Lucas 23

1 The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate. 2 They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."

3 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"

He answered him, "So you say."

4 Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."

5 But they insisted, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place."

6 But when Pilate heard Galilee mentioned, he asked if the man was a Galilean. 7 When he found out that he was in Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

8 Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things about him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him. 9 He questioned him with many words, but he gave no answers. 10 The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him. 11 Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate. 12 Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before that they were enemies with each other.

13 Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people, 14 and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and behold, having examined him before you, I found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him. 15 Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him. 16 I will therefore chastise him and release him."

17 Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.*23:17 NU omits verse 17. 18 But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!"— 19 one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.

20 Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus, 21 but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"

22 He said to them the third time, "Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him." 23 But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed. 24 Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done. 25 He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.

26 When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry it after Jesus. 27 A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him. 28 But Jesus, turning to them, said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’ 30 Then they will begin to tell the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and tell the hills, ‘Cover us.’✝23:30 Hosea 10:8 31 For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?"

32 There were also others, two criminals, led with him to be put to death. 33 When they came to the place that is called "The Skull", they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.

34 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing."

Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots. 35 The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"

36 The soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar, 37 and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"

38 An inscription was also written over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS."

39 One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, "If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!"

40 But the other answered, and rebuking him said, "Don’t you even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong." 42 He said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom."

43 Jesus said to him, "Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."

44 It was now about the sixth hour,*23:44 Time was counted from sunrise, so the sixth hour was about noon. and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.*23:44 3:00 p.m. 45 The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two. 46 Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" Having said this, he breathed his last.

47 When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous man." 48 All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their chests. 49 All his acquaintances and the women who followed with him from Galilee stood at a distance, watching these things.

50 Behold, there was a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man 51 (he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for God’s Kingdom. 52 This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body. 53 He took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid. 54 It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near. 55 The women who had come with him out of Galilee followed after, and saw the tomb and how his body was laid. 56 They returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Ka Mauria a Īhu i te Aroaro o Pirato

1 Kātahi ka whakatika tō rātou huihui katoa, ā, ārahina ana ia ki a Pirato. 2 Nā, ka anga rātou, ka whakapā hē ki a ia, ka mea, "Kua mau i a mātou tēnei tangata e kukume kē ana i te iwi, e mea ana kia kaua e hoatu te takoha ki a Hīhā, e kī ana he kīngi ia, ko te Karaiti."

3 Nā, ka ui a Pirato ki a ia, ka mea, "Ko koe rānei te kīngi o ngā Hūrai?"

Ka whakahoki ia ki a ia, ka mea, "Kua kōrerotia mai nā e koe."

4 Nā, ko te meatanga a Pirato ki ngā tohunga nui, ki ngā mano, "Kāhore tētahi hē o tēnei tangata i mau i ahau."

5 Ā, nui atu tā rātou tohe ka mea, "E whakatūtehu ana ia i te iwi, e whakaako ana puta noa i Hūria, tīmata mai i Karirī, ā tae noa mai ki konei."

Ka Tonoa a Īhu i te Aroaro o Herora

6 I te rongonga ia o Pirato ki Karirī, ka ui, "Nō Karirī rānei tēnei tangata?" 7 Ā, i tōna mōhiotanga nō te rangatiratanga ia o Herora, ka tonoa ia ki a Herora, i Hiruhārama hoki ia i aua rā. 8 Nā, i te kitenga o Herora i a Īhu, nui rawa tōna hari, kua roa ia e hiahia ana kia kite i a ia, he maha hoki ngā mea i rangona e ia mōna. Nā, ka tūmanako ia kia kite i tētahi merekara e meinga ana e ia. 9 Nā, he maha ngā kupu i ui ai ia ki a ia; heoi, kāhore kau he kupu i whakahokia e ia. 10 Nā, tū ana ngā tohunga nui me ngā karaipi, kaha rawa hoki tā rātou whakapā hē ki a ia. 11 Nā, ka whākorekore a Herora rātou ko āna hōia ki a ia, ka taunu, ā, ka oti ia te whakakākahu ki te kahu whakapaipai, ka whakahokia atu ki a Pirato. 12 I taua rangi anō ka houhia te rongo a Pirato rāua ko Herora; i mua hoki e mauāhara ana ki a rāua.

