1. Ngaleso sikhathi uHerode umtetrarki* waluzwa udumo lukaJesu,
2. waze wathi ezincekwini zakhe: “Lo nguJohane uMbhapathizi; yena uvukile kwabafileyo; kungalokho lawa mandla asebenza kuye.”
3. Ngokuba uHerode wayembambile uJohane, wambopha, wamfaka etilongweni ngenxa kaHerodiya umkaFiliphu umfowabo,
4. lokhu uJohane wayethe kuye: “Awuvunyelwe ube naye.”
5. Kuthe efuna ukumbulala, wesaba abantu, ngokuba bathi ungumprofethi.
6. Kepha ngosuku lokuzalwa kukaHerode indodakazi kaHerodiya yasina phambi kwabo, yamjabulisa uHerode,