of.’
5But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed.
6Now it was the custom at the festival to release a prisoner whom the people requested. 7A man called Barabbas was in prison with the rebels who had committed murder in the uprising. 8The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did.
9‘Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?’ asked Pilate, 10knowing it was out of self-interest that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him. 11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to get Pilate to release Barabbas instead.
12‘What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?’ Pilate asked them.
13‘Crucify him!’ they shouted.
14‘Why? What crime has he committed?’ asked Pilate.
But they shouted all the louder, ‘Crucify him!’
15Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
The soldiers mock Jesus
16The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers. 17They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him. 18And they began to call out to him, ‘Hail, king of the Jews!’ 19Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spat on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him. 20And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.
The crucifixion of Jesus
21A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. 22They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means ‘the place of the skull’). 23Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. 24And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get.
25It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. 26The written notice of the charge against him read:
The king of the Jews.
27They crucified two rebels with him, one on his right and one on his left. 2815:28 Some manuscripts include here words similar to Luke 22:37. 29Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, ‘So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, 30come down from the cross and save yourself!’ 31In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. ‘He saved others,’ they said, ‘but he can’t save himself! 32Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.’ Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.
The death of Jesus
33At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?’ (which means ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’).15:34 Psalm 22:1
35When some of those standing near heard this, they said, ‘Listen, he’s calling Elijah.’
36Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. ‘Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,’ he said.
37With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.
38The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 39And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died,15:39 Some manuscripts saw that he died with such a cry he said, ‘Surely this man was the Son of God!’
40Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph,15:40 Greek Joses, a variant of Joseph; also in verse 47 and Salome. 41In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there.
The burial of Jesus
42It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached, 43Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. 44Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died. 45When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph. 46So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. 47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where he was laid.
Yesu Gyina Pilato Anim
1Adeɛ kyee anɔpatutuutu no, asɔfoɔ mpanin, Yudafoɔ mpanin, Atwerɛsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ ne agyinatufoɔ hyia dwenee ɛkwan a wɔde Yesu bɛfa so ho. Wɔkyekyeree no de no kɔhyɛɛ Pilato nsa.
2Wɔde no duruu hɔ no, Pilato bisaa no sɛ, “Wone Yudafoɔ ɔhene no anaa?”
Yesu buaa sɛ, “Mo na moseɛ.”
3Ɛhɔ ara, asɔfoɔ mpanin no kaa nsɛm akɛseakɛseɛ guu ne so, nanso wanka hwee. 4Pilato bisaa no bio sɛ, “Enti, nsɛm akɛseakɛseɛ a wɔreka gu wo so yi, wonka ho hwee?”
5Nanso, Yesu anka hwee ma ɛyɛɛ Pilato nwanwa.
6Na ɛyɛ Pilato amanneɛ sɛ, afe biara Twam Afahyɛ no mu, ɔgyaa odeduani baako a ɔman no pɛ sɛ wɔgyaa no ma wɔn. 7Saa afe no mu, na onipa bi a wɔfrɛ no Baraba no ka nnipa bi a wɔsɔre tiaa aban, nam so dii awu no ho wɔ afiase hɔ. 8Ɛdɔm no kɔɔ Pilato so kɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, ɔnyi odeduani baako mma wɔn sɛdeɛ daa ɔyɛ no.
9Pilato bisaa sɛ, “Menyi ‘Yudafoɔ Ɔhene’ no mma mo anaa?” 10Ɛfiri sɛ, na wahunu sɛ asɔfoɔ mpanin no de ɔtan na atwa asɛm ato Yesu so ɛsiane din a na wagye no enti. 11Nanso, asɔfoɔ mpanin no tuu dɔm no aso sɛ, sɛ wɔde bɛyi Yesu deɛ, wɔmpere ma wɔnyi Baraba.
12Enti, Pilato bisaa wɔn sɛ, “Na sɛ meyi Baraba ma mo a, ɛdeɛn na menyɛ saa ɔbarima yi a mofrɛ no mo ɔhene no?”
