Mark 15
1 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!]!”
Muy de mañana, los principales sacerdotes consultaron con los ancianos, los escribas y el Tribunal Supremo. Ataron a Jesús, [lo] llevaron y [lo] entregaron a Pilato.
2 Pilate asked Jesus, “Do you [claim to be] the king of the Jews?” Jesus answered him, “You yourself have said so.”
Pilato le preguntó: ¿Eres Tú el Rey de los judíos? Le respondió: Tú [lo ]dices.
3 Then the chief priests claimed that Jesus had done many bad things.
Los principales sacerdotes lo acusaban mucho.
4 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]!”
Pilato le preguntó otra vez: ¿Nada respondes? Mira de cuántas cosas te acusan.
5 But [even though Jesus was not guilty], he did not say anything more. The result was that Pilate was very much surprised.
Pero Jesús nada más respondió, de tal modo que Pilato se asombró.
6 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.
En cada fiesta [Pilato] les soltaba un preso: el que pidieran.
7 [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].
Un hombre llamado Barrabás estaba preso con los sublevados que habían cometido un homicidio en una revuelta.
8 A crowd approached [Pilate] and asked him [to release someone], just like he customarily did for them [during the Passover celebration].
Cuando la multitud pidió a Pilato que hiciera lo que siempre les hacía,
9 Pilate answered them, “Would you like me to release for you the [man whom you] Jewish [people say is your] king?”
Pilato les preguntó: ¿Quieren que les suelte al Rey de los judíos?
10 [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].
Porque entendía que los principales sacerdotes lo habían entregado por envidia.
11 But the chief priests urged the crowd [to request] that Pilate release Barabbas for them instead [of Jesus].
Pero los principales sacerdotes incitaron a la multitud para [pedirle] que más bien les soltara a Barrabás.
12 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?”
Pilato les volvió a preguntar: ¿Qué hago al Rey de los judíos?
13 Then they shouted again, “[Command that your soldiers] crucify him!”
Ellos gritaron otra vez: ¡Crucifícalo!
14 Then Pilate said to them, “Why? What crime has he committed?” But they shouted even louder, “[Command your soldiers to] crucify him!”
Pero Pilato les preguntaba: ¿Pues qué mal hizo? Y ellos gritaron aún más: ¡Crucifícalo!
15 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}.
Pilato, entonces, quiso satisfacer a la multitud y les soltó a Barrabás. Azotó a Jesús y lo entregó para que lo crucificaran.
16 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].
Entonces los soldados lo llevaron a la residencia oficial del gobernador y reunieron a toda la tropa.
17 [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].
Lo vistieron de púrpura, trenzaron una corona de espinas y se la pusieron [en la cabeza].
18 Then they greeted him [like they would greet a king, in order to ridicule him], saying, “Hooray for the King [who rules] the Jews!”
Lo saludaban: ¡Honores, Rey de los judíos!
19 They repeatedly struck his head with a reed and spat on him. By kneeling down, they [pretended to honor] him.
También le golpeaban la cabeza con una caña, lo escupían y se arrodillaban para rendirle homenaje.
20 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.
Cuando lo ridiculizaron, le quitaron la ropa de púrpura, lo vistieron con su ropa y lo sacaron para crucificarlo.
21 [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].
Obligaron a uno que pasaba, quien llegaba del campo, Simón cireneo, el padre de Alejandro y Rufo, a llevar la cruz de Jesús.
22 They brought them both to a place that they [call] Golgotha. That name means, ‘a place [like] a skull’.
Lo llevaron al Gólgota, que significa: Lugar de una Calavera.
23 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.
Le dieron vino mezclado con mirra, pero no tomó.
24 [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.
Lo crucificaron y se repartieron sus ropas para lo cual echaron suerte a fin de saber qué llevaría cada uno.
25 It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.
Eran las nueve de la mañana cuando lo crucificaron.
26 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.”
Entonces escribieron la acusación contra Él encima de la cruz: El Rey de los judíos.
27 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].
Crucificaron con Él a dos ladrones, uno a su derecha y otro a su izquierda.
29 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.
Los que pasaban lo ofendían, meneaban sus cabezas y decían: ¡Bah! ¡El que derriba el Santuario y [lo] reedifica en tres días,
30 [If you could do that, then] rescue yourself by coming down from the cross!”
baja de la cruz, sálvate a Ti mismo!
31 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!
Del mismo modo, los principales sacerdotes y los escribas se burlaban y se decían unos a otros: Salvó a otros. Él mismo no puede salvarse.
32 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.
¡El Cristo, el Rey de Israel! Baja ahora de la cruz para que veamos y creamos. También lo insultaban los que fueron crucificados con Él.
33 At noon the whole land became dark, [and it stayed dark] until three o’clock in the afternoon.
Cuando llegó el mediodía hubo oscuridad en toda la tierra hasta las tres de la tarde.
34 At three o’clock Jesus shouted loudly, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” That means, “My God, my God, why have you deserted me?”
A esa hora Jesús exclamó a gran voz: Eloi, Eloi, ¿lema sabajtani? que significa: Dios mío, Dios mío, ¿por qué me desamparaste?
35 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!”
Al oírlo algunos de los presentes, decían: ¡Mira, llama a Elías!
36 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]!”
Entonces alguien corrió y empapó una esponja con vinagre, la sujetó a una caña, le dio a beber y dijo: Dejen, veamos si Elías viene a bajarlo.
37 And then, after Jesus shouted loudly, he stopped breathing [and died].
Pero Jesús, con una fuerte exclamación, expiró.
38 [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].
El velo del Santuario fue rasgado en dos, de arriba abajo.
39 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!”
El centurión destacado frente a Él, al ver cómo había expirado, exclamó: ¡Verdaderamente este Hombre era Hijo de Dios!
40 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.
También estaban unas mujeres que miraban de lejos, entre quienes estaban María Magdalena, María, la madre de Jacobo el menor y de José, Salomé,
y muchas otras que subieron con Él a Jerusalén, las cuales lo seguían y le servían cuando estaba en Galilea.
42 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].
Al llegar la noche, puesto que era Preparación, es decir, víspera del sábado,
cuando llegó José de Arimatea, miembro prominente del Tribunal Supremo, quien también esperaba el reino de Dios, con audacia entró ante Pilato y pidió el cuerpo de Jesús.
44 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.
Pilato [se] sorprendió de que ya había muerto. Llamó al centurión para preguntar si ya había muerto.
45 When the officer told [Pilate that Jesus was dead], Pilate allowed Joseph [to take away] the body.
Cuando el centurión le informó, [Pilato] entregó el cuerpo a José.
46 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.
Éste compró una sábana, [lo] bajó, [lo ]envolvió en la sábana, [lo ]puso en un sepulcro excavado en una roca y rodó una piedra contra la entrada del sepulcro.
47 Mary [from] Magdala and Mary the mother of Joses were watching where Jesus’ [body] was placed {where they placed Jesus’ [body]}.
María Magdalena y María la [madre] de José observaban dónde era puesto.
