Nkadzi wakabe abhakhwa bupombgwe
1 Koga Jesu iye wakayenda ku Dombo le Mitoba. 2 Kwakati kutji mangwanana mu zhuba linotobela kabgwilila ku Ng'umba ye Ndzimu. Bathu bose bakazha kunli, ndizo kagala pasi katangisa kubadiya. 3 Badiyi be nlayo ne Bafarasi bakazhisa mmwe nkadzi wakabe abhakhwa bupombgwe kuna Jesu, ngono bakammisa pakati kwe bathu, 4 bakadwa Jesu bakati, “N'diyi, nkadzi iwoyu wabhakhwa bupombgwe. 5 Mu Nlayo, Mushe wakatilaya kuti nkadzi wakajali wakafanila kukikithidziwa nge mabgwe kudzina efa. Iwe unoti aying'wi?” 6 Bakabe beleba beijalo beteya Jesu, kuti bawane tjabangambhatila patjili. Koga Jesu kakotama kakwala mu mavu nge tjinyala tjitje.
7 Bakati bedwilila nge kumbhuzwa, kakotamuka kati ku bali, “Iye wenyu usina tjibi, ngaabe we kutanga kuposa nkadzi iwoyu nge bgwe.” 8 Kakotama kakale kakwala mu mavu. 9 Bakati behwa matama awe, bose bakayenda, nng'ompela ne nng'ompela, kutangisa ne bahwola. Jesu kasala abe ega ne nkadzi iwoyo ali mile ipapo. 10 Kakotamuka kati ku nkadzi iwoyo, “Bangayi? Akuna wakubona nlandu?”
11 Nkadzi kan'dabila eti, “Akuna, tetshi wangu.” Jesu kati, “Kwakalulwama, nami anditokubona nlandu. Yenda, koga usitjatjinye kakale.”]
Jesu ndiye tjedza tje shango
12 Jesu kalebeleka ne Bafarasi kakale kati, “Ndimi tjedza tje shango, iye unonditobela unowobe ne tjedza tjinopa butjilo, ndizo aatjowoyenda mulima.”
13 Bafarasi bakati kunli, “Unozwitendekela nge kuko, ngono matama awo aana malebeswa.”
14 Jesu kabashandula eti, “Nenguba ndizwitendekela nge kwangu, butendeki gwangu malebeswa, ngobe ndoziba kwandakadwa ne nge kwandinoyenda. Imwi amutoziba kwandakadwa kene kwandinoyenda. 15 Imwi mosumikilisa nge mpanga we bathu, koga imi andina wandinosumikilisa. 16 Ha ndabe ndisumikilisa, kusumikilisa kwangu kobe kuli kwe malebeswa, ngobe anditosumikilisa ndili ndoga, koga ndina Tate ibo bakandituma. 17 Kwakakwagwa mu nlayo wenyu kuti, ha butendeki gwe bathu babili gudumana, tjabanoleba malebeswa. 18 Ndozwitendekela, mmilili wangu mmwe ndi Tate, ibo bakandituma.”
19 Bakambhuzwa bakati, “Tate babo bangayi?”
Kabadabila eti, “Amutoziba kuti ndimi ani, ndizo na Tate amutobaziba. Ha mabe mundiziba, na Tate mobe mubaziba.”
20 Jesu wakaleba kose ikoku ediya ali mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu pejo ne mabiganyilo e zwipo zwadusigwa Ndzimu. Akuna wakambhata, ngobe tjibaka tjitje tjakabe tjisathu tjikaswika.
