Luke 23
1 Then the whole group got up and took Jesus to Pilate, [the Roman governor].
Gbogbo ìjọ ènìyàn sì dìde, wọ́n sì fà á lọ sí ọ̀dọ̀ Pilatu.
2 They began to accuse Jesus, saying, “We [(exc)] have determined that this fellow has caused political trouble in our country. He has been [telling people that they should] not pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY]. Also, he says that he is the Messiah, a king!”
Wọ́n sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí fi ẹ̀sùn kàn án, wí pé, “Àwa rí ọkùnrin yìí ó ń yí orílẹ̀-èdè wa lọ́kàn padà, ó sì ń dá wọn lẹ́kun láti san owó òde fún Kesari, ó ń wí pé, òun tìkára òun ni Kristi ọba.”
3 Pilate asked him, “Do you [(sg) claim that you are] the King of the Jews?” He replied, “[It is] as you have [just] now said.”
Pilatu sì bi í léèrè, wí pé, “Ìwọ ha ni ọba àwọn Júù?” Ó sì dá a lóhùn wí pé, “Ìwọ wí i.”
4 Pilate said to the chief priests and [the rest of] the crowd, “I do not conclude that this man is guilty of any crime.”
Pilatu sì wí fún àwọn olórí àlùfáà àti fún ìjọ ènìyàn pé, “Èmi kò rí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ lọ́wọ́ ọkùnrin yìí.”
5 But they kept insisting, “He is inciting the people [to riot]! He has been teaching his [ideas] throughout all of Judea [district]. He started [doing it] in Galilee [district] and now he is doing it here!”
Wọ́n sì túbọ̀ tẹnumọ́ ọn pé, “Ó ń ru ènìyàn sókè, ó ń kọ́ni káàkiri gbogbo Judea, ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ láti Galili títí ó fi dé ìhín yìí!”
6 When Pilate heard that, he asked, “Is this man from Galilee [district]?”
Nígbà tí Pilatu gbọ́ orúkọ Galili, ó béèrè bí ọkùnrin náà bá jẹ́ ará Galili.
7 When they told him that Jesus was [from Galilee, which was the district] that Herod [Antipas] ruled, [he told them] to take Jesus to Herod [Antipas], because Herod was in Jerusalem at that time.
Nígbà tí ó sì mọ̀ pé ará ilẹ̀ abẹ́ àṣẹ Herodu ni, ó rán an sí Herodu, ẹni tí òun tìkára rẹ̀ wà ní Jerusalẹmu ní àkókò náà.
8 [So they did]. When Herod saw Jesus, he was very happy. He [had heard about Jesus], and he had been hoping for a long time that he could see Jesus perform a miracle.
Nígbà tí Herodu, sì rí Jesu, ó yọ̀ gidigidi; nítorí tí ó ti ń fẹ́ rí i pẹ́ ó sá à ti ń gbọ́ ìròyìn púpọ̀ nítorí rẹ̀; ó sì ń retí láti rí i kí iṣẹ́ àmì díẹ̀ ti ọwọ́ rẹ̀ ṣe.
9 So he asked Jesus many questions, but Jesus did not reply [to any of them].
Ó sì béèrè ọ̀rọ̀ púpọ̀ lọ́wọ́ rẹ̀; ṣùgbọ́n kò da a lóhùn rárá.
10 The chief priests and men who taught the [Jewish] laws stood near Jesus, accusing him very strongly.
Àti àwọn olórí àlùfáà àti àwọn akọ̀wé dúró, wọ́n sì ń fi ẹ̀sùn kàn án gidigidi.
11 Then Herod and his soldiers (made fun of/ridiculed) [Jesus]. They put gorgeous clothes on him [to mock him as being a king]. Then Herod sent him back to Pilate.
Àti Herodu pẹ̀lú àwọn ọmọ-ogun rẹ̀, wọ́n kẹ́gàn rẹ̀, wọ́n sì ń fi í ṣẹ̀sín, wọ́n wọ̀ ọ́ ní aṣọ dáradára, ó sì rán an padà tọ Pilatu lọ.
