Matthew 27
1 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.
Ade kyee no, asɔfo mpanyin ne Yudafo mpanyin kɔɔ agyina, hwehwɛɛ ɔkwan a wɔbɛfa so ama wɔakum Yesu.
2 They bound him, led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
Afei wɔde nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn guu Yesu, de no baa Pilato a ɔyɛ Roma amrado no anim.
3 Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
Saa bere no ara mu na Yuda a oyii Yesu mae no huu sɛ wɔabu Yesu kumfɔ no, onuu ne ho yiye. Enti ɔsan de sika a ogye fii asɔfo mpanyin ne Yudafo mpanyin no nkyɛn no brɛɛ wɔn kae se,
4 saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”
“Mayɛ bɔne, efisɛ mayi onipa a ɔnyɛɛ bɔne biara no ama.” Wɔn nso kae se, “Ɛmfa yɛn ho. Ɛyɛ wo ara wʼasɛm.”
5 He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary and departed. Then he went away and hanged himself.
Ɔtow sika no guu asɔredan no mu, fii hɔ kɔsɛn ne ho.
6 The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.”
Asɔfo mpanyin no sesaw sika no kae se, “Yɛrentumi mfa saa sika yi mfra yɛn tow a yɛagye mu. Efisɛ yɛn mmara mma ho kwan sɛ yebegye sika a wɔde abɔ awudi ho paa.”
7 They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them to bury strangers in.
Wodwinnwen ho sii gyinae se, wɔde sika no bɛtɔ asase bi a wotu dɔte wɔ mu de nwen nkuku, na wɔde ɛhɔ ayɛ amusiei ama ahɔho a wobewu wɔ Yerusalem no.
8 Therefore that field has been called “The Field of Blood” to this day.
Enti na wɔda so frɛ saa asase no se, “Mogya Asase” de besi nnɛ yi.
9 Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced,
Eyi maa nea Odiyifo Yeremia kae se, “Wogyee dwetɛ mpɔw aduasa, bo a Israelfo sese huu sɛ ɛfata,
10 and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”
na wofii mu tɔɔ asase fii anwemfo nkyɛn, sɛnea Awurade hyɛɛ me” no baa mu.
11 Now Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said to him, “So you say.”
Afei wɔde Yesu begyinaa Pilato a ɔyɛ Roma amrado no anim. Obisaa Yesu se, “Wone Yudafo Hene no ana?” Yesu buae se, “Wo na woaka.”
12 When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
Nanso bere a asɔfo mpanyin ne Yudafo mpanyin reka nsɛm gu Yesu so no, wankasa.
13 Then Pilate said to him, “Don’t you hear how many things they testify against you?”
Pilato bisaa no se, “Wonte nea wɔreka no ana?”
14 He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.
Nanso Yesu anka hwee ma ɛyɛɛ amrado no nwonwa.
15 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner whom they desired.
Na ɛyɛ amrado no amanne sɛ afe biara Twam Afahyɛ mu no, ogyaa odeduani baako a ɔman no pɛ sɛ wogyaa no.
16 They had then a notable prisoner called Barabbas.
Saa afe no mu, na onipa bɔnefo bi a wɔfrɛ no Baraba nso da afiase.
17 When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”
Anɔpa no a nnipadɔm no hyiaa wɔ Pilato ahemfi anim hɔ no, Pilato bisaa wɔn se, “Hena na mopɛ sɛ migyaa no ma mo, Baraba anaa Yesu, mo Agyenkwa no?”
18 For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.
Na onim pefee sɛ Yudafo mpanyin no de ɔtan na akyere Yesu efisɛ na wagye din.
19 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.”
Pilato gu so redi Yesu asɛm no, ne yere soma ma wɔbɛka kyerɛɛ no se, “Gyaa onipa trenee no na ɔnkɔ ne baabi efisɛ anadwo yi, mesoo ne ho dae a ɛyɛ hu yiye maa me ho yeraw me.”
20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.
Nanso asɔfo mpanyin ne Yudafo mpanyin kasa kyerɛɛ dɔm no se, wommisa na wonnyaa Baraba mma wɔn na wonkum Yesu.
21 But the governor answered them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” They said, “Barabbas!”
Enti amrado no san bisaa wɔn se, “Nnipa baanu yi mu hena na mopɛ sɛ migyaa no ma mo?” Na dɔm no bɔ gyee so se, “Baraba!”
22 Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do to Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said to him, “Let him be crucified!”