Amungayende kwandinoyenda
21 Jesu kapapha kati ku bali, “Ndoyenda, mowondishaka, ngono mowofila mu zwibi zwenyu. Kwandinoyenda amungazhe ko.”
22 Ndizo Bajuta bakati, “Unoshaka kuzwibulaya kani? Se eti, ‘Kwandinoyenda, amungazhe ko?’ ”
23 Jesu kabadwa kati, “Imwi mube shango ino ipasi, imi ndodwa ku shango ipezhugwi. Imwi modwa mu shango ino, koga imi anditodwa muili. 24 Ndamudwa ati mowofila mu zwibi zwenyu, nge lebeswa mowofila mu zwibi zwenyu, ha musingagalemoyo kuti ‘Ndi iye wandili iye!’ ”
25 Bakambhuzwa beti, “Ndiwe ani?” Jesu kabadabila eti, “Nditjandakamubudza mukutangisa. 26 Ndina zwinjinji zwandinowoleba nge kwenyu ne zwinjinji zwandinowomusumikilisila. Koga iye wakandituma, una malebeswa, ngono ndobudza shango tjandahwa ndiye.”
27 Abazohwisisa kuti wakabe elebeleka nabo ngekwa Tate. 28 Ndizo Jesu kati ku bali, “Mowoti mamilidzila Nkololo we nthu pezhugwi, ipapo mukaziba kuti ‘Ndi iye wandili iye.’ Mowoziba kuti andina tjandinoshinga nge kwangu, koga ndoleba tjandinobe ndilayiwa ndi Tate kuti nditjilebe. 29 Iye wakandituma unami, aazondisiya ndoga, ngobe ndoshinga tjinonshathisa misi yose.”
30 Wakati elebeleka sa ikoko bathu banjinji bakagalamoyo munli.
Lebeswa lowomusunungula
31 Ndizo Jesu kati ku Bajuta bakabe bagalamoyo munli, “Ha mulondolodza matama angu, mu badiyiwa bangu bakwako, 32 mowoziba malebeswa, ngono malebeswa anowomusunungula.”
33 Bakanshandula beti, “Iswi ti zwizekugwana zwa Abhurahama, kakale atithu tikatongobe balanda. Unodwani ha uti, ‘Mowosunungugwa?’ ”

34 Jesu kati ku bali, “Ndolebesa tjose ndoti kumuli, mmwe ne mmwe unotjinya nlanda we tjibi. 35 Nlanda aatogalila tjose mu nzi usi wa kanyi kwabo, koga nkololo unogalila tjose. 36 Ndizo Nkololo ha emusunungula mowosununguka kwakwako. 37 Ndoziba kuti mu zwizekugwana zwa Abhurahama, koga mogwisa kundibulaya, ngobe amutoamutjila matama angu. 38 Ndoleba ngekwe tjandakalakidziwa ndi Tate, koga moshinga tjamakahwa ndi tate benyu.”
39 Bakan'dabila beti, “Tate bedu ndi Abhurahama.”
Jesu kabashandula eti, “Ha mabe muli bana ba Abhurahama mobe mushinga zwakashingwa ndi Abhurahama. 40 Koga makazwimisila kundibulaya, imi ndakamubudza malebeswa andakahwa nge Ndzimu. Abhurahama aazothama zwithu zwakajalo! 41 Imwi moshinga mishingo ya tate benyu.”
Bakan'dabila beti, “Ndzimu nge kwawo ndi Tate bedu, atizozwagwa mu bupombgwe.”
42 Jesu kabadabila eti, “Ha Ndzimu wabe uli tate benyu, mobe mundida, ngobe ndakadwa ku Ndzimu ngono ndi pano. Andizozwizhigwa nge kuda kwangu, ndakatumwa nge Ndzimu. 43 Ini musingahwisise tjandinoleba? Hwuti amungamilane nge kuhwa dama langu. 44 Mu bana ba tate benyu, ibo Satani, ngono moshaka thama kuda kwa tate benyu. Bakabe bali mbulayi kudwa mu kutangisa, kakale abana tjimwe nge malebeswa, ngobe kusina malebeswa mubali. Ha benyepa banobe belebeleka lulimi gwe mbumbiko yabo, ngobe bannyepi kakale ndibo tate be manyepkhwa. 45 Koga ngoti ndoleba malebeswa, amutondigalamoyo. 46 Ndiupi wenyu ungatendeka tjibi tjangu? Ha ndileba malebeswa, ini ngono musingandigalemoyo? 47 Iye unobe ali we Ndzimu unohwilila matama e Ndzimu. Tjinoyita kuti musihwe hwuti amute muli be Ndzimu.”
