¹Then, therefore, did Pilate take Jesus and scourge [him],

¹Basi, Pilato akaamuru Yesu achukuliwe, apigwe viboko.

²and the soldiers having plaited a crown of thorns, did place [it] on his head, and a purple garment they put around him,

²Nao askari wakasokota taji ya miiba, wakamtia kichwani, wakamvika na joho la rangi ya zambarau.

³and said, `Hail! the king of the Jews;` and they were giving him slaps.

³Wakawa wanakuja mbele yake na kusema: "Shikamoo, Mfalme wa Wayahudi!" Wakampiga makofi.

⁴Pilate, therefore, again went forth without, and saith to them, `Lo, I do bring him to you without, that ye may know that in him I find no fault;`

⁴Pilato akatoka tena nje, akawaambia, "Tazameni, namleta nje kwenu, mpate kujua kwamba mimi sikuona hatia yoyote kwake."

⁵Jesus, therefore, came forth without, bearing the thorny crown and the purple garment; and he saith to them, `Lo, the man!`

⁵Basi, Yesu akatoka nje amevaa taji ya miiba na joho la rangi ya zambarau. Pilato akawaambia, "Tazameni! Mtu mwenyewe ni huyo."

⁶When, therefore, the chief priests and the officers did see him, they cried out, saying, `Crucify, crucify;` Pilate saith to them, `Take ye him — ye, and crucify; for I find no fault in him;`

⁶Makuhani wakuu na walinzi walipomwona wakapaaza sauti: "Msulubishe! Msulubishe!" Pilato akawaambia, "Mchukueni basi, ninyi wenyewe mkamsulubishe, kwa maana mimi sikuona hatia yoyote kwake."

⁷the Jews answered him, `We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, for he made himself Son of God.`

⁷Wayahudi wakamjibu, "Sisi tunayo Sheria, na kufuatana na Sheria hiyo, ni lazima afe, kwa sababu alijifanya kuwa Mwana wa Mungu."

⁸When, therefore, Pilate heard this word, he was the more afraid,

⁸Pilato aliposikia maneno hayo akazidi kuogopa.

⁹and entered again to the praetorium, and saith to Jesus, `Whence art thou?` and Jesus gave him no answer.

⁹Basi, akaingia tena ndani ya ikulu, akamwuliza Yesu, "Umetoka wapi wewe?" Lakini Yesu hakumjibu neno.

¹⁰Pilate, therefore, saith to him, `To me dost thou not speak? hast thou not known that I have authority to crucify thee, and I have authority to release thee?`

¹⁰Hivyo Pilato akamwambia, "Husemi nami? Je, hujui kwamba ninayo mamlaka ya kukufungua na mamlaka ya kukusulubisha?"

¹¹Jesus answered, `Thou wouldst have no authority against me, if it were not having been given thee from above; because of this, he who is delivering me up to thee hath greater sin.`

¹¹Yesu akamjibu, "Hungekuwa na mamlaka yoyote juu yangu kama hungepewa na Mungu. Kwa sababu hiyo, yule aliyenikabidhi kwako ana dhambi kubwa zaidi."

¹²From this [time] was Pilate seeking to release him, and the Jews were crying out, saying, `If this one thou mayest release, thou art not a friend of Caesar; every one making himself a king, doth speak against Caesar.`

¹²Tangu hapo, Pilato akawa anatafuta njia ya kumwachilia, lakini Wayahudi wakapiga kelele: "Ukimwachilia huyu mtu, wewe si rafiki yake Kaisari; kila mtu anayejifanya kuwa Mfalme humpinga Kaisari!"

¹³Pilate, therefore, having heard this word, brought Jesus without — and he sat down upon the tribunal — to a place called, `Pavement,` and in Hebrew, Gabbatha;

¹³Basi, Pilato aliposikia maneno hayo akamleta Yesu nje, akaketi juu ya kiti cha hukumu, mahali paitwapo: "Sakafu ya Mawe" (kwa Kiebrania, Gabatha).

¹⁴and it was the preparation of the passover, and as it were the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews, `Lo, your king!`

¹⁴Ilikuwa yapata saa sita mchana, siku ya maandalio ya Pasaka. Pilato akawaambia Wayahudi, "Tazameni, Mfalme wenu!"

