Yezu Atuma Anyakupfundza Khumi na Awiri
Khumi na awiri asatumwa, mikate mishanu isadyesa anthu ali pikwi na pikwi, na Pedhru asamucemera Kirixtu, penepo Yezu mwakukhonda kudikhira asalonga kuti asafunika kuphiwa. Pa phiri Baba asamucemera Wakusankhulwa. Mukutsika, iye asawangisa mphale ule anyakupfundza adakhonda kukwanisa kuwangisa. Buluka penepo asaphatisa dzulu toera kuenda ku Yerusalemu.
9 1Yezu acemera pabodzi akhumi na awiri, mbaapasa mphambvu na utongi pa madimonyo onsene na toera kuwangisa matenda. 2Na tenepo aatuma toera kumwaza Umambo wa Baba wathu na kuwangisa akuduwala.
3Iye aapanga tenepa: “Lekani kukwata cinthu toera ku ulendo: nee ndodo, nee nkhwama, nee nkhate, nee kobiri, pontho lekani kukwata nguwo ziwiri m'bodzi na m'bodzi. 4Nyumba ionse inapita imwe, khalani penepo, mbamubuluka penepo. 5Kunonse kunakhonda iwo kukutambirani, pukutani pfumbi ku miyendo yanu mukabuluka n'nzinda unoyu, ninga umboni wakutsutsana na iwo.”
6Na tenepo abuluka mbaenda mu midzi yonsene, mbamwaza mphangwa zadidi na kuwangisa anthu konsene.
7Herodhi ntongi abva pinthu pyonsene pikhacitika, mbadzudzumika, thangwi anango akhalonga kuti Juwau alamuswa muli akufa, 8anango kuti Eliya aonekera, anango pontho kuti m'bodzi wa aprofeta akale alamuka. 9Herodhi alonga tenepa: “Ine ndagwanda nsolo wa Juwau — mphapo uyu ndi ani wandinabva pinthu ninga pyenepi?” Mbapitiriza kusaka kumuona.
Mikate Mixanu Isadyesa Anthu Pikwi Pixanu
10Apostolo pidabwerera iwo, apanga Yezu pyonsene pidacita iwo. Iye aakwata mbaenda paokha ku nzinda unacemerwa Bhetsaidha. 11Mbwenye mwinji wa anthu udzindikira mbautowera. Iye aatambira, mbaalonga pya Umambo wa Baba wathu, mbawangisa ale akhafunika kuwangiswa. 12Dzuwa mukhadoka, akhumi na awiri abwera mbampanga: “Bulusani mwinji wa anthu toera uende ku midzi na ku minda yakuzungulira, toera kusaka mbuto yakugona na cakudya — thangwi ife tiri pa mbuto yakutali kuno.”
13Iye alonga tenepa: “Apaseni imwe cakudya.” Iwo atawira: “Ife tiri na mikate mixanu basi na nsomba ziwiri — pokhapokha tiende tikagule cakudya ca mwinji onsene uyu.”
14Thangwi akhalipo amuna ninga pikwi pixanu. Iye apanga anyakupfundza ace tenepa: “Akhazikeni m'misoka ya anthu ninga makumi maxanu.”
15Iwo acita tenepo, mbakhazika anthu onsene. 16Iye akwata mikate mixanu na nsomba ziwiri, mbayang'ana kudzulu, mbapereka nkhombo mbaimenya, buluka penepo mbapitiriza kupasa anyakupfundza toera kugawira mwinji wa anthu. 17Onsene adya mbakhuta; mbakutu zidasala zadzala midengu khumi na miwiri.
Imwe Musalonga Kuti Ine Ndine Ani?
18N'dzidzi unango, mu kucita phembero paokha, anyakupfundza ace ali cifupi, Yezu aabvundza: “Mwinji wa anthu usalonga kuti Ine ndine ani?”
19Iwo atawira: “Juwau Mbatizi. Anango asalonga kuti Eliya. Anango pontho kuti m'bodzi wa aprofeta akale alamuka.”
