¹Yesu alipokwisha sema hayo, alikwenda ng'ambo ya kijito Kedroni, pamoja na wanafunzi wake. Mahali hapo palikuwa na bustani, naye Yesu akaingia humo pamoja na wanafunzi wake.

¹These things having said, Jesus went forth with his disciples beyond the brook of Kedron, where was a garden, into which he entered, himself and his disciples,

²Yuda, aliyemsaliti Yesu, alipajua mahali hapo kwani mara nyingi Yesu alikutana na wanafunzi wake huko.

²and Judas also, who delivered him up, had known the place, because many times did Jesus assemble there with his disciples.

³Basi, Yuda alichukua kikosi cha askari na walinzi kutoka kwa makuhani wakuu na Mafarisayo, akaja nao bustanini wakiwa na taa, mienge na silaha.

³Judas, therefore, having taken the band and officers out of the chief priests and Pharisees, doth come thither with torches and lamps, and weapons;

⁴Yesu, hali akijua yote yatakayompata, akatokea, akawauliza, "Mnamtafuta nani?"

⁴Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that are coming upon him, having gone forth, said to them, `Whom do ye seek?`

⁵Nao wakamjibu, "Yesu wa Nazareti!" Yesu akawaambia, "Mimi ndiye." Msaliti Yuda alikuwa amesimama hapo pamoja nao.

⁵they answered him, `Jesus the Nazarene;` Jesus saith to them, `I am [he];` — and Judas who delivered him up was standing with them; —

⁶Basi, Yesu alipowaambia: "Mimi ndiye", wakarudi nyuma, wakaanguka chini.

⁶when, therefore, he said to them — `I am [he],` they went away backward, and fell to the ground.

⁷Yesu akawauliza tena, "Mnamtafuta nani?" Wakamjibu, "Yesu wa Nazareti!"

⁷Again, therefore, he questioned them, `Whom do ye seek?` and they said, `Jesus the Nazarene;`

⁸Yesu akawaambia, "Nimekwisha waambieni kwamba mimi ndiye. Basi, kama mnanitafuta mimi, waacheni hawa waende zao."

⁸Jesus answered, `I said to you that I am [he]; if, then, me ye seek, suffer these to go away;`

⁹(Alisema hayo ili yapate kutimia yale aliyosema: "Wale ulionipa sikumpoteza hata mmoja.")

⁹that the word might be fulfilled that he said — `Those whom Thou hast given to me, I did not lose of them even one.`

¹⁰Simoni Petro alikuwa na upanga; basi, akauchomoa, akamkata sikio la kulia mtumishi wa Kuhani Mkuu. Mtumishi huyo aliitwa Malko.

¹⁰Simon Peter, therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the chief priest`s servant, and cut off his right ear — and the name of the servant was Malchus —

¹¹Basi, Yesu akamwambia Petro, "Rudisha upanga wako alani. Je, nisinywe kikombe alichonipa Baba?"

¹¹Jesus, therefore, said to Peter, `Put the sword into the sheath; the cup that the Father hath given to me, may I not drink it?`

¹²Kile kikosi cha askari, mkuu wake na walinzi wa Wayahudi walimkamata Yesu, wakamfunga

¹²The band, therefore, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, took hold on Jesus, and bound him,

¹³na kumpeleka kwanza kwa Anasi; Anasi alikuwa baba mkwe wa Kayafa ambaye alikuwa Kuhani Mkuu mwaka huo.

¹³and they led him away to Annas first, for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was chief priest of that year,

¹⁴Huyo Kayafa ndiye aliyekuwa amewashauri Wayahudi kwamba ni afadhali mtu mmoja afe kwa ajili ya taifa.

¹⁴and Caiaphas was he who gave counsel to the Jews, that it is good for one man to perish for the people.

