LUKA 9:5-25

⁵Wanthu omwe an'saya kukutambiraniwo akutumulireni pfumbi la m'minyendo mwanu, kuti likhale umboni bwanu kuna iwo.

⁶Ndipo iwo adayenda m'mi yentse kukapaliza nkhani yabwino na kukalapa atenda kumphimpha zentse.

⁷Pomwe Mambo Erody adabva bzentse bzomwe bzikhacitikabzo iye adaneseka kwene-kwene. Thangwe wanthu akhalewa kuti Juwau wamuka pomwe pa paimpfa.

⁸Winango akhalewa kuti Eriya wabwerera pomwe. Ndipo winangombo akhati m'polofetapolofeta winango wakale-kale wamuka pomwe pa paimpfa.

⁹Na tenepo Erody adalewa kuti: “Juwau ndidamugwatisa kale msolo. Tsono mbani winango omwe ndiri kumubvera mbiriyo?” Ndipo Erody akhafunisisa kuti amuwone.

¹⁰Pomwe atumikiwo adabwerera adakamulongosolera Jezu bzentse bzomwe adacita. Ndipo iye adawatenga aciyendanawo kumzinda wa Betsaida.

¹¹Pomwe wanthu adabva bzimwebzo, ndipo iwo adamutewera. Na tenepo Jezuyo adawatambirambo bwino, aciwafotokozera Umambo bwa Mulungu. Ndipo iye adanthandiza atenda omwe akhafuna kulapidwa.

¹²Pomwe kukhadoka, ateweri wace adamuuza kuti: “Abalaliseni wanthuwa kuti ayende m'mii na m'minda yomwe iri m'fupi-m'fupi muno kuti akakumbire malo na cakudya. Thangwe tiri kuno n'kuthengo.

¹³Ndipo iye adawauuza kuti: “Apaseni cakudyaco imwepo.” Tsono iwo adatawira kuti: “Tiribe cakudya cizinji, tina mikate mixanu na ntsomba ziwiri basi. Pinango ticite kukawaguala cakudyaco kuti iwo wentse akwane!

¹⁴Pamwepo pakhana wanthu amuna ninga bzulu bzixanu. Ndipo iye adawauuza ateweriwo kuti: “Akhazikeni m'magulu ya makumi-maxanu, makumi-maxanu.

¹⁵Ndipo ateweriwo adawakhazika tenepoyo.

¹⁶Pamwepo iye adatenga mikate mixanuyo na ntsomba ziwirizo, adanyang'anisa kudzulu acibzisimba. Ndipo adabzigwata-gwata, acipasa ateweri kuti agawire wanthu.

¹⁷Na tenepo wanthuwo adadya acikhuta wentse. Ndipo adalokota mbvululu zakusala acidzaza bzitundu khumi na bziwiri.

¹⁸Pantsiku inango Jezu akhana ateweri wace. Ndipo iye akhapemba yekha kumbali Na tenepo iye adawabvundza kuti: “Kodi wanthu ambalewa kuti ine-pano ndine yani?”

¹⁹Ndipo iwo adatawira aciti: “Winango ambalewa kuti ndiwe Juwau M'batizi. Winango ambalewa kuti ndiwe Eriya. Winangombo ambalewa kuti ndiwe mpolofeta wakale-kale omwe adafa wamuka pomwe.

²⁰Pamwepo iye adawabvundza kuti: “Kodi imwepombo mumbalewa kuti ndine yani?” Ndipo Pedru adatawira kuti: “Ndiwe Krixtu wa Mulungu.”

²¹Tsono iye adawacenjeza kuti aleke kuuza munthu na m'bodziyo ekha bzimwebzo.

²²Na tenepo iye adawauza pomwe kuti: “Mwana wa Munthu andzabonera kwene-kwene. Ndipo iye an'dzalambidwa na atsogoleri wa wanthu, na akulu-akulu wa azibaba wa ntsembe na apfundzisi wa ntemo. Na tenepo iye an'dzaphedwa. Tsono an'dzalamuka pomwe pa paimpfa zikadzapita ntsiku zitatu.

²³Ndipo iye adawauuza kuti: “Penu munthu an'funa kunditewera, cakuyamba mbaabzilambe yekha acitakula mtanda wace ntsiku zentse kuti anditewere bwino.

²⁴Ndipo munthu ali wentse omwe an'funa kupulumusa moyo wace, mbaatome kuutaya nakuti ule omwe an'taya moyo wace na thangwe rangu, iye adzaupulumusa pomwe.

²⁵Kodi munthu angakhale na phindu lanyi akawona bzinthu bzentse bza pa padziko la pantsi, iye akamala n'kubzipha ayai n'kubzikweteka ekha?