Jesu tanaasola kulisisa kuli Pilato kuti mwami. Nokuba boobo, Bwami bwakwe tabulwani bulelo bwaba Roma. Jesu waamba kuti: “Bwami bwangu tabuli bwanyika eeyi. Ikuti Bwami bwangu nobwali bwanyika eeyi, ibabelesi bangu nobalwana kutegwa nditaabwi kuba Juda. Pele lino Bwami bwangu tabuzwi munyika eeyi pe.” (Johane 18:36) Masimpe, Jesu ulijisi Bwami, pele Bwami bwakwe tabuli bwanyika eeyi pe.

Pele Pilato tanaalekela buyo waawo makani aaya. Wabuzya kuti: “Sena nkokuti uli Mwami?” Jesu waambila Pilato kuti ncayeeya cililuzi, wati: “Yebo omwini waamba kuti ndili mwami. Eeci ncindakazyalilwa alimwi ncindakaboolela munyika, ikuti ndipe bumboni kujatikizya kasimpe. Muntu woonse uuli kulubazu lwakasimpe ulaliswiilila jwi lyangu.”—Johane 18:37.

Musyule oomu Jesu waambilide Tomasi kuti: “Ndime nzila, kasimpe alimwi abuumi.” Lino naba Pilato walimvwida kuti ncaakatuminwa anyika Jesu nkuzyikupa bumboni kujatikizya “kasimpe,” ikwaambisya kasimpe kajatikizya Bwami bwakwe. Jesu ukanzide kusyomeka kukasimpe aaka nokuba kuti caamba kufwa. Pilato wabuzya kuti: “Ino kasimpe ninzi?” pele tanaalindila bupanduluzi buli boonse. Uyeeya kuti nzyaamvwa zilikkwene cakuti ulakonzya kwaakosola makani aajatikizya muntu ooyu.—Johane 14:6; 18:38.

Pilato wajokela kunkamu yabantu ibalindila anze aaŋanda yakwe. Kuboneka kuti Jesu uli kumbali lyakwe ciindi naambila basilutwe babapaizi alimwi abaabo mbobali limwi kuti: “Kunyina mulandu ngundajana kumuntu ooyu.” Kabanyemede akaambo kakuti waakosola boobu makani, nkamu yabantu yazumanana kwaamba kuti: “Unyonganya bantu kwiinda mukuyiisya mu Judaya moonse, kutalikila ku Galilaya mane akusikila kokuno.”—Luka 23:4, 5.

Busungu bwaba Juda bwabufwubafwuba bwamugambya Pilato. Ciindi basilutwe babapaizi alimwi abaalu nobazumanana koompolola, Pilato wabuzya Jesu kuti: “Sena tomvwide twaambo toonse ntobakutamikizya?” (Matayo 27:13) Jesu waumuna buyo. Pilato wagambwa kubona kuti Jesu ulibateme nokuba kuti bantu bamutamikizya twaambo cabukali.

Ba Juda baambide kuti Jesu ‘wakatalikila ku Galilaya.’ Kwiinda mukukatobelezya kaambo aaka, Pilato wazyiba kuti mubwini Jesu muna Galilaya. Eeci camupa muzeezo Pilato kujatikizya mbwakonzya kuuccija mukuli wakubeteka Jesu. Heroda Antipa (mwana wa Heroda Mupati) ngomweendelezi wacooko ca Galilaya, alimwi lino uli mu Jerusalemu aciindi eeci ca Pobwe Lyakwiindilila. Aboobo Pilato waamba kuti Jesu atolwe kuli Heroda. Heroda Antipa nguwakakosola mutwe wa Johane Mubbapatizi. Mukuya kwaciindi, Heroda naakazyikumvwa kuti Jesu ucita maleele, wakalibilika kapati akuyeeya kuti ambweni Jesu ngu Johane wabusyigwa kubafwu.—Luka 9:7-9.

Lino Heroda wakkomana alimwi uliyandide kapati kumubona Jesu. Takuli akaambo kakuti uyanda kugwasya Jesu naa kuzyiba kuti ntwamasimpe twaambo ntobamwaamba Jesu. Heroda uyanda buyo “kubona citondezyo cimwi cicitwa anguwe.” (Luka 23:8) Pele, Jesu tanaacita ceeco ncayanda Heroda. Alimwi buya, ciindi Heroda naamubuzya mibuzyo Jesu, tanaamuvwiila jwi noliba lyomwe. Kabatyompedwe, Heroda abasikalumamba bakwe ‘bamunyasya’ Jesu. (Luka 23:11) Bamusamika cisani ceebeka akumufwubaazya. Mpoonya Heroda wamujola Jesu kuli Pilato. Heroda a Pilato tiibali kulyatana, pele lino batalika kumvwana kapati.

Ciindi Jesu naajokela, Pilato waita basilutwe babapaizi, baleli baba Juda, alimwi abantu akubaambila kuti: ‘Ndamubuzya-buzya kumbele lyanu, pele ndajana kuti kunyina kaambo muntu ooyu nkayelede kupedwa milandu njomumutamikizya. Alimwi naba Heroda kunyina kaambo nkaajana, nkaambo wamupilusya kulindiswe, alimwi amubone! Kunyina mulandu ngwaakacita ngwayelede kujailwa.  Aboobo ndilamusubula buyo akumwaangununa.’—Luka 23:14-16.

Pilato uliyandide kapati kumwaangununa Jesu, nkaambo ulibwene kuti bapaizi bamwaaba kulinguwe akaambo buyo kamunyono. Pilato nali mukusola kumwaangununa Jesu, wamvwa makani amwi aamupa kuyandisya kucita boobo. Nacikkede acuuno cakwe calubeta, mukaintu wakwe wamutumina mulumbe wakuti: “Kutabi ncomucita muntu ooyo mululami, nkaambo ndapenga kapati sunu muciloto [calo icilangilwa kuti cazwa kuli Leza] akaambo kanguwe.”—Matayo 27:19.

Ino Pilato ulacita buti kutegwa amwaangunune mwaalumi ooyu uutakwe mulandu, mubwini iweelede kwaangununwa?