3 Mu mazuŵa ngeningo, kunguza Yohane+ Mubatizi kuzipharazga+ muchipululu cha ku Yudeya,

5 Ndipu ŵanthu a mu Yerusalemu kweniso a mu Yudeya mosi ndi charu chosi chakuzunguliya Yorodani alutanga kwaku iyu+

3 Herodi* wanguko Yohane, wangumumanga ndi kumuponya mujeri chifukwa chaku Herodiya muwolu wa mku waki Filipu.+

5 Kweni chinanga kuti wakhumbanga kumubaya, wawopanga ŵanthu chifukwa awonanga kuti Yohane ndi mchimi.+

20 Venga viyo chifukwa chakuti Herodi wawopanga Yohane pakuti waziŵanga kuti iyu ndi munthu murunji kweniso wakupaturika,+ ndipu wamuvikiliyanga. Wachivwa vo Yohane wakambanga, zeru zamumaliyanga ndipu wasoŵanga chakuchita kweni walutirizganga kumuvwisiya mwakukondwa.