30 Aphendula athi: “Ngesingamzisanga kuwe ukuba ebengenguye umenzi wobubi.”
31 Wathi kuwo uPilato: “Mthatheni nina, nimgwebe ngokwenu, ngokwemithetho yenu.”Amphendula athi amaJuda: “Thina asivumelekanga ukubulala umntu.”
32 Ekufuna nje oku amaJuda ayezalisekisa ilizwi likaYesu awalithethayo esalatha indlela aza kufa ngayo.
33 Ebuyele ngaphakathi komzi wakhe, uPilato wabiza uYesu, wathi kuye: “Ungukumkani wamaJuda na wena?”
34 Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Lo mbuzo uvela kuwe, okanye kukho bantu bambi bathe bakuxelela nto ngam?”
35 Wathi uPilato: “Uba ndingumJuda nam? Sisizwe sakowenu nababingeleli abaziintloko abakuzise kum. Yintoni le uyenzileyo?”
36 Wathi ke yena uYesu: “Asibobeli hlabathi ubukhosi bam. Xa bekunjalo amaphakathi am ebeya kundilwela, ukuze ndingabanjwa ngamaJuda, kodwa ke asibobalapha ubukhosi bam.”