Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
118 Yamikani Yehova chifukwa ndi wabwino;
pakuti chikondi chake chosasinthika ndi chosatha.
2 Israeli anene kuti:
“Chikondi chake ndi chosatha.”
19 Tsekulireni zipata zachilungamo,
kuti ndifike kudzayamika Yehova.
20 Ichi ndicho chipata cha Yehova
chimene olungama mtima okha adzalowerapo.
21 Ndidzakuyamikani chifukwa Inu munandiyankha;
mwakhala chipulumutso changa.
22 Mwala umene amisiri omanga nyumba anawukana
wasanduka wapangodya;
23 Yehova ndiye wachita zimenezi
ndipo nʼzodabwitsa pamaso pathu.
24 Lero ndiye tsiku limene Yehova walipanga;
tiyeni tikondwere ndi kusangalala nalo.
25 Inu Yehova, tipulumutseni;
Yehova, tipambanitseni.
26 Wodala amene akubwera mʼdzina la Yehova.
Tikukudalitsani kuchokera ku nyumba ya Yehova.
27 Yehova ndi Mulungu,
ndipo kuwala kwake kwatiwunikira Ife.
Lowani nawo pa mʼdipiti wa ku chikondwerero mutanyamula nthambi mʼdzanja lanu,
mpaka ku nyanga za guwa.
28 Inu ndinu Mulungu wanga, ndipo ndidzakuyamikani;
Inu ndinu Mulungu wanga, ndipo ndidzakukwezani.
29 Yamikani Yehova chifukwa ndi wabwino;
pakuti chikondi chake chosasinthika ndi chosatha.
Yesu Alowa mu Yerusalemu Mwaulemerero
28 Yesu atatha kunena izi, anayendabe kupita ku Yerusalemu. 29 Iye atayandikira ku Betifage ndi Betaniya pa phiri lotchedwa Olivi, Iye anatuma awiri a ophunzira nati kwa iwo, 30 “Pitani mʼmudzi uli patsogolo panu, mukakalowa mʼmudzimo, mukapeza mwana wabulu womangiriridwa amene wina aliyense sanakwerepo. Mukamumasule ndi kubwera naye kuno. 31 Ngati wina aliyense akakufunsani kuti, ‘Nʼchifukwa chiyani mukumumasula mwana buluyo?’ Mukamuwuze kuti, ‘Ambuye akumufuna.’ ”
32 Otumidwawo anapita nakamupeza mwana wabulu monga momwe Yesu anawawuzira. 33 Pamene ankamasula mwana wabuluyo, eni ake anawafunsa kuti, “Nʼchifukwa chiyani mukumasula mwana wabuluyo?”
34 Iwo anayankha kuti, “Ambuye akumufuna.”
35 Iwo anabweretsa buluyo kwa Yesu, naponya zovala zawo pa bulupo ndi kumukwezapo Yesu. 36 Pamene ankapita, anthu anayala zovala zawo mu msewu.
37 Iye atafika pafupi ndi pamene msewu umatsikira ku phiri la Olivi, gulu lonse la ophunzira linayamba kuyamika Mulungu mwachimwemwe ndi mawu ofuwula chifukwa cha zodabwitsa zonse anaziona.
38 “Yodala mfumu imene ikubwera mʼdzina la Ambuye!”
“Mtendere kumwamba ndi ulemerero mmwambamwamba!”
39 Ena mwa Afarisi mʼgulumo anati kwa Yesu, “Aphunzitsi, adzudzuleni ophunzira anu!”
40 Iye anayankha kuti, “Ine ndikukuwuzani kuti, ngati atakhala chete, miyala idzafuwula.”
4 Ambuye Yehova anandiphunzitsa mawu oyenera kuyankhula
kudziwa mawu olimbitsa mtima anthu ofowoka.
Mmawa mulimonse amandidzutsa,
amathwetsa khutu langa kuti ndimve monga amachitira munthu amene akuphunzira.
5 Ambuye Yehova wanditsekula makutu anga,
ndipo sindinakhale munthu wowukira
ndipo sindinabwerere mʼmbuyo.
