13 Aho Pilato mwahindania abakʉlʉ b’abaheri, abakʉlʉ b’aBayuta n’abandɨ bandʉ. 14 Mwabwɨrabo athɨ: «Momʉnyɨrethera omʉndʉ oyu mʉthɨ akaramya abandʉ. Aho monyamubulitsye bʉshana n’ebɨnwa ebi embere senyu. He monyithabonire bʉbɨ mo bɨnwa byoshi byo mwamusitakiraga. 15 Na Herote naye mwathamushungireko kiro na bʉbɨ, bʉshana n’ekyo kyamaleka nɨathʉshʉbʉlɨtsya ɨye. Omʉndʉ oyu hathalɨ bʉbɨ athakola obwangaleka n’ithwa. 16 Bʉshana n’ekyo, nyahamʉla ahumbwe mbasha, honyuma kw’aho nyamʉmɨnʉla.» [17 Mo bʉlɨ kɨro ky’elinye ly’ePasaka, Pilato agenda amɨnʉlɨra abandʉ bo mʉndʉ mʉgʉma wa muliki.23:17 Omʉlondo ono athalɨ mʉ mashako magʉma wa kera.]
18 Hewethuwe abandʉ boshi mobanegenera kʉgʉma n’ɨhambala bathɨ: «Wɨthɨsa omuyira oyu! Thʉmɨnʉlɨre Baraba!» 19 Baraba oyo amɨnawa bʉshana n’ikarama lya bandʉ lyabyaga mo muyi, na bʉshana n’ithwa lya mʉndʉ. 20 Pilato agenda ashondya ɨmɨnʉla Yesʉ, mwashʉba negena n’abandʉ. 21 Hewethuwe mobashʉba hambala bathɨ: «Mʉbambe ko mʉsalaba! Mʉbambe ko mʉsalaba!»
22 Pilato mwashʉba bʉtsya abandʉ elya kashathʉ athɨ: «Omʉndʉ oyu akolire kɨbɨ kɨhe? Nyithamushungireko bʉbɨ obw’akolire obwangaleka nɨatholera ɨfwa. Bʉshana n’ekyo nyahamʉla ahumbwe mbasha, honyuma kw’aho nyamʉmɨnʉla.»
23 Hewethuwe abandʉ mobahathɨkɨrɨtsya n’ɨhambala kʉtsɨbʉ bathɨ Yesʉ abambwe ko mʉsalaba. Honyuma kw’aho abandʉ mobasɨnda Pilato bʉshana n’erɨhambala lyabo. 24 Aho Pilato mwakolerabo nga ko bagenda abamʉshaba. 25 Mwamɨnʉlɨrabo Baraba yo bagendaga abamʉshaba. Namo anamɨnawa bʉshana n’ikarama lya bandʉ lyabyaga mo muyi, na bʉshana n’ithwa lya mʉndʉ. Aho mwahabo Yesʉ bamʉkolere nga ko bashashire.
Yesʉ abambwa ko mʉsalaba
(Mat 27:32-44; Mar 15:21-32; Yoa 19:17-27)