15. NoHerode akafumananga tyala kuye, kuba naku embuyisela kum. Niyabona, akukho nto ayenzileyo ingabangela ukuba afe.
16. Ndothi ke ngoko ndimbethe, ndimkhulule.”[
17. Ke kaloku ngetheko *lePasika wayedla ngokubakhululela umbanjwa abe mnye.]
18. Bankqangaza ke bonke besithi: “Mbulale lo, usikhululele uBharabha!”
19. UBharabha lo wayephoswe entolongweni ngenxa yesiphithi-phithi esithile esabakho esixekweni apho, kwanangokubulala.
20. Waphinda ngoko uPilato wathetha nabo, efuna ukumkhulula uYesu.
21. Kodwa bona bankqangaza besithi: “Mbethelele! Mbethelele emnqamlezweni!”
22. UPilato wathi kubo okwesithathu: “Ngoba enze bubi buni na? Andifumani tyala lingabangela ukuba afe. Ndothi ngoko ndimbethe, ndimkhulule.”
23. Bamxina ke uPilato, bekhwaza ngamandla, becela ukuba uYesu abethelelwe emnqamlezweni. Kwema ngabo ke.