Kwakuthi njalo ngomkhosi, umbusi akhululele isixuku isiboshwa sibe sinye esisithandayo. Ngaleso sikhathi kwakukhona isiboshwa esiluhlupho okwakuthiwa uJesu Bharabha. Ngakho-ke sebebuthene, uPilatu wathi kubo: “Nifuna ukuba nginikhululele bani uJesu onguBharabha, noma uJesu okuthiwa nguKhristu na?”
UPilatu wayazi ukuthi uJesu bamnikele ngenxa yomona.
Esahleli esihlalweni sokwehlulela, umkakhe wathumela kuye, wathi: “Ungayingeni indaba yalowo muntu olungileyo, ngokuba ngikhathazeke kakhulu ngaye namuhla ephusheni.”
Kepha abaphristi abakhulu namalunga bazinxenxa izixuku ukuba zicele uBharabha, kodwa zimbulale uJesu.
Wayesephendula umbusi, wathi kubo: “Nithanda ukuba nginikhululele muphi kulaba ababili na?”
Bathi: “UBharabha.”
UPilatu wathi: “Pho ngenzenjani ngoJesu okuthiwa nguKhristu na?”
Bonke bathi: “Makabethelwe.”
Kepha uPilatu wathi: “Bubi buni abenzile na?”
Kepha bamemeza kakhulu kunakuqala, bathi: “Makabethelwe esiphambanweni!” Kuthe uPilatu esebona ukuthi akukho angakwenza, futhi sekuqala isiyaluyalu, wathatha amanzi, wageza izandla phambi kwesixuku, wathi: “Anginacala egazini lalo muntu; ziboneleni nina.”
Abantu bonke baphendula, bathi: “Igazi lakhe malibe phezu kwethu naphezu kwabantwana bethu.”
UPilatu wayesebakhululela uBharabha, kodwa eseshayiwe uJesu, wamnikela ukuba abethelwe esiphambanweni.
Amabutho ombusi ayesemthatha uJesu, amngenisa enqabeni, ayeseqoqela kuye iviyo lonke lamabutho. Amhlubula izingubo zakhe, amembathisa ingubo ebomvu, eluka umqhele wameva, awufaka ekhanda, amphathisa umhlanga esandleni sakhe sokunene, aguqa ngamadolo phambi kwakhe, ambhinqa, athi: “Bayede, nkosi yabaJuda!”
Amkhafulela ngamathe, athatha umhlanga, amshaya ekhanda. Esembhinqile, amkhumula ingubo, amembathisa izingubo zakhe, ahamba naye ayombethela esiphambanweni.
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