Patapita miyezi ingapo nkhanza zimene anaikidwa m’ndende zinam’bweretsera Jerome matenda amene anaika moyo wake pangozi, ndipo adani ake, poopa kuti angawathaŵe, anam’chitira nkhanza kwambiri, ngakhale kuti anakhala m’ndende kwa chaka chimodzi. 
After some months the cruelties of his imprisonment brought upon Jerome an illness that threatened his life, and his enemies, fearing that he might escape them, treated him with less severity, though he remained in prison for one year