DIS LOYAL JUDAS

This Loyal Judas- The Opera examines the story and relationship of Jesus and Judas
from a dramatically interesting angle.
Love, trust, betrayal, loyalty, fate, sacrifice, all come under scrutiny in this
opera.
Why did Judas betray Jesus?
Was his relationship with Jesus a mere coincidence?
Like Jesus, was Judas’ decision preordained?

Dis Loyal Judas questions the answers as it promises to be an entertaining

theatrical engagement.

(MOVEMENT 1)

VOICE CALL IS HEARD FROM OUTSIDE.

SOLO
The Lord himself will give you a sign
A virgin will be with a child
She shall bear a son.

CHORUS
And he shall be called Emmanuel.

DANCERS ENTER IN TURNS. THEY ARE THE ACCUSERS.

SOLO
1
Kill him, kill him, kill him.
2
Crucify him, crucify him, crucify him.

1
Kill him, kill him, kill him, kill him
2
Kill him, kill him, kill him, kill him
3
E pa, e pa, e pa, e pa, e pá, e pá

ALL
Kill him, kill him, kill him, kill him
Kill him, kill him, kill him, kill him
E pa, e pa, e pa, e pa, e páaaa.

SOLO
Ó la’jú afójú- E pá, e pá
Ó jí òkú dìde- E pá, e pá
Ó s’àgàn d’olómo- E pá, e pá
Ó gba’ni l’ójó ìsinmi- E pá, e pá
Ó fún aro l’énu òrò- E pá, e pá
Ó w’onísun eje sàn- E pá, e pá
Ó rìn l’órí omi- E pá, e pá
Egbèrún márun ló bó-E pá,e pá
Ó so omi di sáyó- E pá, e pá
Ó pe’ra rè l’óba- E pá, e pá
Ó l’óun l’omo Olórun- E pá,
e pá, e pá, e pá, e pá, e páaaa.
Kill him, kill him, kill him, kill him
Kill him, kill him, kill him, kill him
E pá, e pá, e pá, e pá, e pá, e páaaa.

⁃ You see this Jesus ehn, he make person wey blind from him mama belle dey see
road.
⁃ You see this Jesus ehn, he dey bring dead person back to life.
⁃ You see this Jesus ehn, person wey no fit born, he make am born.
⁃ You see this Jesus ehn, he work on sabbath day CHORUS: Sabbath day wey person no
suppose work.
⁃ You see this Jesus ehn, he make person wey cripple waka.
⁃ You see this Jesus ehn, he cure woman wey him period no dey stop.
⁃ You see this Jesus ehn, he waka on top water.
⁃ You see this Jesus ehn, he use shinkini bread and konkolo fish feed 5000 people.
⁃ You see this Jesus ehn, he turn water to shacks.
⁃ You see this Jesus ehn, he call himself king of cabal.
⁃ You see this Jesus ehn, he call himself papa pikin. CHORUS: That mean to say na
God born am.
⁃
⁃ Kill him, kill him, kill him, kill him
⁃ Kill him, kill him, kill him, kill him
⁃ E pá, e pá, e pá, e pá, e pá, e páaaa.

DANCE SEQUENCE. EXIT. SILENCE.

(MOVEMENT 2)

FIGURES ENTER IN A STRAIGHT LINE, CARRYING THEIR INDIVIDUAL STOOLS. THEY ARE THE
TRAVELING BARDS.

SOLO
B’Ólórun bá ti s’òrò, ó ní lá ti se
CHROUS
Áse, áse.
REPEAT

SOLO
The Lord has spoken
CHORUS
The Lord has spoken-
The word of God will not go unfulfilled
The Lord has spoken.
SOLO
Heaven and earth
CHORUS
May pass away
SOLO
Heaven and earth o
CHORUS
May pass away
The word of God,
Will not go unfulfilled
The Lord has spoken.
SOLO
Babá ti so’ro
CHORUS
Ó ti sò’rò
SOLO
Olorun ti so’ro
CHORUS
Ó ti so’ro
Òrò Óluwa kò ní s’aláìse
Baba ti so’ro.