6 Ndinapereka msana wanga kwa ondimenya
masaya anga ndinawapereka kwa anthu ondizula ndevu;
sindinawabisire nkhope yanga
anthu ondinyoza ndi ondilavulira.
7 Popeza Ambuye Yehova amandithandiza,
sindidzachita manyazi.
Tsono ndalimba mtima ngati msangalabwi,
chifukwa ndikudziwa kuti sindidzachita manyazi.
8 Wondikhalira kumbuyo ali pafupi,
ndaninso amene adzandiyimba mlandu?
Abwere kuti tionane maso ndi maso!
Mdani wanga ndi ndani?
Abweretu kuti tilimbane!
9 Ambuye Yehova ndiye amene amandithandiza.
Ndaninso amene adzanditsutsa?
Onse adzatha ngati chovala
chodyedwa ndi njenjete.
9 Mundichitire chifundo Inu Yehova pakuti ndili pa mavuto;
maso anga akulefuka ndi chisoni,
mʼmoyo mwanga ndi mʼthupi mwanga momwe mukupweteka.
10 Moyo wanga ukunyeka chifukwa cha kuwawidwa mtima
ndi zaka zanga chifukwa cha kubuwula;
mphamvu zanga zatha chifuwa cha masautso,
ndipo mafupa anga akulefuka.
11 Chifukwa cha adani anga onse,
ndine wonyozeka kwambiri ndi anansi anga;
ndine chochititsa manyazi kwa abwenzi anga.
Iwo amene amandiona mu msewu amandithawa.
12 Ine ndinayiwalika kwa iwo ngati kuti ndinamwalira;
ndakhala ngati mʼphika wosweka.
13 Pakuti ine ndamva zonena zoyipa za anthu ambiri;
zoopsa zandizungulira mbali zonse;
iwo akukonza chiwembu kuti alimbane nane,
kuti atenge moyo wanga.
14 Koma ndikudalira Inu Yehova;
ndikunena kuti, “Ndinu Mulungu wanga.”
15 Masiku anga ali mʼmanja mwanu;
ndipulumutseni kwa adani anga
ndi kwa iwo amene akundithamangitsa.
16 Walitsani nkhope yanu pa mtumiki wanu;
pulumutseni mwa chikondi chanu chosatha.
5 Pa ubale wanu wina ndi mnzake, mukhale ndi mtima wofanana ndi wa Khristu Yesu:
6 Iyeyu, pokhala Mulungu ndithu,
sanatenge kufanana ndi Mulungu kukhala chinthu choyenera kuchigwiritsa.
7 Koma anadzichepetsa kotheratu
nakhala ndi khalidwe ngati la kapolo
ndi kukhala munthu ngati anthu ena onse.
8 Ndipo pokhala munthu choncho
anadzichepetsa yekha
ndipo anamvera mpaka imfa yake,
imfa yake ya pamtanda!
9 Choncho Mulungu anamukweza Iye kukhala wapamwamba kwambiri,
ndipo anamupatsa dzina loposa dzina lina lililonse
10 kuti pakumva dzina la Yesu, bondo lililonse limugwadire,
kumwamba ndi pa dziko lapansi ndi pansi pa dziko,
11 ndipo lilime lililonse livomereze kuti Yesu Khristu ndi Ambuye
kuchitira ulemu Mulungu Atate.
Za Mgonero wa Ambuye
14 Ora litakwana, Yesu ndi ophunzira ake anakhala pa tebulo. 15 Ndipo Iye anawawuza kuti, “Ine ndakhala ndikuyembekezera kudya Paska uyu ndi inu ndisanamve zowawa. 16 Pakuti Ine ndikukuwuzani kuti sindidzadyanso Paska wina mpaka Paskayi itakwaniritsidwa mu ufumu wa Mulungu.”
17 Atanyamula chikho, Iye anayamika ndipo anati, “Tengani ndipo patsiranani pakati panu. 18 Pakuti ndikukuwuzani kuti, Ine sindidzamwanso zochokera ku chipatso cha mphesa mpaka ufumu wa Mulungu utabwera.”
19 Ndipo Iye anatenga buledi, nayamika ndipo anamunyema, nagawira iwo nati, “Ili ndi thupi langa lomwe laperekedwa kwa inu; muzichita zimenezi pokumbukira Ine.”
