Akasekwa Akapfekedzwa Korona Yeminzwa
Arohwa netyava, apfekedzwa korona yeminzwa, aratidzwa pachena, Jesu anoiswa mumaoko avo vaprista vakuru pavanoti havana mambo kunze kwaKesari. Anotakura muchinjikwa wake pachake, anopa mai vake kumudzidzi waaida, oti zvapera, ofa. Josefa naNikodhimo vanomuviga mubindu.
19 1Ipapo Pirato akatora Jesu akaita kuti arohwe netyava. 2Varwi vakaruka korona yeminzwa, vakaidzika pamusoro wake, vakamupfekedza nguo yepepuru. 3Vakaramba vachiuya kwaari, vachiti, “Kwaziwai, Mambo wavaJudha!” uye vakamurova mbama kumeso.
4Pirato akabudazve akati kwavari, “Tarirai, ndiri kumuburitsa kwamuri, kuti muzive kuti handiwani mhosva maari.” 5Saka Jesu akabuda akapfeka korona yeminzwa nenguo yepepuru. Pirato akati kwavari, “Hoyu munhu!”
6Vaprista vakuru navarindi pavakamuona, vakadanidzira vachiti, “Murovererei pamuchinjikwa! Murovererei pamuchinjikwa!” Pirato akati kwavari, “Mutorei imi mumene mumuroverere, nokuti handiwani mhosva maari.”
7VaJudha vakamupindura vachiti, “Isu tine mutemo; maererano nomutemo iwoyo anofanira kufa, nokuti akazviita Mwanakomana waMwari.”
8Pirato paakanzwa izvi, akatonyanya kutya. 9Akapindazve mumuzinda akabvunza Jesu akati, “Munobvawo kupi?” Asi Jesu haana kumupindura. 10Saka Pirato akati kwaari, “Hamutauri neni here? Hamuzivi here kuti ndine simba rokukusunungurai, uye simba rokukurovererai pamuchinjikwa?”
11Jesu akamupindura akati, “Ungadai usina simba pamusoro pangu zvachose kana usina kuripiwa kubva kudenga. Ndokusaka uyo akandikumikidza kwauri ane chivi chikuru.”
12Kubva ipapo, Pirato akaedza kumusunungura, asi vaJudha vakadanidzira vachiti, “Kana mukamusunungura, hamusi shamwari yaKesari. Ani naani anozviita mambo anopikisa Kesari.”
13Paakanzwa mashoko aya, Pirato akabudisa Jesu akagara pachigaro chokutonga panzvimbo inonzi Chivanze cheMabwe—muchiAramaiki Gabhata. 14Raiva Zuva Rokugadzirira Pasika, panenge masikati makuru. Akati kuvaJudha, “Hoyu Mambo wenyu!”
15Vakadanidzira vachiti, “Mubvisei! Mubvisei! Murovererei pamuchinjikwa!” Pirato akavabvunza akati, “Ndoroverera mambo wenyu here?” Vaprista vakuru vakapindura vachiti, “Hatina mambo kunze kwaKesari.”
Akakumikidzwa
16Saka akazomukumikidza kwavari kuti arovererwe pamuchinjikwa. Saka vakatora Jesu, 17akatakura muchinjikwa wake, akaenda kunzvimbo inonzi Nzvimbo yeDehenya, inonzi Gorogota muchiAramaiki. 18Ipapo vakamuroverera pamuchinjikwa, pamwe navamwe vaviri, mumwe kurutivi rumwe norumwe, Jesu ari pakati. 19Pirato akanyorawo chiziviso akachiisa pamuchinjikwa, achiti: Jesu weNazareta, Mambo wavaJudha. 20VaJudha vazhinji vakaverenga chiziviso ichi, nokuti nzvimbo yakarovererwa Jesu yakanga iri pedyo neguta; chakanga chakanyorwa muchiAramaiki, muchiLatini, nomuchiGiriki. 21Saka vaprista vakuru vavaJudha vakati kuna Pirato, “Musanyora kuti ‘Mambo wavaJudha,’ asi kuti ‘Munhu uyu akati, Ndini Mambo wavaJudha.’”
