Mark 15

15 ¹Wen morning break, di chief priests, elders, scribes, and di whole council come gather togeda take counsel, dem tie Jesus, carry am go, and hand am give Pilate.

²Pilate ask am, “You be di King of di Jews?” Jesus answer, “Na you talk so.”

³Di chief priests continue to accuse am for plenty things. ⁴So Pilate ask am again, “You no get any answer? See how plenty di things wey dem dey charge you.”

⁵But Jesus no talk anytin again, and e make Pilate wonder well well.

⁶Now, for di festival, Pilate dey release one prisoner give dem—anybody wey dem ask for. ⁷One man wey dem dey call Barabbas dey for prison wit di rebels wey don kill person for di uprising. ⁸Di crowd come up and begin ask Pilate make e do for dem wetin e dey always do. ⁹Pilate answer, “You want make I release di King of di Jews give una?” ¹⁰Because e know say na jealousy make di chief priests hand am over. ¹¹But di chief priests stir up di crowd make dem beg say make e release Barabbas give dem instead. ¹²Pilate ask dem again, “So wetin una want make I do wit di one wey una dey call King of di Jews?”

¹³Dem shout back, “Nail am for cross!”

¹⁴Pilate ask, “Why? Wetin bad e do?” But dem just shout louder, “Nail am for cross!”

¹⁵To satisfy di crowd, Pilate release Barabbas give dem. E make dem flog Jesus, and hand am over make dem nail am for cross.

Di Soldiers Dey Mock di King

¹⁶Di soldiers carry am go inside di palace (di governor headquarters) and call di whole company of soldiers come togeda. ¹⁷Dem dress am wit purple cloth, twist crown of thorns togeda, and put am for im head. ¹⁸And dem begin salute am, “We greet you, King of di Jews!” ¹⁹Dem dey beat im head wit staff, spit for im body, and kneel down dey do like say dem dey worship am. ²⁰After dem don mock am, dem comot di purple cloth and put im own cloth for im body, den carry am comot go nail am for cross.

Dem Nail di Pikin For Cross

²¹Dem force one man wey dey pass, wey dey come from di village—Simon of Cyrene, di papa of Alexander and Rufus—make e carry im cross. ²²Dem bring Jesus go di place wey dem dey call Golgotha (wey mean Place of Skull). ²³Dem offer am wine wey dem mix wit myrrh, but e no take am.

²⁴Dem nail am for cross. Dem share im clothes among demsef, dey cast lots to see wetin each person go get. ²⁵Na nine o'clock for morning wen dem nail am for cross. ²⁶Di notice wey dem write for di charge against am read: DI KING OF DI JEWS. ²⁷Dem nail two rebels for cross wit am, one for im right hand and one for im left hand. ^a a v27 Di manuscripts wey old pass no get verse 28 for here; di copies wey come later add: “And di Scripture wey talk say, ‘Dem count am among di people wey break law,’ come happen finish.”

²⁹Dem wey dey pass insult am, dey shake dem head, dey talk, “Ha! You wey go break down di temple and build am for three days, ³⁰save yasef and comot for di cross!”

³¹For di same way, di chief priests and scribes dey mock am among demsef, “E save odas; but imsef e no fit save. ³²Make Christ, di King of Israel, comot for di cross now, so we go see and believe.” Dem wey dem nail for cross wit am sef dey insult am.

Di Papa im Pikin Breathe im Last Breath

³³For afternoon, darkness come cover di whole land until three o'clock for afternoon.

³⁴For three o'clock for afternoon, Jesus cry out wit loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” wey mean, “My God, my God, why you don forsake me?”

³⁵Wen some of di people wey stand near hear dis, dem talk, “Listen, e dey call Elijah.”

³⁶One person run, fill sponge wit sour wine, put am for reed, and give am make e drink. E talk, “Leave am, make we see if Elijah go come take am down.”

³⁷Wit loud cry, Jesus breathe im last breath. ³⁸And di curtain of di temple tear into two, from di top reach di bottom. ³⁹Di centurion wey stand face Jesus see how e breathe im last breath, and e talk, “True true, dis man na di Pikin of God.”

⁴⁰Some women dey watch from far too, including Mary Magdalene, Mary di mama of James di younger one and Joses, and Salome. ⁴¹Dis women don dey follow am for Galilee dey serve am; plenty odas wey come up wit am go Jerusalem dey dere too.

Dem Lay Am For Inside Tomb

⁴²Evening don reach, and e be Preparation Day—di day before di Sabbath. ⁴³Joseph of Arimathea, one important council member wey imsef dey wait for di kingdom of our Papa, gada mind go meet Pilate go ask for Jesus body. ⁴⁴Pilate surprise say Jesus don die already; e call di centurion come, and ask am if Jesus don die tey. ⁴⁵Wen e hear from di centurion say na so, e give di body to Joseph. ⁴⁶Joseph buy linen cloth, take di body come down, wrap am for di cloth, and lay am for inside one tomb wey dem cut from rock. Den e roll one stone put for di door of di tomb. ⁴⁷Mary Magdalene and Mary di mama of Joses see di place wey dem lay am.