1 Ngweno kusanhu kwaswika miliya yePasika, Jesu waluzibakale kuti unshaji wokuti enyamuke ebhuda munyika enda kunaTate babe waswika, Iye wakabada babe bakabeli munyika, wakabada kuswikila kumapejelejo.

2 Nonshaji wechilayilo, guluzhanje wakababiga kale mumwoyo waJudasi, mwananhulumyana waSimoni Isikaliyoti kuti onchete. 3 Jesu eziba kuti Tate bakabiga zwinhu zwose mumaboko awe, nokuti wakava kunaMwali akale wakabenda kunaMwali, 4 nokudalo wakamilika pechilayilo akabhisa zwimbalo zwizwe zwopezhulu akazwibiga kumbali, akasunga uncheka munshana uwe, 5 kova edila ivula munachoshambila, akatanga kushambisa balayijwa babe makumbo, akabachumula noncheka waakaba ekasungilila munshana. 6 Wakezha kunaSimoni Pita, akale Pita wakati kwaali "Tezi mondishambisa makumbo angu na?"

7 Jesu wakounshandula eti, "Zwandikumukuta amutozwiziba ngweno, asi mukunda kwonshaji munoozwiwhisisa."

8 Pita wakati, "Amutooshambisa makumbo angu kuswika lini."

Jesu wakounshandula eti, "Kana imi ndisakushambisa makumbo autoba umwe wangu."

9 Simoni Pita wakati kunaiye, "Tezi kusibe makumbo angu oga asi namaboko nonsholo." 10 Jesu wakati kwaali, "Iye washamba ulokwelela kushamba makumbo chete nokuti umbili uwe wose uloshambijika. Imwi mose muloshambijika kuzhe kwomwempela wenu." 11 Nokudalo Jesu wakabeziba kuti ndiani uchoncheta, ndizwo akati abatoba ibo bose baloshambijika.

12 Paakabashambisa makumbo, wakatola chimbalo chiche akambala, akagala pasi akababhuza eti, "Munoziba kuti ini zwandata kwamuli? 13 Mondishoba muti Ndayiji akale muti Tezi, zwibuya nokuti ndili alo. 14 Kana imi Tezi akale ndili Ndayiji, ndashambisa makumbo enu, munokwelela kushambisana makumbo neebo. 15 Nokuti ndamupa chibonelo, kuti imwibo munokwelela kuta sezwandata imi kwamuli. 16 Ndinolebesa ndinoti kwamuli, unshingi, aatoba unkulwana kupinda tezi uwe, naiye wakatumwa aatoba unkulwana kupinda yoyo wakoontuma. 17 Kana muziba yezwi zwinhu, mulokombolelwa kana muzwita.

18 "Andijikumuleba imwi mose, ndinobaziba bandakashala. Asi iwhalo inokwelela kuzhajikijwa inoti, ‘Iye walya zwokulya nami wandishandukila.’ 19 Ndinomubuja yezwi ngweno, zwisanu zwatikana, kutila kuti pazwichootikana mudimbwe kuti ndili iye. 20 Ndinolebesa nditi kwamuli, iye unotambula aanizwe wandinotuma, unotambula imi, akale iye unotambula imi unotambula yoyo wandituma."

21 Jesu paakaleba yezwi, wakahetela mumpepo akapupula eti, "Ndinolebesa nditi kwamuli umwempela wenu unoondicheta."

22 Balayijwa bakalingana umwe noumwe, besinoziba kuti ukumuleba aani. 23 Umwe wabalayijwa, waakabeda Jesu wakaba eligele pelyo naJesu. 24 Simoni Pita nokudalo wakakobola luboko kunoyo undayijwa eti, "Tibuje kuti ukumuleba aani."

25 Nokudalo undayijwa yoyo wakasendela pelyo naJesu akabhuza eti, "Tezi angaba aani?"

26 Jesu wakashandula eti, "Ndiye yoyu wandichasebela chipemu chechinkwa mundyilo ndiumpa." Wakati aseba wakachipa Judasi, mwananhulumyana waSimoni Isikaliyoti. 27 Judasi akalya chipemu chechinkwa, Satani wakangwina mwaali. Jesu akati kwaali, "Kambija ute zwaunokwelela kuta." 28 Ngweno apana unhu petebuli waluziba kuti wakalebelani yezwi kwaali. 29 Nokuti Judasi ndiye wakabebhata chikwama chemali, bamwe bakayeya kuti Jesu wountuma kuti enotenga zwinodikana pemiliya yeyi, akale bamwe bakayeya kuti wombuja kuti epe basheti chimwe zwinhu.

30 Shule mokutambula chipemu, wakava abhuda, akale kwakabeli busiku.

31 Judasi paakenda pazhe Jesu wakati, "Ngweno Mwananhulumyana woNhu wakujwa akale iye Mwali wakujwa mwaali, 32 kana Mwali ekujwa munaiye, Mwali unokuja Mwananhulumyana munaiye Mwali ezwita nokukambija. 33 Bana bangu, ndichaba namwi kwonshaji unshoma. Munoondipyanga, sezwandabaleba kubatungamili babaJuda ngweno ndozwileba kunamwi, ‘Kwandikumunda amutotubula kukuswika.’ 34 Ndomupa mulawo umpya wokuti mudanane. Sezwo ndakamuda, namwibo mudanane. 35 Kana muli noludo umwe kunoumwe, banhu bose banooziba kuti mubalayijwa bangu."

36 Simoni Pita wakoumbhuza eti, "Tezi ukumundapi?"

Jesu wakashandula eti, "Kwandikumunda aungatubule kunditobela ngweno, koga unoonditobela mushule."

37 Pita wakati kwaali, "Tezi ini ndisinotubula kumutobela ngweno, ndilozwipila kumufila."

38 Jesu wakashandula eti. "Ungatubula kundifila na? Ndinolebesa nditi kwauli igukulume lisanu lyakokoleka, unobandilamba katatu."