Ya m’Bukhu la Luka

3 Mu gole laci 15 la utongi bwa Tiberiyo Seza, Ponsiyo Pirato akhali mtongi wa cigawo ca Djudeya, Herode* akhali mtongi wa cigawo ca Galileya, m’bale wace Filipi akhali mtongi wa ku Itureya na Trikoniti, ndipo Lizaniya akhali mtongi wa cigawo ca Abilene. 2 Mu ntsiku zimwezo, Anasi akhali mtsogoleri wa antsembe ndipo Kaifasi akhali mkulu wa antsembe. Pa nthaweyo, Juwau mwana wa Zakariya adatambira mafala yakucokera kwa Mulungu pomwe akhali ku dambo.

3 Tenepo, Juwauyo adayenda m’midzi yentse ya pafupi na Jordano ndipo akhapalizira wanthu kuti abatizidwe ninga cizindikiro ca kukungula kuti pikado zawo zilekereredwe, 4 ninga momwe bzikhadanembedwera na mpolofeta Zaiya kuti: “Fala lakukuwa lidabveka m’dambo liciti: ‘Konzani njira ya Yahova! Ndipo lungamizani miseu yace. 5 Bzigwa bzentse bzin’dzafuciridwa, ndipo phiri liri-lentse na mitunthu bzin’dzanyalazidwa, njira zakugonyoka zin’dzalungamizidwa, ndipo njira zakucereka-cereka zin’dzanyalazidwa; 6 ndipo wanthu wentse an’dzawona cipulumuso ca Mulungu.’”*

7 Tenepo iye adayamba kuuza mathimu ya wanthu yomwe yakhabwera kudzabatizidwa na iye kuti: “Wana wa nyokamwe, mbani wakuuzani kuti muthawe ukali bomwe bukubwera? 8 Na tenepo, balani bzisapo bzakulatiza kuti mwakungula. Lekani kumbabzinamiza mucimbalewa kuti: ‘Tina babathu Abalahamu.’ Tsono inepano ndikukuuzani kuti Mulungu angakwanise kusandusa minyalayi kukhala wana wa Abalahamu. 9 Mbadzo yaikhidwa kale pa mizi ya miti. Ndipo muti uli-wentse omwe umbabala lini bzisapo bzabwino, un’dzagwatidwa ucithusidwa pa moto.”

10 Tenepo wanthuwo akhambamubvunza kuti: “Tsono kodi tin’funika kucita ciyani?” 11 Pakuwatawira, iye akhawauza kuti: “Ule omwe ana bzakubvala bziwiri, apasembo cibodzi mwanzace omwe alibe, ndipo omwe ana cakudya, acitembo bzibodzi-bodzibzi.” 12 Napo anyakukhomesa mtsonkho adabwera kudzabatizidwa, ndipo iwo adamubvunzambo kuti: “Mpfunzisi, kodi ifepanombo tin’funika kucita ciyani?” 13 Iye adawatawira kuti: “Lekani kumbakumbira bzizinji kuposa mtsonkho omwe udakhazikisidwa.” 14 Ndipo acikunda akhambamubvunzambo kuti: “Kodi ifepanombo tin’funika kucita ciyani?” Iye akhawatawira kuti: “Lekani kutengera wanthu kobiri ayai kuwanamizira, koma bzomwe mumbatambira bzikukwanireni.”

15 Pakuti wanthu akhadikhirira Kristu, iwo akhambakumbuka mu mtima mwawo pakulewa bza Juwau, kuti: “Kodi umweyu ndiye Kristuyo?” 16 Tsono Juwau adatawira wentsewo kuti: “Kumbali yangu, ine ndikukubatizani na madzi, tsono akubwera munthu wamphanvu kwene-kwene kuposa ine, ndipo inepano ndine lini wakuthemera kutsudzula bzingwe bza xango zace. Iye an’dzakubatizani na mzimu wakucena na moto. 17 Iye ana foxolo m’manja mwace kuti asiyanise tirigu na mungu na kucenesa pa mbuwa yakupulira, kuti atsonkhanise tirigu acikamuikha m’gwangwa ndipo mungu an’dzautentha pa moto omwe palibe angauthimise.”

18 Juwauyo adaperekambo malango mazinji ndipo adapitiriza kudziwisa mafala yabwino kwa wanthu. 19 Tsono iye akhambatsimula Herode mtongi wa cigawo thangwe ra Herodiya mkazi wa m’bale wace wa Herodeyo, na bzinthu bzinango bzakuipa bzomwe iye akhacita. 20 Kuthumizira pa bzakuipa bzomwe akhacitabzo, iye adafungira Juwau m’kawoko.

21 Pomwe wanthu wentse akhabatizidwa, Jezu adabatizidwambo. Ndipo pomwe iye akhapemba, kudzulu kudafunguka, 22 ndipo mzimu wakucena omwe ukhawoneka ninga nkhangaiwa udabuluka icimumbutha, ndipo padabveka fala kucokera kudzulu liciti: “Iwepo ndiwe Mwana wangu wakufunidwa; nimbakomedwa nawe kwene-kwene.”