Yesu kapelelepo kwa Pilato amba ke mulopwepo. Kadi Bulopwe bwandi kebuletapo kyaka ku Loma. Yesu wanena’mba: “Bulopwe bwami ke bwa ino ntandapo. Shi Bulopwe bwami bwadi bwa ino ntanda, longa bengidi bami badi ba kundwila’mba nakapānwa ku Bayuda. Ino, monka mokikadile, Bulopwe bwami kebutambilepo kuno.” (Yoano 18:36) Bine Yesu udi na Bulopwe, ino ke bwa ino ntandapo.

Pilato kemaninepo papo. Waipangula’mba: “Nanshi wi mulopwe?” Yesu walombola Pilato amba byawanena i bya bine, o mwanda wamulondolola’mba: “Abe mwine yao ubanena’mba ne mulopwe. Kino’ki ye kyonabutwidilwe, kadi kino’ki ye kyonaidile mu ino ntanda, amba nsapule bukamoni bwa bubine. Yewa ense udi ku mutamba wa bubine wivwananga diwi dyami.”​—Yoano 18:37.

Yesu wasapwidile Tomase mafuku kunyuma amba: “Ami ne dishinda ne bubine ne būmi.” Pano Pilato nandi waivwana’mba kitungo kyatuminwe Yesu pano pa ntanda i kusapula bukamoni bwa “bubine,” nakampata bubine bwa Bulopwe bwandi. Yesu usumininwe kulamata ku bubine nansha shi bimulomba kufwa. Pilato wamwipangula’mba: “Le bubine i bika?” Inoko aye kasakilanga’kopo nshintulwilo mikwabo. Wamone amba byaivwana i bibwane pa kutyibila uno muntu mambo.​—Yoano 14:6; 18:38.

Pilato wajokela ku kibumbo kidi panja pa ndaku. Bimweka bu Pilato udi pamo na Yesu pawasapwila babitobo bakulu ne boba bobadi nabo amba: “Amiwa nkimwenepo kibi mu uno muntu.” Ino kibumbo pa kukalabala pa buno butyibi, kibaningija kunena’mba: “Utombolanga bantu na kufundija mu Yudea monso, kushilwila ku Ngadilea kufika’nka ne kuno.”​—Luka 23:4, 5.

Milangwe ya kiswelelela ya Bayuda ibatulumuna Pilato. Babitobo bakulu ne bendeji ba bantu pobakyela mabila, Pilato waipangula Yesu amba: “Lelo kwivwenepo bintu bivule byobakulambika’bi?” (Mateo 27:13) Yesu kalondolwelepo na nansha kimo. Kūba kwaaūba pa ano matope mabi kubatulumuna Pilato.

Bayuda abanena’mba Yesu ‘washilwidile kufundija ku Ngadilea.’ Pilato pa kwendelela na mwanda, wamone amba Yesu bine i mwine Ngadilea. Kino kibape Pilato mukenga wa kwepuka kiselwa kya kutyibila Yesu mambo. Heloda Antipese (mwanā Heloda Mukatampe) ye muludiki wa Ngadilea, kadi i mwiye mu Yelusalema mu kino kitatyi kya Pashika. O mwanda Pilato watume Yesu kwa Heloda. Heloda Antipese ye watēteje mutwe wa Yoano Mubatyiji. Mwenda mafuku, Heloda paaivwene amba Yesu uloñanga bingelengele, waselele mutyima kūlu kalanga’mba Yesu i Yoano wasanguka.​—Luka 9:7-9.

Pano Heloda wasangala pa dyese dya kumona Yesu. Ino ke mwandapo wa kusaka kukwasha Yesu nansha mwanda wa kuyuka shi byobamusambila i bya bine, aa. Heloda wabilanga’tu kumumona, kadi “ukulupile kumona biyukeno bimo byalonga.” (Luka 23:8) Ino Yesu kalongelepo bisaka Heloda. Ino Heloda waipangula Yesu, Yesu nandi ubile’tu nyā. Pa kufītwa Heloda ne basola bandi “bamufutulula.” (Luka 23:11) Abamuvwika kivwalwa kya buya bwa dyangi kebamuzawila. Kupwa Heloda wajokeja Yesu kwa Pilato. Heloda ne Pilato badi balwana, ino pano abapwana.

Yesu pa kujokela kwa Pilato, Pilato waityija babitobo bakulu, bendeji ba Bayuda, ne bantu kanena’mba: “Namujija ku meso enu ino nkimwenepo mu uno muntu bubinga bwa mambo omumusambila’o. Kadi ne Heloda mwine monka na monka, mwanda wetujokejeja’ye, kadi talai! i kutupu kintu kyalongele kyafwaninwe kwipailwa.  Nanshi nsa kumupa mfuto ne kumulekelela.”​—Luka 23:14-16.

Pilato usaka kulekelela Yesu, mwanda wamone amba i mukao’tu ulengeja babitobo bamupāne. Pilato pakimba kukutulula Yesu, kubaiya mwanda mukwabo umutonona amukutulule. Aye pakidi mu kidye, wandi mukaji wamutumina musapu amba: “Kokalonga yao muntu moloke kintu nansha kimo, mwanda nakambakananga bininge mu kilotwa dyalelo pa mwanda wandi [bimweka bu i kilotwa kitamba kudi Leza].”​—Mateo 27:19.

I bika byalonga Pilato pa kusaka’mba akutulule uno muntu wampikwa mambo?