New Testament in a Year

Chiwembu cha Ayuda pa Yesu

26 Yesu atamaliza kuyankhula zonsezi, anati kwa ophunzira ake, ² “Monga mukudziwa, kwatsala masiku awiri kuti Paska ifike ndipo Mwana wa Munthu adzaperekedwa kuti apachikidwe.”

³ Pamenepo akulu a ansembe ndi akuluakulu anasonkhana ku nyumba ya mkulu wa ansembe dzina lake Kayafa, ⁴ ndipo anapangana kuti amugwire Yesu mobisa ndi kumupha. ⁵ Ndipo anati, “Osati nthawi yaphwando chifukwa pangabuke chipolowe pakati pa anthu.”

Yesu Adzozedwa ku Betaniya

⁶ Yesu ali ku Betaniya mʼnyumba Simoni Wakhate, ⁷ mayi wina anabwera kwa Iye ndi botolo la mafuta onunkhira a mtengowapatali, amene anathira pa mutu pake Iye akudya pa tebulo.

⁸ Ophunzira ataona izi anayipidwa nafunsa kuti, “Chifukwa chiyani akuwononga chotere? ⁹ Mafuta amenewa akanatha kugulitsidwa pa mtengo waukulu, ndipo ndalama zake zikanaperekedwa kwa osauka.”

¹⁰ Yesu podziwa izi anawawuza kuti, “Chifukwa chiyani mukumuvutitsa mayiyu? Wandichitira Ine chinthu chabwino. ¹¹ Osauka mudzakhala nawo nthawi zonse, koma simudzakhala ndi Ine nthawi zonse. ¹² Pamene wathira mafuta onunkhirawa pa thupi langa, wachita izi kukonzekera kuyikidwa kwanga mʼmanda. ¹³ Zoonadi, ndikuwuzani kuti kulikonse kumene Uthenga Wabwinowu udzalalikidwa ku dziko lonse lapansi, zimene wachitazi zidzanenedwanso pomukumbukira.”

Yudasi Avomereza Kupereka Yesu

¹⁴ Pamenepo mmodzi wa khumi ndi awiriwo wotchedwa Yudasi Isikarioti anapita kwa akulu a ansembe ¹⁵ nafunsa kuti, “Kodi mundipatsa chiyani ngati nditamupereka Iye kwa inu?” Pamenepo anamuwerengera ndalama zokwanira masiliva makumi atatu. ¹⁶ Kuyambira pamenepo Yudasi anafunafuna nthawi yabwino yoti amupereke Yesu.

Paska Womaliza ndi Mgonero wa Ambuye

¹⁷ Pa tsiku loyamba laphwando la buledi wopanda yisiti, ophunzira anabwera kwa Yesu ndi kumufunsa kuti, “Kodi mukufuna tikakonze kuti malo odyera Paska?”

¹⁸ Iye anayankha kuti, “Pitani mu mzinda kwa munthu wakutiwakuti ndipo kamuwuzeni kuti, ‘Aphunzitsi akuti, nthawi yanga yoyikidwa yayandikira. Ine ndidzadya phwando la Paska ndi ophunzira anga ku nyumba kwako.’ ” ¹⁹ Pamenepo ophunzira ake anachita monga momwe Yesu anawawuzira ndipo anakonza Paska.

²⁰ Kutada, Yesu ndi ophunzira ake khumi ndi awiriwo anakhala pa tebulo nʼkumadya. ²¹ Akudya, Iye anati, “Zoonadi, ndikuwuzani kuti mmodzi wa inu adzandipereka.”

²² Iwo anamva chisoni kwambiri ndipo anayamba kuyankhulana naye mmodzimmodzi nati, “Kodi nʼkukhala ine Ambuye?”

²³ Yesu anayankha nati, “Iye amene akusunsa mʼmbale pamodzi ndi Ine, yemweyo adzandipereka. ²⁴ Mwana wa Munthu adzaphedwa monga mmene kunalembedwera za Iye. Koma tsoka kwa munthu amene apereka Mwana wa Munthu! Kukanakhala bwino kwa iye akanapanda kubadwa.”

²⁵ Ndipo Yudasi amene anamupereka Iye anati, “Monga nʼkukhala ine Aphunzitsi?”

Yesu anayankha nati, “Iwe watero.”