Ruka 22
1 Zvino mabiko ezvingwa zvisina mbiriso akaswedera, anonzi pasika.
It was now almost time to celebrate the festival of Unleavened Bread, which [began with] the Passover festival.
2 Vapristi vakuru nevanyori ndokutsvaka kuti vangamuuraya sei; nokuti vaitya vanhu.
The chief priests and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws were seeking a way to kill Jesus. [But they wanted to do it secretly], because they were afraid that if [they did not do] it secretly, the people [might riot].
3 Zvino wakapinda Satani kuna Judhasi anotumidzwa Isikariyoti, waiverengwa pavanegumi nevaviri.
Then [even though] Judas, who was called [the man from] Kerioth [village], was one of the twelve [disciples], Satan entered him.
4 Akaenda, akanotaura nevapristi vakuru nevatungamiriri, kuti angamutengesa sei kwavari.
Judas went and conferred with the chief priests and the officers of the Temple guards. He discussed with them how he could enable them to seize [Jesus].
5 Zvino vakafara, vakatenderana kumupa mari.
They were pleased [that he wanted to do that]. They offered to give him money [for doing it].
6 Zvino wakatenda, akatsvaka mukana wakafanira wekumutengesa kwavari pasina chaunga.
So he agreed, [and they gave him the money]. Then he tried to find an opportunity to enable them to seize [Jesus] when there was no crowd around him.
7 Zvino zuva rezvingwa zvisina mbiriso rakasvika, paifanira kubaiwa pasika.
Then the day during the [first part of the week-long festival] of Unleavened Bread came, [the day] when [the] lambs [for the] Passover [celebration] had to be killed.
8 Zvino wakatuma Petro naJohwani, achiti: Endai munotigadzirira pasika, kuti tidye.
So Jesus said to Peter and John, “Go and prepare the meal for the Passover [celebration].”
9 Zvino vakati kwaari: Ndekupi kwamunoda kuti tigadzirire?
They replied to him, “Where do you [(sg)] want us to prepare it?”
10 Zvino wakati kwavari: Tarirai, kana mapinda muguta, munhu achasangana nemwi akatakura chirongo chemvura; mumutevere mumba maanopinda.
He said to the [two of] them, “Listen carefully. When you [two] enter the city, a man who is carrying a [large] jar of water will meet you. Follow him. [When] he enters [a house],
11 Uye muti kumwene weimba: Mudzidzisi anoti kwauri: Imba yevaeni iripi, mandingadyira pasika nevadzidzi vangu?
tell the owner of the house, ‘[Our] teacher says [that we(exc) should] ask [you(sg) to please] show [us] the room that [he arranged with you] where he can eat the Passover [meal] with [us], his disciples [RHQ].’
12 Uye iye achakuratidzai imba huru yekumusoro yakarongedzwa; gadzirirai ipapo.
He will show you a large room that is on the upper [floor of the house]. It will be all set up [for a meal]. Prepare the meal for us there.”
13 Zvino vakaenda vakanowana sezvaakange avaudza; ndokugadzirira pasika.
So [the two disciples] went [into the city]. They found everything to be just like [Jesus] had told them. So they prepared [the meal for] the Passover [celebration there].
14 Zvino awa rakati rasvika, akagara pakudya, nevaapositori gumi nevaviri vanaye.
When it was time [MTY] [to eat the Passover meal], Jesus [came and] sat down with the [twelve] apostles.
15 Ndokuti kwavari: Nechishuwo ndakashuva kudya pasika iyi nemwi ndisati ndatambudzika;
He said to them, “I have greatly desired to eat this Passover [meal] with you before I suffer [and die].
16 nokuti ndinoti kwamuri: Handichazodyizve pairi, kusvikira yazadziswa muushe hwaMwari.
I want you to know that I will not eat [the Passover meal] again until all those whose lives God rules completely realize [what it represents].”
17 Zvino wakatora mukombe, avonga akati: Torai ichi, mugogovana.
Then he took a cup [of wine] and thanked [God for it]. Then he said, “Take this, and each of you drink some of it.
18 Nokuti ndinoti kwamuri: Handichatongonwi zvechibereko chemuzambiringa, kusvikira ushe hwaMwari hwasvika.
I want you to know that [from now on] I will not drink wine until God makes me king.”
19 Zvino wakatora chingwa, akavonga, akamedura, ndokuvapa, achiti: Uyu muviri wangu, unopiwa pachinzvimbo chenyu; izvi itai kundirangarira.
Then he took some bread and thanked God for it. He broke it [into pieces] and gave it to them [to eat]. He said, “This [bread represents] my body, which [I] am about to sacrifice for you. Keep on [eating bread] this way [regularly] to remember what I [have done for you].”
