John 18
1 Tukun Jesus el pre tari, el wi mwet tumal lutlut illa, ac som tupalla Infacl Srisrik Kidron. Oasr ima se in acn sac, ac Jesus ac mwet tumal lutlut elos utyak nu we.
After he had spoken these words Jesus went forth with his disciples to a place across the Ravine of the Cedars, where there was a garden into which he and his disciples went.
2 Judas, el su ac tukakunulak Jesus, el etu acn sac, mweyen pus pacl Jesus ac mwet tumal lutlut elos tukeni we.
Judas the Traitor also knew this place; for Jesus and his disciples often met there.
3 Ouinge Judas el som nu in ima sac, ac pwen sie un mwet mweun lun acn Rome welul, oayapa kutu mwet soan ke Tempul ma supweyukla sin mwet tol fulat ac mwet Pharisee. Elos us mwe mweun, lam ac kahp welulos.
So after getting troops and some Temple police from the chief priests and Pharisees, Judas came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
4 Jesus el etu na ma nukewa ma ac sikyak nu sel, ouinge el kalukyang nu yorolos ac siyuk selos, “Su kowos suk an?”
Then Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon him, went forth to meet them, and asked them, "Who is it that you are looking for?"
5 Elos topuk, “Jesus lun Nazareth.” El fahk, “Nga pa el.” Judas el wi tu inmasrlon un mwet sac.
"For Jesus of Nazareth," they answered. He said to them, "I am he." (Now Judas also, the betrayer, was standing with them.)
6 Ke Jesus el fahk nu selos, “Nga pa el,” elos kohloli ac topla nu infohk ah.
When Jesus said "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground;
7 Jesus el sifilpa siyuk selos, “Su kowos suk an?” Ac elos fahk, “Jesus lun Nazareth.”
so he asked them once more, "Whom are you looking for?" and they replied, "Jesus of Nazareth."
8 Jesus el fahk, “Nga fahk tari nu suwos lah nga pa el. Fin nga pa kowos suk an, fuhlela mwet inge in som.” (
"I have already told you that I am he," said Jesus. "If, then, you are looking for me, let these go their way."
9 El fahk ouinge tuh in akpwayeiyuk kas se el tuh fahk meet: “Papa, tia sie selos su kom ase nu sik tuhlac likiyu.”)
"(In order that the word which he had spoken might be fulfilled, "Of those whom thou hast given me I have not lost one.")
10 Oasr cutlass se yorol Simon Peter, na el faesak ac sang paki sie sin mwet kulansap lun Mwet Tol Fulat, ac wotela sracl layen layot. Inen mwet kulansap sac pa Malchus.
Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, and striking at the high priest’s slave, cut off his right ear.
11 Jesus el fahk nu sel Peter, “Isongya cutlass nutum an nu ke ma nukumyen! Mea, kom nunku mu nga ac tia nim ke cup in keok se ma Papa El se nu sik uh?”
(The slave’s name was Malchus.) Then Jesus said to Peter. "Put up your sword in its sheath. the cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?"
12 Toko mwet mweun Rome ac captain lalos, wi mwet soan lun mwet Jew, elos sruokilya Jesus ac kaprilya,
So the troops and their commandant and the Jewish police took Jesus, and bound him,
13 ac kololla meet nu yorol Annas. Annas pa papa tumun mutan kial Caiaphas, su Mwet Tol Fulat ke yac sac.
and led him to Annas first. (For Annas was the Father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year -
14 Caiaphas pa tuh sang kas in kasru nu sin mwet fulat lun mwet Jew mu, ac fal tuh mwet sefanna in misa ke mwet nukewa.
the Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was for their advantage that one man should die for the people.)
15 Simon Peter ac sie pac mwet lutlut eltal fahsr tokol Jesus. Mwet lutlut se saya ah eteyuk sin Mwet Tol Fulat, ouinge el welul Jesus utyak na nwe ke inkul lun Mwet Tol Fulat,
Meanwhile Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so was another disciple who was known to the high priest, and they went in with Jesus into the court of the high priest’s palace.
16 a Peter el mutana likin kalkal ah sisken mutunpot ah. Na mwet lutlut se ngia el tufoki ac kaskas nu sin mutan kulansap se su karingin mutunpot uh, ac pwanulak Peter nu in kalkal ah.
But Peter took his stand outside, near the door. So the other disciple who was known to the high priest came out and spoke to the doorkeeper and brought Peter in.
17 Mutan sac fahk nu sel Peter, “Ku kom tia sie sin mwet lutlut lun mwet sacn?” Peter el topuk, “Mo, tia nga.”
The doorkeeper (a maid servant) then said to Peter, "Are not you also one of this man’s disciples?" "No I am not," he answered.
18 Mwet kulansap ac mwet topang elos tanak tari sie e ke mulut ke sripen arulana ohu, ac elos tu raunela ac langlung kac. Na Peter el welulosyang tu langlung.
Now the slaves and the attendants were standing and warming themselves about a charcoal fire, which they had made because it was cold; and Peter also stood with them, and was warming himself.
19 Mwet Tol Fulat el lolngok sin Jesus ke mwet tumal lutlut ac ke luti lal ah.
Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
20 Ac Jesus el fahk, “Pacl nukewa nga kaskas lemtulauk nu sin mwet uh. Luti luk nukewa orek in iwen lolngok ac in Tempul, yen mwet nukewa tukeni we. Wangin kutena ma nga fahk in lukma.
Jesus answered him. "I have spoken to all the world openly. I always taught in a synagogue and in the temple, places where all the Jews are wont to assemble, and in secret I have spoken nothing.
21 Na efu kom ku kusen siyuk sik? Siyuk sin mwet ma lohngyu ah lah mea nga fahk nu selos. Elos etu ma nga fahk.”
"Why do you question me? Ask those who heard what I have said to them; these witnesses here know what I said."
