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Mai winango andzoza Jezu ku Betanya
1 Zatondosala ntsiku zitanthatu kuti cifike cikondwereso ca Paxkwa, Jezu adabwera kuBetanya, komwe kukhana Lazalo ule omwe Iye adalamusa kwa wakufa. 2 Adakondzera Jezu cakudya cakulalira kumweko, ndipo Marta akhawatumikira. Tsono Lazalo akhali m'bodzi mwa omwe akhadya naye. 3 Ndipo Maliya adatenga mafuta yakununchira ya narido caiyo, yakuumira, adadzoza minyendo ya Jezu, ndipo adapukuta minyendoyo na tsisi lace. Ndipo M'nyumba mudadzala na pfungo la mafutayo. 4 Tsono Judasi Isikaliyoti, m'bodzi wa akupfundzira wace, omwe angadadzampindukira, adati: 5 “Thangwe ranyi mafutaya yalibe kugulisidwa na kobiri madzana matatu ndipo zicipasidwa wanthu wakusauka?” 6 Tsono adalewa tenepo ni thangwe lini lakuti akhana thupo na wakusaukawo nee, ni thangwe lakuti akhali mbava. Iye ndiye akhakoya budu la kobiri, ndipo akhanamsambo wakutenga bzomwe bzikhaikhidwa mmwemo. 7 Pamwepo Jezu adalewa aciti: “Mulekeni, iye wayakoyera ntsiku yakuikhidwa kwangu mtenje. 8 Thangwe wakusauka muli nawo ntsiku zentse, tsono Ine mundzakhala lini nande ntsiku zentse”.
9 Mthithi ukulu wa aJuda udadziwa kuti Jezu ali uko, iwo adayenda komweko. Ndipo iwo alibe kuyendera Jezu yekha nee, tsono kuti akaonembo Lazalo ule omwe Iye adalamusa kwa wakufa. 10 Ndipo akulu wa anyantsembe adapangana kuti Lazalo aphedwembo, 11 Thangwe lakuti wanthu wazinji akhacoka kwa aJuda acimbakhulupilira iye.
Jezu an'pita na ulemo muJerusalema
(Mat 21.1-11; Mko 11.1-11; Luk 19.28-40)
12 Mangwana yanzace, mthithi ukulu omwe udabwera ku cikondwereso ca Paxkwa, atabva kuti Jezu ali kubwera ku Jerusalema, 13 adatenga mithambi ya kanjedza acibula kamcingulira. Ndipo akhakuwa aciti: “Ozana! Simbani omwe ali kubwera mudzina la Mbuya na Mambo wa Ijirayeri!” 14 Ndipo Jezu adaona mwana wa bulu, adampakira ninga bzidanembedwa kuti:
15 “Leka mantha, mzinda wa Siyau.
Wona, Mambo wako alikubwera,
adapakira pa kamwana ka bulu”.
16 Wakupfundzira wace alibe kubzibvesesa bzinthu bzimwebzo pakuyamba. Tsono pomwe Jezu adatumbizidwa, pamwepo iwo adakumbukira kuti bzimwebzi bzidanembedwa kulewa bza Iye, ndipo bzithu bzimwebzi adamcitira Iye.
17 Mthithi ukulu omwe ukhali na iye pomwe adacemera Lazalo mtenje, udapereka umboni kuti iye adacemera Lazalo mthenje, acimlamusa kwa wakufa. 18 Ndipopo mthithi ukulu wa wanthu udakamcingulira, thangwe la kuti akhadabva cizindikiro comwe Iye adacita. 19 Na tenepo afalizi yadauzana kuti: “Mulikuwona kuti palibe comwe tirikuphindula. Onani wanthu wentse ali kuyenda kuna iye”.
Agiriki wina an'funa kuwona Jezu
20 Ndipo pakhana Agiriki winango pakati pa omwe akhakwira kukapemba pa ntsiku ya cikondwerero. 21 Iwo adafika kuna Filipi, wa kuBetisaida ya kuGalireya, adakakumbira kuna iye, aciti: “Mbuya, tirikufuna kuona Jezu”. 22 Filipi adayenda kukauza Andereya, ndipo Andereya pabodzi na iye adakauza Jezu. 23 Ndipo Jezu adatawira aciti: “Yafika nthawe yakuti Mwana wa Munthu apasidwe mbiri. 24 Cadidi ndiri kukuuzani kuti, penu mbeu ibodzi ya tirigu in'gwa mmataka icisaya kufa, imbakhala yokha. Tsono ikafa, imbabala bzisapo bzizinji. 25 Munthu omwe anfuna moyo wace, an'dzautaya, tsono omwe alibe thupo na moyo wace pansi pano, an'dzakhala na moyo wakusaya kumala. 26 Penu wina an'nditumikira, mbanditewere, ndipo komwe ndiri Ine, mtumiki wangu an'dzakhalambo kumweko. Penu munthu an'dzanditumikira, Iye andzalemekezedwa na Baba wangu”.
