31 Khona lapho nje kwase kufika labanye baFarisi bete kuJesu batsi kuye: “Suka lapha uhambe uye kulenye indzawo, ngobe Herodi ufuna kukubulala.”
Kwaba nguleso sikhatsi lapho Herodi, inkhosi yaseGalile, eva umbiko ngaJesu.
Ngobe phela Herodi abebambe Johane, wambopha wamfaka ejele, ngenca yaHerodiyasi, umkaFiliphu, umnakabo.
Kwatsi ngelilanga lekutalwa kwaHerodi indvodzakati yaHerodiyasi yeta yagidza embikwetivakashi tonkhe. Herodi wajabula kangangekutsi
Watsi kube achazelwe kutsi lomuntfu abephuma esifundzeni lesasibuswa nguHerodi, wase umtfumela kuHerodi, naye lobekaseJerusalema ngaleso sikhatsi.
Kwakungumnyaka weli-15 wekubusa kwaThibheriyusi, uMbusi; Phontiyuse Philatu bekanguLusibalukhulu waseJudiya, Herodi ayinkhosi yaseGalile, umnakabo Filiphu bekayinkhosi yesigodzi sase-Ithureya naseTrakhonithisi; Lisaniyasi abeyinkhosi yase-Abilene.
Herodi, inkhosi yaseGalile, weva ngato tonkhe letintfo letatenteka; wadzidzeka kakhulu, ngobe labanye bantfu bebatsi: “Johane uMbhabhatisi sewuvukile ekufeni;”