2 Mpomunyaawo wakaambila bantu bakwe bacinenenene ayi, “Uyu nguJoni Mubombeki wabuka kuswa kubafu! Nceceeco ncaakonshela kucita shaankamiko ishi.”
Ntoomwaambila calushinisho ayi Joni ngumunene kwiinda pabantu boonse kuswabo kale kale. Sombi uyo muniini muBweene bwa kwiculu ngumunene kwiinda nguwe.
Balo bakakumbula ayi, “Bamwi balaamba ayi ndimwe baJoni Mubombeki, bamwi ayi ndimwe baElija abalo bamwi ayi ndimwe baJelemiya nabi womwi wa balaluki bakulukulu.”
Munshiku sheenka isho Joni Mubombeki wakesa muluyanga lwa muJudeya kaashimikila ayi,
Mwaami Elodi wakanyumfwa mpuwo ya makani akwe Jesu ayo akanyumfwika koonse koonse. Bamwi bantu bakalinga kwaamba ayi, “Joni Mubombeki wabuka kuswa kubafu, nceceeco ncaakonshela kucita shaankamiko ishi.”
Balo bashikwiiya bakwe bakamukumbula ayi, “Bamwi balaamba ayi ndimwe baJoni Mubombeki, bamwi ayi ndimwe baElija, abalo bamwi balaamba ayi muli womwi wa balaluki bakulukulu.”
Ono mwaami Elodi, mweendeleshi wa cishi ca Galili, ndyaakanyumfwa shoonse shakacitika, wakapenshekwa mumoyo mukwiinga bantu bamwi bakalinga kwaamba ayi Joni wakabuka kuswa kubafu.
Mpeeke bantu baanji bakesa kuli nguwe akwaamba ayi, “Joni taakwe kucitawo caankamiko, sombi shintu shoonse nshaakaamba pamuntu uyu nshalushinisho.”