Lufu gwa Lazaro
1 Mu nzi unoyi Bhetani, kanyi kwa Mariya ne nkulu uwe, Mata kwakabe kuna nlume unoyi Lazaro egwala kwazo. 2 Mariya iwoyo ndiye wakazhodza She nge mafuta anonuhwa zwinozipa, kabukusha makumbo a She nge mavudzi awe, ndiye wakabe egwaligwa nge hazwadzi iye Lazaro. 3 Hazwadzi dza Lazaro dzakatumila dama kuna Jesu dziti, “She, nzwalani wenyu wamunoda kwazo unogwala.”
4 Jesu kati ehwa kuiyago, kati, “Igogu bugwele ate gunowombulaya, ikoku kwashingikala kuti ndizo Ndzimu ukudziwe, ndiko kunowoyita kuti Nkololo we Ndzimu akudziwe.”
5 Jesu nenguba akabe eda Mata ne nnung'una uwe ne hazwadzi yabo Lazaro, 6 wakati ehwa ngekwe bugwele gwa Lazaro kagala mazhuba mabili asathu kamilika kwaakabe aliko. 7 Shule kadwa badiyiwa babe kati, “Ngatibgwilileni ku Judiya.”
8 Badiyiwa babe bakan'dwa bakati, “N'diyi, ate ntolo Bajuta begwisa kumukikithidza nge mabgwe, ngono mutjashaka bgwilila ku bali kene?”
9 Jesu kati, “Apa zhuba alina awara dzili gumi lina mbili dze masikati kene? Ndizo, kene ali ani unoyenda kuli masikati aatokuthiwa, ngobe unobona tjedza tje shango iyeyi. 10 Koga ha iyenda busiku unokuthiwa, ngobe aana tjedza.” 11 Wakati asinoleba matama iyawa kapapha kati, “Nzwalani wedu Lazaro wayizela, koga ndowoyenda ndonommusa.”
12 Badiyiwa bakanshandula beti, “She, ha ali lele unowomuka.”
13 Jesu wakabe elebeleka ngekwe lufu gwa Lazaro, koga ibo bakazwidwa beti unodwa hwope koga. 14 Ndizo Jesu kabatjenesela eti, “Lazaro wafa, 15 koga nge kwenyu ndoboka kuti abe atjinyika ndisipo, kuti ndizo mugalemoyo. Ngatiyendeni kunli.”
16 Tomasi unodang'wa Bili kati ku bamwe badiyiwa, “Ngatiyendenibo tinofa naye!”
Jesu ndiye kumuka ne kutjila
17 Jesu kati eswika, kawana Lazaro ana mazhuba manna akabiganyiwa. 18 Nzi we Bhetani wakabe uli thambo ipasi kwe khilomitha thatu kudwa mu Jerusalema. 19 Bajuta banjinji bakabe bazha kuwomila kuna Mata na Mariya ngekwe hazwadzi yabo.
20 Mata kati ehwa kuyi Jesu unozha, kabhuda kunonshanganidza, koga Mariya kasala mu ng'umba. 21 Mata kaswika kati kuna Jesu, “She, ha makabe muli pano, hazwadzi yangu inobe isakafa! 22 Koga ndoziba kuti nangwenu kose Ndzimu unowomupa tjimwe ne tjimwe tjamunokumbila.”
23 Jesu kan'dwa kati, “Hazwadzi iyo inowomuka.”
24 Mata kan'dabila eti, “Ndoziba kuti unowomuka mu kumusiwa kwe bathu mu nsi we bupelo.”
25 Jesu kati kunli, “Ndimi kumuka ne kutjila. Kene ali ani unogalamoyo mundili unowotjila nenguba afa, 26 kene ali ani unotjila ngono egalamoyo mundili aatowofa. Apa unogalamoyo muna ikoku kene?”
27 Mata kan'dabila eti, “She, ndogalamoyo kuti ndimwi Mesiya, Nkololo we Ndzimu, iye wakabe akalingiligwa kuzha mu shango.”
Jesu unolila
28 Mata wakati aleba matama iyawa, kabgwilila ku nzi kaswika kadanila nnung'una uwe Mariya ntome, kan'dwa kati, “N'diyi wazha, ngono unokudana.” 29 Mariya kati ehwa kuyiyago, kamilika tjinyolotjo kayenda kunli. 30 Jesu wakabe asathu kaswika mu nzi, koga wakabe atji ikweno kwaakashanganidzigwako ndi Mata. 31 Bathu bakabe bana Mariya mu ng'umba bennyaladza, bakati bebona emilika elibilidza bakantobela bekumbula kuti unoyenda kunolilila ku ikumbu tja Lazaro.
