4 Sai Bilatus ya sake fita waje yace masu, “Dubi, zan kawo maku mutumin domin ku sani ban same shi da wani laifi ba”,
5 Yesu kuwa ya fito, da rawanin kaya da kaya irin na sarauta. Sai Bilatus yace “Ga mutumin nan”.
6 Da manyan firistocin tare da yan majalisar suka ga Yesu, sai suka yi ta ihu suna cewa “A gicciye shi, A gicciye shi” Sai Bilatus yace masu, “ku dauke shi ku gicciye shi, ni kam ban same shi da wani laifi ba”.
7 Sai Yahudawan sukace mashi, “Ai muna da shari'a, kuma bisa ga shari'ar ya cancanci mutuwa domin ya mai da kansa Dan Allah”.
8 Da Bilatus ya ji wannan zance sai ya tsorata kwarai.
9 Sai ya sake shiga fadar Gwamna, yace wa Yesu, “Daga ina ka fito?” amma Yesu bai amsa mashi ba.
10 Sai Bilatus yace masa “Ba zaka yi mani magana ba? Baka san ina da iko in sake ka ba, kuma in gicciye ka?
11 Yesu ya amsa masa, “Ai ba ka da iko a kaina sai dai in an baka daga sama, Saboda haka, wanda ya mika ni a gare ka shine mafi zunubi”.
12 Da jin haka, sai Bilatus yayi kokari a sake shi, amma sai Yahudawa suka tada murya sukace, “In ka saki mutumin nan, kai ba abokin Kaisar bane, duk wanda ya maida kansa sarki, ya sabawa Kaisar”.
13 Da Bilatus ya ji irin maganganunsu sai ya fito da Yesu waje ya kuma zauna akan kujeransa a inda ake kira “Dakalin shari'a,” a Yahudanci kuma, “Gabbata.”
14 To a ran nan ana shirye shiryen idin ketarewa, da misalin sa'a ta shidda kenan, wato tsakar rana, Bilatus yace wa Yahudawan “Ga sarkin ku!”
15 Su kuwa suka yi ihu, a tafi da shi, a tafi da shi, a gicciye shi, Bilatus yace masu “In gicciye sarkin ku? Sai manyan firistocin sukace “Ba mu da wani sarki sai Kaisar”.
16 Sai Bilatus ya mika Yesu domin su gicciye shi.
17 Sai suka tafi da Yesu, ya fito yana dauke da gicciyen zuwa wurin da ake kira “Wurin kwalluwa” da Yahudanci kuma “Golgota”.
18 Suka gicciye Yesu a wurin, tare da wasu mutum biyu, daya a kowane gefe, Yesu kuwa na tsikiya.
19 Bilatus kuwa ya rubuta wata alama a kan gicciyen, “YESU BANAZARE, SARKIN YAHUDAWA”.
20 Yahudawa da yawa kuwa suka karanta wannan alama domin wurin da aka gicciye Yesu yana kusa da Birnin. Alamar kuwa an rubuta ta da Yahudanci, da Romanci, da Helenanci.
21 Sai manyan firistocin yahudawa sukace wa Bilatus, kada ka rubuta sarkin Yahudawa, amma kace, 'wannan yace “Ni ne sarkin Yahudawa”'.
