Luke 2323LukeDeath, resurrection and ascensionBekwel New Testament

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1. 1BKWBot ɛ sɛɛga djas eezɛwyɛl, bhii tak beezɛtɔ́ nɛ nɛ pɛ dáa kukuma Pilat.BSBBSB: Then the whole council rose and led Jesus away to Pilate.
2. 2BKWTin, bɛ moo tinaak é su nyɛ etɛp. Bɔɔ náá: «Bis bela mot tak ɛ́, é besal bot ɛ mbyak es bɛ kus ɛghuub. Nyɛ ɛpelu bot náá, bɛ nàdjɛ epata e lapo nɛ Sezaad. Nyɛ ke ɛ́ náá, ye ɛ́ nyɛy ɛ di Mɛsia, e kwyɛl ɛlɛɛ ɛ́: “mɛkoozi”.»BSBBSB: And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to be Christ, a King.”
3. 3BKWKukuma Pilat eezɛdji nyɛ náá: «Wɔy ɛ́ di mɛkoozi mɛ eYuda?» Yezu eezɛbɔɔza nɛ nɛ náá: «Ye ɛ́ dáa wɔy wɔ ɛmet ke enek.»BSBBSB: So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
4. 4BKWBhii tak Mɛkoozi Pilat eeke nɛ eboo bɛghaa-Zɛɛb, nɛ ɛdhuu ɛ bot nadi tin ɔ náá: «Mam ààpabee tɛp mɛ di egoka nɛ ɛkwyesal mot tak ndjɛ sɔs nɛ ye ɛ́.»BSBBSB: Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”
5. 5BKWTin, bɛ eebaazɛben gwood, tsim ɛlyelɛpe náá: «Nyɛ ɛpebesal bot, bɛ kus ɛghuub nɛ kɔkɔ mbi mɛlyo mɛ. Nyɛ nakan nɛ ye ɛ́, pɛ kyee dik Ghalile. Nyɛ eezɛtuula nɛ yɛ kɔ Yude. Ye ɛ́ nyɛ moo nɛ yɛ mos wak'ak.»BSBBSB: But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”
6. 6BKWDáa mɛkoozi Pilat nagwak mɛkpa menek ɛ, nyɛ ɛ́ boodji náá: «Mot tak ɛ́ mot Ghalile?»BSBBSB: When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.
7. 7BKWTin, bɛ eezɛlɛɛ nyɛ náá, Yezu nadus ɛ́ pɛ kyee dik Elood, nadi kɔk kɔ tak ɛ. Deenek nyɛ eezɛkyeed nyɛ pɛ dáa Elood. Zɛ bela náá, ye nabɛ ɛ́ mɛkoozi Elood naazyɛ, zɛkwyɛɛg ba mɛlu tin tɔ Yeluzalɛm.BSBBSB: And learning that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem at that time.
8. 8BKWMɛkoozi Elood naadyeebamyaala ɛbuɛpe dáa nyɛ nabee Yezu ɛ. Etɛɛ náá, ye nabɛ ɛ́, nyɛ naadyeebagwak menduk ɛ Yezu. Nyɛ nadi esaa ɛboma nɛ nɛ. Nyɛ nadi suu ɛ́ náá, Yezu sa dhiiti ndem mɛbwala e mis mɛ, nyɛ neebee.BSBBSB: When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased. He had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see Him perform a miracle.
9. 9BKWTin, nyɛ eezɛdji Yezu bɛtɛ nɛ mɛdjin, Yezu kadi ɛ́, «gwyem» ààbɔɔza.BSBBSB: Herod questioned Jesus at great length, but He gave no answer.
10. 10BKWEboo bɛghaa-Zɛɛb nɛ bɛghaŋ ɛ mɛkana mɛ etsi nadi ɛ́, tin, bɛ nadi é su etɛp e mɛpita ɛbuɛpe kɔ lo ɛ Yezu.BSBBSB: Meanwhile, the chief priests and scribes stood there, vehemently accusing Him.
11. 11BKWMɛkoozi Elood bɛ nɛ esodja bɛ zokaduk nyɛ, gɔ nyɛ. Bɛ nabee nyɛ ɛ́ tyee ba vaŋ put mot deenek. Bhii tak bɛ eezɛbet nyɛ mbɛɛ wolo kaad, bhii tak bɛ eezɛswaal nyɛ pɛ dáa kukuma Pilat.BSBBSB: And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.
12. 12BKWMɛkoozi Elood bɛ nɛ kukuma Pilat nabɛ sok ɛ́, ààgwakel. Dwoo ɛ tak ɛ́ bɛ nakan ɛgwakel pak'ɔɔ.BSBBSB: That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.
