¹ Akaburika kunze pakarepo ndekuenda kuguta rekumusha kwake, pakarepo vadzidzi vake vakamutovera. ² Musi sabata wasvika akadzidzisa musinagogu. Vanhu vazhinji vakanzva zvaitauhwa vakashamidzika. Vakati, " Akaiwanayi dzidziso yakadayi?" "ko manoyi akapiwa iye? "Ko zvishamisoyi zvishamisoyi zvanoita nemanja ake?" ³ "Ko haasi muvezinayu, mwana wamariya nemukoma waJemusi na Joses, na Judha, naSimon? Hanzadzi dzake hadzibo pano nesuna? Vakanyetedzewa na jeso. ⁴ Zvino Jeso akati kwavari, "Muporofita haangashaiwi kuremekedzwewa , kunze kwemuguta rekumusha kwaanegara nekuhama dzake nepamusha pake ⁵ "Haangagone kubata basa resimba kune kwekuisa manja pamusoro pevaihwara vashoma nekuvakapora. ⁶ Akashamisika nekusatenda kwavone. Akazunguruka mumisha achidzidzisa. ⁷ Akadana vane gumi nevaviri, ndokutanga kuvatuma vari vaviri vaviri, ipopo akavatambidza simba remweya mutsvene rekukurira mweya ⁸ yakaipa uye akavaraira kuti vasatore kana chinhu chemunhu chibodzi parwe ndo rwavo, kunze kwemudonzo, kwete chekuja, kana chigwebe, nemari mumagwebe avo- ⁹ asi vafeke shangu, vasafeke nguwo mbiri ¹⁰ Akati kwavari, "pamusapinda mumba ,ivaipo pakarepo kusvika mazoyenda. ¹¹ Chero guta rikasakutambira, kana kukuteererai, kana mevha pakarepo, kuhuumureni huruva mutsoka rive chapupu kwamuri." ¹² Vakaburika vakanoparidza kuti anh vatendeuke. ¹³ Vaka burdisa mweya yakaipa yakawanda, vaihwara vakavazodza vakapovaporesa. ¹⁴ Mambo Herodhi vakanzva nezvaJeso, Zjta rake rakavha razivikaniwa. Vamwe vaiti, "Joni mubhabhatidzi akamuka kuvha kunevakafa, ndesaka zvishamiso zvine simba zvaakushanda maari." ¹⁵ Vamwe vaiti, "NdiHerija," nazvino vamwe vaneti "Miporofita,iye muporofita sevamwe vekudhara." ¹⁶ Asi Herodhi paakanzva izvi akati, "Joni, wandadimura musoro wakapengenuka." ¹⁷ Nekudaro akatuma vanhu kunasunga joni kuti amuise mutirongonekuda kwemhosva dzaHerodias (mukadzi wemukoma wake Firipi), nekuti akanga amuroora. ¹⁸ Nekuti Joni akanga ati kuna Herodhi, "hazvetendehwa kuti ugare nemukadzi wemukoma wako," ¹⁹ Herodiasi akamunyeterera zvekuda kumuwuraya, akamutadzirira, ²⁰ nekuti Herodhi waanga asichaJoni; nekuti aimuziva ari murume wakarurama, aneera, akamuchengeta zvakanaka. Kuteerehwa kwaakaita kwakamushamisa zvikuru, izo akamunzva asifara. ²¹ Zvino mukana wakawanika wekuti vaite mhemberero dzezuva raakazvariwa, akaitira mahiko makorokota ake nevatongi vekugareriya. ²² Zvino mwanasikana waHerodhi pachake akapinda ndekuvatambira , akafadza Herodhi nevaenzi vake, mambo ndekuti kumusikana, "ndiudze chauneda ndikupase." ²³ Akamupikira asiti, "chese chauchakumbira, kwandiri ndisakupa, kusvika pachipisi chehumambo hwangu. " ²⁴ Akaburika panze akati kuna mai vake, "Chini chandingamukumbire kuti andipaseni?" " musoro waJoni mubhabhatidzi." ²⁵ akadzokrea mumba nekujurumbidza akaneti, "Ndeda kuti iye zvino mundipase musoro waJohn mundiro yemuti." ²⁶ kunyange Mambo zvakavashupa; havana kuzviramba zvakanga zvaakakumbihwa nekuda kwekupika pamwe nevayenzu vake. ²⁷ Zvino mambo wakatuma umwe muuto kuvha kuvachengettedzi vake kuti varese musoro waJoni. Muchengetedzi akaenda kutirongo ndokunodimura musoro waJoni. ²⁸ Akawuyisa musoro mundiro akautambukidza kumusikana, musikana akanotambidza mai vake. ²⁹ Vadzidzi pavakanzva izvi vakasvika vakatora mutumbi wake vakakanouviga muguva.