Yesu haneererya wiikhuwa wa Pilato wi owo mwene chiryene. Naamwi hiiha, omwene awe honoopopiha o Roma. “Omwene aka tahi wa elapo yela.” Yesu onnaloca. “Omwene aka warì wa elapo yela, atxhu aka yan’wa na wi kihivelèliwe wa Ayuda. Nto omwene aka tahi wa vathiva.” Chiryene, Yesu ookhalano omwene, koma omwene awe tahi wa elapo yeela.

Pilato hanahiya mwaha yoola. Owo onnakohatho: “Vanonto we wa mwene?” Yesu onnamweeriha Pilato osuwela wi chiryene yeeparipari ti yeeyo olonceiye, amwaakhulaka: “T’onalotxawe wi miyo kà mwene! Kìyareliwe ni kìrwele yela mwelaponi, wi kihelele onamona wa eparipari. Yowo ori a eparipari onnawiriyana nsu naka.”—Yohani 18:37.

Yesu oomala omuleela Tomasi: “Miyo, ephiro, eparipari, [ni] ekumi.” Vano ophiyerya Pilato ohiiwa wi yoolakelela yeerinhe Yesu orumihiwa veelaponi, ori weerela onamoona vooloca sa “eparipari,” xaxaxa eparipari vooloca sa Omwene awe. Yesu ori oolakelela okhala oororomeleya ntakhara eparipari yeela ophiyerya oveleela ekumi awe. Pilato onnakoha: “Eparipari ti seni?” nto owo hanawehererya wi athariheliwe sa yeela. Owo onoona wi ohiiha sawaakhwanela wi amuthorihe mulopwana ola.—Yohani 14:6; 18:38.

Pilato onnachikela wa achu ale ananweherya vaate. Akhweya Yesu ori ni Pilato vaavaa onaaleeleiye atokweene a mukucho ni achu akina ari vaava ariki: “Miyo nkinaphwanya wa mulopwana ola mulatxu.” Enanariwe ni yoolakelela yeela, muloko onnatitelela: “Onnototha nloko, ahusihaka mwa elapo yothene yo Yudeya, ovinya o Galileya opatxeryeiyewo ophiyerya nno.”—Luka 23:4, 5.

Nthalu na Ayuta ninnamutikhiniha Pilato. Vaavaa atokweene a mukucho ni alopwana awuuluvala anatitelelaaya okhuwela, Pilato onnamukoha Yesu: “Honiwa sothene anosomelayano?” (Mateu 27:13) Yesu haneererya waakhula echu. Omala wawe variyari va okhuwela wa muloko yoowo waari ntoko asinama amutakhwani awoopiha ennamutikhiniha Pilato.

Ayuta annooniherya wi Yesu “opatxenrye o Galileya.” Mwa yeela, Pilato onnaphiyerya makuchuwelo wi mweeparipari Yesu to Kalileya. Ela ennamvaha miruku wi mukhalelo wa osepa ohikhalano murici wa omuthoriha Yesu. Herote Antipa (mwaana a Herote Mutokweene) tori mulamuleli o Kalileya, nave hiihaano ori o Yerusalemu mu elukuluku yeela ya Paskha. Mwawiihiiha Pilato onnamurumiha Yesu wa Herote. Owo aari Herote Antipa yoowo aakwante muru wa Yohani Mpatisi. Ohoolo waya, vaavaa iiwaleiye wi Yesu onnapaka miteko sootikhiniha, Herote uupuwela wi Yesu akhweya aari Yohani yoowo aaviihiwe mookhwani.—Luka 9:7-9.

Vano Herote onnahakalala wi amoone Yesu. Tahi wi owo onachuna omukhaviherya Yesu naari weererya osuwela waakhanle wi aakhalavo mathowa oophwanelela vooloca sa othorihiwa wawe. Pahiru Herote iipiwe murima, nave “ànawehererya wona yotikiniha yeriwe ti yowo.” (Luka 23:8) Nto, Yesu hanakhwaaniherya yeeyo Herote aaweheryeiye. Mweeparipari, vaavaa Herote onamukoheiye Yesu, owo hanaakhula echu. Enyeenyen’ye, Herote ni anakhoco awe, annamunyemula Yesu ‘ni omuroha.’ (Luka 23:11) Awo annanwariha yoowara yawaarya nave annamunyemula. Voocharela Herote onnamukookiherya Yesu wa Pilato. Herote ni Pilato yaari amwiicani khalai vene, koma hiihaano annakhala asinthamwene a vanikuthani.

 Vaavaa Yesu onakookihiweiye, Pilato onnawiichana asitokweene a mukucho, alamuleli a Ayuta, ni achu oothene nave onnaloca: ‘Kòmukoha vamithoni vanyu ni nkiphwannye mwa mulopwana nthowa na mulatxu womuthorihelano ekoi. Nari mano Heróde haphwannye etxhu, tivanto onikòkihenryeiye. Ntoko munonanyu mulopwana ola henre etxhu yophwanela okhwa. Hiha miyo kinammutaphula, kamonihà ekoi.’—Luka 23:14-16.

Pilato onnachuna omutaphula Yesu, ntakhara wi owo oosuwela wi anamukucho anamveleela Yesu nthowa na omukhalela nrima. Vaavaa Pilato oneereryeiye omutaphula Yesu, owo onnaakhela nceenyeryo na weerano yeeyo. Vaavaa okirantheiye va munyukhu awe wa othoriha, mwaariye onnamurumihela muchaka: “Ohere etxhu ni mutxhu owo aphama, ntakhara olelo nkirere ohawa molohani [akhweya oloha iwo waarweenle wa Muluku] wa nthowa na mutxhu yowo.”—Mateu 27:19.

Pilato onaphwanela omoopola mulopwana ola ohirino nthowa. Apwanne onanwerya weerano yeela?