New Testament in a Year

²⁶ Chikwangwani cholembedwapo mlandu wake chinali choti: mfumu ya ayuda. ²⁷ Achifwamba awiri anapachikidwanso pamodzi ndi Iye, wina kumanja kwake ndi wina kumanzere kwake. ²⁸ (Ndipo malemba anakwaniritsidwa amene amati, “Iye anayikidwa mʼgulu la anthu oyipa).” ²⁹ Amene amadutsa pafupi anamunenera mawu amwano, akupukusa mitu yawo ndi kuti, “Haa! Iwe amene udzawononga Nyumba ya Mulungu ndi kuyimanganso masiku atatu, ³⁰ tsika kuchoka pa mtandapo ndipo udzipulumutse wekha!”

³¹ Chimodzimodzinso akulu a ansembe ndi aphunzitsi amalamulo anamunyoza Iye pakati pawo. Iwo anati, “Anapulumutsa ena, koma sangathe kudzipulumutsa yekha! ³² Musiyeni Khristu, Mfumu ya Aisraeli, atsike tsopano kuchoka pa mtanda, kuti ife tione ndi kukhulupirira.” Iwonso amene anapachikidwa naye pamodzi anamulalatira.

Imfa ya Yesu

³³ Pa ora lachisanu ndi chimodzi masana mdima unabwera pa dziko lonse mpaka pa ora lachisanu ndi chinayi masana. ³⁴ Pa ora lachisanu ndi chinayi Yesu analira mofuwula kuti, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabakitani?” Kutanthauza kuti, “Mulungu wanga, Mulungu wanga, mwandisiyiranji Ine?”

³⁵ Ena amene anali pafupi atamva izi anati, “Tamverani, akuyitana Eliya.”

³⁶ Munthu wina anathamanga, natenga chinkhupule atachiviyika mu vinyo wosasa, anachizika ku mtengo, ndi kumupatsa Yesu kuti amwe. Munthuyo anati, “Musiyeni yekha tsopano. Tiyeni tione ngati Eliya angabwere kudzamutsitsa.”

³⁷ Ndi mawu ofuwula, Yesu anapuma komaliza.

³⁸ Chinsalu chotchinga cha mʼNyumba ya Mulungu chinangʼambika pakati kuyambira pamwamba mpaka pansi. ³⁹ Ndipo Kenturiyo, amene anayima patsogolo pa Yesu, atamva kulira kwake ndi kuona mmene anafera anati, “Zoonadi, uyu anali Mwana wa Mulungu.”

⁴⁰ Amayi ena anali patali kuonerera. Pakati pawo panali Mariya Magadalena, Mariya amayi a Yakobo wamngʼono ndi Yose ndi Salome. ⁴¹ Amayi awa ankamutsatira Iye mu Galileya ndi kumutumikira Iye pa zosowa zake. Amayi enanso ambiri amene anabwera naye ku Yerusalemu analinso pomwepo.

Yesu Ayikidwa Mʼmanda

⁴² Linali Tsiku Lokonzekera (kunena kuti, tsiku lomwe limatsatizana ndi Sabata). Choncho madzulo atayandikira, ⁴³ Yosefe wa ku Arimateyu, mkulu wolamulira odziwika bwino, amene amadikirira ufumu wa Mulungu, anapita kwa Pilato molimba mtima ndi kukapempha mtembo wa Yesu. ⁴⁴ Pilato anadabwa pakumva kuti anali atamwalira kale. Anayitana Kenturiyo, namufunsa ngati Yesu anali atamwalira kale. ⁴⁵ Atawuzidwa ndi Kenturiyo kuti zinali motero, anapereka mtembowo kwa Yosefe. ⁴⁶ Choncho Yosefe anagula nsalu yabafuta, natsitsa thupi, ndipo analikulunga mʼnsalu, naliyika mʼmanda amene anawagoba pa mwala. Kenaka anagubuduza mwala umene anatseka nawo mandawo. ⁴⁷ Mariya Magadalena ndi Mariya amayi a Yose anaona kumene anamuyika Yesu.