13. 13BKWKukuma Pilat eezɛboma e boob bɛ nɛ eboo bɛghaa-Zɛɛb, nɛ ekukuma eYuda, zɛnɔɔ bɛdhiiti bot ɛ dɛl,BSBBSB: Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,
14. 14BKWnyɛ eezɛke nɛ nɔɔ náá: «Bi zyɛ mɛ nɛ mot tak ɛ́, etɛɛ náá, nyɛ ɛpebesal bot bɛ kus ɛghuub. Deenek ye bɛ ɛ́ mɛ eedji yɛ taŋal e mis min wak, ka bela náá, mam ààpabee embee etɛp ee bi zɛpit nyɛ étɛp tak ɛ.BSBBSB: and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined Him here in your presence and found Him not guilty of your charges against Him.
15. 15BKWMɛkoozi Elood nabɛ ɛ́ ààbela nyɛ nɛ ndjɛ sɔs étɛp tak ɛ́ nyɛ naswaal nyɛ wak. Deenek mot tak ààpasa dhiiti tɛp mena di egoka nɛ ɛgó ɛ nyɛ kɔ ɛsu ɛ tak ɛ.BSBBSB: Neither has Herod, for he sent Him back to us. As you can see, He has done nothing deserving of death.
16. 16BKWÉtɛp tak ɛ́ di náá, mɛ waalwom náá, bɛ nyuu nyɛ nɛ mɛka. Bhii tak da mɛ ɛ́ bet nyɛ.» [BSBBSB: Therefore I will punish Him and release Him.”
17. 17BKWEghɛŋ mɛbyoŋ mɛ ePak djas, mɛkoozi Pilat nabɛ ɛ́ nɛ ɛzel ɛ wyisal mot membok ngɔt.]BSBBSB: Not in the BSB
    Not in the earliest manuscripts
18. 18BKWWɔ gwaa bɔɔ djas zokazɛtsim náá: «Góa nyɛ, da wɔ ɛ́ bet bis Bhaalabas.»BSBBSB: But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”
19. 19BKWZɛ bela náá, Bhaalabas naamɛtaa ɛ́, étɛp nyɛ nagó mot esok bot ɛ mbyak'ɛ nabe boo dho nɛ eLɔm ɛ.BSBBSB: (Barabbas had been imprisoned for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)
20. 20BKWDáa Pilat nakwyɛl ɛbet ɛ Yezu ɛ, nyɛ eebaazɛdji ɛdhuu ɛ bot.BSBBSB: Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again,
21. 21BKWDeenek bot djas zɛtsim ɛlyelɛpe náá: «Bema nyɛ e mɛlaaba! Bema nyɛ e mɛlaaba!»BSBBSB: but they kept shouting, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”
22. 22BKWPilat zokazɛbaadji bɛ tyee djia esok elɛl, nyɛ náá: «Mot tak sa yaa ɛbiyo ee? Mɛ ààpabee ghamen bi di é ke náá, nyɛ góaa ɛ. Étɛp tak ɛ́ mɛ ke náá, bɛ nyuu nyɛ nɛ eghwyɛs, da bɛ ɛ́ bet nyɛ.»BSBBSB: A third time he said to them, “What evil has this man done? I have found in Him no offense worthy of death. So after I punish Him, I will release Him.”
23. 23BKWGhuna bot nadi ebesal nɛ etsim ɛlyelɛpe náá, nyɛ bemaa e mɛlaaba. Etsim bɔɔ naadhaa Pilat.BSBBSB: But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.
24. 24BKWDeenek Pilat zokazɛtsaal tɛp dhen náá, ye kaa sael dáa ɛdhuu ɛ bot kwyɛl ɛ.BSBBSB: So Pilate sentenced that their demand be met.
25. 25BKWTin, kukuma Pilat eezɛwyisal mot bɔɔ nadi kwyɛl náá, nyɛ wyisal ɔ. Mot tak namɛtaa ɛ́, etɛɛ náá, nyɛ naabe boo dho, mot zokagwyɛ e dho tak.BSBBSB: As they had requested, he released the one imprisoned for insurrection and murder, and he handed Jesus over to their will.
26. 26BKWDáa bɛ nadi tɔ́ nɛ Yezu ɛ, wɔ gwaa bɛ zɛboma nɛ Simɔŋ mot dɛl ɛ Silɛn. Nyɛ nadi é dus ye ɛ pɛ pyeeb. Esodja zokamɛt nyɛ, zɛdjɛ nyɛ mɛlaaba nyɛ kwyee Yezu e ɛbɛp ɛ yɛ pɛ bhis koŋ ɛ Yezu.BSBBSB: As the soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in from the country, and they put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.
