21 Kodvwa litfuba lavuleka ngesikhatsi Herodi ente lidzili lekugubha lilanga lekutalwa kwakhe,+ futsi abememe bantfu labakhulu netindvuna temasotja, nalamanye emadvodza aseGalile latiwako.+ 22 Indvodzakati yaHerodiyasi yafike yadansa, yamjabulisa Herodi kanye nalabo lebebanaye.* Herodi watsi kulentfombatana: “Cela nobe yini loyifunako, ngitakunika yona.” 23 Herodi wafunga watsi: “Ngitakunika nobe yini loyicelako, ngisho nobe ungacela incenye yembuso wami.” 24 Lentfombatana yaphuma yaya kumake wayo, yambuta yatsi: “Ngicele ini?” Herodiyasi watsi: “Cela inhloko yaJohane uMbhabhatisi.” 25 Ngekushesha lentfombatana yaya kuHerodi yafike yacela yatsi: “Ngiphe ngemgcwembe nyalo inhloko yaJohane uMbhabhatisi.”+ 26 Nanobe loku kwamvisa buhlungu kakhulu Herodi, kepha bekangafuni kwephula setsembiso lebekasentile, ngobe bekafunge embikwabo bonkhe lebebahleti naye etafuleni. 27 Ngekushesha watfumela gadzi kutsi aletse inhloko yaJohane. Ngako logadzi wahamba waya ejele wafike wayijuba, 28 wayiletsa ngemgcwembe, wayinika lentfombatana, yona yayiniketa make wayo. 29 Batsi bafundzi baJohane nabeva ngaloku, beta bafike batsatsa sidvumbu sakhe bayosingcwaba.