Fa baaposetoloi ba ga Jesu ba ntse ba rera mo Galalea, monna yo o ba itsisitseng gore Jesu ke Kwana ya Modimo, ga a tlhole a na le kgololesego eo. Johane Mokolobetsi o sa ntse a le mo kgolegelong morago ga dingwaga di ka nna pedi.

Johane o ile a bolelela Kgosi Herode Antipase gore go phoso go bo a nyetse Herodiase, mosadi yo o neng a nyetswe ke mogolowe Herode yo o bidiwang Filipo. Herode o ne a tlhadile mosadi wa gagwe gore a nyale Herodiase. Go ya ka Molao wa ga Moshe o Herode a ipolelelang gore o a o latela, lenyalo leno ke la boaka e bile ga le ka fa molaong. Herode ga a itumelele kgalemelo ya ga Johane, ka jalo o laela gore Johane a tsenngwe mo kgolegelong, gongwe a tlhotlhelediwa ke Herodiase.

Herode ga a itse gore a dire eng ka Johane, ka gonne batho ‘ba dumela gore ke moporofeti.’ (Mathaio 14:5) Le fa go ntse jalo, Herodiase ene o a itse gore o batla gore go diragale eng ka Johane. O “mo tshwere ka pelo,” tota e bile o ntse a batla tsela ya gore a bolawe. (Mareko 6:19) Kgabagare, o bona tshono ya go dira jalo.

Nakwana fela pele ga Tlolaganyo ya 32 C.E., Herode o dira moletlo o mogolo wa letsatsi la botsalo jwa gagwe. Badiredi ba bagolo le balaodi ba masole, mmogo le banna ba ba tlotlegang thata mo Galalea, botlhe ba tlile moletlong ono. Fa moletlo o ntse o tsweletse, Salome e leng morwadia Herodiase yo a mo tshotseng le Filipo, o a bidiwa gore a tle go binela baeng. Banna bano ba kgatlhiwa ke tsela e a binang ka yone.

E re ka Herode a itumeletse mosetsanyana yono, o mo raya a re: “Nkope sengwe le sengwe fela se o se batlang, mme ke tla se go naya.” E bile o mo solofetsa jaana: “Ke tla go naya sengwe le sengwe fela se o se kopang, tota le halofo ya bogosi jwa me.” Pele ga Salome a araba, o tswela kwa ntle kwa go mmaagwe a bo a mmotsa a re: “Ke kope eng?”—Mareko 6:22-24.

Herodiase ga a bolo go letela tshono eno! Ntle le go senya nako, o mo raya a re: “Tlhogo ya ga Johane Mokolobetsi.” Salome o boela kwa go Herode ka bonako a bo a mo raya a re: “Ke batla gore gone jaanong jaana o nneye tlhogo ya ga Johane Mokolobetsi e le mo sejaneng.”—Mareko 6:24, 25.

Seno se hutsafatsa Herode fela thata, mme gone baeng ba gagwe ba mo utlwile fa a ikanela Salome. Ga a batle go itlhokomolosa kopo ya gagwe, le fa gone seo se raya gore a bolaye monna yo o se nang molato. Ka jalo, Herode o roma motlhokomedi kwa kgolegelong ka ditaelo tseno tse di sa itumediseng. Go ise go ye kae, motlhokomedi o boa a tshotse tlhogo ya ga Johane e le mo sejaneng. O e naya Salome, ene a bo a e isa kwa go mmaagwe.

Fa barutwa ba ga Johane ba utlwa se se diragetseng, ba a tla ba bo ba tsaya mmele wa gagwe ba ya go o fitlha. Go tswa foo, ba ya go bolelela Jesu kgang eno.

Moragonyana, fa Herode a utlwa gore Jesu o fodisa batho e bile o leleka madimona, o a tshoga. O akanya gore monna yono yo o dirang dilo tseno, e bong Jesu, e ka tswa e le Johane Mokolobetsi jaanong ‘o tsositswe mo baswing.’ (Luke 9:7) Ka jalo, Herode Antipase o batla go bona Jesu. Tota ga se gore o batla go utlwa thero ya ga Jesu. Go na le moo, Herode o batla go bona Jesu ka gonne a batla go tlhomamisa gore a se a tshwenyegileng ka sone se boammaaruri.