8 Kwa kuwinza ghamalaghitso gha mai wake mwana ayo kalonga. “Ungaye bahano litwi lya Yohane Mbatitsa mlungo.”
Kuya imwana ayo kaghenda kumghutsa mai wake, “Nilombe choni?” Naye kamwidika, “Lomba litwi lya Yohane Mbatitsa.”
mbaka kamlongela, “Nelaha nitsokwing'a chochose choubama!”
Imndewa Herodi tsakona usungu sideke, lekeni kwaapfila tsakelaha hambele he iwahenza wake, kalaghitsa yeng'ighwe.
Litwi lyake lighalighwa likighwa mlungo, keng'ighwa imwana ayo, naye kamghalila mai wake.
Imwana ayo katsuma mbaka kwa imndewa kamlomba, “Nobama ungaye litwi lya Yohane Mbatitsa mne lungo!”
Kuya kaghala litwi alyo mne lungo, kamwing'a imwana ayo. Naye kamwing'a mai wake.