1 Pilato nakawalonjela wamhole Yesu wamsubule na ng'hobwa.
2 Wamizi wahola miwa, watowa kota ng'hata ya miwa ifandile kota chipembelo, wamvalisa kumutwi wahola ikanzu lya chiundewa wamvalisa.
3 Woya kwa Yesu wata, “Ulamche, Mndewa wa Wayahudi!” Akuno womsubula.
4 Pilato kalawa kunze kahi, nakawalonjela, “Mlole, ndangumigala heye kunze kwa hemwe, leka mvizele kota heni sinachona chinhu choneche cha kumtagusa.”
5 Baho Yesu nakalawa kunze yavalile ng'hata ya miwa ifandile kota chipembelo na ikanzu lya chiundewa. Pilato nakawalonjela, “Mlole, heye munhu ndo ayu!”
6 Watambika wakulu na wamizi vyowamuwene Yesu, wayoweleza wata, “Muwambe mumsalaba! Muwambe mumsalaba!” Pilato nakawalonjela, “Mumhole hemwe mkamuwambe mumsalaba. Heni simuwene na chinhu choneche cha kumtagusa.”
7 Wayahudi nawalonga, “Hetwe twanalyo ilajizo, na kwa ilajizo alyo, imgana yabagame kwa vila kedita Mwana wa Nguluwi.”
8 Pilato vyoyahuliche ago, nakadumba heko.
9 Nakahiluka mng'handa ya mkulu wa isi ya Yudeya, nakamuuza Yesu, “Hegwe kulawila kohi?” Ila Yesu hamwidichile ne chinhu.
10 Pilato nakamlonjela Yesu, “Kwangulema kulonga na heni? Huvizelele kota ndina ludali lwa kukulechela ama kukuwamba mumsalaba?”
11 Yesu nakamwidichila, “Wahawele hela ludali kwa heni, wone hupeligwe na Nguluwi. Lelo munhu yandigale kwa hegwe ndo kana gehile ng'hatu.”
12 Pilato vyowahuliche hino, nakapala nzila ya kumlechela Yesu. Ila Wayahudi wayoweleza wata, “Wone umlechele ayo, huwele goloko wa mndewa wa Lumi. Kwa vila munhu yochidita kota Mndewa kangumbeza Mndewa wa Loma.”
13 Baho Pilato vyowahuliche ulonzi awo, nakamlavya Yesu kunze, kekalisa mchigoda cha mtagusa, honhu halihochemigwa, “Luga lwa mabwe”. Waebulaniya waliwochema Gabasa.
14 Yali zuwa lya kiwika goya na Pasaka, mhela wa saa sita nemisi. Pilato nakawalonjela Wayahudi, “Ayuno hano mndewa wa hemwe!”
15 Ila Wayahudi wayoweleza wata, “Muse! Muse! Muwambe muchitango!” Pilato nakawauza, “Mwangugana heni ndikamuwambe mumsalaba Mndewa wa hemwe?” Watambika wakulu nawamwidichila, “Mndewa tulinaye hetwe ndo Mndewa wa Loma hela!”
16 Pilato nakamlavya Yesu, kawapa hewo mmoko mwao wakamuwambe mumsalaba. Aho nawamhola Yesu.
17 Yesu nakalawa kunze yapichile msalaba wa kumuwambila mbaka honhu halihochemigwa izeje lya mutwi, kwa Chiebulaniya Goligota.
18 Wamuwamba Yesu mumsalaba hamwe na wanhu wanji weli, yumwe kumoso na yumwe kudilo, heye nayali hagati.
19 Pilato nakandika mchibao, kawika kuchanya mumsalaba hali Yesu, “Yesu Mnasaleti, Mndewa wa Wayahudi.”
