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Jezu na wakupimisa mtsonkho
1 Ndipo Jezu adapita muJeriko acimbagwata na mumzinda. 2 Mumzindamo mukhana mwamuna m'bodzi wakudala akhacemeredwa Zakeu, mkulu wa wakupimisa mtsonkho. 3 Iye akhafuna kudziwa kuti Jezu mbani, tsono akhana msinkhu ung'ono, ndipo akhakwanisa lini kumuwona thangwe ra mthithi wa wanthu. 4 Tenepoyo, adathamanga kutsogolo ndipo adakwira mumkuyu kuti amuwone, nakuti Jezu akhayenda kukapita na pamwepo.
5 Pomwe Jezu adafika pambuto imweire, adanyang'ana m'dzulu ndipo adati: “Zakeu, buluka kamkulumize. Nin'funa kukakhala kunyumba kwako lero”. 6 Pamwepo iye adabuluka mwakamkulumize ndipo adamutambira na kukondwa.
7 Ndipo mbumba yentse yomwe idawona bzimwebzi idang'ung'udzika icimbati: “Iye wafikira kunyumba kwa mtazi*Mtazi: Ni munthu omwe atsogoleri wa aJuda akhamuyesa kuti ni wakutaza.”.
8 Tsono Zakeu adaima aciuza Mbuya kuti: “Bvani Mbuya, nin'pereka bzinthu bzangu bzentse pakati-na-kati kuna wakusauka. Ndipo penu ndidabera winango, nin'dzamubwezera kanai kentse”.
9 Ndipo Jezu adamuuza kuti: “Lero panyumba pano pafika cipulumuso! Thangwe mwamuna umweyumbo ni mwana wa Abrahamu. 10 Nakuti Mwana wa Munthu adabwera kudzalinga na kupulumusa comwe cikhadataika”.
Mfananizo wa kobiri khumi
11 Pomwe iwo akhamutetekera, Jezu adawauza mfananizo ubodzi, thangwe iwo akhali pafupi na Jerusalema ndipo mbumba ikhakumbuka kuti Umambo bwa Mulungu bungadawonekeratu pamwepo. 12 Jezu adawauza kuti: “Pakhana mwamuna m'bodzi wa mbiri adayenda kudziko la kutali, kuti akatambire umambo ndipo akakamala abwerere. 13 Pamwepo, adacemera wabasa wace khumi, ndipo adawapasa kobiri khumi zakucemeredwa mina aciwauza kuti: ‘Citani kuti kobiriyi ikhale na phindu mpaka kubwera kwangu’ ”.
14 “Tsono mbumba ya mudzikomo ikhamuwenga, ndipopo adatumiza aimikiri kuti akamuuze aciti: ‘Tin'funa lini kuti munthu umweyu akhale mambo wathu’ ”.
15 “Tsono iye adaikhidwa umambo ndipo adabwerera. Pamwepo adacemeresa wabasa wace omwe akhadapasa kobiri, kuti adziwe adaphindula zingasi”.
16 “Wakuyamba adabwera aciti: ‘Mbuya, kobiri yanu yaphindula zinango khumi’ ”.
17 Mbuya wace adatawira kuti: “Wacita bwino, wabasa wangu wabwino! Nakuti wakhala wakukhulupirika pa bzing'ono-ng'ono, tonga mizinda khumi”.
18 “Waciwiri adabwerambo adati: ‘Mbuya, kobiri yanu yaphindula zinango zixanu’ ”.
19 “Mbuya wace adamutawira kuti: ‘Iwepombo tonga mizinda mixanu’ ”.
20 “Pamwepo adabwerambo wabasa winango adati: ‘Mbuya, kobiri yanu iyi. Ine ndikhadaikoya, idamangirira papfundo pa nguwo. 21 Nakuti ndikhana mantha, thangwe ndimwe munthu wakunesa kwene-kwene. Mumbatenga comwe mulibe kuikha ndipo mumbabvuna bzomwe mulibe kubzala’ ”.
22 “Mbuya wace adatawira kuti: ‘Ine nin'dzakupasa mulandu na mafala yakoya, wabasa wakuipa! Iwepo ukhadziwa kuti ndine munthu wakunesa kwene-kwene, omwe ndimbatenga bzomwe ndiribe kuikha ndipo ndimbabvuna bzomwe ndiribe kubzala. 23 Tsono, ni thangwe ranyi ulibe kukakoya kobiri yangu kuthenthe lakukoyera kobiri? Tenepayu, ndabwererepa ndingadatambira na phindu’ ”.