20 Chimodzimodzinso, utatha mgonero, anatenga chikho nati, “Chikho ichi ndi pangano latsopano la magazi anga, amene akhetsedwa chifukwa cha inu. 21 Koma dzanja la amene akundipereka Ine lili pamodzi ndi langa pa chakudya pano. 22 Mwana wa Munthu apita monga mmene zinalembedwera, koma tsoka kwa munthu amene amupereka Iye.” 23 Iwo anayamba kufunsana pakati pawo kuti ndi ndani wa iwo amene akanachita ichi.
Mkangano Pakati pa Ophunzira
24 Komanso mkangano unabuka pakati pawo kuti ndani mwa iwo amene amaganiziridwa kukhala wamkulu. 25 Yesu anawawuza kuti, “Mafumu a anthu a mitundu ina amaonetsa mphamvu za ufumu wawo pa anthuwo; ndipo amene ali ndi ulamuliro, amapatsidwa dzina la kuti ‘Opindula.’ 26 Koma inu simuyenera kukhala choncho. Mʼmalo mwake, wamkulu pakati panu akhale ngati wamngʼono pa onse, ndipo iye amene alamulira akhale ngati wotumikira. 27 Pakuti wamkulu ndani, iye amene ali pa tebulo kapena iye amene akutumikira? Kodi si iye amene ali pa tebulo? Koma ndili pakati panu ngati mmodzi wokutumikirani. 28 Inu ndinu amene mwayima nane mʼmayesero. 29 Ndipo Ine ndikupatsani inu ufumu, monga momwe Atate anga anandipatsiranso Ine, 30 kuti inu muthe kudya ndi kumwa pa tebulo langa mu ufumu wanga ndi kukhala pa mipando yaufumu kuweruza mafuko khumi ndi awiri a Israeli.”
Yesu Aneneratu kuti Petro Adzamukana
31 “Simoni, Simoni, Satana wapempha kuti akupete ngati tirigu. 32 Koma Ine ndakupempherera Simoni, kuti chikhulupiriro chako chisafowoke ndipo pamene udzabwerera kwa Ine, udzalimbikitse abale ako.”
33 Koma iye anayankha kuti, “Ambuye, ndine wokonzeka kupita nanu ku ndende ndi kufa komwe.”
34 Yesu anayankha kuti, “Ine ndikukuwuza Petro, tambala asanalire lero lino, udzandikana katatu kuti sukundidziwa Ine.”
35 Kenaka Yesu anawafunsa iwo kuti, “Ine nditakutumizani wopanda chikwama cha ndalama, thumba kapena nsapato, kodi inu munasowa kanthu?”
Iwo anayankha kuti, “Palibe chimene tinasowa.”
36 Iye anawawuza kuti, “Koma tsopano ngati muli ndi chikwama cha ndalama, chitengeni, ndiponso thumba. Ndipo ngati mulibe lupanga, gulitsani mkanjo wanu ndi kugula. 37 Zalembedwa kuti, ‘Ndipo Iye anawerengedwa pamodzi ndi anthu ochimwa,’ ndipo Ine ndikuwuzani kuti izi ziyenera kukwaniritsidwa mwa Ine. Inde, zimene zinalembedwa za Ine, zikukwaniritsidwa.”
38 Ophunzira anati, “Taonani Ambuye, awa malupanga awiri.”
Iye anayankha kuti, “Amenewa akwanira.”
Yesu Apemphera ku Phiri la Olivi
39 Yesu anapitanso monga mwa masiku onse ku Phiri la Olivi, ndipo ophunzira ake anamutsatira Iye. 40 Atafika pamalopo, Iye anawawuza kuti, “Pempherani kuti musagwe mʼmayesero.” 41 Iye anapita patsogolo pangʼono patali ngati kuponya mwala, anagwada napephera kuti, 42 “Atate ngati mukufuna chotsereni chikho ichi. Komatu muchite zimene mukufuna osati zimene ndikufuna ine.” 43 Mngelo wochokera kumwamba anafika namulimbikitsa. 44 Ndipo mopsinjika mtima, anapemphera moona mtima, ndipo thukuta lake linali ngati madontho a magazi akugwera pansi.
