Pilatao balungwile kibumbu kibatekanga bwa kwipaa Yesu shi: “Ntshi mumone kintu su nkumune kwadi kilombeene kumupiisha ku myanda yanumufundu nayo. Mpaa na Eroode.” (Luka 23:14, 15) Binobino bwa kukimba bya kupasha Yesu, Pilato bapimine angi mayele, aye nkulungula bantu shi: “Bu byakudi kyuubishi kya’shi neenupooswela muntu mu nguba a Pasaka. Byabya, anukyebe neenupoosolwe Mulopwe a bena Yuuda su?”—Yowano 18:39.

Pilato baukanga shi kwi mwina lukano abetanyina bu Barabase, badi aukibwa bu ngifi, mulendwishi na ntomboshi. Nyi Pilato nkwipusha shi: “Anukyebe neenupooswele Yesu Barabase nyi Yesu abetaanyinana bu Meesiya?” Bu bibabadi abatakulwa na bakata ba batshite mwakwidi, kisaka kibatekyele bwa kuposola Barabase kushi Yesu. Pilato nkwipusha dingi shi: “Nnaanyi a ku babidi bano aanukyebe shi nneenupooswele?” Kibumbu nkwalula shi: “Barabase”!—Mateo 27:17, 21.

Pilato bakutshilwe kya kukita aye nkwipusha shi: “Byaabya nkite kinyi na Yesu abeetanyina bu Meesiya?” Bantu nkukungula shi: “[Bamupudikye ku mutshi, NWT]!” (Mateo 27:22) Mwanda wa buufu, bakwete kuteka lufu lwa muntu shi musoole mwanda. Pilato nkwibeyayila shi: “Byaabya mbubi kinyi bukite uno muntu? Ntshi musangane kintu su nkimune kilombeene lufu, byaabya nakyebe kumukupisha nfimbo, kunyima mmufungushe.”—Luka 23:22.

Sunga bibadi abitatshisha Pilato bwa kumupoosola, kibumbu ki na nsungu kibelanga misaase shi: “Bamupudikye ku mutshi!” (Mateo 27:23, NWT) Bakata ba bipwilo nyi abatumine kibumbu bwakidya kufiita munda bikata bwa shi mase apongolokye! Na, taabadi mase a tomboshi nya, abadi mase a muntu shi musoole mwanda. Mase a muntu shi musoole ababadi bakukile bu Nfumu mu Yelusaleme takudi mafuku atano. Su balongi ba Yesu abadi panka, abashadile baumine mu bufyefye.

Pilato nkumona shi byoso byakitshi tabikwatshika nya. Pabamwene shi nsungu ya bantu ikwete kukamina, batshile meema, aye nkwiyosha ku maasa aaye kumpala kwa kibumbu. Aye nkwibalungula shi: “Ami ntshi mu mwanda wa mase a uno muntu nya. Nkilumbu kyeenu!” Sunga mbyabya, bantu tababadi bashintulukye nya. Abadi abakula shi: “Mase aaye eetulamate atwe na baana beetu.”—Mateo 27:24, 25.

Mukata a kibundji bakimbile kwibasangasha pamutwe pa kukita bibaukanga bu bibubwa. Nyi bwakinyi mu kwipushena na bibabatekyele, Pilato badi mupoosole Barabase kwi kisaka. Akupu batumu eyi bwabadya kufuula Yesu bilamba na kumukupila nfimbo.

Kunyima kwa kukupila Yesu bikata, basalayi abamutwadile mwibalasa dya nfumu a bena  Looma. Kibumbu kibabangile kumusabuula. Abakitshine kifulu kya milobo, abo nkumufwadika ku mutwe. Basalayi abadi dingi bape Yesu elengye ku mboko ibalume na kumufwadika kikotshi kimonga bu akifwalaa ba nfumu. Bakwete kumusabuula pa kumulungula shi: “Ngwa-mooyo, Nfumu a Beena-Yuuda!” (Mateo 27:28, 29) Kukatusha byabya, abadi abamufiidila mata na kumukupila mapi mu mpala. Abatshile elengye dibabadi bamupe, abo nkubanga kumukupila ku mutwe mu kipaso kibadi “nkata” a milobo ababadi bamufwadikye ku mutwe bwa kumusabula munyinshe kumutwela ku mutwe.

Kipaso kibadi Yesu mulame kinemo kyaye na kunyingila mu aa makyenga ooso kibadi kikanyishe Pilato, aye nkukimba angi mayele bwa kwikatusha mu mwanda pa kwakula shi: “Talaayi ngyaawa aneenutuushiisha pasha; nwi na kya kuuka’shi ntshi musokole kantu su nkamune ka kumutopeka nako.” Pangi Pilato bamwene shi su batusha Yesu paasha, kisaka kya bantu kibamono bibatapika na byanoko mase ki kushintula binangu. Pabadi Yesu mwimane kumpala kwa kisaka kya bantu be na mashimba ebubi, Pilato bambile shi: “Muntu ngiiwu!”—Yowano 19:4, 5.

Sunga byekala shi abadi bakupile Yesu na kumutapa malonda, balamine kinemo kyaye na kushala mumiine mu kipaso kibadi na Pilato mumukaanyishe, mwanda Pilato bakwile na kanemo na lusa.