Mateus 4

Kwelekeshewa kwa Yesu

1 Calakonkapo, Mushimu Uswepa walamutwala Yesu ku cinyika kuya kwelekeshewa ne Muyungaushi. 2 Kwa masuba makumi ana, munshi ne mashiku,Yesu walikulikanisha kulya, neco walanyumfwa nsala. 3 Muyungaushi walesa kulyendiye walambeti, "Na njamwe Mwanendi Lesa, ambilani mabwe awa asanduke abe shinkwa." 4 Nomba Yesu walambeti, "Kwalembweti muntu nkelela kuba ne buyumi ne shinkwa enka sobwe, nsombi ne Maswi onse ngalambanga Lesa."

5 Panyuma pakendi, Muyungaushi walamutwala Yesu ku Yelusalemu, mushi waswepa, ne kumutantika pelu pa Ng’anda ya Lesa, 6 ne kumwambileti, "Na cakubinga njobe Mwanendi Lesa, kolilasha panshi, pakwinga kwalembweti,

"Lesa nambile bangelo bese bakubake

kwambeti, myendo yakobe

kaitapunta pamabwe."

7 Nendi Yesu walambeti, "Kwalembweti, ‘Kotamwelekeshanga Nkambo Lesa wakobe.’ "

8 Pakupwililisha, Muyungaushi walamumanta Yesu ne kuya kumutantika pa mulundu utali, ne kumulesha bwendeleshi bonse bwa pacishi capanshi ne bulemu bwabo. 9 Satana walambeti, "Byonse ibi nindikupe na usuntaminekowa, ne kunkambilila." 10 Apa lino Yesu walambeti, "Fumapa, Satana! Mabala alambangeti, ‘Welela kukambilila Nkambo Lesa wakobe, ne kumusebensela enka.’"

11 Popelapo Muyungaushi walamushiya Yesu. Neco bangelo balesa kumunyamfwilisha Yesu.