Powoni Yesu nɛ mɩlaa naalɛ lone nɖɩ ɖɩñɔtɩnɩ Yerusalɛm tɛtʋ kpam yɔ, ɖɩ-taa se pakam-wɛ ɖaŋ yɔɔ. Payaɣ lone nɖɩ se Goligota yaa Ñʋmbɔɔyaɣ lone; lone nɖɩ, paa ŋwɛ “poliŋ taa” yɔ, ŋpɩzɩɣ nɛ ŋna-ɖɩ.—Maarkɩ 15:40.

Pɔhɔzɩ Yesu nɛ mba powokini kam yɔ, pɔ-yɔɔ wondu. Pʋwayɩ lɛ, paha-wɛ sʋlʋm mbʋ pesidi pɩ-taa kɔyɛ nɖɩ ɖɩwɛ ñaŋ yɔ. Pɩtɩla, Yerusalɛm halaa sidini kɔyɛ nɖɩ sʋlʋm taa nɛ powona, nɛ Roma ñɩma nawa se pɩhɛzɩɣ mba pakaŋ-wɛ ɖaŋ yɔɔ yɔ pa-wɩzasɩ. Yesu ɖɩkaa lɛ, ekizi se ɛɛñɔʋ. Ɛbɛ yɔɔ? Ɛtaasɔɔlɩ se nabʋyʋ ɛcamɩ ɛ-maɣzɩm nɛ ɛpɩzɩ ɛɖɔkɩ e-siɣsiɣ wɛtʋ kpam, takɩm sɔsɔm mbʋ pɩ-taa nɛ pɩkɔɔ pɩtalɩ ɛ-sɩm.

Lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, pahɩzɩ Yesu ɖaʋ yɔɔ. (Maarkɩ 15:25) Sɔɔjanaa kpaɣ ñɩma nɛ pakaŋ e-nesi nɛ ɛ-naataŋ nɛ pɩsʋʋ ɛ-tɔnʋʋ nɛ pɩsɛtɩɣ hosi nɛ ɛnɩɣ wɩzasɩ siŋŋ. Pɔkɔm nɛ papaɣzɩ ɖaʋ kʋsʋʋ lɛ, e-tomnaɣ yuŋ yele nɛ ñɩma tɛzɩɣ cɩyʋʋ ɖenɖe pakamɩ-yɛ yɔ, nɛ wɩzasɩ tɛzɩɣ kpaʋ ɖoŋ. Ɛlɛ Yesu tɩkalɩ sɔɔjanaa mba paɖʋwaɣ-ɩ wɩzasɩ nzɩ yɔ. Ɛtɩm pɔ-yɔɔ se: “Man-Caa, kpeɣ-wɛ, paasɩŋ mbʋ palakɩ yɔ.”—Luka 23:34.

Ðoŋ ɖoŋ lɛ, Roma ñɩma maɣ kpata yɔɔ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ pakʋʋ ɛyʋ nɔɔyʋ yɔ, nɛ pakam-kʋ nazɩm sizika ŋga kɔ-yɔɔ pakʋʋ ɛyʋ ɛnʋ yɔ. Pʋyɔɔ Pilaatɩ mawa nɛ ɛka Yesu nazɩm sizika yɔɔ se: “Yesu Nazarɛɛtɩ tʋ, Yuda mba wiyaʋ.” Pama-tʋ Ebree, Latin nɛ Hela kʋnʋmɩŋ taa se paa anɩ ɛpɩzɩ ɛkalɩ. Pilaatɩ labɩ mbʋ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɛ-taa fɛyɩ leleŋ nɛ Yuda ñɩma, ɛzɩma pañɩɣ ɛ-yɔɔ se ɛkʋ Yesu yɔ. Pɩtaala cɔjɔnaa leleŋ lɛ, pakaɖɩnɩ-ɩ nɛ pɔyɔɔdɩ se: “Taama yem se Yuda mba wiyaʋ, ma se ɛ-maɣmaɣ ɛtɔm se: ‘Mɛnkɛnɩ Yuda mba wiyaʋ.’” Ɛlɛ Pilaatɩ titisi se patasɩ ɛ-yɔɔ ñɩɣʋ ɛzɩ paalabʋ yɔ, pʋyɔɔ ecosi-wɛ se: “Mama ndʋ yɔ, mamawa kɛlɛ.”—Yohanɛɛsɩ 19:19-22.

Peeɖe cɔjɔnaa ɖaɣnɩ pɩsʋʋ cɛtɩm tɔm ndʋ aseɣɖe tɩnaa nabɛyɛ kaayɔɔdɩ Yesu yɔɔ Sahedrɛɛ ɛzɩdaa yɔ, tɩ-yɔɔ. Pʋyɔɔ mba pɛɖɛɣaɣ nɛ panaɣ Yesu ɖaʋ yɔɔ peeɖe yɔ, pa-taa nabɛyɛ kpiɣyaɣ ñʋŋ nɛ pohoŋuu-i nɛ pɔtɔŋ se: “Hoyi, abalʋ, ña weyi ŋyɔkʋʋ Ɛsɔ kuduyuu nɛ ŋmaɣ-kʋ nɛ wɛɛ naadozo yɔ, ya ña-maɣmaɣ ña-ñʋʋ nɛ ŋtii [ɖaʋ] yɔɔ.” Mbʋ ɖɔɖɔ cɔjɔnaa nɛ takayɩsɩ mayaa powoŋaɣ Yesu nɛ pɔyɔɔdʋʋ se: “Krɩstʋ, Izrayɛɛlɩ wiyaʋ, etii [ɖaʋ] yɔɔ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ nɛ ɖitisi ɛ-yɔɔ.” (Maarkɩ 15:29-32) Paa paamuli Yesu kimuluu yɔ, halɩ mɩlaa mba paakam ɛ-nɩmɩyɛ nɛ ɛ-nɩwaŋ yɔɔ yɔ, powoŋaɣ-i ɖɔɖɔ.

