13 Kuthe uPilatu esezwa lawo mazwi wamkhiphela ngaphandle uJesu; wahlala esihlalweni sokwahlulela endaweni ethiwa eGandaywe ngamatshe kodwa ngesiHeberu iGabatha.
14 Kwakungolokulungisela iPhasika kungathi ihora lesithupha. Wathi kubaJuda: “Bhekani inkosi yenu.”
15 Ngakho bamemeza bathi: “Susa, susa, mbethele esiphambanweni!”Wathi kubo uPilatu: “Ngibethele inkosi yenu na?”Abapristi abakhulu baphendula bathi: “Asinankosi, uKesari kuphela.”
16 Wayesemnikela kubo ukuba abethelwe esiphambanweni.Bamthatha-ke uJesu, bahamba naye.
17 Waphuma ezithwalele isiphambano, waya endaweni ethiwa iNdawo Yekhanda, ethiwa ngesiHeberu iGolgotha.
18 Bambethela khona nabanye ababili kanye naye ngalapha nangalapha, uJesu ephakathi.
19 Kepha uPilatu waloba isaziso, wasibeka esiphambanweni. Kwakulotshiwe ukuthi: UJESU WASENAZARETHA, INKOSI YABAJUDA.