Anamunyoza ndi Chisoti cha Minga
Atakwapulidwa, kuvekedwa korona waminga ndi kuonetsedwa kwa anthu, Yesu aperekedwa ansembe atanena kuti alibe mfumu koma Kaisara. Iye anyamula mtanda wake yekha, apereka amayi ake kwa wophunzira amene ankamukonda, anena kuti kwatha, ndipo amwalira. Yosefe ndi Nikodemo amuika m'manda m'munda.
19 1Ndipo Pilato anamutenga Yesu, namukwapula. 2Asilikali analuka chisoti cha minga, nachiyika pamutu pake, namuveka mkanjo wofiira. 3Ndipo ankabwerabwera kwa iye, nanena kuti, “Moni, Mfumu ya Ayuda!” namummenya mbama.
4Ndipo Pilato anatulukanso, nati kwa iwo, “Onani, ndikumutulutsira kwa inu, kuti mudziwe kuti sindipeza mlandu uliwonse mwa iye.” 5Choncho Yesu anatuluka atavala chisoti cha minga ndi mkanjo wofiira. Ndipo Pilato anati kwa iwo, “Nayu munthu!”
6Pamene ansembe aakulu ndi alonda anamuona, anafuula kuti, “Mpachikeni! Mpachikeni!” Pilato anati kwa iwo, “Mutengeni inu nomwe, mukampachike, pakuti ine sindipeza mlandu mwa iye.”
7Ayuda anamuyankha kuti, “Ife tili ndi lamulo; ndipo monga mwa lamulolo ayenera kufa, chifukwa anadziyesa yekha Mwana wa Mulungu.”
8Pamene Pilato anamva zimenezi, anachita mantha koposa. 9Ndipo analowanso mnyumba yachifumu, namufunsa Yesu kuti, “Kodi Inu muchokera kuti?” Koma Yesu sanamuyankhe. 10Choncho Pilato anati kwa iye, “Kodi simulankhula nane? Kodi simudziwa kuti ndili ndi ulamuliro womasula Inu, ndi ulamuliro womupachika Inu?”
11Yesu anamuyankha kuti, “Inu simukanakhala ndi ulamuliro uliwonse pa Ine, ngati simukanapatsidwa kuchokera kumwamba. Chifukwa chake, amene anandipereka kwa inu, ali ndi tchimo lalikulu koposa.”
12Kuyambira pamenepo, Pilato anafuna kumumasula, koma Ayuda anafuula kuti, “Ngati mumumasula, ndiye kuti simuli bwenzi la Kaisara. Aliyense amene adziyesa yekha mfumu amatsutsana ndi Kaisara.”
13Pamene Pilato anamva mawu amenewa, anatulutsa Yesu, nakhala pampando woweruzira, pamalo otchedwa Malo Oyalidwa Miyala—mu Chiaramaiki ndi Gabata. 14Linali tsiku lokonzekera Paskha, cha masana. Ndipo anati kwa Ayuda, “Nayu Mfumu yanu!”
15Iwo anafuula kuti, “Muchotseni! Muchotseni! Mpachikeni!” Pilato anawafunsa kuti, “Kodi ndipachike Mfumu yanu?” Ansembe aakulu anayankha kuti, “Ife tilibe mfumu ina koma Kaisara.”
Anamupereka
16Ndipo pamenepo anamupereka kwa iwo kuti akapachikidwe. Choncho anamutenga Yesu, 17ndipo atanyamula mtanda wake yekha, anatuluka kupita kumalo kotchedwa Malo a Chigaza, mu Chiaramaiki kotchedwa Gologota. 18Kumeneko anampachika, pamodzi ndi ena awiri, mmodzi mbali iyi ndi mmodzi mbali iyo, Yesu ali pakati. 19Pilato analembanso chikwangwani, nachiyika pamtanda, chakuti: Yesu wa ku Nazareti, Mfumu ya Ayuda. 20Ayuda ambiri anawerenga chikwangwani ichi, popeza malo amene Yesu anapachikidwa anali pafupi ndi mzinda; ndipo chinalembedwa m'Chiaramaiki, m'Chilatini, ndi m'Chigiriki. 21Choncho ansembe aakulu a Ayuda anati kwa Pilato, “Musalembe kuti, ‘Mfumu ya Ayuda,’ koma kuti, ‘Munthu uyu anati, Ndine Mfumu ya Ayuda.’”
