3. Ngokuba uHerode wayembambile uJohane, wambopha, wamfaka etilongweni ngenxa kaHerodiya umkaFiliphu umfowabo,
4. lokhu uJohane wayethe kuye: “Awuvunyelwe ube naye.”
5. Kuthe efuna ukumbulala, wesaba abantu, ngokuba bathi ungumprofethi.
6. Kepha ngosuku lokuzalwa kukaHerode indodakazi kaHerodiya yasina phambi kwabo, yamjabulisa uHerode,
7. kwenzeka ukuba ayithembise ngesifungo ukuyipha lokho engakucela.
8. Yona isifundisiwe ngunina yathi: “Ngiphe lapha ngoqwembe ikhanda likaJohane uMbhapathizi.”