14 oMwamɨ Herote mwonvwa omwatsɨ wa Yesʉ, kʉshangwa erɨtsɨna lɨwe lyabyaga nilyayire ngʉlʉ. Bandʉ bagʉma bagenda abanegena bathɨ: «Oyu nɨ Yoani Mubatisya yo walubukire! Kyo kɨreka niabya na maka w’ɨkola bɨthɨko-thɨko.» 15 Hewethuwe abandɨ bagenda abanegena bathɨ: «Oyu nɨ mʉmɨnyeretsɨ Elia.» Abandɨ bagenda abanegena bathɨ: «Ɨye nɨ mʉmɨnyeretsɨ nga mʉgʉma wa ko bamɨnyeretsɨ ba kera.»
16 Hewethuwe Herote abere onvwa omwatsɨ oyo mwanegena athɨ: «Nɨ Yoani Mubatisya yo nyahamʉlaga nyɨthɨ bamʉtseko omuthwe yo wamalubuka!» 17 Kʉshangwa nɨ Herote yowene-wene yo wahamʉlaga athɨ Yoani atsɨmbwe na ahirwe mo biriso. Byabyaga bithyo kʉshangwa Herote mwahikya Herotia, mʉka Filipo mʉgala abo. 18 Yoani agenda abwɨra Herote athɨ: «Bithahamulirwe kw’ɨwe ihikya mʉka mʉgala enyu.»
19 Bʉshana n’ekyo, Herotia mwabaga Yoani na agenda ashondya imwitha, hewethuwe mwathakotsya. 20 Herote agendaga ʉbaha Yoani, kʉshangwa abyaga nietsi ko Yoani nɨ mʉthʉnganene na mubuyirire. Bʉshana n’ekyo mwamutheya. Agenda atsɨɨra ɨhʉlɨkɨrɨtsya ebɨnwa bya Yoani, namo byanagenda ebimuthabagania kʉtsɨbʉ mo bʉlɨ ndambi agenda ahʉlɨkɨrɨtsyabyo.
21 Kɨro kɨgʉma Herotia mwabona mwanya w’itha Yoani. Kyabyaga kɨro kɨkʉlʉ ky’erɨbʉthwa lya Herote. Mo kɨro ekyo Herote mwakolera abakʉlʉ b’abashirikani bo linye n’abo lʉkengerwa b’iNgalilaya n’abimanitsi b’obuthegeki bʉwe.
22 Babere banalɨ mw’ebyo, mwalɨ wa Herotia mwɨngɨra n’ɨthanga ɨshatha. Erɨshatha lɨwe eryo molyamoya omwamɨ Herote n’abo balalɨkawa. Bʉshana n’ekyo mwabwɨra omʉthasha oyo athɨ: «Ʉnyɨshabe ekɨndʉ kyoshi-kyoshi ushashire, nangye nyakʉhakyo.»
23 Honyuma kw’aho mwalahɨtsya n’ɨnegena athɨ: «Nyakʉha ekɨndʉ kyoshi-kyoshi wanyɨshaba, na mo kyangabya kɨtse ky’obwamɨ bwaye.» 24 Omʉthasha oyo mwahʉlʉka n’ɨya bʉtsya nyinya ʉwe athɨ: «Nyɨshabe ki no malɨ?» Nyinya ʉwe mwamʉshʉbɨtsya athɨ: «Shaba omuthwe wa Yoani Mubatisya.»
25 Aho n’aho omʉthasha oyo mwashʉba tsʉba ahalɨ omwamɨ n’ɨmʉshaba athɨ: «Enyishondya ʉnyɨhe ko kathambi kano omuthwe wa Yoani Mubatisya kʉ mbale.»
26 Omwamɨ abere onvwa athyo, mwagalɨrwa kʉtsɨbʉ, hewethuwe bʉshana n’erɨlahɨtsya akolaga, na bʉshana n’abo bathalalɨkwa, mwabʉsha nga ko amʉthɨndɨra ekyo amashaba. 27 Aho n’aho omwamɨ mwathʉma mʉgʉma wa ko bashirikani bʉwe bo bagenda abamutheya n’ɨmʉhamʉla athɨ ayalethe omuthwe wa Yoani Mubatisya.
Omushirikani oyo mwaya mo biriso n’ɨyatsa Yoani y’omuthwe. 28 Honyuma kw’aho mwalethawo kʉ mbale, mwahawo omʉthasha oyo, naye mwahawo nyinya ʉwe.
29 Abɨga ba Yoani babere bonvwa omwatsɨ oyo, mobaya heka ekinda kɨwe n’ɨyathakyo mw’ɨsɨnda.
Yesʉ alɨsa bandʉ bɨhʉmbɨ bɨthano
(Mat 14:13-21; Luk 9:10-17; Yoa 6:1-14)