32 Mariya kati eswika pana Jesu kawila pa makumbo awe kati, “She, ha makabe muli pano, hazwadzi yangu inobe isakafa!”
33 Jesu kati ebona Mariya elila ne bathu bakabe banaye belilabo, kahwa zogwadza mu moyo ngono kadziyidzika kwazo. 34 Kababhuzwa kati, “Makambiganya ngayi?”
Bakan'dwa bakati, “She Izhani mubone!”
Matthew-5-4
35 Jesu kalila. 36 Ipapo bathu bakati, “Bonani kuti wakabe en'da kungapani!”
37 Ngono bamwe babo bakati, “Apa iye wakapofunula bhofu, unobe asakathama kuti nlume iwoyu asife kene?”
Kumusiwa kwa Lazaro
38 Jesu mu kuhwa zogwadza kukulu kayenda ku ikumbu tjakabe tjili guwu lakazhaligwa nge shongwe. 39 Kabadwa kati, “Dusani shongwe iyeyi.”
Mata, hazwadzi ye nfi, kan'dabila eti, “Kowobe konuhwa zwakabipa She. Una mazhuba manna akabiganyiwa!”
40 Jesu kambhuzwa kati, “Apa andizokudwa ati unowobona gudzo le Ndzimu ha ugalamoyo kene?” 41 Bakadusa shongwe. Jesu kalinga pezhugwi kati, “Tate, ndomuboka ngoti mandihwa. 42 Ndoziba kuti mondihwa misi yose, koga ndoleba ikoku ngekwe bathu ibaba bapano, kuti ndizo bagalemoyo kuti ndimwi makandituma.” 43 Kati aleba ikoku, kamilidza hwi kadana eti, “Lazaro, bhuda!” 44 Lazaro kabhuda, maboko ne makumbo awe, akapombiwa nge jila nenge buso gugwe gwakakwididziwa nge jila. Jesu kabadwa kati, “Mumpombonole matyila munletje ayende.”
Bajuta banolangana ngekwa Jesu
(Matewu 26:1-5Mako 14:1-2Luke 22:1-2)
45 Koga ipapo bunji gwe Bajuta bakabe bawomila kuna Mariya bakabona tjakathamiwa ndi Jesu ngono bakagalamoyo munli. 46 Koga bamwe babo bakayenda ku Bafarasi bakanobabudza tjathamiwa ndi Jesu. 47 Ndizo Bafarasi ne bapirisiti bakulu bakadana nshangano we makulukota e Bajuta, bakati, “Towothamani? Bonani zwilakidzo zwinjinji zwinothamiwa nge nlume iwoyu. 48 Ha angaletjiwa kadwilila sa ikoku, bathu bose banowogalamoyo munli, ngono batungamili be Baroma bangatinginilila bakakolomola Ng'umba ye Ndzimu bakalobesa nenge itjaba tjedu.”
49 Mmwe wabo wakabe edang'wa Kaifasi, wakabe ali iye Ntungamili we bapirisiti mu gole ilelo kabadwa kati, “Amutozibisisa tjinoshingikala. 50 Apa amutoziba kuti koyita kumuli kuti nthu ali nng'ompela afile itjaba pana kuti kulobe itjaba tjose kene?” 51 Wakabe asingazwiyite, ngobe akabe ali iye Ntungamili we bapirisiti mu gole ilelo wakabe elebesambeli kuti Jesu unowofila itjaba tje Bajuta, 52 kusi itjaba itjetjo koga, koga ne kukubunganya bana be Ndzimu bakapalala kuti babe bang'ompela.
53 Ndizo kudwa tjose mu zhuba ilelo bakalangana kuti Jesu ungabulawa tjini. 54 Kudwa ipapo Jesu wakabe woyenda asi patjena pakati kwe Bajuta, kabhuda kayenda ku bugalo gupejo ne tjilambanyika, ku nzi wakabe udang'wa kuyi Ifureimi, kagalako ne badiyiwa babe.
55 Nzano we Kupinda pezhugwi wakabe wabe pejo, ngono bathu banjinji bakayenda ku Jerusalema bedwa kuzhe kwe nzi* nkulu kunozwitjenesa, nzano usathu ukaswika. 56 Bathu ibabo bakabe beshaka Jesu, ngono bakati bekubungana mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu, bakabhuzwana beti, “Moalakana tjini? Unowozha ku nzano kene tjini?” 57 Ngono bapirisiti bakulu ne Bafarasi bakabalaya kuti, ha kuna unoziba kwaayako alebe, kuti ndizo banombhata.