16 Ngakho-ke ngiyakumshaya, ngimkhulule.”
17 Ubemelwe phela ukubakhululela abe munye ngomkhosi.
18 Kepha bamemeza kanyekanye, bathi: “Susa lo, usikhululele uBaraba,”
19 yena owayefakwe etilongweni ngenxa yesiyaluyalu esithile esasenzeka emzini, nangenxa yokubulala.
20 UPilatu wabuye wakhuluma kubo efuna ukumkhulula uJesu;
21 kodwa bamemeza bathi: “Mbethele, mbethele esiphambanweni!”
22 Wayesethi kubo ngokwesithathu: “Kanti lo wenze bubi buni na? Angifumananga kuye icala lokufa; ngakho ngiyakumshaya, ngimkhulule.”