Marku 15
1 Dhe herët në mëngjes krerët e priftërinjve me pleqtë, skribët dhe gjithë sinedrit bënin këshill, e lidhën Jezusin e çuan jashtë e ia dorëzuan Pilatit.
Very early in the morning the chief priests met together with [the rest of] the Jewish council, [in order to decide how to accuse Jesus before the Roman governor. Their guards] tied Jesus’ hands [again]. They took him to [the house of] Pilate, [the governor, and they started to accuse him, saying] “[Jesus is claiming that he is a king!]!”
2 Dhe Pilati e pyeti: “A je ti mbreti i Judenjve?”. Dhe ai, duke u përgjigjur, i tha: “Ti e thua!”.
Pilate asked Jesus, “Do you [claim to be] the king of the Jews?” Jesus answered him, “You yourself have said so.”
3 Dhe krerët e priftërinjve e akuzonin për shumë gjëra; por ai nuk përgjigjej aspak.
Then the chief priests claimed that Jesus had done many bad things.
4 Pilati e pyeti përsëri, duke thënë: “Nuk po përgjigjesh fare? Shih për sa gjëra të akuzojnë!”.
So Pilate asked him again, “Don’t you have anything to say? Listen to how many bad things they are saying that you [have done]!”
5 Por Jezusi nuk u përgjigj më asgjë, aq sa Pilati mbeti i çuditur.
But [even though Jesus was not guilty], he did not say anything more. The result was that Pilate was very much surprised.
6 Dhe në çdo festë ishte zakon t’u lëshohej atyre një i burgosur, këdo që ata do kërkonin.
It was the governor’s custom [each year] during the [Passover] celebration to release [one person who was in prison. He customarily released] whichever prisoner the people requested.
7 Por ishte në burg një njeri që quhej Baraba, bashkë me shokë të tjerë rebelë, të cilët kishin bërë një vrasje gjatë një kryengritjeje.
[At that time] there was a man called Barabbas who had been {whom [the soldiers had]} [put in prison with some other men]. Those men had murdered [some soldiers] when they rebelled [against the Roman government].
8 Dhe turma, duke bërtitur, filloi të kërkojë që të bënte ashtu siç kishte vepruar gjithnjë për ta.
A crowd approached [Pilate] and asked him [to release someone], just like he customarily did for them [during the Passover celebration].
9 Atëherë Pilati iu përgjigj atyre duke thënë: “A doni t’ju liroj mbretin e Judenjve?”.
Pilate answered them, “Would you like me to release for you the [man whom you] Jewish [people say is your] king?”
10 Sepse e dinte që krerët e priftërinjve ia kishin dorëzuar nga smira.
[He asked this] because he realized what the chief priests were wanting to do. They were accusing Jesus because they were jealous of him [because many people were becoming his disciples].
11 Por krerët e priftërinjve e nxitën turmën që të kërkojë që t’u lironte atyre Barabanë.
But the chief priests urged the crowd [to request] that Pilate release Barabbas for them instead [of Jesus].
12 Dhe Pilati e mori përsëri fjalën dhe u tha atyre: “Çfarë doni, pra, të bëj me atë që ju e quani mbret të Judenjve?”.
Pilate said to them again, “[If I release Barabbas], what do you want me to do with the man whom [some of] you Jews say is [your] king?”
13 Dhe ata bërtitën përsëri: “Kryqëzoje!”.
Then they shouted again, “[Command that your soldiers] crucify him!”
14 Dhe Pilati u tha atyre: “Po ç’të keqe ka bërë?”. Atëherë ata bërtitën edhe më fort: “Kryqëzoje!”.
Then Pilate said to them, “Why? What crime has he committed?” But they shouted even louder, “[Command your soldiers to] crucify him!”
15 Prandaj Pilati, duke dashur ta kënaqë turmën, ua lëshoi Barabanë. Dhe, mbasi e fshikulluan Jezusin, ua dorëzoi atyre që të kryqëzohej.
So, because Pilate wanted to please the crowd, he released Barabbas for them. Then, after [his soldiers] had whipped Jesus with leather straps into which they had fastened metal pieces, [Pilate told the soldiers to take him away] in order that he would be crucified {they would crucify him}.
16 Atëherë ushtarët e çuan Jezusin në oborrin e brendshëm domëthënë në pretorium, dhe mblodhën gjithë kohortën.
The soldiers took Jesus into the [courtyard of the] palace [where Pilate lived]. That place was the government headquarters. Then they summoned the whole (cohort/group of soldiers) [who were on duty there].
