31 Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an especially important one), the Jewish religious authorities asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and the bodies taken down.
31 Vayuda, tanihi leswi a ku ri siku ro Lunghiselela,+ leswaku mintsumbu yi nga tshami+ etimhandzini ta nxaniso hi Savata, (hikuva siku ra Savata yoleyo a ri ri lerikulu,) + va kombela Pilato leswaku ku tshoviwa milenge ya vona kutani mintsumbu yi susiwa.