Imfa ya Yohane M'batizi
Herode, atakodwa ndi lumbiro la paphwando, adula mutu Yohane. Yesu apatukira pambali kukalira, khamu limutsatira komabe, ndipo iye adyetsa iwo ndi mikate isanu. Pambuyo pake Petro ayenda pamadzi kulunjika kwa iye, aona mphepo, ndipo ayamba kumira.
14 1Pa nthawi imeneyo Herode wolamulira chigawo anamva mbiri za Yesu. 2Ndipo anati kwa antchito ake, “Uyu ndi Yohane M'batizi, waukitsidwa kwa akufa; nchifukwa chake machitidwe amphamvu awa akugwira ntchito mwa iye.” 3Pakuti Herode anali atamgwira Yohane, namumanga unyolo, namutsekera m'ndende chifukwa cha Herodia, mkazi wa Filipo m'bale wake, 4chifukwa Yohane anali kumuuza kuti, “Sikololedwa kwa inu kukhala naye mkazi.” 5Ndipo anafuna kumupha, koma anaopa gulu la anthu, popeza anamuyesa Yohane kuti ndi mneneri. 6Koma pamene tsiku lobadwa la Herode linafika, mwana wamkazi wa Herodia anavina pamaso pawo, nakondweretsa Herode, 7kotero analonjeza ndi lumbiro kumupatsa chilichonse chimene adzapempha. 8Ndipo pouzidwa ndi amayi ake, anati, “Mundipatse pano pa mbale mutu wa Yohane M'batizi.”
9Mfumu inamva chisoni, koma chifukwa cha malumbiro ake ndi alendo ake amene anali naye pa phwando, analamula kuti apatsidwe, 10ndipo anatuma munthu, nadula mutu wa Yohane m'ndende. 11Mutu wake unabweretsedwa pa mbale, naupatsa mtsikana, ndipo iye anaupereka kwa amayi ake. 12Ndipo ophunzira a Yohane anadza, natenga mtembo, nauika m'manda; ndipo anapita nakauza Yesu.
Yesu Adyetsa Anthu Zikwi Zisanu
13Yesu atamva zimenezi, anachoka pa bwato kupita kumalo a yekha. Koma magulu a anthu atamva, anamutsatira pa mapazi kuchokera m'mizinda. 14Ndipo pamene anatuluka pa mtunda, anaona gulu lalikulu la anthu, nawamvera chifundo, nachiritsa odwala awo. 15Pakati pa madzulo, ophunzira ake anadza kwa iye, nati, “Malo ano ndi a kutchire, ndipo nthawi yatha kale. Alekeni magulu a anthu kuti apite m'midzi kukadzigulira chakudya.”
16Koma Yesu anati kwa iwo, “Sikofunika kuti apite. Inu muwapatse kudya.”
17Iwo anati kwa iye, “Palibe kanthu pano koma mikate isanu ndi nsomba ziwiri.”
18Iye anati, “Zibweretseni kuno kwa Ine.”
19Ndipo analamula magulu a anthu kuti akhale pansi pa udzu. Natenga mikate isanu ndi nsomba ziwiri, nakweza maso ake kumwamba, nayamika, naunyema mikate, naipereka kwa ophunzira, ndipo ophunzira anapereka kwa magulu a anthu. 20Onse anadya nakhuta, ndipo anatola zotsalira zodzaza m'madengu khumi ndi awiri. 21Ndipo amene anadya analipo amuna pafupifupi zikwi zisanu, osawerengera akazi ndi ana.
Yesu Ayenda pa Madzi
22Nthawi yomweyo anawumiriza ophunzira kulowa m'bwato ndi kumtsogolera kupita tsidya linzake, pamene iye anali kulekera magulu a anthu. 23Ndipo atalekera magulu a anthu, anakwera ku phiri pa yekha kukapemphera. Pakati pa madzulo, anali komweko yekha. 24Koma bwato panali patatalikirana kale ndi mtunda, likumenyedwa ndi mafunde, pakuti mphepo inali yotsutsana nawo. 25Ndipo pafupifupi koloko wachitatu m'mawa, anadza kwa iwo, akuyenda pa nyanja. a a v25 Mlonda wachinayi wa usiku unali pafupifupi kuyambira 3:00 mpaka 6:00 m'mawa — nthawi ya mdima ndi yozizira koposa isanafike m'bandakucha. 26Ndipo pomuona akuyenda pa nyanja, ophunzira anachita mantha kwambiri, nati, “Ndi mzukwa!” nafuula ndi mantha.
27Koma Yesu anayankhula nawo nthawi yomweyo, nati, “Limbani mtima! Ndine Ine; musaope.”
28Petro anamuyankha nati, “Ambuye, ngati ndinu Inu, ndilamuleni kuti ndidze kwa Inu pa madzi.”
29Iye anati, “Idza.” Ndipo Petro anatuluka m'bwato, nayenda pa madzi, kupita kwa Yesu.
30Koma poona mphepo yamphamvu, anachita mantha, ndipo poyamba kumira, anafuula nati, “Ambuye, ndipulumutseni!”
31Nthawi yomweyo Yesu anatambasula dzanja lake, namgwira, nati kwa iye, “Iwe wachikhulupiriro chochepa, nchifukwa chiyani wakayika?”
32Ndipo pamene analowa m'bwato, mphepo inaleka. 33Ndipo amene anali m'bwato anamgwadira, nati, “Zoonadi ndinu Mwana wa Atate wathu.”
34Ndipo atawoloka, anafika pa mtunda ku Genesareti. 35Ndipo pamene anthu a malo amenewo anamuzindikira, anatumiza mau m'dera lonse limenelo, nabweretsa kwa iye onse amene anali odwala. 36Ndipo anamupempha kuti awalole kungokhudza mphonje ya mkanjo wake, ndipo onse amene anaukhudza anachiritsidwa.