Den Pilate kon sey make dem flog Jesus with koboko.
Den di sojas go kut tree branches wey get shuku-shuku make crown put for en head and dem kon wear am klot wey dear well-well.
Dem kon dey laf am,
dey take am make yeye,
dey sey,
“Make una kon si di Jew pipol king.”
Dem slap am for face many times.
Pilate kom out again kon tell di Jew oga dem sey,
“I won bring am kom out for una,
to let una know sey I nor si anytin bad wey e do.”
So Jesus kom outside,
with di shuku-shuku crown for en head and di fine klot wey dem gi-am wear.
Den Pilate kon sey,
“Na di man bi dis!”
Wen di priest oga dem and di temple polish dem si am,
dem kon dey shaut,
“Nail am for cross!
Nail am for cross!”
Den Pilate sey,
“Make only una go nail am.
But as for mi,
I nor si any bad tin wey e do.”
Di Jew oga dem ansa,
“Wi get law and di law sey,
e suppose to die,
bikos e sey en na God Pikin.”
Wen Pilate hear wetin dem tok,
fear kon katch am well-well.
So e enter di house back kon ask Jesus,
“Na where yu from kom sef?”
But Jesus nor ansa am.
So Pilate kon sey,
“Yu nor won tok to mi?
Yu nor know sey I get pawa to free or kill yu?”
Jesus ansa,
“Yu nor get pawa at-all for my life,
escept God gi-am to yu.
So,
na di pipol wey bring mi kom meet yu,
na dia sin big pass yor own.”
From dat time,
Pilate kon bigin find way to free Jesus,
but di Jew oga dem kon dey shaut,
“If yu free dis man,
yu nor bi Caesar friend.
Anybody wey sey en bi king,
na Caesar enemy e bi.”
Wen Pilate hear wetin dem tok,
e bring Jesus kom out kon sidan for di chair for where e dey judge kase,
(dem dey koll di chair,
“Di Stone Pavement”,
but na Gabbata dem dey koll am for Aramaik language.)
(Dat time na aftanoon for di day wen dem dey prepare for Passova Feast).
So,
Pilate kon tell di Jew oga dem,
“Make una look,
na una king bi dis!”
Den,
dem kon bigin dey shaut,
“Kill-am trowey!
Kill-am trowey!
Make yu kill-am!”
Pilate kon ask dem,
“Una wont make I nail una king for cross?”
Di High Priest dem kon sey,
“Di only king wey wi get na Caesar.”
So Pilate kon gi-am to dem make dem go kill-am.
Den dem kon take Jesus komot for der.