2 Apfo kawalongela iwatumwa wake, “Imunu yuno iyo Yohane Mbatitsa, katsilihuka. Apfo ingupfu ye pfinzonza yosang'ana mghati mwake.”
Wamwidika, “Iwanu wangi wolonga Yohane Mbatitsa, wangi wolonga Eliya, wangi wolonga Yeremiya au yumwe wa nabii.”
Iwanu wengi wamghendela Yesu. Walonga, “Yohane ng'atendile pfihulo, ila chila imbuli ye imunu yuno iyalongile Yohane ilongesa.”
Wamwidika, “Wangi wolonga ghweghwe kwa Yohane Mbatitsa, wangi wolonga kwa Eliya na wangi wolonga kwa yumwe wa manabii.”
Nowalongelani ghendo, mne iwanu wose iwelekighwe ne iwapinga, kuduhu wowose iyali mkulu kubita Yohane Mbatitsa, pfipfila ayula iyali mdodo ghendo mne undewa wa kulanga, ka mkulu kubita yeye.
Imiyaka mingi hambele Yohane Mbatitsa tsakaghenda mne inyika ya Yudeya, kandusa kuwapetela iwanu.
Imndewa Herodi kahulika mbuli atso, kwaapfila taghwa lya Yesu tsalimanyika chila hanu. Iwanu wangi walonga, “Yohane Mbatitsa katsilihuka. Ndo mana kana ngupfu tsa ukutenda ipfinu pfa kukangawatsa.”
Herodi hakalile mndewa wa Galilaya, kahulika ipfinu pfose ipfitendighwe na Yesu. Naye kapfuka kwaapfila iwanu wangi tsawang'ali wolonga Yohane mbatitsa katsilihuka,