In the ancient city of Jerusalem, during the time of Roman rule, there lived a man named Jesus of Nazareth. He was known for his teachings of love, compassion, and forgiveness, and many people followed him, believing him to be the Messiah promised by the prophets.

The freedom feast

Luke 22: 8-23

As the Passover festival approached, a feast where they celebrated freedom and remember how their ancestors escaped from slavery in Egypt, Jesus traveled to Jerusalem with his chosen followers. The city was buzzing with excitement and anticipation, but Jesus knew that his time on earth was drawing to a close. He gathered his closest followers for a meal, known as the Last Supper, where he broke bread and shared wine, telling them that these symbols represented his body and blood, soon to be sacrificed for the forgiveness of sins.

Jesus is betrayed by his close friend

Luke 22:39-49

That night, in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus prayed really hard, knowing tough times were coming. One of his friends, Judas Iscariot, turned on him, and Jesus got arrested by the temple guards and taken to the Jewish leaders. Even though they accused him of things he didn’t do and didn’t give him a fair trial, Jesus stayed quiet, knowing this was all part of God’s big plan to save everyone.

Jesus is nailed on the cross

Luke 22: 63- 23:1-43

Condemned to death by crucifixion, Jesus was mocked, beaten, and forced to carry his own cross through the streets of Jerusalem. At Golgotha, also known as Calvary, he was nailed to the cross alongside two criminals. Amidst his suffering, Jesus showed compassion, forgiving his killers and promising paradise to one of the criminals who repented.

Jesus dies and is buried

Luke 23:44- 24:12

As darkness descended upon the land, Jesus cried out, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” With these words, he breathed his last breath and surrendered his life. The earth shook, and the curtain of the temple was torn in two, symbolising the breaking of the barrier between God and humanity.

Jesus’ body was taken down from the cross and laid in a tomb, sealed with a large stone. For three days, his followers mourned his death, but on the morning of the third day, something miraculous happened. The tomb was found empty, and angels proclaimed, “He is not here; he has risen, just as he said!”

Jesus is alive!

Luke 24:13-49

Jesus appeared to his disciples, alive and victorious over death, fulfilling the prophecies and proving his divinity. His resurrection became the cornerstone of the Christian faith, offering hope of eternal life to all who believe in him.

From that day forward, Easter has been celebrated as a triumph of light over darkness, love over hatred, and life over death. It is a time of joyous celebration, as Christians around the world commemorate the resurrection of their Savior, Jesus Christ.

The full story about the death and resurrection of Jesus is found in the following scriptures;

Matthew chapters 26-28

Luke chapters 22-24

John chapters 17-21

aza 22

ŋejmeṯ ŋinḏir ŋi eḏeɽenye Yecuŋw

1 na iid weḏi kajlaŋ adiḏi ketok weḏi kuruu keni ṯiṯamḏa ŋiɽany. 2 na eṯi leleny leḏi yiziiz, na lor leṯizilŋiiḏini kuruu-na neŋnici ṯay eḏeɽenye ŋunduŋwu, kaka ṯinyar gwu lizi.

3 na zeyṯaan enḏi ki ṯugwor-na ṯeḏi yahuuza, kweni izkaryuuṯi, kwir kwete kweḏi wri-kwuɽen; 4 nuŋw ele, ner zi mumri la leleny li lijowiṯ ŋali, eḏi zi bɔŋwḏizi ŋunduŋwu aŋgwuru. 5 ner amina, ner kitaḏa eḏinḏeḏa ŋunduŋwu kwuruuza. 6 nuŋw emni, nuŋw ilicelu mindaŋ eŋgi ŋwuduŋw ere lu mac ta, eŋguŋw ma bɔŋwḏi.

ṯidaɽmica ṯeḏi kuruu kiaŋ keḏi ṯarbeza

7 ma lamin ila leni leḏi kajlaŋ, leṯir li eɽenye nyiranyu nyeḏi kuruu keni ṯiṯamḏa ŋiɽany, 8 na Yecu ṯiŋa buṯruz ŋwuzi yuhanna gi, nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: inḏir, er nyji daɽmaci ezir weḏi gwu ye eḏneya weḏi kuruu. 9 ner eca ŋwu: a kwunaŋnanyji eḏi daɽmaḏa ezir ṯanni? 10 nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: ma enḏi kayin, a ta biɽḏi kwor ŋali kwudirna tii, ŋaw ŋi; ta a kwaḏiḏa mindaŋ muŋw enḏi duənu 11 ta, eca kworu kweḏi duənuŋw ŋwu: muallim kwaru ŋwa: liḏmin lende leḏi gwi ye eḏneya weḏi kuruu keni ṯiṯamḏa ŋiɽany, limeḏgeri li linyi? 12 kwɔŋazi baŋaci liḏmina lorana linani kindala, lizaw-na. əgizernyji ezir wa. 13 ner ele ner zi kaṯazi ŋir ga ŋandicaŋw zi ŋi, ner daɽmaḏa eḏneya weḏi kuruu.

