6 Kwatsi ngelilanga lekugubha kutalwa kwaHerodi,+ indvodzakati yaHerodiyasi yadansa, yamjabulisa kakhulu Herodi,+ 7 waze wafunga watsi utayinika nobe ngabe yini leyicelako. 8 Ngemuva kwekutsi yelulekwe ngumake wayo, lentfombatana yatsi: “Nginike ngemgcwembe inhloko yaJohane uMbhabhatisi.”+ 9 Inkhosi yeva buhlungu kakhulu, kodvwa ngenca yesifungo lebeseyisentile embikwalabo lebebakhona edzilini,* yatsi abayinikete. 10 Herodi watfumela lisotja kutsi liyojuba inhloko yaJohane ejele. 11 Lenhloko yase iletfwa ngemgcwembe yanikwa lentfombatana, yona yayimikisa kumake wayo. 12 Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi, bafundzi baJohane beta batsatsa sidvumbu sakhe bayosingcwaba, babese babikela Jesu.