Yesu ku Bwalo la Pilato

15 Mmamawa, akulu a ansembe pamodzi ndi akuluakulu, aphunzitsi amalamulo ndi olamulira onse anamanga fundo. Anamumanga Yesu, namutenga ndi kukamupereka kwa Pilato.

² Pilato anafunsa kuti, “Kodi Iwe ndi Mfumu ya Ayuda?”

Yesu anayankha kuti, “Mwatero ndinu.”

³ Akulu a ansembe anamunenera zinthu zambiri. ⁴ Ndipo Pilato anamufunsanso Iye kuti, “Kodi Iwe suyankhapo kanthu? Tamva zinthu zambiri akukunenerazi.”

⁵ Koma Yesu sanayankhebe, ndipo Pilato anadabwa.

⁶ Pa nthawi ya Phwando, panali chizolowezi chomasula munthu wamʼndende amene anthu amupempha. ⁷ Munthu wotchedwa Baraba anali mʼndende pamodzi ndi anthu owukira amene anapha anthu pa nthawi ya chipolowe. ⁸ Gulu la anthu linabwera kwa Pilato ndi kumufunsa kuti awachitire zimene amachita nthawi zonse.

⁹ “Kodi mukufuna kuti ndikumasulireni mfumu ya Ayuda?” Pilato anafunsa, ¹⁰ podziwa kuti akulu a ansembe anamupereka Yesu kwa iye chifukwa cha nsanje. ¹¹ Koma akulu a ansembe anasonkhezera anthu kuti Pilato amasule Baraba mʼmalo mwa Yesu.

¹² Pilato anawafunsa kuti, “Kodi nanga ndichite chiyani ndi uyu amene mukumutcha mfumu ya Ayuda?”

¹³ Anafuwula kuti, “Mpachikeni!”

¹⁴ Pilato anafunsa kuti, “Chifukwa chiyani? Wapalamula mlandu wotani?”

Koma anafuwula kwambiri, “Mpachikeni!”

¹⁵ Pilato pofuna kuwakondweretsa anthuwo, anawamasulira Baraba. Analamula kuti Yesu akwapulidwe mwankhanza, ndipo anamupereka kuti akapachikidwe.

Chipongwe cha Asilikali

¹⁶ Asilikali anamutenga Yesu ndi kupita naye mʼkati mwa nyumba yaufumu (dera lokhalako asilikali a mfumu) ndipo anasonkhanitsa gulu lonse la asilikali. ¹⁷ Anamuveka Iye mwinjiro wofiira, kenaka analuka chipewa cha minga ndi kuyika pa mutu pake. ¹⁸ Ndipo anayamba kunena kwa lye kuti, “Ulemu kwa inu Mfumu ya Ayuda!” ¹⁹ Ndipo anamugogoda pa mutu mobwerezabwereza ndi ndodo ndi kumulavulira. Anamugwadira ndi kumulambira Iye. ²⁰ Ndipo anamuchita chipongwe, anamuvula mwinjiro wofiira uja ndi kumuveka zovala zake. Kenaka anamutenga kuti akamupachike.

Yesu Apachikidwa pa Mtanda

²¹ Munthu wina ochokera ku Kurene, Simoni, abambo a Alekisanda ndi Rufasi amadutsa kuchokera ku dziko la kwawo, ndipo anamuwumiriza kuti anyamule mtanda. ²² Anafika naye Yesu pa malo otchedwa Gologota (kutanthauza kuti, malo a bade) ²³ Kenaka anamupatsa Iye vinyo wosakaniza ndi mure, koma Iye sanamwe. ²⁴ Ndipo anamupachika Iye. Anachita maere ogawana zovala zake kuti aone chimene aliyense angatenge.

