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.”