Maliki 6:3-21

³Ayuno si yula msongola mibiki bae imwanaghe Mariya, ne iwandughu tsake tsina Jakobu, Yosefu, Yuda na Simoni, na lumbu tsake ng'awalibaha bae na twetwe? Apfo wamlema.

⁴Yesu kawalongela, “Manabii wohulikitsighwa chila hanu, ila ng'awohulikitsighwa bae mne imiji yawo na mghati mwa iwandughu tsawo, na mkaye mwawo iwenyegho.”

⁵Yesu ng'adahile bae kutenda pfinu pfa kukangawatsa ako, ila kawekila ghamoko iwatamu chidogho, kawahonetsa.

⁶Yesu tsakakangawala ng'ani kwa ukulema kwawo kutoghola.

⁷Kuya Yesu kanga mne ipfijiji apfila kuwalangulitsa iwanu. Kawakema hamwe iwanang'ina wake kumi na weli, kawatuma weliweli na kaweng'a ukulu wa kuwalapfa ipfinyamkela.

⁸Kuya kawalongela, “Mleke kusola ichinu chochose kwaajili ya ghumwanza, ila ing'weku iliyeka. Mleke kusola pfighate, imikoba ya ghamaghwanda wala sendi.

⁹Mpfale imikwabatsa, mleke kughala lighwanda lingi.

¹⁰Ing'anda yoyose yamtsakwingila, mkale baho mbaka hamtsakuka.

¹¹Na hanu hohose iwanu hawolema kuwabokela au kuwategheletsa, mlawe hanu aho na mkung'use litimbwisi mmaghulu mwenu ka ukalangama kuna wawo.”

¹²Apfo tsawoka na kuwapetela iwanu watsileke nzambi tsawo.

¹³Tsawalapfa ipfinyamkela wengi na kuwabaka ghamafuta iwatamu wengi, wawahonetsa.

¹⁴Imndewa 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.”

¹⁵Lekeni wangi walonga, “Ayuno Eliya.” Na wangi walonga, “Ayuno nabii ka wala manabii wa ghumwande.”

¹⁶Herodi hayahulike apfo, kalonga, “Yohane iyanimghanile litwi katsilihuka!”

¹⁷Kwaapfila Herodi imwenyegho tsakalaghitsa Yohane yaghoghighwe, yekighwe mne chifungo. Tsakatenda apfo kwaajili ya Herodiya mwehe wake, ipinga ayo tsakakala mwehe wa ndughu yake Filipi.

¹⁸Yohane Mbatitsa tsakaghendelela kumlongela Herodi, “Ng'apfinoghile bae ghweghwe kumkwela mwehe wa ndughu yako.”

¹⁹Naye Herodiya tsakamhila Yohane na kabama amkome. Lekeni ng'adahile bae kwaajili ya Herodi.

²⁰Herodi 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.

²¹Litsuwa limwe, Herodiya tsakapata nafasi mne ichihungo cha kwelekighwa kwa Herodi. Herodi tsakawatendela ichihungo iwatawala, iwakulu we asikali na ipfilongotsi we isi ya Galilaya.