Wolembedwa ndi Maliko
15 Mwamsanga mʼbandakucha, ansembe aakulu limodzi ndi akulu komanso alembi, kutanthauza Khoti lonse Lalikulu la Ayuda,* anasonkhana pamodzi kuti agwirizane zoti amuchite Yesu. Kenako anamumanga nʼkupita naye kukamupereka kwa Pilato.+ 2 Choncho Pilato anamufunsa kuti: “Kodi ndiwe Mfumu ya Ayuda?”+ Iye anayankha kuti: “Zili choncho, monga mmene mwanenera.”+ 3 Koma ansembe aakulu ankamuneneza zinthu zambiri. 4 Tsopano Pilato anamufunsanso kuti: “Kodi ukusowa choyankha?+ Taona kuchuluka kwa milandu imene akukuneneza.”+ 5 Koma Yesu sanayankhenso chilichonse, moti Pilato anadabwa kwambiri.+
6 Pa chikondwerero chilichonse, Pilato ankamasula mkaidi mmodzi amene anthu apempha.+ 7 Pa nthawiyo munthu wina dzina lake Baraba anali mundende limodzi ndi anthu oukira boma. Iwo anapha munthu pa nthawi imene ankaukira boma. 8 Choncho gulu la anthu linafika nʼkuyamba kupempha mogwirizana ndi zimene Pilato ankawachitira nthawi zonse. 9 Iye anawafunsa kuti: “Kodi mukufuna kuti ndikumasulireni Mfumu ya Ayuda?”+ 10 Chifukwa Pilato ankadziwa kuti ansembe aakulu anamupereka chifukwa cha kaduka.+ 11 Komabe ansembe aakulu analimbikitsa anthu kupempha kuti awamasulire Baraba.+ 12 Poyankha, Pilato anawafunsa kuti: “Nanga uyu amene mumati ndi Mfumu ya Ayuda, ndichite naye chiyani?”+ 13 Iwo anafuulanso kuti: “Apachikidwe ameneyo!”*+ 14 Koma Pilato anapitiriza kuwafunsa kuti: “Chifukwa chiyani? Kodi iyeyu walakwa chiyani?” Koma anthuwo anapitiriza kufuula mwamphamvu kuti: “Ameneyo apachikidwe basi!”*+ 15 Atatero, pofuna kukwaniritsa zofuna za anthuwo, Pilato anawamasulira Baraba. Ndiyeno analamula kuti Yesu akwapulidwe+ kenako anamupereka kuti akamuphe pomupachika pamtengo.+
16 Asilikali anamutenga nʼkupita naye mʼbwalo lapanyumba ya bwanamkubwa. Kumeneko anasonkhanitsa gulu lonse la asilikali.+ 17 Ndiyeno anamuveka chovala chapepo ndipo analuka chisoti chachifumu chaminga nʼkumuveka. 18 Tsopano anayamba kumufuulira kuti: “Moni, inu Mfumu ya Ayuda!”+ 19 Komanso ankamumenya mʼmutu ndi bango nʼkumamulavulira ndipo ankagwada nʼkumamuweramira. 20 Atamaliza kumunyozako, anamuvula chovala chapepo chija nʼkumuveka malaya ake akunja ndipo anatuluka naye kupita kukamukhomerera pamtengo.+ 21 Komanso iwo anakakamiza munthu wina amene ankangodutsa dzina lake Simoni wa ku Kurene kuti asenze mtengo wake wozunzikirapo.* Iyeyu ankachokera kudera lakumidzi ndipo anali bambo wa Alekizanda ndi Rufu.+
22 Choncho anafika naye pamalo otchedwa Gologota. Liwuli akalimasulira limatanthauza, “Malo a Chibade.”+ 23 Kumeneko anayesa kumupatsa vinyo wosakaniza ndi mule,+ koma iye anakana. 24 Ndipo anamukhomerera pamtengo nʼkugawana malaya ake akunja pochita maere pa malayawo, kuti aone chimene munthu aliyense angatenge.+ 25 Ndiyeno nthawi ili cha mʼma 9 koloko mʼmawa,* iwo anamukhomerera pamtengo. 26 Mawu osonyeza mlandu umene anamuphera anawalemba kuti: “Mfumu ya Ayuda.”