24 Ndipo wangutuwa ndi kunena ndi anyina, “Ndikapemphe chine?” Anyina ŵangunena nayo, “Mutu waku Yohane Mbatizi.”
asani ŵanthu ŵa hema langu kuti ŵachikamba cho cha, ‘Ndiyani yo wareka kuguta ndi nyama yake?’
Ŵaheni ŵasoro lipanga, ŵatweŵa mauta ghawo, kuwiskiya pasi mukavu ndi musauchi, kubaya ŵakwenda kwakurunjika.
Muheni wachitiya chiŵembu wakurunjika, ndi kumukukutiya minyu ghake;
Ŵachindifikiya ŵakuchita uheni kuzachindikambiya mautesi, ŵakupindikana nane ndi ŵamawongo, ŵakaguŵanga ndikuwa.
Ndipo msungwana yo, pakusambizgika ndi anyina, wanguti, “Ndipaskeni panu pa mbale mutu waku Yohane Mbatizi yo.”
Ndipo mu mazuŵa ghenigha wanguza Yohane Mbatizi yo, wakumemeza mu bozwa laku Yuda, wakuti,
Ndipo wangumrapiya, kuti, “Chose cho ungandipempha ndikupaskenge, chingana chingaŵa chigaŵa chapaŵi cha ufumu wangu.”
Ndipo wangusere kwakutinthimika ku karonga, wangumpempha wakuti, “Ndikhumba kuti mundipaske ruŵi pa mbale iyi mutu waku Yohane Mbatizi.”
Yonadabu wanguti iwe, “Ugone pa chita chako, ujiwoneske nge watama; sono ausu ŵachiza kwazikuwona, uŵanene kuti, ‘Muzomerezgeni Tamara wazindipaske chiŵande ndirghe, wandinozge kurgha mu maso ghangu, ndi chilereska mwakuti ndirghe vyamu janja lake.’ ”