3 Baphristi labakhulu bambeka emacala lamanyenti.
Nginjengendvodza lengeva etindlebeni, nalengakwati kutikhulumela.
Yacindzetelwa, yahlushwa, kodvwa ayizange iwuvule umlomo wayo; yaba njengelizinyane lemvu leliyiswa ekuhlatjweni, nanjengemvu lebindzile embikwebahhuli bayo, nayo ayizange iwuvule umlomo wayo.
Kepha ngesikhatsi baphristi labakhulu netibondza bametfwesa emacala abengaphendvuli.
Philatu wambuta watsi: “Ungiyo yini inkhosi yemaJuda?” Jesu wamphendvula watsi: “Sewushito wena.”
Waphindza Philatu wambuta watsi: “Ute yini imphendvulo longayisho? Buka kutsi bakubeka emacala lamanyenti kangakanani!”
Kodvwa Jesu akabange asamphendvula ngalutfo. Loko kwammangalisa kakhulu Philatu.
Philatu nakayiva lenkhulumo, wafisa kakhulu kumkhulula, kodvwa emaJuda amemeta atsi: “Nawumkhulula lowo muntfu, kusho kutsi awusiso sihlobo saKhesari! Ngobe wonkhe lotenta inkhosi, usitsa saKhesari!”