Jesu na Abhurahama
48 Bajuta bakan'dabila beti, “Apa atitolebesa kene, ha titi, u Nsamariya kakale una meya mbi?”
49 Jesu kabashandula eti, “Andina meya mbi, koga ndokudza Tate, ngono imwi mondilengudza. 50 Anditozwishakila gudzo ngono uyapo unolishaka, iye ndiye nsumikilisi. 51 Ndolebesa tjose ndoti kumuli, iye unolondolodza dama langu aatowofa.”
52 Bakati kunli, “Ngwenu tina malebeswa ekuti una meya mbi. Abhurahama wakafa ne balebesambeli bakafa, koga iwe ukati, ‘Iye unolondolodza dama langu aatowofa.’ 53 Apa u nkulu pana tate bedu Abhurahama kene? Bakafa ne balebesambeli bakafabo. Unozwidwa uti ndiwe ani kene?”
54 Jesu kabadabila eti, “Ha ndizwikudza, kuzwikudza kwangu akutodwa tjimwe. Koga ndokudziwa ndi Tate ibo bamunoti Ndzimu wenyu. 55 Imwi amutobaziba, koga imi ndobaziba. Ha ndingati anditobaziba, ndowobe ndili nnyepi samwi. Koga ndobaziba, kakale ndolondolodza dama labo. 56 Tate benyu Abhurahama bakashathila kuzha kwangu mu shango, bakabona nsi we kuzha kwangu ngono bakashatha.”
57 Bajuta bakati kunli, “Iwe usathu ukabe ne makole ali makumi mashanu unoti wakabona Abhurahama kene?”
58 Jesu kabashandula eti, “Ndolebesa tjose ndoti kumuli, Abhurahama wakati asathu kazwagwa, ndakabe ndilipo, ‘Ndi iye wandili iye!’ ”
59 Wakati eijalo, bakanunga mabgwe beti bamphobole ndiwo, koga kabgwata ngono kabhuda mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu kayenda.
Nkadzi wakabe abhakhwa bupombgwe
1 Koga Jesu iye wakayenda ku Dombo le Mitoba. 2 Kwakati kutji mangwanana mu zhuba linotobela kabgwilila ku Ng'umba ye Ndzimu. Bathu bose bakazha kunli, ndizo kagala pasi katangisa kubadiya. 3 Badiyi be nlayo ne Bafarasi bakazhisa mmwe nkadzi wakabe abhakhwa bupombgwe kuna Jesu, ngono bakammisa pakati kwe bathu, 4 bakadwa Jesu bakati, “N'diyi, nkadzi iwoyu wabhakhwa bupombgwe. 5 Mu Nlayo, Mushe wakatilaya kuti nkadzi wakajali wakafanila kukikithidziwa nge mabgwe kudzina efa. Iwe unoti aying'wi?” 6 Bakabe beleba beijalo beteya Jesu, kuti bawane tjabangambhatila patjili. Koga Jesu kakotama kakwala mu mavu nge tjinyala tjitje.
7 Bakati bedwilila nge kumbhuzwa, kakotamuka kati ku bali, “Iye wenyu usina tjibi, ngaabe we kutanga kuposa nkadzi iwoyu nge bgwe.” 8 Kakotama kakale kakwala mu mavu. 9 Bakati behwa matama awe, bose bakayenda, nng'ompela ne nng'ompela, kutangisa ne bahwola. Jesu kasala abe ega ne nkadzi iwoyo ali mile ipapo. 10 Kakotamuka kati ku nkadzi iwoyo, “Bangayi? Akuna wakubona nlandu?”
11 Nkadzi kan'dabila eti, “Akuna, tetshi wangu.” Jesu kati, “Kwakalulwama, nami anditokubona nlandu. Yenda, koga usitjatjinye kakale.”]
Jesu ndiye tjedza tje shango
12 Jesu kalebeleka ne Bafarasi kakale kati, “Ndimi tjedza tje shango, iye unonditobela unowobe ne tjedza tjinopa butjilo, ndizo aatjowoyenda mulima.”
