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Jezu adadyesa wanthu wakupitirira bzulu bzinai
(Mat 15.32-39)
1 Ntsiku inango, mthithi ukulu wa wanthu udagumana pomwe. Na kuwona kuti palibe cakudya, Jezu adacemera wakupfundzira wace aciwawuza kuti, 2 “Ndiri kuwabvera ntsisi wanthuwa, thangwe akhala nande ntsiku zitatu ndipo alibe cakudya. 3 Ningawabweza kwawo na njala tenepa, an'dzakomoka panjira, thangwe winango acokera kutali”. 4 Wakupfundzira wace adamubvundza kuti: “Wanthu azinji terepayu munthu angawanyang'anire tani cakudya cakukwanira, munthuku muno?” 5 Jezu adawabvundza kuti: “Muna pau zingasi?” Iwo adatawira: “Zinomwe”.
6 Pamwepo Jezu adauza mbumba ire kuti ikhale pantsi. Pambuyo pace adatenga pau zinomwe zire, acitenda Mulungu, adaigwatagwata aciipereka kwa wakupfundzira wace kuti agawire mbumba ire. Wakupfundzira wale adaigawira mbumba ire. 7 Akhana tuntsomba pomwe tung'ono-ng'ono. Jezu adatenda Mulungu, acilamula wakupfundzira wace kuti agawire mbumba ire. 8 Wentse adadya acikhuta. Adakonkhobza bzakusala, acidzaza bzitundu bzinomwe. 9 Wanthu omwe akhali pamwepo, amuna okha akhali pafupi-fupi bzulu bzinai. Jezu adadzauza mbumba kuti iyende. 10 Pambuyo pace Iye na wakupfundzira wace adapita m'mwadiya aciyenda kumphimpha ya Dalamanuta.
Afalizi adakumbira cizindikiro cakudabwisa
(Mat 16.1-4; Luk 11.16, 29)
11 Ndipo afalizi adayenda kuna Jezu, kukatsutsana naye. Iwo adamukumbira kuti awawonese cizindikiro cakudabwisa cakucokera kudzulu*. Akhandofuna kumuteyera msampha basi. 12 Jezu adasisimira mum'tima aciti: “Thangwe ranyi wanthu wa tsapano lino wambafuna kuwona cizindikiro cakudabwisa? Ncadidi ndiri kulewa kuti palibe cizindikiro cidza citika kwa mbumba iyi”. 13 Na tenepo, adawasiya, acipita pomwe m'mwadiya aciyambuka ng'ambu ire.
Bza bzakupfundzisa bzakunama bza afalizi na bza Herodi
(Mat 16.5-12; Luk 12.1)
14 Pakucoka wakupfundzira wa Jezu akhadayebwa kutenga pau, tsono m'mwadiyamo akhana pau ibodzi yokha. 15 Ndipo Jezu adawabebesa aciti: “Bvesesani mucenjere na cakutupisa ca afalizi na ca Herodi”. 16 Pamwepo wakupfundzira wale adayamba kutsutsana acimbati: “Ali kulewa bzimwebzi thangwe tiribe pau”. 17 Jezu adabva bzomwe iwo akhalewa, aciwabvundza kuti: “Thangwe ranyi muli kutsutsana kuti mulibe pau? Kodi mukhanati kuzindikira ayai kubvesesa? Kodi misolo yanu njakuuma, nandi? 18 Maso munayo, tsono muniwona lini? Ndipo makutu munayo, tsono mumbabvesesa lini? Kodi imwe mun'kumbukira lini? 19 Pale ndidagwata-gwata pau zixanu kuti ndidyese wanthu bzulu bzixanu, kodi mudadzaza bzitundu bzingasi bza bzakusala?” Wakupfundzira wale adati: “Bzitundu khumi na bziwiri”. 20 Jezu adawabvundza pomwe kuti: “Kodi pale ndidagwata-gwata pau zinomwe na kudyesa wanthu bzulu bzinai, mudakonkhobza bzitundu bzingasi bza bzakusala?” Iwo adati: “Bzitundu bzinomwe”. 21 Pamwepo Jezu adati: “Kodi mukanati kubva basi?”