17 E veshën në purpur dhe, si thurën një kurorë me ferra, ia vunë mbi krye.
[After the soldiers gathered together], they put a purple robe on Jesus. Then they placed on his head a crown that they made from [branches of] thornbushes. [They did those things in order to ridicule him by pretending that he was a king].
18 Pastaj nisën ta përshëndesin duke i thënë: “Tungjatjeta, o mbret i Judenjve!”.
Then they greeted him [like they would greet a king, in order to ridicule him], saying, “Hooray for the King [who rules] the Jews!”
19 Dhe e goditnin në krye me një kallam, e pështynin dhe, duke u gjunjëzuar përpara tij, e adhuronin.
They repeatedly struck his head with a reed and spat on him. By kneeling down, they [pretended to honor] him.
20 Pasi e tallën, ia hoqen purpurën, e veshën me rrobat e tij dhe e nxorën jashtë për ta kryqëzuar.
When they had finished ridiculing him, they pulled off the purple robe. They put his own clothes on him, and then they led him outside [of the city] in order to nail him to a cross.
21 Ata e detyruan një kalimtar, një farë Simoni nga Kirena që kthehej nga ara, babai i Aleksandrit dhe i Rufit, që ta mbante kryqin e tij.
[After Jesus carried his cross a short distance], a man named Simon from Cyrene [city came along]. He was the father of Alexander and Rufus. He was passing by while he was returning [home] from outside [the city. The soldiers] compelled Simon to carry the cross [for Jesus].
22 Pastaj e çuan Jezusin në vendin të quajtur Golgota, që do të thotë: “Vendi i Kafkës”.
They brought them both to a place that they [call] Golgotha. That name means, ‘a place [like] a skull’.
23 I dhanë të pijë verë të përzier me mirrë, por ai nuk e mori.
Then they tried to give Jesus wine that was {that they} mixed with [medicine called] myrrh. [They wanted him to drink it so that he would not feel so much pain when they crucified him]. But he did not drink it.
24 Dhe, pasi e kryqëzuan, i ndanë rrobat e tij duke hedhur short, për të ditur çfarë do t’i binte secilit.
[Some] of the [soldiers took his clothes]. Then they nailed him to a cross. Afterwards, they divided his clothes among themselves by gambling with [something like] dice. They did this [in order to determine] which [piece of clothing] each one would get.
25 Ishte ora e tretë kur e kryqëzuan.
It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.
26 Dhe mbishkrimi që tregonte shkakun e dënimit, i cili ishte vënë përmbi të, thoshte: “Mbreti i Judenjve”.
They [attached to the cross above Jesus’ head] a sign on which it had been written {someone had written} the reason why [they were nailing him to the cross]. [But all] that it said was, “The King of the Jews.”
27 Bashkë me të kryqëzuan edhe dy vjedhës, njërin në të djathtën e tij dhe tjetrin në të majtën e tij.
They also nailed to crosses two men who were bandits. They nailed one to a cross at the right side [of Jesus] and one to a cross at the left side [of Jesus].
28 Kështu u përmbush Shkrimi që thotë: “Ai u përfshi ndër keqbërësit”.
29 Dhe ata që kalonin aty afër e fyenin, duke tundur kokën, dhe duke thënë: “Hej, ti që e shkatërron tempullin dhe e rindërton në tre ditë,
The people who were passing by insulted him by shaking their heads as [if here were an evil man]. They said, “Aha! You said that you would destroy the Temple and then you would build it again within three days.
30 shpëto veten tënde dhe zbrit nga kryqi!”.
[If you could do that, then] rescue yourself by coming down from the cross!”
31 Po ashtu edhe krerët e priftërinjve me skribët, duke e tallur, i thoshnin njeri tjetrit: “Të tjerët i shpëtoi, por veten s’mund ta shpëtojë.
The chief priests, along with the men who taught the [Jewish] laws, also [wanted to] make fun of Jesus. So they said to each other, “He [claims to have] saved others [from their sicknesses] [IRO] but he cannot save himself!
32 Krishti, mbreti i Izraelit, le të zbresë tani nga kryqi që ta shohim dhe ta besojmë”. Edhe ata që ishin kryqëzuar bashkë me të, e fyenin atë.
He said, ‘I am the Messiah, I am the King who [rules the people of] Israel.’ [If his words are true], he should come down now from the cross! Then we will believe [him]!” The [two] men who were crucified beside him also insulted him.
33 Pastaj, kur erdhi e gjashta orë, errësira e mbuloi gjithë vendin deri në të nëntën orë.
At noon the whole land became dark, [and it stayed dark] until three o’clock in the afternoon.
34 Dhe në të nëntën orë Jezusi bërtiti me zë të lartë: “Eloi, Eloi; lama sabaktani?”, që e përkthyer do të thotë: “Perëndia im, Perëndia im, përse më ke braktisur?”.
