Gjoni 19
1 Atëherë Pilati mori Jezusin dhe dha urdhër ta fshikullonin.
Then Pilate took Jesus [inside and had soldiers] (scourge Jesus/strike Jesus with a whip that had pieces of metal or bone fastened to it).
2 Dhe ushtarët thurrën një kurorë me gjemba, ia vunë mbi krye dhe i veshën siper një mantel të purpurt,
The soldiers also took [some branches with] thorns and wove them to make [something like] a crown. Then they put it on his head. They also put a purple robe on him. [They did these things to ridicule him by pretending that he was a king].
3 dhe thoshnin: “Tungjatjeta, o mbret i Judenjve”; dhe i binin me shuplaka.
Then they kept coming to him and saying, “Hooray for the King of the Jews [IRO]!” and slapping him [on his face].
4 Pastaj Pilati doli përsëri dhe u tha atyre: “Ja, po jua nxjerr jashtë, që ta dini se nuk gjej në të asnjë faj”.
Once more Pilate came outside and said to the crowd, “Look! I am bringing him out to you so that you may know that I do not find that he has done anything for which we should punish him [any more].”
5 Jezusi, pra, doli, duke mbajtur kurorën prej gjembash dhe mantelin e purpurit. Dhe Pilati u tha atyre: “Ja njeriu!”.
When Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Look at this [wretched] man!”
6 Kur e panë krerët e priftërinjve dhe rojet, filluan të bërtasin, duke thënë: “Kryqëzoje, kryqëzoje!”. Pilati u tha atyre: “Merreni ju dhe kryqëzojeni, sepse unë nuk gjej në të asnjë faj”.
When the chief priests and Temple guards saw him, they shouted, “Command your soldiers to kill him by nailing him to a cross! Crucify him!” Pilate, [knowing that they could not legally do it themselves], said to them, “You yourselves take him and nail him to a cross! As for me, I do not find that he has done anything for which we should punish him.”
7 Judenjtë iu përgjigjën: “Ne kemi një ligj dhe sipas ligjit tonë ai duhet të vdesë, sepse e bëri veten Bir të Perëndisë”.
The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] replied, “[Our ancestor Moses gave us] the law that says we must kill anyone [who claims to be God]. This man claims that he is (the Son of/the man who is also) God, [so you must have him killed] {[command your soldiers to kill him]}.”
8 Kur Pilati i dëgjoi këto fjalë, kishte akoma më shumë frikë;
When Pilate heard that, he was more afraid [of what would happen to himself if he commanded the soldiers to kill Jesus].
9 dhe, si u kthye në pretorium, i tha Jezusit: “Nga je ti?”. Por Jezusi nuk i dha kurrfarë përgjigje.
So he [took Jesus] back inside the headquarters. He said to Jesus, “Where do you [really] come from?” But Jesus did not answer him.
10 Për këtë arsye Pilati i tha: “S’po më flet? ti s’e di që unë kam pushtet të të kryqëzoj dhe pushtet të të liroj?”.
So Pilate said to him, “Are you refusing to answer me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you, and I [also] have authority to [have] you crucified {command my soldiers to crucify you}?”
11 Jezusi u përgjigj: “Ti nuk do të kishe asnjë pushtet përmbi mua, po të mos të qe dhënë prej së larti; prandaj ai që më dorëzoi tek ti ka faj më të madh”.
Jesus replied, “The only authority you have is what has been given to you by God [MTY] {what God [MTY] has given you}. The [high priest] put me into your hands. [He has done to me what he wanted to do, and you do not really want to do it]. So he is guilty of committing a greater sin than you are.”
12 Që nga ai moment Pilati kërkoi ta lironte; por Judenjtë bërtisnin, duke thënë: “Po e lirove këtë, nuk je mik i Cezarit; kush e bën veten mbret, i kundërvihet Cezarit”.