22Pilato anayankha kuti, “Chimene ndalemba, ndalemba.”
23Asilikali atapachika Yesu, anatenga zovala zake, nazigawa magawo anayi, gawo limodzi kwa msilikali aliyense, ndi malaya omwe. Koma malaya aja analibe msoko, analukidwa gulu limodzi kuchokera pamwamba mpaka pansi. 24Choncho anawuzana wina ndi mnzake kuti, “Tisaling'ambe, koma tichite maere kuti tione amene adzalitenga.” Izi zinachitika kuti lemba likwaniritsidwe limene linati, “Anagawana zovala zanga pakati pawo, ndipo anachita maere pa chovala changa.” Choncho asilikali anachita zimenezi.
25Pafupi ndi mtanda wa Yesu panayima amayi ake, ndi mchemwali wa amayi ake, Mariya mkazi wa Kolopa, ndi Mariya Magadalena.
26Yesu pamene anaona amayi ake ndi wophunzira amene anamukonda ataima pomwepo, anati kwa amayiwo, “Amayi, nayu mwana wanu.” 27Kenaka anati kwa wophunzirayo, “Nayu amayi ako.” Ndipo kuyambira ora limenelo, wophunzirayo anamutenga kupita naye kwawo.
Kwatha
28Zitatha izi, podziwa kuti zonse zatheka tsopano, Yesu anati, kuti lemba likwaniritsidwe, “Ndili ndi ludzu.”
29Pomwepo panali mbiya yodzaza ndi vinyo wowawasa; ndipo anaviyika sipanji m'menemo, nachimanga pa tsinde la hisope, nachikweza kukamwa kwake.
30Yesu atalandira vinyo wowawasayo, anati, “Kwatha.” Ndipo anaweramitsa mutu wake, napereka mzimu wake.
31Popeza linali tsiku lokonzekera, ndipo Ayuda sanafune kuti mitembo ikhalebe pamtanda pa tsiku la Sabata—pakuti Sabata limenelo linali tsiku lapadera—anapempha Pilato kuti miyendo yawo iphwanyidwe, ndi kuti mitembo ichotsedwe. 32Choncho asilikali anabwera, naphwanya miyendo ya munthu woyamba, ndi ya winayo amene anapachikidwa pamodzi naye. 33Koma atafika pa Yesu, ndi kuona kuti anali atamwalira kale, sanaphwanye miyendo yake. 34Koma mmodzi wa asilikaliwo anamubaya m'nthiti ndi mkondo, ndipo nthawi yomweyo munatuluka magazi ndi madzi. a a v34 Yohane akutiuza kuti anaona izi ndi maso ake, ndipo akuzipereka ngati umboni wakuti Yesu anafadi. 35Iye amene anaona ndi maso ake wachitira umboni—ndipo umboni wake ngoona, ndipo iye akudziwa kuti akunena zoona—kuti inunso mukhulupirire. 36Pakuti zinthu izi zinachitika kuti lemba likwaniritsidwe lakuti, “Palibe fupa lake limodzi lomwe lidzaphwanyidwa.” 37Ndipo lemba linanso likunena kuti, “Adzamuyang'ana amene anamubaya.”
Yosefe ndi Nikodemo
38Zitatha izi, Yosefe wa ku Arimateya—amene anali wophunzira wa Yesu, koma mwachinsinsi, chifukwa choopa Ayuda—anapempha Pilato kuti amulole kuchotsa mtembo wa Yesu. Ndipo Pilato anavomera, choncho anabwera, nachotsa mtembowo. 39Nikodemo, amene poyamba anadza kwa Yesu usiku, anabweranso, atatenga msanganizo wa mure ndi aloe, pafupifupi mapaundi makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu zisanu. 40Anatenga mtembo wa Yesu, nawukulunga nsalu zabafuta pamodzi ndi zonunkhiritsa, monga mwa mwambo wa maliro wa Ayuda. 41Pamalo pamene anapachikidwa panali munda, ndipo m'mundamo munali manda atsopano mmene munalibe wina amene anayikidwamo. 42Popeza linali tsiku lokonzekera la Ayuda, ndipo manda anali pafupi, anamuyika Yesu momwemo.