¹Kulipopambazuka, makuhani wakuu walifanya shauri pamoja na wazee, walimu wa Sheria na Baraza lote, wakamfunga Yesu pingu, wakampeleka na kumkabidhi kwa Pilato.

¹Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

²Pilato akamwuliza Yesu, "Je, wewe ni mfalme wa Wayahudi?" Yesu akajibu, "Wewe umesema."

²Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered, “So you say.”

³Makuhani wakuu wakamshtaki Yesu mambo mengi.

³The chief priests accused him of many things.

⁴Pilato akamwuliza tena Yesu, "Je, hujibu neno? Tazama wanavyotoa mashtaka mengi juu yako."

⁴Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!”

⁵Lakini Yesu hakujibu neno, hata pilato akashangaa.

⁵But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate marveled.

⁶Kila wakati wa sikukuu ya Pasaka, Pilato alikuwa na desturi ya kuwafungulia mfungwa mmoja waliyemtaka.

⁶Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.

⁷Basi, kulikuwa na mtu mmoja aitwaye Baraba, ambaye alikuwa amefungwa pamoja na waasi wengine kwa kusababisha uasi na mauaji.

⁷There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

⁸Watu wengi wakamwendea Pilato wakamwomba awafanyie kama kawaida yake.

⁸The multitude, crying aloud, began to ask him to do as he always did for them.

⁹Pilato akawauliza, "Je, mwataka niwafungulieni Mfalme wa Wayahudi?"

⁹Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

¹⁰Alisema hivyo kwa sababu alijua wazi kwamba makuhani wakuu walimkabidhi Yesu kwake kwa sababu ya wivu.

¹⁰For he perceived that for envy the chief priests had delivered him up.

¹¹Lakini makuhani wakuu wakawachochea watu wamwombe Pilato awafungulie Baraba.

¹¹But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.

¹²Pilato akawauliza tena, "Basi, sasa mwataka nifanye nini na mtu huyu mnayemwita Mfalme wa Wayahudi?"

¹²Pilate again asked them, “What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?”

¹³Watu wote wakapaaza sauti tena: "Msulubishe!"

¹³They cried out again, “Crucify him!”

¹⁴Lakini Pilato akawauliza, "Kwa nini! Amefanya kosa gani?" Lakini wao wakazidi kupaaza sauti, "Msulubishe!"

¹⁴Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, “Crucify him!”

¹⁵Pilato alitaka kuuridhisha huo umati wa watu; basi, akamwachilia Baraba kutoka gerezani. Akaamuru Yesu apigwe viboko, kisha akamtoa asulubiwe.

¹⁵Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.

¹⁶Kisha askari walimpeleka Yesu ndani ukumbini, katika ikulu, wakakusanya kikosi kizima cha askari.

¹⁶The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.

¹⁷Wakamvika vazi la rangi ya zambarau, wakasokota taji ya miiba, wakamwekea kichwani.

¹⁷They clothed him with purple, and weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

¹⁸Wakaanza kumsalimu, "Shikamoo Mfalme wa Wayahudi!"

¹⁸They began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

¹⁹Wakampiga kichwani kwa mwanzi, wakamtemea mate; wakampigia magoti na kumsujudia.

¹⁹They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.

²⁰Baada ya kumdhihaki, walimvua lile joho, wakamvika nguo zake, kisha wakampeleka kumsulubisha.

²⁰When they had mocked him, they took the purple off of him, and put his own garments on him. They led him out to crucify him.

²¹Walipokuwa njiani, walikutana na mtu mmoja aitwaye Simoni, mwenyeji wa Kurene. Yeye alikuwa baba wa Aleksanda na Rufo, na wakati huo alikuwa akitoka shambani. Basi, wakamlazimisha auchukue msalaba wa Yesu.

²¹They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.

²²Kisha wakampeleka Yesu mpaka mahali palipoitwa Golgotha, maana yake, "Mahali pa Fuvu la Kichwa."

²²They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, “The place of a skull.”

²³Wakampa divai iliyochanganywa na manemane, lakini yeye akaikataa.

²³They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he didn’t take it.

²⁴Basi, wakamsulubisha, wakagawana mavazi yake kwa kuyapigia kura waamue nani angepata nini.

²⁴Crucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take.

²⁵Ilikuwa saa tatu asubuhi walipomsulubisha.

²⁵It was the third hour, 9:00 A. M. and they crucified him.

²⁶Na mshtaka wake ulikuwa umeandikwa: "Mfalme wa Wayahudi."

