1 Ndipo Jezu adacemera ateweri wace khumi na awiri (12), Iye adawapasa mphambvu zakucosa mizimu yakuipa yentse na zakulapa matenda. 2 Ndipo adawatuma kukapalidza Umambo bwa Mulungu na kukalapa atenda. 3 Na tenepo iye adawauza kuti: “Lekani kutakula cinthu na cibodzico paulendo, nee m'psimbo, nee budu la paulendo, nee pau, nee kobiri, ayai cakubvala ca pamphundzu. 4 Panyumba pomwe mun'fikira, khalani pamwepo mpaka kuguduka. 5 Wanthuwo akasaya kukutambirani, kunkhumulani pfumbi la m'minyendo mwanu pakucoka mumzindamo, kuti likhale cizindikiro cakulatiza kuipa kwawo”. 6 Pamwepo, iwo adacoka aciyenda m'mii yentse acikapalidza mafala yabwino na kupolesa atenda kumphimpha zentse.

7 Herodi, ambo mkulu, adabva bzentse bzomwe bzikhacitika ndipo adaneseka kwene-kwene, thangwe wanthu anango akhambalewa kuti Juwau wamuka pomwe kwa wakufa. 8 Anango akhambalewa kuti Eriya wabwerera pomwe. Ndipombo anango akhati mpolofita wa kale wamuka pomwe kwa wakufa. 9 Tsono Herodi adati: “Juwau, ine ndidamugwata msolo! Mbani umweyo omwe ndirikubva alikucita bzimwebzo?” Ndipo Herodi akhafuna kuti amuwone.

10 Pomwe atumiki adabwerera adakamulongosolera Jezu bzentse bzomwe iwo akhadacita. Ndipo Iye adawatenga aciyendanawo kumzinda ukhacemeredwa Betisaida. 11 Tsono mithithi ya wanthu idabzidziwa, ndipo iyo idamutewera. Iye adawatambira, ndipo akhawafotokozera bza Umambo bwa Mulungu, ndipo akhambapolesa atenda omwe akhafuna kupolalesedwa.

12 Pomwe kukhadoka, ateweri wace khumi na awiri adafendera kuna Iye aciti: “Uyendeseni mthithi kuti iwo akwanise kuyenda m'minda yam'malire na pano, na m'mii, kuti akakumbire cakudya na malo, thangwe pano ni pathengo”.

13 Ndipo Iye adawatawira kuti: “Apaseni imwepo cakuti adye”.

Tsono iwo adati: “Tina pau zixanu na ntsomba ziwiri basi, ayai ife tiyende kukagula cakudya cakuti akwane wentsenewa!” 14 Pamwepo pakhana wanthu amuna wakukwana bzulu bzixanu (5:000).

Tsono Iye adauza ateweri wace kuti: “Auzeni kuti akhale pantsi m'magulu ya makumi maxanu (50)”. 15 Ateweriwo adacita bzimwebzo ndipo wentse adakhala pantsi. 16 Pamwepo Iye adatenga pau zixanu na ntsomba ziwirizo, adanyang'anisa kudzulu, acipemba Mulungu ndipo adagwata-gwata, acipasa ateweri kuti agawire mbumba. 17 Wanthu wentse adadya acikhuta, ndipo ateweri adakhongobza bzakusala acidzaza bzitundu khumi na bziwiri (12).

18 Ntsiku inango Jezu akhapemba yekha, ateweri wace akhali pamwepo, ndipo adawabvundza kuti: “Kodi mithithi ya wanthu imbalewa kuti ine-pano ndine yani?”.

19 Iwo adatawira aciti: “Anango ambalewa kuti ndimwe Juwau M'batizi. Anango ambalewa kuti ndimwe Eriya. Ndipombo anango ambalewa kuti ndimwe mpolofita wakale-kale omwe adafa acimuka”.

20 Jezu dawabvundza kuti: “Kodi imwepombo mumbalewa kuti ndine yani?”

Pedru adatawira kuti: “Ndimwe Krixtu wa Mulungu”.

