13 Tsawalapfa ipfinyamkela wengi na kuwabaka ghamafuta iwatamu wengi, wawahonetsa.
14 Imndewa Herodi kahulika mbuli atso, kwaapfila taghwa lya Yesu tsalimanyika chila hanu. Iwanu wangi walonga, “Yohane Mbatitsa katsilihuka. Ndo mana kana ngupfu tsa ukutenda ipfinu pfa kukangawatsa.”
15 Lekeni wangi walonga, “Ayuno Eliya.” Na wangi walonga, “Ayuno nabii ka wala manabii wa ghumwande.”
16 Herodi hayahulike apfo, kalonga, “Yohane iyanimghanile litwi katsilihuka!”
17 Kwaapfila Herodi imwenyegho tsakalaghitsa Yohane yaghoghighwe, yekighwe mne chifungo. Tsakatenda apfo kwaajili ya Herodiya mwehe wake, ipinga ayo tsakakala mwehe wa ndughu yake Filipi.
18 Yohane Mbatitsa tsakaghendelela kumlongela Herodi, “Ng'apfinoghile bae ghweghwe kumkwela mwehe wa ndughu yako.”
19 Naye Herodiya tsakamhila Yohane na kabama amkome. Lekeni ng'adahile bae kwaajili ya Herodi.
20 Herodi tsakampfuka Yohane kwaapfila kamanya Yohane kakala imunu yanoghile na yenzeluke, apfo yang'ali yomlolesa. Tsayang'ali yonoghela kumhulikitsa, hata ka tsayang'ali yoghanzika ng'ani hayomalitsa kumhulikitsa.
21 Litsuwa limwe, Herodiya tsakapata nafasi mne ichihungo cha kwelekighwa kwa Herodi. Herodi tsakawatendela ichihungo iwatawala, iwakulu we asikali na ipfilongotsi we isi ya Galilaya.
22 Neghe Herodiya hayengile tsakapfina, kamdeng'elesa Herodi ne iwahenza wake. Apfo imndewa kamlongela imwana ayo, “Unilombe ichinu chochose chaubama, nitsokwing'a.”
