1 Mulubaka igogo mambo Hherodi wakasunga bamwe baka bali begubungano letshipi. 2 Wakabulaya Jakobe nkulu waJohane ngebhangatjeke; 3 paakabona kuti kwahanhisa maJuta, wakayendilambeli akasunga Phethiro bo. Ikoku kwakayetikala kuli mahhuba eTjinkwa Tjisina Mbidzo. 4 Wakati awumbhata akawunsa mujele, kwaakalindiwa nemabunga mana elabadzana, limwe nelimwe bunga lili bagwi bengwa bana, etila kuti akowuntonga mbeli kwebanhu hule kwePhasika. 5 Ndizo Phethiro wakagadziwa mujele; koga gubungano letshipi lakawuntembezelela tjoselele kuNdzimu.

6 Busiku igo ntja Hherodi gwaaka ewhomuka ewundhusa, Phethiro waka alilele pakati kwebagwi bengwa babili, akasungwa neketane mbili, balindi baka bali pankoba bakalinda jele. 7 Linga, kwakakoboneka ntumwa waHe, kukapenya tjedza mun'umba yejele yose; akazunguza Phethiro nelubabvu ewumusa, eti, "Muka, libilidza." Ketane dzakawa dzibva pamaboko awe. 8 Ntumwa weNdzimu wakati kuwunli, "Mbala zwiyambalo umbale nembhatata dzidzo." Akathama sayikoko. Akati kuwunli, "Uzwipombele nejila lilo unditobele." 9 Wakabhuda akawuntobela; waka asingazibe kuti tjayetiwa nentumwa weNdzimu tjaka tjili lebeswa, koga wakakumbula kuti unobona tjilakidzilo. 10 Bakati bapinda balindi bekutanga nebebubili bakaswika pankoba wetshipi unongina munzi-nkulu. Wakahhulika woga, bakabhuda bakayenda, bakayenda bakatjuluka zila in'ompela; tjinyolotjo ntumwa weNdzimu akabe ewunsiya.

11 Kwakati Phethiro opedzisisa akati, "Ndatjibona kuti He watuma ntumwa uwe akandisunungula kubva mumaboko aHherodi nemuna kose kwakalingiligwa nemaJuta kuti kowhoyetikala."

12 Paakaziba kose ikoku wakayenda kun'umba yaMariya, mayi baJohane waka ana limwe zina linoyi Mako, paka pakakubungana banjinji betembezela. 13 Wakati ekowhodza pankoba, kwakahha umwe nlandakadzi unoyi Roda ewhodabila. 14 Wakati ewha whi laPhethiro, akasihhule nkoba ngentha yehanha, koga akalabuka enoleba kuti Phethiro upankoba. 15 Bakati kuwunli, "Unopenga." Koga iye wakakowhomesedza kuti kwakajalo. Bakati, "Untumwa uwe!"

16 Koga Phethiro wakayendila mbeli ekowhodza; bakati bahhula, bakawumbona bakatjenama. 17 Koga iye akamilidza luboko kuti banyalale, akabalondesedzela kuti He wawundhusa tjini mujele. Wakati, "Ikoku mukubudze Jakobe nebamwe bagalimoyo." Akabe emilika eyenda kugumwe bugalo.

18 Kukati kwayedza, kukamuka hhoba isihoma pakati kwebagwi bengwa kuti kwayetikani kuna Phethiro. 19 Hherodi wakati awumvima akawun'haya, akabhuzwisisa balindi akalaya kuti babulawe.

Hherodi akabe emilika kuJudiya eyenda kuKhesariya, akanogala ko kwelubaka nyana.

20 Hherodi waka akagwadziligwa banhu bekuTire nebekuSidoni; ndizo bakayenda kuwunli ngemoyo un'ompela, hule kwekumbilisisa Bhulasitasi, nlume waka ali nlingi wen'umba yebulalo yamambo, kuti ababhatshe, bakakumbila kunyalala, ngentha yekuti hango yabo yaka iwana zodliwa kuhango yamambo.

21 Pahhuba laka labigwa, Hherodi akambala zwiyambalo zwizwe zwebumambo, wakagala patjigalo tjetonga tjitje, akalebeleka nabo. 22 Banhu bakamimila, beti, "Iwhi lendzimwana, haata lenhu!" 23 Tjinyolotjo ntumwa waHe wakawunloba, nekuti waka asakudza Ndzimu; akadliwa newhonyana akafa.

24 Koga dama leNdzimu laka yendilambeli li andama likawanda.

25 Bhanabhasi naSawuli bakati bapedza n'hingo wabo bakahanduka bebva kuJerusalema, bakabuya naJohane waka ana limwe zina linoyi Mako.