12 Until that time Herod and Pilate had been very hostile to each other, but that very day they became friends.
Pilatu àti Herodu di ọ̀rẹ́ ara wọn ní ọjọ́ náà, nítorí látijọ́ ọ̀tá ara wọn ni wọ́n ti jẹ́ rí.
13 Pilate then gathered together the chief priests and other [Jewish] leaders and the crowd [that was still there].
Pilatu sì pe àwọn olórí àlùfáà àti àwọn olórí àti àwọn ènìyàn jọ.
14 He said to them, “You brought this man to me, saying that he had caused trouble among the people. But [I want you to know that] after having examined him while you were listening, I do not conclude that he is guilty of any of the things that you are accusing him about.
Ó sọ fún wọn pé, “Ẹyin mú ọkùnrin yìí tọ̀ mí wá, bí ẹni tí ó ń yí àwọn ènìyàn ní ọkàn padà. Sì kíyèsi i, èmí wádìí ẹjọ́ rẹ̀ níwájú yín èmi kò sì rí ẹ̀bi ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ kan lọ́wọ́ ọkùnrin yìí, ní gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí tí ẹ̀yin fi ẹ̀sùn rẹ̀ sùn.
15 [Obviously] Herod did not [conclude that] either, because he sent him back to me [without punishing him]. [So it] is clear that this man has not done anything for which we [(inc)] should kill him.
Àti Herodu pẹ̀lú; ó sá rán an padà tọ̀ wá wá; sì kíyèsi i, ohun kan tí ó yẹ sí ikú ni a kò ṣe láti ọwọ́ rẹ̀.
16 So I will [have my soldiers] flog him and then release him.”
Ǹjẹ́ èmi ó nà án, èmi ó sì fi í sílẹ̀ lọ.”
18 But the whole crowd shouted, “Execute this man! Release Barrabas for us [(exc)]!”
Wọ́n sì kígbe sókè nígbà kan náà, pé, “Mú ọkùnrin yìí kúrò, kí o sì dá Baraba sílẹ̀ fún wa!”
19 Barrabas was a man who had tried to persuade people in the city to rebel [against the Roman government. While doing that], he had murdered [someone]. So he had been put {they had put him} in prison, [where he was waiting to be executed].
Ẹni tí a sọ sínú túbú nítorí ọ̀tẹ̀ kan tí a ṣe ní ìlú, àti nítorí ìpànìyàn.
20 Because Pilate wanted to release Jesus, he tried to persuade the crowd again.
Pilatu sì tún bá wọn sọ̀rọ̀, nítorí ó fẹ́ dá Jesu sílẹ̀.
21 But they kept shouting, “[Command your soldiers to] kill him by nailing him to a cross!/Have him crucified!”
Ṣùgbọ́n wọ́n kígbe, wí pé, “Kàn án mọ́ àgbélébùú, kàn án mọ àgbélébùú!”
22 He [spoke to them] a third time and asked them, “Why? What crime has he committed? I have concluded that he has done nothing for which he deserves to die. So I will [have my soldiers] flog him and then release him.”
Ó sì wí fún wọn lẹ́ẹ̀mẹ́ta pé, “Èéṣe, búburú kín ni ọkùnrin yìí ṣe? Èmi kò rí ọ̀ràn ikú lára rẹ̀: nítorí náà èmi ó nà án, èmi ó sì fi í sílẹ̀.”
23 But they kept insisting. They shouted loudly that [Jesus] should be nailed {that [Pilate] should [have his soldiers] nail [Jesus]} to a cross. Finally, because they continued to shout [PRS] [so loudly],
Wọ́n túbọ̀ tẹramọ́ igbe ńlá, wọ́n ń fẹ́ kí a kàn án mọ́ àgbélébùú, ohùn tiwọn àti ti àwọn olórí àlùfáà borí tirẹ̀.
24 Pilate decided to do what the crowd requested.
Pilatu sí fi àṣẹ sí i pé, kí ó rí bí wọ́n ti ń fẹ́.
25 The man who had been {whom they had} put in prison because he had rebelled [against the government] and who had murdered [someone], he released! That was the man whom the crowd had asked him [to release]. He handed Jesus over [to the soldiers], to do what [the crowd] wanted.