13 Bafarasi bakati kunli, “Unozwitendekela nge kuko, ngono matama awo aana malebeswa.”
14 Jesu kabashandula eti, “Nenguba ndizwitendekela nge kwangu, butendeki gwangu malebeswa, ngobe ndoziba kwandakadwa ne nge kwandinoyenda. Imwi amutoziba kwandakadwa kene kwandinoyenda. 15 Imwi mosumikilisa nge mpanga we bathu, koga imi andina wandinosumikilisa. 16 Ha ndabe ndisumikilisa, kusumikilisa kwangu kobe kuli kwe malebeswa, ngobe anditosumikilisa ndili ndoga, koga ndina Tate ibo bakandituma. 17 Kwakakwagwa mu nlayo wenyu kuti, ha butendeki gwe bathu babili gudumana, tjabanoleba malebeswa. 18 Ndozwitendekela, mmilili wangu mmwe ndi Tate, ibo bakandituma.”
19 Bakambhuzwa bakati, “Tate babo bangayi?”
Kabadabila eti, “Amutoziba kuti ndimi ani, ndizo na Tate amutobaziba. Ha mabe mundiziba, na Tate mobe mubaziba.”
20 Jesu wakaleba kose ikoku ediya ali mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu pejo ne mabiganyilo e zwipo zwadusigwa Ndzimu. Akuna wakambhata, ngobe tjibaka tjitje tjakabe tjisathu tjikaswika.
Amungayende kwandinoyenda
21 Jesu kapapha kati ku bali, “Ndoyenda, mowondishaka, ngono mowofila mu zwibi zwenyu. Kwandinoyenda amungazhe ko.”
22 Ndizo Bajuta bakati, “Unoshaka kuzwibulaya kani? Se eti, ‘Kwandinoyenda, amungazhe ko?’ ”
23 Jesu kabadwa kati, “Imwi mube shango ino ipasi, imi ndodwa ku shango ipezhugwi. Imwi modwa mu shango ino, koga imi anditodwa muili. 24 Ndamudwa ati mowofila mu zwibi zwenyu, nge lebeswa mowofila mu zwibi zwenyu, ha musingagalemoyo kuti ‘Ndi iye wandili iye!’ ”
25 Bakambhuzwa beti, “Ndiwe ani?” Jesu kabadabila eti, “Nditjandakamubudza mukutangisa. 26 Ndina zwinjinji zwandinowoleba nge kwenyu ne zwinjinji zwandinowomusumikilisila. Koga iye wakandituma, una malebeswa, ngono ndobudza shango tjandahwa ndiye.”
27 Abazohwisisa kuti wakabe elebeleka nabo ngekwa Tate. 28 Ndizo Jesu kati ku bali, “Mowoti mamilidzila Nkololo we nthu pezhugwi, ipapo mukaziba kuti ‘Ndi iye wandili iye.’ Mowoziba kuti andina tjandinoshinga nge kwangu, koga ndoleba tjandinobe ndilayiwa ndi Tate kuti nditjilebe. 29 Iye wakandituma unami, aazondisiya ndoga, ngobe ndoshinga tjinonshathisa misi yose.”
30 Wakati elebeleka sa ikoko bathu banjinji bakagalamoyo munli.
Lebeswa lowomusunungula
31 Ndizo Jesu kati ku Bajuta bakabe bagalamoyo munli, “Ha mulondolodza matama angu, mu badiyiwa bangu bakwako, 32 mowoziba malebeswa, ngono malebeswa anowomusunungula.”
33 Bakanshandula beti, “Iswi ti zwizekugwana zwa Abhurahama, kakale atithu tikatongobe balanda. Unodwani ha uti, ‘Mowosunungugwa?’ ”
34 Jesu kati ku bali, “Ndolebesa tjose ndoti kumuli, mmwe ne mmwe unotjinya nlanda we tjibi. 35 Nlanda aatogalila tjose mu nzi usi wa kanyi kwabo, koga nkololo unogalila tjose. 36 Ndizo Nkololo ha emusunungula mowosununguka kwakwako. 37 Ndoziba kuti mu zwizekugwana zwa Abhurahama, koga mogwisa kundibulaya, ngobe amutoamutjila matama angu. 38 Ndoleba ngekwe tjandakalakidziwa ndi Tate, koga moshinga tjamakahwa ndi tate benyu.”
