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Mfananizo wa mansiwa na mtongi
1 Ndipo Jezu adafotokozera ateweri wace mfananizo, wakuwawonesa kuti bzikhafunika iwo kumbapemba nthawe zentse mwakusaya kuleka. 2 Iye adati: “Mumzinda winango mukhana mtongi m'bodzi omwe akhagopa lini Mulungu napo kulemekeza munthu. 3 Ndipo mumzindamo mukhana masiwa m'bodzi omwe akhambayenda ntsiku zentse kuna iye, acimbakam'kumbira kuti: ‘Nditongeni mwa cirungamo mulandu omwe uli pakati pangu na nyamadulanthaka wangu’.
4 “Ndipo mtongiyo akhabvuma lini kumtonga kwa nthawe itali. Tsono pakumalizira adadzakumbuka yekha kuti: ‘Napo ine nimbagopa lini Mulungu ngakhale kulemekeza munthu ali-yentse, 5 tsono mansiwa umweyu alikundinesa. Ndinimutonga mwa cirungamo kuti iye aleke kubwera pomwe kudzandinesa’ ”.
6 Ndipo Mbuya adapitiriza kulewa aciti: “Bvani bzomwe alikulewa mtongi wakusaya kulungama. 7 Kodi Mulungu angadzalekembo kucita cirungamo kuna wakusankhulidwa wace, omwe ambamudandaulira masikati na usiku? Kodi iye angadzacedwe kuwathandiza? 8 Ine nin' kuuzani kuti Iye an'dzawatonga mwa cirungamo ndipo mwakankulumize. Tsono, kodi pomwe Mwana wa Munthu an'dzabwera, an'dzagumana cikhulupiro pantsi pano?”
Mfananizo wa muFalizi na wakupimisa mtsonkho
9 Jezu adalewa pomwe mfananizo kuna wale omwe akhabziyesa wakulungama na kumbanyoza andzawo. Iye adati: 10 “Amuna awiri adayenda muNyumba ya Mulungu kuti akapembe. M'bodzi akhali muFalizi ndipo winangoyo akhali wakupimisa mtsonkho. 11 Ndipo muFaliziyo akhadaima acimbabzipembera yekha kuti: ‘Mulungu, ine ndirikukutendani thangwe ndiribe kukhala ninga amuna anango, omwe ni mbava, wakusaya kulungama na waupombo, napo ninga wakupimisa mtsonkhoyu. 12 Nimbabzimana kudya kawiri pamdzinga, ndipo nimbapereka cakhumi ca bzinthu bzangu bzentse bzomwe nimbatambira’.
13 “Tsono wakupimisa mtsonkho ule akhadaima kutali, ndipo akhajiguma lini kudzulu, tsono akhambabzimenya pacifuwa, aciti: ‘Mulungu, ndibverenimbo ntsisi, nakuti ndine mtazi’.
14 “Ine nin'kuuzani kuti mwamuna umweyu, ndipo sikuti winangoyo, adabwerera kumui wakulungama patsogolo pa Mulungu. Nakuti ule omwe an'bzikuza, an'dzacepesedwa, ndipo ule omwe an'bzicepesa, an'dzakuzidwa”.
Jezu na wana
15 Ndipo mbumba ikhabweresambo wana kuti Jezu adzawakhuye. Pomwe ateweri wace adawona bzimwebzo adatsimula wale omwe akhadawabweresa. 16 Tsono Jezu adawacemera wanawo kuti abwere pana iye, ndipo adati:
“Alekeni wanawo abwere kuna Ine, lekani kuwaletsa. Nakuti Umambo bwa Mulungu ni bwa wale omwe adalingana na wanawa. 17 Nin'kuuzani cadidi kuti: Omwe an'saya kutambira Umambo bwa Mulungu ninga mwana, an'dzapita lini muUmambobo cipo”.
Jezu na munthu wakudala
18 Ndipo munthu m'bodzi wakulemekezeka adabvundza Jezu kuti: “Misiri wabwino! Kodi ningacite tani kuti ndidzakhale na moyo wakusaya kumala?”
