Kuwe kwa Lachalo
1 Pakibha na mundo jhumo liina lyake Lachalo, jwabhelwikilwe ku muche gwa ku Betaniya atehila kulwalwa. Na kwenio ku Betaniya bhatamita pamonga na akalombo mundo Macha na Maliya. 2 Maliya jwenio ndi jhojho jwampakita mahuta ghighanungila petelele mu magholo gha Bhambo Yecho na kunhunguu kwa majhunjo ghake, na nhwacha mundo Lachalo akibha nga pahe nhwalo atehila kulwalwa. 3 Bhahe, akalombo mundo bhoha, bhajhakutuma lilobhe kwa Yecho, bhalongila, "Bhambo, nkoche gwino jhumumpahile abhii nga pahe tugha."
4 Yecho pajhohina tu malobhe gheniya, ajhakulonge, "Ulwalo ghongo naunkome jhe Lachalo, nambo ulwalo ghongo upitile kwa ung’alicho gwa Chapanga, na Mwana gwa Chapanga alombwe kupete ulwalo ghongo."
5 Yecho akabhapahi Macha na nnombo mundo Maliya pamonga na Lachalo. 6 Yecho pajhohina Lachalo abhii nga pahe, ajhakujhonjekeya machiko mabhele gha kutama kwenio kwakibha. 7 Bhahe, Yecho ajhakwalobholela bhabholwa bhake, "Tubhujhe kabhele ku Yudeya."
8 Bhabholwa bhala ngabhannobholila, "Mmola, machiko ghandina tugha ghughapetite Akayahude bhapata bhankome kwa maghanga, nhwalo gwa nike mipala kujhenda kabhele kwenio?"
9 Yecho ngabhajhangwila, "Bho, muhe ubhii jhe na machaa kome na mabhele? Bhahe, mundo anda atyanga machaa gheniya akobhondoka jhe nhwalo alubhona lumule lwa nnema ghongo. 10 Nambo anda mundo atyanga uhiko ukobhondoka, nhwalo ubhii jhe ukalamuhe." 11 Yecho pajhomolila kulonge gheniya, ajhakwalobholela, "Nkoche gwito Lachalo abhii lughono, nambo nanyenda kung’ang’anula."
12 Bhabholwa bhake ngabhannobholila, "Bhambo, anda atehi kugholoka, bhahe, nalama."
13 Yecho alongila naha, mana jhake Lachalo ajhomwike, nambo bhabholwa bhake bhahambwika Lachalo agholwike lughono tugha. 14 Bhahe, Yecho ajhakwalobholela hotuhotu, "Lachalo ajhomwike,