20 Saizvozvowo mukombe shure kwekurayira, achiti: Mukombe uyu isungano itsva muropa rangu, rinoteurirwa imwi.
Similarly, after [they had eaten] the meal, he took [another] cup [of wine]. He said, “[The wine in] [MTY] this cup [represents] my blood, which will soon flow [from my body when I die]. [With] this blood [I will sign] the new agreement [that God is making with] you.
21 Asi tarirai, ruoko rweanonditengesa rwuneni patafura.
But [note that] the one [SYN] who will enable my enemies to seize me is eating right here with me!
22 Zvino zvirokwazvo Mwanakomana wemunhu anoenda sezvazvakatemwa; asi ane nhamo munhu uyo waanotengeswa naye!
[It is certain that I], the one who came from heaven, will die, because that is what [God] has planned. But there will be terrible punishment for the man who will (betray me/enable my enemies to seize me)!”
23 Zvino ivo vakatanga kubvunzana kuti ko ndiani pavari achaita chinhu ichi.
Then they began to ask one another, “Which of us would do such a thing?”
24 Zvino gakava rakavapowo pakati pavo kuti ndiani kwavari anoverengwa semukurusa.
[The apostles] began to argue among themselves, saying, “Which one of us [will be] the greatest [when Jesus becomes king]?”
25 Zvino wakati kwavari: Madzimambo evechirudzi anotonga zvakaoma pamusoro pavo, nevatongi vavo vanonzi vabatsiri.
So Jesus said to them, “The kings of the non-Jews [enjoy] showing that they are powerful. [Yet] they give [themselves] the title, ‘ones who help the people.’
26 Asi imwi zvisadaro; asi mukurusa kwamuri ngaave semudiki, nemutungamiriri seanoshandira.
But you should not be like them! Instead, those who [want God to consider them] the greatest should [act as though they] were the youngest, [since the youngest are expected to serve the older ones]. Whoever is a leader should be one who serves [the others].
27 Nokuti ndiani mukuru, uyo agere pakudya kana anoshandira? Haasi iye agere pakudya here? Asi ini ndiri pakati penyu seanoshandira.
Keep in mind who is the most important one [RHQ]. It is certainly the one who [just sits] at the table, not [RHQ] those who serve [the meal]. But I, [your leader], have been [an example for you] by serving you [while I have been] among you.
28 Nemwi ndimwi makagara neni pamiedzo yangu;
You are the ones who have stayed with me during all my troubles.
29 zvino ini ndinogadza kwamuri ushe, saBaba vangu vakagadza kwandiri;
So now, just like my Father has appointed me to rule as a king, I am appointing you
30 kuti mudye nekunwa patafura yangu muushe hwangu, nekugara pazvigaro zveushe, muchitonga marudzi gumi nemaviri aIsraeri.
so that you can sit and eat [and rule] [MET] with me when I become king. You will sit on thrones to judge the people of the twelve tribes of Israel.”
31 Ishe ndokuti: Simoni, Simoni, tarira, Satani wakukumbirai kuti akuzungurei segorosi;
“Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has asked [God to let him test you, and God has permitted him to do it. Satan wants to cause you to suffer distress] (OR, [distress you]) [so that you will not believe/trust in me any more/longer. He wants to shake you, just like a man shakes wheat in a sieve to sift it] [MET].
32 asi ini ndakunyengeterera, kuti rutendo rwako rwurege kupera; newe kana watendeuka, usimbise hama dzako.
But I have prayed for you, Simon, that you will not completely stop believing in me. So when you [(sg)] restore your relationship with me, help your fellow apostles [to trust in me more]!”
33 Asi wakati kwaari: Ishe, ndakagadzirira kuenda nemwi zvese mutirongo nemurufu.
Peter said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you [(sg)] if they put you in prison, or even to die with you!”
34 Asi iye wakati: Ndinokuudza, Petro, jongwe haringatongoriri nhasi, usati waramba katatu kuti unondiziva.
Jesus replied, “Peter, I want you [(sg)] to know that tonight, before the rooster crows, you will say three times that you do not know me!”
35 Zvino wakati kwavari: Pandakakutumai musina chikwama nehombodo neshangu, makashaiwa chinhu here? Vakati: Hapana.
Then [Jesus] asked all of them, “After I sent you out [to other villages, and you went] without taking any money or a [traveling] bag or [extra] sandals, you did not lack anything, did you?” They replied, “[That’s right], [we(exc) did] not [lack] anything.”
36 Zvino akati kwavari: Asi ikozvino, ane chikwama ngaatore, saizvozvowo nehombodo; neasina, ngaatengese nguvo yake, atenge munondo.
Then, [to show them that now many people would oppose them], (OR, [to show them that they needed to be prepared to protect themselves], ) he said to them, “Now [things will be different. So] whoever among you has some money should take it with him. Likewise, he should take a carrying bag. Whoever does not have a sword should sell his coat and buy a sword.