21 Ndipo Jezu adawacenjeza kuti bzimwebzi aleke kuuza munthu na m'bodziyo. 22 Tenepoyo adapitiriza aciti: “Bzin'funika kuti Mwana wa Munthu aboneresedwe na bzinthu bzizinji ndipo alambidwe na atsogoleri wa aJuda, na akulu-akulu wa azibaba wa ntsembe na amisiri wa Mtemo, Iye adzaphedwe ndipo acidzalamusidwa kwa wakufa zikadzapita ntsiku zitatu”.

23 Ndipo Jezu akhauza wentse kuti: “Penu munthu an'funa kunditewera, abzilambe iye yekha, atakule m'tanda wace ntsiku zentse ndipo anditewere. 24 Nakuti omwe an'funa kupulumusa moyo wace, an'dzauluza. Tsono omwe aniluza moyo wace thangwe ra Ine, umweyo an'dzaupulumusa. 25 Kodi bzina phindu lanyi kwa munthu aciwina dziko lentse la pantsi, ndipo acitaika ayai acibzidzonga iye yekha? 26 Penu munthu anibva manyazi na Ine ndipo na Mafala Yangu, Mwana wa Munthu an'dzamubverambo manyazi, pomwe an'dzabwera muukulu mwace na muukulu mwa Baba na mwa anju zakucena. 27 Nin'kutsimikizirani kuti anango omwe alipanowa an'dzafa lini akanati kuwona Umambo bwa Mulungu”.

28 Patapita ntsiku zisere Jezu watalewa bzinthu bzimwebzi, Iye adatenga Pedru na Juwau na Tiyago acikwira nawo m'phiri kuti akapembe. 29 Pomwe Iye akhapemba, nkhope yace idasandulika, ndipo bzakubvala bzace bzidacena kwene-kwene bziciyetima. 30 Ndipo padawoneka wanthu awiri akhambalewa-lewa na Jezu. Wanthuwo akhali Mozeji na Eriya. 31 Iwo akhawoneka mu ukulu bwakuyetima, ndipo akhambalewa-lewa bza kayendedwe ka Jezu, bzomwe bzikhafuna kucitikira kuJerusalema.

32 Ndipo Pedru na andzace akhadagona tulo. Tsono pomwe iwo adapenya, adawona kuyetima kwa Jezu na kwa andzace omwe akhali na Iye. 33 Pomwe iwo akhacoka, Pedru adauza Jezu kuti: “Misiri, ni bzabwino kuti tikhaliretu pano. Mbatikondze bzikumbi bzitatu, cibodzi canu, cinango ca Mozeji na cinango ca Eriya”. Tsono iye akhadziwa lini kuti alikulewa ciyani.

34 Panthawe yomwe akhalewa-lewa, udabwera mtambo uciwampsinkha, ndipo iwo adabva mantha pakupita mumtambo. 35 Mumtambomo mudabveka fala likhati: “Uyu ni Mwana wangu, wakusankhulidwa! Mubvereni”. 36 Pomwe falalolo lidanyamala, Jezu adasala yekha. Ndipo ateweri wace adanyamala nabzo pantsiku zimwezo, alibe kuuza munthu bzomwe akhadawona.

37 Ndipo mangwana yandzace, pomwe iwo adabuluka m'phirimo, mthithi ukulu wa wanthu udabwera kudzagumana na Jezu. 38 Munthu m'bodzi adakuwa pamthithipo adati: “Mbuya, ndiri kukukumbira kuti mundiwonerembo mwana wanguyu. Nakuti ni m'bodziyu ndinaye. 39 Iye ambaphatidwa na mzimu wakuipa, ndipo mwacisututu ambakuwa, umbamugwesa khunyu acithamula-thamula ucimbamucokesa phobvu, umbamuleka lini cipo, ndipo ulikumudzonga. 40 Ndidakumbira ateweri wanu kuti authothe, tsono iwo alibe kukwanisa”.

41 Ndipo Jezu adamutawira kuti: “Nandi m'badwe wakusaya cikhulupiriro ndipo wa ndzeru zapezi, nin'dzakhala na imwe ndicimbapirira kufikira lini? Ndibweresere mwana wakoyo pano”.

