Yesu kwovap wom wa kumulej Pilat anch ndiy udi chakin mwant. Pakwez, Want wend wadingap wa in Rom. Yesu walonda anch: “Want wamam kiudiap wa mangand minam. Anch Want wam wading wa mangand minam, ing, in kwilejam elang kurish chakwel kangal ampana mu makas mau amakurump a in Yuda. Bwat, Want wam kiudiap wa mangand minam!” (Yohan 18:36) Chakin kamu, Yesu wading ni Want pakwez want winou wadingap wa pa mangand.

Pilat wakimba kwijik kand yom yikwau pa mulong winou. Chawiy chamwipulay kand Yesu anch: “Ov, komb ey udi mwant?” Yesu wamushila Pilat chisu chakwel ajingunina anch yalonday kal yidi yakin palonday Yesu anch: “Yey ulondila anch, am nidi mwant. Chom chimwing kusu chinezila kuvadik pa mangand minam, chading mulong wa kulejan uyakin. Muntu mwawonsu mwin yakin ukat kutesh yom yinilondila.”—Yohan 18:37.

Yesu wading wamulejin kal Tomas anch: “Am yam njil, yam uyakin, yam kand [mwom].” Katat Pilat wijik kal anch Yesu weza pa divu mulong wa kupan uman wa “uyakin,” pakampwil uyakin piur pa Want wend. Yesu washinshamana mu kupan uman wa uyakin ap anch chafanyina kumushikij ku rufu. Pilat wamwipula anch: “Ov, uyakin chom ik?” kadingap nich kuswir kwa kutesh yom yikwau. Pilat wading wateshang kal yom yivud yafanyinay kumurumburish nich Yesu.—Yohan 14:6; 18:38.

Chawiy, Pilat waya pol padinga yisak ya antu yichingedina mu chipang. Chimeken anch Yesu wading pamwing ni Pilat chisu chalonday Pilat kudi in kupesh ajim ni antu akwau adinga pinipa anch: “Am kinimenap kwam mulong wa kumufish nich muntu winou.” Antu adinga pinipa ajimana mulong wa mupak winou ni akasikesha kulond anch: “Ndiy ukat kulet kanvundangesh nich malejan mend mu Yudeya mwawonsu. Wasambishina mu Galalia, katat washik kal kand ni kunoku.”—Luka 23:4, 5.

In Yuda ading nich chitongijok chiyimp ashimoka nakash mulong wa mupak wakwatay kal Pilat. Pakwez, in kupesh ajim nau amakurump in kutakel antu adandamena kutoy nich dizu dia piur, chawiy Pilat wamwipula Yesu anch: “Ov, kiwovilap kwey yom yawonsu yikufundilau?” (Mateu 27:13) Yesu kamwakulap. Kuninet kwa Yesu ku kumufund kwinoku kwamushimokisha nakash Pilat.

In Yuda alonda anch Yesu ‘wasambishina mu Galalia.’ Palonday mwamu, Pilat wajingunina anch komb Yesu wading mwin Galalia. Chawiy chamukwasha Pilat ijika mutapu wa kwiyep chisend cha kumurumburish Yesu. Herod Antipas (mwan wenday Hérod le grand) ndiy wadinga ntakel wa mu Galalia, ni wading mu Yerusalem pa chisu cha musambu wa Pasak. Chawiy, Pilat wamutwala Yesu kwa Herod. Herod Antipas winou ndiy wapana mbil chakwel amukatula Yohan Mubatish mutu. Kupwa, pateshay anch Yesu wasala yilay yivud, Herod watonga anch Yesu wading pamwing ap Yohan wavumbuka kal.—Luka 9:7-9.

Herod wasangara pakutesh anch amuletidinay Yesu. Kasangarap kumuman Yesu mulong wa kumukwash ap kakimbap kwijik chakin yom yiyimp yasalangay Yesu. Pakwez, Herod wading uchingedin kwend kumuman ni wading kand “ukatil kumuman Yesu pakusadilay chilay.” (Luka 23:8) Pakwez, Yesu kasangareshap yitongijok yadingay nich Herod. Chawiy pamwipulau Yesu kudiay Herod, ndiy kamwakulap. Mulong wa chisal chinech, chawiy chasala anch Herod nau amasalay end amudiwol Yesu “ni kumuswingish.” (Luka 23:11) Chad amudjika nkandj mulemp muwamp ni amuswingisha kand. Kupwa, Herod wamuchirisha Yesu kwa Pilat. Herod ni Pilat ading akankuny pakwez pa chisu chinicha ikala arund awamp.

Pamuchirishau Yesu, Pilat watazuka in kupesh ajim, antakel a in Yuda ni antu akwau kupwa wayileja anch: “Katat am natal kal kurutu kwenen ayinen, kinimenap kufa nich ku yom yawonsu wamufundilanya. Niyend Herod kamenap kufa nich, chawiy chamuchirishay kal kand kudi etu. Muntu winou kasadilap chom cha kumujipin, bwat. Chawiy am nikumubul, nimulikishaku kwend, aya.—Luka 23:14-16.

 Pilat wakimba kumulikaku Yesu pakwez wamana anch in kupesh amushindidin chakwel itiya yitongijok yau. Kudi yom yikwau yamubachika Pilat chakwel amulikijaku Yesu. Padingay mwi nkwas ya want, mukajend watuma muntu umwing kumulej anch: “Kangal wasal chom kudi muntu winou, kakwetap mulong. Uchuku winou wawonsu namanang mar nakash mu chilat mulong wendendiy [chimeken anch chilat chinech chadiokala kudi Nzamb].”—Mateu 27:19.

Pilat wading wij anch chifanyidin kumulikijaku Yesu, chad mutapu ik wafanyinay kusal mwamu?