SOLO
A virgin will conceive
And give birth to a son
And his name shall be called Jesus, the son of God.
CHORUS
A virgin will conceive
And give birth to a son
And his name shall be called Jesus, the son of God.
SOLO
Mother Mary mother millionaire
Mama I love you.
CHORUS
Holy Mary mother millionaire
We love you .
SOLO
Ézí nnemo, ézí ne maráma
Ńńémáworunginányá.
CHORUS
Ézí nnemo, ézí ne maráma
Ńńémáworunginányá.

SOLO
You don hear the tori-
CHORUS
Yes
SOLO
Of the messiah-
CHORUS
Yes
SOLO
Him name na Jesus-
CHORUS
Yes
SOLO
Jesus of Nazareth-
CHORUS
Yes
SOLO
Dem say dem send am-
CHORUS
Yes
SOLO
To die for our sin-
CHORUS
Yes
SOLO
Dem nail am for cross-
CHORUS
Yes
SOLO
Dem wear am Crown of thorn-
CHORUS
Yes.
Dem say dem don talk am
CHORUS
Yes
SOLO
Say na so he go die
CHORUS
Yes
SOLO
Eeh Jesus do am
Eeh Jesus do am
He do him work
CHORUS
Eeh Jesus do am
Eeh Jesus do am
He do him work
SOLO
When Jesus come o
He choose twelve disciples
To work with am
CHORUS -REPEAT
SOLO
The people wey go kill am
Dem no know who dem wan kill
Dem no know am
CHORUS- REPEAT
SOLO
Dem find am so tay ehe
Dem find am taya dem no know am
CHORUS- REPEAT
SOLO
But no be today eeh
Say na person wey know person
Dey do person
CHORUS-REPEAT
SOLO
Judas Iscariot, na him be him name
CHORUS- REPEAT.
BEAT CHANGES TO FUJI

SOLO
Ta ló pa Jésù?
CHORUS:
Júdásì ló pa Jésù
SOLO
Ta ló fi Jésù hàn?
CHORUS
Júdásì ló fi Jésù hàn
SOLO
Haa e já won si o
CHORUS
Júdás Ìscáríòt
Omo léhìn Jésù
Òun ló fi Jésù hàn
À lóun ló pa Jésù o.

DRUMSLINE:
Bí’kú ilé ò pa’ni
T’òde ò lè pa’ni
Kòkòrò tí ńjèfó
Ara èfo ló ń gbé
Bí’kú ilé ò pa’ni
T’òde ò lè pa’ni!

BEAT CHANGES TO REGGAE.

SOLO
Many many people followed Jesus
CHORUS-
Many, many followed Jesus
SOLO
Out of the many twelve were close
CHORUS
Many, many followed Jesus
SOLO
Out of the twelve, one was Judas
CHORUS
Many, many followed Jesus
SOLO:
Out of the twelve, Judas was one
SOLO
Judas was a follower, Judas was close
CHORUS
Many, many followed Jesus
SOLO
Judas was a bookkeeper, keeper of money
CHORUS
Many, many followed Jesus
SOLO
Judas loved Jesus but Judas love money more
CHORUS
Many, many followed Jesus
SOLO
And the love of money is the root of evil
CHORUS
Many, many followed Jesus
SOLO
Wetin you dey do fit to do you
CHORUS
Many, many followed Jesus
SOLO
Many many people followed Jesus
CHORUS
Many, many followed Jesus.
THE BARDS EXIT.

(MOVEMENT 3)

THE SOLDIERS ENTER.

SOLDIER
Okay, okay. Attention everybody.
Our people say book wey no gree enter head
CHORUS
Go enter exam hall
SOLO
And na determination dey make
CHORUS
Okada overtake trailer for road.
VOICE
We dey find person and him name na Jesus.
He dey perform wonder but we still dey wonder how we go see am.
SOLDIERS SEARCH FOR JESUS. EXIT.

(MOVEMENT 4)

THE LAST SUPPER.

BEAT CHANGES TO WÓRÒ. JESUS ENTERS, FOLLOWED BY DISCIPLES. THEY SING.