42 Pomwe mwanayo akhafendera, mzimu wakuipa ule udamugwesera pantsi na mpfai. Tsono Jezu adathotha mzimu wakuipa, mwana ule adalimba ndipo acimupereka kuna baba wace. 43 Na tenepo wanthu wentse adadabwa na mphambvu zikulu za Mulungu.

Pomwe wanthu wentse akhadabwa na bzomwe akhacita Jezu, Iye adauza ateweri wace kuti: 44 “Bvesesani mafala yomwe nin'funa kukuuzani: Mwana wa Munthu an'dzanyengezedwa acidzaperekedwa m'manja mwa wanthu”. 45 Tsono iwo alibe kubvesesa mafalayo kuti bzimwebzi bzikhalewa kuti tani. Nakuti bzikhadabisika kuna iwo kuti aleke kubzibvesesa, ndipo adagopa kumubvundza mafala yamweya.

46 Ndipo ateweriwo adayamba kucitirana makani yakuti mbani an'dzakhala mkulu pakati pawo. 47 Tsono Jezu atadziwa bzakukumbuka bzawo, adatenga mwana ndipo acimuimisa, pambali pa Iye. 48 Ndipo Iye adawauza kuti: “Omwe an'tambira mwanayu mu dzina langu, alikunditambira. Ndipo ule omwe an'tambira ine, alikutambira Ule omwe adandituma. Nakuti ule pakati panu omwe ni ng'ono, umweyo an'dzakhala mkulu”.

49 Juwau adati: “Misiri, tawona munthu alikucosa mizimu yakuipa mu dzina lanu ndipo tikhamuletsa, thangwe akhali lini m'bodzi wa ife”.

50 Ndipo Jezu adatawira kuti: “Lekani kumuletsa, nakuti omwe ambakuwengani lini, ali cipande canu”.

51 Pomwe ikhafendera nthawe yakuti Jezu ayende kudzulu, Iye adakumbuka kuyenda kuJerusalema. 52 Ndipo adatsogoza atumiki wace. Amwewa atayenda, adakapita m'mui wa Samaria kuti akamukondzere mbuto. 53 Tsono wanthu wa m'mwemo alibe kumutambira thangwe iwo adawona kuti Jezu akhayenda kuJerusalema. 54 Pomwe Juwau na Tiyago adawona bzimwebzire, adamubvundza Jezu kuti: “Mbuya, kodi mun'funa kuti ticemerese moto wakudzulu kuti uwatenthe?”* Uwatenthe: Bzakunembedwa bza manja bzinango bzidalewa kuti: “Uwatenthe ninga bzomwe adacita Eriya?” 55 Tsono Jezu adaceuka aciwakalipira kuti “Imwepo mun'dziwa lini kuti ni mtundu wanyi wa mzimu omwe uli namwe, nakuti Mwana wa Munthu alibe kubwera kudzadzonga mimoyo ya wanthu koma kudzaipulumusa”. 56 Ndipo adayenda kumui winango.

57 Pomwe iwo akhafamba munjira, munthu m'bodzi adalewa kuti: “Mbuya, nin'kutewerani kwentse komwe muniyenda”. 58 Ndipo Jezu adamutawira aciti: “Akalinkhoo ana mphako. Mbalame zina bzitsa, tsono Mwana wa Munthu alibe na mbutoyo yakutsamirisa msolo”.

59 Ndipo Jezu adauza munthu winango kuti: “Nditewere!”

Tsono munthuyo adati: “Mbuya, cakuyamba ndirekeni ndikapendese baba wangu”.

60 Jezu adamutawira kuti: “Leka anyakufa apendesane wakufa wawo. Tsono iwepo ndoko ukapalidze Umambo bwa Mulungu”.

61 Ndipo winango adati: “Mbuya, ine nin'dzakutewerani, tsono ndirekeni nditome ndikagonekane na abale wangu”.

62 Jezu adamutawira aciti: “Munthu ali-wentse omwe aniikha manja pagejo ndipo acimbaceuka, alibe kukondzekera Umambo bwa Mulungu”.