Pa Nyanja ya Tiberiya
Atabwerera kukasodza osagwira kanthu, akoka nsomba zana limodzi ndi makumi asanu ndi zitatu pa mawu a mlendo, ndipo apeza chakudya cham'mawa chili kale pamoto. Pafupi ndi moto winanso wamakala Yesu afunsa Petro katatu ngati amamukonda, amupatsa nkhosa kuti aziweta, ndipo amuuza momveka: unditsate.
21 1Zitatha izi, Yesu anadzionetsanso kwa ophunzira ake pa Nyanja ya Tiberiya; ndipo anadzionetsa motere. 2Simoni Petro, Tomasi wotchedwa Mapasa, Natanayeli wa ku Kana wa ku Galileya, ana a Zebedayo, ndi ophunzira ena awiri anali pamodzi. 3Simoni Petro anati kwa iwo, “Ndikupita kukawedza.” Iwo anati, “Ifenso tipita nawe.” Ndipo anatuluka nalowa m'ngalawa, koma usiku umenewo sanagwire kanthu.
4Kutacha m'bandakucha, Yesu anaimirira m'mphepete mwa nyanja; koma ophunzira sanadziwe kuti anali Yesu.
5Yesu anati kwa iwo, “Ana inu, kodi muli ndi nsomba?” Iwo anamuyankha nati, “Ayi.”
6Anati kwa iwo, “Ponyani ukonde kudzanja lamanja la ngalawa, ndipo mudzapeza nsomba.” Ndipo anawuponya, koma sanathenso kuukokera chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa nsomba.
7Wophunzira amene Yesu anamkonda anati kwa Petro, “Ndi Ambuye!” Simoni Petro atamva kuti anali Ambuye, anadzimangirira mkanjo wake—pakuti anali atauvula kuti agwire ntchito—nadziponya m'nyanja. 8Ophunzira enawo anadza m'ngalawa, akukokera ukonde wodzala ndi nsomba, popeza anali pafupi ndi mtunda, pafupifupi mayadi zana limodzi okha. 9Atafika kumtunda, anaona moto wa makala uli ndi nsomba pamwamba pake, ndi buledi.
10Yesu anati kwa iwo, “Bweretsani nsomba zina mwa zimene mwagwira kumene.”
11Ndipo Simoni Petro anakwera m'ngalawa, nakokera ukonde kumtunda, wodzala ndi nsomba zazikulu 153; ngakhale zinali zochuluka chotere, ukonde sunang'ambike.
12Yesu anati kwa iwo, “Bwerani, mudye chakudya cham'mawa.” Palibe mmodzi wa ophunzira amene analimba mtima kumfunsa kuti, “Ndinu ndani?” popeza anadziwa kuti anali Ambuye.
13Yesu anadza, natenga buledi, nawapatsa, ndiponso nsomba. 14Aka kanali kachitatu Yesu anadzionetsa kwa ophunzira ake, atauka kwa akufa.
15Atatha kudya chakudya cham'mawa, Yesu anamfunsa Simoni Petro kuti, “Simoni, mwana wa Yohane, kodi umandikonda ndi mtima wako wonse, kuposa awa?” Iye anayankha kuti, “Inde Ambuye, Inu mukudziwa kuti ndimakukondani ngati bwenzi.” Yesu anati kwa iye, “Dyetsa ana ankhosa anga.”
16Kachiwiri Yesu anamfunsa kuti, “Simoni mwana wa Yohane, kodi umandikonda ndi mtima wako wonse?” Iye anayankha kuti, “Inde Ambuye, Inu mukudziwa kuti ndimakukondani ngati bwenzi.” Yesu anati, “Samalira nkhosa zanga.”
17Kachitatu Yesu anati kwa iye, “Simoni mwana wa Yohane, kodi umandikonda ngati bwenzi?” Petro anamva chisoni chifukwa Yesu anamfunsa kachitatu kuti, “Kodi umandikonda ngati bwenzi?” ndipo anati, “Ambuye, Inu mumadziwa zonse; mukudziwa kuti ndimakukondani ngati bwenzi.” Yesu anati kwa iye, “Dyetsa nkhosa zanga.”
18“Indetu, indetu, ndikuuza iwe: pamene unali wamng'ono, unkadzimangirira wekha ndi kumapita kumene unkafuna; koma udzakalamba, udzatambasula manja ako, ndipo wina adzakumangirira nadzakutengera kumene sufuna kupita.” 19Yesu ananena izi kusonyeza ndi imfa ya mtundu wanji imene Petro adzalemekezera Atate wathu. Kenaka anati kwa iye, “Nditsate.”
20Petro anatembenuka, naona wophunzira amene Yesu anamkonda akutsatira—yemwe pa chakudya anatsamira pa chifuwa cha Yesu nafunsa kuti, “Ambuye, ndani adzakuperekani?” 21Petro atamuona, anati kwa Yesu, “Ambuye, nanga munthu uyu?”
22Yesu anati kwa iye, “Ngati ndikufuna kuti iye akhalebe mpaka Ine ndidzabwere, chimenecho nchiyani kwa iwe? Iwe nditsate.” 23Chifukwa chake mau awa anafalikira pakati pa abale, kuti wophunzira uyu sadzafa. Komatu Yesu sananene kwa iye kuti sadzafa, koma anati, “Ngati ndikufuna kuti iye akhalebe mpaka Ine ndidzabwere, chimenecho nchiyani kwa iwe?”
24Uyu ndiye wophunzira amene akuchitira umboni zinthu izi, ndipo analemba zimenezi; ndipo ife tikudziwa kuti umboni wake ngoona. 25Yesu anachitanso zinthu zina zambiri. Ngati chilichonse chikanalembedwa, sindiganiza kuti dziko lenileni likanakwanitsa kusunga mabuku amene akanalembedwa. a a v25 Ichi ndi chifaniziro chodzitengera kusonyeza kuchuluka kwa zimene Yesu anachita—osati muyeso weniweni.