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.”
37 UPilato wathi kuye: “Ke, ungukumkani?”Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Liphuma kuwe eli lithi ndingukumkani. Mna ndithi ndizalelwe ukungqinela inyaniso; ndizele loo nto kanye ehlabathini. Nabani na ongowenyaniso uyaliva ilizwi lam.”
38 Wathi kuye uPilato: “Yintoni yona inyaniso?”Emva kokuba etshilo waphuma uPilato, waya kumaJuda, wathi kuwo: “Mna andifumani tyala kuye konke.
39 Kodwa ngokwesiko lenu ndidla ngokunikhululela umbanjwa abe mnye *ngePasika. Ngaba ke nifuna ndinikhululele ukumkani wamaJuda?”