10. UPilato wathi kuye: “Akufuni kundiphendula? Uyaqonda na ukuba ndinegunya lokukukhulula, ndinako nokukubethelela emnqamlezweni?”
11. Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Ngewungenagunya kum mpela ukuba ubungalinikwanga nguThixo. Ngoko ke oyena unetyala ngulowo undizise kuwe.”
12. UPilato kwaba kukhona afuna ukumkhulula, kodwa amaJuda adanduluka esithi: “Ukuba uyamkhulula lo mntu, uya kuba akukho *ngakuKhesare. Kaloku umntu ozenza ukumkani, uchasa uKhesare.”
13. Akuyiva le nto, uPilato wamkhuphela ngaphandle uYesu, waya kuchopha esihlalweni sokugweba, endaweni ekuthiwa nguMgangatho waMatye, ngesiHebhere kuthiwa yiGabhata.
14. Ke kaloku kwakusemini enkulu ngomhla owandulela *iPasika, waza uPilato wathi kumaJuda: “Nanko ke ukumkani wenu.”
15. Ankqangaza athi: “Msuse! Msuse! Mbethelele emnqamlezweni!”Wathi kuwo uPilato: “Nifuna ndimbethelele emnqamlezweni ukumkani wenu?”Ababingeleli abaziintloko bathi: “Mnye qha ukumkani wethu: nguKhesare.”
16. Waza ke uPilato wabavumela ukuba uYesu abethelelwe emnqamlezweni.Kwemkiwa naye uYesu,