New Testament in a Year

23 Kenaka gulu lonse la anthuwo linayimirira ndi kumutengera kwa Pilato. ² Ndipo iwo anayamba kumuneneza nati, “Ife tinapeza munthu uyu akusokoneza anthu a mtundu wathu ndipo amatsutsa zopereka msonkho kwa Kaisara komanso amati ndi Khristu, Mfumu.”

³ Pamenepo Pilato anamufunsa Yesu kuti, “Kodi Iwe ndiwe Mfumu ya Ayuda?”

Yesu anayankha kuti, “Mwatero ndinu.”

⁴ Kenaka Pilato anawawuza akulu a ansembe ndi gulu la anthu, “Ine sindikumupeza cholakwa munthuyu.”

⁵ Koma iwo analimbikirabe kuti, “Iyeyu amasokoneza anthu ku Yudeya konse ndi chiphunzitso chake, Iyeyu anayambira ku Galileya ndipo wayenda mtunda wonse mpaka kuno.”

⁶ Pakumva zimenezi, Pilato anafunsa ngati munthuyo ndi Mgalileya. ⁷ Iye atamva kuti Yesu anali pansi pa ulamuliro wa Herode, anamutumiza kwa Herodeyo, amene pa nthawi imeneyo analinso mu Yerusalemu.

⁸ Herode ataona Yesu, anakondwa kwambiri, chifukwa kwa nthawi yayitali, ankafunitsitsa atamuona. Kuchokera pa zimene anamva za Iye, anayembekezera kuti achita zodabwitsa. ⁹ Iye anamufunsa mafunso ambiri, koma Yesu sanayankhe. ¹⁰ Akulu a ansembe ndi aphunzitsi amalamulo, anayimirira pamenepo ndi kumuneneza kwambiri. ¹¹ Pamenepo Herode ndi asilikali ake anamuseka ndi kumunyoza Iye. Atamuveka mkanjo wonyezimira, anamutumizanso kwa Pilato. ¹² Tsiku limenelo, Herode ndi Pilato anakhala abwenzi. Zisanachitike izi anali adani.

¹³ Pilato anasonkhanitsa akulu a ansembe, oweruza ndi anthu, ¹⁴ ndipo anawawuza kuti, “Munabweretsa munthuyu kwa ine ngati ndiye amawuza anthu kuti awukire. Ine ndamufunsa pamaso panu ndipo sindinapeze chomuyimbira mlandu. ¹⁵ Herodenso sanapeze chifukwa pakuti wamutumizanso kwa ife monga mmene mukuoneramu. Iyeyu sanachite chinthu chakuti aphedwe. ¹⁶ Nʼchifukwa chake, ine ndingomulanga, nʼkumumasula.” ¹⁷ (Pa nthawi yachikondwerero cha Paska iye ankayenera kumasula munthu mmodzi).

¹⁸ Onse pamodzi anafuwula kuti, “Muchotseni munthuyu! Timasulireni Baraba!” ¹⁹ (Baraba anaponyedwa mʼndende chifukwa choyambitsa chipolowe mu mzinda ndi kupha).

²⁰ Pofuna kumumasula Yesu, Pilato anawadandaulira iwo. ²¹ Koma iwo anapitirirabe kufuwula kuti, “Mpachikeni! Mpachikeni!”

²² Kachitatu anawafunsanso iwo kuti, “Chifukwa chiyani? Kodi munthu uyu wachita choyipa chanji? Ine sindinapeze cholakwa mwa Iye chakuti aphedwe choncho ndingomukwapula ndi kumumasula.”

²³ Koma ndi mawu ofuwulitsa, analimbikirabe kuti Iye apachikidwe, ndipo kufuwulako kunapitirira. ²⁴ Choncho Pilato anatsimikiza kuchita zofuna zawozo. ²⁵ Iye anawamasulira munthu amene anaponyedwa mʼndende chifukwa choyambitsa chipolowe ndi kupha, amene ankamufunayo, ndipo anawapatsa Yesu mwakufuna kwawo.