DISCIPLES
B’ìna bá ń jó
Emí ó tèle Jésù
B’òjo bá ń ró
Emį ó tèle Jésù
B’ína ba n jo
B’ojo nro
Un ó tèle
Dúró de mí baba
Ki n tèle e d’ópin.

JESUS
Ìrìn àjo yí ooo
Ìrìn àjo à dá rìn ni
Rírán ni wón rán mi
Èmi kó mo rán ra mi
Àse d’owó OLODUMARE tó rán mi wá.

DISCIPLES
A ti jo je,
A ti jo mu
A ti jo rìn
A ti jo mo’ra wa.

JESUS
I say this waka
Na solo waka
Na me dem send
To carry the load.
DISCIPLES
We go follow you
Carry the load
We go follow you
Waka for Road.
JESUS
Time don reach to waka alone because dem go soon catch me.
DISCIPLES
How dem wan take catch you?
VOICE
Who fit tie water with rope?
VOICE
No be who dem see dem go catch?
DISCIPLES
Dem no go fit catch you.

JESUS- SINGS
Omi o, omi o
DISCIPLES
Omi o, omi o
JESUS
E má mà b’ómi s’òtà o, omi o
DISCIPLES
Omi o, omi o
JESUS
Omi la bu we
Omi la bu mu o
DISCIPLES
Omi o, omi o
JESUS
E má mà b’omi s’òtá ò omi o
DISCIPLES
Omi o, omi o

JESUS
Na inside water
Fish dey swim
Na the same water
Dey cook fish.

DISCIPLES
if na you be fish
And we be the water
Lailai o dem no fit catch you.

JESUS
Dem don talk am before say na so my waka go be.
DISCIPLES- REPEAT
JESUS
Person wey know person
Go go show person to person
DISCIPLES- REPEAT

THEY DO THE ‘OGA NA ME’ SEQUENCE TO WHICH JESUS RESPONDS WITH ‘NO BE YOU’ EXCEPT
JUDAS WHO GETS ‘NA YOU TALK AM’ IN RESPONSE. JUDAS EXITS AS SOON AS HE SAYS HIS
OWN. JESUS NOTICES JUDAS’ EXIT.

JESUS EXITS WITH THE REMAINING DISCIPLES.

SILENCE.

(MOVEMENT 5).

JUDAS ENTERS STHEALTHILY.

JUDAS CHANTS.
HIS CHANTS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY INTERPRETIVE MOVEMENTS.

PROPS (UMBRELLA, WHITE WRAPPER, TORCH LIGHTS, LAMPS)

JUDAS
We be twelve
We be twelve
We be twelve

CHORUS
We be twelve, twelve
Twelve wey Jesus pick.
JUDAS
Many were called
But chosen were few

CHORUS
We be twelve, twelve
Twelve wey Jesus pick.

JUDAS
Some waka come and Jesus called some

CHORUS
We be twelve, twelve
Twelve wey Jesus pick.

JUDAS
My name na Judas
Judas Iscariot

CHORUS
We be twelve, twelve
Twelve wey Jesus pick.

JUDAS
The purpose of the sun is to light up the day

CHORUS
We be twelve, twelve
Twelve wey Jesus pick

JUDAS
And when it’s night the moon go work

CHORUS
We be twelve, twelve
Twelve wey Jesus pick

JUDAS
I say rain wey dey fall
Na to water the earth

CHORUS
We be twelve, twelve
Twelve wey Jesus pick

JUDAS
And na me be Judas
Na Jesus choose me

CHORUS
We be twelve, twelve
Twelve wey Jesus pick

JUDAS
I love Jesus
And Jesus love me

CHORUS
We be twelve, twelve
Twelve wey Jesus pick

JUDAS
I say we be twelve
We be twelve
We be twelve

CHORUS
We be twelve, twelve
Twelve wey Jesus pick.

JUDAS- ANOTHER TONE

He see me
He choose me
He know why he choose me
Ó rí mi ko to yàn mi
Ó mò mí kó tó yàn mí
Ó tún m’òdí tó fi yàn mi
CHORUS
Why, why, why kílódé?
JUDAS
If you ask me...

CHORUS EXIT BEMUSED.

