4 Pilato anatulukanso ndipo anati kwa Ayuda, “Taonani, ine ndikumubweretsa kuti inu mudziwe kuti ine sindikupeza chifukwa chomuyimbira mlandu.” 5 Pamenepo Yesu anatuluka atavala nkhata yaminga ndi mkanjo wapepo ndipo Pilato anawawuza kuti, “Nayu munthu uja!”
6 Atangomuona Iye akulu a ansembe ndi akuluakulu ena anafuwula kuti, “Mpachikeni! Mpachikeni!”
7 Ayuda anayimirira nati, “Ife tili ndi lamulo, ndipo molingana ndi lamulolo, Iyeyu ayenera kuphedwa chifukwa akudzitcha kuti ndi Mwana wa Mulungu.”
8 Pilato atamva zimenezi, anachita mantha kwambiri, 9 ndipo anabwereranso mʼnyumba yaufumu. Iye anafunsa Yesu kuti, “Kodi umachokera kuti?” Koma Yesu sanayankhe. 10 Pilato anati, “Kodi ukukana kundiyankhula ine? Kodi sukuzindikira kuti ine ndili ndi mphamvu yokumasula ndiponso mphamvu yokupachika?”
11 Yesu anayankha kuti, “Inu simukanakhala ndi mphamvu pa Ine akanapanda kukupatsani kumwamba. Nʼchifukwa chake amene wandipereka Ine kwa inu ndiye wochimwa kwambiri.”
12 Kuyambira pamenepo Pilato anayesa kuti amumasule Yesu, koma Ayuda anapitirira kufuwula kuti, “Ngati mumumasula munthuyu kuti apite, inu si bwenzi la Kaisara.”
13 Pilato atamva zimenezi, iye anamutulutsa Yesu kunja ndi kukhala pansi pa mpando wa woweruza pamalo otchedwa Mwala Wowaka (umene pa Chiaramaiki ndi Gabata). 14 Linali tsiku lokonzekera Sabata la Paska ndipo nthawi inali ora lachisanu ndi chimodzi masana.
15 Koma iwo anafuwula kuti, “Choka nayeni! Choka nayeni! Mpachikeni!”
16 Pomaliza Pilato anamupereka kwa iwo kuti akapachikidwe. Choncho asilikali anamutenga Yesu.
19 Pilato analemba chikwangwani chomwe anachikhoma pa mtandapo. Panalembedwa mawu akuti, yesu wa ku nazareti, mfumu ya ayuda. 20 Ayuda ambiri anawerenga chikwangwanichi, pakuti pamalo pamene Yesu anapachikidwapo panali pafupi ndi mzinda ndipo chikwangwanicho chinalembedwa mu Chiaramaiki, Chilatini ndi Chigriki. 21 Kenaka mkulu wa ansembe wa Ayuda anakadandaula kwa Pilato nati, “Musalembe kuti ‘Mfumu ya Ayuda,’ koma kuti munthuyu amadzitcha kuti ndi mfumu ya Ayuda.”
22 Pilato anayankha kuti, “Chimene ine ndalemba, ndalemba.”
23 Asilikali atamupachika Yesu, anatenga zovala zake ndi kuzigawa zigawo zinayi, gawo limodzi la aliyense wa iwo, ndi kutsala mwinjiro wamʼkati wokha. Chovala ichi chinawombedwa kuyambira pamwamba mpaka pansi wopanda msoko.
24 Iwo anati kwa wina ndi mnzake, “Tiyeni tisachingʼambe koma tichite maere kuti tione amene achitenge.”
25 Pafupi ndi mtanda wa Yesu panayima amayi ake, mngʼono wa amayi ake, Mariya mkazi wa Kaliyopa ndi Mariya wa ku Magadala. 26 Yesu ataona amayi ake pamenepo ndi wophunzira amene Iye anamukonda atayima pafupipo, Iye anati kwa amayi ake, “Amayi nayu mwana wanu.” 27 Anawuzanso wophunzirayo kuti, “Nawa amayi ako.” Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, wophunzirayo anatenga amayiwo kupita nawo kwawo.
31 Popeza linali Tsiku Lokonzekera ndipo tsiku linalo linali Sabata lapadera; Ayuda sanafune kuti mitembo ikhale pa mtanda pa Sabata, iwo anapempha Pilato kuti akathyole miyendo ndi kutsitsa mitemboyo. 32 Chifukwa chake asilikali anabwera ndi kuthyola miyendo ya munthu oyamba amene anapachikidwa ndi Yesu ndipo kenaka ya winayo. 33 Koma atafika pa Yesu ndi kupeza kuti anali atamwalira kale, iwo sanathyole miyendo yake. 34 Mʼmalo mwake, mmodzi wa asilikaliwo anamubaya Yesu ndi mkondo mʼnthiti, ndipo nthawi yomweyo munatuluka magazi ndi madzi. 35 Munthu amene anaona izi wapereka umboni ndipo umboni wake ndi woona. Iye akudziwa kuti akunena choonadi kuti inunso mukhulupirire. 36 Zinthu izi zinachitika kuti malemba akwaniritsidwe: “Palibe limodzi la mafupa limene lidzathyoledwa,” 37 ndi monga lemba linanso linena, “Iwo adzayangʼana Iye amene iwo anamubaya.”