1 Mpawo Pilato wakatola Jesu akuyomunabba.
2 Basilumamba bakalunda ingowani yamamvwa. Bakayibikka amutwe waJesu bamuzwatika asila lyamusyobo wantuumbula.
3 Bakasika kulinguwe basikuti, wabonwa, “Mwami waba Juda!” mpawo basikumuma.
4 Pilato wakabbuda aanze lubo wasikuti kulimbabo, “Mubone, ndikumweeta anze kulindinywe kuchitila kuti muzibe kuti nsijene mulandu pe aalinguwe.”
5 Awo Jesu wakabbuda aanze, kazweete musini wamamvwa asiila lyachikobela chamusyobo wantumbula. Pilato wakati kulimbabo, “Mubone ngooyu mwalumi!”
6 Mpawo awo bapayizi bapati ababelesi nibakabona Jesu, bakoompololesya bati, “Aababmbulwe, abambulwe!” Pilato wakati kuli mbabo, “Mumutole ndinywe mukamubambule nkambo nsijene mulandu pe kulinguwe.”
7 Ba Juda bakamusandula, “Tulijisi mulawu, alubo kwinda mumulawu oyoo, welede kufwa nkambo wakali kulyaamba kuti Mwana waLeza.”
8 Aawo Pilato nakamvwa nkani eeyi, wakayoweesya loko.
9 Wakanjila mungánda yakubetekela lubo wati kuli Jesu, “Uuzwa kuli? Pesi Jesu takwakasandula pe.
10 Mpawo Pilato wakati kulinguwe, “Towambuli na kulindime?” Toozi na kuti ndilenguzu zyakukwangununa aanguzu zyakukubambula?
11 Jesu wakamusandula, “Tojisi pe kupanguzu alindime kusiya eecho nchiwakapegwa kuzwa kujulu, nikuba oobo, ooyo wandipedya kuli nduwe ulaachibi chipati.”
12 Kunsandulo eeyi, Pilato wakeezya kumwangununa pesi bama Juda bakawompoolola kabati, “kuti wangununa mwalumi ooyu, “Tooli muzolwani wa Siza. Woonse ulichita mwami uuwambula ataala a Siza.
13 Pilato nakamvwa makani aaya wakeeta Jesu aanze wakkala aachuno chakubetekela mubusena bwiitwa kuti “Ibbuwa lyamabwe,” pesi mumulaka wachi Hibbulu, ni “Gabbata.”
14 Lino lyakali izuba lyakubambililwa kwapasika, chiindi chamahola aali musanu alimwi. Pilato wakati kuba Juda, “Mulange ngoyu mwami wenu!”
15 Bakawompolola, “Kuule anguwe, kule anguwe, “Abambulwe!” Pilato wakati kuli mbabo, “Mubambule na mwami wenu?” Bapayizi bapati bakasandula, “Tatukwe mwami pe, pesi Siiza.”