45 Iye atamaliza kupemphera, ndi kubwerera kwa ophunzira ake, anawapeza atagona atafowoka ndi chisoni. 46 Iye anafunsa kuti, Nʼchifukwa chiyani mukugona? “Dzukani ndipo pempherani kuti inu musagwe mʼmayesero.”
Amugwira Yesu
47 Pamene Iye ankayankhulabe, gulu la anthu linabwera, ndipo munthu wotchedwa Yudasi, mmodzi wa khumi ndi awiriwo analitsogolera. Iye anamuyandikira Yesu kuti amupsompsone. 48 Koma Yesu anamufunsa kuti, “Yudasi, kodi ukupereka Mwana wa Munthu ndi mpsopsono?”
49 Otsatira Yesu ataona zimene zimati zichitike, anati, “Ambuye, kodi timenyane ndi malupanga athu?” 50 Ndipo mmodzi wa iwo anatema wantchito wamkulu wa ansembe, nadula khutu lake lamanja.
51 Koma Yesu anayankha kuti, “Zisachitikenso zimenezi!” Ndipo Iye anakhudza khutu la munthuyo ndi kumuchiritsa.
52 Kenaka Yesu anafunsa akulu a ansembe, akuluakulu oyangʼanira Nyumba ya Mulungu ndi akuluakulu ena amene anabwerawo kuti, “Kodi Ine ndikutsogolera gulu lowukira kuti mubwere ndi malupanga ndi zibonga? 53 Tsiku lililonse ndinali nanu mʼmabwalo a mʼNyumba ya Mulungu ndipo inu simunandigwire. Koma iyi ndi nthawi yanu pamene mdima ukulamulira.”
Petro Akana Yesu
54 Pamenepo anamugwira Iye, napita naye ndipo anamutengera ku nyumba ya mkulu wa ansembe. Petro anamutsatira patali. 55 Koma pamene anasonkha moto pakati pa bwalo la milandu, anakhala onse pansi ndipo Petro anakhalanso pansi. 56 Mtsikana wantchito anamuona atakhala nawo pafupi ndi moto. Iye anamuyangʼanitsitsa ndipo anati, “Munthu uyu anali ndi Yesu.”
57 Koma Petro anakana nati, “Mtsikana, ine sindimudziwa ameneyu.”
58 Patatha kanthawi pangʼono, wina wake anamuona ndipo anati, “Iwenso ndiwe mmodzi mwa iwo.”
Petro anayankha kuti, “Munthu iwe, ayi sindine.”
59 Patatha pafupifupi ora limodzi, munthu winanso anati, “Zoonadi, munthu uyu anali ndi Iye, pakuti ndi mu Galileya.”
60 Petro anayankha kuti, “Munthu iwe, sindikudziwa zimene ukunena apa.” Pamene iye ankayankhula, tambala analira. 61 Ambuye anachewuka namuyangʼanitsitsa Petro. Pamenepo Petro anakumbukira mawu amene Ambuye anayankhula kwa iye kuti, “Asanalire tambala lero lino, udzandikana Ine katatu.” 62 Ndipo iye anapita panja nakalira kwambiri.
Asilikali Amuchita Chipongwe Yesu
63 Anthu amene ankalonda Yesu anayamba kumuchita chipongwe ndi kumumenya. 64 Anamumanga mʼmaso ndi kumufunsa kuti, “Tanenera! Wakumenya iwe ndi ndani?” 65 Ndipo iwo anamunena zachipongwe zambiri.
Yesu Pamaso pa Pilato ndi Herode
66 Kutacha, bungwe la akuluakulu, pamodzi ndi akulu a ansembe ndi aphunzitsi amalamulo, anakumana pamodzi, ndipo anamuyika Yesu patsogolo pawo. 67 Iwo anati, “Tiwuze, ngati ndiwe Khristu.”
Yesu anayankha kuti, “Ine nditakuwuzani simungandikhulupirire. 68 Ine nditakufunsani inu, simungandiyankhe. 69 Koma kuyambira tsopano, Mwana wa Munthu adzakhala ku dzanja lamanja la Mulungu wamphamvu.”
