16 Noko-ke ngitamshaya ngimbhambabule, bese ngiyamkhulula.”
Kodvwa yagwazwa ngenca yetiphambuko tetfu, yafihlitwa ngenca yekona kwetfu, sijeziso saba setikwayo, kuze tsine sibe nekuthula; ngemanceba emivimbo yayo siyaphiliswa tsine.
Philatu wase ubakhululela Bharaba; kepha Jesu asashayiwe wase umnikela kubo kutsi abetselwe esiphambanweni.
Ngako-ke Philatu atsandza kujabulisa ticumbi, wabakhululela Bharaba. Jesu asabhanjabuliwe, Philatu wabe sewumnikela esicukwini kutsi siyewumbetsela esiphambanweni.
[Njalo nje ngesikhatsi semkhosi Philatu kwakufanele abakhululele sinye siboshwa.]
Philatu waphindza kwesitsatfu watsi kubo: “Kodvwa cala lini lalentile? Kute lengikhandze kutsi ukwentile lokungaze kwente kutsi adzimate abulawe. Ngako-ke ngitamshaya ngimbhambabule, bese ngiyamkhulula.”
“Ningabehluleli labanye bantfu, khona ningetikwehlulelwa nguNkulunkulu; ningabalahli labanye, khona ningetiwulahlwa; tsetselelani, nani niyawutsetselelwa.
Kepha Pawula watsi kubo: “Sitfolakale singenacala nakancane, sibhanjabulwe embikwebantfu loku singemaRoma ngekutalwa, safakwa ejele. Manje setifuna kusikhulula ngasese? Cha, ngeke! Akute tona matfupha titesikhipha!”