16 Ndipo wanthu wentse adabva mantha, acimbatumbiza Mulungu aciti: “Mpolofita mkulu wabwera pakati pathu” Iwo akhambati: “Mulungu wabwera kudzapulumusa mbumba yace”.
Ndipo mbumbayo idakhulupirira. Pomwe mbumbayo idabva kuti Mbuya adabwera kuti adzathandize wana wa aIjirayeri, ndipo adawona kubonera kwawo, idagodama icimupemba.
Mbumba idadabwisidwa pomwe adawona mabewewe acirewa-lewa, wakulemala kulimbisidwa, wakupunduka acifamba ndipo azimola aciwona. Ndipo adatumbiza Mulungu wa Ijirayeri.
M'thithi ukhambatawira kuti: “Umweyu ni Jezu, m'polofita wa kuNazareta ya Galireya”.
Akazi wale adacoka mwakam'fulumize pa nthutu, mwa mantha na kudzala na kukomedwa, adayenda mwakuthamanga acikauza wakupfundzira wa Jezu.
Ndipo pomwe m'thithi udawona bzimwebzi udakhala na mantha, ndipo udatumbiza Mulungu, omwe adapasa wanthu mphambvu imweyo.
Na tenepo wanthu wentse wa pafupi wace adadzala na mantha. Ndipo mbali yentse ya mapiri ya kuJudeya akhambalewa bza nkhani imweyi.
“Wakusimbidwa ndiye Mbuya, Mulungu wa kuIjirayeri, thangwe adazungira ndipo adalombola mbumba yace.
Ndipombo an'dzakudzonga pabodzi na wana wako padziko. An'dzasiya lini mwala padzulu pa undzace, thangwe imwepo mulibe kuzindikira mpata wa kuzungiridwa kwanu”.
Amakabusa adabwerera acimbakuza na kutumbiza Mulungu thangwe la bzentse bzomwe akhadawona na kubva, ninga momwe akhadauzidwa.
Ndipo Iye adabvundza kuti: “Bziponi?” Iwo adamutawira kuti: “Bzomwe bzidacitika kuna Jezu wa kuNazareta. Iye akhali mpolofita, wa mphambvu pamafala ndipo na mabasa patsogolo pa Mulungu na kwa mbumba yentse.
Wanthu wentse adadabwa, acimbatumbiza Mulungu, ndipo mwakudzala na mantha akhambalewa kuti: “Lero tawona malengwa”.
Pomwe Simau Pedru adawona bzimwebzo, adagodamira m'minyendo mwa Jezu adati: “Mbuya, fundukirani pana ine, thangwe ine ndine munthu wakutaza”.
Mulumbwana ule adalamuka aciyamba kulewa-lewa, ndipo Jezu adamupereka kuna mai wace.
Mfalizi omwe akhadamuchemera ule atawona bzimwebzo, yekha adakumbuka kuti: “Munthu umweyu angadakhala mpolofita, angadadziwa kuti mkazi alikumkhuyayu ni mbani ndipo ni khalidwe lanyi lomwe analo, nakuti mkaziyu ni mtazi”.
Pamwepo, mbumba ya kuJerasa yentse, idakumbira Jezu kuti acoke, thangwe iyo ikhadadzala na mantha. Ndipo Iye adapakira mubote acibwerera.
Iwo adatawira aciti: “Anango ambalewa kuti ndimwe Juwau M'batizi. Anango ambalewa kuti ndimwe Eriya. Ndipombo anango ambalewa kuti ndimwe mpolofita wakale-kale omwe adafa acimuka”.
Ndipo adam'bvundza kuti: “Tsono ndiwe yani? Kodi ndiwe Eriya?” Iye adati: “Ndine lini”. Adam'bvundza pomwe: “Kodi ndiwe Mpolofita?” Iye adati: “Nee”.
Ndipo iwo adam'bvundza pomwe aciti: “Penu ndiwe lini Krixtu, nee Eliya, nee Mpolofita, thangwe ranyi uli kubatiza?”
Mkaziyo adalewa: “Mbuya, ndiri kuwona kuti imwepo ndimwe mpolofita!
Wanthu pakuwona cidabwiso comwe adacita, adati: “Uyu ndiye mpolofita wacadidi omwe akhalewedwa kuti an'dzabwera pa dziko!”
Ndipo adam'bvundza pomwe zimola ule adati “Kodi iwepo untiuza ciyani bza omwe wakufungula masoyo?” Ndipo Iye adati: “Ni mpolofeta”.
Ananiya pomwe adabva bzimwebzi, adagwa acifa. Wentse omwe adabva bzomwe bzidacitika, adakhala na mantha kwene-kwene.
“Umweyo ndiye Mozeji ule omwe adauza aIjirayeri kuti: ‘Pakati pa abale wanu, Mulungu an'dzakumusirani m'polofita ninga ine’.
Ndipo akhambatumbiza Mulungu thangwe ra ine.