LUKA 18:5-16

⁵Nakuti mkaziyu ali kundinesa kwene-kwene, lekani ndimuyeruze mulandu waceyu kuti aleke kubwera-bwera pomwe kundzandinesa.”

⁶Ndipo Mbuya adalewa kuti: “Bvesesani bwino bzomwe walewa mtongi wakuipa mtimayu.”

⁷Kodi Mulungu angadzalekembo kucita cilungamo kuna wanthu wace omwe ambamupemba usiku na masikati? Kodi iye angadzacedwe kuwathandiza?

⁸Ndiri kukuwuzani kuti an'dzawayeruza na kankulumize. Tsono, kodi Mwana wa Munthu akadzabwera, an'dzagumana wanthu wacikhulupiro pantsi pano?

⁹Ndipo Jezu adatsikira pomwe matere kuna wale omwe akhabziyesa mbakulungama, omwe akhanyoza andzawo aciti:

¹⁰“Wanthu awiri adayenda m'nyumba ya Mulungu kuti akapembe. Ndipo m'bodzi akhali mfalizeu mwinangoyo akhali nyakupimisa mtsonkho.

¹¹Ndipo mfalizeuyo akhapemba adaima acimbati: 'Mulungu, ndiri kukutendani thangwe ine-pano ndiribe kukhala ninga wanthu winango, omwe ni wanthu wa umbava, wakusaya kulungama na wa upombo ayai ninga nyakupimisa mtsonkhoyu.'

¹²Ndipo ndinimbabzimana kudya kawiri pamdzinga, ndicipereka cacikhumi ca bzinthu bzangu bzentse bzomwe ndinimbatambira.”

¹³Tsono nyakupimisa mtsonkho ule akhadaima kutali, ndipo iye akhajiguma lini kudzulu. Na tenepo akhambabzimenya pacifuwa aciti: “Mulungu, ndibverembo ntsisi ine-pano, thangwe ndine nyakuphonya!”

¹⁴Na tenepo ndiri kukuwuzani kuti omweyu adabwerera kumui wakulungama kuna Mulungu kuposa mfalizeuyo. Nakuti ule omwe an'bzitumbiza, iye an'dzanyozedwa. Na ule omwe an'bzicesva, iye an'dzakuzidwa.

¹⁵Ndipo wanthu akhabweresa wana kuti Jezu adzawasanjike manja. Tsono pomwe ateweri wace adawona bzimwebzo adawatsimula.

¹⁶Tsono Jezu adacemera wanawo kuti abwere pana iyepo, aciwawuza ateweri wacewo kuti: “Alekeni wanawo abwere kuno, lekani kuwaletsa. Nakuti umambo bwa Mulungu n'bwa wanthu ninga wanawa.