6 Kodwa kwathi kuthakazelelwa ilanga lokuzalwa+ kukaHerodi, indodakazi kaHerodiya yagida phambi kwababenxusiwe. Yamthokozisa kakhulu uHerodi+ 7 waze wafunga ukuthi uzayipha loba kuyini ekucelayo. 8 Yacela lokho unina ayeyitshele ukuthi ikucele, yathi: “Nginika ikhanda likaJohane uMbhabhathizi lisemganwini.”+ 9 Inkosi yezwa ubuhlungu kakhulu kodwa yathi intombazana iliphiwe ngenxa yokuthi yayifunge phambi kwabantu eyayibanxusile. 10 Ngakho yathumela ilizwi lokuthi uJohane aqunywe ikhanda ejele. 11 Ikhanda lakhe lalethwa lisemganwini laphiwa intombazana, yona yalihambisa kunina. 12 Abafundi bakhe bahamba bayathatha isidumbu sakhe basingcwaba, basebesiyabikela uJesu.