20“Mbwenye imwe musalonga kuti Ine ndine ani?” iye abvundza. Pedhru atawira: “Kirixtu wa Baba wathu.” a a v20 Pedhru pidacemera iye Yezu kuti “Kirixtu wa Baba wathu,” iye asabvuma kuti Yezu ndi Wakudzodzwa adatumwa na Baba — Mwana wakusiyana na Baba ule adantuma.
Mwana wa Munthu Asafunika Kuthabuka
21Yezu aacenjeza mwakuwanga, mbaatonga kuti akhonde kupanga munthu pyenepi,
22mbalonga: “Mwana wa Munthu asafunika kuthabuka pinthu pizinji, mbakhondwa na akulu, anyantsembe akulu, na alembi, mbaphiwa, buluka penepo pa ntsiku yacitatu mbalamuswa.”
23Buluka penepo aapanga onsene: “Ule anafuna kubwera kunseri kwanga, asafunika kuleka ekhene, mbakwata ntanda wace ntsiku zonsene, mbanditowera Ine. 24Thangwi ule anafuna kupulumusa umaso wace anadzauluza, mbwenye ule analuza umaso wace thangwi ya Ine anadzaupulumusa. 25Thangwi pisaphedza ninji munthu angakhala na dziko yonsene, mbwenye mbaluza peno mbapfudza ekhene? 26Ule anakwata manyadzo thangwi ya Ine na mafala anga, Mwana wa Munthu anadzan'nyadzirambo pa n'dzidzi unadzabwera Iye mu mbiri yace na mbiri ya Baba na ya aanju akucena. 27Mbwenye ndisakupangani mwandimomwene, anango ali pano nkhabe kudzalawira kufa mbadzati kuona Umambo wa Baba wathu.”
Baba Asapasa Mbiri Mwana Wace
28Pakupita ntsiku ninga zisere pakumala mafala anewa, Yezu akwata Pedhru, Juwau, na Tiyago, mbakwira paphiri toera kucita phembero. 29Mu kucita kwace phembero, maonekero a nkhope yace acinja, na nguwo zace zakhala zakucena ng'ung'u zakuyetimira. 30Na penepo akhalipo amuna awiri akhalonga na Iye — Mozesi na Eliya, 31adaonekera mu mbiri, mbalonga pya kubuluka kwace, kudakhala Iye cifupi na kukwanirisa mu Yerusalema.
32Pedhru na andzace akhadagomerwa na citulo; pidalapuka iwo, aona mbiri yace na amuna awiri adalimira na Iye. 33Mukhabuluka iwo kuna Iye, Pedhru apanga Yezu: “Mbuya, mphyadidi kuti ife tiri pano. Mbaticite nyumba zitatu — ibodzi ya imwe, ibodzi ya Mozesi, ibodzi ya Eliya.” Iye nee akhadziwa pikhalonga iye.
34Mukhalonga iye, kubwera khole mbiacifukatira mu nthundzi; pidapita iwo n'khole, agopa.
35Fala kubuluka n'khole yalonga: “Uyu ndi Mwana wanga, Wakusankhulwa wanga — mbvereni Iye!” b b v35 Pa kucinja kwace maonekero, fala ya Baba ene isacemera Yezu kuti “Mwana wanga, Wakusankhulwa wanga” — Mwana ule anakomerwa naye Baba, cincino wapangizwa mu mbiri.
36Fala pidamala, Yezu agumanika ali ekha. Iwo akhala dete, mbakhonda kupanga munthu mu ntsiku zenezi pidaona iwo.
Mwana wa Baba Asasudzulwa ku Cidima
37Ntsiku yakutewera, pidabuluka iwo paphiri, mwinji ukulu wa anthu wan'gumana Iye. 38Mamuna m'bodzi wa mu mwinji akhuwa: “Mpfundzisi, ndaphata miyendo yang'anani mwananga, thangwi ndi mwana wanga m'bodzi ekha. 39Nzimu usan'phata, mwadzidzidzi asakhuwa; usan'tetemesa mpaka kutuluka thovu nkanwa, nkhabe kun'siya mwakukhonda kun'pwaza. 40Ine ndaphemba anyakupfundza anu toera kuubulusa, mbwenye iwo nee akwanisa.”
