Mwana wa Atate Akumana ndi Woyesa

Ali ndi njala pambuyo pa masiku makumi anayi, Yesu akuyankha woyesayo katatu kuchokera m'mawu a Atate wake m'malo motsimikizira kanthu. Pambuyo pake akukhazikika ku Kapernao, akuitana asodzi amene akusiya makoka awo nthawi yomweyo, ndipo makamu akubwera kuchokera mbali zonse atanyamula aliyense amene palibe wina adakwanitsa kumuchiritsa.

Chaputala 4.

Ndipo Mzimu Woyera anatsogolera Yesu kupita ku chipululu kuti akayesedwe ndi mdierekezi. Ndipo atasala kudya masiku makumi anai usana ndi usiku, anamva njala. Woyesa anadza nati kwa Iye, “Ngati ndinu Mwana wa Mulungu, lamulani miyala iyi kuti isanduke mikate.”

Koma Iye anayankha nati, “Kwalembedwa, ‘Munthu sakhala ndi moyo ndi mkate wokha, koma ndi mau onse ochokera m’kamwa mwa Atate wathu.’”

Ndipo mdierekezi anamtenga Iye kupita ku mzinda woyera, namuyimika pamwamba penipeni pa kachisi, nati kwa Iye, “Ngati ndinu Mwana wa Mulungu, dziponyeni pansi, pakuti Malemba akuti, ‘Iye adzalamula angelo ake za Inu, ndipo adzakunyamulani m’manja mwawo, kuti musagunde phazi lanu pa mwala.’”

Yesu anati kwa iye, “Kwalembedwanso, ‘Usayese Atate wako.’”

Ndipo mdierekezi anamtenganso Iye kupita ku phiri lalitali kwambiri, namuonetsa maufumu onse a dziko lapansi ndi ulemerero wawo. Nati kwa Iye, “Zonse izi ndidzakupatsani, ngati mutagwada pansi ndi kundilambira.”

Pamenepo Yesu anati kwa iye, “Choka, Satana! Pakuti Malemba akuti, ‘Ulambire Atate wako, ndipo umutumikire Iye yekha.’”

Ndipo mdierekezi anamuleka Iye, ndipo mwadzidzidzi angelo anadza namusamalira.

Kuwala Kwatuluka mu Galileya

Ndipo pamene anamva kuti Yohane wamangidwa, anachoka napita ku Galileya. Anachoka ku Nazareti, nakakhala ku Kaperenao, m’mbali mwa nyanja, m’dziko la Zebuloni ndi Nafitali, kuti zikwaniritsidwe zimene zinanenedwa ndi mneneri Yesaya, kuti: “Dziko la Zebuloni ndi dziko la Nafitali, njira ya ku nyanja, tsidya la Yorodani, Galileya wa a Mitundu, anthu amene anakhala mu mdima aona kuwala kwakukulu, ndipo kwa iwo amene anakhala m’dera ndi mthunzi wa imfa, kuwala kwatuluka pa iwo.”

Kuchokera pa nthawi imeneyo Yesu anayamba kulalikira, nati, “Lapani, pakuti ufumu wa Atate wathu wayandikira.”

Yesu Ayitana Ophunzira Ake Oyamba

Pamene amayenda m’mbali mwa Nyanja ya Galileya, anaona abale awiri, Simoni wotchedwa Petro ndi Andreya mbale wake, akuponya khoka m’nyanja, pakuti anali asodzi.

Ndipo anati kwa iwo, “Nditsateni, ndipo ndidzakusandutsani asodzi a anthu.”

Nthawi yomweyo anasiya makoka awo namutsata Iye. Atapitirira kuchokera pamenepo, anaona abale ena awiri, Yakobo mwana wa Zebedeyo ndi Yohane mbale wake, ali m’bwato pamodzi ndi atate wawo Zebedeyo, akukonza makoka awo, ndipo anawayitana. Nthawi yomweyo anasiya bwato ndi atate wawo namutsata Iye.

Atate Achiritsa Kudzera mwa Mwana Wake

Anayendayenda mu Galileya monse, akuphunzitsa m’masunagoge awo, nalalikira uthenga wabwino wa ufumu, nachiritsa matenda onse ndi nthenda zonse pakati pa anthu. Mbiri yake inamveka mu Siriya monse. Anabweretsa kwa Iye onse amene anali odwala — ogwidwa ndi matenda osiyanasiyana ndi zowawa, ozunzidwa ndi ziwanda, odwala khunyu, ofa ziwalo — ndipo Iye anawachiritsa. Magulu akulu a anthu anamutsata Iye kuchokera ku Galileya, ku Dekapoli, ku Yerusalemu, ku Yudeya, ndi tsidya la Yorodani. ^a