30. Aphendula athi: “Ngesingamzisanga kuwe ukuba ebengenguye umenzi wobubi.”
31. Wathi kuwo uPilato: “Mthatheni nina, nimgwebe ngokwenu, ngokwemithetho yenu.”Amphendula athi amaJuda: “Thina asivumelekanga ukubulala umntu.”
32. Ekufuna nje oku amaJuda ayezalisekisa ilizwi likaYesu awalithethayo esalatha indlela aza kufa ngayo.
33. Ebuyele ngaphakathi komzi wakhe, uPilato wabiza uYesu, wathi kuye: “Ungukumkani wamaJuda na wena?”
34. Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Lo mbuzo uvela kuwe, okanye kukho bantu bambi bathe bakuxelela nto ngam?”
35. Wathi uPilato: “Uba ndingumJuda nam? Sisizwe sakowenu nababingeleli abaziintloko abakuzise kum. Yintoni le uyenzileyo?”
36. Wathi ke yena uYesu: “Asibobeli hlabathi ubukhosi bam. Xa bekunjalo amaphakathi am ebeya kundilwela, ukuze ndingabanjwa ngamaJuda, kodwa ke asibobalapha ubukhosi bam.”
37. UPilato wathi kuye: “Ke, ungukumkani?”Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Liphuma kuwe eli lithi ndingukumkani. Mna ndithi ndizalelwe ukungqinela inyaniso; ndizele loo nto kanye ehlabathini. Nabani na ongowenyaniso uyaliva ilizwi lam.”
38. Wathi kuye uPilato: “Yintoni yona inyaniso?”Emva kokuba etshilo waphuma uPilato, waya kumaJuda, wathi kuwo: “Mna andifumani tyala kuye konke.
39. Kodwa ngokwesiko lenu ndidla ngokunikhululela umbanjwa abe mnye *ngePasika. Ngaba ke nifuna ndinikhululele ukumkani wamaJuda?”
40. Bamphendula bekhwaza besithi: “Hayi, asimfuni lo mntu; sifuna uBharabha.” UBharabha lo ke wayesisihange.