Ó sì dá ẹni tí wọ́n fẹ́ sílẹ̀ fún wọn, ẹni tí a tìtorí ọ̀tẹ̀ àti ìpànìyàn sọ sínú túbú; ṣùgbọ́n ó fi Jesu lé wọn lọ́wọ́.
26 As the soldiers were taking [Jesus] away, they seized a man named Simon, [who was] from Cyrene [city in Africa]. He was returning [to Jerusalem] from out in the countryside. They [took from Jesus the cross that he had been carrying. Then] they put it on Simon’s shoulders, and [told him to] carry it behind Jesus.
Bí wọ́n sì ti ń fà á lọ, wọ́n mú ọkùnrin kan, Simoni ara Kirene, tí ó ń ti ìgbèríko bọ̀, òun ni wọ́n sì gbé àgbélébùú náà lé, kí ó máa rù ú lọ tẹ̀lé Jesu.
27 A large crowd followed Jesus. The crowd included many women who were beating their breasts [to show how sad they were], and wailing for him.
Ìjọ ènìyàn púpọ̀ ni ó ń tọ̀ ọ́ lẹ́yìn, àti àwọn obìnrin, tí ń pohùnréré ẹkún,
28 But Jesus turned to them and said, “You women of Jerusalem, do not cry for me! Instead, cry because of [what is going to happen to] yourselves and your children!
ṣùgbọ́n Jesu yíjú padà sí wọn, ó sì wí pé, “Ẹ̀yin ọmọbìnrin Jerusalẹmu, ẹ má sọkún fún mi, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ sọkún fún ara yín, àti fún àwọn ọmọ yín.
29 I want you to know that there will soon be a time when people will say, ‘Women [SYN] who have never borne children or nursed babies are fortunate!’
Nítorí kíyèsi i, ọjọ́ ń bọ̀ ní èyí tí ẹ̀yin ó wí pé, ‘Ìbùkún ni fún àgàn, àti fún inú tí kò bímọ rí, àti fún ọmú tí kò fún ni mu rí!’
30 Then, [in order that they will not have to suffer greatly when their enemies destroy this city], people who are left in the city will say to the mountains, ‘Fall down on us!’ And people will say to the hills, ‘Cover us!’
Nígbà náà ni “‘wọn ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí wí fún àwọn òkè kéékèèké pé, “Yí lù wá!” Sí àwọn òkè ńlá, “Bò wá mọ́lẹ̀!”’
31 [I am innocent] [MET]. [I am like] a living tree [that people do not try to burn. But the people of Jerusalem deserve that their enemies punish them. They are like] dry wood that is ready to [burn]. So if they [nail me to the cross], ([their enemies] will certainly do much worse things to them!/what worse things will happen to them?) [RHQ]”
Nítorí bí wọn bá ń ṣe nǹkan wọ̀nyí sára igi tútù, kín ni a ó ṣe sára igi gbígbẹ?”
32 Two other men who were criminals were also being led away {[The soldiers] also led away two other men who were criminals}. They were going to be executed {[The soldiers] were going to execute them} [with Jesus].
Àwọn méjì mìíràn bákan náà, àwọn arúfin, ni wọ́n sì fà lọ pẹ̀lú rẹ̀ láti pa.
33 When they came to the place which is called ‘The Skull’, they nailed [Jesus] to a cross [after removing his clothes]. They did the same thing to the two criminals. They crucified one at the right [side of Jesus] and one at his left [side].
Nígbà tí wọ́n sì dé ibi tí a ń pè ní Agbárí, níbẹ̀ ni wọ́n gbé kàn án mọ́ àgbélébùú, àti àwọn arúfin náà, ọ̀kan ní ọwọ́ ọ̀tún, àti ọ̀kan ní ọwọ́ òsì.
34 Jesus prayed, “[My] Father, forgive them, because they do not realize [whom] they are doing [this to]!” Then [the soldiers] divided Jesus’ clothing by gambling with something like dice, [to decide which piece of clothing each one would get].
Jesu sì wí pé, “Baba, dáríjì wọ́n; nítorí tí wọn kò mọ ohun tí wọ́n ń ṣe.” Wọ́n di ìbò láti pín aṣọ rẹ̀ láàrín ara wọn.
