¹ Nokudaro, wese wakuru we Judeya wakamupandukira wakamendesa kuna Pirato. ² wakatanga kumupomera wachiti: ''Taswikira murume uyo achitsausa wedu, achirambidza mitero ya Sezar, achizwiti Kristu, mambo''. ³ Pirato wakamubvudza kuti: '' iwe ndiwe Mambo wemaJuda?'' Iye Jesu akamupidura akati: ''Ndozwawataura''. ⁴ Pirato ndokuti kuwatungamiriri kwe maprisita uyo kune wajinji: Adisi kuona chipomerwa pane murume uwo''. ⁵ Asi iwo wairamba wachiti: ''Iye anovirigwidza wanhu, achidzidzisa Judeya yese, kutanga ku Garirea kuswika kuno''. ⁶ Nokudaro Pirato akazwa izwi ndokubvunza kuti murume uyu waiwe weku Garirea here. ⁷ Pakazoona kuti murume uyu anga ari pakutokwa kwa Herode, akamutumira kwaari, anga ariku Jesrusarema mazua iwawo. ⁸ Herode paaka wona Jesu, wakafara zwikuro, neiko, paiwe ne nguva jinji, ainda kumuona. Iye wainzwa ne zwa Jesu uye waida kumuona achita munana. ⁹ Herode waipa mubvudzo ndzakawanda kuna Jesu, uye Iye anga asigapinduri. ¹⁰ Wakuru wemaprisitine wanyori wakasimuka, wachimupomera. ¹¹ Herode, nemasodja aki wakamuchorupodza uye wachimutuka, wachimupfekedza mbacha dzakanaka, pakupedzera wakamutumira zwekare kuna Pirato. ¹² Piranto na Herode wakawa machamwari kubva ipapo. risate razwika suwa iri waiwengana. ¹³ Ipapo, Pirato, wakadana watungamirire wemaprisita, newatungamirire na wanhu wajinji, ¹⁴ iye akati: ''Imi mauya ne murume uyu se munhu arikuita kuti wanhu wapanduke, asi wonai: ini ndakamubvudza pamberi penyo, hadina kuwana muswa pamurume uyu ne zwino zvamakamupomera. ¹⁵ kunyangwe Herode, sei amudzosa zvekare. apana zwakaita kuti afe. ¹⁶ Ini chete, ndichamurowa wakusiya''. ¹⁷ [Piratoa waimanikidzwa kunsunugura musungwa mumitambo yemaJuda]. ¹⁸ Asi wese wakaramba wachidanidzira, wachit: ''ibvai pano naye murume uyu mutisunugurira Barrabas!. ¹⁹ Barrabas anga ari murume anga akasugwa nekuda kwekusaterera muguta uye ne kuworaya. ²⁰ zwekare akataura Pirato, ndirikunda kumusungura Jesu. ²¹ Asi iye waidanidzira, wachiti: ''Mukhomererei mukhomererei''. ²² Uye akataura zve kechitatu: ''Neiko? ndezwipi zwakaipa zwaita murume uyu? Ini adina kuwona chanhu chikuti Iye angauraiwe. ndozwandati, tapedza kumorowa ini ndikusonungurei''. ²³ Asi iye wakadanidzira zwikuru kuti, wachikumbira kuti wamukhomerera. Uye izwi rewajinji kwakakunda Pirato. ²⁴ Nokudaro, Pirato wakazvipira zvaitaura wanhu. ²⁵ Iye wakasunungura uya waindiwa, uya anga akasugwa nekuda kwekuworaya. Uye akaisa Jesu mukunda kwawo. ²⁶ Ipapo paimutora, wakabata Simono, we guta re Cirene, waibva kumunda, wakaisa mujinjigwa pamusoro pake kuti akakure, achitera Jesu. ²⁷ Wanhu wajinji ne wakadzika wakasimuka wakamurewera Iye. ²⁸ Asi achimutarira Jesu akati: wana weJerusarema, musachenma Ini; chemai imi ne wana wenyu. ²⁹ Nokuti kushauya mazuwa amuchati: 'Wakaropafadza waya wasingabereke uye rakaropafadzwa dhumbu risate rambereka, ne mazamu asati ayamwisa'. ³⁰ Ipapo wachatanga kuudza makumo: 'Donai kwatiri', uye nezvemakomo: 'Zvinotifukidza'. ³¹ Nokuti,kana izwo zwichitka ku muti munyoro, chi chinoitika kana ukaoma?''