2 Amajoni oluka isithsaba sameva, amfaka sona entloko, amambathisa ngengubo ebomvu,
3 amana esithi kuye: “Aa! Kumkani wamaJuda!” Aza ambetha.
4 Waphinda uPilato waphuma, wathi kumaJuda: “Niyabona, ndimzisa kuni, ukuze niqonde ukuba andifumani tyala kuye konke.”
5 Waphuma ke uYesu, ethwele isithsaba sameva, ambethe ingubo ebomvu. UPilato wathi kumaJuda: “Nanko ke!”
6 Bakumbona ababingeleli abaziintloko nabagadi *bendlu kaThixo badanduluka besithi: “Bethelela emnqamlezweni! Bethelela emnqamlezweni!”Waza wathi kubo uPilato: “Mthatheni ngokwenu, nimbethelele emnqamlezweni, kuba mna andifumani tyala kuye.”
7 Amphendula amaJuda athi: “Thina sinomthetho; yaye umelwe kukuba afe ngokwalo mthetho, kuba ezenza uNyana kaThixo.”
8 Akuyiva loo nto uPilato, wothuka ngakumbi,