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1 GESÙ, avendo dette queste cose, uscì co' suoi discepoli, e [andò] di là dal torrente di Chedron, ove era un orto, nel quale entrò egli ed i suoi discepoli.
After Jesus finished praying, he went across the Kidron Brook, along with [us] disciples, to a grove [of olive trees].
2 Or Giuda, che lo tradiva, sapeva anch'egli il luogo; perciocchè Gesù s'era molte volte accolto là co' suoi discepoli.
Judas, who was [about to] enable Jesus’ enemies to seize him, knew that [he would probably be] there. [He knew that because] Jesus often gathered there with us.
3 Giuda adunque, presa la schiera, e de' sergenti, da' principali sacerdoti, e da' Farisei, venne là con lanterne, e torce, ed armi.
So Judas came to that grove. He was leading a troop of Roman [soldiers] and some Temple guards who had been sent by the Pharisees and chief priests. They were carrying torches and lamps and weapons.
4 Laonde Gesù, sapendo tutte le cose che gli avverrebbero, uscì, e disse loro: Chi cercate?
Jesus knew everything that was about to happen to him. So [as they approached], he stepped forward and asked them, “Who are you looking for?”
5 Essi gli risposero: Gesù il Nazareo. Gesù disse loro: Io son [desso]. Or Giuda che lo tradiva era anch'egli presente con loro.
They replied to him, “Jesus, the man from Nazareth.” He replied, “That is who I am.” Judas, the one who was enabling his enemies to seize him, was with them.
6 Come adunque egli ebbe detto loro: Io son [desso], andarono a ritroso, e caddero in terra.
When Jesus told them, “That is who I am,” they lurched backward and fell down on the ground [because of his power].
7 Egli adunque di nuovo domandò loro: Chi cercate? Essi dissero: Gesù il Nazareo.
He asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” They said, “Jesus, [the man] from Nazareth.”
8 Gesù rispose: Io vi ho detto ch'io son [desso]; se dunque cercate me, lasciate andar costoro.
Jesus replied, “I told you that I am Jesus. So since I am the one you are looking for, allow these [disciples of mine] to go.”
9 Acciocchè si adempiesse ciò ch'egli avea detto: Io non ho perduto alcuno di coloro che tu mi hai dati.
[This happened] in order that [when they did what he asked them to do], the words would be fulfilled that he had prayed, “I will never lose any of those whom God has brought to me.”
10 E Simon Pietro, avendo una spada, la trasse, e percosse il servitore del sommo sacerdote, e gli ricise l'orecchio destro; or quel servitore avea nome Malco.
Simon Peter had a [long] dagger. So he drew it and [tried to kill] the high priest’s servant, [but he only] cut off the man’s right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
11 E Gesù disse a Pietro: Riponi la tua spada nella guaina; non berrei io il calice il quale il Padre mi ha dato?
Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword [back] into its sheath! (I must endure what [my] Father wants me to suffer./Do you not think that I must endure what [my] Father wants me to suffer?) [MET, RHQ]”
12 LA schiera adunque, e il capitano, e i sergenti de' Giudei, presero Gesù, e lo legarono.
Then the troop of soldiers, along with their commander and the Jewish Temple guards, seized Jesus. They tied his hands [behind his back].
13 E prima lo menarono ad Anna; perciocchè egli era suocero di Caiafa, il quale era sommo sacerdote di quell'anno; ed Anna lo rimandò legato a Caiafa, sommo sacerdote.
Then they took him first to Annas, [who was previously the high priest]. He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas. Caiaphas was the high priest that year.
14 Or Caiafa era quel che avea consigliato a' Giudei, ch'egli era utile che un uomo morisse per lo popolo.
Caiaphas was the one who [previously] advised the Jewish [Council] that it would be better if one man died for the sake of the people [than for all the people of the Jewish nation to die].
15 Or Simon Pietro ed un altro discepolo seguitavano Gesù; e quel discepolo era noto al sommo sacerdote, laonde egli entrò con Gesù nella corte del sommo sacerdote.
Simon Peter and [I] were following Jesus. Because the high priest knew [me], [his doorkeeper permitted me] to enter the courtyard.