35 Many people stood nearby, watching. And the [Jewish] leaders (made fun of/ridiculed) [Jesus], saying, “He [said] [IRO] [that he] saved other people! If he is the Messiah, the one God has chosen, he should save himself!”
Àwọn ènìyàn sì dúró láti wòran. Àti àwọn ìjòyè pẹ̀lú wọn, wọ́n ń yọ ṣùtì sí i, wí pé, “Ó gba àwọn ẹlòmíràn là; kí ó gbara rẹ̀ là, bí ó bá ṣe Kristi, àyànfẹ́ Ọlọ́run.”
36 The soldiers also ridiculed him because he [claimed to be a king]. They came up to him and offered him some sour wine.
Àti àwọn ọmọ-ogun pẹ̀lú ń fi í ṣe ẹlẹ́yà, wọ́n tọ̀ ọ́ wá, wọ́n ń fi ọtí kíkan fún un.
37 They said to him, “If you [(sg)] are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”
Wọ́n sì ń wí pé, “Bí ìwọ bá ṣe ọba àwọn Júù, gba ara rẹ là.”
38 [They] also [fastened on the cross] a sign [that stated] why [they] were nailing him to the cross. [But all it said was], ‘This is the King of the Jews’.
Wọ́n sì kọ̀wé àkọlé sí ìgbèrí rẹ̀ ní èdè Giriki, àti ti Latin, àti tí Heberu pe: Èyí ni Ọba àwọn Júù.
39 One of the criminals who was hanging [on a cross] began to insult Jesus, saying, “You [(sg) said that you] are the Messiah, so [you must be powerful]! So save yourself, and save us, too!”
Àti ọ̀kan nínú àwọn arúfin tí a gbé kọ́ ń fi ṣe ẹlẹ́yà wí pé, “Bí ìwọ bá ṣe Kristi, gba ara rẹ àti àwa náà là.”
40 But the other [criminal] rebuked him, saying, “(You [(sg)] should be afraid of God [punishing you]!/Are you not afraid of God [punishing you]?) [RHQ] They are punishing him [and us] similarly.
Ṣùgbọ́n èyí èkejì dáhùn, ó ń bá a wí pé, “Ìwọ kò bẹ̀rù Ọlọ́run, tí ìwọ wà nínú ẹ̀bi kan náà?
41 They have justly decided that we [(inc) two] must die. They are punishing us as we deserve [for the evil things that we did]. But this man has done nothing wrong!”
Ní tiwa, wọ́n jàre nítorí èrè ohun tí àwa ṣe ni à ń jẹ, ṣùgbọ́n ọkùnrin yìí kò ṣe ohun búburú kan.”
42 Then he said, “Jesus, [please] remember me [and take care of me] when you become king!”
Ó sì wí pé, “Jesu, rántí mi nígbà tí ìwọ bá dé ìjọba rẹ.”
43 Jesus replied, “I want you [(sg)] to know that today you [(sg)] will be with me in the place where everyone is happy!” (OR, that today you will be with me in Paradise!)
Jesu sì wí fún un pé, “Lóòótọ́ ni mo wí fún ọ, lónìí ni ìwọ ó wà pẹ̀lú mi ní Paradise!”
44 [Then it] was about noontime. It became dark over the whole land, [and it stayed dark] until three o’clock in the afternoon.
Ó sì tó ìwọ̀n wákàtí kẹfà ọjọ́, òkùnkùn sì ṣú bo gbogbo ilẹ̀ títí ó fi di wákàtí kẹsànán ọjọ́.
45 There was no light from the sun. Then the [thick] curtain [that closed off the most holy place] in the Temple split into two pieces. [That signified that ordinary people could now go into the presence of God].
Òòrùn sì ṣú òòkùn, aṣọ ìkélé ti tẹmpili sì ya ní àárín méjì.
46 [As that happened], Jesus shouted loudly, “Father, I put my spirit into your care [MTY]!” When he said that, he [EUP] died.
Nígbà tí Jesu sì kígbe lóhùn rara, ó ní, “Baba, ní ọwọ́ rẹ ni mo fi ẹ̀mí mi lé!” Nígbà tí ó sì wí èyí tan, ó jọ̀wọ́ ẹ̀mí rẹ̀.
