Kufa kwa Juwau Mbatizi
Herodi, wakuphatwa na pikhumbiro pidalumbira iye pa phwando, apasa mtemo toera Juwau adumulwe nsolo. Yezu asiya mbuto toera kucita ukhuni, mwinji wa anthu muntowera basi, mbaadyesa na mikate mixanu. Patsogolo pace Pedhru afamba pa madzi kuenda kuna Iye, aona conamondo, mbatoma kunyika.
14 1Mu ndzidzi unoyu, Herodi ntongi wa dziko abva mphangwa za Yezu. 2Iye apanga anyabasa ace kuti: “Uyu ndi Juwau Mbatizi, adalamuswa muli akufa. Na thangwi ineyi mphambvu zenezi zisaphata basa mwa iye.” 3Thangwi Herodi akhadamanga Juwau, ammanga na maunyolo, mbamutsekera m'kaidi thangwi ya Herodiya, nkazi wa m'bale wace Filipi, 4thangwi Juwau akhampanga kuti: “Nkhabe thema kuti mukhale na iye.” 5Herodi akhafuna kumupha, mbwenye akhagopa mwinji wa anthu, thangwi iwo akhaona Juwau ninga mprofeta. 6Mbwenye pa ntsiku yakubalwa kwa Herodi, mwana wankazi wa Herodiya avina pamaso pawo, mbakomeresa Herodi, 7natenepo iye adumbira kuti anampasa cinthu consene cakuti iye mbadaciphemba. 8Mukhuthumizwa na mai wace, iye alonga kuti: “Ndipaseni pano nsolo wa Juwau Mbatizi mu mbale.”
9Mambo atsukwala, mbwenye thangwi ya kudumbira kwace na alendo ace akhadya naye, apereka ntemo, 10mbatuma anthu toera kagwanda nsolo wa Juwau m'kaidi. 11Nsolo wace wabweresewa mu mbale, mbupaswa ntsikana, ule autakula kuna mai wace. 12Penepo anyakupfundza a Juwau abwera, mbakwata manungo ace, mbaaikha m'nthumba; buluka penepo aenda mbadzapanga Yezu.
Yezu Asadyesa Anthu Pikwi Pixanu
13Pidabva Yezu pyenepi, abuluka na wato mbaenda ekhene ku mbuto yakutali. Mbwenye mwinji wa anthu ubva, mbautowera na miyendo kubuluka m'mizinda. 14Pidafika Iye paphazi, aona mwinji ukulu wa anthu, aamvera ntsisi, mbawangisa ale akhaduwala. 15Pidafika maulo, anyakupfundza ampanga kuti: “Mbuto ino ndi yakutali, na ndzidzi wapita kale. Lekani mwinji wa anthu uende m'midzi toera kaguli cakudya cawo.”
16Mbwenye Yezu aapanga kuti: “Nkhabe funika aende. Apaseni imwe cakudya.”
17Iwo ampanga kuti: “Pano tiri na mikate mixanu basi na ntsomba ziwiri.”
18Iye alonga kuti: “Bwereseni pano kuna ine.”
19Apanga mwinji wa anthu kuti ukhale pantsi pa uswa. Mbakwata mikate mixanu na ntsomba ziwiri, ayang'ana kudzulu, mbapereka takhuta, mbamanyula mikate, mbapereka kuna anyakupfundza, iwo mbapereka kuna mwinji wa anthu. 20Onsene adya mbakhuta, mbagumanya pisidzo khumi na piwiri pyadzala na pyakusala pya mikate. 21Ale adadya akhali amuna cifupi na pikwi pixanu, kusiyapo akazi na ana.
Yezu Asafamba pa Madzi
22Mwakucimbiza, akakamiza anyakupfundza kukwira m'wato toera kuntsogolera ku khundu inango, iye mukhabulusa mwinji wa anthu. 23Pakumala kubulusa mwinji wa anthu, akwira paphiri ekhene toera kuphembera. Pidafika maulo, Iye akhalipo ekhene. 24Wato ukhali kale kutali na mataka, mukhumenywa na mabimbi, thangwi mphepo ikhaumenya. 25Cifupi na ndzidzi wacitatu wa macibese, Iye abwera kuna iwo, mbafamba pa bara. a a v25 Kulindira kwacinai kwa masiku kukhali cifupi na maola matatu mpaka matanthatu a macibese — ndzidzi wa cidima kakamwe na wa mphepo kakamwe, mbukanati kuca. 26Pidamuona iwo mbafamba pa bara, anyakupfundza abva kugopa kukulu, mbalonga kuti: “Cizukwa!” mbakhuwa na kugopa.
27Mbwenye Yezu alonga nawo mwakucimbiza kuti: “Limbani ntima! Ndine Ine; lekani kugopa.”
28Pedhru antawira kuti: “Mbuya, khala ndimwe, ndilamuleni toera ndibwere kuna Imwe pa madzi.”
29Iye alonga kuti: “Bwera.” Pedhru abuluka m'wato, mbafamba pa madzi, mbaenda kuna Yezu.
30Mbwenye pidaona iye mphepo yamphambvu, agopa, mbatoma kumira, mbakhuwa kuti: “Mbuya, ndipulumuseni!”
31Mwakucimbiza Yezu afuthula djanja yace, mbamuphata, mbalonga kuti: “Iwe wa cikhulupiro cakucepa, thangwi yanji wapenula?”
32Pidakwira iwo m'wato, mphepo yaleka. 33Penepo ale akhali m'wato amulambira, mbalonga kuti: “Mwandimomwene Imwe ndimwe Mwana wa Baba wathu.”
34Pidawamba iwo bara, afika ku dziko ya Genezareti. 35Pidamuzindikira amuna a mbuto ineyi, atumiza mphangwa ku dziko yonsene ineyi, mbaambweresera onsene akhaduwala. 36Iwo amphemba toera akhuye basi ntsonga ya nguwo yace, na onsene adakhuya awangiswa.