Pilato bisaa wɔn bio se, “Sɛ saa de a, ɛno de, dɛn na menyɛ Yesu, mo Agyenkwa no?” Wɔn nyinaa bɔ gyee so bio se, “Bɔ no asennua mu!”
23 But the governor said, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, saying, “Let him be crucified!”
Pilato bisaa wɔn se, “Adɛn nti? Bɔne bɛn na wayɛ?” Nanso wɔkɔɔ so bɔ gyee so ara se, “Bɔ no asennua mu!”
24 So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”
Pilato huu sɛ ɔyɛ asɛm no ho hwee a ɛnyɛ ye na basabasayɛ reba no, ɔma wɔsaw nsu guu ade mu brɛɛ no ma ɔhohoroo ne nsa wɔ dɔm no anim kae se, “Minni saa onipa trenee yi mogya ho fɔ. Nea ɛbɛba biara no yɛ mo asɛm!”
25 All the people answered, “May his blood be on us and on our children!”
Nnipadɔm no san bɔ gyee so bio se, “Ne mogya mmegu yɛn ne yɛn mma ti so.”
26 Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
Afei Pilato yii Baraba fii afiase hɔ de no maa wɔn. Ɔbɔɔ Yesu mmaa, na ɔde no maa Roma asraafo no sɛ wɔmfa no nkɔbɔ no asennua mu.
27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.
Asraafo no de Yesu kɔɔ amrado aban mu hɔ, na wɔfrɛɛ asraafo dɔm baa hɔ.
28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him.
Woyii Yesu atade a na ɛhyɛ no no de batakari kɔkɔɔ bi hyɛɛ no,
29 They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
na wɔde nsɔe atenten nwenee kyɛw hyɛɛ no, na wɔde dua bi hyɛɛ ne nsa nifa sɛ ahempema, na wobubuu nkotodwe wɔ nʼanim fii ase bɔ gyee so, dii ne ho fɛw se, “Yudafo Hene, wo nkwa so.”
30 They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.
Wɔtetee ntasu guu ne so na wogyee dua no fii ne nsam de paa nʼapampam ntoatoaso.
31 When they had mocked him, they took the robe off him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.
Wodii ne ho fɛw wiei no, wɔworɔw batakari kɔkɔɔ a wɔde hyɛɛ no no, de nʼankasa atade no san hyɛɛ no. Afei wɔde no kɔɔ sɛ wɔrekɔbɔ no asennua mu.
32 As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.
Bere a wɔde no rekɔ faako a wɔbɔ asennua mu hɔ no, wohyiaa ɔbarima bi a wɔfrɛ no Simon a ofi Kirene a ɛwɔ Abibirim. Wɔhyɛɛ no ma ɔsoaa Yesu asennua no bi.
33 When they came to a place called “Golgotha”, that is to say, “The place of a skull,”
Wɔde Yesu kɔɔ baabi a wɔfrɛ hɔ Golgota a ne nkyerɛase ne “Nitiri So.”
34 they gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink.
Ɛhɔ na asraafo no maa no nsa nwenweenwen bi sɛ ɔnnom. Yesu kaa nʼano no, wannom.
35 When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them, casting lots,
Afei wɔbɔɔ no asennua mu no, wɔbɔɔ nʼatade no so ntonto kyekyɛ fae.
36 and they sat and watched him there.
Wɔn nyinaa tenatenaa ase wɛn no.
37 They set up over his head the accusation against him written, “THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
Wɔkyerɛw nsɛm a wɔka guu ne so no bi fam nʼatifi se, “YESU, YUDAFO HENE NO NI.”
38 Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.
Wɔbɔɔ awudifo baanu bi asennua mu kaa Yesu ho. Na ɔbaako sɛn ne nifa so na ɔbaako nso dɛn ne benkum so.
39 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads
Nnipa a wotwaa mu wɔ hɔ no nyinaa wosow wɔn ti, yeyaw no
40 and saying, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
se, “Wo na wuse sɛ wubetumi abubu asɔredan na wode nnansa asi no, gye wo ho! Sɛ woyɛ Onyankopɔn Ba ampa ara a, ɛno de sian fi asennua no so si fam ma yɛnhwɛ!”
41 Likewise the chief priests also mocking with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,
Saa ara nso na asɔfo mpanyin ne Yudafo mpanyin bedii ne ho fɛw se,
42 “He saved others, but he can’t save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.
