16 Shin Heroodise hewaa siseedda wode, “Hewe taani qoodhiyaa muucisseedda xammaqiyaa Yohaannisa. I hayquwaappe paxeedda” yaageedda.
17 Ayissi gooppe, Heroodise bare ishaa Piliphphoosa machchatto Heroodiyaado akki wotheedda; Heroodise izi diraw, bare huuphew asaa kiittiide, Yohaannisa oythiide, qashissi wotheedda.
18 Ayissi gooppe, Yohaannisi Heroodisa, “Neeni ne ishaa machchatto akkanaw bessenna” yaagi wotheedda.
19 Heroodiyaada Yohaannisaw uluwaan morkkiyaa oyqqaade A wodhissanaw koyyaaddu; shin danddayabeykku.
20 Yohaannisi xillo asanne geeshsha asaa gideeddawaa Heroodise ereedda diraw, aw yayyiide, loythi naagi wotheedda; Yohaannisi giyaawaa sisiide, bare wozanaan darissi metootiiddekka aabaa nashechchaan siseedda.
21 Heroodise bare yeletteedda gallassi, gadiyaa ayissiyaawanttoo, shaalaqatuwaassinne Galiilaan de7iyaa wolqqaama asaw shoobiyaa giigisseedda wode, wurssethaan Heroodiyaada injje gallassaa demmaaddu.
22 Heroodiyaadi naatta imathaa mokkiyaasaa gela duraade, Heroodisanne A imathatuwaa nashechchaaddu; Hewaappe guyye kaatii naattiw, “Neena lo77eeddawaa ayaa gidooppenne taana oochcha; taani new immana” yaageedda.
23 Qassi iziw darii caaqqiide, “Neeni oochcheeddawaa ayaa gidooppekka, taani new immana; haray atto, ta kawutethaappe baggaa gidooppekka, taani new immana” yaageedda.
24 Naatta kare kesaade bare daayo, “Ayaa imma goo?” yaagaade oochchaaddu. I daaya, “Xammaqiyaa Yohaannisa huuphiyaa imma ga” yaagaaddu.
25 Naatta ellekka kaatiyaakko baade A, “Xammaqiyaa Yohaannisa huuphiyaa wociitiyaan wothaade, neeni ha77i taw immanaadan koyyay” yaagaaddu.
26 Hewaappe guyye kaatii darii qaretteedda; shin bare caaquwaa dirawunne bare imathatuwaa diraw iziw caaqqeedda caaquwaa kolanaw koyyibeenna.
27 Hewaa diraw, ellekka naagiyaawaa kiittiide, Yohaannisa huuphiyaa ahana mala azazeedda; naagiyaawe qasho golle biide, Yohaannisa qoodhiyaa muuceedda.
28 He muuceeddawaa wociitiyaan wothi ahiide, naattiw immeedda; naatta qassi bare aattiw immaaddu.
29 Yohaannisa kaalliyaawanttu hewaa siseedda wode yiide, A anhaa afiide moogeeddino.
30 Yesuusi kiitteeddawanttu simmiide, Yesuusanna gakettiide, barenttu ootheeddabaanne barenttu tamaarsseeddabaa ubbaa Yesuusassi odeeddino.
31 Biya asaynne yiyaa asay darina, haray atto qumaa maanawukka unttuntta gathennaan ixxeedda diraw, Yesuusi unttuntta, “Nuurekka guuthaa shemppi akkanaw asay baynnasaa boytte” yaageedda.