47 When the officer [who supervised the soldiers who were executing Jesus] saw what happened, he praised God [for the way Jesus died], saying, “[I am] sure that this man had done nothing wrong!”
Nígbà tí balógun ọ̀rún rí ohun tí ó ṣe, ó yin Ọlọ́run lógo, wí pé, “Dájúdájú olódodo ni ọkùnrin yìí!”
48 When the crowd of people who had gathered to see those events saw what happened, they returned [to their homes], beating their chests [to show that they were sorrowful].
Gbogbo ìjọ ènìyàn tí ó péjọ láti rí ìran yìí, nígbà tí wọ́n rí ohun tí ó ṣẹlẹ̀ wọ́n lu ara wọn ní oókan àyà, wọ́n sì padà sí ilé.
49 All of Jesus’ friends, including the women who had come with him from Galilee [district], stood at a distance and saw everything that happened.
Àti gbogbo àwọn ojúlùmọ̀ rẹ̀, àti àwọn obìnrin tí ń tọ̀ ọ́ lẹ́yìn láti Galili wá, wọ́n dúró lókèèrè, wọ́n ń wo nǹkan wọ̀nyí.
50 There was a man named Joseph who [came there]. He was from the town of Arimathea in Judea. He was a good and a righteous man, and he was a member of the [Jewish] Council.
Sì kíyèsi i, ọkùnrin kan tí a ń pè ní Josẹfu, láti ìlú àwọn Júù kan tí ń jẹ́ Arimatea. Ó jẹ́ ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ọmọ ìgbìmọ̀, ènìyàn rere, àti olóòtítọ́.
51 But he had not agreed with the other Council [members] when they decided [to kill Jesus] and when they [planned how to] do it. He was waiting expectantly for [the time when] God [would send] his king to begin to rule.
Òun kò bá wọn fi ohùn sí ìmọ̀ àti ìṣe wọn; Ó wá láti Judea, ìlú àwọn ará Arimatea, òun pẹ̀lú ń retí ìjọba Ọlọ́run.
52 He went to Pilate and asked [Pilate to permit him] to [take] Jesus’ body [and bury it. After Pilate allowed him to do that],
Ọkùnrin yìí tọ Pilatu lọ, ó sì tọrọ òkú Jesu.
53 he [and some others] took [Jesus’ body] down [from the cross]. They wrapped it in a linen cloth. Then they put his body in a tomb that he had [hired others to] dig out of a rock [cliff]. No one had ever put a body in it before.
Nígbà tí ó sì sọ̀ ọ́ kalẹ̀, ó sì fi aṣọ àlà dì í, ó sì tẹ́ ẹ sínú ibojì tí a gbẹ́ nínú Òkúta, níbi tí a kò tẹ́ ẹnikẹ́ni sí rí.
54 [They had to do it quickly because] that was [Friday], the day when [people] prepared [things for the Jewish day of rest]. (The Sabbath/The day of rest) was about to start [at sunset, so they had to finish burying Jesus’ body before sunset].
Ó sì jẹ́ ọjọ́ ìpalẹ̀mọ́, ọjọ́ ìsinmi sì kù sí dẹ̀dẹ̀.
55 The women who had come with [Jesus] from Galilee [district] followed [Joseph and the men who were with him]. They saw the tomb, and they saw how the men laid [Jesus’] body [inside it, and saw the men roll a huge stone across the entrance].
Àti àwọn obìnrin, tí wọ́n bá a ti Galili wá, tí wọ́n sì tẹ̀lé, wọ́n kíyèsi ibojì náà, àti bí a ti tẹ́ òkú rẹ̀ sílẹ̀.
56 Then the women returned to the houses [where they were staying. That evening] they prepared spices and ointments to put [on Jesus’ body], but (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) they rested, according to what [Moses] had commanded.
Nígbà tí wọ́n sì padà, wọ́n pèsè ohun olóòórùn dídùn, òróró ìkunra (àti tùràrí tútù); wọ́n sì sinmi ní ọjọ́ ìsinmi gẹ́gẹ́ bí òfin.