(MOVEMENT 6)

PHARISEES ENTER-
SING
Judas Iscariot
Come make we yarn o
Show us your master
Your master Jesus
Nothing goes for nothing
We go pay you well.

JUDAS
No waste your time o
No waste your money o
Person wey you dey find o
Nobody go fit catch am
He get power over life and death o
Na him be master
Na him be king o
You no go fit catch am
No disturb yourself.

PHARISEES
Make you no worry
Make you no bother
Show us your master
And leave the rest
Thirty billion for your account o
Biko were ego.

JUDAS- SPEAKS
I don warn una o.

PHARISEES
We don hear your warning.

JUDAS
This one na One Chance o

PHARISEES
We go enter

JUDAS
Okay, thirty billion
For my pocket o
Biko nyem ego.

PHARISEES HAND SYMBOLIC MONEY TO JUDAS. JUDAS PLACES MONEY ON A HIGH STOOL OR ANY
OBJECT THAT LOOKS LIKE AN ALTER.
CHORUS ENTER. THEY PAY HOMAGE TO MONEY. MUSIC AND DANCE.

MONEY SONG

SOLO
Money, money
Money, money
CHORUS
Money, money
SOLO
Money you get mouth o
CHORUS
Money, money
SOLO
Money, you get power
CHORUS
Money, money
SOLO
Money, na you be master
CHORUS
Money, money
SOLO
Na you dey turn lie to true o
CHORUS
Money, money
SOLO
Na you dey turn white to black
CHORUS
Money, money
SOLO
Na you dey turn black to white
CHORUS
Money, money
SOLO
Na person wey get you dey make sense
CHORUS
Money, money
SOLO
Person wey no get no dey make sense
CHORUS
Money, money
SOLO
Person wey no get go hide him face
CHORUS
Money, money
SOLO
Person wey no get no dey fine
CHORUS
Money, money
SOLO
Anything wey settle you scatter
CHORUS
Money, money
SOLO
Anything wey join you tear am
CHORUS
Money, money
SOLO
Na Person wey get you dey make sense
CHORUS
Money, money
SOLO
Person wey no get no dey make sense
SOLO
Na you dey make nonsense dey make sense
CHORUS
Money, money
SOLO
Na you dey turn last born to first born
CHORUS
Money, money
SOLO
Money, money, money
CHORUS
Money, money
SOLO
Money you get mouth o
CHORUS
Money, money
SOLO
Money you get power
CHORUS
Money, money
SOLO
Money na you be driver
SOLO
Money, na you be master

VOICE
Nooo jo.
Money Na you be god o
CHORUS
Haaaa! Money, money
SOLO
M-o-n-e-y na you be god ooo
CHORUS
E-g-o no one like youuuu.

MONEY WORSHIP DANCE ENDS. WORSHIPERS EXIT.

JUDAS WHO HAS BEEN WATCHING THE RITUAL BY THE SIDE STEPS FORWARD, HISSES AND CLAPS
TO USHER IN ACOLYTES/CHORUS DRESSED OWAMBE STYLE. BEAT CHANGES TO APALA. JUDAS
SINGS TO THE NEW BEAT.
JUDAS
Nonsense!
Na you, na you
CHORUS
Na you, na you get your mouth.
JUDAS
Wetin I dey see
CHORUS
No be wetin you dey see
JUDAS
Wetin I know
CHORUS
No be wetin you know
JUDAS
Wetin dey do me
CHORUS
No be wetin dey do you o
JUDAS
See, if no be miracle
CHORUS
How five thousand people for chop?
JUDAS
If no be inside fish
CHORUS
How we for see money pay Ceaser
JUDAS
Money na master
CHORUS 
If you no get am hide your face.

JUDAS-SPEAKS
See ehn
Jesus wey dem wan catch
Na me know am
The man matter tire person
He say dem don send and him suppose do wetin dem send am
So tell me
Who wan catch am?
Who fit hold water?

RAISES SONG.
I say wetin I know
CHORUS
No be wetin you know
JUDAS
Wetin I dey think
CHORUS
No be wetin you dey think
JUDAS
Wetin dey do me
CHORUS
No be wetin dey do you o
JUDAS
Money na master
CHORUS
If you no get am no dey talk.
EXIT.
(MOVEMENT 7).

