7 Pomwe Mambo Erody adabva bzentse bzomwe bzikhacitikabzo iye adaneseka kwene-kwene. Thangwe wanthu akhalewa kuti Juwau wamuka pomwe pa paimpfa.
8 Winango akhalewa kuti Eriya wabwerera pomwe. Ndipo winangombo akhati m'polofetapolofeta winango wakale-kale wamuka pomwe pa paimpfa.
9 Na tenepo Erody adalewa kuti: “Juwau ndidamugwatisa kale msolo. Tsono mbani winango omwe ndiri kumubvera mbiriyo?” Ndipo Erody akhafunisisa kuti amuwone.
10 Pomwe atumikiwo adabwerera adakamulongosolera Jezu bzentse bzomwe adacita. Ndipo iye adawatenga aciyendanawo kumzinda wa Betsaida.
11 Pomwe wanthu adabva bzimwebzo, ndipo iwo adamutewera. Na tenepo Jezuyo adawatambirambo bwino, aciwafotokozera Umambo bwa Mulungu. Ndipo iye adanthandiza atenda omwe akhafuna kulapidwa.
12 Pomwe 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.
13 Ndipo 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!
14 Pamwepo pakhana wanthu amuna ninga bzulu bzixanu. Ndipo iye adawauuza ateweriwo kuti: “Akhazikeni m'magulu ya makumi-maxanu, makumi-maxanu.
15 Ndipo ateweriwo adawakhazika tenepoyo.
16 Pamwepo iye adatenga mikate mixanuyo na ntsomba ziwirizo, adanyang'anisa kudzulu acibzisimba. Ndipo adabzigwata-gwata, acipasa ateweri kuti agawire wanthu.
17 Na tenepo wanthuwo adadya acikhuta wentse. Ndipo adalokota mbvululu zakusala acidzaza bzitundu khumi na bziwiri.
18 Pantsiku inango Jezu akhana ateweri wace. Ndipo iye akhapemba yekha kumbali Na tenepo iye adawabvundza kuti: “Kodi wanthu ambalewa kuti ine-pano ndine yani?”
19 Ndipo 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.
20 Pamwepo iye adawabvundza kuti: “Kodi imwepombo mumbalewa kuti ndine yani?” Ndipo Pedru adatawira kuti: “Ndiwe Krixtu wa Mulungu.”
21 Tsono iye adawacenjeza kuti aleke kuuza munthu na m'bodziyo ekha bzimwebzo.
22 Na 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.
23 Ndipo iye adawauuza kuti: “Penu munthu an'funa kunditewera, cakuyamba mbaabzilambe yekha acitakula mtanda wace ntsiku zentse kuti anditewere bwino.
24 Ndipo munthu ali wentse omwe an'funa kupulumusa moyo wace, mbaatome kuutaya nakuti ule omwe an'taya moyo wace na thangwe rangu, iye adzaupulumusa pomwe.
25 Kodi munthu angakhale na phindu lanyi akawona bzinthu bzentse bza pa padziko la pantsi, iye akamala n'kubzipha ayai n'kubzikweteka ekha?
26 Nakuti munthu ali wentse omwe an'bva manyazi na ine na mafala yangu, ndipo Mwana wa Munthu adzamubverambo manyazi akadzabwera na mbiri yace na ya Baba na ya Anjo wakucena.
27 Dziwani kuti pana winango pamwepano iwo an'dzafa lini acidzasaya kuwona Umambo bwa Mulungu.
28 Pakupita ntsiku zisere pomwe Jezu adalewa mafalaya, iye adatenga Pedru na Juwau na Tiyago acikwira nawo m'phiri kuti akapembe.
29 Pomwe iye akhapembapo, nkhope yace idasandulika na bzakubvala bzace bzidacena ninga kupenya kwa Mulungu!
30 Ndipo panthawe imweyo adawoneka wanthu awiri acimbalewa-lewa naye: iwo akhali Mozeji na Eriya.
31 Na tenepo iwo akhadayetima kwene-kwene acimbalewa bza mayendedwe ya Jezuyo yomwe yangadadzacitikira kuJeruzalema.
32 Ndipo Pedru na andzace akhadagona tulo. Tsono pomwe iwo adapenya, adawona kuyetima kwace na kwa andzace omwe akhanaye pabodziwo.
33 Pomwe iwo akhayenda, Pedru adauza Jezu kuti: “Mbuya, n'psabwino kuti tikhaliretu pompano! Mbatikonzde bzikumbi bzitatu: cibodzi canu, cinango ca Mozeji na cinango ca Eriya.” Tsono iye akhadziwa lini kuti ali kulewa ciani.
34 Panthawe akhalewa bzimwebzopo udabwera mtambo uciwagwanankhira. Pomwe iwo akhali munthambomo adabva mantha.
35 Ndipo munthambomo mudabveka fala liciti: “Uyu ni Mwanangu, omwe ndidasankhula! Mutetekereni.”
36 Pomwe falalo lidanyamala Jezu adasala yekha. Ndipo iwo adanyamala basi pantsiku zimwezo. Na tenepo iwo alibe kuuza munthu bzomwe adawonabzo.
37 Pomwe iwo adabuluka m'phirimo mangwana yandzace, nthithi wa wanthu azinji kwene-kwene udabwera kudzawona Jezu.
38 Ndipo munthu m'bodzi adakuwa panthithipo aciti: “Mbuya ndiri kukukumbirani kuti mundiwonerembo mwananguyu. Nakuti iye ni m'bodziyu yekha.
39 Ndipo iye ambagwa ciwanda, panthawe imweyo ambakuwa-kuwa cicimugwesera pantsi na kunjenjemera, acimbacoka maphobvu. Ndipo pakumalizira cicimutcola manungo.
40 Na tenepo ndikhadakumbira kale ateweri wanuwa kuti acithothe tsono alibe kucikwanisa.”
41 Ndipo Jezu adalewa aciti: “Nandi dzindza la wanthu wakusaya kukhulupira na kusaya ndzerumwe! Kodi mun'funa kuti ndikhale namwe ndicikubonerereni mpaka lini? M'bwerese kuno mwanakoyo.”
