Pilato wakamba ne: “Tangilayi! Ke muntu eu!”

Pilato wakambila musumba wa bantu bavua bakeba lufu lua Yezu ne: “Tshiena musangane muntu eu ne bualu nansha bumue bunudi numubanda nabu to. Mu bulelela, nansha Helode ki mmumusangane ne bualu to.” (Luka 23:14, 15) Nunku padi Pilato ujinga bua kulekesha Yezu, udi ukuata mudimu ne mayele makuabu wambila bantu ne: “Nudi ne tshilele tshia meme kunulekeleela muntu dia Pasaka. Nunku nudi basue nnulekeleele Mukalenge wa bena Yuda anyi?”​—Yone 18:39.

Pilato mmumanye muena buloko udibu babikila ne: Balabase uvua mumanyike bu muivi, ntomboji, ne mushipianganyi. Ke Pilato kuebeja ne: “Unudi basue nnulekeleele nganyi, Balabase anyi Yezu udibu babikila ne: Kristo?” Bamfumu ba bakuidi bakasaka bantu bua kulomba bua balekele Balabase, kabalekedi Yezu to. Pilato udi webeja kabidi ne: “Nnganyi wa ku babidi aba unudi basue nnulekeleele?” Musumba wa bantu wakela mbila ne: “Balabase.”​—Matayi 27:17, 21.

Bu muvua Pilato mumvue buôwa wakebeja ne: “Nunku, ngenze tshinyi ne Yezu udibu babikila ne: Kristo?” Bantu bakela mbila bamba ne: “Yeye anu ku mutshi!” (Matayi 27:22) Badi balomba lufu lua muntu udi kayi ne bualu kabayi bundu. Pilato wakabalomba ne: “Bua tshinyi? Mbualu bubi kayi budi muntu eu muenze? Tshiena mumusangane ne bualu budi bukumbanyine lufu to; nunku nemmupeshe dinyoka, pashishe nemmulekele.”​—Luka 23:22.

Nansha muvua Pilato mudienzeje bikole, musumba wa bantu eu wakafiika munda wela mbila ne: “Yeye anu ku mutshi!” (Matayi 27:23) Bamfumu ba bitendelelu mbafikishe bantu ku bualu bubi ebu bua kuelesha mashi panshi. Ki mmashi a muena tshibawu anyi mushipianganyi to. Kadi mmashi a muntu uvua kayi ne bualu uvuabu bakidile mu Yelushalema bu Mukalenge matuku atanu kumpala. Bikala bayidi ba Yezu muaba au, bavua bashale bapuwe kabayi ne tshia kuamba.

Pilato wakamona ne: tshidiye usua kuenza katshiena tshikumbana to. Tshimvundu tshikole tshidi tshijuka mu bantu, ke yeye kuangata mâyi, kuowaye bianza biende kumpala kua musumba wa bantu. Kubambilaye ne: “Meme tshiena ne bualu bua mashi a muntu eu to. Mbunutangile anu nuenu.” Nansha nanku bantu kabena bashintulula lungenyi luabu to. Kadi badi bamba ne: “Mashi ende ikale pambidi petu ne pa bana betu.”​—Matayi 27:24, 25.

Nguvena uvua ujinga kubasankisha pamutu pa kuenza tshivuaye mumanye ne: ntshimpe. Nunku bilondeshile dilomba diabu, Pilato udi ubalekelela Balabase. Wakakopuesha Yezu bilamba ne kumueleshaye mfimbu.

Panyima pa basalayi bamane kukuma Yezu ne tshikisu nunku, bakaya nende mu dibalasa dia nguvena. Kasumbu ka basalayi kakadisangisha bua kumuenzela malu makuabu mabi. Bakaluka tshifulu tshia mêba, ne kumuasabu natshi ku mutu. Basalayi bakamuteka kabidi dilenge mu tshianza tshia balume ne kumuvuadikabu tshilamba tshikunzubile tshivuabu bavuadika bakalenge. Bakamuamba ne dipetu ne: “Muoyo au, Mukalenge wa bena Yuda!” (Matayi 27:28, 29) Bakafika too ne ku dituila Yezu mata mu mêsu, ne kutungunukabu ne kumukuma mapi mu mêsu. Kuangatabu dilenge divuabu bamupeshe, kutuadijabu kumukuma nadi ku mutu, babueja bikole pa mutu “tshifulu tshia butumbi” tshia mêba tshivuabu benze bua kumupuekesha milongo.

Bukalanga bua Yezu ne bukole buende bia pa buabi mu malu onso aa biakakemesha Pilato kufikaye too ne ku diteta kabidi bua kuepuka tshilumbu etshi wamba ne: “Tangilayi! Ndi nnupatuilaye pambelu bua numanye ne: tshiena musangane bualu munda muende to.” Pilato uvuaku wela meji ne: kupatula Yezu pa mbelu musangu eu musuika ne mashi enda apueka kuvua mua kusaka musumba wa bantu bua kushintulula lungenyi luabu anyi? Padi Yezu wimana kumpala kua musumba wa bantu babi aba, Pilato udi wamba ne: “Tangilayi! Ke Muntu eu!”​—Yone 19:4, 5.

Nansha muvuabu bamututa ne bamutape mputa, Yezu wakaleja anu bukalanga ne lutulu bivua Pilato mudimuene nkayende, bualu mêyi ende avua amueneka mikale ne kanêmu ne a luse.