Luke 23 (YOM) · Opened

1Batu boso batelama va kimosi ayi bannata kuidi Pilatu.Then the whole council rose and led Jesus away to Pilate.

2Kuna bamfundila bu batuba ti : —Mutu wawu tummueni wulembo votikisa batu ba tsi eto. Niandi wubedi kuba kandikanga babika futa phaku kuidi Sezali ayiwubedi tubanga ti niandi Klisto (bu dinsundula ti ntinu).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.”

3Buna Pilatu wunyuvula : —Ngeyo widi ntinu wu Bayuda e ? Yesu wumvutudila : —Ngeyo weka tubidi buawu.So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.

4Buna Pilatu wukamba bapfumu banganga Nzambi ayi nkangu wu batu ti : —Ndisi mona kadi diambu di mbimbi ko mu mutu wawu.Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”

5Bawu baluta buela sindisila ti : —Niandi wutonisanga zikhindu mu malongi mandi momo kalonga mu Yuda dioso ; bu katonina ku Ngalili nate kuaku.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.”

6Pilatu bu kawa ti bayolukila Ngalili, buna wuyuvula kani mutu wowo wuba muisi Ngalili.When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

7Bu kawa ti wuba muisi zunga kiyadila Elode ; buna wumfidisa kuidi Elode bila mu bilumbu bina, Elode buna widi ku Yelusalemi.And learning that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem at that time.

8Elode wumona khini bu kamona Yesu bila tona thama wuba tombanga diluaku di kummonina mu diambu di mambu mawombo kawa mu niandi ; ayi wutula diana ti maka mona kumu kioki maka vanga.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.

9Buivu biwombo kanyuvula vayi Yesu kasia vutula kadi diambu dimosi ko.Herod questioned Jesus at great length, but He gave no answer.

10Vayi bapfumu banganga Nzambi ayi minlongi mi mina batelama vana ayi baba kumfunda ngolo.Meanwhile, the chief priests and scribes stood there, vehemently accusing Him.

11Elode va kimosi ayi masodi mandi banlenza bansekinina bamvuikanledi wu kitoko ; wumvutula kuidi Pilatu.And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.

12Pilatu ayi Elode bakituka bakundi tona mu lumbu kina bila batuama ba bambeni.That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.

13Pilatu wukutikisa bapfumu banganga Nzambi, bakulutu ba batu va kimosi ayi batu. Wuba kamba :Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,

14—Beno lundatiningi mutu wawu bu lumfundidingi ti niandi wulembu vukumuna batu. Vayi tala minu veka mbeni kunsambisa va meso meno ayi ndisi mona kadi diambu di mbimbi ko mu mutu wawu mu mambu momo lulembu mfundila.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.

15Elode mamvandi kasi mona diambu di mbimbi ko bila wutuvutudidi niandi. Mutu wawu kasi vanga ko bila kioki kafueti vondulu.Neither has Herod, for he sent Him back to us. As you can see, He has done nothing deserving of death.

16Diawu ndieka kunzubisa bikoti bosi ma ndiyekula. [Therefore I will punish Him and release Him.”

17Pilatu wuba kifu ki kuba totudilanga mutu wumosi wu nloko mu kadikanyengo.]Not in the BSB

18Vayi nkangu woso wuyamikina : —Vondisa mutu wowo ; totula Balabasi !But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”

19Balabasi beni wukotusu mu nloko mu diambu di khindu yimosi yiba mu divula, ayi mu diambu di vonda batu.(Barabbas had been imprisoned for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)

20Vayi Pialatu wuzola totula Yesu, wubuela yuvula nkangu vayi wawu wuyamikina diaka :Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again,

21—Mbanda va dikulusi ! Mbanda va dikulusi !but they kept shouting, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”

22Buna wuyuvula diaka mu khumbu yintatu ti : —Vayi mbimbi mbi kavengi e ? Ndisi mona kadi diambu di mbimbi kodiodi kafueti zengulu nkanu wu lufua. Ndieka kunzubisa bikoti bosi ma ndinyekula.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.”

23Vayi babuela sindisila mu ngolo ayi baluta buela yamikina ti kabandu va dikulusi. Buna yamikina kuawu ayi koko ku bapfumu zi zinganga Nzambi kununga.But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.

24Pilatu wubaka lunaku luvanga luzolo luawu.So Pilate sentenced that their demand be met.

25Wuba totukila mutu wowo balomba, wowo wuba mu nloko mu diambu di khindu ayi mu diambu di vonda batu. Wuba yekudila Yesu muingi bamvangila boso bubela luzolo luawu.As they had requested, he released the one imprisoned for insurrection and murder, and he handed Jesus over to their will.

26Bu baba kunnata, babuila mutu wumosi dizina diandi Simoni muisi Silene ku nsitu kuandi kaba. Bankuika kanata dikulusi, ku manima ma Yesu.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.

27Nkangu wu batu wunlandakana va kimosi ayi baketo banionga mu diambudiandi, badila mu diambu diandi.A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.

