A Triumphant King – Day 99

₁₃Ke kaloku uPilato wababizela ndawonye ababingeleli abaziintloko nabaphathi bamaJuda, nabantu, ₁₄wathi kubo: “Nizise lo mntu kum nisithi udungadunga abantu. Ke ndimncinile phambi kwenu, ndaza andafumana tyala kuye kwezo zinto nimmangalela ngazo. ₁₅NoHerode akafumananga tyala kuye, kuba naku embuyisela kum. Niyabona, akukho nto ayenzileyo ingabangela ukuba afe. ₁₆Ndothi ke ngoko ndimbethe, ndimkhulule.”

[ ₁₇Ke kaloku ngetheko *lePasika wayedla ngokubakhululela umbanjwa abe mnye.] ₁₈Bankqangaza ke bonke besithi: “Mbulale lo, usikhululele uBharabha!” ₁₉UBharabha lo wayephoswe entolongweni ngenxa yesiphithi-phithi esithile esabakho esixekweni apho, kwanangokubulala.

₂₀Waphinda ngoko uPilato wathetha nabo, efuna ukumkhulula uYesu. ₂₁Kodwa bona bankqangaza besithi: “Mbethelele! Mbethelele emnqamlezweni!”