Ka Whakataua a Īhu ki te Mate

13 Nā, ka karangatia e Pirato ngā tohunga nui, ngā rangatira, me te iwi anō, 14 ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Kua kawea mai nei e koutou tēnei tangata ki ahau, me te kī anō kei te kukume kē ia i te iwi; ā, ka oti nei ia te uiui e ahau i tō koutou aroaro, nā, kīhai i mau i ahau tētahi hē o tēnei tangata i roto i ngā mea i whakapāngia nei e koutou ki a ia. 15 Ā, kīhai anō hoki a Herora, nāna ia i whakahoki mai ki a tātou, nā, kāhore āna mahi e tika ai kia mate ia. 16 Nā, me whiu ia e ahau, ka tuku atu ai." 17 Kua takoto hoki te tikanga kia tukua atu tētahi ki a rātou i te hākari.

18 Nā, ka pānui rātou ki te karanga, ka mea, "Whakamatea tēnei, ko Parapa te tuku mai ki a mātou." 19 (Ko tēnei hoki i makā ki te whare herehere mō te nananga i nanā ai ia i roto i te pā, mō te patu tangata.)

20 Nā, ka mea atu anō a Pirato, he mea hoki nāna kia tukua a Īhu. 21 Heoi, hāmama ana rātou, mea ana, "Rīpekatia ia, rīpekatia!"

22 Ka mea anō ia ki a rātou, ko te toru o ngā meatanga, "He aha rā te kino i meinga e tēnei tangata? Kāhore anō i mau i ahau tētahi hē ōna e mate ai; māku ia e whiu, ka tuku atu ai."

23 Otirā, nui atu ō rātou reo ki te tohe e tono ana kia rīpekatia ia. Ā, riro rawa i tā ō rātou reo. 24 Nā, ka whakaōtia e Pirato kia waiho i tā rātou i tono ai. 25 Nā, ka tukua anō ki a rātou te tangata i makā ki te whare herehere mō te nananga, mō te patu tangata, tā rātou hoki i tono ai; ko Īhu ia i tukua ki tā rātou i pai ai.

Ka Rīpekatia a Īhu

26 Ā, i a rātou e ārahi ana i a ia, ka mau rātou ki tētahi tangata o Hairini, ki a Haimona, e haere mai ana i ngā whenua, ā, utaina ana ki a ia te rīpeka, kia amohia i muri i a Īhu.

27 Nā, he nui te huihuinga o te iwi i aru i a ia, me ngā wāhine hoki e tangi ana, e auē ana ki a ia. 28 Nā, ka tahuri a Īhu ki a rātou, ka mea, "E ngā tamāhine o Hiruhārama, kaua e tangi ki ahau, engari me tangi ki a koutou anō, ki ā koutou tamariki. 29 Tērā hoki e puta ngā rā e mea ai rātou, ‘Koa tonu ngā pākoko, me ngā kōpū kāhore i whānau, me ngā ū kāhore i ngotea.’ 30 Ko reira tīmata ai rātou te mea ki ngā maunga,

‘Horo iho ki runga ki a mātou,’

ki ngā pukepuke hoki, ‘Hīpokina mātou.’

31 Ki te meinga hoki ēnei mea e rātou i te rākau e kaimata ana, ko te aha e meatia i te rākau ka maroke?"

32 Nā, tērā atu ētahi tokorua, he hunga mahi kino, e ārahina ngātahitia ana me ia kia whakamatea. 33 Ā, ka tae rātou ki te wāhi e kīia nei ko te Angaanga, ka rīpekatia ia ki reira, me aua kaimahi kino, kotahi ki matau, kotahi ki mauī. 34 Nā, ka mea a Īhu, "E Pā, houhia te rongo ki a rātou; kāhore hoki rātou e mōhio ki tā rātou e mea nei." Ā, wehewehea ana ōna kākahu e rātou he mea maka ki te rota.

