41 Tsono iwo adakhala na mantha kwene-kwene, acimbabvundzana: “Kodi Umweyu ni munthu wanyi womweyu wakuti condzi na mabimbi bzimbamubvera?”
Pomwe adapakira m'bote condzi cidamala.
Pamwepo wanthu wale adadabwisidwa, acimbabvundzana aciti: “Mbani umweyu ngakhale condzi na mabimbi bzimbam'bvera?”
Pamwepo Jezu adawabvundza kuti: “Thangwe ranyi muna mantha? Kodi imwepo mundikhulupilira lini?”
Jezu na wakupfundzira wace adafika ng'ambu ya Thawale la Galireya, mbali ya Gerasa.
Na tenepo mkazi ule adabva mantha aciyamba kutetemera, thangwe akhadziwa bzomwe bzikhadacitika kwa iye. Adabwera pafupi, acidzigwesera kutsogolo kwa Jezu, acimufokotozera bzentse mwa cadidi.
Ndipo wanthu wentse omwe akhabzibva akhadabwa kwene-kwene, aciti: “Omweyu ambacita bzentse mbzabwino. Ngakhale mkhutwi ambazilimbisa zicibva, pomwe wakusaya kulewa-lewa ambawacitisa kuti walewe-lewe”.
Wanthu wentse adadabwa nabzo, ndipo akhalewa winango na mwanzace kuti: “Ni fala lanyi limweri? Napo mizimu yakuipa Iye ambaitonga na mphambvu, icicoka!”.
Ndipo Jezu adawabvundza adati: “Kodi kukhulupirira kwanu kuli kuponi?”. Iwo adabva mantha na kudabwisidwa, acimbabvundzana winango na mwandzace kuti: “Kodi mbani umweyu omwe aniimisa condzi na mabimbi ya madzi, ndipo ibzo bzicimubvera?”.
Tenepoyo, pakuti tirikutambira Umambo bwakusaya kutekenyeka, mbatitende ndipo tipembe Mulungu mwa njira yakufunika, mwakulemekeza na kugopa,
Mbani an'dzasaya kugopa Imwe, Mbuya? Mbani an'dzasaya kutumbiza dzina lanu? Nakuti Imwe mwekha ndimwe wakucena. Madziko yentse yan'dzabwera patsogolo panu ndipo yan'dzakutumbizani, nakuti mabasa yanu yakulungama yadawoneka padeca”.