Atate Alemekeza Mwana Wake
Paphiri nkhope yake iwala ndipo mawu a Atate ake kuchokera mumtambo anena kuti amvere iye. Pansi pa phiri bambo wina ndi mwana wake wozunzika akudikira, ndipo ophunzira alephera. Yesu amchiritsa, atchula chikhulupiriro chawo chochepa, ndipo anenanso kuti adzaperekedwa.
17 1Patapita masiku asanu ndi limodzi, Yesu anatenga Petro, Yakobo, ndi Yohane m'bale wake, nawatsogolera kukwera pa phiri lalitali ali okhaokha. 2Anasandulika pamaso pawo: nkhope yake inawala ngati dzuwa, zovala zake zinayera ngati kuwala. 3Mwadzidzidzi, Mose ndi Eliya anaonekera kwa iwo, akilankhula naye. 4Petro anati kwa Yesu, “Ambuye, nkwabwino kuti ife tili pano. Ngati mufuna, ndidzamanga misasa itatu—umodzi wanu, umodzi wa Mose, ndi umodzi wa Eliya.”
5Pamene ankayankhulabe, mtambo wonyezimira unawaphimba, ndipo mau ochokera mu mtambo anati, “Uyu ndiye Mwana wanga wokondedwa; ndikondwera naye. Mumvereni Iye.”
6Ophunzira atamva zimenezi, anagwa pansi chafufumimba, nachita mantha kwambiri.
7Koma Yesu anadza nawakhudza, nati, “Imirirani, ndipo musachite mantha.”
8Atakweza maso awo, anaona Yesu yekha.
9Pamene ankatsika phiri, Yesu anawalamula, nati, “Musauze munthu aliyense za masomphenyawa, mpaka Mwana wa Munthu ataukitsidwa kwa akufa.”
10Ophunzira anamfunsa Iye, nati, “Nanga nchifukwa chiyani alembi amanena kuti Eliya ayenera kudza poyamba?”
11Iye anayankha nati, “Zoonadi Eliya adza, ndipo adzabwezeretsa zinthu zonse. 12Koma Ine ndinena kwa inu, Eliya anadza kale, ndipo sanamzindikire, koma anamchitira monga anafunira. Momwemonso Mwana wa Munthu ali pafupi kuvutika m'manja mwawo.”
13Pamenepo ophunzira anazindikira kuti ankawauza za Yohane M'batizi.
Yesu Achiritsa Mnyamata Wozunzika
14Ndipo atafika kwa gulu la anthu, munthu wina anadza kwa Iye, nagwada pamaso pake, 15nati, “Ambuye, chitirani chifundo mwana wanga, pakuti amadwala khunyu ndipo amavutika kwambiri, kawirikawiri amagwera pa moto, ndi kawirikawiri m'madzi. 16Ndipo ndinabwera naye kwa ophunzira anu, koma sanathe kumchiritsa.”
17Yesu anayankha nati, “Inu m'badwo wopanda chikhulupiriro ndi wokhotakhota! Kodi ndikhale ndi inu nthawi yaitali bwanji, ndipirire inu mpaka liti? Mbweretseni kuno kwa Ine.”
18Ndipo Yesu anadzudzula chiwandacho, ndipo chinatuluka mwa iye, ndipo mnyamatayo anachiritsidwa nthawi yomweyo.
19Pamenepo ophunzira anadza kwa Yesu paokha, nati, “Nchifukwa chiyani ife sitinathe kuchitulutsa?”
20Iye anati kwa iwo, “Chifukwa chikhulupiriro chanu nchochepa. Indetu ndinena kwa inu: ngati muli ndi chikhulupiriro ngati kambewu ka mpiru, mudzauza phiri ili kuti, ‘Choka pano pita apo,’ ndipo lidzachoka. Palibe chinthu chimene chidzakhala chosatheka kwa inu.” a a v20 Mipukutu yakale koposa ilibe vesi 21 pano; makope a pambuyo pake amawonjezera kuti: “Koma mtundu umenewu sutuluka, koma ndi pemphero ndi kusala kudya.”
22Pamene anasonkhana ku Galileya, Yesu anawauza nati, “Mwana wa Munthu ali pafupi kuperekedwa m'manja mwa anthu, 23adzamupha, ndipo pa tsiku lachitatu adzaukitsidwa.” Ndipo anamva chisoni kwambiri.
Msonkho wa Kachisi
24Atafika ku Kaperenao, osonkhanitsa msonkho wa kachisi anadza kwa Petro, namfunsa, “Kodi mphunzitsi wanu sapereka msonkho wa kachisi?”
25Iye anati, “Inde.” Ndipo atalowa m'nyumba, Yesu anayankha poyamba, nati, “Umaganiza chotani, Simoni? Mafumu a dziko lapansi amalandira mtulo kapena msonkho kwa yani—kwa ana awo, kapena kwa anthu ena?” b b v25 Funso la Yesu likusonyeza choonadi chozama: monga Mwana ali m'nyumba ya Atate wake, Iye alibe msonkho woyenera kupereka kumeneko — kachisi ndi wa Atate wake, ndipo Iye ndiye Mwana.
26Ndipo Petro atati, “Kwa anthu ena,” Yesu anati kwa iye, “Ndiye kuti ana ali omasuka.”
27“Koma kuti tisawakhumudwitse, pita ku nyanja, uponye mbedza, ndipo utenge nsomba yoyamba imene idzatuluka. Tsegula pakamwa pake ndipo udzapeza ndalama. Itenge, nuwapatse m'malo mwa Ine ndi iwe.”