Roma sɔɔjanaa naanza, mba paawɛ peeɖe yɔ, powoŋ Yesu ɖɔɖɔ. Pɩtɩla mba ɖɔɖɔ peɖiɣni ñɔʋ ñɩmɩŋ sʋlʋm mbʋ, nɛ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, pɩtʋʋ fɛyɩ se pɔɖɔkɩ-pʋ nɛ pawɩlɩɣ Yesu nɛ powoŋuu-i, ɛlɛ panawa se ɛzɩma ɛwɛ ɖaʋ yɔɔ yɔ, ɛɛkaɣ pɩzʋʋ nɛ ɛñɔɔ-pʋ. Roma ñɩma tɩŋɩɣnɩ tɔm ndʋ pamawa nɛ paka ɛ-nazɩm sizika yɔɔ yɔ, tɩ-yɔɔ nɛ powoŋuu-i nɛ pɔtɔŋ se: “Ye ŋkɛ Krɩstʋ kɔyɔ, ya ña-ñʋʋ.” (Luka 23:36, 37) Maɣzɩ kpem nɛ ŋna!  Ɛyʋ weyi ɛkɛnɩ nʋmɔʋ, toovenim nɛ wezuu yɔ, ɛnʋ powoŋuu nɛ paɖʋʋ fɛyɛ ɖulum mbʋ yɔ. Ɛlɛ Yesu ɖɔkɩ ɛ-tɩ kpam nazɩm mbʋ pɩ-taa nɛ ɛtɩkʋyɩ Yuda ñɩma mba paawɛ peeɖe yɔ, Roma sɔɔjanaa mba powoŋaɣ-i yɔ yaa mɩlaa mba paakam-wɛ ɛ-cɔlɔ yɔ, pa-taa nɔɔyʋ yɔɔ.

Sɔɔjanaa mba pa-naanza pakpaɣ Yesu toko sɔsɔʋ nɛ patayɩ-kʋ hɔɔlɩŋ naanza. Nɛ pɔlɔ pɔɔyɩsɩ se pana hɔɔlʋʋ ŋgʋ pɩmʋnaa se pa-taa paa weyi ɛkpaɣ yɔ. Ɛlɛ toko ŋgʋ Yesu kaasu pɩ-tɛɛ yɔ, ‘kɩtaawɛɛnɩ ñɛyɩtʋ, palʋ-kʋ kɩ-tɩŋa pilim kɩlʋʋ.’ Pʋyɔɔ sɔɔjanaa yɔɔdaa se: ‘Ðɩtaacɩyɩ-kʋ, ɛlɛ ɖɩlɔ piye nɛ ɖɩna se akɛyɩɣ-kʋ.’ Pɩla mbʋ nɛ Masɩ taa tɔm ndʋ paayɔɔdaa se “patayɩ ɖama mon-tokonaa nɛ pɔtɔ piye me-ekusuye yɔɔ” yɔ, tɩkɔɔ pɩ-taa.—Yohanɛɛsɩ 19:23, 24; Keɣa 21:19.

Pɩkɛdaa lɛ, mɩlaa mba pa-taa lɛlʋ kɔɔ nɛ ɛna se toovenim lɛ, Yesu kɛɣnɩ wiyaʋ. Pʋyɔɔ ɛkalɩ ɛ-taabalʋ nɛ eheyi-i se: “Ña ɖɔɖɔ, ŋŋñaŋ Ɛsɔ, ña ɖɔɖɔ, ŋwɛ sɩm kʋyʋmʋm mbʋ pɩ-taa. Ða yɔ, pʋmʋnɩ mbʋ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɖa-kɩwɛɛkɩm kɩmɩyɛ pakpa-ɖʋ, ɛnʋ yɔ, ɛtɩwɛɛkɩ nabʋyʋ kaaʋ.” Nɛ etendi Yesu se: “Caa Kɩbaɣlʋ, ŋsʋ ñe-Kewiyaɣ taa lɛ, ŋtɔzɩ mɔ-yɔɔ.”—Luka 23:40-42.

Yesu cosi-i se: “Toovenim taa, sɔnɔ meheyiɣ-ŋ se: ‘Ma nɛ-ŋ ɖɩkaɣ wɛʋ Paradisuu taa.’” (Luka 23:43, NW) Yʋsɩ se Yesu tɩyɔɔdɩ se ɛ nɛ ɩ pakaɣ wɛʋ Kewiyaɣ taa. Pɩwɩlɩɣ se lidaʋ ŋgʋ kɩ-tɔm Yesu yɔɔdʋʋ yɔ, kɩwɛ ndɩ nɛ lidaʋ ŋgʋ kɩ-tɔm ɛɛyɔɔdɩ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ eheyi apostoloowaa se ɛ nɛ wɛ pakaɣ kewiyitu kpelisi yɔɔ caɣʋ e-Kewiyaɣ taa yɔ. (Maatiyee 19:28; Luka 22:29, 30) Pɩtʋʋ fɛyɩ se ɛzɩma mɩlʋ ɛnɛ ɛɛkɛ Yuda tʋ yɔ, ɛnɩ Paradisuu ŋgʋ Ɛsɔ kaalabɩ tɛtʋ yɔɔ nɛ ɛsɩɩ Aɖam nɛ Ɛva kɩ-taa se palʋlɩ piya yɔ, kɩ-tɔm. Paradisuu ŋgʋ ki-lidaʋ Yesu ha mɩlʋ ɛnɛ.