15 Ngesikhatsi seMkhosi weliPhasika, bekungumkhuba waPilatu kutsi akhululele bantfu siboshwa lebebafuna sikhululwe.+ 16 Ngaleso sikhatsi, bekunesiboshwa lebekutsiwa nguBharaba lebesidvume ngekwenta lokubi. 17 Ngako ngesikhatsi sicumbi sebantfu sesibutsene, Pilatu watsi kuso: “Ngubani lenifuna nginikhululele yena, nguBharaba nobe nguloJesu lokutsiwa nguKhristu?” 18 Pilatu bekati kahle kamhlophe kutsi Jesu bamletse kuye ngenca yekutsi bebanemona.

39 Ngetulu kwaloko, ngekusho kwelisiko lenu kufanele nginikhululele umuntfu ngeliPhasika.+ Ngako nifuna nginikhululele leNkhosi yemaJuda yini?”