GETHSEMANE.
JESUS ENTERS WITH DISCIPLES.

JESUS- SINGS
Na here you go wait o
Ibi ni o
Ibi le ma duro
(Repeat)
Make you no sleep
Make you no slumber
E ma se sun
E ma se to gbe
(Repeat).

DISCIPLES
Go forth
Go to the top
When you look back
We shall be here
Go forth
Go to the top
When you get back
We shall be standing
Go forth
Go to the top
When you look back
We shall be here
Go forth go to the top
When you get back
We shall at alert.

JESUS
I’m going forward
I’m going to the top
While I’m gone
Please be strong
I’m going to the top
To meditate
When I get back
Please be at alert .

DISCIPLES
Go forth
Go to the top
When you look back
We shall be here
Go forth
Go to the top
When you get back
We shall be standing
Go forth
Go to the top
When you look back
We shall be here
Go forth go to the top
When you get back
We shall be at alert.
MUSIC CHANGES. JESUS EXITS OR CLIMBS TO THE TOP.

DISCIPLES- CHANT
Jésù omo Olorun-twice
Tí o bá ti lo s’ókè
Kò s’órun fún wa mó
T’o bá lo s’ókè
Àwa yío s’onà.
SING
Jésù omo Olorun-twice
Tí o bá ti lo s’ókè
Kò s’órun fún wa mó
T’o bá lo s’ókè
Àwa yío s’onà.

JESUS ASCENDS.
DISCIPLES SHOW SINGS OF FATIGUE. THEY YAWN, THEY DOZE, THEY SLEEP, THEY SNORE.
BEATS CONTINUE.

JESUS AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN

JESUS- SINGS
Gbe, gbe, gbè, gbe ò
Gbe fò mí dá

CHORUS
Gbe, gbe, gbe, gbe
Gbe fo mí dá

JESUS
My father, if it is is possible, let this cup pass me by. Nevertheless, let it be
as You, not I, would have it.

Àgó ìyà yí wúwo púpò

Gbe fo mí dá

CHORUS
Gbe, gbe, gbe, gbe
Gbe fo mí dá

JESUS
Baba ti wo bá le se o
Gbe fo mí dá

CHORUS
Gbe, gbe, gbe, gbe
Gbe fo mí dá

JESUS
Baba se wo lo pe mi o
Pe k’émi máa bò Mo dé
Baba je ki ife re se le mi l’ori o

CHORUS
Baba se wo lo pe mi o
Pe o’émi máa bò Mo dé
Baba je ki ife re se le mi l’ori o.
JESUS - SPEAKS.

SILENCE.
If this cup cannot pass by, but I must drink it, Your will be done.
(Matthew 26:42).

JESUS RETURNS TO DISCIPLES WHO ARE FAST ASLEEP.

JESUS
Wake up
Wake up
The hour is here
Asiko tito
Fun Omo Olorun láti rìn

DISCIPLES
No way, no way
We shall stand by you
When they get here
They shall meet us together

JESUS AND DISCIPLES REPEAT THE SONG A COUPLE OF TIMES.

JESUS
T’e bá ri’yà e ma sá’ré
T’ó bá d’ójú è, e ma sálo.

DISCIPLES
T’ón bá dé’bi a ma dúró
To bá dì’jà, a ma jà.

PETER
Jesus our master
Shebi you sabi me
Na you dey cool me
E ma fo rara
Wón kàn ń bé ni
Àwon ara ibiyi
Wón o fe wàhálà.

JESUS
Verily, verily
I say unto you
Before the break of dawn
Before the cock go crow
Three times, three times
You shall deny me.

THE ARREST.
SOLDIERS ENTER. JUDAS HIDES BEHIND THEM.

SOLDIERS SING. HIGHLIFE.

Where, where is he
Where is the man
That calls himself
King of kings
That calls himself
The son of God.
DISCIPLES
Why o why,
Why do you want him
Tell us why
Why do you want him?

Kilode, kilode,
Ta ni o
Ta lèé ń wa
Kilode, kilode, kilode
Ki l’è ń wá?

