Luka 23
1 La mwer kanka ceko gwam kweri cin bouki Yecu kabum Bilatu.
Then they all rose in a body and led Jesus before Pilate.
2 Cin teri ci mwel cinen ti, ciki, “nyim fiya nii wo lentang ti ki bi tineu beu, ywam neka dorek ti kaicar nin la ciki toki ciki “Co ki bwico cin kiritti, Liyau”
And they began to accuse him, ‘This is a man whom we found misleading our people, preventing them from paying taxes to the Emperor, and giving out that he himself is “Christ, a king.”’
3 Bilatu me co, ki “Mo liya Yahuda wa ka?” Yecu ciya cinen ciki “mwi tok nyo”
‘Are you the king of the Jews?’ Pilate asked him. ‘It is true,’ replied Jesus.
4 Bilatu yi nob wabebo, dortinibo kange mwer kange kako ducce, “Ma fiyabo bwirang ke nii wonin.
But Pilate, turning to the chief priests and the people, said, ‘I do not see anything to find fault with in this man.’
5 Dila ciin tii tokkako ciiki, ci kung nubo nin neer ti, ciki merangi mor Yahuda gwam tabti Galili bou ciki fiye wo nin.
But they insisted, ‘He is stirring up the people by his teaching all through Judea; he began with Galilee and has now come here.’
6 La kambo Bilatu nuwa weri, cin me keno Yecu nii Galili ri,
Hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean;
7 kambo ci nyimonki Yecu ki no biten liyare Bilatu weri cin tungken Yecu Bilatu nin, wo ki bwiico yim mor Urucalima ki kumeni curo weu.
and, having satisfied himself that Jesus came under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who also was at Jerusalem at the time.
8 Fiyawo Hiridu to Yecu, cin bilangi wori ci cui, toka Yecu ti ki kwitangka. Cin nuwa ker dorcerla ci cuiti naci to diker nyimankako Yecu ma tiye.
When Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly pleased, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, having heard a great deal about him; and he was hoping to see some sign given by him.
9 Hiridu merang Yecu kero kila kila dila Yecu karci nen bo ker.
So he questioned him at some length, but Jesus made no reply.
10 Nob wale bo durtini kange nob mulangkabo tii, mwelco ti kibi kwam.
Meanwhile the chief priests and the teachers of the Law stood by and vehemently accused him.
11 Hiridu kange nob kweneb ceko torang Yecu, yila ci buo co. La cin du dinen kwilen do yor yore ricin yilaken kico Bilatu nin.
And Herod, with his soldiers, treated Jesus with scorn; he mocked him by throwing a gorgeous robe round him, and then sent him back to Pilate.
12 La Hiridu kange Bilatu yilam bifarak ki diye curo, no cin nob kiyeb bwitici.
And Herod and Pilate became friends that very day, for before that there had been ill-will between them.
13 Bilatu la cou nob wabeb durtimbo kange nob liyare bo wari kange nubo duce.
So Pilate summoned the chief priests, and the leading men, and the people,
14 La cin yi ci, “Kom bo men ki nii wo na nii lentangti ki nube, la kom to, min merangco kakom ri mi fiya bo bwiranke cinen dor diker wo kom mwelcinen tiyeu
and said to them, ‘You brought this man before me charged with misleading the people; and yet, for my part, though I examined him before you, I did not find this man to blame for any of the things of which you accuse him;
15 Mani, Hiridu ken yila binen ki co, la koto, kange diker mani wo nii wo mani lam bwere.
nor did Herod either; for he has sent him back to us. And, as a fact, he has not done anything deserving death;
16 La man macinen bi mwerum nami nyem kang cinen”.
so I will have him scourged, and then release him.’
17 La nanger Bilatu na cok Yahuda wa nin nii wiin ki duk lume.
18 Dila gwamce cin kung diiro cuko wiin “ko cu ki nii wo, na ko cok nyinen Barabbal.
But they began to shout as one man, ‘Kill this fellow, but release Barabbas for us.’