27. 27BKWZukamwaa nɛ mot mɛdhuu-mɛdhuu nadi edu bɛ, zɛnɔɔ boa é dje mɛgwyɛ nɛ etaŋal kɔ ɛsu ɛ lɛ.BSBBSB: A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.
28. 28BKWTin, Yezu zokazɛliig mis, gwyák bɛ. Nyɛy nɛ nɔɔ náá: «Boa ɛ Yeluzalɛm, nàdjeka kɔ ɛsu ɛ lam! Bi goka nɛ ɛdje ɛ étɛp'en nɛ étɛp bɔɔ bin!BSBBSB: But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
29. 29BKWDáa di náá, ɛwala mot aake náá: “Mɛnyɔ nɛ boa di náá, bɛ aanàkwaabya ɔ, nɛ bɛkwyiid ɛ boa, zɛnɔɔ boa di ààgu dáa mɔn di djɛaa ɛbel ɛ!” moo ɛ́, yɛ eezekunaa, nɛ tsɛɛtsɛ.BSBBSB: Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’
30. 30BKWÉ di'enek, bot ɛ waake nɛ mɛtsok náá: “Dha dumaka kɔ les!” Nɛ eghooda náá: “Dha syelka bis!”BSBBSB: At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’
31. 31BKWEtɛɛ náá, kwyii le bes saaa deenek, gwyaaza nɛ syeela le? Bɛ aakasa dáa nɛ yɛ?»BSBBSB: For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
32. 32BKWEsodja baazɛtɔ́ nɛ botom ɛbá, bɛmbee ɛ bot, bɛ neegó bɛ, bɛ nɛ Yezu lɔɔg wat.BSBBSB: Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.
33. 33BKWEghɛŋ bɛ nakum e di bɛ di djóo «Bhobho Lo» ɛ, esodja zokazɛbem Yezu e mɛlaaba, nɛ bɛmbee ɛ bot ɛbá, nwyak pɛ mbɔ e ghɛŋ, dhiiti pɛ mbɔ ɛmyɛl.BSBBSB: When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.
34. “Father, forgive them”
    34BKWYezu ɛ́ boozɛke náá: «Pela bɛ, Saag'am, etɛɛ náá, bɛ ààgu sa bɛ di sa ɛ.» Bɛ eezɛkaa ekaad bɛ, bhis bɛ nazesa ɛgwyeeg ɛ.BSBBSB: Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.
35. 35BKWMɛdhuu mɛ bot nadi ɛ́, tin é bee. Ekukuma e eYuda moo é gɔ nɛ duk ɛ́ nyɛ. Bɔɔ náá: «Nyɛ naatsik bot ɛsis. Nyɛ kaa tsik nyel'ɛ ɛmet, yɛ bɛ náá, nyɛ ɛ́ Mɛsia Zɛɛb natɔ ɔ!»BSBBSB: The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”
36. 36BKWDɔɔ nɛ esodja pe nadi egɔ nɛ ɛduk ɛ nyɛ. Bɛ zokazɛtiila, wɔ gwaa bɛ djɛ nyɛ mɛnyok mɛ na bwaaz-bwaaz.BSBBSB: The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.
37. 37BKWBɔɔ nɛ nɛ náá: «Yɛ bɛ náá, wɔ ɛ́ mɛkoozi mɛ eYuda ɔ, tsika nyel'ɔ wɔy wɔ ɛmet!»BSBBSB: “If You are the King of the Jews,” they said, “save Yourself!”
38. 38BKWPɛ ɛko ɛ mɛlaaba ɛ Yezu, ye nabɛ ɛ́, bɛ naabɛk mɔɔ pes le kwyala kɔ tak náá: «Mɛkoozi mɛ eYuda ɛ́ nwyak.»BSBBSB: Above Him was posted an inscription: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
39. 39BKWTɔ bɛmbee ɛ bot ɛbá nabemaa e mɛlaaba ɔ, ngɔt naabyasal Yezu. Nyɛy nɛ nɛ ɛ náá: «Wɔ paalɛɛ náá, wɔ ɛ́ Mɛsia. Deenek, tsika nyel'ɔ tɔ ɛsyee, da wɔ ɛ́ baatsik bisɔ.»BSBBSB: One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!”
40. 40BKWTinaak dhiiti mbee mot naadjɛ sɔ mɛbɛ. Nyɛy náá: «Wɔ ààkaab Zɛɛb e, é di wɔ di ezuk dáa nyɛy'aak?BSBBSB: But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?