¹⁵and they cried out, `Take away, take away, crucify him;` Pilate saith to them, `Your king shall I crucify?` the chief priests answered, `We have no king except Caesar.`

¹⁵Wao wakapaaza sauti: "Mwondoe! Mwondoe! Msulubishe!" Makuhani wakuu wakajibu, "Sisi hatuna Mfalme isipokuwa Kaisari!"

¹⁶Then, therefore, he delivered him up to them, that he may be crucified, and they took Jesus and led [him] away,

¹⁶Basi, hapo Pilato akamtia Yesu mikononi mwao ili asulubiwe. Basi, wakamchukua Yesu.

¹⁷and bearing his cross, he went forth to the place called [Place] of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha;

¹⁷Naye akatoka akiwa amejichukulia msalaba wake kwenda mahali paitwapo "Fuvu la Kichwa", (kwa Kiebrania Golgotha).

¹⁸where they crucified him, and with him two others, on this side, and on that side, and Jesus in the midst.

¹⁸Hapo ndipo walipomsulubisha, na pamoja naye waliwasulubisha watu wengine wawili; mmoja upande wake wa kulia na mwingine upande wake wa kushoto, naye Yesu katikati.

¹⁹And Pilate also wrote a title, and put [it] on the cross, and it was written, `Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews;`

¹⁹Pilato aliandika ilani akaiweka juu ya msalaba. Nayo ilikuwa imeandikwa hivi: "Yesu wa Nazareti, Mfalme wa Wayahudi."

²⁰this title, therefore, read many of the Jews, because the place was nigh to the city where Jesus was crucified, and it was having been written in Hebrew, in Greek, in Roman.

²⁰Wayahudi wengi waliisoma ilani hiyo, maana mahali hapo aliposulubiwa Yesu palikuwa karibu na mji. Tena ilani hiyo ilikuwa imeandikwa kwa Kiebrania, Kilatini, na Kigiriki.

²¹The chief priests of the Jews said, therefore, to Pilate, `Write not — The king of the Jews, but that one said, I am king of the Jews;`

²¹Basi, makuhani wakuu wakamwambia Pilato, "Usiandike: Mfalme wa Wayahudi, ila Yeye alisema, Mimi ni Mfalme wa Wayahudi."

²²Pilate answered, `What I have written, I have written.`

²²Pilato akajibu, "Niliyoandika, nimeandika!"

²³The soldiers, therefore, when they did crucify Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to each soldier a part, also the coat, and the coat was seamless, from the top woven throughout,

²³Askari walipokwisha msulubisha Yesu, walizichukua nguo zake, wakazigawa mafungu manne, fungu moja kwa kila askari. Walichukua pia na kanzu yake; kanzu hiyo ilikuwa imefumwa kwa kipande kimoja tu, bila mshono.

²⁴they said, therefore, to one another, `We may not rend it, but cast a lot for it, whose it shall be;` that the Writing might be fulfilled, that is saying, `They divided my garments to themselves, and upon my raiment they did cast a lot;` the soldiers, therefore, indeed, did these things.

²⁴Basi, hao askari wakashauriana: "Tusiipasue, ila tuipigie kura itakuwa ya nani." Jambo hilo lilifanyika ili yatimie Maandiko Matakatifu yasemayo: "Waligawana mavazi yangu, na nguo yangu wakaipigia kura." Basi, ndivyo walivyofanya hao askari.

²⁵And there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother`s sister, Mary of Cleopas, and Mary the Magdalene;

²⁵Karibu na msalaba wake Yesu walikuwa wamesimama mama yake, na dada ya mama yake, Maria mke wa Kleopa, na Maria Magdalene.

²⁶Jesus, therefore, having seen [his] mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he was loving, he saith to his mother, `Woman, lo, thy son;`

²⁶Yesu alipomwona mama yake, na karibu naye amesimama yule mwanafunzi aliyempenda, akamwambia mama yake: "Mama! Tazama, huyo ndiye mwanao."

²⁷afterward he saith to the disciple, `Lo, thy mother;` and from that hour the disciple took her to his own [home].

²⁷Halafu akamwambia yule mwanafunzi: "Tazama, huyo ndiye mama yako." Na tangu saa ile huyo mwanafunzi alimchukua akae nyumbani kwake.

²⁸After this, Jesus knowing that all things now have been finished, that the Writing may be fulfilled, saith, `I thirst;`

²⁸Yesu alijua kwamba yote yalikuwa yametimia; na, ili Maandiko Matakatifu yapate kutimia, akasema, "Naona kiu."

