Fanizo la Mayi Wakhama pa Kupempha

18 Kenaka Yesu anawuza ophunzira ake fanizo kuwaonetsa kuti iwo ayenera kumapemphera nthawi zonse ndikuti asafowoke. ² Iye anati, “Mʼmudzi wina munali woweruza wosaopa Mulungu ngakhalenso kulabadira za anthu. ³ Ndipo panali mkazi wamasiye mʼmudzimo amene ankabwerabwera kwa iye ndi dandawulo lake kuti, ‘Mundiweruze mlandu mwachilungamo pakati pa ine ndi otsutsana nane.’

⁴ “Kwa nthawi yayitali woweruzayo ankakana. Koma pa mapeto analingalira nati, ‘Ngakhale kuti sindiopa Mulungu kapena kulabadira za anthu, ⁵ koma chifukwa chakuti mkazi wamasiyeyu akundivutitsa, ine ndimuweruzira mlandu wake mwachilungamo kuti asanditopetse ndi kubwerabwera kwakeko!’ ”

⁶ Ndipo Ambuye anati, “Tamvani zimene woweruza wopanda chilungamoyu wanena. ⁷ Tsono chingamuletse nʼchiyani Mulungu kubweretsa chilungamo kwa osankhika ake, amene amalira kwa Iye usana ndi usiku? Kodi adzapitirirabe osawalabadira? ⁸ Ine ndikukuwuzani inu, adzaonetsetsa kuti alandire chilungamo, ndiponso mofulumira. Komabe, pamene Mwana wa Munthu akubwera, kodi adzapeza chikhulupiriro pa dziko lapansi?”

Fanizo la Mfarisi ndi Wolandira Msonkho

⁹ Yesu ananena fanizoli kwa amene amadzikhulupirira mwa iwo okha kuti anali wolungama nanyoza ena onse. ¹⁰ “Anthu awiri anapita ku Nyumba ya Mulungu kukapemphera, wina Mfarisi ndi winayo wolandira msonkho. ¹¹ Mfarisiyo anayimirira ndipo anapemphera za iye mwini kuti, ‘Mulungu, ine ndikuyamika kuti sindili ngati anthu ena onse, achifwamba, ochita zoyipa, achigololo, sindilinso ngati wolandira msonkhoyu. ¹² Ine ndimasala kudya kawiri pa Sabata ndipo ndimapereka chakhumi pa zonse ndimapeza.’

¹³ “Koma wolandira msonkhoyo ali chiyimire potero, sanathe nʼkomwe kuyangʼana kumwamba; koma anadziguguda pachifuwa ndipo anati, ‘Mulungu, chitireni chifundo, ine wochimwa.’

¹⁴ “Ine ndikukuwuzani kuti munthu wolandira msonkhoyu, osati Mfarisiyu, anapita kwawo atalungamitsidwa pamaso pa Mulungu. Chifukwa chake, aliyense wodzikweza adzachepetsedwa, ndipo wodzichepetsa adzakwezedwa.”

Yesu Adalitsa Ana Aangʼono

¹⁵ Anthu amabweretsanso ana aangʼono kwa Yesu kuti awadalitse. Ophunzira ataona izi, anawadzudzula. ¹⁶ Koma Yesu anayitana anawo kuti abwere kwa Iye nati, “Lolani ana abwere kwa Ine ndipo musawatsekereze, pakuti ufumu wa Mulungu uli wa anthu otere. ¹⁷ Zoonadi, Ine ndikukuwuzani kuti aliyense amene salandira ufumu wa Mulungu ngati mwana wamngʼono, sadzalowamo.”

Munthu Wachuma ndi Ufumu wa Mulungu

¹⁸ Oweruza wina wake anamufunsa Iye kuti, “Aphunzitsi abwino, ndichite chiyani kuti ndilandire moyo wosatha?”

