38 Wangumfumba Pilato, “Ngune uneneska?” Ndipo wachikamba chenichi Pilato wangutuliya so ku ŵaYuda, wanguŵanene, “Ine ndirive kusaniya kufakwa kose mwaku iyo.
Ndipo wangutuwa so Pilato, wangunena nawo, “Onani, ndimutuzgiyenge kunu kubwaro kwaku imwe, alinga kuti muziŵe kuti ndirive kusaniya kafukwa kose kwaku iyo.”
Viyo penipo ŵazukuru ŵara ndi ŵamirizi wo ŵangumuwona, wangukambura, ŵakuti, “Mpaike! Mpaike!” “Mtoni imwe, mpayikeni,” wangunena nawo Pilato, “Chifukwa ine ndirive kusaniya mwake chifukwa.”
Ndipo Pilato wanguti ku ŵazukuru ŵara ndi ku mizinda, “Kuti ndisaniya cha kafukwa mu munthu mwenuyu.”
Kweni pakuvwa ndi chiyuka cha ŵakufwa, ŵanguwera ŵanyake; kweni ŵanyake ŵanguti, “Tikuvwenge panyake so vyapaku chenichi.”
kweni ndi ndopa zakuzirwa, uli za mwanamberere wambura kalema ndi wambura banga, ndopa nazo zaku Kristu:
Pilato wangunena nawo, “Kwati, wachita chiheni chakutunji?” Kweni iwo ŵangukambura ukongwa, “Mpayike!”
Ndipo Pilato, pakuwona kuti wengavi kovya kanthu, kweni ukongwa kuti chichitika chiwawa, wanguto maji, wangusamba mu manja paurongo pa mzinda wo, wakuti, “Nde wambura kalema ku ndopa za murunji uyu: kweniko mwaŵeni!”
Pilato wangusere so mu mphara, ndipo wangudana Yesu, wangunena nayo, “Kumbi ndiwe Karonga wa ŵaYuda?”