41. 41BKWYenabɛl mezuk e goka, etɛɛ náá, mena gwyɛ ɛ́, étɛp embee esesɛɛ bena. Ghuna mot tak nabɛ ɛ́ ààsa ɛbiyo.»BSBBSB: We are punished justly, for we are receiving what our actions deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
42. 42BKWBhii tak, nyɛ eebaazeke náá: «Yezu, sa wɔ ààdjisa mɛ, dwoo wɔ aaboozyɛ dáa mɛkoozi tɔ Ɛyoŋ ɛ lɔ ɛ.»BSBBSB: Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”
43. 43BKWYezu eezɛbɔɔza nɛ nɛ náá: «Tsɛɛtsɛ nɛ tsɛɛtsɛ, mɛ lɛɛ bin ɛ náá: Mos wɔ aadi ɛ́ nɛ nam tɔ dɛl ɛ mɛmyaala.»BSBBSB: And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
44. 44BKWDáa dwoo nadi e moo kuku mwos ɛ, wɔ gwaa ɛgwyitok zɛgwyiidela kɔ dik djas, kɛkum dwoo e leega.BSBBSB: It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.
45. 45BKWKa sɛka ɛ́, boo kaad na pip-pip di é bɛk Dhɛŋ na Dɛɛ nɛ boo koo, tɔ kok Ndjaa-ebuwa ɔ eezɛnyɛɛ kuku tak.BSBBSB: The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.
46. 46BKWYezu zokazɛtsim ɛlyelɛpe, nyɛ náá: «Saag'am, mɛ eenɔɔ sisimam, wa tɔ mɛmbɔ mɔ.» Bhis nyɛ nalii mɛkpa menek ɛ, nyɛ eezɛsil eswos.BSBBSB: Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.
47. 47BKWDáa kukuma lɔɔg esodja nabee etɛp binek ɛ, nyɛ naaduwal Zɛɛb. Nyɛy náá: «Mɛ bee ɛ́ náá, mot tak nabɛ ɛ́ ààgu tɛp.»BSBBSB: When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”
48. 48BKWMɛdhuu mɛ bot ɛ nazyɛ, zɛbee etɛp ee nadi sɛɛ e di tak ɔ, naabee esesɛɛ binek djas. Bhii tak bɛ eezɛsik, mɛmbɔ kɔ elo, nɛ ghoŋ tɔ elyem bɔɔ.BSBBSB: And when all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts.
49. 49BKWBɛsɔ ɛ Yezu djas nɛ boa nadus bɛ nɛ bɛ nɔɔ pɛ kyee dik Ghalile ɔ, nadi ɛ́, ba ɛtsetaɛpe é bee esa ee nadi sɛɛ ɛ djas.BSBBSB: But all those who knew Jesus, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching these things.
50. 50BKWYe nabɛ ɛ́ nɛ dhiiti mot, din ɛ lɛ Zozɛf. Nyɛ nadi ɛ́, mot dɛl ɛ Alimate dhiiti ghaada eYuda. Nyɛ nabɛ ɛ́ tɛtɛ mot, epiki. Nyɛ nadi ebwood náá, Ɛyoŋ ɛ Zɛɛb zyɛ, ye nàkwyii zo di náá, nyɛ nabɛ ɛ́ mot ngɔt tɔ bot boob ekukuma e eYuda. Nyɛ nabɛ ɛ́ ààmyaal egeka bɔɔ, nɛ ɛsesel bɔɔ.BSBBSB: Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,
51. 52BKWNyɛ ɛ́ boozɛtɔ́ pɛ dáa Pilat kɛwaab muu ɛ Yezu.BSBBSB: He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.
52. 53BKWBhii tak, Zozɛf zokasil muu ɛ Yezu e mɛlaaba, zɛwol nyɛ tɔ bheeza na puu, zɛnɛɛg nyɛ tɔ ɛvit ɛ bes, yii nakpakaa tɔ gho ɛkok ɛ.BSBBSB: Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.
53. 54BKWYe nabɛ ɛ́ dwoo ɛkoobal esonok étɛp dwoo saba. Tin, nabɛ ɛ́ saba moo aakan.BSBBSB: It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.
54. 55BKWBoa nadus bɛ nɛ Yezu pɛ kyee dik Ghalile ɔ eezɛtɔ́ lɔɔg wat bɛ nɛ Zozɛf. Bɔɔ zokabee ɛvit ɛ Yezu nɛ dáa bɛ nanɛɛg muuɛ tɔ tak ɛ.BSBBSB: The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.
55. 56BKWBhii tak bɛ eezɛsik pɛ ghaada kɛkoobal bɛmul, nɛ bɛmɛnanas étɛp ɛkɛ lɔɔb muu ɛ Yezu. Dwoo saba bɛ eezɛwala dáa etsi di é lɛɛ.BSBBSB: Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.