Anakanidwa ku Mudzi Wake
Kwawo akukhumudwa naye, choncho akuchita zochepa kumeneko. Akutumiza khumi ndi awiri osanyamula kalikonse. Herode, atakodwa ndi lumbiro paphwando, akudula mutu wa Yohane. Yesu akudyetsa zikwi zisanu ndipo akuyenda pa nyanja, koma ophunzira ake sakumvetsabe.
6 1Anachoka kumeneko, nafika ku mudzi wake, ndipo ophunzira ake anamutsata. 2Pa Sabata anayamba kuphunzitsa mu sunagoge. Ambiri amene anamva anadabwa, nati: “Kodi munthu uyu anazitenga kuti izi? Nzeru yotani iyi, yopatsidwa kwa iye? Kodi zozizwitsa zotere zichitika bwanji m'manja mwake? 3Kodi uyu si kalipentala, mwana wa Mariya, m'bale wa Yakobo, Yose, Yuda ndi Simoni? Kodi alongo ake sali kuno pakati pathu?” Ndipo anakhumudwa naye.
4Yesu anati kwa iwo, “Mneneri salemekezeka ku mudzi wake wokha, pakati pa abale ake, ndi m'nyumba mwake.”
5Sanathe kuchita chozizwitsa chilichonse kumeneko, koma kuika manja pa odwala angapo nawachiritsa. 6Anadabwa ndi kusowa chikhulupiriro kwawo. Ndipo anayendera midzi uku akuphunzitsa.
Yesu Atuma Khumi ndi Awiri
7Anaitana khumi ndi awiriwo, nayamba kuwatuma awiriawiri, nawapatsa ulamuliro pa mizimu yoipa. 8Anawalamula kuti atenge ndodo yokha ya paulendo—osati mkate, osati thumba, osati ndalama m'malamba awo, 9koma avale nsapato, osavala malaya awiri.
10Ndipo anati kwa iwo, “Kulikonse kumene mulowa m'nyumba, khalani momwemo kufikira mutachoka pamalo amenewo. 11Malo alionse amene akana kukulandirani kapena kukumverani, pochoka kumeneko, sasani fumbi la kumapazi anu ngati umboni wotsutsana nawo.” a a v11 Kusasa fumbi la kumapazi kunali chizindikiro chodziwika cha kulekana—chizindikiro cholemekezeka choti mzinda wakana uthenga, ndipo tsopano unayenera kusenza udindo wake.
12Ndipo anatuluka, nalalikira kuti anthu alape. 13Ndipo anatulutsa ziwanda zambiri, nadzoza mafuta pa odwala ambiri nawachiritsa.
Imfa ya Yohane Mbatizi
14Mfumu Herode anamva za izi, pakuti dzina la Yesu linadziwika. Ena anali kunena kuti, “Yohane Mbatizi waukitsidwa kwa akufa; ndicho chifukwa chake mphamvu zozizwitsa izi zikugwira ntchito mwa iye.” 15Koma ena anati, “Ndi Eliya.” Ena anati, “Ndi mneneri, ngati mmodzi wa aneneri akale.” 16Koma Herode atamva za izi, anati, “Yohane, amene ndinamudula mutu, waukitsidwa.” 17Pakuti Herode anatuma, namgwira Yohane, namanga m'ndende chifukwa cha Herodia, mkazi wa Filipo m'bale wake, amene anamkwatira. 18Pakuti Yohane anali kumuuza Herode kuti, “Nkosaloleka kwa inu kukhala ndi mkazi wa m'bale wanu.” 19Ndipo Herodia anamsungira mkwiyo, nafuna kumupha, koma sanathe, 20Herode anamuopa Yohane, podziwa kuti ndi wolungama ndi woyera, namteteza. Pomumva Yohane, Herode anathedwa nzeru kwambiri, komabe anamumvetsera mokondwa.
21Ndipo tsiku loyenera linafika: tsiku lobadwa la Herode, pamene anakonzera phwando akalonga ake, atsogoleri a nkhondo, ndi anthu otchuka a ku Galileya. 22Mwana wamkazi wa Herodia atalowa navina, anakondweretsa Herode ndi alendo ake a paphwando. Mfumu inati kwa mtsikanayo, “Ndipempheni chilichonse chimene ufuna, ndipo ndidzakupatsa.” 23Analumbira kwa iye, nati, “Chilichonse chimene undipempha, ndidzakupatsa—mpaka theka la ufumu wanga.”
24Anatuluka, nati kwa amayi ake, “Ndipemphe chiyani?” Iwo anati, “Mutu wa Yohane Mbatizi.”