¹⁹ Yesu anamuyankha kuti, “Chifukwa chiyani ukunditcha wabwino, palibe wabwino kupatula Mulungu yekha. ²⁰ Iwe umadziwa malamulo: ‘Usachite chigololo, usaphe, usabe, usapereke umboni wonama, lemekeza abambo ndi amayi ako.’ ”

²¹ Iye anati, “Zonsezi ndinasunga kuyambira ndili mnyamata.”

²² Yesu atamva izi, anati kwa iye, “Ukusowabe chinthu chimodzi: Gulitsa zonse zimene uli nazo ndipo uzipereke kwa osauka, ndipo udzakhala ndi chuma kumwamba. Kenaka ubwere, nunditsate ine.”

²³ Atamva zimenezi, anakhumudwa kwambiri chifukwa anali munthu wachuma chambiri. ²⁴ Yesu anamuyangʼana nati, “Nʼkwapatali kwambiri kuti anthu achuma akalowe mu ufumu wa Mulungu! ²⁵ Ndithudi, nʼkwapafupi kuti ngamira idutse pa kabowo ka zingano kusiyana ndi munthu wachuma kulowa mu ufumu wa Mulungu.”

²⁶ Amene anamva izi anafunsa kuti, “Nanga ndani amene angapulumuke?”

²⁷ Yesu anayankha kuti, “Zinthu zosatheka ndi anthu zimatheka ndi Mulungu.”

²⁸ Petro anati kwa Iye, “Ife tinasiya zonse tinali nazo kutsatira Inu!”

²⁹ Yesu anawawuza kuti, “Zoonadi, Ine ndikukuwuzani kuti palibe amene anasiya nyumba kapena mkazi kapena abale kapena makolo kapena ana chifukwa cha ufumu wa Mulungu ³⁰ adzalephera kulandira mowirikiza mʼmoyo uno, ndi mʼmoyo ukubwerawo, moyo wosatha.”

Yesu Aneneratu za Imfa Yake Kachitatu

³¹ Yesu anatengera khumi ndi awiriwo pambali ndi kuwawuza kuti, “Taonani ife tikupita ku Yerusalemu, ndipo zonse zimene zalembedwa ndi Aneneri za Mwana wa Munthu zidzakwaniritsidwa. ³² Iye adzaperekedwa kwa anthu a mitundu ina. Ndipo adzamuchita chipongwe, adzamunyoza, adzamulavulira, ³³ adzamukwapula ndi kumupha. Tsiku lachitatu Iye adzaukanso.”

³⁴ Ophunzira sanazindikire china chilichonse cha izi. Tanthauzo lake linabisika kwa iwo, ndipo sanadziwe chimene Iye amayankhula.

Yesu Achiritsa Wosaona

³⁵ Yesu atayandikira ku Yeriko, munthu wina wosaona amene amakhala pambali pa msewu namapempha, ³⁶ anamva gulu la anthu likudutsa. Iye anafunsa chomwe chimachitika. ³⁷ Iwo anamuwuza kuti “Yesu wa ku Nazareti akudutsa.”

³⁸ Iye anayitana mofuwula, “Yesu Mwana wa Davide, mundichitire chifundo!”

³⁹ Iwo amene amamutsogolera njira anamudzudzula ndi kumuwuza kuti akhale chete, koma iye anafuwulabe, “Mwana wa Davide, chitireni chifundo!”

⁴⁰ Yesu anayima nalamula kuti abwere naye kwa Iye. Atabwera pafupi, Yesu anamufunsa kuti, ⁴¹ “Kodi ukufuna kuti ndikuchitire chiyani?”

Iye anayankha kuti, “Ambuye, ine ndifuna ndionenso.”

⁴² Yesu anati kwa iye, “Onanso; chikhulupiriro chako chakupulumutsa.” ⁴³ Nthawi yomweyo anaonanso ndipo anayamba kumutsatira Yesu, akulemekeza Mulungu. Anthu onse ataona izi, iwonso analemekeza Mulungu.