Mwambo Motsutsana ndi Mau a Atate wathu
Yesu auza Afarisi kuti mwambo wawo wathetsa lamulo la Atate eni ake, ndi kuti chimene chiipitsa munthu chituluka mumtima, osati cholowa m'kamwa. Mkazi wa ku Kanani akana kubwezedwa, amuyankha iye, ndipo mwana wake wamkazi wozunzika achiritsidwa.
15 1Ndipo Afarisi ndi alembi anadza kwa Yesu kuchokera ku Yerusalemu, nati, 2“Chifukwa chiyani ophunzira anu amaphwanya mwambo wa akulu? Sasamba m'manja pamene adya.”
3Iye anayankha nati, “Chifukwa chiyani inunso mumaphwanya lamulo la Atate wathu chifukwa cha mwambo wanu? 4Pakuti Atate wathu anati, ‘Lemekeza abambo ako ndi amayi ako,’ ndiponso, ‘Aliyense wotemberera abambo kapena amayi ayenera kuphedwa ndithu.’ 5Koma inu mumati, ‘Aliyense wonena kwa abambo kapena amayi ake kuti, “Chilichonse chimene mukanapindula kwa ine ndi mphatso yoperekedwa kwa Atate wathu,” 6sayenera kulemekeza abambo ake nacho.’ Mwachotsa mau a Atate wathu chifukwa cha mwambo wanu. 7Inu onyenga! Yesaya ananenera molondola za inu pamene anati: 8‘Anthu awa amandilemekeza ndi milomo yawo, koma mtima wawo uli kutali ndi Ine; 9amandipembedza pachabe, akuphunzitsa malamulo a anthu monga chiphunzitso.’”
10Ndipo anaitana gulu la anthu kwa Iye, nati, “Mverani ndipo muzindikire: 11Si chimene chilowa m'kamwa chimadetsa munthu, koma chimene chituluka m'kamwa ndicho chimadetsa munthu.”
12Ndipo ophunzira anadza kwa Iye, nati, “Kodi mukudziwa kuti Afarisi anakhumudwa pamene anamva mau awa?”
13Iye anayankha nati, “Chomera chilichonse chimene Atate wanga wa Kumwamba sanachibyale chidzazulidwa. 14Alekeni; iwo ndi atsogoleri akhungu. Ngati wakhungu atsogolera wakhungu mnzake, onse awiri adzagwera m'dzenje.”
15Petro anati kwa Iye, “Timasulireni fanizo ili.”
16“Kodi inunso mukadali opanda nzeru ngati enawo?” anatero Yesu. 17“Kodi simuzindikira kuti chilichonse chimene chilowa m'kamwa chimapita m'mimba, ndipo kenaka chimatulutsidwa kunja? 18Koma chimene chituluka m'kamwa chichokera mu mtima, ndipo icho ndicho chimadetsa munthu. 19Pakuti mu mtima mumatuluka maganizo oipa: kupha, chigololo, dama, kuba, umboni wonama, ndi chipongwe. 20Izi ndizo zimadetsa munthu, koma kudya ndi manja osasamba sikudetsa munthu aliyense.”
Chikhulupiriro Cholimbikira cha Mkazi
21Atachoka pamalo amenewo, Yesu anapatukira ku chigawo cha Turo ndi Sidoni. 22Ndipo mkazi wa ku Kanani wochokera ku chigawo chimenecho anadza, nafuula kuti, “Ndichitireni chifundo, Ambuye, Mwana wa Davide! Mwana wanga wamkazi akuzunzidwa kwambiri ndi chiwanda.”
23Iye sanamuyankhe kanthu. Ndipo ophunzira ake anadza namuchonderera, nati, “Mutumizeni achoke, pakuti akutifuulira pambuyo pathu.”
24Iye anayankha nati, “Ndinatumidwa kokha kwa nkhosa zotayika za nyumba ya Israeli.”
25Koma iye anadza nagwada pamaso pake, nati, “Ambuye, ndithandizeni!”
26Iye anayankha nati, “Sikoyenera kutenga mkate wa ana ndi kuuponyera agalu.”
27“Inde, Ambuye,” iye anatero, “komabe ngakhale agalu amadya tizidutswa timene timagwa patebulo la ambuye awo.”
28Yesu anayankha nati, “Mkazi iwe, chikhulupiriro chako nchachikulu. Zikuchitikire monga momwe ukufunira.” Ndipo mwana wake wamkazi anachiritsidwa kuyambira nthawi imeneyo.
Atate wathu Adyetsa Anthu Zikwi Zinayi
29Atachoka kumeneko, Yesu anayenda m'mbali mwa Nyanja ya Galileya, nakwera ku phiri, nakhala pansi kumeneko. 30Magulu akuluakulu a anthu anadza kwa Iye ndi anthu olumala, akhungu, opunduka, osayankhula, ndi ena ambiri, nawagoneka pa mapazi ake, ndipo Iye anawachiritsa. 31Choncho gulu la anthu linadabwa, litaona osayankhula akuyankhula, opunduka atachiritsidwa, olumala akuyenda, ndi akhungu akupenya; ndipo analemekeza Atate wa Israeli.
32Yesu anaitana ophunzira ake kwa Iye, nati, “Ndikumvera chifundo gulu la anthuli—akhala kale ndi Ine masiku atatu ndipo alibe choti adye. Sindifuna kuwatumiza adzichoka ali ndi njala; angakomoke panjira.”
33Ophunzira anafunsa kuti, “Pamalo ano a chipululu, ife tingapeze kuti mkate wokwanira woti udyetse gulu lalikulu lotere?”
34“Muli ndi mikate ingati?” Yesu anafunsa. “Isanu ndi iwiri,” iwo anati, “ndi tinsomba tochepa.”
35Choncho anauza gulu la anthu kuti likhale pansi. 36Ndipo anatenga mikate isanu ndi iwiri ndi nsomba, nayamika, naigawa, naipereka kwa ophunzira ake, ndipo ophunzira anaipereka kwa magulu a anthu. 37Onse anadya nakhuta, ndipo anatola zotsalira zodzaza m'madengu asanu ndi awiri. 38Amene anadya anali amuna 4,000, osawerengera akazi ndi ana. 39Atatumiza magulu a anthu kuti achoke, analowa m'bwato, napita ku chigawo cha Magadani.