24 Avo mndele ayo kalawa kunze kamuuza mamake, “Nipule choni?” Nayo kamwidika, “Pula pala da Yohana Mbatizaji.”
Yonadabu kamulongela, “Tambalala mulusazi itende kwa mtamu. Tatako yaheza kukulola mulongele, ‘Nolonda lumbu jangu Tamali yeze kunigwaa ndiya nije. Chonde muleke yanitandile ndiya kuno nomulola, na nije kulawa mmakono gake.’”
Wanhu wehile wahanivamila ili wanikome, awo iwanhu onihila oikwala na kugwa.
Imunhu yehile kogelegeza mbuli ya imunhu mwene haki, na kodafuna meno gake mbuli yake,
Iwanhu wehile osomola sime na upinde wao, ili wamkome mkiwa na ngaengae, na wawachinje iwanhu otenda ganogile.
Kwa kufunzigwa na mamake, kalonga, “Nigwelele sambi baha pala da Yohana Mbatizaji mditanda!”
Mna izisiku azo Yohana Mbatizaji keza kuluwala lwa Yudea, kasonga kuwapetela wanhu.
Kaiduwila, “Noiduwila, nokugwaa chochose chonda unipule, hata nusu ya undewa wangu nokugwaa!”
Bahaja mndele ayo kakimbila mbaka kwa mndewa, kamulongela, “Sambi baha nigwelele pala da Yohana Mbatizaji mditanda!”