Yudasi Avomera Kumupereka Yesu

22 Phwando la buledi wopanda yisiti lotchedwa Paska litayandikira, ² akulu a ansembe ndi aphunzitsi amalamulo amafunafuna mpata woti amuphere Yesu, pakuti ankachita mantha ndi anthu. ³ Kenaka Satana analowa mwa Yudasi, wotchedwa Isikarioti, mmodzi wa khumi ndi a iwiriwo. ⁴ Ndipo Yudasi anapita kwa akulu a ansembe ndi akulu oyangʼanira Nyumba ya Mulungu ndi kukambirana nawo za mmene iye angaperekere Yesu. ⁵ Iwo anakondwa ndipo anagwirizana zomupatsa ndalama. ⁶ Iye anavomera, ndipo anayamba kufunafuna mpata wabwino wakuti amupereke Yesu kwa iwo pamene panalibe gulu la anthu pafupi.

Paska Womaliza

⁷ Kenaka linafika tsiku la buledi wopanda yisiti pamene mwana wankhosa wa Paska amaperekedwa nsembe. ⁸ Yesu anatuma Petro ndi Yohane nati, “Pitani kukatikonzera Paska kuti tikadye.”

⁹ Iwo anafunsa kuti, “Kodi mukufuna tikakonzere kuti?”

¹⁰ Iye anayankha kuti, “Taonani, mukamalowa mu mzinda, mudzakumana ndi mwamuna atanyamula mtsuko wamadzi. Mulondoleni ku nyumba imene akalowe, ¹¹ ndipo mukamuwuze mwini nyumbayo kuti, ‘Aphunzitsi kufunsa kuti, chili kuti chipinda cha alendo, kumene Ine ndi ophunzira anga tikadyere Paska?’ ¹² Iyeyo adzakuonetsani chipinda chachikulu chapamwamba, chokhala ndi zonse. Kachiteni zokonzekera mʼmenemo.”

¹³ Iwo anapita nakapeza zinthu monga mmene Yesu anawawuzira. Tsono anakonza Paska.

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.”