Yesu Achiritsa Wakhate
1Iye atatsika ku phiri kuja, anthu ambirimbiri anamutsata. 2Ndipo munthu wakhate anadza kwa Yesu namugwadira nati, “Ambuye, ngati mufuna, mukhoza kundiyeretsa.”
3Yesu anatambasula dzanja lake namukhudza munthuyo nati, “Ndikufuna, yeretsedwa!” Nthawi yomweyo anachiritsidwa khate lake. 4Ndipo Yesu anati kwa iye, “Taona, usawuze wina aliyense. Koma upite kwa mkulu wa ansembe ukadzionetse wekha ndi kupereka mphatso imene Mose analamulira, kuti ukhale umboni kwa iwo.”
Chikhulupiriro cha Kenturiyo
5Yesu atalowa mʼKaperenamu, Kenturiyo anabwera kwa Iye napempha chithandizo, 6nati, “Ambuye, wantchito wanga ali chigonere ku nyumba, sakuthanso kuyenda, akumva kuwawa kwambiri.”
7Ndipo Yesu anati kwa iye, “Ine ndibwera kudzamuchiritsa.”
8Kenturiyo uja anayankha kuti, “Ambuye, ndine wosayenera kuti Inu mukalowe mʼnyumba mwanga. Koma mungonena mawu ndipo wantchito wanga adzachiritsidwa. 9Pakuti inenso ndili pansi pa ulamuliro ndipo ndili ndi asilikali amene ndiwalamulira. Ndikalamulira mmodzi kuti, ‘Pita,’ amapita; ndi kwa wina kuti, ‘Bwera,’ amabwera. Ndikawuza wantchito wanga kuti, ‘Chita ichi,’ iye amachita.”
10Yesu atamva zimenezi, anadabwa ndipo anati kwa omutsatira, “Zoonadi, Ine ndikuwuzani kuti sindinapeze wina aliyense mu Israeli wachikhulupiriro chachikulu chotere. 11Ndikuwuzani kuti ambiri adzabwera kuchokera kummawa ndi kumadzulo, nadzakhala nawo pa phwando pamodzi ndi Abrahamu, Isake ndi Yakobo mu ufumu wakumwamba. 12Koma eni ake ufumuwo adzaponyedwa ku mdima wakunja kumene kudzakhala kulira ndi kukukuta mano.”
13Pamenepo Yesu anati kwa Kenturiyo, “Pita! Zichitike monga momwe wakhulupirira.” Ndipo wantchito wake anachira pa nthawi yomweyo.
Yesu Achiritsa Anthu Ambiri
14Ndipo Yesu atalowa mʼnyumba ya Petro, anaona mpongozi wake wa Petro ali gone akudwala malungo. 15Ndipo Yesu anakhudza dzanja lake ndipo pomwepo anachira nayamba kumutumikira.
16Itafika nthawi yamadzulo, anthu anabweretsa kwa Iye anthu ambiri ogwidwa ndi ziwanda ndipo anatulutsa ziwandazo ndi mawu okha, nachiritsa odwala onse. 17Uku kunali kukwaniritsa zimene ananena mneneri Yesaya kuti,
“Iye anatenga zofowoka zathu,
nanyamula nthenda zathu.”
Za Kutsatira Yesu
18Yesu ataona gulu la anthu litamuzungulira, analamula kuti awolokere kutsidya lina la nyanja. 19Ndipo mphunzitsi wa malamulo anabwera kwa Iye nati, “Aphunzitsi, ine ndidzakutsatani kulikonse kumene muzipita.”
20Yesu anayankha kuti, “Nkhandwe zili ndi mapanga ndi mbalame zamlengalenga zili ndi zisa, koma Mwana wa Munthu alibe malo ogona ngakhale potsamira mutu wake.”
21Wophunzira wina anati kwa Iye, “Ambuye, mundilole ndiyambe ndakayika maliro a abambo anga.”
22Koma Yesu anamuwuza kuti, “Nditsate Ine ndipo uwaleke akufa ayikane akufa okhaokha.”
Yesu Aletsa Namondwe
23Iye atalowa mʼbwato, ophunzira ake anamutsatira. 24Ndipo taonani mwadzidzidzi mphepo yayikulu yamkuntho inawomba pa nyanjapo, kotero kuti bwatolo linayamba kumizidwa ndi mafunde. Koma Yesu anali mtulo. 25Ophunzira ake anapita namudzutsa nati, “Ambuye! Tipulumutseni! Tikumira!”
26Iye anawayankha kuti, “Inu achikhulupiriro chochepa, chifukwa chiyani mukuchita mantha?” Ndipo anayimirira nadzudzula mphepoyo ndi mafunde ndipo panali bata lalikulu.
27Ndipo ophunzirawo anadabwa nafunsa kuti, “Ndi munthu wotani uyu? Kuti ngakhale mphepo ndi mafunde zimvera Iye!”
Ogwidwa ndi Ziwanda a ku Gadara
28Ndipo atafika ku mbali ina ya dera la Gadara, anakumana ndi anthu awiri ogwidwa ndi ziwanda akuchokera ku manda. Iwowa anali woopsa kwambiri kotero kuti panalibe munthu akanatha kudzera njira imeneyo. 29Ndipo iwo anafuwulira kwa Yesu nati, “Mukufuna chiyani kwa ife, Inu Mwana wa Mulungu? Kodi mwabwera kuno kudzatizunza nthawi yake isanafike?”
30Ndipo patali pake panali gulu la nkhumba zimene zimadya. 31Ndipo ziwandazo zinamupempha Yesu kuti, “Ngati mutitulutsa ife mutitumize mu nkhumba izo.”
32Iye anati kwa ziwandazo, “Pitani!” Ndipo pamenepo zinatuluka ndi kukalowa mʼnkhumbazo ndipo nkhumba zonse zinathamangira mʼnyanja ndi kufera momwemo. 33Koma amene amaziweta anathawa nalowa mʼmudzi nafotokoza zonse, kuphatikizapo zimene zinachitika ndi anthu ogwidwa ndi ziwanda aja. 34Ndipo anthu onse a mʼmudziwo anatuluka kukakumana ndi Yesu. Ndipo atamuona Iye, anamupempha kuti achoke mʼdera lawo.
