23 Kodvwa Philatu wababuta futsi watsi: “Ngobe ente cala lini?” Kepha kwaba ngukhona bamemeta bonkhe batsi: “Mbetsele esiphambanweni!”
Umuntfu loficelana liso usuke acondze bubi, nemuntfu losinekelana ematinyo usuke ahlose bubi.
Philatu wababuta watsi: “Ngenteni-ke ngaloJesu lekutsiwa nguKhristu?” Bonkhe baphendvula batsi: “Mbetsele esiphambanweni!”
Watsi kube abone Philatu kutsi kute langaphindze akwente, nekutsi sekusuka siphitsiphitsi, watsatsa emanti, wageza tandla embikwebantfu bonkhe watsi: “Anginacala ngengati yalomuntfu! Tiboneleni nine!”
Philatu watsi kubaphristi labakhulu naseticunjini tonkhe: “Angitfoli cala kulomuntfu.”
Naloku bangasitfolanga sizatfu sekumlahla ngelicala lekufa, kepha bacela kuPhilatu kutsi akabulawe.
Kuphikisana kwandza, kwadzimate kwashuba ngemandla kangangekutsi khenela waze wesaba kutsi Pawula bangahle bamdzabule ticucwana. Ngako-ke watfuma emasotja kutsi ewuke aye kulomhlangano efike amtsatse ngendluzula ayemfaka emalawini emasotja.
Bamemeta kakhulukati bavala tindlebe tabo, bamtselekela bonkhe kanyekanye,