17 Ke kaloku ngetheko *lePasika wayedla ngokubakhululela umbanjwa abe mnye.]
18 Bankqangaza ke bonke besithi: “Mbulale lo, usikhululele uBharabha!”
19 UBharabha lo wayephoswe entolongweni ngenxa yesiphithi-phithi esithile esabakho esixekweni apho, kwanangokubulala.
20 Waphinda ngoko uPilato wathetha nabo, efuna ukumkhulula uYesu.
21 Kodwa bona bankqangaza besithi: “Mbethelele! Mbethelele emnqamlezweni!”
22 UPilato wathi kubo okwesithathu: “Ngoba enze bubi buni na? Andifumani tyala lingabangela ukuba afe. Ndothi ngoko ndimbethe, ndimkhulule.”
23 Bamxina ke uPilato, bekhwaza ngamandla, becela ukuba uYesu abethelelwe emnqamlezweni. Kwema ngabo ke.