SOLDIERS

Eni tó so pe òun l’oba

Oba àwon oba o
Òun là ń wá
Eni tó so pe òun l’oba
Oba àwon oba o
Sè b’óun là ń wá

DISCIPLES
T’e bá ri
Sé e da mo
T’e bà ri o
Se e le n’owó si?

T’e bá ri sé
Sé e da mò
T’e bà ri o
Se e le da mú ni?

SOLDIERS PART WAYS TO REVEAL JUDAS. JUDAS WALKS UP TO JESUS AND KISSES HIS CHEEKS.

JUDAS CHANTS.
Hail, hail, hail the teacher
Hail, hail the master
The son of God
King of kings
I greet you, oh Messiah.

JESUS
Oh Judas, oh Judas
You know what you have done
You have sold me out
O ti fi mí hàn wón.

RYTHM CHANGES. SCUFFLE DANCE. THE DISCIPLES FORM A PROTECTIVE RING AROUND JESUS.
THE SOLDIERS BREAK THE RING AND ONE GOES FOR JESUS. PETER SHIELDS JESUS, TAKES OUT
HIS SWORD AND CUTS OFF THE SOLDIER’S EAR. THE WOUNDED SOLDIER SCREAMS IN FEAR.
PANDEMONIUM HEIGHTENS. JESUS PICKS THE SEVERED EAR AND FIXES IT BACK. THE DISCIPLES
FLEE.

SILENCE.

LEAD SOLDIER
Sé ìwo l’omo Olórun?
OTHER SOLDIERS
Are you the son of God?
LEAD SOLDIER
Sé ìwo l’Olùgbàlà?
OTHER SOLDIERS
Are you the messiah?

JESUS
You said it
Ìwo wí.

LEAD SOLDIER
Sé ìwo l’omo Olórun?
OTHER SOLDIERS
Are you the son of God?
LEAD SOLDIER
Sé ìwo l’Olùgbàlà?
OTHER SOLDIERS
Are you the messiah?

JESUS
You said it
Ìwo wí.

LEAD SOLDIER
Òun ni
Arrest him.

OTHER SOLDIERS
Owó pàlàbà è s’égi
Owó pálábá è s’égi
You’re the kingi
You have been caught
Owó palaba e s’égi.

SOLDIERS ARREST JESUS, BIND HIS HANDS AND BEGIN TO TORTURE HIM EVEN AS THEY LEAD
HIM OUT.

JUDAS ALONE.

SHADOWY FIGURES APPEAR. THEY CALL JUDAS REPEATEDLY.

JUDAS
No, no! What have I done?

CHORUS
Oh no, what have you done?

JUDAS
Oh no
What have I done
Ki ni mo se
What have I done
O rin lori omi
O jí oku dide
Wón wa mu
O si je kan mu oun

CHORUS
No, no what have you done?
JUDAS
He showed me wonders
He walked on water
And he conquered death
Before my (very) eyes
I took their money
I thought it would be hard
For them to catch him
But he surrendered
Oh no what have I done

CHORUS
No no what have I done

JUDAS
He drew me close
He gave me trust
He showed me love
But I let him down
I took their money
I thought it would be hard
For them to catch him
But he surrendered
Oh no, what have I done

CHORUS
No, no what have you done.

JUDAS WAILS AND FALLS.

RHYTHM CHANGES.
CHORUS
Aiye le, aiye le
Aiye o, aiye le
Aiyé ló se’gún
Tí’gún fi pá l’órí
Wón s’àkàlàmàgbò
Ó yo gègè l’órun
Aiye o, aiye o
Aiye o, aiye le.

CHORUS EXIT LEAVING JUDAS CRUMBLED ON THE FLOOR. AT THEIR EXIT, JUDAS RISES AND
EXITS SLOWLY WITH A DETERMINED MIEN ON HIS FACE

(MOVEMENT 8)
PETER DENIES JESUS

A SEARCH GROUP BEARING DANGEROUS WEAPONS ENTER. THEY ASK THE AUDIENCE IF THEY KNEW
ANY FOLLOWER OF JESUS.
PETER RUNS IN PANTING AND EVIDENTLY TERRIFIED. THE SEARCH GROUP SEE HIM AND
ENCIRCLE HIM. POUNDING MUSIC. (THIS SONG MAY BE PERFORMED IN THE AUDITORIUM WITH
ACTORS AND SINGERS SITTING ON PLANTED SEATS).