²⁹a vessel, therefore, was placed full of vinegar, and they having filled a sponge with vinegar, and having put [it] around a hyssop stalk, did put [it] to his mouth;

²⁹Hapo palikuwa na bakuli limejaa siki. Basi, wakachovya sifongo katika hiyo siki, wakaitia juu ya ufito wa husopo, wakamwekea mdomoni.

³⁰when, therefore, Jesus received the vinegar, he said, `It hath been finished;` and having bowed the head, gave up the spirit.

³⁰Yesu alipokwisha pokea hiyo siki, akasema, "Yametimia!" Kisha akainama kichwa, akatoa roho.

³¹The Jews, therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, since it was the preparation, (for that sabbath day was a great one,) asked of Pilate that their legs may be broken, and they taken away.

³¹Ilikuwa Ijumaa, siku ya Maandalio. Kwa hiyo, kusudi miili isikae msalabani siku ya Sabato, maana siku hiyo ya Sabato ilikuwa siku kubwa, Wayahudi walimwomba Pilato miguu ya hao waliosulubiwa ivunjwe na miili yao iondolewe.

³²The soldiers, therefore, came, and of the first indeed they did break the legs, and of the other who was crucified with him,

³²Basi, askari walikwenda, wakaivunja miguu ya yule mtu wa kwanza na yule wa pili ambao walikuwa wamesulubiwa pamoja na Yesu.

³³and having come to Jesus, when they saw him already having been dead, they did not break his legs;

³³Lakini walipomfikia Yesu waliona kwamba alikwisha kufa, na hivyo hawakumvunja miguu.

³⁴but one of the soldiers with a spear did pierce his side, and immediately there came forth blood and water;

³⁴Lakini askari mmoja alimtoboa ubavuni kwa mkuki, na mara ikatoka damu na maji.

³⁵and he who hath seen hath testified, and his testimony is true, and that one hath known that true things he speaketh, that ye also may believe.

³⁵(Naye aliyeona tukio hilo ametoa habari zake ili nanyi mpate kuamini. Na hayo aliyosema ni ukweli, tena yeye anajua kwamba anasema ukweli.)

³⁶For these things came to pass, that the Writing may be fulfilled, `A bone of him shall not be broken;`

³⁶Jambo hilo lilitendwa ili Maandiko Matakatifu yatimie: "Hapana hata mfupa wake mmoja utakaovunjwa."

³⁷and again another Writing saith, `They shall look to him whom they did pierce.`

³⁷Tena Maandiko mengine yanasema: "Watamtazama yule waliyemtoboa."

³⁸And after these things did Joseph of Arimathea — being a disciple of Jesus, but concealed, through the fear of the Jews — ask of Pilate, that he may take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave leave; he came, therefore, and took away the body of Jesus,

³⁸Baada ya hayo, Yosefu, mwenyeji wa Armathaya, alimwomba Pilato ruhusa ya kuuchukua mwili wa Yesu. (Yosefu alikuwa mfuasi wa Yesu, lakini kwa siri, maana aliwaogopa viongozi wa Wayahudi). Basi, Pilato akamruhusu. Hivyo Yosefu alikwenda, akauondoa mwili wa Yesu.

³⁹and Nicodemus also came — who came unto Jesus by night at the first — bearing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, as it were, a hundred pounds.

³⁹Naye Nikodemo ambaye hapo awali alikuwa amemwendea Yesu usiku, akaja akiwa amechukua mchanganyiko wa manemane na ubani kiasi cha kilo thelathini.

⁴⁰They took, therefore, the body of Jesus, and bound it with linen clothes with the spices, according as it was the custom of the Jews to prepare for burial;

⁴⁰Basi, waliutwaa mwili wa Yesu, wakaufunga sanda pamoja na manukato kufuatana na desturi ya Wayahudi katika kuzika.

⁴¹and there was in the place where he was crucified a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one was yet laid;

⁴¹Mahali hapo aliposulubiwa Yesu palikuwa na bustani, na katika bustani hiyo kulikuwa na kaburi jipya ambalo hakutiwa bado mtu yeyote ndani yake.

⁴²there, therefore, because of the preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was nigh, they laid Jesus.

⁴²Basi, kwa sababu ya shughuli za Wayahudi za maandalio ya Sabato, na kwa vile kaburi hilo lilikuwa karibu, wakamweka Yesu humo.