Markos 15
1 Nin shantu kiti nin kui dinding, adidya kutin nlira, nan nalcu kuna, nan nanan niyert a-a vat an lisosin tere tinu, itere Yisa inya ninghe idi nakpa Bilatus ku.
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 Bilatus tinighe, “Fere ugo na Yahudawe?” a kawaghe, “U belle nane re.”
Pilate asked Jesus, “Do you [claim to be] the king of the Jews?” Jesus answered him, “You yourself have said so.”
3 A didya kutin nlire dunjo tinu gbardang kitenne Yisa.
Then the chief priests claimed that Jesus had done many bad things.
4 Bilatus kuru atiringhe, “Na ukawa ba? Lanza tipinpin tongo na idin bellu litife?
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 Na Yisa nkuru akawa Bilatus ku Ulliru ba, imone na Bilatus ku umamaki.
But [even though Jesus was not guilty], he did not say anything more. The result was that Pilate was very much surprised.
6 Kubi idi Bilatus asa bunku nani kucin kurum, urika na inin tiringhe.
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 Nan nya nanan licinne among waduku anan firu nnun, nan nya nanan nfiru nune lisa nmong wa di Barabas.
[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 Ligozin nanite da kitin Bilatus i woroghe a sü nani imonghe na amene nsue.
A crowd approached [Pilate] and asked him [to release someone], just like he customarily did for them [during the Passover celebration].
9 Bilatus kawa nanin a woro, “I dinin nsu nsun minu ugoh na Yahudawa?”
Pilate answered them, “Would you like me to release for you the [man whom you] Jewish [people say is your] king?”
10 Awa yinin bara ivirari nta adidya kutin nlira da nin Yisa kitime.
[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 Adidya kutin nlira tula ligozin nanite Ighantin tiwui ibellinghe idinin su ibunku nanin Barabasari ku.
But the chief priests urged the crowd [to request] that Pilate release Barabbas for them instead [of Jesus].
12 Bilatus kawa nanin tutung aworo, “Nene yaghari nba ti nin goh na Yahudawe?”
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 Ikuru ighantina tiwui, “Kotinghe kitene kucha!”
Then they shouted again, “[Command that your soldiers] crucify him!”
14 Bilatus woro nani, “Iyapin imon inanzanghari atah?” Ikuru ighantina tiwuiye, “Kotinghe.”
Then Pilate said to them, “Why? What crime has he committed?” But they shouted even louder, “[Command your soldiers to] crucify him!”
15 Bilatus wa yita nin su a nonko anite nibineyi, a bunku nani Barabas ku. Na a kpizo Yisa ku anin nakpa nanin ame idi kotinghe.
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 Anan techu natino pira ninghe nanya kutii lipitin, inin yicilla lipitin nan techu natino.
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 Ishono Yisa ku kultuk kudya, i peu imart itaghe liti.
[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 Ichizina ulisuzughe, “i lisofi ugo na Yahudawa!”
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 I kpeghe liti nin likpu, i titizinghe ataf. Izazinghe, itumuzunghe.
They repeatedly struck his head with a reed and spat on him. By kneeling down, they [pretended to honor] him.
20 Na iwa malu usughe liyong, ikalaghe kultuk kudyawẹ, ikpilla i shonghe kunme. I gya ninghe uchin din kotinghe.
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 Ita umong unan katu ayauna kucha nkotunẹ gbas, ulenge na awa nuzu kagin gbiri, lisame Simion kunan Kirawani (uchiffin Alexander nin Rufus).
[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 Anan techu natino da nin Yisa nkankiti na idin sumun u Golgotha (kikanga na idin yicu skull).
They brought them both to a place that they [call] Golgotha. That name means, ‘a place [like] a skull’.
23 Iketilne nmyen inabi nin myrrd inaghe anari usonẹ.
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 Ikotinghe kucha inin koso imon me isu maferu feru natimine kitene nimon me iyinin kome kusareri kogha mase.
