14 Na ntangu yina Erode, mfumu ya distrike, waka nsangu ya Yezu+ 2 ebuna yandi tubilaka bansadi na yandi nde: “Yo kele Yoane Mbotiki. Yandi me telama na bafwa, yo yina yandi ke sala bidimbu yai ya nkumbwa.”+ 3 Erode* kangaka Yoane, yandi kangaka yandi miniololo, mpi tulaka yandi na boloko sambu na Erodiade, nkento ya mpangi na yandi Filipo.+ 4 Sambu Yoane vandaka kutubila yandi nde: “Nge kele ve ti nswa ya kubaka nkento yai.”+ 5 Kansi, ata yandi vandaka kuzola kufwa Yoane, yandi vandaka kuwa kimvuka ya bantu boma sambu bo vandaka kubaka Yoane bonso mbikudi.+

7 Ntangu yai, Erode,* mfumu ya distrike, waka mambu yonso yina vandaka kusalama, mpi yandi kumaka kisaka-saka kibeni sambu bantu ya nkaka vandaka kutuba nde Yoane me telama na bafwa,+ 8 kansi bankaka vandaka kutuba nde Eliya me basika, mpi bankaka diaka vandaka kutuba nde mbikudi mosi ya ntama me futumuka.+ 9 Erode tubaka nde: “Mono zengaka Yoane ntu.+ Ebuna, muntu yina mono ke wa mambu ya mutindu yai sambu na yandi kele nani?” Yo yina yandi vandaka kusosa kumona Yezu.+