3 UHerode gade abambe uJwanisi, wambopha bewamdlhunya ngesikhungweni ngebanga lakaHerodiya, umkamfowabo uFlebhe.
Kwathi bona uJwanisi ezwe asese ngesikhungweni ngalokho obekwenziwa nguKrestu, wathumela abanye babafundi bakhe kuye
Kuthe ngelanga lokubelethwa kwakaHerode, indodakazi kaHerodiya yagida phambi kwabantu, yajabulisa uHerode kangangobana
Kwathi bonyana uJesu ezwe bona uJwanisi ufakwe ngesikhungweni, wabuyela eGalile.
Ibizo lakaJesu laduma kangangombana ikosi uHerode yezwa ngalokho. Abanye bebathi: “UJwanisi uMbhabhadisi uvusiwe kabafileko, ngikho akghona ukwenza imikarisomraro nje.”
UHerode ngokwakhe wakhupha umyalo bona kubanjwe uJwanisi, wabotjhwa bewafakwa ngesikhungweni. Lokho ubegade akwenze ngebanga lakaHerodiya umkaFlebhe, umfowabo amngenako.
Ngalokho uHerodiya wabambela uJwanisi amavundo, wafuna ukumbulala. Kodwana wabhalelwa
Kwathi lokha indodakazi kaHerodiya nayingena, igida, yathokozisa uHerode nabasesidlweni naye. Nje-ke ikosi yathi emntazaneni: “Nawungangibawa nanyana yini oyifunako, ngingakunikela yona.”
UJesu wabayala wathi: “Tjhejani, niyelele isibiliso sabaFarisi nesakaHerode.”
Ngesikhatheso bekukhona abantu abatjela uJesu ngamaGalile, uPilatu avanganisa iingazi zabo nemihlabelwabo.
Ngesikhatheso abaFarisi abathileko beza kuJesu bathi kuye: “Suka endaweni le uye kenye ngombana uHerode ufuna ukukubulala.”
UHerode namajoni wakhe bahlekisa ngaye bebamphoqa. Bamembathisa ingubo ehle, bambuyisela kuPilatu.
Kwathi bona alemuke bonyana uJesu bekangaphasi kwelawulo lakaHerode, wamthumela kuHerode ogade aseJerusalema isikhatheso.
Ngomnyaka wetjhumi nahlanu wokubusa kombusi omkhulu uTibheriyasi, uPontiyasi Pilatu gade ambusi weJudiya, uHerode yena angumtetrarerhesi wesifunda seGalile, umfowabo uFlebhe angumtetrarerhesi wesifunda se-Ithuriya kanye neTrakoniti, uLisaniya angumtetrarerhesi wesifunda se-Abileni.
uJwana umkaKhuza, umphathi womkhaya kaHerode, uSusana kanye nabanye abanengi. Abafazaba ngibo ebegade basiza ngokusekela uJesu nabafundi bakhe ngeendleko zabo.
Ngesikhatheso uHerode ikosi wabamba amanye amalunga webandla kobana awahlukumeze.
“Ngambala uHerode noPontiyasi Pilatu bahlangene nabezizwe nabantu bakwa-Israyeli emzini lo kobana bajamelane nencekwakho ecwengileko uJesu nowayizesa