²⁶The superscription of his accusation was written over him, “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

²⁷Pamoja naye waliwasulubisha wanyang'anyi wawili, mmoja upande wake wa kulia na mwingine upande wake wa kushoto.

²⁷With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.

²⁸Hapo yakatimia Maandiko Matakatifu yanayosema, "Aliwekwa kundi moja na waovu."

²⁸The Scripture was fulfilled, which says, “He was numbered with transgressors.” NU omits verse 28.

²⁹Watu waliokuwa wanapita mahali hapo walimtukana, wakitikisa vichwa vyao na kusema, "Aha! Wewe mwenye kuvunja Hekalu na kulijenga kwa siku tatu!

²⁹Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

³⁰Sasa, shuka msalabani ujiokoe mwenyewe!"

³⁰save yourself, and come down from the cross!”

³¹Nao makuhani wakuu pamoja na walimu wa Sheria walimdhihaki wakisema, "Aliwaokoa wengine, lakini kujiokoa mwenyewe hawezi!

³¹Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, “He saved others. He can’t save himself.

³²Eti yeye ni Kristo, Mfalme wa Israeli! Basi, na ashuke msalabani ili tuone na kuamini." Hata watu wale waliosulubiwa pamoja naye walimtukana.

³²Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him. TR omits “him” ” Those who were crucified with him insulted him.

³³Tangu saa sita mchana mpaka saa tisa kulikuwa giza nchini kote.

³³When the sixth hour or, noon had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 3:00 PM

³⁴Saa tisa alasiri Yesu akalia kwa sauti kubwa, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabakthani?" Maana yake, "Mungu wangu, Mungu wangu, mbona umeniacha?"

³⁴At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Psalm 22:1

³⁵Baadhi ya watu waliosimama pale waliposikia hivyo, walisema, "Sikiliza! Anamwita Eliya!"

³⁵Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”

³⁶Mtu mmoja akakimbia, akachovya sifongo katika siki, akaiweka juu ya mwanzi, akampa anywe akisema, "Hebu tuone kama Eliya atakuja kumteremsha msalabani!"

³⁶One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down.”

³⁷Yesu akapaaza sauti kubwa, akakata roho.

³⁷Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit.

³⁸Basi, pazia la Hekalu likapasuka vipande viwili toka juu mpaka chini.

³⁸The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.

³⁹Jemadari mmoja aliyekuwa amesimama mbele yake aliona jinsi Yesu alivyolia kwa sauti na kukata roho, akasema, "Kweli mtu huyu alikuwa Mwana wa Mungu!"

³⁹When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

⁴⁰Walikuwako pia wanawake waliotazama kwa mbali, miongoni mwao akiwa Maria toka mji wa Magdala, Salome, na Maria mama wa kina Yakobo mdogo na Yose.

⁴⁰There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

⁴¹Hawa walimfuata Yesu alipokuwa Galilaya na kumtumikia. Kulikuwa na wanawake wengine wengi waliokuja Yerusalemu pamoja naye.

⁴¹who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

⁴²Wakati wa jioni ulikuwa umekwisha fika. Hiyo ilikuwa siku ya Maandalio, yaani siku inayotangulia Sabato.

⁴²When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

⁴³Hapo akaja Yosefu mwenyeji wa Armathaya, mjumbe wa Baraza Kuu, aliyeheshimika sana. Yeye pia alikuwa anatazamia kuja kwa Ufalme wa Mungu. Basi, alimwendea Pilato bila uoga, akaomba apewe mwili wa Yesu.

⁴³Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for the Kingdom of God, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.

⁴⁴Pilato alishangaa kusikia kwamba Yesu alikuwa amekwisha kufa. Basi, akamwita jemadari, akamwuliza kama Yesu alikuwa amekufa kitambo.

⁴⁴Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.

⁴⁵Pilato alipoarifiwa na huyo jemadari kwamba Yesu alikuwa amekwisha kufa, akamruhusu Yosefu auchukue mwili wake.

⁴⁵When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

⁴⁶Hapo Yosefu akanunua sanda ya kitani, akauteremsha chini huo mwili, akauzungushia sanda. Akauweka katika kaburi lililokuwa limechongwa mwambani, kisha akavingirisha jiwe kubwa mbele ya mlango.

⁴⁶He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

⁴⁷Nao Maria Magdalene na Maria mama yake Yose walipaona hapo alipolazwa.

⁴⁷Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid.