Mwana wa Atate wathu Aperekedwa kwa Pilato
Yudasi adzimangirira, Pilato asamba m'manja, asilikali aveka Yesu ngati mfumu yonyozedwa. Mdima uphimba dziko, ndipo iye afuula kuti Mulungu wamusiya, kenako amwalira. Nsalu yotchinga ing'ambika. Aikidwa m'manda obwereka, osindikizidwa chizindikiro ndi olonderedwa.
27 1M'mawa kunacha, ansembe akulu onse ndi akuluakulu a anthu anasonkhana, nakambirana kuti aphe Yesu. 2Choncho anammanga, namtengera, namupereka kwa Pilato bwanamkubwa.
3Pamenepo Yuda, amene anamupereka, ataona kuti Yesu wayenera kuphedwa, anamva chisoni, nabweza ndalama zasiliva makumi atatu kwa ansembe akulu ndi akuluakulu, 4nati, “Ndachimwa, pakuti ndapereka mwazi wosalakwa.” Iwo anati, “Ife tilibe nazo kanthu. Zioneni nokha.”
5Ndipo anaponya ndalama zasiliva zija m'kachisi, natuluka, nakadzimangirira yekha.
6Koma ansembe akulu anatola ndalama zasiliva zija, nati, “Sitiloledwa kuziyika mu chuma cha kachisi, chifukwa ndi malipiro a mwazi.” 7Choncho anakambirana, nagula ndi ndalamazo munda wa wowumba mbiya, kuti akhale manda a alendo. 8Nchifukwa chake munda umenewo wachedwa Munda wa Mwazi mpaka lero. 9Pamenepo panakwaniritsidwa chimene mneneri Yeremiya anayankhula, nati, “Anatenga ndalama zasiliva makumi atatu, mtengo wa Iye woikidwa ndi ena a ana a Israyeli, 10ndipo anazipereka kugula munda wa wowumba mbiya, monga momwe Atate wathu anandilamulira.”
Yesu Ayima Chete Pamaso pa Pilato
11Yesu anayima pamaso pa bwanamkubwa; ndipo bwanamkubwa anamufunsa nati, “Kodi Inu ndinu Mfumu ya Ayuda?” Yesu anati, “Mwanena ndinu.”
12Koma pamene anamuneneza ndi ansembe akulu ndi akuluakulu, Iye sanayankhe kanthu. 13Pamenepo Pilato anati kwa Iye, “Kodi simumva zinthu zambiri zimene akukunenezani?”
14Koma Iye sanamuyankhe ngakhale mawu amodzi, kotero kuti bwanamkubwa anazizwa kwambiri.
15Pa phwando lililonse bwanamkubwa anali ndi chizolowezi chomasula mkaidi mmodzi amene gulu la anthu limafuna. 16Pa nthawi imeneyo anali ndi mkaidi wotchuka wotchedwa Baraba. 17Pamene anasonkhana, Pilato anawafunsa nati, “Mukufuna kuti ndikumasulireni ndani—Baraba, kapena Yesu wotchedwa Khristu?” 18Pakuti anadziwa kuti anamupereka Iye chifukwa cha nsanje.
19Pamene anakhala pampando wa chiweruzo, mkazi wake anatumiza mawu kwa iye, nati, Usachite kanthu ndi munthu wolungama ameneyo, pakuti lero ndavutika kwambiri m'maloto chifukwa cha Iye.
20Koma ansembe akulu ndi akuluakulu anakopa magulu a anthu kuti apemphe Baraba, ndi kuti Yesu aphedwe. 21Bwanamkubwa anati, “Pa awiriwa mukufuna kuti ndikumasulireni uti?” Iwo anati, “Baraba.”
22Pilato anawafunsa nati, “Nanga ndichite chiyani ndi Yesu wotchedwa Khristu?” Onse anati, “Apachikidwe!”
23Iye anati, “Chifukwa chiyani? Walakwa chiyani?” Koma iwo anafuwula kwambiri, nati, “Apachikidwe!”
24Pamene Pilato anaona kuti sakanatha kuchita kanthu, koma m'malomwake chipolowe chinali kuyamba, anatenga madzi, nasamba m'manja pamaso pa gulu la anthu, nati, “Ine ndilibe mlandu wa mwazi wa munthu uyu; zioneni nokha.”
25Ndipo anthu onse anayankha, nati, “Mwazi wake ukhale pa ife ndi pa ana athu!” a a v25 Kunena kuti 'mwazi wake ukhale pa ife' kunali mawu akale amene gulu la anthu limavomereza mwalamulo mlandu ndi udindo wa makhalidwe pa imfa.
26Pamenepo anawamasulira Baraba, koma Yesu anamukwapula, namupereka kuti apachikidwe.
Asilikali Anyoza Mfumu
27Ndipo asilikali a bwanamkubwa anatenga Yesu, nalowa naye mu nyumba ya bwanamkubwa, nasonkhanitsa gulu lonse la asilikali kumuzungulira. 28Anamuvula zovala, namuveka mkanjo wofiira. 29Ndipo anapota chipewa cha minga, nachiyika pamutu pake, namupatsa bango m'dzanja lake lamanja, naguba maondo pamaso pake, namunyoza, nati, “Moni, Mfumu ya Ayuda!” 30Ndipo anamulavulira malovu, natenga bango lija, namumenya kumutu mobwerezabwereza. 31Atamaliza kumunyoza, anamuvula mkanjo uja, namuveka zovala zake, namutengera kuti akamupachike.