²⁵ Linali ora lachitatu mmawa pamene anamupachika Yesu. ²⁶ Chikwangwani cholembedwapo mlandu wake chinali choti: mfumu ya ayuda. ²⁷ Achifwamba awiri anapachikidwanso pamodzi ndi Iye, wina kumanja kwake ndi wina kumanzere kwake. ²⁸ (Ndipo malemba anakwaniritsidwa amene amati, “Iye anayikidwa mʼgulu la anthu oyipa).” ²⁹ Amene amadutsa pafupi anamunenera mawu amwano, akupukusa mitu yawo ndi kuti, “Haa! Iwe amene udzawononga Nyumba ya Mulungu ndi kuyimanganso masiku atatu, ³⁰ tsika kuchoka pa mtandapo ndipo udzipulumutse wekha!”

³¹ Chimodzimodzinso akulu a ansembe ndi aphunzitsi amalamulo anamunyoza Iye pakati pawo. Iwo anati, “Anapulumutsa ena, koma sangathe kudzipulumutsa yekha! ³² Musiyeni Khristu, Mfumu ya Aisraeli, atsike tsopano kuchoka pa mtanda, kuti ife tione ndi kukhulupirira.” Iwonso amene anapachikidwa naye pamodzi anamulalatira.

Imfa ya Yesu

³³ Pa ora lachisanu ndi chimodzi masana mdima unabwera pa dziko lonse mpaka pa ora lachisanu ndi chinayi masana. ³⁴ Pa ora lachisanu ndi chinayi Yesu analira mofuwula kuti, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabakitani?” Kutanthauza kuti, “Mulungu wanga, Mulungu wanga, mwandisiyiranji Ine?”

³⁵ Ena amene anali pafupi atamva izi anati, “Tamverani, akuyitana Eliya.”

³⁶ Munthu wina anathamanga, natenga chinkhupule atachiviyika mu vinyo wosasa, anachizika ku mtengo, ndi kumupatsa Yesu kuti amwe. Munthuyo anati, “Musiyeni yekha tsopano. Tiyeni tione ngati Eliya angabwere kudzamutsitsa.”

³⁷ Ndi mawu ofuwula, Yesu anapuma komaliza.

³⁸ Chinsalu chotchinga cha mʼNyumba ya Mulungu chinangʼambika pakati kuyambira pamwamba mpaka pansi. ³⁹ Ndipo Kenturiyo, amene anayima patsogolo pa Yesu, atamva kulira kwake ndi kuona mmene anafera anati, “Zoonadi, uyu anali Mwana wa Mulungu.”

⁴⁰ Amayi ena anali patali kuonerera. Pakati pawo panali Mariya Magadalena, Mariya amayi a Yakobo wamngʼono ndi Yose ndi Salome. ⁴¹ Amayi awa ankamutsatira Iye mu Galileya ndi kumutumikira Iye pa zosowa zake. Amayi enanso ambiri amene anabwera naye ku Yerusalemu analinso pomwepo.

Yesu Ayikidwa Mʼmanda

⁴² Linali Tsiku Lokonzekera (kunena kuti, tsiku lomwe limatsatizana ndi Sabata). Choncho madzulo atayandikira, ⁴³ Yosefe wa ku Arimateyu, mkulu wolamulira odziwika bwino, amene amadikirira ufumu wa Mulungu, anapita kwa Pilato molimba mtima ndi kukapempha mtembo wa Yesu. ⁴⁴ Pilato anadabwa pakumva kuti anali atamwalira kale. Anayitana Kenturiyo, namufunsa ngati Yesu anali atamwalira kale. ⁴⁵ Atawuzidwa ndi Kenturiyo kuti zinali motero, anapereka mtembowo kwa Yosefe. ⁴⁶ Choncho Yosefe anagula nsalu yabafuta, natsitsa thupi, ndipo analikulunga mʼnsalu, naliyika mʼmanda amene anawagoba pa mwala. Kenaka anagubuduza mwala umene anatseka nawo mandawo. ⁴⁷ Mariya Magadalena ndi Mariya amayi a Yose anaona kumene anamuyika Yesu.