Barclay Newman, a translator on the teams for both the Good News Bible and the Contemporary English Version, translated passages of the New Testament into English and published them in 2014, “in a publication brief enough to be non-threatening, yet long enough to be taken seriously, and interesting enough to appeal to believers and un-believers alike.” The following is the translation of Luke 23:1-5:

The self-appointed committee of inquisitors
       then took Jesus to Governor Pilate of Judea
and started making accusations, “This man is a terrorist!
He’s telling our people not to pay taxes to Rome,
       and he claims to be king of our nation!”

“Are you their king?” asked Pilate.

“Those are your words,” Jesus replied.

“Not guilty!” declared Pilate in front of everyone.

But they kept objecting,
       “He’s been causing trouble all over Judea,
              ever since he came here from Galilee.”