¹⁵Simoni Petro pamoja na mwanafunzi mwingine walimfuata Yesu. Huyo mwanafunzi mwingine alikuwa anajulikana kwa Kuhani Mkuu, hivyo aliingia pamoja na Yesu ndani ya ukumbi wa Kuhani Mkuu.

¹⁵And following Jesus was Simon Peter, and the other disciple, and that disciple was known to the chief priest, and he entered with Jesus to the hall of the chief priest,

¹⁶Lakini Petro alikuwa amesimama nje, karibu na mlango. Basi, huyo mwanafunzi mwingine aliyekuwa anajulikana kwa Kuhani Mkuu alitoka nje akasema na mjakazi, mngoja mlango, akamwingiza Petro ndani.

¹⁶and Peter was standing at the door without, therefore went forth the other disciple who was known to the chief priest, and he spake to the female keeping the door, and he brought in Peter.

¹⁷Huyo msichana mngoja mlango akamwuliza Petro, "Je, nawe pia ni mmoja wa wanafunzi wa mtu huyu?" Petro akamwambia, "Si mimi!"

¹⁷Then said the maid keeping the door to Peter, `Art thou also of the disciples of this man?` he saith, `I am not;`

¹⁸Watumishi na walinzi walikuwa wamewasha moto kwa sababu kulikuwa na baridi, wakawa wanaota moto. Naye Petro alikuwa amesimama pamoja nao akiota moto.

¹⁸and the servants and the officers were standing, having made a fire of coals, because it was cold, and they were warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, and warming himself.

¹⁹Basi, Kuhani akamwuliza Yesu juu ya wanafunzi wake na mafundisho yake.

¹⁹The chief priests, therefore, questioned Jesus concerning his disciples, and concerning his teaching;

²⁰Yesu akamjibu, "Nimesema na kila mtu daima hadharani. Kila mara nimefundisha katika masunagogi na Hekaluni, mahali wakutanikiapo Wayahudi wote; na wala sijasema chochote kwa siri.

²⁰Jesus answered him, `I spake freely to the world, I did always teach in a synagogue, and in the temple, where the Jews do always come together; and in secret I spake nothing;

²¹Kwa nini waniuliza mimi? Waulize wale waliosikia nini niliwaambia. Wao wanajua nilivyosema."

²¹why me dost thou question? question those having heard what I spake to them; lo, these have known what I said.`

²²Alipokwisha sema hayo mlinzi mmoja aliyekuwa amesimama hapo akampiga kofi akisema, "Je, ndivyo unavyomjibu Kuhani Mkuu?"

²²And he having said these things, one of the officers standing by did give Jesus a slap, saying, `Thus dost thou answer the chief priest?`

²³Yesu akamjibu, "Kama nimesema vibaya, onyesha huo ubaya; lakini ikiwa nimesema vema, mbona wanipiga?"

²³Jesus answered him, `If I spake ill, testify concerning the ill; and if well, why me dost thou smite?`

²⁴Basi, Anasi akampeleka Yesu akiwa amefungwa, kwa Kuhani Mkuu Kayafa.

²⁴Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the chief priest.

²⁵Petro alikuwa hapo akiota moto. Basi, wakamwuliza, "Je, nawe pia si mmoja wa wanafunzi wake?" Yeye akakana na kusema, "Si mimi!"

²⁵And Simon Peter was standing and warming himself, they said then to him, `Art thou also of his disciples?` he denied, and said, `I am not.`

²⁶Mmoja wa watumishi wa Kuhani Mkuu, jamaa wa yule aliyekatwa sikio na Petro, akamwuliza, "Je, mimi sikukuona wewe bustanini pamoja naye?"

²⁶One of the servants of the chief priest, being kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, saith, `Did not I see thee in the garden with him?`

²⁷Petro akakana tena; mara jogoo akawika.

²⁷again, therefore, Peter denied, and immediately a cock crew.

²⁸Basi, walimchukua Yesu kutoka kwa Kayafa, wakampeleka ikulu. Ilikuwa alfajiri, nao ili waweze kula Pasaka, hawakuingia ndani ya ikulu wasije wakatiwa najisi.