16 Ma Pietro stava di fuori alla porta. Quell'altro discepolo adunque, ch'era noto al sommo sacerdote, uscì, e fece motto alla portinaia, e fece entrar Pietro.
But Peter [had to] wait outside near the doorway. However, since I knew the high priest, I went back to the doorway and spoke to the girl who was guarding the entrance. Then [she allowed] Peter to come in.
17 E la fante portinaia disse a Pietro: Non sei ancor tu de' discepoli di quest'uomo? Egli disse: Non sono.
The servant girl who was guarding the doorway said to Peter, “Surely you are not another disciple of that man [they have arrested], are you?” He said, “I am not.”
18 Ora i servitori, e i sergenti, stavano quivi ritti, avendo accesi de' carboni, e si scaldavano, perciocchè faceva freddo; e Pietro stava in piè con loro, e si scaldava.
It was cold, so the high priest’s slaves and Temple guards made a charcoal fire and were standing around it to keep warm. Peter was also standing near it, warming himself.
19 Or il sommo sacerdote domandò Gesù intorno a' suoi discepoli, ed alla sua dottrina.
[While Peter was doing that], the high priest asked Jesus about his disciples and about what he was teaching people.
20 Gesù gli rispose: Io ho apertamente parlato al mondo; io ho sempre insegnato nella sinagoga e nel tempio, ove i Giudei si raunano d'ogni luogo, e non ho detto niente in occulto.
Jesus replied, “I have always spoken where many people [MTY, HYP] could hear me. I have taught them in (the synagogues/their meeting places) and in the Temple courtyard, in places where many [HYP] Jews come together. I have spoken nothing secretly.
21 Perchè mi domandi tu? domanda coloro che hanno udito ciò ch'io ho lor detto; ecco, essi sanno le cose ch'io ho dette.
[So] (why are you asking me questions [like this illegally]?/you should not be asking me questions [like this illegally]!) [RHQ] Ask the people who heard what I taught! They certainly know what I said!”
22 Ora quando Gesù ebbe dette queste cose, un de' sergenti, ch'era quivi presente, gli diede una bacchettata, dicendo: Così rispondi tu al sommo sacerdote?
After Jesus said that, one of the Temple guards standing near him slapped him on his face. He said, “(That is not the way you should answer the high priest!/Is that the way you should answer the high priest?) [RHQ]”
23 Gesù gli rispose: Se io ho mal parlato, testimonia del male; ma, se [ho parlato] bene, perchè mi percuoti?
Jesus replied to him, “If I said something that was contrary [to your laws], you could tell [me that what I said that] was wrong. But because I said only what was right, (you should not be striking me!/why are you striking me?) [RHQ]”
24 Anna adunque l'avea rimandato legato a Caiafa, sommo sacerdote.
Then after Jesus’ hands were tied {after they tied Jesus hands} [again], Annas sent him to Caiaphas, the high priest.
25 E Simon Pietro era quivi presente, e si scaldava. Laonde gli dissero: Non sei ancor tu de' suoi discepoli? Ed egli lo negò, e disse: Non sono.
As Simon Peter was standing warming himself [at the fire], someone else said to him, “You are not one of that man’s disciples, are you?” He denied [that he was], and said, “I am not.”
26 [Ed] uno dei servitori del sommo sacerdote, parente di colui a cui Pietro avea tagliato l'orecchio, disse: Non ti vidi io nell'orto con lui?
[Later] one of the high priest’s servants, a man who was a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off [before], said to him, “I saw you with that man in the grove [of olive trees], did I not?”
27 E Pietro da capo lo negò, e subito il gallo cantò.
Peter again denied it. Immediately a rooster crowed, [as Jesus had said would happen].
28 POI menarono Gesù da Caiafa nel palazzo; or era mattina, ed essi non entrarono nel palazzo, per non contaminarsi, ma per poter mangiar la pasqua.
Then the [Jewish leaders] [SYN] led Jesus from the [home of] Caiaphas to the headquarters [of Pilate, the Roman governor]. It was before dawn. [Pilate was a non-Jew], [and they thought that if they entered his headquarters], they would become unacceptable to God {God would reject them}, [and as a result] they would not be able to eat [the food during] the Passover [celebration]. [Because of that, they did not want to enter Pilate’s headquarters].
