4 Pakuti Yohane ananena kwa iye, Sikuloledwa kwa iwe kukhala naye.
5 Ndipo pofuna kumupha iye, anaopa khamu la anthu, popeza anamuyesa iye mneneri.
6 Koma pakufika tsiku la kubadwa kwace kwa Herode, mwana wamkazi wa Herodiya anabvina pakati pao, namkondweretsa Herode.
7 Pomwepo iye anamlonjeza cilumbirire, kumpatsa iye cimene ciri conse akapempha.
8 Ndipo iye, atampangira amace, anati, Ndipatseni ine kuno m'mbizi mutu wa Yohane Mbatizi. Ndipo mfumuyo anagwidwa ndi cisoni;
9 koma cifukwa ca malumbiro ace, ndi ca iwo anali naye pacakudya, analamulira upatsidwe;
10 ndipo anatumiza mnyamata, namdula mutu Yohane m'nyumba yandende.