“Ogye afoforo, nanso ontumi nnye ne ho! Sɛ wone Israelfo hene no ampa ara a, sian fi asennua no so si fam, na yennye wo nni.
43 He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
Ɔde ne ho too Onyankopɔn so. Afei ma Onyankopɔn nnye no! Waka nso se, ‘Meyɛ Onyankopɔn Ba.’”
44 The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.
Awudifo bi a wɔbɔɔ wɔne no asennua mu no nso yeyaw no saa ara.
45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
Bere a wɔbɔɔ Yesu asennua mu no, sum duruu asase so mmaa nyinaa fi owigyinae kɔpem nnɔnabiɛsa.
46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?” That is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
Ɛbɛyɛ nnɔnabiɛsa bere mu no, Yesu teɛɛ mu dennen se, “Eli, Eli, lama sabaktani?” Ase kyerɛ sɛ, “Me Nyankopɔn, me Nyankopɔn, adɛn nti na woagyaw me?”
47 Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.”
Wɔn a wogyina hɔ no bi tee no wɔkae se, “Ɔrefrɛ Elia.”
48 Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.
Mpofirim, wɔn mu baako tuu mmirika kɔfaa sapɔw bi de bɔɔ nsa nwenweenwen bi mu de tuaa dua bi so de brɛɛ Yesu sɛ ɔnnom.
49 The rest said, “Let him be. Let’s see whether Elijah comes to save him.”
Nanso nnipa no nkae no kae se, “Gyaa no na yɛnhwɛ sɛ Elia bɛba abegye no ana.”
50 Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.
Na Yesu teɛɛ mu dennen bio no, ogyaa ne honhom mu wui.
51 Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
Ɛhɔ ara, ntama a etwa asɔredan no mu no mu suanee abien fi soro kosii fam. Asase wosowee. Abotan paapaee.
52 The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
Nna so buebue maa atreneefo a wɔawuwu nyannyanee.
53 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.
Yesu wusɔre akyi no, wopuepue fii wɔn nna mu kɔɔ Yerusalem, koyii wɔn ho adi kyerɛɛ nnipa bebree.
54 Now the centurion and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were done, were terrified, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
Asraafo a wɔwɔ hɔ no huu asase wosow ne nsɛm a esisii wɔ hɔ no, wɔn koma tuu yiye ma wɔkae se, “Ampa ara, onipa yi yɛ Onyankopɔn Ba.”
55 Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him.
Saa bere no na mmea bebree a Yesu ho dɔ nti, wodii nʼakyi fii Galilea no gyinagyina akyiri baabi rehwɛ nea ɛrekɔ so.
56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
Mmea no bi ne Maria Magdalene ne Maria a ɔyɛ Yakobo ne Yosef na. Na Sebedeo mmabarima no na nso ka ho.
57 When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus’ disciple, came.
Eduu anwummere no, osikani bi a wɔfrɛ no Yosef a ofi Arimatea a na ɔyɛ Yesu suani no,
58 This man went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.
kɔɔ Pilato hɔ kɔsrɛ ma wɔde Yesu amu no maa no.
59 Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth
Yosef faa amu no de nwera kyekyeree ho,
60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock. Then he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed.
na ɔde no kɔtoo ɔno ankasa ne boda foforo bi a watwa mu, pirew ɔbo kɛse bi hinii ano, ansa na ɔregyaw hɔ akɔ.
61 Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
Maria Magdalene ne Maria baako no de, na wɔte nkyɛn baabi rewɛn ɔboda no.
62 Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
Ade kyee a ɛyɛ da a edi Twam Afahyɛ no ahosiesie akyi no, asɔfo mpanyin ne Farisifo no kɔɔ Pilato nkyɛn,
63 saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’
kɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Owura, ɔtorofo no kaa bere bi se, ‘Nnansa akyi no mɛsɔre.’
64 Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, ‘He is risen from the dead;’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”
Eyi nti ma yɛn kwan na yɛnkɔwɛn da no ano nkosi nnansa, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a nʼasuafo no ntwa wɔn ho nkowia amu no mmɔ no dawuru se wasɔre afi awufo mu. Na sɛ ɛkɔba saa de a anka akyiri no nnaadaa bɛsen kan de no.”
65 Pilate said to them, “You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can.”
Pilato ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Momfa awɛmfo. Momma wɔnkɔwɛn.”
66 So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.
Enti wɔkɔtetaree ɔboda no ano, maa awɛmfo kɔwɛn hɔ.
