1. UPilatu wayesemthatha uJesu, wamshaya.
2. Amabutho aluka umqhele wameva awufaka ekhanda lakhe, amembathisa ingubo ebubende;
3. aya kuye, athi: “Bayede, nkosi yabaJuda!” Ammukula.
4. UPilatu wabuye waphuma, wathi kubo: “Bhekani, ngimkhiphela kini, ukuze nazi ukuba angifumani cala kuye.”
5. Wayesephuma uJesu ethwele umqhele wameva nengubo ebubende. Wathi kubo uPilatu: “Bhekani lo muntu!”
6. Bathi bembona abapristi abakhulu nezikhonzi, bamemeza bathi: “Mbethele, mbethele esiphambanweni!”UPilatu wathi kubo: “Mthatheni nina, nimbethele esiphambanweni, ngokuba angifumani cala kuye.”
7. Kepha abaJuda bamphendula bathi: “Sinomthetho thina; ngalo mthetho ufanele ukufa, ngokuba ezenzile iNdodana kaNkulunkulu.”
8. Kuthe uPilatu ezwa lelo zwi, kwayikhona esaba kakhulu,
9. wabuye wangena enqabeni, wathi kuJesu: “Ungowaphi wena na?” Kepha uJesu kamphendulanga.
10. Khona wathi uPilatu kuye: “Awukhulumi kimi na? Awazi ukuthi nginamandla okukukhulula, nginamandla futhi okukubethela esiphambanweni na?”
11. UJesu waphendula wathi: “Ngabe awunamandla neze phezu kwami, ukuba awuwanikwanga ngaphezulu. Ngalokho-ke onginikele kuwe unesono esikhulu.”
12. Ngalokho uPilatu wayefuna ukumkhulula. Kepha abaJuda bamemeza bathi: “Uma ukhulula lona, awusiye umhlobo kaKesari; osuka ezenza inkosi, umelene noKesari.”
13. Kuthe uPilatu esezwa lawo mazwi wamkhiphela ngaphandle uJesu; wahlala esihlalweni sokwahlulela endaweni ethiwa eGandaywe ngamatshe kodwa ngesiHeberu iGabatha.
14. Kwakungolokulungisela iPhasika kungathi ihora lesithupha. Wathi kubaJuda: “Bhekani inkosi yenu.”
15. Ngakho bamemeza bathi: “Susa, susa, mbethele esiphambanweni!”Wathi kubo uPilatu: “Ngibethele inkosi yenu na?”Abapristi abakhulu baphendula bathi: “Asinankosi, uKesari kuphela.”
16. Wayesemnikela kubo ukuba abethelwe esiphambanweni.Bamthatha-ke uJesu, bahamba naye.
17. Waphuma ezithwalele isiphambano, waya endaweni ethiwa iNdawo Yekhanda, ethiwa ngesiHeberu iGolgotha.
18. Bambethela khona nabanye ababili kanye naye ngalapha nangalapha, uJesu ephakathi.
19. Kepha uPilatu waloba isaziso, wasibeka esiphambanweni. Kwakulotshiwe ukuthi: UJESU WASENAZARETHA, INKOSI YABAJUDA.