41Yezu atawira: “Imwe dzindza yakusowa cikhulupiro na yakupotoka, mpaka lini ndinakhala na imwe mbandikupirirani? Bweresani mwananu pano.”
42Mwana mukhabwera iye, dimonyo amponyesa pantsi mban'tetemesa. Mbwenye Yezu asandika nzimu wakuipa, awangisa mwana, mbam'bwezera kuna babace.
Mwana wa Munthu Anadzaperekwa
43Onsene adzumatirwa na ukulu wa Baba wathu. Mukhadzumatirwa anthu onsene na pyonsene pikhacita Yezu, Iye apanga anyakupfundza ace,
44“Ikhani mafala anewa m'makutu mwanu: Mwana wa Munthu mwakucimbiza anadzaperekwa m'manja mwa anthu.”
45Mbwenye iwo nee abvesesa fala ineyi — ikhadabiswa kwa iwo toera akhonde kuibvesesa — pontho agopa kum'bvundza thangwi ya pyenepi.
46Penepo kwatoma kuketesana pakati pawo pya kuti mbani wa iwo akhali nkulu kakamwe. 47Mbwenye Yezu, mbadziwa manyerezero a mitima yawo, akwata mwana mban'khazika pakhundu pace,
48mbaapanga: “Ule anatambira mwana uyu mu dzina yanga, asanditambira Ine, na ule aninditambira Ine, asatambira ule adandituma. Thangwi ule ndi wakucepa kakamwe pakati panu monsene — iye ndiye nkulu.”
49Juwau alonga: “Mbuya, ife taona munthu m'bodzi mbabulusa madimonyo mu dzina yanu, mbatiyesera kun'khondesa, thangwi iye nkhabe kutitowera pabodzi na ife.”
50“Lekani kun'khondesa,” Yezu ampanga, “thangwi ule asakhonda kukutsutsani, ali nduli mwanu.”
Yezu Asayang'anisa Nkhope Yace ku Yerusalema
51Ntsiku pizikhafika toera Iye akwatirwe kudzulu, Yezu aikha nkhope yace mwakuwanga toera kuenda ku Yerusalema. 52Iye atuma amithenga patsogolo pace. Iwo aenda mbapita n'nzinda wa Asamariya toera kun'khunganyira, 53mbwenye anthu a kweneko nee antambira, thangwi Iye akhaenda ku Yerusalema. 54Pidaona pyenepi anyakupfundza Tiyago na Juwau, alonga: “Mbuya, musafuna kuti ife ticemere moto kubuluka kudzulu toera kuapisa?”
55Mbwenye Iye azungunuka mbaasandika. 56Na tenepo aenda ku nzinda unango.
Mtengo wa Kutowera Yezu
57Mukhafamba iwo mu njira, munthu m'bodzi am'panga: “Ine ndinakutowerani konsene kunamwenda imwe.”
58Yezu alonga: “Nkhandwe ziri na maenje, mbalame za m'mwamba ziri na zisa, mbwenye Mwana wa Munthu nkhabe mbuto toera kugonesa nsolo wace.”
59Kuna unango alonga: “Nditowere.” Iye atawira: “Mbuya, bvumizani pakutoma ndiende ndikakwirire babanga.”
60Mbwenye Yezu am'panga: “Lekani akufa akwirire akufa awo, mbwenye iwe ndoko ukamwaze Umambo wa Baba wathu.”
61Unango pontho alonga: “Ine ndinakutowerani, Mbuya, mbwenye bvumizani pakutoma ndikaalamuse anthu a panyumba panga.”
62Yezu atawira: “Nkhabe munthu anaikha manja pa khasu mbayang'ana nduli, wakuthema Umambo wa Baba wathu.”