17 Herodi phela abesandza kutfumela kutsi kubanjwe Johane afakwe ejele. Abekwente loko, ngobe abesatsetse Herodiyasi, wamenta umkakhe. LoHerodiyasi abengumkaFiliphu, umnakaboHerodi.
Kwatsi-ke Johane uMbhabhatisi asesejele weva ngemisebenti yaKhristu, wase utfumela labanye bafundzi bakhe kuye.
Watsi Jesu nakeva kutsi Johane abesafakwe ejele, wahamba waya eGalile.
Kodvwa Herodi, nakeva ngesimo setintfo, watsi: “Johane, lengamjuba inhloko, sewuvusiwe, uyaphila.”
Kwakungumnyaka weli-15 wekubusa kwaThibheriyusi, uMbusi; Phontiyuse Philatu bekanguLusibalukhulu waseJudiya, Herodi ayinkhosi yaseGalile, umnakabo Filiphu bekayinkhosi yesigodzi sase-Ithureya naseTrakhonithisi; Lisaniyasi abeyinkhosi yase-Abilene.
Phela ngaleso sikhatsi Johane abesengakafakwa ejele.