kuruu kiaŋ keḏi ṯarbeza

14 mindaŋ ma lomur ṯimayini nuŋw inḏiraḏa ezir ki ṯarbeza limeḏgen li lir yafur. 15 nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: zurum kwumenyimba ye eḏ eḏne ŋaŋa li kuruu-na ŋgu, iti rerini nyi gwu kinna mac. 16 nyi kwecaŋazi ma ŋwa, witi wenyi ye kwokwony mac, mindaŋ er gwu ratinaḏa la ki ŋeleny-na ŋeḏi Allah. 17 nuŋw dimi tiṯraŋi; mindaŋ muŋw eca Allah zukran, nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: meṯir zi ŋu, ezi mumraḏizina; 18 kaka eca ŋazi gwu ŋu, ŋiti ŋenyji ii ŋeḏi nyor nyeḏi eynab kwokwony mac, mindaŋ ma ŋeleny ŋeḏi Allah ila. 19 nuŋw dimi eḏneya, nuŋw eca Allah zukran, nuŋw undena, nuŋw zi inḏeḏa, nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: aŋna winyi wiri, wumɔŋazi inḏeḏa; eṯi zi erreḏizi-na ṯaŋwu, mindaŋ er nyi ma tiŋayini. 20 na ṯaŋwu tɔk, mer ratazi eḏneya, nuŋw dimi tiṯraŋi, nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: tiṯra kru teni ṯikitaḏiza ṯiaŋ ṯeḏi ŋigileḏa ŋin ŋi ŋinyi, ŋimɔŋazi irecelu. 21 lakin, izarṯi, ŋgwa kwenyi bɔŋwḏi, ṯii ṯuŋwun ṯinanu ki ṯarbeza la nyi gi. 22 na Tor teḏi kwizigwunaŋ tele pa, kaka kitaḏir gwu, lakin eyewey kweḏi ŋgwa kwubɔŋwḏi! 23 ner uŋwunḏizina, ner aru ŋwu: eya kwiri ṯi ŋgwu deŋgeri-na kwerri ŋu?

ṯay ṯizaw ṯeḏi zi ṯi ṯamḏu la liḏaḏu

24 ner ɔpaḏa lu tɔk ŋeḏi kwizi ŋgwa kweŋgi zi ṯamḏu la deŋgen-na. 25 nezi Yecu eca ŋwu: leleny leḏi umam leṯizimida ki rii-na reŋen, na kla leḏi zulṯa deŋgen la, leṯir zi eca, lofḏana. 26 lakin na ŋiɽaŋal ere orɔ ŋwu daŋgal-na mac. ŋgwa kwuṯamdu daŋgal-na, eḏuŋw orɔ kaka kwete kwɔkwɽeny. muŋw eni kwete kweleny, eḏuŋw orɔ kaka kweṯi zi əkizi ŋɔḏɽor. 27 eya kweni kwupa, ŋgwa kwiri kweṯinanalu eḏeḏne, ya ŋgwa kweṯi zi efizi eḏneya? kwiti kwunder pa ŋgwa kweṯinanalu eḏ eḏne manya? lakin nenyorɔ daŋgal-na kaka kwete kweṯefizi eḏneya.

28 ŋaŋa lir ṯa klu lenḏi nyi li lelu tuk ki ṯurfa-na tinyi; 29 kaka kitaḏa nyi gwu Papa kwinyi ŋelenyi, ŋwu ṯa ŋazi gwu kitaḏa tɔk. 30 mindaŋ a kwer oɽmaṯi duŋw eḏeḏne tɔk, eḏ ii tɔk ki ṯarbeza la tinyi ki ŋeleny-na ŋinyi; eḏi nani ki lurzi la lir wri-kwuɽen, eḏi zi ketize leḏi izrayiil, lir gabiila wri-kwuɽen, zeyria.

