3 Kerode* yali yakwata Yokaana n’amusiba mu kkomera olwa Kerodiya, muka muganda we Firipo.+ 4 Kubanga Yokaana yamugambanga nti: “Tekikkirizibwa mu mateeka ggwe okubeera naye.”+ 5 Kyokka, yali ayagala okumutta naye ng’atya ekibiina ky’abantu olw’okuba baali batwala Yokaana okuba nnabbi.+

17 Kubanga Kerode yali yalagira Yokaana akwatibwe era asibibwe mu kkomera olwa Kerodiya, muka muganda we Firipo. Kerode yali awasizza Kerodiya+ 18 era Yokaana yamugambanga nti: “Tekikkirizibwa mu mateeka kweddiza muka muganda wo.”+ 19 Kerodiya yalina empalana ku Yokaana era yali ayagala kumutta, kyokka nga talina bw’akikola. 20 Kerode yali atya Yokaana olw’okuba yali musajja mutuukirivu era mutukuvu,+ era ng’afuba okulaba nti tatuukibwako kabi. Buli lwe yawuliranga Yokaana by’ayogera, yasoberwanga n’aba nga tamanyi kya kukola, naye era yeeyongera okumuwulirizanga n’essanyu.