22Pirato akapindura akati, “Zvandanyora, ndanyora.”
23Pavakapedza kuroverera Jesu, varwi vakatora nguo dzake vakadzikamura migove mina, mumwe nomumwe kumurwi mumwe nomumwe, vakatorawo nguo yomukati. Nguo yomukati yakanga isina musono, yakarukwa yakabatana kubva kumusoro kusvika pasi. 24Saka vakataurirana vachiti, “Ngatiregei kuibvarura, asi ngatikande mijenya kuti ndiani achaiwana.” Izvi zvakaitika kuti Rugwaro ruzadziswe runoti, “Vakagovana nguo dzangu, vakakanda mijenya pamusoro pechipfeko changu.” Saka varwi vakaita izvi.
25Mai vake, mununʼuna wamai vake, Maria mukadzi waKiropa, naMaria Magadharini vakamira pedyo nomuchinjikwa waJesu.
26Achiona mai vake nomudzidzi waaida vamire ipapo, Jesu akati kwaari, “Mai, hoyu mwanakomana wenyu.” 27Ipapo akati kumudzidzi, “Ava mai vako.” Kubva paawa iyoyo, mudzidzi akavatora akaenda navo kumba kwake.
Zvapera
28Shure kwaizvozvi, achiziva kuti zvose zvakanga zvapera, Jesu akati, kuti Rugwaro ruzadziswe, “Ndine nyota.”
29Pakanga pane chirongo chizere newaini inovava; vakanyika chipanje mairi, vakachibatanidza parutsanga rwehisopi, vakachisimudzira kumuromo wake.
30Jesu akatora waini inovava akati, “Zvapera.” Akakotamisa musoro wake akapa mweya wake.
31Sezvo raiva Zuva Rokugadzirira, uye vasingadi kuti mitumbi isare pamuchinjikwa panguva yeSabata—nokuti Sabata iroro raiva zuva rinokosha—vaJudha vakakumbira Pirato kuti makumbo avo avhuniwe uye mitumbi ibviswe. 32Saka varwi vakauya vakavhuna makumbo omunhu wokutanga, kwozoti omumwe akanga arovererwa pamwe chete naye. 33Asi pavakasvika kuna Jesu, vakaona kuti akanga atofa, havana kuvhuna makumbo ake. 34Asi mumwe wavarwi akabaya rutivi rwake nepfumo, pakarepo kukabuda ropa nemvura. a a v34 Johani ari kutiudza kuti akazviona iye pachake, uye anozvipa souchapupu hwokuti Jesu akanga atofa zvechokwadi. 35Chapupu chakazviona chakapupura—uye uchapupu hwake ihwo hwechokwadi, uye anoziva kuti anotaura chokwadi—kuti nemiwo mutende. 36Nokuti zvinhu izvi zvakaitika kuti Rugwaro ruzadziswe runoti, “Hakuna kana pfupa rake rimwe richavhuniwa.” 37Uyezve rumwe Rugwaro runoti, “Vachatarira kuna iye wavakabaya.”
Josefa naNikodhimo
38Shure kwaizvozvo, Josefa weArimatiya—mudzidzi waJesu, asi muchivande, nokutya vaJudha—akakumbira Pirato kuti amubvumire kubvisa mutumbi waJesu. Pirato akabvuma, saka akauya akaubvisa. 39Nikodhimo, uya akanga ambouya kuna Jesu usiku, akauyawo, akauya nemusanganiswa wemura nearosi, inenge makumi manomwe namashanu emapaundi. 40Vakatora mutumbi waJesu vakauputira nemicheka yemikaenga ine zvinonhuhwirira, sezvinoita tsika yokuviga yavaJudha. 41Panzvimbo paakarovererwa pakanga pane bindu, uye mubindu macho maiva neguva idzva makanga musati maiswa munhu. 42Nokuti raiva Zuva Rokugadzirira ravaJudha, uye guva racho raiva pedyo, vakaradzika Jesu ipapo.