"There are but two such celebrations mentioned in the Scriptures, one of the heathen king Pharaoh of Egypt, in the days of Joseph, and the other of [Herod,] whose birthday cost John the Baptist his life.
"Ku ni minkhuvo yimbirhi yo tano leyi boxiweke eMatsalweni, wun'wana i wa hosi Faro wa le Egipta, loyi a hanyeke enkarhini wa Yosefa, kasi wun'wana i wa [Heroda] loyi siku rakwe ra ku velekiwa ri endleke leswaku ku dlayiwa Yohane Mukhuvuri.