14 INkhosi Herodi yeva ngaloku ngobe libito laJesu besekukhulunywa ngalo yonkhe indzawo, nebantfu bebatsi: “Johane uMbhabhatisi uvukile ekufeni, kungako enta letimangaliso letingaka.”+

7 INkhosi Herodi* yeva ngato tonkhe letintfo lebetenteka, ngako yadideka futsi yakhatsateka kakhulu ngobe labanye bebatsi Johane uvukile ekufeni,+ 8 labanye bebatsi kubonakele Elija, kantsi labanye bebatsi lomunye webaphrofethi basendvulo uvusiwe.+ 9 Herodi watsi: “Johane ngamjuba inhloko,+ manje-ke sengubani lona lokukhulunywa ngaye?” Ngako wafuna kumbona.+

27 Ecinisweni, Herodi, naPhontiyuse Pilatu,+ nebantfu betive kanye nebantfu baka-Israyeli bahlangana ndzawonye kulelidolobha bamelana naJesu inceku yakho lengcwele, loyo lowamgcoba,+