Yesu Achiritsa Wolumala Dzanja

3 Nthawi inanso analowa mʼsunagoge, ndipo munthu wa dzanja lolumala anali momwemo. ² Ena a iwo anafunafuna chifukwa chakuti akamuneneze Yesu, potero anamuyangʼanitsitsa kuti aone ngati angamuchiritse tsiku la Sabata. ³ Yesu anati kwa munthu wolumala dzanjayo, “Imirira, bwera kuno kutsogolo.”

⁴ Ndipo Yesu anawafunsa kuti, “Kodi chololedwa ndi chiyani pa tsiku la Sabata: kuchita chabwino kapena kuchita choyipa, kupulumutsa moyo kapena kupha?” Koma iwo anakhala chete.

⁵ Yesu anawayangʼana ndi mkwiyo ndipo powawidwa mtima chifukwa cha mitima yawo yowuma anati kwa munthuyo, “Wongola dzanja lako.” Iye analiwongola, ndipo dzanja lake linachira. ⁶ Kenaka Afarisi anatuluka nayamba kukonza chiwembu ndi Aherode mmene angamuphere Yesu.

Magulu a Anthu Amutsata Yesu

⁷ Yesu anachoka pamodzi ndi ophunzira ake napita ku nyanja, ndipo gulu lalikulu la anthu lochokera ku Galileya linamutsata. ⁸ Atamva zonse zimene amachita, anthu ambiri anabwera kwa Iye kuchokera ku Yudeya, Yerusalemu, Idumeya ndi madera a ku tsidya kwa mtsinje wa Yorodani ndi ozungulira Turo ndi Sidoni. ⁹ Chifukwa cha gulu la anthu, anawuza ophunzira ake kuti apezeretu bwato likhale, kuti anthu angamupanikize. ¹⁰ Pakuti anachiritsa ambiri, kotero kuti iwo amene anali ndi matenda amakankhana kutsogolo kuti amukhudze. ¹¹ Nthawi iliyonse mizimu yoyipa ikamuona, imagwa pansi pamaso pake ndi kufuwula kuti, “Inu ndinu Mwana wa Mulungu!” ¹² Koma anayichenjeza mwamphamvu kuti isanene kuti Iye anali ndani.

Yesu Asankha Ophunzira Khumi ndi Awiri

¹³ Yesu anakwera ku phiri ndipo anayitana amene anawafuna, ndipo anabwera kwa Iye. ¹⁴ Iye anasankha khumi ndi awiri, nawayika akhale atumwi; pokhala ndi Iye aziwatuma kukalalikira ¹⁵ ndi kuti akhale ndi ulamuliro wotulutsa ziwanda. ¹⁶ Awa ndi khumi ndi awiri amene anawasankha: Simoni (amene anapatsidwa dzina lakuti Petro); ¹⁷ Yakobo mwana wa Zebedayo, ndi mʼbale wake Yohane (iwowa anawapatsa dzina lakuti Bowanege, ndiye kuti ana a bingu); ¹⁸ Andreya, Filipo, Bartumeyu, Mateyu, Tomasi, Yakobo mwana wa Alufeyo, Tadeyo, Simoni Zelote, ¹⁹ ndi Yudasi Isikarioti, amene anamupereka Iye.

Yesu ndi Belezebabu

²⁰ Pambuyo pake Yesu analowa mʼnyumba, ndipo gulu la anthu linasonkhananso, kotero kuti Iye pamodzi ndi ophunzira ake sanapeze mpata kuti adye. ²¹ Anthu a ku banja lake atamva zimenezi, anapita kuti akamutenga, pakuti ankanena kuti, “Wazungulira mutu.”

²² Ndipo aphunzitsi amalamulo omwe anachokera ku Yerusalemu anati, “Iye wagwidwa ndi Belezebabu! Ndi ulamuliro wa mkulu wa ziwanda akutulutsa ziwanda.”

²³ Pamenepo Yesu anawayitana nawayankhula mʼmafanizo nati: “Kodi Satana angatulutse bwanji Satana? ²⁴ Ngati ufumu ugawanikana mwa iwo okha, ufumu umenewo sungakhalitse. ²⁵ Ngati nyumba igawanikana mwa iyo yokha, nyumba imeneyo singathe kuyima. ²⁶ Ndipo ngati Satana adzitsutsa yekha sangathe kuyima; ulamuliro wake watha. ²⁷ Kunena zoona, palibe munthu angalowe mʼnyumba ya munthu wamphamvu ndi kutenga katundu wake pokhapokha atayamba wamumanga munthu wamphamvuyo. Pamenepo akhoza kumubera. ²⁸ Ndikukuwuzani zoona kuti machimo onse ndi zamwano zonse za anthu zidzakhululukidwa, ²⁹ koma aliyense amene achitira mwano Mzimu Woyera sadzakhululukidwa pakuti wachita tchimo losatha.”

³⁰ Ananena izi chifukwa anati, “Ali ndi mzimu woyipa.”

Amayi ndi Abale ake a Yesu

³¹ Pamenepo amayi ndi abale ake a Yesu anafika. Atayima kunja, anatuma wina kuti akamuyitane Iye. ³² Gulu la anthu linakhala momuzungulira Iye, ndipo anamuwuza kuti, “Amayi ndi abale anu ali panja akukufunani.”

³³ Iye anafunsa kuti, “Amayi ndi abale anga ndi ndani?”

³⁴ Pamenepo anayangʼana anthu amene anakhala momuzungurira ndipo anati, “Awa ndi amayi anga ndi abale anga! ³⁵ Aliyense amene achita chifuniro cha Mulungu ndi mʼbale wanga ndi mlongo wanga ndi amayi anga.”