¹Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged [him].

¹Basi, Pilato akaamuru Yesu achukuliwe, apigwe viboko.

²And the soldiers having plaited a crown of thorns put it on his head, and put a purple robe on him,

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

³and came to him and said, Hail, king of the Jews! and gave him blows on the face.

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

⁴And Pilate went out again and says to them, Lo, I bring him out to you, that ye may know that I find in him no fault whatever.

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

⁵(Jesus therefore went forth without, wearing the crown of thorn, and the purple robe.) And he says to them, Behold 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 saw him they cried out saying, Crucify, crucify [him]. Pilate says to them, Take him ye and crucify [him], 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, because 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 Pilate therefore heard this word, he was the rather afraid,

⁸Pilato aliposikia maneno hayo akazidi kuogopa.

⁹and went into the praetorium again and says to Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.

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

¹⁰Pilate therefore says to him, Speakest thou not to *me*? Dost thou not know that I have authority to release thee and have authority to crucify thee?

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

¹¹Jesus answered, Thou hadst no authority whatever against me if it were not given to thee from above. On this account he that has delivered me up to thee has [the] 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 Pilate sought to release him; but the Jews cried out saying, If thou releasest this [man], thou art not a friend to Caesar. Every one making himself a king speaks 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 these words, led Jesus out and sat down upon [the] judgment-seat, at a place called Pavement, but 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).

¹⁴(now it was [the] preparation of the passover; it was about the sixth hour;) and he says to the Jews, Behold your king!

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

¹⁵But they cried out, Take [him] away, take [him] away, crucify him. Pilate says to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king but 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 might be crucified; and they took Jesus and led him away.

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

¹⁷And he went out, bearing his cross, 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, [one] on this side, and [one] on that, and Jesus in the middle.

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 wrote a title also and put it on the cross. But there was written: Jesus the Nazaraean, 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 many of the Jews read, for the place of the city where Jesus was crucified was near; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, Latin.

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 therefore said to Pilate, Do not write, The king of the Jews, but that *he* 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 had crucified Jesus, took his clothes, and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and the body-coat; but the body-coat was seamless, woven through the whole from the top.

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, Let us not rend it, but let us cast lots for it, whose it shall be; that the scripture might be fulfilled which says, They parted my garments among themselves, and on my vesture they cast lots. The soldiers therefore 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 by the cross of Jesus stood his mother, and the sister of his mother, Mary the [wife] of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.

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

²⁶Jesus therefore, seeing his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, says to his mother, Woman, behold thy son.

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

²⁷Then he says unto the disciple, Behold 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 were now finished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, says, I thirst.

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

²⁹There was a vessel therefore there full of vinegar, and having filled a sponge with vinegar, and putting hyssop round it, they put it up 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 had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished; and having bowed his head, he delivered up his 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, for it was [the] preparation, (for the day of that sabbath was a great [day],) demanded of Pilate that their legs might 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 broke the legs of the first and of the other that had been crucified with him;

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

³³but coming to Jesus, when they saw that he was already dead they did not break his legs,

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

³⁴but one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water.

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

³⁵And he who saw it bears witness, and his witness is true, and he knows that he says true 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 took place that the scripture might be fulfilled, Not a bone of him shall be broken.

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

³⁷And again another scripture says, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

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

³⁸And after these things Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly through fear of the Jews, demanded of Pilate that he might take the body of Jesus: and Pilate allowed it. 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, who at first came to Jesus by night, came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds [weight].

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 up in linen with the spices, as it is the custom with the Jews to prepare for burial.

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

⁴¹But there was in the place where he had been crucified a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been 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, on account of the preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was near, they laid Jesus.

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