Jezu ali kulewa bza kufa kwace
27 “Tsapano m'tima wangu waneseka. Kodi ine ndinilewa ciyani? ‘Baba, mun'ndipulumusa ku nthawe iyi?’ Tsono na thangwe la bzimwebzi, ndidabwerera nthawe imweyi. 28 Baba, tumbizani dzina lanu”. Pamwepo kudabveka fala lakucokera kudzulu lakuti: “Ndatumbiza kale ndipo ndin'dzatumbiza pomwe”.
29 Na tenepo mthithi omwe ukhali pamwepo, watabva mafalayo, udati: “Kwagunda Mulungu”. Tsono winango akhambati: “Anju yalewa-lewa naye”. 30 Jezu adawatawira aciti: “Mafalaya yalibe kubveka thangwe la Ine, tsono yabveka thangwe la imwe. 31 Tsapano ni nthawe yakutongedwa kwa dziko lino la pantsi. Tsapano mambo wa dziko lino la pantsi, an'dzathusidwa kunja. 32 Ndipo Ine, ningadzalamusidwa padziko, nin'dzatenga wanthu wentse acibwera kwa ine”. 33 (Adalewa mafala yamweya kuti awadziwise bza momwe angadadzafera.) 34 Mthithi udamtawira uciti: “Ife tidabva Mtemo kuti Krixtu an'dzakhala na moyo kuyenda-na-kuyenda. Kodi Iwe ulikulewa tani kuti m'bzakufunika kuti Mwana wa Munthu an'dzalamusidwe? Mwana wa Munthuyo mbani?” 35 Pamwepo Jezu adawauza kuti: “Ceza cin'khala pakati panu kanthawi pang'ono. Fambani pomwe ceza cikalipo, kuti mdima ungakubwerereni ucikukundani. Ndipo omwe an'famba mu mdima an'dziwa lini komwe ali kuyenda. 36 Pomwe ceza cikaripo, khulupirirani ceza, kuti mukhale wana wa cezaco”. Jezu atalewa bzimwebzi, adacoka acikabisalika.
37 Napo Jezu adacita bzizindikiro bzizinji pamaso pawo, tsono iwo alibe kumkhulupilira. 38 Bzimwebzi bzidacitika kuti bzikwanirisidwe bzomwe mpolofita Izaiya adalewa kuti: “Mbuya, mbani adakhulupirira mafala yathu? Ndipo mbani omwe adazindikira mphambvu za Mbuya pa bzimwebzi?” 39 Ndipopo angadakwanisa lini kukhulupirira, thangwe Izaiya adalewambo kuti: 40 “Adafunga maso yawo, ndipo adaumisa m'tima yawo, kuti waleke kuwona na maso, ndipo wa bvesese na m'tima, kuti angatembenuke m'tima, ndipo Ine ndingawacize”.
41 Izaiya adalewa bzimwebzi pomwe adaona ulemelero bwace. Ndipo adalewa bza iye.
42 Tsono azinji mwa atsogoleri wawo adakhulupirira Jezu. Tsono thangwe la afalizi iwo akhabzilewa lini padeca. Akhagopa kuti angawathothe ku nyumba ya Mulungu. 43 Akhafuna mbiri kwa wanthu kuposa kuna Mulungu.
Mafala ya Jezu yan'dzatonga
44 Ndipo Jezu adalewa mwakukuwa kuti: “Omwe an'khulupirira ine, an'khulupirira lini Ine, tsono kuna ule omwe adandituma. 45 Ndipo omwe aniwona Ine, ambawona ule omwe adandituma. 46 Ine ndine ceza ndidabwera pa dziko, kuti wentse ule omwe an'khulupirira Ine, aleke kukhala mu mdima. 47 Ndipo penu wina an'bva mafala yangu acisaya kuyaphatisa basa, Ine nin'mutonga lini. Pakuti ndilibe kubwera kudzatonga dziko, tsono kuti ndidzalipulumuse. 48 Omwe an'ndilamba, ndipo antambira lini mafala yangu, alipo omwe an'dzamutonga, fala lomwe ndalewa ndilo lin'dzamutonga iye pa ntsiku yakumalizira. 49 Thangwe ine ndiribe kulewa bza ndekha, tsono Baba omwe adandituma, ndiye adandipasa Mtemo wa bzomwe ndingalewe ndipo ndicibzilewa. 50 Ndipo nin'dziwa kuti Mtemo wace ni moyo wakusaya kumala. Tsono ine nimbalewa ninga momwe Baba an'ndiuza”.