Yecu kwandiza ŋiɽya ŋi ŋeḏi ṯinyindina ṯeḏi buṯruz

31 na Kweleny andaci zimaanŋw nuŋw eca ŋwu: zimaan, zimaan, izaṯi, zeyṯaan kwumɔŋazi li uṯalu, mindaŋ eḏurnezij ŋaŋwuzi kaka ŋwan. 32 lakin nyi kwumɔŋa erici ki yiriny ta, a ŋa ma ṯəmna ṯɔŋwa ere amɽaṯiḏa kworɔ mac; mindaŋ ma orla kwokwony ta, ezi firli nana kla lir ŋiaŋga. 33 nuŋw eca ŋwu: Kweleny, nyi ŋgwu ma ta rac eḏoɽmaṯi ŋa gi ki zijin-na, ŋiɽany-na ṯɔk. 34 nuŋw eca ŋwu: buṯruz, nyi kweca ŋa ma ŋwa, a kwenyi nyindini aŋwunu nyamin-na ṯɔɽɔl, ari, kwiti kwilŋiidi nyi mac, mindaŋ a kuḏugwɽi orri.

35 nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: ki lomur liṯiŋaḏa ŋazi li, liira lijizlana lulugwuŋw li, na yiḏwanu tɔk, na ma aḏa ro kwum ulezi, kwunaŋna ŋa? ner eca ŋwu: kwende keni kwere. 36 nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: lakin kire-kirem, muŋw eḏi kwere jizlana, eḏuŋw api, na kwulugwuŋwa tɔk. muŋw ere eḏi kwere kalala mac, eḏuŋw dimi kwofan eḏi ila kete. 37 nyi kwecaŋazi ma ŋwa, a ŋiɽaŋal ŋuluḏina ŋinḏi eḏi rataḏi duŋgwinyi, arir ŋwu: ner ruzi ŋunduŋwu kwete kwumer li oɽmaṯi leni liki; mindaŋ a ŋiɽaŋal ŋuluḏina ureni kworɔ dap ŋeni nyi. 38 ner eca ŋwu: Kweleny, yalala kyu yiɽen. nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: ŋimɔ ṯa aɽi kunuŋ.

Yecu kwunani jatzimaani

39 kaka eṯuŋw gwu erri, nuŋw ruḏa nuŋw ele kayin la weni zeyṯuun. na limeḏgen kwaḏiḏa tɔk. 40 mindaŋ muŋw upaḏi kezir wa, nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: ariri ki yiriny, mindaŋ a ere enḏi ki tumɔmma-na mac. 41 nuŋw duŋgwaḏa kwɔkwɔ, kezir wir kaka weṯir gwu kaṯu kali kete, nuŋw gwe ŋwurgwu lu, nuŋw ari ki yiriny. 42 nuŋw aru ŋwu: Papa, ma emni ŋiɽaŋali ŋu ta, nyi dimeḏa titraŋi kru kiṯay. beri ma, keni. ŋiti ŋinaŋnanyji eḏi zi erri ṯugwor ṯi ṯinyi mac; ŋinaŋnanyji eḏi zi erri ṯugwor ṯi ṯɔŋwa. 43 na maleyka kwete ruweḏa nana kweḏi kilerena, nuŋw firli ŋunduŋwu nana. 44 inḏi kinna ṯurfa ṯupa ṯiminni nuŋw ṯa ari ki yiriny ŋumma ŋi, mindaŋ muŋw iri ŋimaŋi ŋir kaka ŋin, ner binḏaḏa kureyu lu. 45 mindaŋ muŋw ṯimazi ṯara ki yiriny, nuŋw diɽi nuŋw ele nani gwu limeḏgen, nuŋw zi kaṯazi linḏiru ŋwaru, kaka ronyinar gwu. 46 nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: a lɔḏɔ linḏiri ŋwaru? diɽir, ariri ki yiriny, mindaŋ a ere enḏi ki ṯumɔmma-na mac.

