1 Wakashoba pamwempela balayijwa igumi nababili, akabapa isimba nobukulwana bwokubhisa wose madimoni nokulapa malwaji, 2 akale wakabatuma kunobhaunula bushe bwaMwali nokulapa banolwala. 3 Wakati kwabali, "Musinyamule kana chinhu mulwendo lwenu, kana kadozo, kana chikwama, kana chokulya, kana imali; musinde nezwimbalo zwibili. 4 Ingumba ipi zwayo yamunongwina, galani mwakale kuswikila mujine mukwende. 5 Kuna yabo basinomutambula, kuhumulani ihuluba kumakumbo pakubhuda kwenu munsha yoyo, bube busumikiji kwabali."

6 Bakanyamuka, bakakwendela mizi minji bebhaunula iNdebo iMbuya, belapa kumapazu ose.

7 Helodi untongi wakawha zwose yezwi zwakabetikana, akakankabala nokuti bamwe bakaba beti ndiJoni wamuka mubafi, 8 bamwe bo beti ndiElija waboneka akale bamwe beti umwe wabalebambeli baMwali wantolo wamuka akale. 9 Helodi wakati, "Joni ndakondubula unchibha, ani biya ndiyani yoyo undimuwha eta zwakadai?" Wakashaka kuti ombone.

10 Bapositoli bakabuya bakombuja zwose zwibakaba bata. Wakabatola akenda nabo beliboga kuguta linowhi Bhetisaida. 11 Ibunga lyabanhu palyakazwiwha yezwi, lyakontobela, wakabatambula akababuja nezwobushe bwaMwali, akalapa yabo bakaba beshaka kuchijwa.

12 Kwakati kwaba madekwana, balayijwa babe igumi nababili bakezha kwaali bakati, "Lekeja banhu bende kumizi nokumisha ipo pelyo kuti bewane kulya nokuti yokuno timo mubugalo musina banhu."

13 Koga iye wakati kwabali, "Imwi bapeni zwokulya." Ibo bakati, "Tina zwinkwa zwishanu nehobe imbili chete. Kuzhe kwokuti tinobatengela kulya banhu bose yaba." 14 Banhulume bakabeswika zwiulu zwishanu.

Wakati kubalayijwa babe, "Babujeni begale pasi muzwikapo zwabanhu makumi mashanu."

15 Bakata alo bakagajika banhu bose pasi. 16 Wakatola zwinkwa zwishanu nehobe imbili, akalinga kudenga, akaboka Mwali, akamedula, akapa balayijwa babe kuti bekobele banhu. 17 Bakalya bakaguta bose. Bakakolela zwipemu zwakasala zwakazhaja zwitundu igumi lina zwibili.

18 Zwakatikana kuti elimukunamata eli ega kumbali, eli nabalayijwa babe, wakababhuza eti, "Banhu banoti ndimi aani?"

19 Bakashandula beti, "Banoti ndiwi Joni umbhabhatizi, koga bamwe banoti ndiwi Elija nabamwe bo banoti ndimi umwe wabalebambeli baMwali bantolo wamuka."

20 Wakati kwabali, "Ani imwi munoti ndimi aani?" Pita wakashandula eti, "Ndiwi Kristo waMwali."

21 Wakabalaya kuti besibuje umwe nezwi, 22 eti, "Mwananhulumyana woNhu ulokwelela kuyabula muna zwinji, akale elambwe nabakulugulu nabatebuji bakulwana nabakwali, unoobulayiwa, nezhuba lyatatu unoomuswa ."

23 Wakati kwabali bose, "Kana unhu eda kunditobela, ngezwilambe, etole unchinjikwa uwe mazhuba ose, enditobele. 24 Nokuti wose unoda kuchija bupenyu bubwe unobulashikilwa, asi yoyo unolashikilwa nobupenyu bubwe pezhulu pangu unoochijwa. 25 Zwinobhanchani kuti unhu ewane inyika yose, iye nokukwe ezwipalaja? 26 Nokuti aani naani uneshoni nami namawhi angu, Mwananhulumyana woNhu unoontila ishoni, paachoozha mulukujo lulwe, nomulukujo lwaTate nenhumwa jaMwali inchena. 27 Ndinolebesa kwamuli, baipo bamwe benu pakale yopano bachabona bushe bwaMwali besanhu bafa."

