17 ‘Tuwatowela gombe sugu, lakini hamuvinile bule! Tuwembila nyila za kuiyalala, lakini hamulilile bule!’
Viwavikile kulubuga lwa kubigila uhemba lwa Atadi, mwambu wa lwanda lwa Yolidani waiyalala kwa bwembwe, Yusufu nayo kamtendela mwenekwaga matanga ga siku saba.
“Vino wanhu wa lukolo lwa sambi waigala na choni? Waigala na wana wadodo wakalile mna gamagulilo. Kibumbila kimoja chokemelela kiyagwe,
Kwavija Yohana viyezile kafunga kuja na hang'wile divai, nao walonga, ‘Kana kinyamkela!’
Yesu kawedika, “Vino yodahika vilihi wanhu wagonekigwe kuna idizengele wanyunyuwale kipindi munhu yosola kahamoja nao? Haidahika bule! Lakini kipindi chokwiza munhu yosola vonda yasegesigwe kumwao, aho ofunga kuja.”
Yesu viyengile mna ing'anda ya mkulu ija, kawona watowa ving'weng'we va nyila za ndilo na lunhu lwa wanhu lukala lolila.
“Kipindi acho mwanage imkulu kakala kumgunda. Viyakalile behi na ing'anda, kahulika nyila na wanhu ocheza.
Lunhu mkulu lwa wanhu lumkweleleza, mmwanza awo wakala watwanzi wayagwe wakalile omulilila na kuiyalala.
Waigala na wana wadodo wakalile mdigulilo. Kibumbila kimoja chokikemelela kibumbila kiyagwe, ‘Tuwatowela ng'ombe sugu, lakini hamuvinile bule! Tuwembila nyila za kuindilo, lakini hamulilile bule!’
Wanhu wose wakala olila na kumuyalalila imwana. Yesu kawalongela, “Sikumulile, kwavija imwana hafile bule, kawasa tu!”