13Wɔteateaam sɛ, “Bɔ no asɛnnua mu!”
14Pilato bisaa wɔn bio sɛ, “Adɛn nti? Bɔne bɛn na wayɛ?”
Wɔn nyinaa bɔ gyee so sɛ, “Bɔ no asɛnnua mu!”
15Afei, Pilato hunuu sɛ ɔyɛ asɛm no hwee a, ɛrenyɛ yie. Afei, na ɔsuro nso sɛ, sɛ anhwɛ a basabasayɛ bɛba enti, ɔgyaa Baraba maa wɔn. Ɔmaa wɔbɔɔ Yesu mmaa, na ɛno akyi no, ɔde no maa wɔn sɛ wɔnkɔbɔ no asɛnnua mu.
Yesu Ho Fɛdie
16Asraafoɔ no de Yesu kɔɔ amrado aban mu hɔ, ɛnna wɔfrɛɛ asraafoɔ no nyinaa baa hɔ. 17Wɔhyɛɛ no batakari kɔkɔɔ bi, de nkasɛɛ atentene bi nwonoo ɛkyɛ hyɛɛ no. 18Wɔhyɛɛ aseɛ bɔ gyee so, dii ne ho fɛ sɛ, “Yudafoɔ ɔhene, wo nkwa so!” 19Wɔde abaa paa nʼapampam, tetee ntasuo guu ne so, buu no nkotodwe, de dii ne ho fɛw. 20Wɔdii ne ho fɛ wieeɛ no, wɔworɔɔ batakari kɔkɔɔ no, ɛnna wɔde ɔno ara nʼatadeɛ hyɛɛ no, de no kɔeɛ sɛ wɔrekɔbɔ no asɛnnua mu.
Wɔbɔ Yesu Asɛnnua Mu
21Wɔrekɔ no, wɔhyiaa ɔbarima bi a wɔfrɛ no Simon a ɔfiri Kirene a ɔyɛ Aleksandro ne Rufo agya wɔ ɛkwan so. Wɔhyɛɛ no ma ɔsoaa Yesu asɛnnua no. 22Wɔde Yesu baa baabi a wɔfrɛ hɔ sɛ Golgota a (nʼasekyerɛ ne Nitire so) hɔ. 23Ɛhɔ na wɔmaa no nsã nwononwono bi sɛ ɔnnom, nanso wannom. 24Afei, wɔbɔɔ no asɛnnua mu. Yei akyi, wɔbɔɔ nʼatadeɛ no so ntonto.
25Ɛbɛyɛ anɔpa nnɔnkron na wɔbɔɔ no asɛnnua mu. 26Asɛm bi a wɔka too no so na wɔtwerɛɛ taree nʼasɛnnua no atifi ka sɛ,
Yudafoɔ Ɔhene.
27Ɛda no ara anɔpa, wɔbɔɔ awudifoɔ baanu bi asɛnnua mu kaa Yesu ho. Na ɔbaako sɛn ne nifa so, ɛnna ɔbaako nso sɛn ne benkum so. 28Yei maa deɛ Atwerɛsɛm no kaa sɛ, “Wɔkan no fraa nnebɔneyɛfoɔ mu” no baa mu. 29Nnipa a wɔsen faa hɔ no nyinaa wosowosoo wɔn ti, dii ne ho fɛ sɛ, “Ei, wo ni? Ɛnyɛ wo na woseɛ sɛ, wobɛtumi abubu asɔredan na wode nnansa asi no? 30Sɛ wose wo ho yɛ nwanwa a, ɛnneɛ siane firi asɛnnua no so si fam.” 31Saa ɛberɛ no na asɔfoɔ mpanin ne Atwerɛsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ no nso atwa ahyia hɔ redi Yesu ho fɛw. Wɔkɔɔ so dii ne ho fɛ sɛ, “Ɔgye afoforɔ nanso ɔntumi nnye ne ho!” 32Wɔkɔɔ so dii ne ho fɛ bio sɛ, “Agyenkwa! Yudafoɔ ɔhene! Siane firi asɛnnua no so si fam, na yɛnnye wo nni!” Awudifoɔ a wɔbɔɔ wɔne Yesu asɛnnua mu no mpo dii ne ho fɛ bi.
