2 Ndipo wanguŵanene ŵateŵeti ŵake, “Mwenuyu ndi Yohane Mbatizi yo; wayuka ku ŵakufwa; ndipo chifukwa chenicho vyanthazi ivi vichitika mwake.”
Nadidi ndikuneniyani, mu ŵakupapika ndi ŵanthukazi kuti wayuka cha muraku kwakuruska Yohane Mbatizi: kweni mumanako yo mu ufumu wakuchanya ndi mura kwaku iyo.
Wanguti iwo, “Ŵanyake ŵatiti, Yohane Mbatizi, ŵanyake ŵatiti Eliya; ndi ŵamwenga, Yeremiya, pamwenga yumoza wa ŵamchimi.”
Ndipo mu mazuŵa ghenigha wanguza Yohane Mbatizi yo, wakumemeza mu bozwa laku Yuda, wakuti,
Herode karonga wanguvwa vyenivyo; chifukwa zina lake linguŵa lakuvwika. Ŵanyake ŵanguti, “Yohane Mbatizi yo wayuka ku ŵakufwa, ndipo chifukwa chenicho vyanthazi vyo vitataliya mwake.”
Ndipo ŵangumnene, ŵanguti, “Yohane Mbatizi yo: ndi ŵanyake, Eliya; ŵanyake, yumoza wa ŵamchimi.”
Ndipo Herode wachinaikiru yo, wanguvwa vyakuchitika vyo; ndipo wanguzizikika ukongwa, chifukwa kunguneneka ndi ŵanyake, kuti, Yohane wayuskika ku ŵakufwa;
Ndipo ŵangumziya ŵanandi; ndipo ŵakambanga, “Yohane wengavi kuchita chisimikizgu: kweni vyose vyo Yohane wangukambiya paku uyu munthu, vyenga vyakuneneska.”