37 Nokuti ndinoti kwamuri: Izvi zvakanyorwa zvichakafanira kuzadziswa mandiri, zvinoti: Wakaverengwa pamwe nevadariki; nokuti zvinhu izviwo zviri maererano neni zvine mugumo.
Because, I now tell you, [something must happen to me to fulfill these words that a prophet] wrote: ‘He was treated {They treated him} as [though he were] a criminal.’ Do not forget that everything that is {that they have} written about me [in the Scriptures] must be fulfilled.”
38 Zvino vakati: Ishe, tarirai, heyi minondo miviri. Akati kwavari: Zvaringana.
[One of] the disciples said, “Lord, look! We [(exc)] have two swords!” [Realizing that they did not understand the meaning of what he said], he replied to them, “That is enough [talk about swords]”!
39 Zvino wakabuda akaenda sezvaaisiita kugomo reMiorivhi; nevadzidziwo vake vakamutevera.
As [Jesus] left [the city], he went, as he usually did, to Olive [Tree] Hill. His disciples went with him.
40 Zvino wakati asvika panzvimbo, akati kwavari: Nyengeterai kuti murege kupinda pamuedzo.
When he came to the place [where he often spent the night], he said to them, “Pray that [God will help you] whenever something tempts you.”
41 Zvino iye wakasuduruka kwavari, chingava chinhambwe chingaposherwa ibwe; ndokufugama akanyengetera,
Then he went from them a distance of about 30 meters/yards. (OR, as far as someone can throw a stone.) He knelt and prayed,
42 achiti: Baba, kana muchida, bvisai mukombe uyu kwandiri; asi chisava chido changu, asi chenyu ngachiitwe.
“[My] Father, if you are willing [to do it], force me [to have to undergo] these terrible things that [are about to happen to me] [MTY]. But do not do what I want. Instead, do what you want.”
43 Zvino kwakaonekwa mutumwa kwaari wakabva kudenga achimusimbisa.
Then an angel from heaven appeared to Jesus and caused him to become stronger.
44 Zvino, ari pakurwadziwa kukuru, wakanyanya kunyengetera. Zvino ziya rake rikaita semazidomwe eropa achiwira pasi.
He was greatly distressed. So he prayed more earnestly. His sweat fell down on the ground as though it was large drops of blood.
45 Zvino wakati asimuka pamunyengetero, akauya kuvadzidzi vake, akavawana varara neshungu.
When he got up from praying, he returned to his disciples. He found that they were sleeping. They were exhausted because they were very sorrowful.
46 Ndokuti kwavari: Mararirei? Mukai munyengetere, kuti murege kupinda pamuedzo.
He [woke them and] said to them, “(I am disappointed that you are sleeping!/Why are you sleeping?) [RHQ] Get up! Pray that [God will help you] whenever you are tempted {when something [like this] tempts you}!”
47 Zvino wakati achataura, tarira, chaunga, naiye wainzi Judhasi, umwe wevanegumi nevaviri, akavatungamirira, ndokuswedera kuna Jesu, kuti amutsvode.
While [Jesus] was still speaking, a crowd [came to him]. Judas, [even though he was] one of the twelve [disciples], was leading them. He came close to Jesus and kissed him [on the cheek as if to greet him, but was really a signal to those with him which one was Jesus].
48 Asi Jesu wakati kwaari: Judhasi, unotengesa Mwanakomana wemunhu netsvodo here?
Jesus said to him, “Judas, (I am disappointed that it is by kissing me that you are enabling [my enemies] to seize [me], the one who came from heaven!/is it by kissing me [as though you loved me] that you are enabling [my enemies] to seize [me], the one who came from heaven?) [RHQ]”
49 Zvino avo vaiva vakamukomba pavakaona zvaizoitika vakati kwaari: Ishe, tichatema nemunondo here?
When the [disciples] who were around Jesus realized what was going to happen, they said, “Lord, shall we [(exc)] strike [them] with our swords?”
50 Zvino umwe wavo wakatema muranda wemupristi mukuru, akagura nzeve yake yerudyi.
One of his [drew his sword and] struck the servant of the high priest [to kill him, but only] cut off his right ear.
51 Asi Jesu wakapindura akati: Regai zvisvike ipapa. Ndokubata nzeve yake, akamuporesa.
But Jesus said, “Do not [do] any more of that!” He touched the [servant’s] ear and healed him.
52 Zvino Jesu wakati kuvapristi vakuru nevatungamiriri vetembere nevakuru vakange vauya kwaari: Mabuda semakanangana negororo neminondo netsvimbo here?
Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the Temple guards, and the [Jewish] elders who had come to [seize] him, “(It is ridiculous that you have come [here] with swords and clubs to capture [MTY] me, as [if I were] a bandit!/Why have you come here with swords and clubs to capture [MTY] me, as if I were a bandit?) [RHQ] Day after day [I was with you] in the Temple [courtyard], [and] you did not seize me! But this is the time [MTY] when [God is allowing] you [to do what you want]. It is also the time [MTY] when God is allowing [Satan, who rules] [MTY] [in] the darkness, [to do what he wants].”