70 Onse anafunsa kuti, “Ndiye kuti ndiwe Mwana wa Mulungu?”
Iye anayankha kuti, “Mwanena ndinu kuti Ndine.”
71 Pamenepo iwo anati, “Nanga tikufuniranjinso umboni wina? Ife tamva kuchokera pa milomo yake.”
23 Kenaka gulu lonse la anthuwo linayimirira ndi kumutengera kwa Pilato. 2 Ndipo iwo anayamba kumuneneza nati, “Ife tinapeza munthu uyu akusokoneza anthu a mtundu wathu ndipo amatsutsa zopereka msonkho kwa Kaisara komanso amati ndi Khristu, Mfumu.”
3 Pamenepo Pilato anamufunsa Yesu kuti, “Kodi Iwe ndiwe Mfumu ya Ayuda?”
Yesu anayankha kuti, “Mwatero ndinu.”
4 Kenaka Pilato anawawuza akulu a ansembe ndi gulu la anthu, “Ine sindikumupeza cholakwa munthuyu.”
5 Koma iwo analimbikirabe kuti, “Iyeyu amasokoneza anthu ku Yudeya konse ndi chiphunzitso chake, Iyeyu anayambira ku Galileya ndipo wayenda mtunda wonse mpaka kuno.”
6 Pakumva zimenezi, Pilato anafunsa ngati munthuyo ndi Mgalileya. 7 Iye atamva kuti Yesu anali pansi pa ulamuliro wa Herode, anamutumiza kwa Herodeyo, amene pa nthawi imeneyo analinso mu Yerusalemu.
8 Herode ataona Yesu, anakondwa kwambiri, chifukwa kwa nthawi yayitali, ankafunitsitsa atamuona. Kuchokera pa zimene anamva za Iye, anayembekezera kuti achita zodabwitsa. 9 Iye anamufunsa mafunso ambiri, koma Yesu sanayankhe. 10 Akulu a ansembe ndi aphunzitsi amalamulo, anayimirira pamenepo ndi kumuneneza kwambiri. 11 Pamenepo Herode ndi asilikali ake anamuseka ndi kumunyoza Iye. Atamuveka mkanjo wonyezimira, anamutumizanso kwa Pilato. 12 Tsiku limenelo, Herode ndi Pilato anakhala abwenzi. Zisanachitike izi anali adani.
13 Pilato anasonkhanitsa akulu a ansembe, oweruza ndi anthu, 14 ndipo anawawuza kuti, “Munabweretsa munthuyu kwa ine ngati ndiye amawuza anthu kuti awukire. Ine ndamufunsa pamaso panu ndipo sindinapeze chomuyimbira mlandu. 15 Herodenso sanapeze chifukwa pakuti wamutumizanso kwa ife monga mmene mukuoneramu. Iyeyu sanachite chinthu chakuti aphedwe. 16 Nʼchifukwa chake, ine ndingomulanga, nʼkumumasula.” 17 (Pa nthawi yachikondwerero cha Paska iye ankayenera kumasula munthu mmodzi).
18 Onse pamodzi anafuwula kuti, “Muchotseni munthuyu! Timasulireni Baraba!” 19 (Baraba anaponyedwa mʼndende chifukwa choyambitsa chipolowe mu mzinda ndi kupha).
20 Pofuna kumumasula Yesu, Pilato anawadandaulira iwo. 21 Koma iwo anapitirirabe kufuwula kuti, “Mpachikeni! Mpachikeni!”
22 Kachitatu anawafunsanso iwo kuti, “Chifukwa chiyani? Kodi munthu uyu wachita choyipa chanji? Ine sindinapeze cholakwa mwa Iye chakuti aphedwe choncho ndingomukwapula ndi kumumasula.”
23 Koma ndi mawu ofuwulitsa, analimbikirabe kuti Iye apachikidwe, ndipo kufuwulako kunapitirira. 24 Choncho Pilato anatsimikiza kuchita zofuna zawozo. 25 Iye anawamasulira munthu amene anaponyedwa mʼndende chifukwa choyambitsa chipolowe ndi kupha, amene ankamufunayo, ndipo anawapatsa Yesu mwakufuna kwawo.
