Maliku 6:3-21

³Kodi omweyu ndiye lini misiri wa matabwa ule, mwana wa Maliya? Kodi abale wace ndiwo lini Tiyagu, na Zuze, na Judasi, na Sirimau? Ndiye lini omwe ana mfuma-kazi tinazozi?” Na tenepo alibe kufuna kudzadziwa pomwe bza iye .

⁴Tsono Jezu adawauza kuti, “Mpolofiti ambalemekezedwa kumbuto zinango, kupambula kumui kwawo, pakati pa abale wace, ndipombo kunyumba kwawo.”

⁵Na tenepo angadacita lini bzidabwiso kumweko. Adandosanzika manja kwa wakuduwala ang'ono-ng'ono, aciwalimbisa.

⁶pamwepo iye adadabwa pakuwona kuti wanthu wakumweko alibe kukhulupirira. Pambuyo pace Jezu adayenda ku mii ya mmphepete, acimbapfundzisa wanthu.

⁷Jezu adacemera wakupfundzira wace khumi na awiri aciwatuma awiri-awiri. Aciwapasa mphambvu yakucosera mizimu yakuipa

⁸Aciwalamula kuti, “pakuenda lekani kutenga cinthu ciri-centse, kupambula mpsimbo yokha. Lekani kutenga cakudya, ayai gumbu lakufamba nalo, ayai kobiri mukabudu.

⁹mubvale xango zokha, tsono lekani kunyamula bzakubvala bziwiri.”

¹⁰Adawauza pomwe kuti, “Mungafika pa mui,mucitambiriwa khalani pamwepo, mmpaka nthawe yanu yakucoka ikwane

¹¹Penu kumbuto kwinango wanthu an'kutambirani lini, acilamba kubva mafala yanu, pakucoka kwanu mukunkhumule pfumbi la minyendo yanu. Cimweci cin'dzakhala cizindikiro cakuti wa-na mulandu.”

¹²Tsono wakupfundzira wale adayenda, acimbalalikira wanthu kuti asandulike mtima.

¹³Akhacosa mizimu yakuipa mizinji, ndipombo acimbadzoza mafuta wanthu wakudwala azinji acimbawalimbisa.

¹⁴Mambo Herodi akhadabzibva bzimwebzi, thangwe mbiri ya Jezu likhadabveka kwentse-kwentse. Wanthu winango akhati, “Juwau M'batizi adamuka kwa wakufa, ndipopa ali kucita bzidabwiso bzentsenebzi.”

¹⁵Tsono winango akhati, “Ayai, omweyu ni Eliya.” winango akhati, “Uyu ni mpolofiti ninga m'bodzi wa apolofiti wakale.”

¹⁶Pomwe Herodi adabva bzomwebzo, adati, “Adamuka kwa wakufa ule, ni Juwau omwe ndidagwata khosi.”

¹⁷Thangwe Herodiyo kale adatuma acikunda wace kuti akam'phate Juwau, akam'mange acithusa m'kaidi. Adacita bzimwebzire thangwe ra Herodiasi, m'kazi wa Filipe, m'bale wace. na kuti Herodi akhadamulowola m'kaziyo.

¹⁸Ndipo Juwau akhambamuuza kuti, “Nkhuponya Mtemo kupsokhonyola m'kazi wa m'bale wanu.”

¹⁹ndipo Herodiasi akhambawenga Juwau, na tenepopo akhafuna kuti amuphe. Tsono akhataza,

²⁰thangwe Herodi akhambamgopa Juwau, pakudziwa kuti akhali munthu wakulungama acilungama. ndipopo akhamkoya bwino. Akhafuna kumbabva mafala yace, ngakhale kuti akumubva tenepo, akhamala ndzeru naye.

²¹Tsono pa ntsiku yakukondwerera kubadwa kwa Herodi, Herodiasi adawona mphata. Herodi ule adakondza uzokoto, acicemera akulu-akulu wa Boma, na akulu wakutonga acikunda, na atongi wa ku Galileya.