2 Amabutho aluka umqhele wameva awufaka ekhanda lakhe, amembathisa ingubo ebubende;
3 aya kuye, athi: “Bayede, nkosi yabaJuda!” Ammukula.
4 UPilatu wabuye waphuma, wathi kubo: “Bhekani, ngimkhiphela kini, ukuze nazi ukuba angifumani cala kuye.”
5 Wayesephuma uJesu ethwele umqhele wameva nengubo ebubende. Wathi kubo uPilatu: “Bhekani lo muntu!”
6 Bathi bembona abapristi abakhulu nezikhonzi, bamemeza bathi: “Mbethele, mbethele esiphambanweni!”UPilatu wathi kubo: “Mthatheni nina, nimbethele esiphambanweni, ngokuba angifumani cala kuye.”
7 Kepha abaJuda bamphendula bathi: “Sinomthetho thina; ngalo mthetho ufanele ukufa, ngokuba ezenzile iNdodana kaNkulunkulu.”
8 Kuthe uPilatu ezwa lelo zwi, kwayikhona esaba kakhulu,