Because of that, Pilate kept trying to release Jesus. But the Jewish [leaders][SYN], [threatening to report to the Emperor that Pilate was not going to punish a man who claimed he was a king], continued to shout, “Anyone who claims that he is a king is opposing the Emperor! So if you release this man, [we will make sure that] the Emperor [learns about it, and then he will not consider you as] his friend!”
13 Pilati, pra, kur i dëgjoi këto fjalë, e çoi jashtë Jezusin dhe u ul në selinë e gjykatës, në vendin e quajtur “Kalldrëm”, e në hebraisht “Gabatha”;
When Pilate heard that, he brought Jesus out again. He sat down at the place where he made decisions [about punishing people]. The place was called {People called it} The Stone Pavement. In the Aramaic language its name was Gabbatha.
14 tani ishte dita e përgatitjes së Pashkës, dhe ishte afërsisht ora e gjashtë; dhe u tha Judenjve: “Ja mbreti juaj”.
It was almost noontime, on the day that they prepared [things for] the Passover [celebration] (OR, the day before the [Sabbath during] the Passover [celebration]). Pilate said to the Jewish [leaders] [SYN], [ridiculing them], “Look at your king!”
15 Por ata bërtitën: “Largoje! Largoje! Kryqëzoje!”. Pilati u tha atyre: “Ta kryqëzoj mbretin tuaj?”. Krerët e priftërinjve u përgjigjën: “Ne s’kemi mbret tjetër përveç Cezarit!”.
They shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! [Have] him crucified {Command your soldiers to nail him to a cross}!” Pilate said to them, “[He is] your king! Do you really want me to [tell my soldiers to] nail him to a cross?” The chief priests replied, “The Emperor is our king! We do not have any other king!”
16 Atëherë ai ua dorëzoi që të kryqëzohej. Dhe ata e morën Jezusin dhe e çuan tutje.
Then [at last] Pilate agreed to do [what they wanted, and he told the soldiers] to crucify Jesus. John 19:16b-24 Then the soldiers took Jesus away.
17 Dhe ai, duke mbartur kryqin e tij, u nis drejt vendit që quhej “Kafka”, që në hebraisht quhet “Golgota”,
[As they left], he himself was carrying the cross [on which they were going to nail him]. They went to a place called The Place of a Skull. In the Aramaic language it is called {they call it} Golgotha.
18 ku e kryqëzuan, dhe me të dy të tjerë, njërin në një anë e tjetrin në anën tjetër, dhe Jezusi në mes.
There, [after removing most of his clothes], the soldiers nailed him to the cross. They also [nailed] two other [criminals to crosses]. There was one on each side, and Jesus was in the middle.
19 Dhe Pilati shkroi edhe një mbishkrim dhe e vuri në kryq; dhe atje ishte shkruar: “JEZUSI NAZAREAS, MBRETI I JUDENJVE”.
Pilate also [had them] write [on a board] a notice [that stated why they were executing him], and fasten it to the cross. But all they wrote was ‘Jesus from Nazareth, the King of the Jews’.
20 Kështu këtë mbishkrim e lexuan shumë nga Judenjtë, sepse vendi ku u kryqëzua Jezusi ishte afër qytetit; dhe mbishkrimi ishte shkruar hebraisht, greqisht dhe latinisht.
Many Jews were [able to] read this sign, because the place where Jesus was nailed {where they nailed Jesus} to the cross was very close to [Jerusalem, where many people had come for the celebration], and because it was written {they wrote it} in three languages: Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.
21 Prandaj krerët e priftërinjve të Judenjve i thanë Pilatit: “Mos shkruaj: “Mbreti i Judenjve”, por se ai ka thënë: “Unë jam mbreti i Judenjve””.
So the Jewish priests went back to Pilate and protested, saying to him, “Change what they have written from ‘The King of the Jews’ to ‘This man said that he is the King of the Jews’!”
