Yezu Aperekwa kuna Pilato
Pilato asadziwa kuti ndi nsanje, mbwenye atawira pidasankhula mwinji Barabha. Anyankhondo amuseka ninga mambo. Iye akhomerwa pa mtanda pa ora ya cipfemba, akhuwa kuti Mulungu amusiya, mbafa mu mdima. Nkulu wa anyankhondo na akazi akhaona ndiwo okha asala.
15 1Namacibese, akulu a anyantsembe, akulu a mbumba, anyakulemba, pabodzi na nsonkhano onsene, acita nkhani pabodzi pawo, amanga Yezu, mbankwata, mbampereka kuna Pilato.
2Pilato ambvundza: “Imwe ndimwe Mambo wa Ajuda?” Yezu atawira: “Imwe mwalonga tenepo.”
3Akulu a anyantsembe akhampambizira pinthu pizinji. 4Na tenepo Pilato ambvundzambo pontho: “Imwe nkhabepo cakutawira? Onani pinthu pizinji pinakupambizirani iwo.”
5Mbwenye Yezu nee alongapo cinthu, na Pilato adzumatirwa.
6Pa n'dzidzi wa phwando, Pilato akhasudzulira iwo munthu m'bodzi wa m'ndende, ule akhafuna iwo. 7Mamuna m'bodzi akhacemerwa Barabha akhali m'ndende pabodzi na anyakupanduka ale adapha anthu mu n'dzidzi wa kupanduka. 8Mwinji wa anthu ubwera, mbutoma kuphemba Pilato toera kuacitira pinthu pikhacita iye ntsiku zonsene. 9Pilato atawira: “Musafuna kuti ndikusudzulireni Mambo wa Ajuda?” 10thangwi iye akhadziwa kuti akulu a anyantsembe ampereka thangwi ya bibvu. 11Mbwenye akulu a anyantsembe akulumiza mwinji toera Pilato aasudzulire Barabha m'mbuto mwace. 12Pilato aabvundzambo pontho: “Munafuna kuti ndicitenji na ule munancemera Mambo wa Ajuda?”
13Iwo akhuwa: “Mukhomereni pa ntanda!”
14Pilato ambvundza: “Thangwi yanji? Acita cakuipa canji?” Mbwenye iwo akhuwa kakamwe: “Mukhomereni pa ntanda!”
15Toera kukomeresa mwinji, Pilato aasudzulira Barabha. Acitisa kuti Yezu akwapulwe, mbampereka toera akhomerwe pa ntanda.
Anyankhondo Asingirira Mambo
16Anyankhondo ankwata mbamuendesa n'kati mwa nyumba ya ntongi (nyumba ikulu ya kutonga), mbacemera nsoka onsene wa anyankhondo. 17Iwo ambvazika nguwo ya pepu, mbapota korowa ya minga, mbaiikha pa musolo wace. 18Mbatoma kumumwanyika: “Moni, Mambo wa Ajuda!” 19Akhamenya musolo wace na nthonga, mbamuthira mata, mbagodama pamaso pace mwakunsingirira. 20Pakumala kunsingirira, abvula nguwo ya pepu, mbambvazika nguwo zace, buluka penepo amukwata toera kunkhomera pa ntanda.
Mwana Akhomerwa pa Ntanda
21Akakamiza mamuna m'bodzi akhapita, ule akhabwera kumunda — Simau wa ku Kurene, baba wa Alexandre na Rufo — toera athukule ntanda wace. 22Amukwata Yezu mbaenda naye ku mbuto yakucemerwa Gologota (pinabveka kuti, Mbuto ya Dengwa). 23Ampasa vinyu yakusanganizwa na mira, mbwenye iye nee aitambira.
24Ankhomera pa ntanda. Agawana nguwo zace, mbacita maningo toera kudziwa cinafuna kutambira munthu m'bodzi na m'bodzi. 25Ikhali ora yacipfemba namacibese pidankhomera iwo pa ntanda. 26Cilembo ca mulandu wace cikhalonga: MAMBO WA AJUDA. 27Ankhomera anyakupanduka awiri pabodzi na Iye, m'bodzi ku madyo pace, unango ku bzere pace. a a v27 Mabukhu akale kakamwe nkhabe na vesi 28 pano; makopiya acanduma asathimiza: “Na Lemba akwanirisika, ale analonga: ‘Iye awerengwa pabodzi na anyakudawa.’”
29Ale akhapita akhanxinga, mbagwedza misolo yawo, mbalonga: “A! Imwe ale anapwanya templo mbaimanga mu ntsiku zitatu, 30pulumusani ekhanu, bulukani pa ntanda!”
31Munjira ibodzi ene, akulu a anyantsembe na anyakulemba akhansingirira pakati pawo: “Apulumusa anango; iye ekha nkhabe kukwanisa kudzipulumusa. 32Kirixtu, Mambo wa Izarayeli, mbabuluke cincino pa ntanda, toera ife tione mbatikhulupira.” Anyakukhomerwa pabodzi na iye akhanxingambo.
Mwana wa Baba Abuluka Moyo
33Pakati pa ntsiku, cidima cabwera pa dziko yonsene mpaka ora yacitatu namasikati.
34Pa ora yacitatu namasikati, Yezu akhuwa na mphambvu: “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabakitani?” pinabveka kuti: “Mulungu wanga, Mulungu wanga, thangwi yanji mwandisiya?”
35Anango ale akhaima cifupi, pidabva iwo penepi, alonga: “Bverani, iye ankucemera Eliya.”
36M'bodzi athamanga, mbadzaza sponja na vinyu yakuwawa, mbaiikha pa nthete, mbampasa toera amwe. “Siyani,” iye alonga, “tione khala Eliya anabwera kudzambulusa pa ntanda.”
37Na kukhuwa kukulu, Yezu abuluka moyo. 38Na nguwo ikulu ya templo yang'ambuka pakati, kuyambira padzulu mpaka pantsi. 39Nkulu wa anyankhondo ule akhaima patsogolo pa Yezu, pidaona iye kuti Iye abuluka moyo tenepa, alonga: “Ndimo mwene, mamuna uyu akhali Mwana wa Mulungu.”
40Pontho akhalipombo akazi akhaonera buluka kutali, pakati pawo Maria Madhalena, Maria mai wa Tiyago n'gono na Yose, na Salome. 41Akazi awa akhadantowera mu Galileya, mbantumikira; akhalipombo anango azinji ale abwera pabodzi na Iye ku Yerusalema.
Aikhwa M'nthumbi
42Pakufika namaul'ro, nakuti ikhali Ntsiku ya Kukhunganya — ntsiku yakutsogolera Sabudu. 43Zuze wa ku Arimateya, m'bodzi wa anyansonkhano wakulemedzwa, ule iye ekha akhadikhira Umambo wa Baba wathu, acita cipapo mbaenda kuna Pilato, mbaphemba manungo a Yezu. 44Pilato adzumatirwa kuti Iye afa kale; mbacemera nkulu wa anyankhondo, ambvundza khala Yezu afa kale kwa n'dzidzi uzinji. 45Pidadziwa iye kwa nkulu wa anyankhondo kuti pikhali tenepo, apasa Zuze manungo. 46Zuze agula nguwo ya linyu, mbatsitsa manungo pa ntanda, mbamufunga na nguwo ineyi, mbamuikha m'nthumbi yakusemwa pa mwala. Buluka penepo, akung'unusira mwala toera kufunga nsuwo wa nthumbi. 47Maria Madhalena na Maria mai wa Yose aona mbuto ikhaikhwa Iye.