28 Kwapinda mazhuba mashanu ana matatu zwalebwa yezwi, wakatola Pita, naJoni naJemusi akenda nabo kudunhu kunonamata. 29 Wakati elimukunamata, chiso chiche chakashanduka nezwimbalo zwizwe zwakangaima nobuchena. 30 Pakalepo kwakaboneka banhulume babili, Mozesi naElija belebeleka naye, 31 bakaboneka belimukungaima, belebeleka nezwokukwenda kukwe kuti kwakabeli pelyo kuti kunozhajikija muJelusalema. 32 Pita nabaluba naye bakaba bhatwa nehope, asi pabakati babhwazula, bakabona kungaima kukwe nabanhulume babili bakaba belimile naye. 33 Yaba banhulume pabakabonsiya, Pita wakati kuna Jesu, "Tezi, zwibuya kuti tipo yopano, ngatibakeni zwitumba zwitatu, chicho, chaMozesi nechaElija." Aajakabeziba zwaakabelebeleka.

34 Echinoleba alo kwakezha igole, likaba fukatila bakangwina mugole, balayijwa bakaba nolutyo. 35 Iwhi lyakawhika liva mugole liti, "Yoyu ndiye Mwananhulumyana wangu wandakashala, unwhilileni!"

36 Palyakama kuwhika iwhi, Jesu wakaboneka aba ega. Balayijwa bakawhilijila, apana ubakabuja mumazhuba yayo nezwo zwibakabona.

37 Muchimuka pabakabhuluka idunhu, ibunga lyabanhu lyakezha konshangamija. 38 Umwe unhulume waluba mugapo wakashomeja eti, "Ndayiji, ndimukumbila kuti muwhile ishe mwananhulumyana wangu, nokuti ndiye mwanangu ega, 39 umpepo umbi ungombhata, pakalepo unotanga kukwiila kova ezhazhama pakalepo unobhuda ifulu mundomo autonsiya. 40 Ndakakumbila balayijwa babo kuti bombhise asi bakakonwa."

41 Jesu wakashandula eti, "Aa! Chizekululu chisina kudimbwa, mane kunonoba lini ndili namwi, ndimuwhila ishe? Umbuze yokuno mwananhulumyana uwo."

42 Paakabezha umbisana, idimoni lyakongwigila pasi akatanga kuzhazhama. Asi Jesu wakakalalila umpepo weshambwa, akachija umbisana, kova ompa kuna tate babe. 43 Bose bakachenamiswa nesimba lyaMwali.

Asi bechakachenama nezwose zwaakata, wakati kubalayijwa babe, 44 "Iwhisisani mawhi yaya, nokuti Mwananhulumyana woNhu unoochetwa kova epilwa mumaboko abanhu." 45 Koga abajakawhisisa mawhi yaya, zwakabakasisika kwabali, kuti besiwhisise, akale bakatya kuti bombhuze nezwaakaleba.

46 Bakatanga kukakabajana pakati pabo beti unkulwana pakati pabo ndiyani. 47 Jesu mukuziba kuti zwakabeli mundangalilo jabo ini, wakatola mwana akomisa pelyo naye, 48 akati kwabali, "Aani naani unotambula mwana yoyu muzina lyangu unobanditambula namibo, wose unotambula imi, unotambula iye wakandituma, nokuti yoyo untukutuku pakati penu mwose, ndiye unkulwana."

49 Joni wakashandula eti, "Tezi, tabona unhulume ebhisa madimoni muzina lyenu, asi tondambija kuta alo nokuti atoba umwe wedu."

50 Koga Jesu wakati kwaali, "Musunjibise, nokuti aani naani usinonyenyejana namwi unowhanana namwi."

51 Paakati abapelyo mazhuba awe okuti etambulwe kudenga, wakatola inzila inonda kuJelusalema. 52 Wakatuma batumwa babe mbeli kukwe, bakanongwina munzi wokuSamariya betila kuumbambila, 53 koga banhu abajakontambula, nokuti zwakabeli pachena kuti ulonanga kunda kuJelusalema. 54 Pabakati balayijwa babe Jemusi naJoni babona yezwi, bakati, "Tezi munoda kuti tishobe moto ubheluke uva kudenga kuti ubapalaje na?"

55 Asi wakachingunuka, akabakalalila. 56 Bakenda kunomwe unzi.

57 Beli mulwendo lwabo, umwe unhulume wakati kunaiye, "Ndokutobela kwose kwaunonda."

58 Jesu wakati kwaali, "Ihaba jina makwizhana, nenyuni jomuzhezhulu jina zwizhumbo, koga Mwananhulumyana woNhu aana paanolajika unsholo uwe."

59 Wakati kunomwe, "Nditobele." Asi iye wakashandula, eti, "Tezi ndisiyeni ndinolajika tate bangu tangwa."

60 Koga wakati kwaali, "Leka bakafa belajike bakafa babo, iwi inda, unopupula bushe bwaMwali."

61 Umwe wakati, "Ndomutobela Tezi, asi lekani tangwa ndinokoneka bopasha pangu." 62 Jesu wakati kwaali, "Apana unoti abiga luboko lulwe pechikekelo, unotanga kuchebuka mushule, yoyo aatokwelela kuba mubushe bwaMwali."