SEARCH GROUP SING.

Do you know, do you know
Do you know
Do you know
Do you know Jesus?
PETER.
No, no, no
No, no
I don’t know him.

SEARCH GROUP
So mo, so mo, so mo
So mo
So mo Jésù?

PETER
Rárá, rara, rara
Rara o
Mi o mo Jésù.

SEARCH GROUP SING.

Do you know, do you know
Do you know
Do you know
Do you know Jesus?

PETER
No, no, no
No, no
I don’t know him.

SILENCE. COCK CROWS.

THE SEARCH GROUP EXIT. PETER SCREAMS LOUDLY AND EXITS.

(MOVEMENT 9)

THE JUDGEMENT. PALACE.

PRAISE SINGER CHANTS THE KING’S PRAISE. KING AND CHIEFS ENTER. THE CROWD PAY
OBEISANCE AND IMMEDIATELY BEGIN TO SCREAM FOR JESUS TO BE KILLED.

KING
What, what, what do you want
Kini, kini,
Ki le fe ka se?

CROWD
E pá, e pá, e pá, e pá
Kill him, kill him, kill him

KING
Ki lo se, ki lo se, ki lo se
What has he done
Ki lo se?

CROWD
He calls himself the son of God
He calls himself the king of Kings
He said the temple
Shall be crumbled
And be rebuilt
Be rebuilt
Be rebuilt
All in three days.
KING
Oh Jesus son of man
Did you really say so
Se otito ni
Se otito ni
O so pé ìwo l’oba?

JESUS
So you said
You said so
Ìwo will.

CROWD.
A slight on one and many
That is
What makes
A bush man
Come to town
Wearing loincloth
Ài fi’ni pe ni
Ài fi ni pe ni o
Ló mú ara oko san bante wo’lu.
E je ka pa.

KING
I have a prisoner
A killer and a robber
Olosa, apani to n gbeni leru lo
Who should I set free
The robber or the saviour?

CROWD
Free the robber
And kill the saviour.
E je ka pa.

KING
This man is innocent
He does not deserve to die
Let us punish him
And let him go
Let us punish him
And let him go.

CROWD
No, no, no, no
Let him die
We want him dead
Let him die

KING
Okunrin yi ko l’ésè
E je ka fi si’le
E da seria fun
Sūgbón e fi si’le

CROWD
Rara, rara, e pa o
E je ka lo pa o
Rara, rara, e pa o
E je ka lo pa o

KING
Kò si iyi to kàn mi ń be
Ko ma s’owo ni be
Ti e bá lo pa o
Orun yin le’èjè re wa.

CROWD
Kó wà lori wa o
Ko wa Lori Omo wa
E je ka pa o
Eje re lorun wa.

KING
Go, go, go, you may go
Let his blood your burden

CROWD
Yes, yes, yes we agree
Let his blood be our burden
E tuto si lara- yes!
E de lade egun - yes
Ka tún fún loti ki kàn.
Yes, yes, yes we agree
Let his blood be our burden.

(MOVEMENT 10)

PHARISEES ENTER JUBILATING AND SINGING:

Owó pàlàbà è s’égi

Owó pálábá è s’égi
He’s the kingi
He has been caught
Owó palaba e s’égi.

THEY BURST INTO LAUGHTER AT THE END OF THE SONG. SOMEONE BRINGS IN A GOURD OF
PALMWINE. THEY DRINK IN MERRIMENT. JUDAS BURSTS IN STARTLING THE PHARISEES WHO
PAUSE IN THEIR VARIOUS POSITIONS AND ACTIVITIES.

LEAD PHARISEES
Here comes the man of the moment. The hero of judgement. Join us, let’s celebrate
this victory over blasphemy.

OTHER PHARISEES
Here comes the man of the moment. The hero of judgement. Join us, let’s celebrate
this victory over blasphemy.

JUDAS
Do you know really know what you are saying?

ONE PHARISEE
Opelope Judasi!