19 Jezu adamutawira kuti: “Kodi iwepo uli kundicemera kuti wabwino thangwe ranyi? Nakuti palibe munthu wabwino kuposa Mulungu yekha. 20 Iwepo umbaidziwa mitemo yomwe imbati: ‘Leka upombo, leka kupha, leka kuba, leka kucita umboni wakunama, lemekeza baba wako na mai wako’ ”.*
21 Iye adatawira kuti: “Bzentsenebzi ndinimbabzicita kale kuyambira paubwana bwangu”.
22 Pomwe Jezu adabva bzimwebzo adamuuza kuti: “Casalira cinango cibodzi. Gulisa bzentse bzomwe unabzobzo, ndipo kobirizo ugawire wakusauka, ndipo un'dzakhala na cuma kudzulu. Patsogolo pace unditewere”.
23 Tsono, pomwe iye adabva bzimwebzo adadodoma, nakuti akhadadala kwene-kwene.
24 Jezu atawona kuti munthuyo wadodoma adati: “Ni bzakunesa kwene-kwene kuti wanthu wakudala adzapite muUmambo bwa Mulungu! 25 Nakuti bzidapusa kuti ngamira ipite pabuli la ntsingano kuposa munthu wakudala kukapita muUmambo bwa Mulungu”.
26 Ndipo wale omwe adabva mafala yamweyo adabvundza kuti: “Mbani tsono, omwe angadzapulumusidwe?”
27 Jezu adatawira kuti: “Comwe munthu an'kwanisa lini, Mulungu an'cikwanisa”.
28 Ndipo Pedru adati: “Ife tasiya bzentse bzomwe tikhanabzo kuti tikutewereni!”
29 Jezu adatawira aciti: “Nin'kuuzani cadidi kuti palibe omwe wasiya nyumba yace, mkazi wace, abale wace, baba wace, ayai wana wace, thangwe ra Umambo bwa Mulungu 30 an'dzasaya kutambira nthawe ino-letu, kazinji kentse, ndipombo nthawe yakutsogolo kuno, moyo wakusaya kumala”.
Jezu adaleweratu kufa na kumuka kwace
31 Jezu adacemera ateweri wace khumi na awiri pambali aciwauza kuti: “Tirikuyenda kuJerusalema, ndipo bzentse bzomwe bzidanembedwa na apolofita bza Mwana wa Munthu bziti bzicitike. 32 Iye aniperekedwa kuna wanthu wakusaya kupemba†, iwo an'kamunyaza, ankamutukwana, ankamupsipira mata, ankamukwapula ndipo acimupha. 33 Tsono pa kumala kwa ntsiku zitatu Iye an'dzalamuka”.
34 Ndipo ateweri wace alibe kubvesesa bzinthu bzimwebzi. Mafalayo bzomwe yakhalewa bzikhadabisika, ndipo iwo akhadziwa lini bzomwe Jezu akhalewa.
Kulimbisidwa kwa zimola wa kuJeriko
35 Pomwe Jezu adafika pafupi na mzinda wa Jeriko, mwamuna m'bodzi zimola akhadakhala m'mphepete mwa njira acimbakumbira-kumbira. 36 Pomwe iye adabva ciwowo ca mthithi wa wanthu omwe akhapita na njira, adabvundza kuti ni ciyani cikhacitika. 37 Adamuuza kuti: “Jezu wa kuNazareta alikupita”.
38 Pamwepo iye adayamba kukuwa adati: “Jezu, Mwana wa Davide, ndibverembo ntsisi!”
39 Ndipo wale omwe akhali kutsogolo adamunyamaliza kuti akhale zii. Tsono iye ndipo akhanyanyiratu kukuwa acimbati: “Nandi Mwana wa Davide, ndibverembo ntsisi!”
40 Pamwepo Jezu adaima aciwauza kuti amubweresere mwamunayo. Pomwe mwamuna ule adafika pafupi na Iye, Jezu adamubvundza kuti: 41 “Kodi un'funa kuti ndikucitire ciyani?”
Iye adatawira kuti: “Mbuya, ine nin'funa kuti ndiwone pomwe”.
42 Ndipo Jezu adamuuza kuti: “Wona! Cikhulupiro cako cakulimbisa”. 43 Panthawe imweyo-letu, iye adapenya, ndipo adatewera Jezu acimbakuza Mulungu. Pomwe mbumba yentse idawona bzimwebzo, idatumbiza Mulungu.
* 18:20 Eks 20.12-16, Deu 5.16-20 † 18:32 Wakusaya kupemba: Ni kulewa omwe ni aJuda lini.