16 “Kweni ndilinganizgenge mgonezi uwu ndi chine? Ulingana ndi ŵana ŵakuteka pasi mu maluluwa, ndi ŵakubongore ku ŵanyawo, ŵakuti,
Viyo wangunena, “Ufumu waku Chiuta ngwakukozgana ndi chine? Ndipo ndiulinganizgenge ndi chine?
Ndipo wanguti, “Teruzgiyenge uli ufumu waku Chiuta? Pamwenga ntharika yakutinji tiupong'iyenge?
Nadidi ndikuneniyani, vyose ivi vizenge pa mgonezi uwu.
Mphapu za vipiriŵiza, mwa ŵakuŵa ŵaheni mungaziŵa uli kurongoro vyamampha? Chifukwa kutuwa ku ufurwi wa mtima mlomo urongoro.
Ndingakukambiya kane, ndikweruzgiye pa kanthu uli, mwa ŵanthu ŵaku Yerusalemu? Ndikakulinganizganga ku kanthu uli, alinga kuti ndikusangaruske, ŵanthu ŵangu ŵamu Zioni? Chifukwa usani wakubwangandika kwako wenge ndi nyanja; njani wangaziŵa kukuwerezgamo?
Nadidi ndikuneniyani, mgonezi uwu kuti urutengepo cha, mpaka penipo ivi vyose vyafiskika.
Wakuŵa nagho makutu kuvwa wavwe.
‘Tingufyororoske imwe, ndipo kuti munguvina cha; tinguliriya imwe, ndipo kuti mungutenje cha.’
ndi matauzgo mu maluluwa gha maronda, ndi kutamulika ndi ŵanthu, Rabi.
Mu chisambizgu chake wanguti, “Cheŵani ndi ŵalembi wo ŵakhumba kwendaenda mu makhanju, ndi ŵakukhumba matauzgu mu zimphara za maronda,
Owe kwaku imwe, mwaŵaFarisi! Pakuti mutanja chitengu chachimoza mu masinagoge, ndi matauzgu mu mphara zo.