²⁸They led, therefore, Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium, and it was early, and they themselves did not enter into the praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the passover;

²⁹Kwa hiyo, Pilato aliwaendea nje, akasema, "Mna mashtaka gani juu ya mtu huyu?"

²⁹Pilate, therefore, went forth unto them, and said, `What accusation do ye bring against this man?`

³⁰Wakamjibu, "Kama huyu hangalikuwa mwovu hatungalimleta kwako."

³⁰they answered and said to him, `If he were not an evil doer, we had not delivered him to thee.`

³¹Pilato akawaambia, "Haya, mchukueni ninyi wenyewe, mkamhukumu kufuatana na Sheria yenu." Wayahudi wakamjibu, "Sisi hatuna mamlaka ya kumwua mtu yeyote."

³¹Pilate, therefore, said to them, `Take ye him — ye — and according to your law judge him;` the Jews, therefore, said to him, `It is not lawful to us to put any one to death;`

³²(Ilifanyika hivyo yapate kutimia maneno aliyosema Yesu kuonyesha atakufa kifo gani.)

³²that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which he said, signifying by what death he was about to die.

³³Pilato akaingia tena ndani ya ikulu, akamwita Yesu na kumwuliza: "Ati wewe ndiye Mfalme wa Wayahudi?"

³³Pilate, therefore, entered into the praetorium again, and called Jesus, and said to him, `Thou art the King of the Jews?`

³⁴Yesu akamjibu, "Je, hayo ni maneno yako au wengine wamekwambia habari zangu?"

³⁴Jesus answered him, `From thyself dost thou say this? or did others say it to thee about me?`

³⁵Pilato akamjibu, "Je, ni Myahudi mimi? Taifa lako na makuhani wamekuleta kwangu. Umefanya nini?"

³⁵Pilate answered, `Am I a Jew? thy nation, and the chief priests did deliver thee up to me; what didst thou?`

³⁶Yesu akamjibu, "Ufalme wangu si wa ulimwengu huu. Kama ufalme wangu ungekuwa wa ulimwengu huu watumishi wangu wangenipigania nisitiwe mikononi mwa Wayahudi. Lakini sasa ufalme wangu si wa hapa."

³⁶Jesus answered, `My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my officers had struggled that I might not be delivered up to Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.`

³⁷Hapo Pilato akamwambia, "Basi, wewe ni Mfalme?" Yesu akajibu, "Wewe umesema kwamba mimi ni Mfalme. Mimi nimezaliwa kwa ajili hiyo; na kwa ajili hiyo nimekuja ulimwenguni kuwaambia watu juu ya ukweli. Kila mtu wa ukweli hunisikiliza."

³⁷Pilate, therefore, said to him, `Art thou then a king?` Jesus answered, `Thou dost say [it]; because a king I am, I for this have been born, and for this I have come to the world, that I may testify to the truth; every one who is of the truth, doth hear my voice.`

³⁸Pilato akamwambia, "Ukweli ni kitu gani?" Pilato alipokwisha sema hayo, aliwaendea tena Wayahudi nje, akawaambia, "Mimi sioni hatia yoyote kwake.

³⁸Pilate saith to him, `What is truth?` and this having said, again he went forth unto the Jews, and saith to them, `I do find no fault in him;

³⁹Lakini, mnayo desturi kwamba mimi niwafungulie mfungwa mmoja wakati wa Pasaka. Basi, mwataka niwafungulieni Mfalme wa Wayahudi?"

³⁹and ye have a custom that I shall release to you one in the passover; will ye, therefore, [that] I shall release to you the king of the Jews?`

⁴⁰Hapo wakapiga kelele: "La! Si huyu ila Baraba!" Naye Baraba alikuwa mnyang'anyi.

⁴⁰therefore they all cried out again, saying, `Not this one — but Barabbas;` and Barabbas was a robber.