22 Pilato wakati kwa iwo: “Ipo nichite nayo vichi Yesu uyo wakuchemeka Khristu?” Wose ŵakati: “Wapayikike!”* + 23 Iyo wakati: “Chifukwa wuli? Kasi wachita chinthu wuli chiheni?” Kweni iwo ŵakalutilira kuchemerezga chomene, kuti: “Wapayikike!”+

24 Pakuwona kuti apa palije kawemi, kweni pakuwuka waka chivulupi, Pilato wakatora maji na kugeza mu mawoko ghake panthazi pa mzinda, wakati: “Nilije mulandu wa ndopa za munthu uyu. Imwe mujiwonerenge mwaŵene.” 25 Ŵanthu wose ŵakazgora kuti: “Ndopa zake zize pa ise na pa ŵana ŵithu.”+ 26 Penepapo wakaŵafwatulira Baraba, kweni wakati Yesu ŵamuthyapure.+ Pamanyuma wakamupeleka kuti wakapayikike pa khuni.+

12 Pilato wakaŵazgoraso kuti: “Ipo nichite nayo vichi uyo mukuti ni Themba la Ŵayuda?”+ 13 Ŵakachemerezgaso kuti: “Wapayikike!”*+ 14 Kweni Pilato wakalutilira kuyowoya nawo kuti: “Chifukwa wuli? Kasi wachita chinthu wuli chiheni?” Kweni ŵakachemerezgaso chomene, ŵakati: “Wapayikike!”*+ 15 Pilato, wakakhumba kukondweska mzinda, ntheura wakaŵafwatulira Baraba. Yesu wakati wathyapulika,+ Pilato wakamupeleka kuti wakapayikike pa khuni.+

12 Pa chifukwa ichi, Pilato wakapenjanga umo wangamufwatulira. Kweni Ŵayuda ŵakachemerezga, ŵakati: “Usange mumufwaturenge munthu uyu, mbwe ndimwe mubwezi wa Kesare chara. Munthu waliyose uyo wakujizgora yekha kuŵa themba wakuwukira* Kesare.”+