29 Pilato adunque uscì a loro, e disse: Quale accusa portate voi contro a quest'uomo?
So Pilate came out to [talk to] them. He said, “What law do you say that this man has disobeyed?”
30 Essi risposero, e gli dissero: Se costui non fosse malfattore, noi non te l'avremmo dato nelle mani.
[They knew that Jesus had not disobeyed any Roman law, so they did not want to answer him. Instead], they said, “If this man were not a criminal, we would not have brought him to you!”
31 Laonde Pilato disse loro: Pigliatelo voi, e giudicatelo secondo la vostra legge. Ma i Giudei gli dissero: A noi non è lecito di far morire alcuno.
Then Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your own laws!” Then the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] said, “[No! We want him executed, but we want you Romans to execute him, because] we Jews have no right to execute anyone!”
32 Acciocchè si adempiesse quello che Gesù avea detto, significando di qual morte morrebbe.
[The Romans executed people by nailing them to a cross]. [So], as a result of what [the Jewish leaders said], it was fulfilled {[the Romans] would fulfill} what Jesus had said previously about the way he was going to die.
33 Pilato adunque rientrò nel palazzo, e chiamò Gesù, e gli disse: Se' tu il Re de' Giudei?
Pilate then went back inside his headquarters. He summoned Jesus. [Because the Jewish leaders had said that Jesus claimed to be a king], Pilate said to Jesus [scornfully], “Are you the king of the Jews?”
34 Gesù gli rispose: Dici tu questo da te stesso, o pur te l'hanno altri detto di me?
Jesus replied, “Are you asking that because you yourself [want to know if I claim to be a king], or because (someone else/Caiaphas) said [that I claim to be their king]?”
35 Pilato gli rispose: Son io Giudeo? la tua nazione, e i principali sacerdoti ti hanno messo nelle mie mani; che hai tu fatto?
Pilate replied, “I am not a Jew, [so] ([I cannot understand these matters!/how can I understand these matters]?) [RHQ] It was your fellow Jews and your chief priests who brought you to me! What have you done [to make them want to execute you]?”
36 Gesù rispose: Il mio regno non è di questo mondo; se il mio regno fosse di questo mondo, i miei ministri contenderebbero, acciocchè io non fossi dato in man de' Giudei; ma ora il mio regno non è di qui.
Jesus replied, “It is not people in [MTY] this world who are [making me] king. If it was people in this world who were making me a king, my disciples would have fought in order that the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] would be prevented {to prevent the Jewish [leaders] [SYN]} from seizing me. But it is not [someone here in] this world who is making me a king.”
37 Laonde Pilato gli disse: Dunque sei tu Re? Gesù rispose: Tu il dici; perciocchè io son Re; per questo sono io nato, e per questo son venuto nel mondo, per testimoniar della verità; chiunque è della verità ascolta la mia voce.
Then Pilate said to him, “So [are you saying that] you are a king?” Jesus replied, “[Yes], what you have said about my being a king [is correct]. I was born to become a king, and I came into this world to tell people the truth [about God]. Everyone who [believes] the truth pays attention to what I say.”
38 Pilato gli disse: Che cosa è verità? E detto questo, di nuovo uscì a' Giudei, e disse loro: Io non trovo alcun misfatto in lui.
Pilate said to him, “[How can anyone know] what the truth is?” After he said that, he went outside and talked to the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] again. He said to them, “I do not find that he has done anything at all for which I should punish him.
39 Or voi avete una usanza ch'io vi liberi uno nella pasqua; volete voi adunque ch'io vi liberi il Re de' Giudei?
But you [Jews] customarily, [every year] during the Passover [celebration], ask me to release for you [someone who is in prison]. So would you like for me to release for you the [man who you] Jews [say is your] king?”
40 E tutti gridarono di nuovo, dicendo: Non costui, anzi Barabba. Or Barabba era un ladrone.
They shouted again, “No, do not [release] this man! Instead, [release] Barrabas!” But Barrabas was [in prison because he was] a revolutionist!
