Mateyu 14:22-36
Yesu Ayenda pa Nyanja
Nthawi yomweyo anawawuza ophunzira ake kuti alowe mʼbwato ndi kuti atsogole kupita kutsidya lina pamene Iye ankawuza anthu kuti azipita kwawo. Atatha kuwawuza kuti azipita kwawo, Iye anakwera ku phiri yekha kukapemphera. Pamene kumada anali kumeneko yekha. Pamenepo nʼkuti bwato litapita patali pangʼono kuchokera ku mtunda ndipo linavutika ndi mafunde chifukwa mphepo inkawomba mokumana nalo.
Pa ora lachinayi usiku, Yesu anabwera kwa iwo akuyendabe pa nyanja. Ophunzira atamuona akuyenda pa nyanja, anaopa nati, “Ndi mzukwa!” Ndipo analira chifukwa cha mantha.
Koma Yesu nthawi yomweyo anawawuza kuti, “Limbani mtima! Ndine, musaope.”
Petro anayankha nati, “Ambuye ngati ndinu, mundiwuze ndibwere kuli inuko pa madzipo.”
Iye anati, “Bwera.”
Pamenepo Petro anatuluka mʼbwato ndipo anayenda pa madzi kupita kwa Yesu. Koma ataona mphepo, iye anachita mantha ndipo anayamba kumira, nafuwula nati, “Ambuye ndipulumutseni!”
Ndipo mofulumira Yesu anatambasula dzanja lake namugwira iye, nati, “Iwe wachikhulupiriro chochepa, bwanji unakayika?”
Ndipo atalowa mʼbwato mphepo inaleka. Pamenepo amene anali mʼbwato anamulambira Iye, nati, “Zoonadi, Inu ndinu Mwana wa Mulungu.”
Atawoloka, anafika ku Genesareti. Anthu akumeneko atamuzindikira Yesu, iwo anatumiza mawu kwa onse ozungulira deralo. Anthu anabwera ndi odwala awo onse kwa Iye. Ndipo anamupempha alole kuti akhudze mphonje ya mkanjo wake, ndipo onse amene anamukhudza anachiritsidwa.
Mateyu 15:1-9
Miyambo ya Makolo
Pamenepo Afarisi ena ndi aphunzitsi amalamulo anabwera kwa Yesu kuchokera ku Yerusalemu ndipo anamufunsa kuti, “Chifukwa chiyani ophunzira anu amaphwanya mwambo wa akuluakulu? Iwo sasamba mʼmanja pakudya!”
Yesu anayankha kuti, “Nanga chifukwa chiyani inu mumaphwanya lamulo la Mulungu chifukwa cha mwambo wa makolo anu? Pakuti Mulungu anati, ‘Lemekeza abambo ako ndi amayi ako’ ndipo ‘aliyense amene atemberera abambo ake kapena amayi ake ayenera kuphedwa.’ Koma inu mumati, ngati munthu anena kwa abambo ake kapena amayi ake kuti, ‘Thandizo lililonse mukalirandira kuchokera kwa ine ndi mphatso yoperekedwa kwa Mulungu,’ iye sakulemekeza nayo abambo ake ndipo ndi khalidwe lotere inu mumapeputsa nalo Mawu a Mulungu chifukwa cha mwambo wanu. Inu anthu achiphamaso, Yesaya ananenera za inu kuti,
“ ‘Anthu awa amandilemekeza Ine ndi milomo yawo,
koma mitima yawo ili kutali ndi Ine.
Amandilambira Ine kwachabe
ndi kuphunzitsa malamulo ndi malangizo a anthu.’ ”
