Akazi Amene Anayenda ndi Yesu
Akazi amene amathandiza ntchitoyo ndi chuma chawo atchulidwa mayina. Fanizo la nthaka lifotokoza chifukwa chake mawu a Atate wathu sabala kanthu mwa ena. Iye akhazika bata namondwe, amasula munthu wotchedwa Legiyo amene anansi ake amupempha kuti achoke, kenako achiritsa mkazi wotaya magazi ndi kuukitsa mwana wamkazi wa Yairo.
8 1Zitatha izi, Iye anayendayenda m'mizinda ndi m'midzi, akulalikira ndi kulengeza uthenga wabwino wa ufumu wa Atate wathu. Ophunzira khumi ndi awiri anali naye, 2ndi akazi ena amene anachiritsidwa ku mizimu yoyipa ndi ku matenda: Mariya, wotchedwa Magadala, amene mwa iye munatuluka ziwanda zisanu ndi ziwiri, 3ndi Yohana, mkazi wa Kuza, woyang'anira wa Herode, ndi Suzana, ndi ena ambiri, amene anawathandiza ndi chuma chawo.
4Pamene gulu lalikulu la anthu linasonkhana, anthu ochokera m'mizinda yonse akudza kwa Iye, Iye ananena fanizo:
5“Wofesa anatuluka kukafesa mbewu yake. Pamene ankafesa, mbewu zina zinagwa m'njira, napondedwa, ndipo mbalame zamlengalenga zinazidya. 6Mbewu zina zinagwa pamwala; zitamera, zinafota chifukwa cha kusowa chinyezi. 7Zina zinagwa pakati pa minga, ndipo minga inakula pamodzi nazo, nazitsamwitsa. 8Mbewu zina zinagwa pa nthaka yabwino, nakula, nabala zokolola zana limodzi.” Ponena izi, anafuwula nati, “Amene ali ndi makutu akumva, amve.”
9Ophunzira ake anamfunsa kuti tanthauzo la fanizo ili ndi lotani.
10Iye anati, “Inu mwapatsidwa kudziwa zinsinsi za ufumu wa Atate wathu; koma ena amapatsidwa mafanizo, kuti ‘poona asaone, ndipo pomva asamvetse.’”
11“Tsono fanizo ndi ili: Mbewu ndiyo mau a Atate wathu. 12Amene ali m'njira ndi awo amene amamva; kenaka mdierekezi amadza nachotsa mau mumtima mwawo, kuti asakhulupirire ndi kupulumuka. 13Amene ali pamwala ndi amene, pakumva mau, amawalandira ndi chimwemwe, koma alibe muzu; amakhulupirira kwa kanthawi, kenaka amagwa panthawi ya mayesero. 14Chimene chinagwa pakati pa minga: awa ndi amene amamva, koma akamapita, nkhawa za moyo, chuma, ndi zokondweretsa zimawatsamwitsa, ndipo zipatso zawo sizipsa. 15Koma chimene chinagwa pa nthaka yabwino: awa ndi amene, ndi mtima woona ndi wabwino, amamva mau, naugwiritsa mwamphamvu, nabala zipatso mwa kupirira.”
Kuwala Kosatheka Kubisidwa
16“Palibe munthu amene amayatsa nyale, naiphimba ndi mtsuko, kapena kuiika pansi pa bedi; koma amaiika pachoikapo, kuti olowa aone kuwala. 17Pakuti palibe chinthu chobisika chimene sichidzawululidwa, palibe chinsinsi chimene sichidzadziwika ndi kuonekera poyera. 18Chifukwa chake samalani mmene mumamvera, pakuti amene ali nacho, adzapatsidwa zambiri; amene alibe, ngakhale chimene akuganiza kuti ali nacho adzachotsedwa kwa iye.”
Banja la Atate wathu
19Amayi ake ndi abale ake anadza kwa Iye, koma sanathe kumfika chifukwa cha gulu la anthu. 20Ndipo anamuuza kuti, “Amayi anu ndi abale anu ayima panja, akufuna kukuonani.”
21Koma Iye anawayankha nati, “Amayi anga ndi abale anga ndi awo amene amamva mau a Atate wathu nawachita.”
Yesu Alamulira Namondwe
22Tsiku lina Iye ndi ophunzira ake analowa m'bwato. Iye anati kwa iwo, “Tiwolokere tsidya lina la nyanja.” Choncho ananyamuka.
23Pamene ankayenda, Iye anagona tulo. Ndipo namondwe wamphepo anatsikira pa nyanja; bwato linadzaza madzi, ndipo anali pangozi. 24Anamuutsa, nati, “Mbuye, Mbuye, tikufa!” Iye ananyamuka, nadzudzula mphepo ndi mafunde a madzi; zinaleka, ndipo kunakhala bata. 25Iye anawafunsa nati, “Chikhulupiriro chanu chili kuti?” Ali ndi mantha ndi kudabwa, ananena wina ndi mnzake, “Kodi uyu ndani? Alamulira ngakhale mphepo ndi madzi, ndipo zimumvera.”