19 Barabba nii wo ci dok ken Fucina ki kungka kiyana cinanlor kange twalka nobek.
(Barabbas was a man who had been put in prison for a riot that had broken out in the city and for murder.)
20 Bilatu yiki ker tak, nui ti naci nyengun kang Yecu.
Pilate, however, wanting to release Jesus, called to them again;
21 Dila cin kung diro, ciki “kulken co, kulken co”.
but they kept calling out, ‘Crucify, crucify him!’
22 Cin yici tanre ceu, “Ye bwiye, dikero bwirko wuni nii wo man? ma fiya bo bwiranke wo lam bware cinen. La kambo mi macinen bi mwerume ri man nyengum kang cinen”
‘Why, what harm has this man done?’ Pilate said to them for the third time. ‘I have found nothing in him for which he could be condemned to death. So I will have him scourged, and then release him.’
23 La cin titen ki duro dur cii cuito na kulken co. Diir cero dok Bilatu ciyaka.
But they persisted in loudly demanding his crucifixion; and their clamour gained the day.
24 La Bilatu ciya kini cero,
Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.
25 ciin nyengum kang wo ci meu nin, wo ci dok ken fucina ki kungka kiyancek kange twalka nubeke. Dila cin neken Yecu ki cuika ceko.
He released the man who had been put in prison for riot and murder, as they demanded, and gave Jesus up to be dealt with as they pleased.
26 Kambo ci yaken ti kice ri, cin tam nii kange ciman wo kwane, ci ceru cinan lor, dila cin yo cinen ti kwoblom bwatiyem bo duncer, ci bwangten Yecu.
And, as they were leading Jesus away, they laid hold of Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and they put the cross on his shoulders, for him to carry it behind Jesus.
27 Mwerka nube ko duce kange wo natubo ceu wo ii co Hiridu, ma kang bwaa ti dor cereu.
There was a great crowd of people following him, many being women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him.
28 Dila cin yila cinen di, Yecu yiki, “Bi wutobo Urucalima, kom cire wiye dor miirm dila kom cii wiye dor kumer kange dor bibeyo lakumeu.
So Jesus turned and said to them, ‘Women of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
29 La kom to, kumeni ber wo ciya tok ti ki, “Bi bwiyer ki nubo burombo combulome kange burom bo ci nom bo yiir cero wiyeu.
A time, I tell you, is coming, when it will be said – “Happy are the women who are barren, and those who have never borne children or nursed them!”
30 La ciya teri ci yi bangtini ko ti, “Yaru dor nyer' kange dunletini, cumom nyo.
At that time people will begin to say to the mountains “Fall on us,” and to the hills “Cover us.”
31 La no ci yan ma dikero buroki kwama wo tiyo yibereri, ye a bwi tiye no ci kwicimri?”
If what you see is done while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?’
32 Nubo kangem bo, nob bwirankereb yob cin yaken kici kange co naci twalci wari.
There were two others also, criminals, led out to be executed with Jesus.
33 Ki kwama wo ci bou fiye ci cuo ti ki “Kwace duce” wi ci kui co kange nob bwirangkebo yobeu wiin kanko catiyer cer la wiin mok ceko nin.
When they had reached the place called “The Skull,” there they crucified Jesus and the criminals, one on the right, and one on the left.
34 Yecu yi ki, “kwama, yabcinen wori, ci nyombo dike ci ma tiyeu”. La ciin mer dacen, ciin tikangum belle ceu.
Then Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing.’ His clothes they divided among them by casting lots.
35 Nubo tirangum ki toi kambo liyab cebo buwo co ti ken ki “cin cer kangeribo. Ca cer dur cero no cin kiritti kwama, wo ci cokke ri!”
Meanwhile the people stood looking on. Even the leading men said with a sneer, ‘He saved others, let him save himself, if he is God’s Christ, his chosen one.’
36 Nob kwenebo nung co ken, bouti cinen, cine co mwembo fuwar ti,
The soldiers, too, came up in mockery, bringing him common wine,
37 ciki toki ki “No mo liya Yahudawari cer dor mwero”.
and saying as they did so, ‘If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.’
