Mwana Auka

Akazi akupeza manda ali otseguka ndipo palibe akuwakhulupirira. Awiri oyenda kupita ku Emau akukambirana ndi mlendo amene akuwafotokozera Malemba, ndipo akumuzindikira pokhapokha atanyema mkate. Iye akuonekera, akudya nsomba kutsimikiza kuti si mzukwa, kenako akuwadalitsa ndipo akutengedwa kupita kumwamba kwa Atate wake.

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Pa tsiku loyamba la sabata, m'bandakucha, anafika kumanda, atanyamula zonunkhira zimene anakonza. Anapeza mwala utakunkhunizidwa kuchoka pa manda, koma polowa, sanapeze mtembo wa Ambuye Yesu. Pamene anali kudabwa ndi zimenezi, mwadzidzidzi anthu awiri anaimirira pambali pawo atavala zovala zonyezimira. Ndi mantha, anawerama nkhope zawo pansi. Anthu aja anafunsa, “Chifukwa chiyani mukufuna wamoyo pakati pa akufa? Iye kulibe pano—auka. Kumbukirani zimene anakuuzani pamene anali ku Galileya, kuti Mwana wa Munthu ayenera kuperekedwa m'manja mwa anthu ochimwa, napachikidwa, nauka pa tsiku lachitatu.”

Ndipo anakumbukira mau ake, nabwerera kuchoka kumanda, nauza zonsezi kwa khumi ndi mmodzi aja ndi ena onse. Mariya Magadalena, Yoana, Mariya mayi wa Yakobo, ndi akazi ena amene anali nawo anauza zimenezi kwa atumwi. Koma mau awa anaoneka ngati zopusa kwa iwo, ndipo sanawakhulupirire. Petro ananyamuka nathamangira kumanda; atawerama, anaona nsalu za bafuta zokha, ndipo anapita kwawo akudabwa ndi zimene zinachitika.

Njira Yopita ku Emau

Pa tsiku lomwelo awiri a iwo anapita ku mudzi wotchedwa Emau, wa mtunda wa makilomita pafupifupi khumi ndi mmodzi kuchoka ku Yerusalemu, ndipo anali kukambirana wina ndi mnzake za zonse zimene zinachitika. Pamene anali kukambirana ndi kufunsana, Yesu mwini anayandikira nayenda nawo. Koma maso awo anatsekedwa kuti asamuzindikire.

Anawafunsa, “Mukukambirana chiyani wina ndi mnzake pamene mukuyenda?” Anaimirira, ndi nkhope zachisoni.

Mmodzi wa iwo, Kaleopa, anayankha nati, “Kodi ndinu mlendo yekha wa ku Yerusalemu amene sadziwa zimene zachitika kumeneko masiku ano?”

Anafunsa, “Zinthu zotani?” Iwo anati, “Za Yesu wa ku Nazareti—mneneri wamphamvu pa ntchito ndi mau pamaso pa Atate wathu ndi anthu onse,

ndi mmene akulu a ansembe athu ndi olamulira anamperekera ku chiweruzo cha imfa, nampachika. Ife tinali ndi chiyembekezo kuti Iye ndiye amene adzawombola Israeli. Komanso, powonjezera pa zonsezi, lero ndi tsiku lachitatu kuchokera pamene zinthu izi zinachitika. Komanso akazi ena a ife anatidabwitsa—m'mawa kwambiri anali kumanda, ndipo osapeza mtembo wake, anabwera nati aona masomphenya a angelo, amene anati Iye ali ndi moyo. Ena a anzathu anapita kumanda napeza monga mmene akazi aja ananena, koma Iye sanamuone.”

Iye anawauza, “Inu opusa, ndi ochedwa mtima kukhulupirira zonse zimene aneneri ananena! Kodi sikunayenera kuti Khristu amve zowawa izi ndi kulowa mu ulemerero wake?”

Ndipo kuyambira ndi Mose ndi Aneneri onse, anawafotokozera kuchokera m'Malemba onse zonse zokhudza Iye mwini.

Ndipo anayandikira mudzi umene anali kupita, ndipo Iye anachita ngati akupitirira. Koma anamkakamiza, nati, “Khalani nafe—kwayandikira madzulo, tsiku lili pafupi kutha.” Choncho Iye analowa kuti akhale nawo.

Pamene anali pa gome nawo, anatenga mkate, naudalitsa, naunyema, nawapatsa. Ndipo maso awo anatsekuka, namuzindikira. Ndipo Iye anazimirira pamaso pawo. Anati wina kwa mnzake, “Kodi mitima yathu sinali kuyaka mkati mwathu pamene Iye anali kuyankhula nafe panjira, pamene anali kutitsekulira Malemba?” Pa ola lomwelo ananyamuka, nabwerera ku Yerusalemu, napeza khumi ndi mmodzi aja ndi amene anali nawo atasonkhana pamodzi, nati, “Ambuye auka ndithu, naonekera kwa Simoni!” Ndipo anafotokoza zimene zinachitika panjira, ndi mmene anamuzindikirira pakunyema mkate.

Yesu Aonekera kwa Akewo

Pamene anali kuyankhula zimenezi, Yesu mwini anaimirira pakati pawo, nati kwa iwo, “Mtendere ukhale ndi inu!”

Koma anadzidzimuka ndi kuchita mantha, naganiza kuti akuona mzimu.

Ndipo Iye anawauza, “Chifukwa chiyani mukuvutika mtima, ndipo chifukwa chiyani chikaiko chikuuka m'mitima mwanu? Onani manja anga ndi mapazi anga—ndine Inedi. Ndikhudzeni ndipo muone: mzimu ulibe mnofu ndi mafupa, monga mukuona Ine ndili nawo.”

Ndipo atanena izi, anawaonetsa manja ake ndi mapazi ake.

Ndipo pamene anali akanalibe kukhulupirira chifukwa cha chimwemwe ndipo akudabwa, Iye anawauza, “Kodi muli ndi kanthu kena pano kodya?”

Anampatsa kachidutswa ka nsomba yowotcha, ndipo anatenga nadya pamaso pawo.

Iye anawauza, “Awa ndi mau amene ndinakuuzani pamene ndinali nanu: kuti chilichonse cholembedwa za Ine m'Chilamulo cha Mose, mwa Aneneri, ndi m'Masalmo chinayenera kukwaniritsidwa.”

Ndipo anatsekula nzeru zawo kuti amvetse Malemba,

nawauza, “Izi ndi zolembedwa: kuti Khristu ayenera kumva zowawa ndi kuuka kwa akufa pa tsiku lachitatu, ndi kuti kutembenuka mtima kuti machimo akhululukidwe kulengezedwe m'dzina lake kwa mitundu yonse, kuyambira ku Yerusalemu. Inu ndinu mboni za zimenezi. Ine ndikutumiza lonjezo la Atate wanga pa inu. Koma khalani mu mzinda kufikira mutavekedwa mphamvu yochokera kumwamba.”

Atate Alandira Mwana Wake

Ndipo anawatsogolera kunja mpaka ku Betaniya, ndipo atakweza manja ake, anawadalitsa. Pamene anali kuwadalitsa, anawasiyana nawo, nanyamulidwa kupita kumwamba. Ndipo anamulambira, nabwerera ku Yerusalemu ndi chimwemwe chachikulu, ndipo anali nthawi zonse m'Nyumba ya Mulungu akutamanda Atate wathu.