Kupachikidwa kwa Yesu
26 Ndipo pamene ankapita naye, anagwira Simoni wa ku Kurene, amene ankachokera ku munda, namusenzetsa mtanda namuyendetsa pambuyo pa Yesu. 27 Gulu lalikulu la anthu linamutsata Iye, kuphatikiza amayi amene ankabuma ndi kumulirira. 28 Yesu anatembenuka nati kwa iwo, “Ana aakazi a Yerusalemu, musandilirire Ine; dzililireni nokha ndi ana anu. 29 Pakuti nthawi idzabwera imene inu mudzati, ‘Ndi odala amayi osabereka, mimba zimene sizinabereke ndi mawere amene sanayamwitse!’ 30 Kenaka,
“adzawuza mapiri kuti tigwereni ife;
zitunda kuti tiphimbeni ife.
31 Chifukwa ngati anthu akuchita izi pa mtengo wauwisi, chidzachitike nʼchiyani ndi wowuma?”
32 Amuna ena awiri, onsewo achifwamba, anatengedwanso pamodzi ndi Yesu kukaphedwa. 33 Pamene anafika pamalo otchedwa Bade, anamupachika Iye pamodzi ndi achifwambawo, mmodzi kudzanja lake lamanja ndi winayo la ku lamazere. 34 Yesu anati, “Atate, akhululukireni, pakuti sakudziwa chimene akuchita.” Ndipo anagawana malaya ake mochita maere.
35 Anthu anayimirira nʼkumaonerera, ngakhalenso akuluakulu ankamulalatira Iye. Iwo anati, “Iye anapulumutsa ena; adzipulumutse yekha ngati ndi Khristu wa Mulungu, Wosankhidwayo.”
36 Asilikalinso anabwera ndi kumunyoza Iye. Iwo anamupatsa vinyo wosasa, 37 ndipo anati, “Ngati ndiwe Mfumu ya Ayuda, dzipulumutse wekha.”
38 Ndipo panalembedwa chikwangwani pamwamba pake chimene chinati: uyu ndi mfumu ya ayuda.
39 Mmodzi wa achifwambawo, amene anapachikidwa, anamunenera Iye zamwano nati, “Kodi sindiwe Khristu? Dzipulumutse wekha ndi ifenso!”
40 Koma wachifwamba winayo anamudzudzula iye nati, “Suopa Mulungu, iwenso ukulandira chilango chomwechi? 41 Ife tikulangidwa mwachilungamo, pakuti ife tikulandira monga mwa ntchito zathu. Koma munthu uyu sanachimwe kanthu.”
42 Kenaka anati, “Yesu, mundikumbukire ine pamene mulowa mu ufumu wanu.”
43 Yesu anayankha kuti, “Zoonadi, ndikukuwuza kuti lero lino udzakhala ndi Ine mʼparadaiso.”
Imfa ya Yesu
44 Linali tsopano pafupi ora lachisanu ndi chimodzi, ndipo mdima unagwa pa dziko lonse mpaka ora lachisanu ndi chinayi, 45 pakuti dzuwa linaleka kuwala. Ndipo chinsalu cha mʼNyumba ya Mulungu chinangʼambika pakati. 46 Yesu anafuwula ndi mawu okweza kuti, “Atate, ndikupereka mzimu wanga mʼmanja mwanu.” Atanena zimenezi, anamwalira.
47 Kenturiyo, ataona zimene zinachitikazi, analemekeza Mulungu ndipo anati, “Zoonadi, uyu anali munthu wolungama.” 48 Anthu onse amene anasonkhana kudzaonerera izi, ataona zinachitikazo, anadziguguda pachifuwa ndipo anachoka. 49 Koma onse amene anamudziwa Iye, kuphatikiza amayi amene anamutsatira kuchokera ku Galileya, anayimirira akuona zinthu izi.
Yesu Ayikidwa Mʼmanda
50 Ndipo taonani panali munthu wina wotchedwa Yosefe, mmodzi wa gulu loweruza, munthu wabwino ndi wolungama. 51 Iye sanavomereze zimene anzake abwalo anagwirizana ndi kuchita. Iye ankachokera ku mudzi wa Arimateyu wa ku Yudeya ndipo ankayembekezera ufumu wa Mulungu. 52 Atapita kwa Pilato, iye anakapempha mtembo wa Yesu. 53 Ndipo anawutsitsa, nawukulunga nsalu yabafuta nawuyika mʼmanda wosemedwa mʼmwala, amene panalibe wina amene anayikidwamo. 54 Linali tsiku lokonzekera ndipo Sabata linatsala pangʼono kuyamba.