Jezu walimbisa zimola kuBetisaida
22 Jezu na wakupfundzira wace adafika kuBetisaida. Kumweko wanthu adabwera na zimola, acimukumbira kuti amukhuye. 23 Jezu adam'phata boko, acicoka naye kunja kwa mui. Adaikha mata m'maso mwa munthu ule, acimuikha boko acimubvundza kuti: “Kodi uli kuwona cinthu?” 24 Munthu ule adakwiza maso acilewa: “Ndiri kuwona wanthu ali kufamba-famba, tsono wali kuwoneka ninga miti”. 25 Adamuikha pomwe boko m'maso mwace. Ndipo adapenya acipola, aciyamba kuwona bwino-bwino 26 Jezu adamuuza kuti ayende kwawo, acimuwuza kuti: “Uleke kubwerera kumui ule”.
Kuzindikira kwa Pedru
(Mat 16.13-20; Luk 9.18-21)
27 Jezu na wakupfundzira wace adayenda kumii ya kuSesaleya-Filipi. Munjira adabvundza wakupfundzira wace kuti: “Kodi wanthu ambalewa Ine ndine yani?” 28 Iwo adatawira kuti: “Winango ambalewa ndimwe Juwau M'batizi, winango ndimwe Eriya, winangombo ambalewa ndimwe m'bodzi wa apolofita”. 29 Pamwepo Jezu adawabvundza kuti: “Kodi imwepo, mumbati ndine yani?” Pedru adamutawira kuti: “Imwe ndimwe Krixtu”† 30 Tsono Jezu adawalamula kuti waleke kuwuza munthu winango ali-yentse bza Iye.
Jezu ali kuleweratu bza kufa na kumuka kwace
(Mat 16.21-23; Luk 9.22-27)
31 Jezu adayamba kupfundzisa wakupfundzira wace kuti: “Mwana-wa-Munthu bzin'dzafunika kuti aboneresedwe kwene-kwene. Akulu wa Ayuda, na akulu wa azibaba wa ntsembe na amisiri wa Mtemo acidzamulamba. Iye an'dzaphedwa, tsono zingadzapita ntsiku zitatu an'dzamuka”. 32 Bzimwebzi adabzilewa padeca Na tenepo Pedru adamutenga aciyenda naye pambali, aciyamba kumutsimula. 33 Tsono Jezu adaceuka, acinyang'ana wakupfundzira wace winango wale, ndipo adatsimula Pedru. Adati: “Coka kwa ine, iwe Sathani! Ndzeru yako ndiyo lini ndzeru ya Mulungu, ni ndzeru ya wanthu”.
Bza kunyamula m'tanda na kutewera Jezu
(Mat 16.24-28; Luk 9.23-27; Juw 12.25)
34 Pambuyo pace Jezu adacemera mthithi wa wanthu pabodzi na wakupfundzira wale kuti abwere pafupi na iye, adawauza kuti: “Munthu an'funa kunditewera, abzilambe iye yekha, ndipo anyamule m'tanda wace acinditewera. 35 Thangwe an'funa kupulumusa moyo wace, an'dzautaya, tsono wakutaya moyo wace thangwe ra Ine na Mafala Yabwino, an'dzaupulumusa. 36 Kodi ndiko kuti munthu ana phindu lanyi acikhala na bzentse bza pantsi pano, iye acitaya moyo wace? 37 Munthu kuti alombole moyo wace angapereke ciyani? 38 Nakuti aliwetse wa m'badwe wadzigololo na kuphonya uno, an'cita manyazi na Ine ndipombo na mafala yangu pamaso pa wanthu, napombo ine Mwana-wa-Munthu nin'dzacita naye manyazi pomwe nin'dzabwera pabodzi na anju zakucena, na mbiri ya Baba wangu”.
* 8:11 Cizindikiro cakucokera kudzulu: Ndiko kulewa kwakutsimikiza kuti Mulungu ndiye adamutuma. † 8:29 Krixtu ayai Mesiya.