Yesu Wuiɛ
33Ɛfiri owigyinaeɛ kɔpem nnɔnmiɛnsa no, esum duruu asase no so nyinaa. 34Yesu de nne kɛseɛ teaam sɛ, “Eli, Eli, lama sabaktani?” Ase ne sɛ, “Me Onyankopɔn, Me Onyankopɔn, adɛn enti na woagya me?”
35Wɔn a wɔgyina hɔ no bi a wɔtee deɛ ɔkaeɛ no kaa sɛ, “Montie sɛ ɔrefrɛ Elia.”
36Wɔn mu baako tuu mmirika, kɔfaa sapɔ bi, de bɔɔ nsã nwononwono bi mu, de tuaa dua bi ano, de brɛɛ Yesu sɛ ɔnnom. Ɔkaa sɛ, “Momma yɛnhwɛ sɛ Elia bɛba abɛyi no asi fam anaa!”
37Afei, Yesu de nne kɛseɛ teaam bio, na ɔgyaa ne honhom mu wuiɛ.
38Ɛhɔ ara, ntoma a ɛtwa asɔredan no mu no mu suanee mmienu firi soro kɔsii fam.15.38 Ntwamutam no tware Kronkron Beaeɛ ne Kronkron Mu Kronkron no mu (2 Mose 26.31-35). Ntwamutam no mu te a ɛteeɛ no kyerɛ sɛ Kristo kɔ ɔsoro ma yɛn sɛdeɛ ɛbɛma yɛn nso yɛapue Onyankopɔn anim. 39Asraafoɔ ɔha so panin a na ɔgyina hɔ no hunuu ɛkwan a Yesu faa so wuiɛ no, ɔkaa sɛ, “Ampa ara, onipa yi yɛ Onyankopɔn Ba!”
40Saa ɛberɛ no, na mmaa bi gyinagyina akyiri baabi rehwɛ deɛ ɛrekɔ so. Mmaa no bi ne Maria Magdalene, Maria a ɔyɛ Yakobo kumaa ne Yosef maame ne Salome. 41Ɛberɛ a na Yesu wɔ Galilea no, saa mmaa yi dii nʼakyi somm no. Saa ara nso na na nnipa bi a wɔdii nʼakyi baa Yerusalem no bi nso wɔ hɔ.
Yesu Sie
42Ɛduruu anwummerɛ no, ɛsiane sɛ na adeɛ kye a ɛyɛ Homeda15.42 Na ɛyɛ Efiada anwummerɛ. no enti, 43ɔbadwani animuonyamfoɔ bi a, wɔfrɛ no Yosef a ɔfiri Arimatea a, na ɔretwɛn ɛberɛ a Onyankopɔn Ahennie no bɛba no de akokoɔduru kɔɔ Pilato hɔ kɔsrɛɛ no sɛ, ɔmfa Yesu amu no mma no. 44Ɛberɛ a Pilato tee sɛ Yesu awu no, wannye anni, enti ɔfrɛɛ Roma asraafoɔ panin a na ɔhwɛ hɔ no bisaa no. 45Asraafoɔ panin no kaa sɛ wawu no, Pilato maa Yosef ho ɛkwan sɛ ɔnkɔfa amu no. 46Yosef kɔtɔɔ nwera, yii Yesu amu no firii asɛnnua no so, de nwera no kyekyeree no, ɔde no kɔtoo ɔboda bi a wɔatwa mu, piree ɛboɔ kɛseɛ bi hinii ano. 47Na Maria Magdalene ne Yosef ne maame Maria wɔ hɔ bi, na wɔhunuu faako a wɔde Yesu amu no toeɛ.
