Jesu unopodza nthu pa dziba
1 Shule kwa ikoku Jesu kayenda ku Jerusalema ku nzano we Bajuta. 2 Mu nzi we Jerusalema pejo ne nkoba we pkhwizi kuna dziba lakakombeledziwa nge matenga mashanu e mitutshi, mu lulimi gwe Tjihebheru lodang'wa kuyi Bhetizada. 3 Ipapo kwakabe kuna bagwele banjinji balilele, kwakashangana mapofu ne zwilema ne bakalobgwa nge gulukadzi. 5 Mmwe nlume wakabe ali ipapo wakabe ana makole ali makumi matatu ana zhanakadzi egwala. 6 Jesu kati embona alilele ipapo, kaziba kuti wakabe ne tjibaka tjilefu ali mu tjimo itjetjo, ngono kambhuzwa kati, “Apa unoshaka podziwa kene?”
7 Nlume iwoyu wakabe egwala kan'dabila eti, “Tate bangu, andina iye ungandilonga mu dziba ha vula ikodzongeka, ndoti nditjagwisa kungina, atangigwa ne mmwe.”
8 Jesu kati kunli, “Milika utole thobo iyo uyende.” 9 Tjinyolotjo nlume iwoyu kapola, katola thobo iye kayenda.
Ikoku kwakashingikala mu nsi we Sabata. 10 Ndizo Bajuta bakati ku nlume iwoyu wapodziwa, “Nasi i Sabata, ate kuli mu nlayo kuti usenge thobo iyo.”
11 Kabashandula eti, “Nlume wandipodza wandidwa kati, ‘Tola thobo iyo uyende.’ ”
12 Bakambhuzwa beti, “Ndiani iwoyo nthu wakudwa eijalo?”
13 Koga kasizibe kuti ndiani, ngobe kwakabe kuna bathu banjinji ipapo, ngono Jesu wakabe ayenda.
14 Shule kwe tjibaka Jesu kan'wana mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu, ngono kan'dwa kati “Wapodziwa, utjiletjedza kutjinya, kuti usishingikaligwe nge tjinopinda itjetji.”
15 Iwoyu nlume kayenda kanobudza Bajuta kuti wapodziwa ndi Jesu. 16 Ndizo bakatangisa kusala Jesu shule bendziyidza, ngobe wakabe ethama zwithu izwezwi nge nsi we Sabata. 17 Jesu kabadwa kati, “Tate batjashinga na ngwenu kose, ngono namibo ndoshinga.”
18 Ngekwa ikoku Bajuta bakazwimisila tjose kumbulaya, ngobe wakabe atjuluka nlayo we Sabata kakale edana Ndzimu eti Tate, ezwilizanya ne Ndzimu.
Simba le Nkololo
19 Jesu kabadabila eti, “Ndolebesa tjose ndoti kumuli, Nkololo aana tjaangashinga nge kukwe, kuzhe kwe tjaabona tjishingwa ndi Tate babe. Tjinoshingiwa ndi Tate ne Nkololo unotjishingabo. 20 Ngobe Tate banoda Nkololo ndizo banonlakidza kose kwabanothama; ngono banowonlakidza mishingo mikulu pana iyeyi, kuti mukaabale. 21 Koga sa Tate bemusa bafi bebapa butjilo, Nkololo unotjidzabo baanoda. 22 Tate abana wabanosumikilisa, koga bakapa Nkololo wabo fanilo dzose dze kusumikilisa, 23 kuti ndizo bose bakudze Nkololo sekwa banokudza Tate. Iye usingakudze Nkololo aatokudza Tate ibo bakantuma.
24 “Ndolebesa tjose ndoti kumuli, iye unohwa dama langu kagalamoyo muna iye wakandituma, unowowana butjilo gusingapele. Aatjowowang'wa nlandu, koga wapinda mu lufu wangina mu butjilo. 25 Ndolebesa tjose ndoti kumuli, tjibaka tjozha, na iko tjatjiswika tje kuti bafi bahwe hwi le Nkololo we Ndzimu, ngono ibabo banowolihwa banowotjila. 26 Se Tate bana masimba ekupa butjilo, bakapa Nkololo kube ne masimba ekupa butjilo na iyebo. 27 Bakampa simba le kusumikilisa, ngobe ali iye Nkololo we nthu. 28 Musitjenamile ikoku, ngobe tjibaka tjozha tje kuti bose bamu zwikumbu bahwe hwi lile, 29 ngono babhude mu zwikumbu zwabo, ibabo bakashinga ndulamo banowomukila mu butjilo, bakashinga mbipo banowomukila kubong'wa nlandu.
Batendeki ngekwa Jesu
30 “Akuna tjandingashinga nge kwangu, ndosumikilisa sekwa ndabudziwa nge Ndzimu, ndizo kusumikilisa kwangu kwakalulwama, ngobe anditoshaka kushinga kuda kwangu, ndoshinga kuda kwa iye wakandituma.
31 “Ha ndizwitendekela nge kwangu, butendeki gwangu ate guli malebeswa. 32 Koga kuna mmwe unotendeka nge kwangu, ngono ndoziba kuti butendeki gugwe nge kwangu malebeswa. 33 Makatuma bathu kuna Johani, ngono katendeka ngekwe malebeswa. 34 Ate kuli kuti ndimilile butendeki gwe bathu nge kwangu koga, ndoleba ikoku kuti mutjidziwe. 35 Johani wakabe ali luvone gunothuta kakale gunopenya, ngono imwi makada kushathila tjedza tjitje kwe tjibaka tjifupi. 36 Ndina butendeki bukulu pana gwa Johani. Mishingo yandakapiwa ndi Tate kuti ndiipeleledze, iyo mishingo iyeyi yandinoshinga, inotendeka nge kwangu kuti Tate bakandituma. 37 Na ibo Tate bakandituma, bakatendeka nge kwangu. Amuthu mukatongo hwa hwi labo kene kuli kubona mbumbiko yabo, 38 kakale makashayila hanya dama labo, ngobe amutogalabgwe muna iye wabakatuma. 39 Mozwidiya hwalo dze Ndzimu makasimisa ngobe mokumbula kuti muna butjilo gusingapele mudzili. Ngono ndidzo dzinotendeka nge kwangu, 40 koga molamba kuzha kundili kuti muwane butjilo.
41 “Anditoamutjila gudzo kudwa mu bathu, 42 koga ndomuziba. Ndoziba kuti amuna ludo gwe Ndzimu mu muli. 43 Ndakazha nge zina la Tate, koga amutondiamutjila; koga ha mmwe ezwizhigwa nge zina lile, iye mowon'amutjila. 44 Mungagalamoyo tjini muda kukudzana, koga musingagwise kuwana kukudziwa kunodwa ku Ndzimu, iwo uwoga kene? 45 Musikumbule kuti ndimi ndinowomutilika nlandu mbeli kwa Tate. Mushe wamakagalabgwe, ndiye unowomutilika nlandu. 46 Ha makabe magalamoyo muna Mushe, mobe mugalamoyo ne mundili, ngobe wakakwala nge kwangu. 47 Koga se musingagalemoyo tjaakakwala, mungagalamoyo tjandinoleba tjini?”
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