2 komwe iye adayezeredwa na dyabu, ntsiku makumi manai. Ndipo ntsiku zomwezo iye alibe kudya cinthu. Pomwe zidamala, iye adabva njala.
3 Dyabu adamwuza aciti: “Penu iwepo ndiwe mwana wa Mulungu, uza mwalayu kuti usanduke mkate.”
4 Tsono Jezu adamutawira aciti: “Bzidanembedwa kuti: Munthu ambacira lini na kudya mkate okha basi, maka na fala la Mulungu.”
5 Ndipo dyabu adamutenga acikwira naye paphiri, acimulatiza kabodzi na kabodzi madziko yentse ya pantsi.
6 Na tenepo dyabuyo adamuuza kuti: “Ndin'kupasa umambo na mbiri yentse nakuti bzentsebzi mpsangu ndidapasidwa. Ine-pano ningapasembo omwe ndin'funa.
7 Iwepo ukandipemba, bzentsenebzi bzindzakhala bzako.”
8 Tsono Jezu adamutawira kuti: “Bzidanembedwa kuti undzatumbize Mbuya Mulungu wako basi. Ndipo ucidzaphatira basa iye yekha.”
9 Ndipo adamutenga pomwe aciyenda naye kuJeruzalema, acikwira naye pa pantsonga ya Nyumba ya Mulungu acimuuza kuti: “Penu ndiwe Mwana wa Mulungu, bzithuse pantsi.
10 Thangwe bzidanembedwa kuti: “Mulungu an'dzakutumiza anjo zace kuti zidzakukhocherere.”
11 Izo zindzakuyakha kuti udzasaye kuchoka minyendo ukadzagwera pa pamwala.”
12 Ndipo Jezu adamutawira aciti: “Leka kuyezera Mbuya Mulungu wako.”
13 Pomwe dyabuyo adamala kumuyezera na njira zentse, iye adacoka pang'ono.
14 Jezu adabwerera kuGalileya na mphambvu ya Mzimu. Ndipo mbiri yace idabveka kumii yentse ya mphimpha yomweire.
15 Iye akhapfundzisa mnyumba zakupembera ndipo wanthu wentse akhambamutenda.
16 Pomwe adabwerera kuNazaree komwe iye adakulira, iye adayenda kunyumba ya kupembera pa pasabudu ninga ukhali msambo wace. Ndipo iye adalamuka kuti awerenge.
17 Na tenepo adamupasa bukhu la mpolofeta Zaiya. Ndipo iye adafununkhula pa pambuto pomwe pakhadanemba tenepayu:
18 Mzimu wa Mbuya una ine. Ndipo iye adandidzoza kuti ndikapalizire anyakusauka. Adandituma kuti ndikatsudzule anyakumangidwa na kudzapenyesa azimola, na kudzapasa mtendere anyakupondereredwa,
19 na kudzalewa nthawe yomwe Mbuya adzapulumusa wanthu wace.
20 Ndipo iye adafunga bukhulo aciripereka kuna nthena ya nyumba ya kupembera, acikakhala. Ndipo wanthu wentse omwe akhali m'nyumba ya kupemberamo adamubzokola.
21 Ndipo Jezu adawauza kuti: “Bzakunembedwa bzomwe mwamala kubvabzi, bzatewezeka lero-lino.”
22 Wanthu wentse akhamucitira umboni ndipo acikomedwa pomwe na mafala yomwe iye akhalewayo acimbabvundzana kuti: “Kodi ngumweyu lini mwana wa Zuze?”
23 Tsono adawatawira kuti: “N'cadidi kuti imwepo mun'dzandiwuza mwani ule wa kuti: 'Mulapi, bzilape wekha. Citambo kudziko kwako kuno bzentse bzomwe tidabva kuti udacita kuKafarnau.'”
24 Iye adawawuza pomwe kuti: “Ndirikukuwuzani bzacadidi kuti palibe mpolofeta omwe ambatambiridwa bwino kudziko lace.