Munthu Womasulidwa ku Legiyo
26Ndipo anayenda kukafika m'dziko la Agerasa, limene lili tsidya la Galileya. 27Yesu atatsika pamtunda, munthu wina wogwidwa ndi ziwanda wochokera mu mzinda anakumana naye. Kwa nthawi yaitali sanavale zovala, ndipo sanakhale m'nyumba koma pakati pa manda. 28Ataona Yesu, anafuwula, nadzigwetsa pamaso pake, nanena mokweza mawu, “Mukufuna chiyani ndi ine, Yesu, Mwana wa Mulungu Wam'mwambamwamba? Ndikukupemphani, musandizunze!” 29Pakuti Yesu anali atalamula mzimu woyipa kuti utuluke mwa munthuyo, popeza unamgwira kawirikawiri; ngakhale anamsunga namanga ndi maunyolo ndi zomangira, iye anadula zomangirazo napirikitsidwa ndi chiwanda kupita kuchipululu.
30Yesu anamfunsa iye kuti, “Dzina lako ndani?” Iye anati, “Legiyo,” pakuti ziwanda zambiri zinalowa mwa iye.
31Ndipo zinampempha Iye kuti asazilamule kuti zipite kuphompho.
32Panali gulu lalikulu la nkhumba likudya pa phiri pamenepo. Ziwanda zinampempha Iye kuti azilole kulowa m'nkhumbazo, ndipo Iye anazilola. 33Choncho ziwanda zinatuluka mwa munthuyo nalowa m'nkhumba; gulu la nkhumba linathamangira pansi pa mtsetse kulowa m'nyanja, nazimira.
34Oweta nkhumba ataona zimenezi, anathawa, nakafotokoza mu mzinda ndi kumidzi. 35Gulu la anthu linatuluka kudzaona chimene chinachitika. Atafika kwa Yesu, anamupeza munthu amene ziwanda zinatuluka mwa iye atakhala pansi pa mapazi a Yesu, atavala ndi kukhala ndi nzeru zabwino—ndipo anagwidwa ndi mantha. 36Ndipo amene anaona zimenezi anawauza mmene munthu wogwidwa ndi ziwanda anachiritsidwira. 37Anthu onse a m'dziko la Agerasa anamupempha Iye kuti awachoke, chifukwa anagwidwa ndi mantha aakulu. Choncho Iye analowa m'bwato nabwerera. 38Munthu amene ziwanda zinamuchoka anapempha kuti apite naye, koma Yesu anamuuza kuti apite, nati,
39“Bwerera kwanu; ukafotokoze zikuluzikulu zimene Atate wathu anakuchitira.” Iye anapita, nalalikira mu mzinda wonse zikuluzikulu zimene Yesu anamuchitira.
Kuchiritsidwa ndi Kuukitsidwa mwa Chikhulupiriro
40Ndipo Yesu atabwerera, gulu la anthu linamlandira, pakuti onse anali kumuyembekezera. 41Munthu wina dzina lake Yairo, mkulu wa sunagoge, anadza nagwa pa mapazi a Yesu, namupempha kuti abwere kunyumba kwake, 42pakuti anali ndi mwana wamkazi mmodzi yekha, wazaka pafupifupi khumi ndi ziwiri, amene anali kufa. Pamene Yesu ankapita, magulu a anthu anamupanikiza. 43Mkazi wina anali ndi matenda otaya magazi kwa zaka khumi ndi ziwiri; anawononga chuma chake chonse kwa asing'anga, koma panalibe amene akanatha kumuchiritsa. 44Anadza kumbuyo kwake, nakhudza mphonje ya mkanjo wake, ndipo kutaya magazi kwake kunaleka nthawi yomweyo.
45Yesu anati, “Wandikhudza ndani?” Pamene onse anakana, Petro anati, “Mbuye, magulu a anthu akukusonkhanani ndi kukupanikizani.”
46Koma Yesu anati, “Wina wandikhudza, pakuti ndinamva kuti mphamvu yatuluka mwa Ine.”
47Mkaziyo ataona kuti sangathe kubisala, anadza akunjenjemera, nadzigwetsa pamaso pake, naulula pamaso pa anthu onse chifukwa chimene anamkhudzira ndi mmene anachiritsidwira nthawi yomweyo.
48Ndipo Iye anati kwa iye, “Mwana wanga, chikhulupiriro chako chakuchiritsa; pita mumtendere.”
49Pamene Iye akulankhulabe, wina wochokera kunyumba kwa mkulu wa sunagoge anati, “Mwana wanu wamkazi wamwalira; musavutitsenso Mphunzitsi.”
50Koma Yesu atamva, anamuyankha nati, “Usaope; ingokhulupirira, ndipo adzapulumuka.”
51Atafika kunyumba, sanalole wina aliyense kulowa naye pamodzi kupatula Petro, Yohane, Yakobo, ndi abambo ndi amayi a mwanayo.
52Onse anali kulira ndi kumulira maliro, koma Iye anati, “Musalire, pakuti sanafe, koma ali mtulo.”
53Ndipo anamuseka, podziwa kuti wafa.
54Koma Iye anamgwira dzanja, nafuwula kuti, “Mwana, dzuka.”
55Mzimu wake unabwerera, ndipo anadzuka nthawi yomweyo. Iye anawauza kuti amupatse chakudya. 56Makolo ake anadabwa, koma Iye anawalamula kuti asauze wina aliyense chimene chinachitika.