22 Tsono Jezu adam'tawira kuti: “Nditewere, siya wakufa akapendese wakufa wawo”.
Tsono ife tikhafunika kuti ticite phwandu ra kubwerera kwa m'bale wakoyu ndipo tikomedwe, thangwe iye akhadafa wamuka pomwe, ndipo akhadataika wagumanidwa’ ”.
Pomwe imwe mukhali wakufa thangwe ra bzitazo ndipo na kusaya kucitidwa msinda wa mgwato wa thupi lanu, Mulungu adakupasani moyo pabodzi na Krixtu. Iye adatirekerera bzitazo bzathu bzentse.
Ndipopo bzidalewedwa kuti: Muka iwe omwe udagona, lamuka pakati pa wakufa ndipo Krixtu an'dzakubvunika.
napo ife tikhadafa na bzakuipa bzathu, adatipasa moyo pabodzi na Krixtu, mwa nkhombo ndimwe wakupulumuka.
Imwepo mukhadafa na bzakuipa na bzakuphonya bzanu,
Tsono mansiwa omwe ambakondwera na bzapantsi pano, umweyo napo akana moyo wafa kale.
Mangwana yandzace, Jezu adafuna kuyenda kuGalireya. Adagumana na Filipi adamuuza kuti: “Nditewere!”
Pomwe Jezu akhacoka kumweko, adawona munthu winango wakucemeredwa Mateu akhadakhala pa kukhomera m'tsonkho, ndipo adamuuza kuti: “Nditewere”. Mateu adalamuka acimutewera.
Ndipo wakupfundzira wace winango adamuuza kuti: “Mbuya, ndibvumizeni kuti nditome kapendesa baba wangu”.
Pakufamba Jezu, adawona Levi, mwana wa Alifeu, akhadakhala pambuto ya basa la msonkho. Adamuuza aciti: “Iwe, unditewere”. Ndipo adamuka acimutewera.
Ndipo Jezu adauza munthu winango kuti: “Nditewere!” Tsono munthuyo adati: “Mbuya, cakuyamba ndirekeni ndikapendese baba wangu”.
Jezu adamutawira kuti: “Leka anyakufa apendesane wakufa wawo. Tsono iwepo ndoko ukapalidze Umambo bwa Mulungu”.
Nakuti mwananguyu akhadafa ndipo iye wamuka pomwe. Akhadataika tsono wagumanidwa’. Ndipo iwo adayamba kukondwera thangwe ra kubwerera kwace.
(Ndipo adalewa bzimwebzi pakufuna kumudziwisa kafedwe kanyi komwe Pedru an'dzalemekeza nako Mulungu.) Ndipo atamala kulewa bzimwebzi, adamuuza kuti: “Unditewere”.
Jezu adamuuza kuti: “Penu ninfuna kuti iye akhale mpaka ine kubwera, kodi iwe unabzonyi? Iwe nditewere”.