20 Ndipo wanguti kwaku iwo, “Kweni imwe mutiti ndine yani?” Ndipo Petro, wakwamuka, wanguti, “Kristu iyo waku Chiuta.”
wakuti, “Mutitinji ndi Kristu? Ndi mwana waku yani?” Ŵamnene, “Waku Davidi.”
Kweni Yesu wanguchetama chete. Ndipo mzukuru mura wangumnene, “Ndikurapiya paku Chiuta Wamoyo, kuti utinene asani iwe ndiwe Kristu iyo, Mwana waku Chiuta.”
Ndipo asani mungatauzga ŵabali ŵinu pe, muchita chine chakuruska? Asi ŵaMitundu nawo ŵachita chenicho?
Kweni wanguchetama iyo, kuti wangwamukapo kanthu cha. Mzukuru mura yo wangumfumba so, watiti kwaku iyo, “Kumbi iwe ndiwe Kristu, Mwana wa Mtumbikiki Yo?”
Ndipo wanguŵafumba, kweni nanga imwe mutiti, “Ine ndine yani?” Petro watamuka, watiti kwaku iyo, “Imwe ndimwe Kristu.”
“Asani ndiwe Kristu, tineniyenge.” Kweni wanguti kwaku wo, “Asani ndinganene imwe, kuti mungavwana cha:
Ndipo iwo pakwamuka ŵanguti, “Yohane Mbatizi yo; kweni ŵanyake, Eliya; ndi ŵanyake, mchimi yumoza wamwaka wayuka.”
Mweniyo po wanguti wasaniya danga mkuwake Simoni, wangumnene, “Tamsaniya Mesiya” (cho cing'anamuwa Kristu).
Natanaele wangumwamuka, “Rabi imwe ndimwe Mwana waku Chiuta; imwe ndimwe Karonga waku Yisraele!”
Wamnene, “Inya, Ambuya, ine ndavwana kuti imwe mwe Kristu, Mwana waku Chiuta, yo watuza mu charu.”
Kweni vyenivi vyalembeka, alinga kuti muvwane kuti Yesu ndiyo Kristu, Mwana waku Chiuta: ndikuti mwaŵakuvwana muŵendi umoyo mu zina lake.
“Zaninga muwone munthu yo wandinene vyose vyo ndachita, Asi mwenuyu ndi Kristu?”
Ndipo ku munthukazi yo ŵatinge, “Sono tivwana pa chifukwa cha makani ghako pe cha: kweni pakuti taŵeni tijavwiya, ndipo taziŵa kuti kwakuneneska mwenuyu ndi Mtaski wa charu.”
Ŵanyake ŵatinge, “Mwenuyu ndi Kristu.” Kweni ŵanyake ŵatinge, “Awa na, kumbi Kristu watuwa ku Galile?
wakutoro ndi wakusimikizga kuti kungwenere Kristu kukomwa, ndi kuyukako ku ŵakufwa; ndipo kuti, “Mweniyo Yesu, yo ndikutauliyani ine, ndi Kristu.”
Ndipo ŵachiruta mu nthowa yo, ŵanguza pa maji ghakuti; ndipo wamthenu yo wanguti, “Awonani, maji! Chitindikanizga chine kubatizika?” [
Kweni ukongwako Saulo wakuliyanga mu nthazi, ndipo wavwanananga ndi ŵaYuda ŵakuja mu Damasko, pakupanikizga kuti mweniyo ndi Kristu.
Yose wakuvwana kuti Yesu ndiyo Kristu, wapapika kwaku Chiuta: ndipo yose wakumwanja wakupapa yo, watanja yo so ngwakupapika kwaku iyo.