38 La yirome wi dor ceer, “Wo co liya Yahudawa”.
Above him were the words – “THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
39 Wiin mor nob bwirangke wo ci kulken ci wari yeu to co ki “Mwi kebo kiritti ya? cer dor mwero kange nyo”.
One of the criminals who were hanging beside Jesus railed at him. ‘Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us,’ he said.
40 Dila wincu werank co, ki, “Mani mwi cua tai kwama, kambo mwi mor bolang bwarek ko dong-dong kange ca?
But the other rebuked him. ‘Haven’t you,’ he said, ‘any fear of God, now that you are under the same sentence?
41 Be bifo weu dong-dong, wori bi ki yo diker date kange dike bi mane. Dila nii wo mabo dikero kange yorbe”
And we justly so, for we are only reaping our deserts, but this man has not done anything wrong.
42 La coki, “Yecu, kwi kimo no miw bou mor liyar mwek ri
Jesus,’ he went on, ‘do not forget me when you have come to your kingdom.’
43 Yecu yi co ki “Bilenke ma yinenti, duwen mwan yi kange mo mor dii kwama”.
And Jesus answered, ‘I tell you, this very day you will be with me in Paradise.’
44 La ki kwama wo kan kene ko nukkune, la kumta ciliu cumom dor bitinero gwam yaken cuko kang kene ko teer,
It was nearly midday, when a darkness came over the whole country, lasting until three in the afternoon,
45 kambo meu dome ri, yilanko mor bikur kwama re woran more yob.
the sun being eclipsed; and the Temple curtain was torn down the middle.
46 Ki wiye ki diro dur Yecu yiki, “Te, min neken dumemi kang mwek”, kambo ci tok we ri, cin bwiyam.
Then Jesus, with a loud cry, said, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.’ And with these words he expired.
47 La kambo nii dur nob kwenebe to diker maneri cin duktang kwama, ciki, “bicom, wo nii cak-cake”.
The Roman centurion, on seeing what had happened, praised God, exclaiming, ‘This must have been a good man!’
48 Ki kwama mwer kangka nobo duce wo bou na ci to dikero bi mane ri, cin yilaken ci kwa cang-cang ti.
All the people who had collected to see the sight watched what occurred, and then went home beating their breasts.
49 Dila nubo gwam wo nyumom ce, kange natubo bwangu co Galili yeu, cin tim kutan, cii to dikero buroti.
All the friends of Jesus had been standing at a distance, with the women who accompanied him from Galilee, watching all this.
50 La nii kange wi dendo ki Yucufu, wo wii mor nobo dure. Cin nii ken, ri cin nii cak-cake.
Now there was a man of the name of Joseph, who was a member of the Council, and who bore a good and upright character.
51 Nii wo ciyabo kange dikero ci fuwa kangeu kakaa dikero ci mancu. Ci ceru Arimatiya, bi ten Yahuda, la ciki nintang liyar kwamak.
(This man had not assented to the decision and action of the Council.) He belonged to Arimathea, a town in Judea, and lived in expectation of the kingdom of God.
52 Nii wo, ya Bilatu nin, la cin keni na neco curen bwi Yecu.
He now went to see Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus;
53 Cin cuku, cin cumon ki yilank linin ko ken. La cin yoken mor tuwe wo ci cuwe cuwe mor tere, wo ci fwerum bo nii wi yeu.
and, when he had taken it down, he wrapped it in a linen sheet, and laid him in a tomb cut out of stone, in which no one had yet been buried.
54 Kakuko co kakuk ywelkak, la kakuk fobka Yahudawa ko dadum.
It was the Preparation day, and just before the Sabbath began.
55 Natubo wo bou kange Yecu Galili ye bwangten lacintom tuweu. Kange kambo ci yom bwi ceu.
The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and saw the tomb and how the body of Jesus was laid,
56 Cin yilaken la cin ywellang kwilendo Ficange kange nuwang. La ki diye fobka Yahudawak ri cin fubom nawo werfundo to keu
and then went home, and prepared spices and perfumes. During the Sabbath they rested, as directed by the commandment.
