අගෝස්තු 4, 2012, ශුභාරංචිය

14:1	ඒ වෙලාවේ, Herod the Tetrarch heard the news about Jesus.
14:2	ඔහු තම සේවකයන්ට මෙසේ කීවේය: “This is John the Baptist. He has risen from the dead, and that is why miracles are at work in him.”
14:3	For Herod had apprehended John, and bound him, and put him in prison, because of Herodias, the wife of his brother.
14:4	For John was telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
14:5	And though he wanted to kill him, he feared the people, මන්ද ඔවුන් ඔහුව අනාගතවක්තෘවරයෙකු ලෙස සැලකූ බැවිනි.
14:6	ඉන්පසු, on Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced in their midst, and it pleased Herod.
14:7	And so he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask of him.
14:8	එහෙත්, having been advised by her mother, ඇය කිව්වා, “Give me here, on a platter, the head of John the Baptist.”
14:9	And the king was greatly saddened. But because of his oath, and because of those who sat at table with him, he ordered it to be given.
14:10	And he sent and beheaded John in prison.
14:11	And his head was brought on a platter, and it was given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.
14:12	And his disciples approached and took the body, and they buried it. සහ පැමිණීම, they reported it to Jesus.

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