¹ Panguwa iyo, Herodi, wotchirongomuna, wakazwa masoko nukudha kwaDjesu. ² Iyena wakabuya kuno wasenzi wake: "Uyu ndi Johani, Mubabatidzi; iyena wamuka muwanyakufa, ngondayazwo masimba aya arikusenza muna Iyena". ³ Nokuti Herodi akange amubhata, omusunga uye omukanda mukaribhoso, nokudha kwa Erodiasi, mukadzi wehama yake Firipi, ⁴ nokuti Johani akange amubvunza: "azwizi kukhodzera kuwa naye se mukadzi wako". ⁵ Herodi akange atumira kumuuraya, asi iyena wakatya anhu, nokuti iwona waimuita muporofiti. ⁶ Asi, tsiku yokuita makore a Herodi payakaguma, mwana wa Herodiasi wakatamba pamberi pewakokwi uye wakafadza Herodi. ⁷ Panbhinduro, iyena wakagondesa nembhiko kuti waizomupasa tchiro tchipi yatcho tchaizokumbira. ⁸ Apedza kupangirwa na mai ake, iyena wakati: "Ndipasei pano, muimwe ndiro, musoro wa Johani, Mubabatidzi". ⁹ mambo wakatsukwara kukuru nomukumbiro wake, asi, nokudha kwembhiko yake uye nokudha kowese wainga waripo pakurya kemadhokoni naiyena, wakatongera kuti izwo zwaidhikana kuzwiita. ¹⁰ Iyena wakatumira masodja, iwona akagura musoro Johani mukaribhoso. ¹¹ Nokudharo musoro wake wakaunzua muimwe ndhi uye yakapaswa musikana uye iyena wakatora akaenda kopasa mai ake. ¹² Nokudharo wafundi wake wakawiya, wotora mwiri wokotsa. Kupera koizwi, iwona wakaenda uye wakatsanangurira Djesu. ¹³ Djesu paakazwa zwakange zwaitika, wakabhudha kweneyo, mutchimwe tchikepi, kwenda kuimwe mbuto isina munhu. Pakuzwa izwi, anhu ajinji akamutera netsoka, etchibva mumaguta. ¹⁴ Nokudharo Djesu wakatchita, wakawona rujinji guru, wakawe netsitsi naro uye wakarapa warwere wawo. ¹⁵ Pakuguma kwemadhokoni, wafundi wakawiya kuna Iyena wakati: "iyi imbuto yomutyambe uye tsiku yapera. Enekana norujinji, kuti iwona ayende muguta uye amutengerei zwokurya". ¹⁶ Asi Djesu wakaabvunza: "iwona awadhikani kwenda, apasei zwiro kuti arye". ¹⁷ Iwona akamubvunza: "Isusu tino mikati mishanu no howe mbiri bhasi". ¹⁸ Djesu wakaabvunza: "Dziuunzei kwandiri". ¹⁹ Nokudharo Djesu wakatongera kuti rujinji rigare pasi pazwishango. Iyena wakabhata mikati mishanu no yowe mbiri uye, wakati aringira kudhenga, wakaropafadza, akabhedhura mikati, wopa wafundi uye wafundi wopasa rujinji. ²⁰ Anhu ese worya woguta. Nokudharo iwona wakarongedza zwainge zwasara zwokurya: gumi nemairi ezwityengo zwakadzara. ²¹ Waya wakarya wanga wari zwuru zwishanu zweanarume, kunza kwe anakadzi noaana. ²² Nokukasika Iyena wakaita kuti wafundi apinde mutchikepi uye ayende atungamire kwenda kudhii rimweni, Iyena etchimboenekana norujinji. ²³ Paakapedza kuendesa rujinji, Iyena wakakwira dhundhu konamata ariega. Kwakazodhoka, Iyena wanga arikweneyo ega. ²⁴ Asi tchikepi tchakange tchaakure uye tchiri duze kudha kundondomera ngonda yomawimbi, nokuti dhutu raivuvutira kwainge ari. ²⁵ Kumawamba okuedza, Djesu wakakwedhera kwanga ari, etchihamba padhenga pebhahari . ²⁶ Wafundi pawakamuwona etchihamba padhenga pebhahari, wakawa nokutya uye wakabuya wetchiti: "Nditchipoko!" Uye iwona wakakhuwa wetchitya. ²⁷ Asi Djesu wakaabvunza nokukasika: "Iwai nokushinga! Ndini! Musatye". ²⁸ Peduru wakamudhaira: "Ishe, dhai muri imwimwi, tumai inini kuti ndiwiye kwamuri nopadhenga penbvura ". ²⁹ Djesu wakati: "wiya!" Nokudharo Peduru wakabhudha mutchikepi uye akahamba padhenga penbvura kwenda kuna Djesu. ³⁰ Asi, Peduru paakawona dhutu, wakawe nokutya, uye, wakatanga kundondomera, wakakhuwa: "Ishe, ndiponesei!" ³¹ Djesu nokukasika wakatambanudza nyara, wobhata Peduru akati: "iwewe, unokutenda kudhoko, wakana kana ngei?" ³² Nokudharo Djesu na Peduru paakapinda mutchikepi, dhutu rakaimira kuvuvuta. ³³ Wafundi mutchikepi wakamunamata Djesu uye womubvunza: "Zwirokwazwo Iwewe uri mwana waMwari". ³⁴ Paakapedza kuambuka, akaguma kuJenezari. ³⁵ Anarume okumbuto iyo paakamuzia kuti ndiDjeso, akatumira masoko kumbuto dzese dzomuduze uye akaunzisa kuna Iyena ese akange etchirwara. ³⁶ Iwona akamukumbira zwikuru kuti atswese bhasi mupendero wedzira rake, uye wese wakamutswasa wakarapwa.