28Bu kabaluka kuidi baketo beni ; wuba kamba : —A beno baketo ba Yelusalemi, lubika dila mu diambu diama ! Vayi ludila mu diambu dieno veka ayi mu diambu di bana beno.But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

29Bila tala bilumbu bilembu yizi ku ntuala biobi batu bela tuba ti : “Khini kuidi bisita ayi kuidi bivumu bikambu buta ayi khini kuidi mabenimakambu yemika !”Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’

30Buna bela kamba miongo : “Bika lutubuila !” ayi zikhundubula : “bika lutufuka !”At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’

31Bila enati bamvangila mambu mama kuidi nti wu nlandu bunabuevi bela vangila nti wu yuma e ?For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

32Batu buadi bankaka, mimvangi mi mambu mambimbi, banatu yandi mu vondu va kimosi.Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.

33Bu batula va buangu kintedulungu “Mvesi wu ntu” vana bambandilava dikulusi va kimso ayi mimvangi miodi mi mambu mambimbi. Wumosiku koko kuandi ku lubakala ayi wunkaka ku koko kuandi ku lumoso.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.

34Buna Yesu wutuba : —A tata, bika wuba lemvukila bila basi zaba ko mambu balembu vangi. Babula zeki mu diambu di kabana minledi miandi.Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.

35Nkangu wu batu wutelama vana, wutala. Ayi minyadi mamvawu minsekinina bu mituba : —Niandi wuvukisidi batu bankaka, bika kakivukisa niandi veka enati niandi Klisto, mutu wusobulu kuidi Nzambi !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.”

36Masodi mamvawu mansekinina ; mafikama va kaba ayi mantambika vinu ki ngamiThe soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine.

37ayi batuba : —Enati ngeyo widi ntinu wu Bayuda, bika wukivukisa ngeyo veka !“If You are the King of the Jews,” they said, “save Yourself!”

38Va mbata ntu andi vaba tini ki dibaya kisonama mambu mama : “Niandi niawu ntinu wu Bayuda.”Above Him was posted an inscription: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

39Wumosi mu mimvangi mi mambu mambimbi wubandu va mdikulusiwumfinga bu katuba : —Ngeyo ko Klisto e ? Buna wukivukisa ngeyo veka bosi wutuvukisa beto mamveto !One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!”

40Vayi wunkaka wuntebidila bu kankamba : —Ngeyo kadi tsisi wukadi mona Nzambi ! Bila ngeyo widi ku thumbudulu yimosi ?But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?

41Beto tubeki thumbudulu yifueni ayi yisonga bila tutambudi mfutu wufueni mu mambu matuvengi vayi niandi kasi vanga kadi diambu dimosi dimbimbi ko.We are punished justly, for we are receiving what our actions deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”

42Buna wukamba Yesu : —A Pfumu bika wuba kuthebukila moyo mu thangu wela kuiza mu kipfumu kiaku !Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”

43Buna Yesu wumvutudila : —Bukiedika ndikukamba, mu lumbu kiaki ngeyo ma wuba yama va kimosi ku Paladisu.And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

44Yiba nduka-ndkuka midi, tsi yoso yiba mu tombi ayi kiawukinzingila nate mu thangu yi ntatu ku manima midi.It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.

45Thangu yinomba bosi lido yinneni yi nzo Nzambi yikanzuka va khatitsika.The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.

46Buna Yesu wuyamikina mu ndinga yingolo : —A tata, mu mioko miaku ndintambika mpeve yama ! Bu katuba mambu momo, wufua.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.

47Pfumu yi masodi bu kamona mambu mavioka, wukembisa Nzambi bu katuba : —Bukiedika kuandi ti mutu wawu wubedi wusonga !When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”

48Nkangu woso wu batu bakutakana mu tala mambu mavangama, bu bamona mambu mavioka, bavutuka kuawu, ayi baba nionga.And when all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts.

49Ayi batu bobo bazabana yandi ayi baketo bobo banlandakana tona ku Ngalili thama batelimina mu tala mambu momo.But all those who knew Jesus, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching these things.

50Tala, mutu wumosi dizina diandi Zefu wuba wumosi mu batu baba kotanga mu lukutukunu lunneni lu Bayuda. Wuba mutu wumboti ayi wusonga.Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,

51Niandi kasia bundana mu nzengolo yawu ko ayi mu mavanga mawu ko. Niandi wuba muisi divula di Alimate, divula di bayuda ayi niandi mamvandi wuba vingilanga Kipfumu ki Nzambi.who had not consented to their decision or action. He was from the Judean town of Arimathea and was waiting for the kingdom of God.

52Wuyenda kuidi Pilatu, wunlomba nitu yi Yesu.He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.

53Bu kayi kulula va dikulusi, buna wuyizinga mu dilasola di lino ayi wutula yawu mu dibumbi disokulu mu ditadi dinneni. Kadi mutu kazikulu ko mu dibumbi beni.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.

54Kiba lumbu ki khubumunu, tuamina lumbu ki saba.It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.

55Baketo bobo balandakana Yesu tona ku Ngalili balandakana Zefu, bamona bibumbi ayi buevi batudila nitu yi Yesu.The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.

56Bosi bavutuka kuawu ayi bakubika mafuta ma tsudi yi kotoko ayi malasi. Bavunda kuawu mu lumbu ki saba boso bubela mina.Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.

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