lomur limerli miḏa Yecuŋw

47 andizaŋw ṯa kinna, na ŋwuduŋw ila, ŋwumulḏizi kwor kweni yahuuza, kwir kwete kweḏi kla wri-kwuɽen. nuŋw duŋgwaḏa Yecuŋw, eḏagani ṯunyu ṯi; 48 na Yecu eca ŋwu: yahuuza, a kwunaŋna eḏi bɔŋwḏi Toru teḏi kwizigwunaŋ ṯagina ṯi ṯunyu ṯi a? 49 na linanir li, mer elŋece ŋiɽaŋali ŋinḏi eḏila, ner eca ŋwu: Kweleny, lenyjipii kalala gi a? 50 nuŋw ipii kwete kweŋen kaḏaama keḏi kweleny kweḏi yiziiz, nuŋw uɽuḏa kəni lu keḏi mini. 51 na Yecu eca ŋwu: efricer ṯa ŋwu; nuŋw mummaci kəni, nuŋw zəwi. 52 na Yecu andaci lelenyi leḏi yiziiz, laŋɽa li leḏi heykal, na lijowiṯi tɔk linḏi nanuŋw gwu eḏi miḏa, nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: a lani iliza nyuŋwu yalala yi, ŋwumor ŋi tɔk, kaka lizi linḏi eḏi miḏa kwoɽam a? 53 nyi kweṯinani daŋgal-na, ŋwamin rac ki heykal-na, na ŋaŋa lende limiḏi nyi. lakin lomur lalu liri klu, na kirim kimorɔ kweleny.

buṯruz muŋw nyindini Yecuŋw

Peter: Denial and Restoration

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs." He said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you."

54 ner miḏa ŋunduŋwu ner mulɔ kitay, ner gi ele ki duənu kweḏi kweleny kweḏi yiziiz. na buṯruz kwaḏiḏa ŋunduŋwu kwurucena tuk. 55 ner uteḏa igəŋi ki loz-na keligeny-na, ner rikalu ner nanalu buṯruz ŋali. 56 na tira tete tir kaḏaam, eze anuŋw gwu igəni, nuŋw ece tɔtɔk, nuŋw ari: kwor ŋgwu kwunanir li mi tɔk. 57 lakin nuŋw nyindini, nuŋw eca ŋwu: kwaw kwalu, kwende kwilŋiiḏi nyi. 58 mindaŋ muŋw eze kwir ter nuŋw eca ŋwu: a kwiri kwete kweŋen. na buṯruz eca ŋwu: kwor kwalu, nyi kweŋen kwiti kwiri mac. 59 mindaŋ ma zaa kwete ṯimayini nuŋw ari kwir ter, nuŋw andazi nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: kweŋen kwiri mi, roḏuŋw gwu kwete kweḏi jaliilŋw tɔk. 60 lakin na buṯruz eca ŋwu: kwor kwalu, nyi kwiti ma kwilŋiiḏi ŋiɽaŋali ŋandizaŋazi mac. andizaŋw ṯa ŋwu, iti muŋw zi urezi kworɔ mac, na kuḏugwɽi orrani tuc. 61 na Kweleny orlalu, nuŋw izazi buṯruzŋw lu. na buṯruz ṯiŋayini ŋiɽaŋali ŋeḏi Kweleny, ŋece ŋi ŋwu kerreny, a kwenyi nyindini nyamin-na ṯɔɽɔl, mindaŋ a kuḏugwɽi orri. 62 na buṯruz ru par, nuŋw ariḏana bigiṯ bigiṯ.

63 na lor limiḏi Yecuŋw erri ŋunduŋwu luŋw, ner ipii; 64 mindaŋ mer kəki ki yey-na ner uṯizelu, ner eca ŋwu: andicanyji ṯi ŋiɽya ŋi, eya kwiru kwupiiḏiŋa. 65 ner andaci ŋiɽaŋali ŋuru, uluḏir gwu, ner ermiḏeḏa nana tɔk.

Yecu muŋw nani ki yey-na yeḏi leleny leḏi yiziiz

66 mindaŋ ma ezir afralu, na lijowiṯ leḏi lizi na lir leleny ledi yiziiz-ŋa lor li leṯizilŋiiḏini kuruu-na rayda duŋw, ner mulɔ ŋunduŋwu ner gi ele ki majliz-na kweŋen, ner eca ŋwu: 67 ma orɔ ŋa kwir Kwruztu ta, andicanyji ṯi. lakin nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: ma ŋazi kinna andaci ta, a liti lemni mac; 68 ma ŋazi fa ta kinna uṯizelu, er nyi ta ere eŋnici too. 69 lakin kirem ta, a Tor teḏi kwizigwunaŋ nanazi ŋiniti lu ŋeḏi Allah, ŋgwa kwuṯemḏizi la tatap ŋuma ŋi, ki ṯii ṯeḏi mini. 70 ner eca tatap ŋwu: a kwiru kwir Tor teḏi Allah? nuŋw zi eca ŋwu: ŋami ŋazandazi ŋwu. 71 ner aru ŋwu: na aḏa kwiri kwokwony kwere kwer zi neŋnizi? ŋimer zi neŋne ŋandizaŋw zi ki ṯunyu-na ṯuŋwun.