¹ Mumasiku ghakwisinda, pakaba sona abanthu abingi, sona batakaba nichakulya nachimo ichakuti bangalya. U Yesu akabitizya abamanyili bache nukunena nabo pakuti, ² ''Ndinichitima na banthu pakuti bachili bali nune kale ku masiku ghatatu loli batalile nachimo. ³ Nanthi ningababuzya ukuti babwele kukwabo inga batalile, bangazilika mu nzila, bamo bafumite kubutali.'' ⁴ Abalumbilili bache bakamula, tungaye tuvyaghe kwiyi ivibama ivyakwanila kumalo agha luma ngati aghaukuti tubalyesye abanthu aba.'' ⁵ Akabalalusya, '' muli nivibama vilinga?''bakamula, '' tuli navyo seveni. ⁶ Akalamula abanthu abinji ukuti bikale pansi. Akanyamula ivibama seven, akapalizya,nukumenyula. Akabapa abamanyili umwakuti bavinozye bo abanthu bachili. ⁷ Bakaba sona nutuswi utwakuchepa, bo aputa mubuyo bwa banthu, akabalamula abamanyili umwakuti babombe umwakuyana. ⁸ Bakalya nukwikuta, sona bakanyamula vyo vikasyala, ivitundu vyovikasyala seveni. ⁹ Abanthu bosi poka bakapalamila folo sawuzandi. Akabafumyapo. ¹⁰ Umwalubilo akakwela mu bwato poka nabamanyili bache, bakabuka mukaya ka Dalmanutha. ¹¹ Abafalisi bakafuma kunzi bakanda ukususanya nawe. Bakalonda kukwache ivimanyilo ivyakufumila kumwanya, umwakumuyezya. ¹² Akanyamusya umoyo wache mu buzimu nukunena, '' choni cho imphapwa iyi yikulo ivimanyilo?'' naloli nkhunena numwe, patalipo nachimo ichimakwilo cho nkhuzukupeleka ku mphapwa yino. ¹³ Akafumapo nukubaleka, akakwela sona mu bwato, akanyamuka nukuya ku malo aghanji. ¹⁴ Abamanyili bakaluvya pakunyala ivibama. Batakaba nichibama nachimo mu bwato. ¹⁵ Akababuzya ukuti, '' muchebe nukulingisya vyo vikututumusya ivya bafalisi na vyo vikututumusya ivya Herodi.'' ¹⁶ Abamanyili bakalalusyananga bene bene, '' pakuti batakaba nichibama.'' ¹⁷ U Yesu akamanya ukuti bakulalusyanya, akanena nabo, '' choni cho mukulalusanya ivya chibama? nulu mutakwivwisya? ka nulu mutakumanya? ka imyoyo yinu yikalite? ¹⁸ Amaso muli nagho mutakulinga? amakutu muli nagho mutakwivwa hagha? mutakukumbukila? ¹⁹ po nkhabapa abanthu 5000 ivibama vila, mukaseba ivitundu vilinga ivya kwizula vyo vikasyala bobalya? bakamwamula ukuti ''teni na vibili.'' ²⁰ Po nkhabapa ivibama fayivi navibili abanthu folo sawuzandi mukabunganika ivizanga vilinga ivyakwizula ivyakusyalako?'' ²¹ bakamwamula ukuti ''fayivi navibili.'' Umwene akati ka nulu muchili mutakwivwisya? ²² bakaya ku Betisayida. Abanthu bakulanyene bakabuka nu munthu uwakufwa po bakamulenga u Yesu ukuti amupalamasye. ²³ U Yesu akamukola mpanyobe uwakufwa amaso nukufuma nawe kunzi kwa kaya. Bo amuswilila amati mumaso ghache nukumukola inyobe, akamulalusya, '' ykulinga chimo? ²⁴ akalinga, nukunena, '' nkhulinga abanthu loli bakwendakwenda ngati makomo.'' ²⁵ Pakufuma apo akabika inyobe mumaso mwache, po umunthu yula akiwula amaso, akalinga ivinthu vyosi akiza. ²⁶ U Yesu akamubuzya ukuti abwele kukwabo nukuti, '' atakingile mkaya.'' ²⁷ U Yesu akafumapo nabamanyili bache, bakinjila mkaya ka Kaisareya uwa filipu. Po u Yesu akabalalusya abamanyili bache, '' ukuti ka abanthu bakunena ukuti ne wenu?'' ²⁸ bakamula ukuti, '' we Yohani yo akozyanga, bamo bakuti we Eliya, nabamo bakuti we wa yumo uwa bawonela.'' ²⁹ Akabalalusya, '' ngapo umwe mukuti ne wenu?'' U Petulosi akamula ukuti, '' we kilisitu.'' ³⁰ U Yesu akabasoka ukuti batakanene ku munthu nayumo izyache. ³¹ Akanda ukubamanyisya ukuti chakwenelela ukuti umwana wa munthu ivwe ivya kubaba ivyinji, sona azukukaniwa nabasongo poka na baputi abasongo, nabasimbi, po azukukomiwa loli pa masiku matatu azukuzyuka. ³² Akanena amazyu agha pabwelu. Po u Petulosi akamusendela pambali nukwanda ukumususya. ³³ Loli u Yesu akang'anamuka nukubalingisya abamanyili bache, nukumususya u Petulo akanena akati, '' fumako kukwane , satana! chifukwa utakupwelelela ivinthu vya chala loli ivya banthu.'' ³⁴ po akabitizya abanthu na ba manyili bache poka, nukubabuzya ukuti, '' nanthi yo akulonda ukunkhonkha une, akwenela ukwibenga, nukunyamula umphinjika yache nukunkhonkha. ³⁵ Kumunthu wensi yo akulonda ukusunga umoyo wache akuzukuwutaya, sona wensi yo akuwutaya umoyo wache, chifukwa chana poka namazyu ghane akusunga ubumi bwache. ³⁶ Chingapindulachi ku munthu nanthi angaba mukabi pachisu chosi ichapasi, nukutaya umoyo wache? ³⁷ Chinthu buli cho umunthu angalipila nu moyo wache? ³⁸ Wensi yo ali nu bogha chifukwa chane, poka namazyu ghane mu mphapwa yino iya buhule nubunanzi, umwana wamunthu akuzukuba ni nsoni chifukwa chache po akuzukwiza mu bukabi bwa baba wache poka naba ngelo abaswepu.