22 Pilati u përgjigj: “Atë që kam shkruar, e kam shkruar!”.
Pilate replied, “What I [told them to] write is what they have written, [and I] will not [change it].”
23 Dhe ushtarët, mbasi e kishin kryqëzuar Jezusin, morën rrobat e tij dhe bënë katër pjesë, një pjesë për çdo ushtar, dhe tunikën. Por tunika ishte pa tegel, e endur një copë nga maja e deri në fund.
After the soldiers nailed Jesus to the cross, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier. But they kept his cloak [separate]. This cloak was without seam, woven [from top to bottom], one piece of cloth.
24 Prandaj ata i thanë njëri-tjetrit: “Nuk e grisim, por hedhim short kujt t’i bjerë”; që të përmbushej Shkrimi, që thotë: “I ndanë midis tyre rrobat e mia, dhe hodhën short për tunikën time”. Ushtarët, pra, i bënë këto gjëra.
So they said to each other, “Let’s not tear it. Instead, let’s [decide] ([by] throwing lots/[by] gambling) who will get it.” So that is what the soldiers did. As a result, these words were fulfilled {they fulfilled these words} that [the Psalmist had written] in Scripture, They divided [most of] my clothes among themselves. They cast lots for [one piece of] my clothing.
25 Por afër kryqit të Jezusit, qendronin nëna e tij dhe motra e nënës së tij, Maria e Kleopas dhe Maria Magdalenë.
Near the cross where [they had nailed] Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the [wife] of Clopas, and [another] Mary, the woman from Magdala [village].
26 Atëherë Jezusi, kur pa nënën e tij dhe pranë saj dishepullin që donte, i tha nënës së tij: “O grua, ja biri yt!”.
Jesus saw his mother standing there. He also saw me standing nearby. Then he said to his mother, “This man [will now be like] your son.”
27 Pastaj i tha dishepullit: “Ja nëna jote!”. Dhe që në atë moment ai e mori në shtëpinë e vet.
And he said to me, “[Treat this] woman as [MET] your mother.” So from that time I took her to my home [and took care of her].
28 Pas kësaj, Jezusi, duke ditur që tashmë çdo gjë ishte kryer, që të përmbushej Shkrimi, tha: “Kam etje!”.
Later, Jesus knew that everything [that God sent him to do] had now been completed {that he had now completed everything [that God sent him to do]}, [but he knew that something else that was written in] the Scriptures [had] to be fulfilled {[that he had] to fulfill [something else that they had written in] the Scriptures}. So he said, “I am thirsty!”
29 Por aty ishte një enë plot me uthull. Pasi shtinë një sfungjer në uthull dhe e vunë në majë të një dege hisopi, ia afruan te goja.
There was a jar of sour wine there. So [someone took] a stalk of [a plant called] hyssop and [fastened] a sponge [to it. Then] he dipped [the sponge into the wine and] lifted it up to Jesus’ lips.
30 Kur Jezusi e mori uthullën, tha: “U krye!”. Dhe duke ulur kryet, dha frymën.
When Jesus tasted the sour wine, he shouted, “[I] have finished [all that I came to do]!” Then he bowed his head and (died/handed over his spirit [to God]).
31 Duke qenë se ishte dita e Përgatitjes, me qëllim që trupat të mos qëndronin në kryq të shtunën, sepse ajo e shtunë ishte një ditë me rëndësi të veçantë, Judenjtë i kërkuan Pilatit që atyre t’u thyheshin kërcinjtë dhe të hiqeshin që andej.
That was the day that they prepared [everything for their] ([Sabbath/day of rest]). The next day was a special day of rest, [because it was the day of rest during the Passover celebration]. The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] did not want the bodies [of the three men] to remain on the cross during their (Sabbath/day of rest) [because leaving bodies hanging overnight would be contrary to their Jewish laws]. So they went to Pilate and asked him [to command that] the legs [of the three men on the crosses] be broken {the [soldiers] to break the legs [of the three men on the crosses]}, [so that they would die quickly]. Then their [bodies] could be taken down [and buried] {someone could take down their bodies [and bury them]}.