+ 27 Komanso iwo anapachika pamtengo achifwamba awiri limodzi ndi iye. Mmodzi anamupachika kudzanja lake lamanja ndipo wina anali kumanzere kwake.+ 28*—— 29 Anthu amene ankadutsa pafupi ankanena mawu onyoza Yesu ndipo ankapukusa mitu yawo+ nʼkumanena kuti: “Iwe amene unkanena kuti ungathe kugwetsa kachisi nʼkumumanga mʼmasiku atatu,+ 30 dzipulumutse potsika pamtengo wozunzikirapowo!”* 31 Chimodzimodzinso ansembe aakulu limodzi ndi alembi nawonso ankamunyoza. Iwo ankanena kuti: “Ena anatha kuwapulumutsa, koma kuti adzipulumutse yekha zikumukanika!+ 32 Tsopanotu Khristu, Mfumu ya Isiraeli, itsike pamtengo wozunzikirapowo,* kuti ife tione ndi kukhulupirira.”+ Nawonso achifwamba amene anapachikidwa naye limodzi aja ankamunyoza.+
33 Nthawi itakwana cha mʼma 12 koloko masana* kunagwa mdima mʼdziko lonselo, mpaka 3 koloko masana.*+ 34 Cha mʼma 3 kolokomo, Yesu anafuula mwamphamvu kuti: “Eʹli, Eʹli, laʹma sa·bach·thaʹni?” Mawu amenewa akawamasulira amatanthauza kuti: “Mulungu wanga, Mulungu wanga, mwandisiyiranji ine?”+ 35 Ena mwa anthu amene anaimirira chapafupi atamva zimenezo anayamba kunena kuti: “Tamverani! Akuitana Eliya.” 36 Kenako wina anathamanga kukaviika siponji muvinyo wowawasa ndipo anaiika kubango nʼkumupatsa kuti amwe.+ Iye ananena kuti: “Mulekeni! Tione ngati Eliya angabwere kudzamutsitsa.” 37 Koma Yesu anafuula mokweza mawu ndipo anatsirizika.+ 38 Ndiyeno nsalu yotchinga yamʼnyumba yopatulika+ inangʼambika pakati kuchokera pamwamba mpaka pansi.+ 39 Tsopano, mtsogoleri wa asilikali amene anaimirira chapafupi moyangʼanizana ndi Yesu, ataona zimene zinachitika pa nthawi imene anatsirizika, ananena kuti: “Ndithudi munthu uyu analidi Mwana wa Mulungu.”+
40 Panalinso azimayi amene ankaonerera chapatali ndithu. Ena mwa iwo anali Mariya wa ku Magadala, Mariya mayi a Yakobo Wamngʼono ndi Yose komanso panali Salome,+ 41 amene ankayenda naye limodzi nʼkumamutumikira+ pa nthawi imene anali ku Galileya. Panalinso azimayi ena ambiri amene anabwera naye limodzi kuchokera ku Yerusalemu.
42 Tsopano popeza anali madzulo kwambiri komanso linali Tsiku Lokonzekera, kapena kuti tsiku loti mawa lake ndi Sabata, 43 kunabwera Yosefe wa ku Arimateya, munthu wodziwika wa mʼKhoti Lalikulu la Ayuda, amenenso ankayembekezera Ufumu wa Mulungu. Iye anapita molimba mtima kwa Pilato kukapempha mtembo wa Yesu.+ 44 Koma Pilato ankakayikira ngati anali atamwalira kale. Choncho anaitanitsa mtsogoleri wa asilikali nʼkumufunsa ngatidi Yesu anali atamwalira kale. 45 Atatsimikizira kuchokera kwa mtsogoleri wa asilikaliyo, analola kuti Yosefe akatenge mtembowo. 46 Ndiyeno Yosefe atagula nsalu yabwino kwambiri nʼkumutsitsa, anamukulunga ndi nsaluyo nʼkumuika mʼmanda*+ amene anawasema mʼthanthwe. Kenako anagubuduza chimwala nʼkutseka pakhomo la mandawo.+ 47 Koma Mariya wa ku Magadala ndi Mariya mayi wa Yose, anapitiriza kuyangʼanitsitsa pamene anaikidwapo.+