OTHER PHARISEES
Tó wá fi Jésù hàn wá!
THEY REPEAT THE CALL AND RESPONSE A COUPLE OF TIMES.

JUDAS SCREAMS
E duroooo.
Stop!
Ó titó jòó!
You deceived me.
E tàn mí.

PHARISEES SING
Judasi ma lo o ti gb’owó re
Judasi ma lo o ti gb’owo re
Judasi ma lo o ti gb’owo re o
Judasi ma lo o ti gb’owo re
Be gone.

JUDAS
This money
This money
Means nothing to me

CHORUS
This-money- means nothing to me.

JUDAS
Owó èjè yí
Kò mà já mó ñkankan

CHORUS
This-money- means nothing to me.

PHARISEES RESPOND
Judasi ma lo o ti gbo’wo re
Judasi ma lo o ti gbo’wo re
Judasi ma lo o ti gbo re o
Be gone! Be gone! Be gone!

JUDAS THROWS THE MONEY ON THE FLOOR IN ‘SLOW MOTION’ AND STORMS OUT.

(MOVEMENT 11)

JUDAS HANGS HIMSELF.

JUDAS
Ó se, èmi ò mò
Oh no had I known
I never knew it would end like
Ti ń bá mo ni
Ñ bá má danwo .

CHORUS
He that has ears
Let him listen
Eni bá l’étí
Kó té’tí kó gbó
E jé ka só’ra
Ka má ba k’ábamò
Let’s be careful
To avoid regrets.

JUDAS
It is finished
I’m done
CHORUS
Ó ti parí
Mi ò se mó
JUDAS
It is finished
I’m done
CHORUS
Ó ti parí
Mi ò se mó
Ikú ló ku
It is time to die.
JUDAS
Disobedience is bad
CHORUS
Betrayal is evil
JUDAS
Disobedience is bad
CHORUS
Betrayal is evil
Ikú ló ku
It is time to die.
JUDAS
Àìgboràn kò dára
CHORUS
Òdalè kò sunwòn
JUDAS
Àìgboràn kò dára
CHORUS
Òdalè kò sunwòn
Ikú ló ku
It is time to die.

CHORUS FORM A TREE AND JUDAS HANGS HIMSELF. THE ‘TREE’ EXITS WITH JUDAS DANGLING
FROM IT.

(MOVEMENT 12)
JESUS’S RISE AND ASCENSION. PLAYERS (FAITHFULS) ENTER CLAD IN ROBES BEARING
TORCHES. THEY APPROACH AN ‘ENTRANCE’ TO A TOMB. AN ANGEL MEETS THEM.

ANGEL
Whom do you seek
From the sepulcher
Ta ni? Ta ni o
Ta l’eni t’é n wá
Whom do you seek
From the sepulcher
Ta ni eni t’e ń wá?

FAITHFULS
À ń wá Jésù
Jésù la wá wá
We are looking for
Jesus Christ
He was laid here
Ibí ni wón te sí
We are looking for
Jesus Christ.

ANGEL
He has risen
Proclaim to the world
E lo so fún áráyé
Pé omo Olórun jí ñ de

SOLO
Ó ti jí
Ó ti jí
Ó ti jí
Ó ti jí
CHORUS
The son of God has risen

SOLO
Ó ti jí
Ó ti jí
Ó ti jí
Jésù ti jí
CHORUS
The son of God has risen
SOLO
K’éku ilé kó gbo
CHORUS
K’éku ilé kó gbo
SOLO
K’éku ilé kó gbo
CHORUS
Kó so fún t’oko
The son of God has risen.
SOLO
O ye believers
CHORUS
O ye believers
Proclaim to the world
That the son of God has risen.
SOLO
O ye believers
CHORUS
O ye believers
Proclaim to the world
That the son of God has risen
From the tomb.

SOLO
Jésù ji inde o e yin baba
CHORUS
Jésù ji inde o e yin baba.

ALL THE PLAYERS SING AND DANCE INTO THE AUDITORIUM AND INVITE THE AUDIENCE TO JOIN
IN THE MERRIMENT.
THE END.

(C) Segun Adefila (Oriade)

February, 2020.