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+ 6 ndipu waŵabatizanga* mu Msinji wa Yorodani,+ kweniso asumuwanga maubudi ngawu pakweru.

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.