9 Wayawudi wavuwa wapikiniriti handa Yesu Kabetaniya. Su womberi wagenditi aku, wapati kumwona Yesu, kayi wafiriti kumwona Lazaru ulii yakamzyusiyiti na Yesu kulawa kwa wahowiti.
10 Watambika wakulu wasakuliti ntambu ya kumlaga Lazaru,
11 toziya Wayawudi wavuwa wawalemiti wayawu na wamjimira Yesu.
12 Shirawu yakuwi, lipinga likulu lya wantu wiziti kumsambu wapikiniriti Yesu kaweriti mnjira kwiza Yerusalemu.
13 Watola maputira ga mitendi, walawa kugenda kumwanka, wabota pawatakula, “Gwenga mlopoziya gwetu! Katekelerwi ayu yakiza mulitawu lya Mtuwa. Katekelerwi Mfalumi gwa Israeli.”
14 Yesu kakwena mwana punda, kalivaga pampindi pakuwi gambira ntambu yagatakuliti Malembu,
15 “Kotu kutira gwe lushi lwa Sayuni, Mfalumi gwaku kamkwiza, Kalivaga pampindi pa mwana punda.”
16 Shipindi ashi wafundwa wakuwi wavimaniti ndiri shitwatira ashi shoseri, kumbiti Yesu pawamkwiswiti kala, womberi wagaholiti Malembu Mananagala gatakuliti kuusu yomberi na wagatenditi aga kwa yomberi.
17 Lipinga lya wantu walii wawaweriti pamuhera nayomberi shipindi pakamshemiti Lazaru kulawa mlipumba, kamzyusiya kulawa kwawahowiti, watakuliti yagalawiriti.
18 Toziya ya aga, lipinga likulu lya wantu awa wamgenderiti Yesu, mana woseri wapikiniriti handa Yesu katenditi liuzauza ali.
19 Mafalisayu waligambiziyana, “Mwona? Hapeni tuwezi kutenda shoseri! Mlori, wantu wa pasipanu woseri wankumfata.”
20 Kuweriti na Wagiriki wamu mu wantu yawaweriti wiza Yerusalemu kumkwisa Mlungu mushipindi sha msambu.
21 Womberi wamgenderiti Filipu, yakalawiriti Betisayida mu Galilaya na watakula, “Mtuwa, tufira kumwona Yesu.”
22 Filipu kagenda na kamgambira Andereya na wawili wagenda na kumgambira Yesu.
23 Yesu kawawankula, Saa isoka kala kwa Mwana gwa Muntu kukwiswa!
24 Nukugambirani nakaka, mbunji ya nganu isigala mbunji hera payiyalwa ndiri mulitapaka na kuwola. Handa payiwola, su ilera mbeyu zivuwa.
25 Woseri yawafira ukomu wawu hawawuhoviyi, yakagahoviya makaliru gakuwi pasipanu, hakagaponiziyi kwa makaliru ga mashaka goseri.
26 Yakafira kuntendera ndo mpaka kanfati, pawera neni na ntumintumi gwangu hakaweri, kayi muntu pakantendera Tati hakampanani ligoya.
27 “Vinu rohu yaneni intama, ntakuli shishi? Ntakuli, ‘Tati, gunopoziyi shipindi ashi pashisoka?’ Kumbiti ayi ndo toziya ya kwiza. Su shimpiti shipindi ashi sha ntabiku.
28 Tati, Kakwiswi litawu lyakuwi.” Panu liziwu litakula kulawa kumpindi kwa Mlungu. “Nulikwisa na hanulikwisi kayi.”
29 Lipinga lya wantu lyaligolokiti palii lipikaniriti liziwu ali na wamu wawu watakuliti, “Ntumintumi gwa kumpindi kankuyowera nayomberi!”
30 Kumbiti Yesu kawagambira, “Liziwu ali lirandula ndiri kwajili yaneni, ira kwajili ya mwenga.
31 Vinu ndo shipindi sha pasipanu kutozwa, vinu mtuwa gwa pasipanu hawamwusiyi.
32 Neni panu panyasulwa kumpindi kwa Mlungu hanumkwezeniziyi kila muntu.”
