4 Na tenepo, omwe an'bzicepesa ninga kamwanaka, umweyo ni mkulu muUmambo bwa kudzulu.
Panthawe imweire wakupfundzira adafika kuna Jezu ndipo adam'bvundza kuti: “Mbani mkulu muUmambo bwa kudzulu?”
ndipo adati: “Ine nin'kuuzani cadidi kuti, mungasaya kucinja mucikhala ninga wana, cipo mun'dzapita lini muUmambo bwa kudzulu.
“Omwe an'tambira m'bodzi mwa tuwanatu mudzina langu, ali kutambira Ine.
Tsono pakati pa imwe bzileke kukhala tenepo. Omwe an'funa kukhala mkulu, atumikire andzace.
Wakupfundzira wale adakhala cete, thangwe bzomwe akhatsutsana bzikhali bzakuti mkulu mbani pakati pawo.
“Thangwe munthu ali-wentse omwe an'bzitumbiza, iye an'dzacepesedwa, ndipo omwe an'bzicepesa an'dzakuzidwa”.
Ndipo Iye adawauza kuti: “Omwe an'tambira mwanayu mu dzina langu, alikunditambira. Ndipo ule omwe an'tambira ine, alikutambira Ule omwe adandituma. Nakuti ule pakati panu omwe ni ng'ono, umweyo an'dzakhala mkulu”.
Bzicepeseni pamaso pa Mbuya, ndipo Iye an'dzakukuzani.
Imwe ang'ono-ang'ono, bverani atsogoleri wanu. Khalani mwentse wakubzicepesa m'bodzi na mwandzace, thangwe: “Mulungu ambafuna lini wakubzikuza, tsono ambapereka nkhombo kuna wakubzicepesa”.