55 Amayi amene anabwera ndi Yesu kuchokera ku Galileya, anatsata Yosefe ndipo anaona manda ndi momwe mtembo wake anawuyikira. 56 Kenaka anapita ku mudzi ndi kukakonza mafuta onunkhira. Koma anapuma pa tsiku la Sabata pomvera malamulo.
23 Kenaka gulu lonse la anthuwo linayimirira ndi kumutengera kwa Pilato. 2 Ndipo iwo anayamba kumuneneza nati, “Ife tinapeza munthu uyu akusokoneza anthu a mtundu wathu ndipo amatsutsa zopereka msonkho kwa Kaisara komanso amati ndi Khristu, Mfumu.”
3 Pamenepo Pilato anamufunsa Yesu kuti, “Kodi Iwe ndiwe Mfumu ya Ayuda?”
Yesu anayankha kuti, “Mwatero ndinu.”
4 Kenaka Pilato anawawuza akulu a ansembe ndi gulu la anthu, “Ine sindikumupeza cholakwa munthuyu.”
5 Koma iwo analimbikirabe kuti, “Iyeyu amasokoneza anthu ku Yudeya konse ndi chiphunzitso chake, Iyeyu anayambira ku Galileya ndipo wayenda mtunda wonse mpaka kuno.”
6 Pakumva zimenezi, Pilato anafunsa ngati munthuyo ndi Mgalileya. 7 Iye atamva kuti Yesu anali pansi pa ulamuliro wa Herode, anamutumiza kwa Herodeyo, amene pa nthawi imeneyo analinso mu Yerusalemu.
8 Herode ataona Yesu, anakondwa kwambiri, chifukwa kwa nthawi yayitali, ankafunitsitsa atamuona. Kuchokera pa zimene anamva za Iye, anayembekezera kuti achita zodabwitsa. 9 Iye anamufunsa mafunso ambiri, koma Yesu sanayankhe. 10 Akulu a ansembe ndi aphunzitsi amalamulo, anayimirira pamenepo ndi kumuneneza kwambiri. 11 Pamenepo Herode ndi asilikali ake anamuseka ndi kumunyoza Iye. Atamuveka mkanjo wonyezimira, anamutumizanso kwa Pilato. 12 Tsiku limenelo, Herode ndi Pilato anakhala abwenzi. Zisanachitike izi anali adani.
13 Pilato anasonkhanitsa akulu a ansembe, oweruza ndi anthu, 14 ndipo anawawuza kuti, “Munabweretsa munthuyu kwa ine ngati ndiye amawuza anthu kuti awukire. Ine ndamufunsa pamaso panu ndipo sindinapeze chomuyimbira mlandu. 15 Herodenso sanapeze chifukwa pakuti wamutumizanso kwa ife monga mmene mukuoneramu. Iyeyu sanachite chinthu chakuti aphedwe. 16 Nʼchifukwa chake, ine ndingomulanga, nʼkumumasula.” 17 (Pa nthawi yachikondwerero cha Paska iye ankayenera kumasula munthu mmodzi).
18 Onse pamodzi anafuwula kuti, “Muchotseni munthuyu! Timasulireni Baraba!” 19 (Baraba anaponyedwa mʼndende chifukwa choyambitsa chipolowe mu mzinda ndi kupha).
20 Pofuna kumumasula Yesu, Pilato anawadandaulira iwo. 21 Koma iwo anapitirirabe kufuwula kuti, “Mpachikeni! Mpachikeni!”
22 Kachitatu anawafunsanso iwo kuti, “Chifukwa chiyani? Kodi munthu uyu wachita choyipa chanji? Ine sindinapeze cholakwa mwa Iye chakuti aphedwe choncho ndingomukwapula ndi kumumasula.”