39 Bakan'dabila beti, “Tate bedu ndi Abhurahama.”
Jesu kabashandula eti, “Ha mabe muli bana ba Abhurahama mobe mushinga zwakashingwa ndi Abhurahama. 40 Koga makazwimisila kundibulaya, imi ndakamubudza malebeswa andakahwa nge Ndzimu. Abhurahama aazothama zwithu zwakajalo! 41 Imwi moshinga mishingo ya tate benyu.”
Bakan'dabila beti, “Ndzimu nge kwawo ndi Tate bedu, atizozwagwa mu bupombgwe.”
42 Jesu kabadabila eti, “Ha Ndzimu wabe uli tate benyu, mobe mundida, ngobe ndakadwa ku Ndzimu ngono ndi pano. Andizozwizhigwa nge kuda kwangu, ndakatumwa nge Ndzimu. 43 Ini musingahwisise tjandinoleba? Hwuti amungamilane nge kuhwa dama langu. 44 Mu bana ba tate benyu, ibo Satani, ngono moshaka thama kuda kwa tate benyu. Bakabe bali mbulayi kudwa mu kutangisa, kakale abana tjimwe nge malebeswa, ngobe kusina malebeswa mubali. Ha benyepa banobe belebeleka lulimi gwe mbumbiko yabo, ngobe bannyepi kakale ndibo tate be manyepkhwa. 45 Koga ngoti ndoleba malebeswa, amutondigalamoyo. 46 Ndiupi wenyu ungatendeka tjibi tjangu? Ha ndileba malebeswa, ini ngono musingandigalemoyo? 47 Iye unobe ali we Ndzimu unohwilila matama e Ndzimu. Tjinoyita kuti musihwe hwuti amute muli be Ndzimu.”
Jesu na Abhurahama
48 Bajuta bakan'dabila beti, “Apa atitolebesa kene, ha titi, u Nsamariya kakale una meya mbi?”
49 Jesu kabashandula eti, “Andina meya mbi, koga ndokudza Tate, ngono imwi mondilengudza. 50 Anditozwishakila gudzo ngono uyapo unolishaka, iye ndiye nsumikilisi. 51 Ndolebesa tjose ndoti kumuli, iye unolondolodza dama langu aatowofa.”
52 Bakati kunli, “Ngwenu tina malebeswa ekuti una meya mbi. Abhurahama wakafa ne balebesambeli bakafa, koga iwe ukati, ‘Iye unolondolodza dama langu aatowofa.’ 53 Apa u nkulu pana tate bedu Abhurahama kene? Bakafa ne balebesambeli bakafabo. Unozwidwa uti ndiwe ani kene?”
54 Jesu kabadabila eti, “Ha ndizwikudza, kuzwikudza kwangu akutodwa tjimwe. Koga ndokudziwa ndi Tate ibo bamunoti Ndzimu wenyu. 55 Imwi amutobaziba, koga imi ndobaziba. Ha ndingati anditobaziba, ndowobe ndili nnyepi samwi. Koga ndobaziba, kakale ndolondolodza dama labo. 56 Tate benyu Abhurahama bakashathila kuzha kwangu mu shango, bakabona nsi we kuzha kwangu ngono bakashatha.”
57 Bajuta bakati kunli, “Iwe usathu ukabe ne makole ali makumi mashanu unoti wakabona Abhurahama kene?”
58 Jesu kabashandula eti, “Ndolebesa tjose ndoti kumuli, Abhurahama wakati asathu kazwagwa, ndakabe ndilipo, ‘Ndi iye wandili iye!’ ”
59 Wakati eijalo, bakanunga mabgwe beti bamphobole ndiwo, koga kabgwata ngono kabhuda mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu kayenda.