[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 Kubi nikoro itat nin kulelenghari iwa kotinghe.
It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.
26 I yertine kulap I tafaghe kuchẹ un bellu kulapi me, “UGOH NA YAHUDAWA.”
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 Iwa kotinghe ligo nin nakiri a waba, uwarum nchara ulime, uwwarum nchara ugule.
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 Ulire na iwa su nanya niyertẹ kullo ulenge na iwa bellinng (Imunughe ligowe na nan kulapi).
29 Alle na iwa din katizu libauwe zoguzoghe, izullu atimine mine idin du “Aha” fe ulle na uba turnu Kutin nlira ukuru ukẹ kunin nanya nayiri attat,
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 bollo litife utolu kitene kuche!”
[If you could do that, then] rescue yourself by coming down from the cross!”
31 Nanere wang adidya kutin lira wa dighe liyong ligowe nan nanan niyerte iworo, “Ana tuchu among amini ndari utuchu litime.
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 Na Kristi, ugoh Isaraila tollu kitene kuchan kotine, tinan yene tiyinna.” Allenge na iwa kotin nani ligowe billighe uliru unanzang.
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 Kubi kun tochin, kiti tinna kisirou vat udu ikoro in tir.
At noon the whole land became dark, [and it stayed dark] until three o’clock in the afternoon.
34 Nin fikoro fin tire Yisa tina ghatina liwui, “Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabatani?” Ulle na ukpliwe nworo, “Kutellẹ nin, Kutellẹ nin, inyagharin ta usuni?”
At three o’clock Jesus shouted loudly, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” That means, “My God, my God, why have you deserted me?”
35 Among na iwa yisin kupowe lanza inin woro, “Lanzang adi yichu Iliya ku.”
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 Umong tah uchum adi shintin usoso nmyen mi gbalala, ata likpu, anakpaghe asono. Unite woro, “Nati yene sa Iliya ba da toltinghe.”
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 Yisa ghatina liwui ata kuchulu atinna aku.
And then, after Jesus shouted loudly, he stopped breathing [and died].
38 Kuzeni kongo na kuwa kese kiti kilau kutï nlire tinna kujarta tiba unuzu kitene unuzu kitene uda dak kadas.
[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 Na unan chawe na awa yising in yenju Yisakun yene aku nani, aworo, “Kidegen unit ulele gono Kutellẹri.”
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 Among awani wang wa yisin npït idin yenjẹ. Nanya mine Maremu Magadaline, Maremu (unan Yakubu ubene nin Yoses), a Solomi.
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 Kube na awadi in Galili iwa dofinghe isuzughe katah. Among awani gbardang wa da ninghe Urushalima.
42 Na kuleleng nta, bara lire wadi lirin kye kitiari, wati liri kafin lin na Sabat,
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 Yusufu kunan Armatiya da kite, awa di umong udyawa nanya nanan kutï nlira, ulle na awadin cha ntollu kilari tigoh Kutelle. A tah ayi akone ado adi tiring kidowo Yisa kitin Bilatus.
44 Bilatus lanza umamaki nworu Yisa mal ku; ayichila unan chawe atiringhe sa Yisa mal ku.
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 Na awa lanza kitin na chawa Yisa nmal bku, a na Yusufu ku kidowe.
When the officer told [Pilate that Jesus was dead], Pilate allowed Joseph [to take away] the body.
46 Yusufe wadi amal seru kumalti. A toltighe kitene kuchẹ a techeghe nya kumaltẹ, adi nonkoghe nanya na tala. Ma anin yillino kutala a tursu kibullung kiseke mun.
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 Maremu Magdaline nin Maremu unan Yoses yene ki kanga na ikasa Yisa kuku.
Mary [from] Magdala and Mary the mother of Joses were watching where Jesus’ [body] was placed {where they placed Jesus’ [body]}.