35 Me te tū anō te iwi mātakitaki ai. Ko ngā rangatira hoki ka tāwai ki a ia, ka mea, "Ko ērā atu i whakaorangia e ia, māna anō ia e whakaora, ki te mea ia ko te Karaiti a te Atua, ko tāna i whiriwhiri ai!"

36 Ko ngā hōia ētahi i taunu ki a ia, ka haere mai me te kawe mai he winika ki a ia, 37 ka mea, "Ki te mea ko koe te Kīngi o ngā Hūrai, whakaora i a koe."

38 Ā, tērā te mea i tuhituhia ki runga ake i a ia, "Ko te Kīngi tēnei o ngā Hūrai."

39 Nā, ko tētahi o ngā kaimahi kino i whakairia rā i kohukohu ki a ia, i mea, "Ki te mea ko te Karaiti koe, whakaorangia koe, māua hoki."

40 Nā, ka whakahoki tētahi, ka riri ki a ia, ka mea, "E kore rānei koe e wehi ki te Atua, kei tēnei mate tahi nei hoki koe? 41 Ka tika rāia tō tāua; ka whiwhi hoki tāua ki ngā mea e tika ana mō ā tāua hanga; ko tēnei ia kāhore āna mahi hē."

42 Nā, ko tāna meatanga ki a Īhu, "E te Ariki, kia mahara koe ki ahau ina haere mai koe i runga i tōu rangatiratanga."

43 Anō rā ko Īhu ki a ia, "He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koe, ko āianei koe noho ai ki ahau ki Pararaiha."

Te Matenga o Īhu

44 Nā, kua tata ki te ono o ngā hāora, ā, ka pōuri a runga o te whenua katoa, tae noa ki te iwa o ngā hāora. 45 I pōuri hoki te rā, ā, i wāhia te ārai o te whare tapu i waenganui pū. 46 Ā, nui atu te reo o Īhu ki te karanga; i mea ia, "E Pā, tēnei tōku wairua ka tukua atu nei ki ōu ringa." Ka mutu ēnei kupu, ka hemo ia.

47 Ā, i te kitenga o te keneturio i taua mea, ka whakakorōria ia i te Atua, ka mea, "He pono he tangata tika tēnei." 48 Me te hunga katoa hoki i huihui mai ki te mātakitaki, i tō rātou kitenga i aua mea i meatia rā, ka pātuki i ō rātou uma, ā, hoki ana. 49 Ā, ko te hunga katoa i mōhio ki a ia, rātou ko ngā wāhine i aru mai i a ia i Karirī, i tū mai i tawhiti, mātakitaki ai ki ēnei mea.

Te Tanumanga o Īhu

50 Nā, tērā tētahi tangata, ko Hōhepa te ingoa, he tangata noho rūnanga; he tangata pai, he tangata tika. 51 Kīhai ia i whakaae ki tō rātou whakaaro, ki tā rātou mahi, nō Arimatia ia, nō tētahi pā o ngā Hūrai, ā, he tangata ia e tatari ana ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua. 52 I haere ia ki a Pirato, ā, tonoa ana e ia te tinana o Īhu. 53 Nā, ka tangohia iho e ia taua tinana, ā, takaia ana ki te rīnena, ka waiho ki te rua i hāua ki roto ki te kōhatu, kāhore hoki i takoto noa tētahi tangata ki reira. 54 Nā, ko te rā Takanga hākari ia, ā, meāke pūao te hāpati.

55 I aru anō ngā wāhine i haere tahi mai nei me ia i Karirī, ā, kite ana i te urupā, i te whakatakotoranga anō o tōna tinana. 56 Nā, ka hoki rātou, ka mahi i ngā mea kakara, i ngā hinu. Ā, noho ana i te hāpati, he whakaaro hoki ki te ture.