23 Koma ndi mawu ofuwulitsa, analimbikirabe kuti Iye apachikidwe, ndipo kufuwulako kunapitirira. 24 Choncho Pilato anatsimikiza kuchita zofuna zawozo. 25 Iye anawamasulira munthu amene anaponyedwa mʼndende chifukwa choyambitsa chipolowe ndi kupha, amene ankamufunayo, ndipo anawapatsa Yesu mwakufuna kwawo.
Kupachikidwa kwa Yesu
26 Ndipo pamene ankapita naye, anagwira Simoni wa ku Kurene, amene ankachokera ku munda, namusenzetsa mtanda namuyendetsa pambuyo pa Yesu. 27 Gulu lalikulu la anthu linamutsata Iye, kuphatikiza amayi amene ankabuma ndi kumulirira. 28 Yesu anatembenuka nati kwa iwo, “Ana aakazi a Yerusalemu, musandilirire Ine; dzililireni nokha ndi ana anu. 29 Pakuti nthawi idzabwera imene inu mudzati, ‘Ndi odala amayi osabereka, mimba zimene sizinabereke ndi mawere amene sanayamwitse!’ 30 Kenaka,
“adzawuza mapiri kuti tigwereni ife;
zitunda kuti tiphimbeni ife.
31 Chifukwa ngati anthu akuchita izi pa mtengo wauwisi, chidzachitike nʼchiyani ndi wowuma?”
32 Amuna ena awiri, onsewo achifwamba, anatengedwanso pamodzi ndi Yesu kukaphedwa. 33 Pamene anafika pamalo otchedwa Bade, anamupachika Iye pamodzi ndi achifwambawo, mmodzi kudzanja lake lamanja ndi winayo la ku lamazere. 34 Yesu anati, “Atate, akhululukireni, pakuti sakudziwa chimene akuchita.” Ndipo anagawana malaya ake mochita maere.
35 Anthu anayimirira nʼkumaonerera, ngakhalenso akuluakulu ankamulalatira Iye. Iwo anati, “Iye anapulumutsa ena; adzipulumutse yekha ngati ndi Khristu wa Mulungu, Wosankhidwayo.”
36 Asilikalinso anabwera ndi kumunyoza Iye. Iwo anamupatsa vinyo wosasa, 37 ndipo anati, “Ngati ndiwe Mfumu ya Ayuda, dzipulumutse wekha.”
38 Ndipo panalembedwa chikwangwani pamwamba pake chimene chinati: uyu ndi mfumu ya ayuda.
39 Mmodzi wa achifwambawo, amene anapachikidwa, anamunenera Iye zamwano nati, “Kodi sindiwe Khristu? Dzipulumutse wekha ndi ifenso!”
40 Koma wachifwamba winayo anamudzudzula iye nati, “Suopa Mulungu, iwenso ukulandira chilango chomwechi? 41 Ife tikulangidwa mwachilungamo, pakuti ife tikulandira monga mwa ntchito zathu. Koma munthu uyu sanachimwe kanthu.”
42 Kenaka anati, “Yesu, mundikumbukire ine pamene mulowa mu ufumu wanu.”
43 Yesu anayankha kuti, “Zoonadi, ndikukuwuza kuti lero lino udzakhala ndi Ine mʼparadaiso.”
Imfa ya Yesu
44 Linali tsopano pafupi ora lachisanu ndi chimodzi, ndipo mdima unagwa pa dziko lonse mpaka ora lachisanu ndi chinayi, 45 pakuti dzuwa linaleka kuwala. Ndipo chinsalu cha mʼNyumba ya Mulungu chinangʼambika pakati. 46 Yesu anafuwula ndi mawu okweza kuti, “Atate, ndikupereka mzimu wanga mʼmanja mwanu.” Atanena zimenezi, anamwalira.
47 Kenturiyo, ataona zimene zinachitikazi, analemekeza Mulungu ndipo anati, “Zoonadi, uyu anali munthu wolungama.” 48 Anthu onse amene anasonkhana kudzaonerera izi, ataona zinachitikazo, anadziguguda pachifuwa ndipo anachoka. 49 Koma onse amene anamudziwa Iye, kuphatikiza amayi amene anamutsatira kuchokera ku Galileya, anayimirira akuona zinthu izi.
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