. ³² Wamwe warume, wawiri dzanga dziri mhondi, wakatorwa wese na Jesu kuti waworaiwe. ³³ Pawakaswika pazwimbo painze: ''Dehenya'', ipapo wakamukhomerera, pamwepo ne mhondi, muwe kurodye mumwe kuroboshwe. ³⁴ Jesu akati: ''Baba, warengererei, iwo awaziwi zvawarikuita''. Wakakanda mujinya pamusoro pembacha dzake. ³⁵ Wanhu wanga wakatarisa wakuru wachimutuka, wachiti: ''Iye waiponesa wamwe, musei azviponese, kana ari Kristu, uya wakasarudza na Mwari''. ^{36 37 38} Uye masodja waimutuka, waimupa vhinega, achiti: ''kana uri Mambo wamajuda, zveponese''. Panga pane chinyorwa pamusoro pake: ''UYU NDIYE MAMBO WAMAJUDA''. ³⁹ Mumwe we mundi anga akakhomererwa, akamutuka achite: Asi here iwe Kristu? Zveponese wega nesuwo''. ⁴⁰ Asi mumwe akamudaira uye, akamuraira, achiti: ''Autyi Mwari, iwe uri pakafanana naye? ⁴¹ Isu, tiripano tiri kugamuchere zwatakaita. asi murume uyu apana zwakaita''. ⁴² Uye akawedzera: ''Jesu, mundiragarerewo, kana wawe Mu Umambo wenyu''. ⁴³ Jesu akati: '' zwechokwandi ndinokuti, nhasi chaiye ndichawa newe kuparadiso''. ⁴⁴ Yanga iri nguwa yechitandatu, uye kwakawa ne rima ikafukedza nyika yese panguwa yechipfebamwe, ⁴⁵ nokuti zuwa rakarega kupenya uye djira retembereraka mweswa ne pakati. ⁴⁶ Iye, akadanidzira ne izwi guru, Jesu akati: ''Baba, mumawoko ndinoisa mweya wangu''. paaka pedza kutaura, Iye akafa. ⁴⁷ Mukuru paakaona zwakaitika, wakapa rumbidzo kuna Mwari, achiti: '' zwechokwandi murume uyu wanga akatendeka''. ⁴⁸ Manhu wajinji pawakauya kuzowona zwanga zvaitika, wakazviona wadzokera wachiro chifuwa. ⁴⁹ Asi wese waisekanwa ka Jesu, uye wakadzi waimutewera kubva ku Garirea wakaraba warikure,wachiona zwiotiko izvi ⁵⁰ Yonai paiwe ne ndengo imwe ye warangui wemajuda waizi Josefa, murume akanaka akarurama, ⁵¹ weku Arimateia, imwe guta rejudeya. Iye aimirira Umambo wa Mwari (iye anga asina kubvumirana ne mabasa yekuranga). ⁵² Murume uyu, wakaenda kuna Pirato, akakumbira mwiri wa Jesu. ⁵³ Iye akamufukedza, akamuputiridzapadzira ritete akaisa murimwe muwiro rekacherwa rikaiswa bpuwe, musati maiswa munhu. ⁵⁴ Raiwe zuwa rekugadzirara, uye Sabata yanga yakutanga. ⁵⁵ Wakadzi wese waifamba naye ku Garirea wakaona pakaiswa mwiri wake. ⁵⁶ Iwo wakadzokera kunogadzirira zwinonhuwira. musuwe Sabata wakazorora sezvinorewa murairo