1. Ndipo pakudza mamawa, ansembe akuru ndi akuru a anthu onse anakhala upo wakumcitira Yesu, kuti amuphe;
2. ndipo anammanga Iye, namuka naye, nampereka Iye kwa Pilato kazembeyo.
3. Pamenepo Yudase yemwe anampereka Iye, poona kuti Iye anatsutsidwa kuti afe, analapa, nabweza ndalama zija zasiliva makumi atatu kwa ansembe akuru ndi akuru,
4. nanena, Ndinacita koipa ine, pakupereka mwazi wosalakwa. Koma iwo anati, Tiri naco ciani ife? udzionere wekha.
5. Ndipo iye anataya pansi ndalamazo paKacisi, nacokapo, nadzipacika yekha pakhosi.
6. Ndipo ansembe akuru anatenga ndalamazo, nati, Sikuloledwa kuziika m'cosonkhera ndalama za Mulungu, cifukwa ndizo mtengo wa mwazi.
7. Koma anapangana, nazigula munda wa woumba mbiya, ukhale manda a alendo.
8. Cifukwa cace munda umenewu anaucha, Munda-wa-mwazi, kufikira lero lino.
9. Pamenepo cinakwaniridwa conenedwa ndi Yeremiya mneneri, ndi kuti,Ndipo iwo anatenga ndalamazo zasiliva makumi atatu,Mtengo wa uja wowerengedwa mtengo wace,Amene iwo a ana a Israyeli anawerenga mtengo wace;
10. Ndipo anazipereka kugula munda wa woumba mbiya,Monga anandilamulira ine Ambuye.
11. Ndipo Yesu anaimirira pamaso pa kazembe, ndipo kazembeyo anamfunsa Iye kuti, Kodi Iwe ndiwe mfumu ya Ayuda? Ndipo Yesu anati kwa iye, Mwatero.
12. Ndipo pakumnenera Iye ansembe akuru ndi akuru, Iye sanayankha kanthu.
13. Pomwepo Pilato ananena kwa Iye, Sukumva kodi zinthu zambiri zotere akunenera Iwe?
14. Ndipo sanayankha Iye, ngakhale mau amodzi, kotero kuti kazembe anazizwa ndithu.
15. Ndipo pa Paskha kazembe adazolowera kumasulira anthu mmodzi wandende, amene iwo anafuna.
16. Ndipo pa nthawi yomweyo anali ndi wandende wodziwika, dzina lace Baraba.