Mwana wa Mulungu Apachikidwa
32Pamene anali kutuluka, anapeza munthu wa ku Kurene wotchedwa Simoni, namukakamiza kuti anyamule mtanda wa Yesu. 33Ndipo pamene anafika pa malo otchedwa Gologota (kutanthauza Malo a Chigaza), 34anamupatsa vinyo wosakaniza ndi ndulu yowawa kuti amwe; Iye analawa, nakana kumwa. 35Ndipo atamupachika, anagawana zovala zake pochita maere. 36Pamenepo anakhala pansi, namulondera Iye pamenepo. 37Pamutu pake analemba mlandu wake, nati, “Uyu ndi Yesu, Mfumu ya Ayuda.”
38Pamenepo anthu achifwamba awiri anapachikidwa pamodzi ndi Iye, mmodzi kudzanja lamanja, winayo kudzanja lamanzere.
39Odutsa anamunyoza, nagwedeza mitu yawo, 40nati, “Inu amene mungagwetse kachisi ndi kuwumanganso m'masiku atatu—dzipulumutseni nokha! Ngati ndinu Mwana wa Mulungu, tsikani pamtanda!”
41Momwemonso ansembe akulu, pamodzi ndi alembi ndi akuluakulu, anamunyoza, nati, 42“Anapulumutsa ena; koma sangathe kudzipulumutsa yekha. Iye ndi Mfumu ya Israyeli—atsike tsopano pamtanda, ndipo ife tidzamkhulupirira. 43Amakhulupirira Mulungu—Mulungu amupulumutse tsopano, ngati amufuna, pakuti anati, ‘Ndine Mwana wa Mulungu.’” 44Ndipo anthu achifwamba amene anapachikidwa naye pamodzi anamunyozanso momwemonso.
Mwana Wosiyidwa Apereka Mzimu Wake
45Ndipo kuchokera masana mpaka koloko yachitatu ya masana, mdima unagwa pa dziko lonse.
46Pafupifupi koloko yachitatu ya masana, Yesu anafuwula mokweza, nati, “Eli, Eli, lema sabakitani?”—kutanthauza, “Mulungu wanga, Mulungu wanga, mwandisiyiranji?”
47Pamene ena a oyima pamenepo anamva zimenezi, anati, “Munthu uyu akuitana Eliya.” 48Mmodzi wa iwo anathamanga nthawi yomweyo, naviyika chinkhupule mu vinyo wosasa, nachiyika pa bango, namupatsa kuti amwe. 49Koma enawo anati, “Musiyeni. Tiyeni tione ngati Eliya adzabwera kudzamupulumutsa.”
50Ndipo Yesu anafuwulanso ndi mawu okweza, napereka mzimu wake. 51Mwadzidzidzi chinsalu cha m'kachisi chinang'ambika pakati, kuyambira pamwamba mpaka pansi. Dziko linagwedezeka, miyala inang'ambika. 52Manda anatseguka, ndipo mitembo yambiri ya oyera mtima amene anagona anaukitsidwa. 53Yesu ataukitsidwa, anatuluka m'manda, nalowa mu mzinda woyera, naonekera kwa anthu ambiri.
54Mkulu wa asilikali ndi amene anali naye kulondera Yesu, ataona chivomerezi ndi zimene zinachitika, anachita mantha kwambiri, nati, “Zoonadi munthu uyu anali Mwana wa Mulungu!”
55Amayi ambiri anapenya ali patali; iwo anamutsata Yesu kuchokera ku Galileya kuti amutumikire. 56Pakati pawo panali Mariya wa ku Magidala, Mariya amayi a Yakobo ndi Yosefe, ndi amayi a ana a Zebedayo.
Yesu Ayikidwa M'manda
57Pakati pa madzulo panafika munthu wolemera wa ku Arimateya dzina lake Yosefe, amene analinso wophunzira wa Yesu. 58Iye anapita kwa Pilato, napempha mtembo wa Yesu. Pamenepo Pilato analamula kuti aupereke kwa iye. 59Yosefe anatenga mtembo, nauluka ndi nsalu yoyera ya bafuta, 60nauyika m'manda ake atsopano, amene anasema m'thanthwe, nagubuduza mwala waukulu pa khomo la manda, nachoka. 61Mariya wa ku Magidala ndi Mariya winayo anali pamenepo, atakhala moyang'anizana ndi manda.
Manda Asindikizidwa ndi Kulondedwa
62Mmawa mwake—pambuyo pa Tsiku Lokonzekera—ansembe akulu ndi Afarisi anasonkhana pamaso pa Pilato, 63nati, “Mbuye, tikukumbukira kuti wonyenga uja, ali moyo, anati, ‘Pambuyo pa masiku atatu ndidzauka.’ 64Choncho lamulani kuti manda atetezedwe mpaka tsiku lachitatu, kuopa kuti ophunzira ake angadze, namuba, nkukauza anthu kuti, ‘Waukitsidwa kwa akufa.’ Chinyengo chomaliza chimenechi chingakhale choyipa kuposa choyamba.”
65Pilato anati kwa iwo, “Muli ndi alonda. Pitani, mutetezeni momwe mungathere.” 66Choncho anapita, nateteza manda posindikiza mwala ndi kuyika alonda.