32 Ushtarët, pra, erdhën dhe ia thyen kërcinjtë të parit dhe pastaj edhe tjetrit që ishte kryqëzuar me të;
So, [after Pilate agreed], the soldiers went and broke the legs of the first man whom they had nailed on a cross near Jesus. Then they broke the legs of the second man.
33 por, kur erdhën te Jezusi, dhe si panë se ai tashmë kishte vdekur, nuk ia thyen kërcinjtë,
But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was dead already. So they did not break his legs.
34 por njëri nga ushtarët ia tejshpoi brinjën me një heshtë, dhe menjëherë i doli gjak e ujë.
Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear [to make sure that Jesus was dead]. Immediately blood [clots] and [other] liquid flowed out, [which showed that Jesus was really dead].
35 Dhe ai që ka parë, ka dëshmuar për këtë, dhe dëshmia e tij është e vërtetë; dhe ai e di se thotë të vërtetën, që ju të besoni.
I, [John], saw this myself, and what I am writing is true. I [know that] I am telling the truth, and I am saying this in order that you may believe [in] (OR, [my testimony about]) [Jesus].
36 Këto gjëra në fakt ndodhën që të përmbushet Shkrimi: “Nuk do t’i thyhet asnjë eshtër”.
These things happened in order that these words would be fulfilled {to fulfill these words} [that are written in] Scripture: “Not one of his bones will be broken {No one will break any of his bones}.”
37 Dhe akoma një Shkrim tjetër thotë: “Do të vështrojnë atë që e kanë tejshpuar”.
And [they fulfilled] another Scripture passage [that has these words]: ‘They will look on the one whom they have pierced’.
38 Pas këtyre gjërave, Jozefi nga Arimatea, që ishte dishepull i Jezusit, por fshehtas nga druajtja e Judenjve, i kërkoi Pilatit që mund ta merrte trupin e Jezusit; dhe Pilati i dha leje. Atëherë ai erdhi dhe e mori trupin e Jezusit.
Later, Joseph, from Arimathea [town, went to Pilate and] asked Pilate [to allow him] to take Jesus’ body [down from the cross]. Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but he did not tell anyone that, because he was afraid of the [other] Jewish [leaders] [SYN]. Pilate permitted him to take Jesus’ body, so he went, along [with others], and they took Jesus’ body [down from the cross].
39 Por erdhi dhe Nikodemi, i cili më përpara kishte vajtur te Jezusi natën, duke sjellë një përzierje prej mirre dhe aloe, prej rreth njëqind librash.
Nicodemus was one of them. He was the man who previously went to visit Jesus at night. Nicodemus bought an [expensive] mixture of myrrh and aloe [spices to put on the body]. It weighed about (75 pounds/35 kilograms).
40 Ata, pra, e morën trupin e Jezusit dhe e mbështollën në pëlhura liri me erëra të këndëshme, sipas zakonit të varrimit që ndiqnin Judenjtë.
They took the body of Jesus and wrapped strips of linen cloth around it, putting the spices in with the strips of cloth. They did this according to the Jewish customs [about burying bodies in tombs].
41 Por në atë vend ku ai u kryqëzua ishte një kopsht, dhe në kopsht një varr i ri, në të cilën ende nuk ishte vënë askush.
Close to the place where Jesus was crucified {where they nailed Jesus to the cross} there was a grove [of trees], and [at the edge of] that grove was a new burial cave. Nobody had ever been put in that cave [previously].
42 Aty, pra, për shkak të Përgatitjes së Judenjve, e vunë Jezusin, sepse varri ishte afër.
The Jewish day of rest would start [at sunset, and they had to finish burying his body before then]. So, since that cave was nearby, they laid Jesus’ body there [and rolled a huge stone in front of the entrance].