53 Ndaiva nemwi mutembere zuva nezuva mukasatandavadzira ruoko kwandiri; asi zvino iawa renyu, nesimba rerima.
54 Zvino vakamutora, vakamutungamidza, vakapinda naye mumba memupristi mukuru. Petro ndokutevera ari kure.
They seized [Jesus] and led him away. They brought him to the high priest’s house. Peter followed [them] at a distance.
55 Zvino vakati vavesa moto pakati pechivanze, ndokugara pasi pamwe, Petro akagara pakati pavo.
They kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together. Peter sat among them.
56 Zvino umwe murandakadzi wakamuona agere pamoto, ndokumutarisisa, akati: Uyuwo wakange anaye.
As the light [from the fire] shone [on his face, a] female servant saw him and looked intently at him. She said, “This man was also with [the man whom they have arrested]!”
57 Asi iye wakamurambira, achiti: Mukadzi, handimuzivi.
But Peter denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know him!”
58 Uye shure kwechinguvana, umwe wakamuona akati: Iwewo uri umwe wavo. Petro ndokuti: Iwe munhu, handisi.
A little later someone else saw Peter and said, “You [(sg)] also are one of those who [were with] the man [they arrested]!” But Peter said, “Man, I am not [one of them]!”
59 Zvino nguva inenge awa rimwe yakati yapfuura, umwezve wakasimbisa ane chokwadi, achiti: Zvirokwazvo uyuwo wakange anaye; nokuti muGarireawo.
About an hour later someone else said emphatically [about Peter], “[The way] that this man [speaks shows that he] is from Galilee [district]. Certainly this man was also with the man whom [they arrested, who is from Galilee]!”
60 Zvino Petro wakati: Iwe munhu, handizivi zvaunoreva. Pakarepo achataura jongwe rakarira.
But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you [(sg)] are talking about!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.
61 Ishe ndokutendeuka akatarira Petro. Petro ndokurangarira shoko raIshe, kuti akamuudza sei, achiti: Jongwe risati rarira, uchandiramba katatu.
The Lord [Jesus] turned around and looked right at Peter. Then Peter remembered what the Lord had said to him, “This night, before the rooster crows, you [(sg)] will deny three times [that you know] me.”
62 Zvino Petro wakabuda panze akachema zvinorwadza.
And Peter went out [of the courtyard] and cried very sorrowfully.
63 Zvino varume vakange vakabata Jesu, vakamuseka, vakamurova.
The men who were guarding Jesus made fun of him and beat him.
64 Uye vakati vamuvhara kumeso, vakamurova chiso, ndokumubvunza vachiti: Porofita! Ndiani wakurova?
They put a blindfold on him and [beat him again. Then] they said to him, “[Because you(sg) say] [IRO] that you are a prophet, [prove it by] telling us who it was that struck you!”
65 Nezvimwe zvinhu zvizhinji vakareva kwaari, vachituka.
They said many other evil things about him, insulting him.
66 Zvino kwakati kuchingoedza, dare revatariri vevanhu nevapristi vakuru nevanyori vakaungana, vakamuisa kudare ravo remakurukota vachiti:
At dawn [the next morning], many of the [Jewish] leaders gathered together. The group included the chief priests and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws. They took Jesus to the Jewish Council. There the men of the Council said to him,
67 Kana iwe uri Kristu, tiudze. Zvino akati kwavari: Kana ndikakuudzai, hamutongotendi;
“If you [(sg)] are the Messiah, tell us!” But he replied, “If I tell you that, you will not believe me.
68 uyewo kana ndikabvunza, hamumbondipinduri, kana kundisunungura.
If I ask you [what you think about the Messiah], you will not answer me.
69 Kubva ikozvino Mwanakomana wemunhu achagara kuruoko rwerudyi rwesimba rwaMwari.
But some day you will see [me], the one who came from heaven, sitting next to almighty God and ruling [MTY]!”
70 Vese ndokuti: Naizvozvo iwe uri Mwanakomana waMwari kanhi? Iye ndokuti kwavari: Imwi mareva kuti ndini.
Then they all said, “If that is so, are [you(sg) saying that] you are (the Son of God/the Man who is also God)?” He said to them, “[Yes], it is just like you say [MTY].”
71 Zvino vakati: Tichadirei uchapupu? Nokuti tomene tanzwa pamuromo wake.
Then they said [to each other], “(We [(inc)] certainly do not need anyone else to testify [against him]!/Why should we ask for any more people to testify [against him]?) [RHQ]” We ourselves have heard him say [MTY] [that he is equal with God]!