25Nthawi yomweyo analowa mofulumira kwa mfumu, napempha nati, “Ndifuna kuti mundipatse pompano mutu wa Yohane Mbatizi pa mbale.”
26Mfumu inamva chisoni kwambiri, koma sinakane kumupatsa, chifukwa cha malumbiro ake ndi alendo ake. 27Nthawi yomweyo mfumu inatuma wakupha, nalamula kuti abweretse mutu wa Yohane. Napita, namudula mutu m'ndende, 28nabweretsa mutu wake pa mbale, naupatsa mtsikanayo, ndipo mtsikanayo anaupatsa amayi ake.
29Ophunzira a Yohane atamva, anabwera, natenga mtembo wake, nauika m'manda.
Yesu Adyetsa Anthu Zikwi Zisanu
30Atumwi anasonkhana kwa Yesu, namuuza zonse zimene anachita ndi kuphunzitsa.
31Anati kwa iwo, “Bwerani tokha ku malo a bata, mukapumule kwa kanthawi.” Pakuti ambiri anali kubwera ndi kupita, ndipo analibe nthawi yodyera.
32Ndipo anapita okha m'bwato ku malo a chipululu. 33Ambiri anawaona akuchoka, nawazindikira; anathamanga ndi mapazi kuchokera m'mizinda yonse, nafika kumeneko iwo asanafike. 34Potsika pa mtunda, anaona gulu lalikulu la anthu, nawamvera chifundo, pakuti anali ngati nkhosa zopanda m'busa, ndipo anayamba kuwaphunzitsa zinthu zambiri. 35Pamene kunali kutada kale, ophunzira ake anabwera kwa iye, nati, “Pano ndi malo a chipululu, ndipo kwada kale. 36Awuzeni anthuwa achoke, kuti apite ku madera ndi midzi yozungulira, nakadzigulire chakudya.”
37Anayankha nati, “Inu apatseni chakudya.” Iwo anati, “Kodi tipite kukagula mkate wa madinari 200, ndi kuwapatsa kuti adye?”
38Anawafunsa nati, “Muli ndi mikate ingati? Pitani mukaone.” Atapeza, anati, “Isanu, ndi nsomba ziwiri.”
39Ndipo anawalamula onse kuti akhale pansi m'magulu pa udzu wobiriwira. 40Ndipo anakhala pansi m'magulu, a mazana ndi a makumi asanu. 41Atatenga mikate isanu ndi nsomba ziwiri, anayang'ana kumwamba, nayamika, nanyema mikate, nawapatsa ophunzira ake kuti aike patsogolo pa anthu, ndipo anagawa nsomba ziwiri kwa onse. 42Ndipo onse anadya, nakhuta. 43Ndipo anatola madengu khumi ndi awiri odzala ndi zidutswa za mikate ndi za nsomba. 44Ndipo amene anadya mikate anali amuna 5,000.
Yesu Ayenda pa Madzi
45Nthawi yomweyo anawuza ophunzira ake kuti alowe m'bwato, natsogole kupita ku tsidya linzake, cha ku Betsaida, pamene iye amawuza gulu la anthu kuti lichoke. 46Ndipo atawatsanzika, anakwera ku phiri kukapemphera.
47Kutada, bwato linali pakati pa nyanja, ndipo iye anali yekha pa mtunda. 48Anawaona akuvutika ndi kupalasa, pakuti mphepo inkawatsutsa. Pafupifupi nthawi yachitatu ya m'mawa anabwera kwa iwo, akuyenda pa nyanja. Anafuna kuwadutsa, 49koma atamuona akuyenda pa nyanja, anaganiza kuti ndi mzukwa, nafuula,
50pakuti onse anamuona, nachita mantha; koma nthawi yomweyo anayankhula nawo, nati, “Limbani mtima; ndine Ine. Musaope.”
51Analowa m'bwato pamodzi nawo, ndipo mphepo inaleka; iwo anadabwa kwambiri mu mitima yawo, 52pakuti sanazindikire za mikate, koma mitima yawo inaumitsidwa.
53Atawoloka, anafika pa mtunda ku Genesareti, namanga bwato m'mphepete mwa nyanja. 54Ndipo atatuluka m'bwato, anthu nthawi yomweyo anamuzindikira. 55Anathamanga kuzungulira dera lonse limenelo, nayamba kunyamula odwala pa mphasa kupita kulikonse kumene anamva kuti iye alipo. 56Kulikonse kumene anapita—m'midzi, m'mizinda, kumidzi—anaika odwala m'misika, akupempha kuti akhudze ngakhale mphonje ya mkanjo wake. Ndipo onse amene anakhudza anachiritsidwa.