24 “Ndipo adauza wale omwe akhali pamwepo, kuti: ‘Mutengereni kobiri yace pasani ule omwe ana kobiri khumi’ ”.
25 “Iwo adati ‘Mbuya iye anazo kale khumi!’ ”
26 “Iye adatawira kuti: ‘Ine nin'kuuzani kuti omwe anabzo, anipasidwa bzinango, tsono ule omwe alibe, napo bzomwe anabzo an'dzatengeredwa. 27 Ndipo anyamadulanthaka wangu wale, omwe akhafuna lini kutongedwa na ine, abwereseni pano ndipo muwaphe patsogolo pangu!’ ”.
Kupita kwakulemekezeka kwa Jezu muJerusalema
(Mat 21:1-11; Mko 11:1-11; Juw 12:12-19)
28 Jezu pomwe adamala kulewa bzimwebzo, adatsogola paulendo bwace acimbakwira kuyenda kuJerusalema. 29 Pomwe adafika kufupi na mii ya Betifaje na Betanya, paphiri likhacemeredwa Phiri la Oliva, adatuma ateweri wace awiri adawauza kuti: 30 “Ndokoni pamui omwe uli kutsogoloyo, ndipo pakupita m'muimo mun'kawona kabulu kadamangirira, komwe palibe omwe adakapakira kale. Mukakatsudzule mucibwera nako kuno. 31 Penu winango an'kakubvundzani kuti: ‘Thangwe ranyi muli kukatsudzula?’ Kamuuzeni kuti: Mbuya alikukafuna”.
32 Ndipo wale omwe akhadatumidwa adayenda ndipo adakagumana kabulu kale ninga momwe akhadauzidwa. 33 Pomwe iwo akhatsudzula kabuluko, wenekaciro adawabvundza kuti: “Thangwe ranyi imwepo mulikukatsudzula kabuluka?”
34 Iwo adatawira kuti: “Mbuya alikukafuna”.
35 Iwo adakatenga aciyenda nako kuna Jezu, acitandika bzakubvala bzawo pakabulupo ndipo adathandiza Jezu kuti apakire. 36 Pomwe Iye akhambayenda mbumba ikhatandika bzakubvala bzawo munjira. 37 Pomwe akhali pafupi na phompho la phiri la Oliva, mthithi wentse wa ateweri adayamba kutumbiza Mulungu mwakukondwa, ndipo akhambakuwa, thangwe ra bzidabwiso bzentse bzomwe iwo adawona. Akhambati:
38 “Wakusimbidwa ni mambo omwe alikubwera
mudzina la Mbuya!ӠMas 118:26
“Mtendere kudzulu
ndipo mbiri kuna Mulungu!”
39 Ndipo aFalizi anango omwe akhali pakati pa mthithi wa wanthuwo adauza Jezu kuti: “Misiri, tsimulani ateweri wanu!”
40 Jezu adawatawira kuti: “Ine nin'kuuzani kuti, iwo akanyamala minyalayi in'dzakuwa”.
Jezu adalira thangwe ra Jerusalema
41 Pomwe Jezu akhafika pafupi aciwona mzinda wa Jerusalema, adaulirira mzindawo 42 ndipo adati: “Iwepo ungadadziwa lero kuti ni ciyani cingakupase mtendere! Tsono tsapano lino cidabisika ciniwoneka lini na maso yako. 43 Zirikubwera ntsiku zomwe anyamadulanthaka wako an'dzakucerera madindi, an'dzakuzungulira mbali zentse. 44 Ndipombo an'dzakudzonga pabodzi na wana wako padziko. An'dzasiya lini mwala padzulu pa undzace, thangwe imwepo mulibe kuzindikira mpata wa kuzungiridwa kwanu”.
Jezu adacenesa Nyumba ya Mulungu
45 Pamwepo Iye adapita m'Nyumba ya Mulungu ndipo adayamba kuthotha omwe akhacita malonda mkatimo. 46 Jezu adawauza kuti: “Bzidanembedwa kuti: ‘Nyumba yangu in'dzakhala nyumba ya kupembera’‡Iza 56:7 Tsono imwepo mulikucita ‘nkhunde ya mbava’§Jer 7:11”.
47 Ndipo ntsiku zentse Jezu akhambapfundzisa m'Nyumba ya Mulungu. Tsono akulu-akulu wa azibaba wa ntsembe, adziwi wa Mtemo, na atsogoleri wa mbumba akhafuna kumupha. 48 Tsono iwo akhakwanisa lini kuwona mpata wakuti abzicite bzimwebzo, thangwe mbumba yentse yomwe akhamubva, ikhatengeka mitima na mafala yaceyo.