22 Ke Jesus el fahk ma inge, sie sin mwet soan su tu we puokya likintupal ac fahk, “Kom ku kaskas angan nu sin Mwet Tol Fulat!”
When he had spoken these words, one of the police standing by gave him a blow with his hand, saying as he did so, "Is that the way you answer the high priest?"
23 Jesus el fahk nu sel, “Fin oasr ma nga fahk tuh sufal, akkalemye nu sesr nukewa. A fin pwaye ma nga fahk uh, efu kom ku puokyu?”
Jesus replied "If I have said anything wrong, give evidence concerning the wrong; but if I said what was true, why do you strike me?"
24 Jesus el srakna kapir ke Annas el supwalla nu yorol Caiaphas, Mwet Tol Fulat.
Then Annas sent him in chains to Caiaphas, the high priest.
25 Peter el srakna tu langlung insac, na kutu sin mwet uh fahk nu sel, “Ku tia kom pa sie sin mwet lutlut lun mwet sacn?” A Peter el sifil lafu ac fahk, “Mo, tia nga.”
Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, "You are not also one of his disciples, are you not?" He denied it, saying "I am not."
26 Sie sin mwet kulansap lun Mwet Tol Fulat, su sou lun mwet se ma Peter el pakela insrac ah, el kasla ac fahk, “Kom pa nga liye welul Jesus in ima sac — pwaye?”
One of the slaves of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did not I myself see you with him in the garden."
27 Peter el sifilpa fahk, “Mo” — na in pacl sacna, won se kahkla.
Peter again denied it; and at that very moment a cock crew.
28 Toang na in lotu sac, utukla Jesus liki lohm sel Caiaphas nu inkul fulat sel governor. Mwet fulat lun mwet Jew uh elos tuh tia wi utyak nu inkul fulat sac ke sripen elos tia lungse akfohkfokyalos, elos in mau ku in mongo ke Kufwen Alukela.
From the house of Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Praetorium, and it was dawn. They themselves would not enter the Praetorium, in order that they might not be ceremonially defiled, but might be able to eat the Passover.
29 Ouinge Pilate el ilme nu yorolos ac siyuk, “Mea kowos tukakin mwet se inge kac uh?”
So Pilate came outside to them and asked, "What charge do you bring against this man?"
30 Top lalos nu sel pa, “El funu tia orala sie ma koluk lulap, kut lukun tia usalu nu yurum.”
In reply they said, "If he had not been a criminal, we should not have handed him over you."
31 Pilate el fahk nu selos, “Fin angan, kowos sifacna usal ac nununkal fal nu ke ma sap lowos an.” Elos topuk ac fahk, “Ma sap lowos, mwet Rome, tia lela nu sesr in wotela sie mwet in anwuki.” (
"Take him yourselves," answered Pilate, "and judge him according to your law."
32 Ma inge sikyak in akpwayei ma Jesus el fahk ke el fahkak luman misa ma el ac misa kac.)
The Jews answered him, "We are not allowed to put anyone to death" (that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled in which he predicted the kind of death he was to die).
33 Pilate el sifil utyak nu in lohm sel ac sap in utuku Jesus nu yorol, na el siyuk sel, “Ya kom pa tokosra lun mwet Jew?”
So Pilate went into the Praetorium again, and summoned Jesus. "Are you the King of the Jews?" he said.
34 Jesus el topuk, “Ya ma na kom sifacna siyuk, ku mwet pa fahk nu sum keik?”
Jesus answered, "Are you saying this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?"
35 Pilate el topkol ac fahk, “Ya kom nunku mu nga sie mwet Jew? Mwet lom sifacna ac mwet tol fulat pa eiskomme nu sik. Mea kom orala uh?”
"I am not a Jew, am I?" replied Pilate; "It is your own nation and the high priests who have handed you over to me. What have you done?"
36 Jesus el fahk, “Tokosrai luk uh tia ma lun facl se inge. Funu ma lun faclu, mwet ma fahsr tukuk lukun anwuk in taranyu liki poun mwet fulat lun mwet Jew. Mo. Tokosrai luk tia ma faclu!”
Jesus answered him. "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants have fought hard that I should not be handed the Jews; but in reality my kingdom is not of such origins."
37 Ke ma inge Pilate el siyuk sel, “Fin angan, ya tokosra se pa kom?” Jesus el topuk, “Kom pa fahk mu tokosra se pa nga uh. Nga isusla ac tuku nu faclu ke na sripa se inge: in kaskas ke ma pwaye. Kutena mwet su ma lun ma pwaye elos porongeyu.”
"You are a king, then? You!" said Pilate. "You say truly that I am a king." answered Jesus, "for this purpose I was born, and to this end came I into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Every man who is of the truth listens to my voice."
38 Pilate el siyuk, “Ac mea ma pwaye?” Na Pilate el sifil illa nu yurin mwet uh ac fahk nu selos, “Nga tia ku in konauk kutena ma koluk lun mwet se inge.
Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" As he said this, he went outside again to the Jews and said to them.
39 Tusruktu in fal nu ke oakwuk uh, yac nukewa ke pacl in Kufwen Alukela nga muta aksukosokyela sie mwet kapir nu suwos. Kowos lungse nga in aksukosokyela tokosra lun mwet Jew?”
"I find no crime in this man. Now it is a custom of yours that I release one prisoner to you at the time of the Passover feast. Do you wish me to release to you the King of the Jews?"
40 Elos wowoyak ac fahk, “Mo, tia el! Kut lungse Barabbas!” (Barabbas el sie mwet pisrapasr sulallal.)
Then they all shouted again. "No, not him! Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.
