1 aBafarisayo n'aBasandukayo mobahikira Yesʉ niabashondya ɨmʉthega kɨnwa. Mobamʉshaba akangyebo kɨmɨnyɨkalo kyo kɨthoka elʉbʉla. 2 Hewethuwe Yesʉ mwashʉbɨtsyabo athɨ: [«Obunabya bwahika igolo nɨmwanegena mʉthɨ: "Mungya bwandakya kʉbʉya kʉshangwa obuthuku bukyere." 3 Na mo makera-kera, nɨmwanegena mʉthɨ: "Envʉla yawa munobwire kʉshangwa obuthuku buthukire. Omʉnamɨnya emɨbere y'obuthuku, ewono bʉshana na ki mʉthalɨ omʉmɨnya ebɨmɨnyɨkalo by'omʉgʉlʉ ono*!] 4 Bandʉ b'olʉgero lʉbɨ na lʉshɨngɨtsɨ embere sa Gongo lolushondya kɨmɨnyɨkalo. Hewethuwe bathɨndahabwe kɨndɨ kɨmɨnyɨkalo kɨthalɨ ekya Yona."*» Honyuma kw'aho Yesʉ mwamikabo n'ɨyɨgendera.

5 Abɨga ba Yesʉ babere bashabʉkɨra ko ʉndɨ mʉnda w'engetsɨ, mobɨbʉka ko mobɨbɨrɨrwa ɨheka emikati. 6 Aho Yesʉ mwabwɨrabo athɨ: «Ohe! Muyitheye ko tsatsʉ y'aBafarisayo n'aBasandukayo.» 7 Abɨga mobathanga ɨbwɨrana ɨbo kw'ɨbo bathɨ: «Anegena athyo kʉshangwa thuthahekire mikati.» 8 Yesʉ mwamɨnyerera ebyo bagenda abanegena, mwabʉtsyabo athɨ: «Imwe bandʉ ba lwɨkɨrɨtsyo lʉke, bʉshana na ki omuyinegenia imwe kw'imwe mʉthɨ muthawithe kʉ mikati? 9 Ihika munobwire muthanetsi mwamɨnya? Muthibukire emikati ithano yo y'uguthaya abandʉ bɨhʉmbɨ bɨthano, na momwaheka bɨthonga bɨngahɨ?* 10 Na muthibukire emikati ɨrɨnda yo y'uguthaya abandʉ bɨhʉmbɨ bɨne na momwaheka bɨthonga bɨngahɨ?* 11 Bʉshana na ki muthaminyire ko nyɨthathagenda enyɨnegena nemwe bʉshana n'emikati mo ndambi nyɨthababwɨra nyɨthɨ muyitheye ko tsatsʉ y'aBafarisayo na ey'aBasandukayo?» 12 Aho abɨga mobamɨnya ko mwathalɨ anegena nabo bʉshana n'iyitheya ko tsatsʉ yo inakomya emikati, hewethuwe agenda anegena nabo bʉshana n'amakangɨrɨtsya w'aBafarisayo n'aBasandukayo.

13 Yesʉ abere ahika mo kɨhʉgo ky'iKaisaria Filipi, mwabʉtsya abɨga bʉwe athɨ: «Abandʉ abanegena bathɨ Mʉgala w'oMʉndʉ nɨ ndɨ?» 14 Mobamʉshʉbɨtsya bathɨ: «Bagʉma abanegena bathɨ nɨ Yoani Mubatisya, na bandɨ bathɨ nɨ Elia, na bandɨ bathɨ nɨ Yeremia kʉtse mʉgʉma w'oko bamɨnyeretsɨ.» 15 Aho Yesʉ mwabʉtsyabo athɨ: «Nemwe omʉnegena mʉthɨ nyɨrɨ ndɨ?» 16 Simoni Petero mwamʉshʉbɨtsya athɨ: «Ʉlɨ Kirisito Mʉgala wa Gongo yo ʉlɨho.» 17 Yesʉ mwamʉbwɨra athɨ: «Ʉlɨ mʉgashanɨrwa mbe Simoni mʉgala wa Yona*, kʉshangwa athalɨ omʉbɨrɨ n'omʉsasɨ byo byamakukumbulirabyo, hewethuwe nɨ Thatha yo ʉlɨ mo lʉbʉla. 18 Nangye enyɨkʉbwɨra nyɨthɨ ʉlɨ Petero, n'ɨnegena mbʉ ibwe. Na kw'ibwe eri nyandahimbako aKanisa kaye,* n'amaka w'okwɨrʉnga athɨndahɨmeko. 19 Nyandakʉha esofʉngʉro s'oBwamɨ bw'elʉbʉla, ekyoshi kyo wandamɨna ko kɨhʉgo kyandamɨnwa n'omo lʉbʉla, n'ekyoshi kyo wandamɨnʉla mo kɨhʉgo, kyandamɨnʉlwa na mo lʉbʉla.»

20 Aho Yesʉ mwakongomeretsya abɨga bʉwe athɨ bathanalinda babwɨra mʉndʉ kw'ɨye nɨ Kirisito.

21 Ɨthanga ko ndambi eyo, Yesʉ mwathanga ikangania abɨga bʉwe ko lɨtholere nɨaya ɨYerʉsalemʉ. N'eyo abakʉlʉ b'abandʉ, n'abakʉlʉ b'abaheri n' aBakangɨrɨtsya b'oMʉgomba, bandamwagatsya. Bandamwitha na mo kɨro kya kashathʉ honyuma y'olʉholo lʉwe, andalubuka. 22 Aho Petero mwamʉthwala ho mʉsɨke n'ɨmʉkemera athɨ: «Gongo akutheye mbe Nyinya-kowethʉ! Ɨhɨ, ebyo bithakuhikiraga!» 23 Hewethuwe Yesʉ mwabɨndʉka n'ɨbwɨra Petero athɨ: «Thoka hofɨ nangye! Ɨwe Sitani! Ɨwe ʉlɨ kɨtsɨkalo mo nzɨra aye, kʉshangwa emɨganɨtsye awe ɨthalɨ ya Gongo, hewethuwe nɨ ya bandʉ.»

24 Honyuma kw'aho Yesʉ mwabwɨra abɨga bʉwe athɨ: «Omʉndʉ amashondya ɨnyɨkwama, ayɨthɨnde yowene*, aheke omʉsalaba ʉwe na anyɨkwame. 25 Kʉshangwa omʉndʉ yo ushondya ilamya obʉyɨngo bʉwe andahetsyabo, hewethuwe yo wandahetsya obʉyɨngo bʉwe* bʉshana nangye andabonabo. 26 Ndundi ki ko mʉndʉ erɨbona ekɨhʉgo kyoshi n'ɨhetsya obʉyɨngo bʉwe? Kʉtse mʉndʉ angahana ki ekiwithe kɨtsɨro ky'obʉyɨngo bʉwe? 27 Kʉshangwa oMʉgala w'oMʉndʉ andahika hagʉma n'abamalaɨka bʉwe mo lʉkengerwa lw'ishe, na aho andafʉha obʉlɨ mʉndʉ ɨkwamana n'emɨkolano yɨwe.* 28 Kwenene enyɨbabwɨra, mo kathi k'abo balɨ hano, bagʉma bathɨndafwe bathetsi bashʉnga oMʉgala w'oMʉndʉ ahika nga Mwamɨ.»