At three o’clock Jesus shouted loudly, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” That means, “My God, my God, why have you deserted me?”
35 Dhe disa nga të pranishmit, kur e dëgjuan, thoshnin: “Ja, ai po thërret Elian!”.
When some of the people who were standing there heard [the word ‘Eloi’, misunderstanding it], they said, “Listen! He is calling for [the prophet] Elijah!”
36 Atëherë një prej tyre erdhi me vrap, e zhyti një sfungjer në uthull dhe, mbasi e vuri në një kallam, ia dha të pijë, duke thënë: “Lëreni; të shohim nëse vjen Elia që ta zbresë poshtë”.
One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He placed it on [the tip of] a reed, and then he [held it] up for [Jesus] to suck out [the wine that was in] it. [While he was doing that, someone] said, “Wait! Let’s see whether Elijah will come to take him down [from the cross]!”
37 Por Jezusi, si lëshoi një britmë të madhe, dha frymën.
And then, after Jesus shouted loudly, he stopped breathing [and died].
38 Atëherë veli i tempullit u ça më dysh nga maja deri në fund.
[At that moment] the [heavy thick] curtain that closed off [the most holy place in] the Temple split into two pieces from top to bottom. [That showed that ordinary people could now go into the presence of God].
39 Dhe centurioni që qëndronte përballë Jezusit, kur pa se, pasi Jezusi bërtiti ashtu, kishte dhënë shpirt, tha: “Me të vërtetë ky njeri ishte Biri i Perëndisë!”.
The officer who supervised the soldiers [who nailed Jesus to the cross] was standing in front of Jesus. When he saw how Jesus died, he exclaimed, “Truly, this man was the man who was also God!”
40 Aty ishin gjithashtu edhe gra që shikonin nga larg; midis tyre ishin Maria Magdalena dhe Maria, nëna e Jakobit të vogël të Joses dhe Salomeja,
There were also some women there, watching these events from a distance. They had accompanied Jesus when he was in Galilee [district], and they had provided what he needed. They had come with him to Jerusalem. Among those women was Mary from Magdala [town]. There was [another] Mary, who was the mother of the younger James and of Joses. There was also Salome.
41 të cilat e kishin ndjekur dhe i kishin shërbyer kur ishte në Galile; dhe kishte edhe shumë të tjera që ishin ngjitur bashkë me të në Jeruzalem.
42 Pastaj, u afrua tashmë mbrëmja, sepse ishte Përgatitja, domethënë vigjilja e së shtunës,
When evening was near, [a man named] Joseph from Arimathea [town came there]. He was a member of the [Jewish] council, one whom everyone respected. He was also one of those who had been waiting expectantly for the [time when] God [would send] his king to begin to rule. [He knew that, according to Jewish law, people’s bodies had to be buried] {[someone had to bury people’s bodies]} [on the day they died. He also realized that] it was the day when [people] prepared [things for] ([the Jewish day of rest/the Sabbath]), [and that the Sabbath would start when the sun set]. So he became courageous and went to Pilate and asked Pilate [to permit him to take] the body of Jesus [down from the cross and bury it immediately].
43 Jozefi nga Arimatea, një këshilltar i respektuar, i cili priste edhe ai mbretërinë e Perëndisë, me guxim hyri te Pilati dhe kërkoi trupin e Jezusit.
44 Dhe Pilati u çudit që tashmë kishte vdekur. Dhe thirri centurionin dhe e pyeti nëse kishte vdekur prej shumë kohe.
Pilate was surprised [when he heard that] Jesus was already dead. So he summoned the officer who was in charge of the soldiers [who crucified Jesus], and he asked him if [Jesus] had already died.
45 Dhe si u sigurua nga centurioni, ia la trupin Jozefit.
When the officer told [Pilate that Jesus was dead], Pilate allowed Joseph [to take away] the body.
46 Ky, mbasi bleu një çarçaf, e zbriti Jezusin nga kryqi, e mbështolli në çarçaf dhe e vuri në një varr që ishte hapur në shkëmb; pastaj rrokullisi një gur para hyrjes së varrit.
After Joseph bought a linen cloth, he [and others] took [Jesus’ body down from the cross]. They wrapped it in the linen cloth and laid it in a tomb that [previously] had been dug out of the rock [cliff]. Then they rolled a [huge flat] stone in front of the entrance to the tomb.
47 Dhe Maria Magdalena dhe Maria, nëna e Joses, vërenin ku e vunë.
Mary [from] Magdala and Mary the mother of Joses were watching where Jesus’ [body] was placed {where they placed Jesus’ [body]}.
