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13 Tsopano Yesu anadziwiratu chikondwerero cha Pasika chisanafike kuti nthawi yake yochoka mʼdzikoli kupita kwa Atate+ yakwana.+ Ndipo popeza kuti ankakonda otsatira akewo amene anali mʼdzikoli, anawakonda mpaka pamapeto a moyo wake.+ 2 Chakudya chamadzulo chinali chili mkati ndipo Mdyerekezi anali ataika kale maganizo ofuna kupereka Yesu+ mumtima mwa Yudasi Isikariyoti,+ mwana wa Simoni. 3 Yesu ankadziwa kuti Atate anapereka zinthu zonse mʼmanja mwake komanso kuti anabwera kuchokera kwa Mulungu ndiponso kuti ankapita kwa Mulungu.+ 4 Choncho anaimirira pa chakudya chamadzulocho nʼkuvula malaya ake akunja. Kenako anatenga thaulo nʼkulimanga mʼchiuno mwake.+ 5 Atatero anathira madzi mʼbeseni nʼkuyamba kusambitsa mapazi a ophunzirawo komanso kuwapukuta ndi thaulo limene anamanga mʼchiuno lija. 6 Kenako anafika pa Simoni Petulo. Koma Petulo anafunsa Yesu kuti: “Ambuye, inuyo mukufuna musambitse mapazi anga?” 7 Yesu anayankha kuti: “Zimene ndikuchitazi sungazimvetse panopa, koma pambuyo pake udzamvetsa.” 8 Petulo anati: “Ndithu, sizitheka kuti musambitse mapazi anga.” Yesu anamuyankha kuti: “Ndikapanda kukusambitsa,+ palibe chako kwa ine.” 9 Simoni Petulo anati: “Ambuye, musandisambitse mapazi okha, koma mundisambitsenso manja ndi mutu womwe.” 10 Yesu anamuuza kuti: “Amene wasamba mʼthupi amangofunika kusamba mapazi okha basi, chifukwa thupi lonse ndi loyera. Ndipo inu ndinu oyera, koma osati nonsenu.” 11 Iye ankadziwa munthu amene anakonza zoti amupereke.+ Nʼchifukwa chake ananena kuti: “Sikuti nonsenu ndinu oyera.”
12 Tsopano atasambitsa mapazi awo nʼkuvalanso malaya ake akunja aja, anakhalanso patebulo. Ndiyeno anawafunsa kuti: “Kodi mukudziwa chifukwa chake ndasambitsa mapazi anu? 13 Inu mumanditchula kuti ‘Mphunzitsiʼ komanso ‘Ambuye,’ mumalondola, chifukwa ndinedi Mphunzitsi komanso Ambuye.+ 14 Choncho ngati ine amene ndi Ambuye komanso Mphunzitsi, ndasambitsa mapazi anu,+ inunso mukuyenera kusambitsana mapazi.+ 15 Chifukwa ndakupatsani chitsanzo kuti mmene ine ndachitira kwa inu, inunso muzichita chimodzimodzi.+ 16 Ndithudi ndikukuuzani, kapolo saposa mbuye wake, ndiponso wotumidwa saposa amene wamutuma. 17 Ngati zimenezi mukuzidziwa, mudzakhala osangalala mukamazichita.+ 18 Sindikunena nonsenu, ndikudziwa amene ndawasankha. Koma zimenezi zachitika kuti lemba likwaniritsidwe,+ limene limati: ‘Munthu amene ankadya chakudya changa, watukula chidendene chake nʼkundiukira.’*+ 19 Kuyambira panopa kupita mʼtsogolo, ndizikuuziranitu zisanachitike, kuti zikadzachitika mudzakhulupirire kuti amene munkamuyembekezera uja ndi ine.+ 20 Ndithudi ndikukuuzani, aliyense amene walandira yemwe ine ndamutuma walandiranso ine.+ Ndipo amene walandira ine, walandiranso amene anandituma.”+
21 Atanena zimenezi, Yesu anavutika kwambiri mumtima, ndipo anachitira umboni kuti: “Ndithu ndikukuuzani, mmodzi wa inu andipereka.”+ 22 Ophunzirawo anayamba kuyangʼanizana chifukwa sankadziwa kuti akunena ndani.+ 23 Mmodzi wa ophunzirawo, amene Yesu ankamukonda,+ anakhala pafupi ndi Yesu.* 24 Choncho Simoni Petulo anamugwedezera mutu nʼkumuuza kuti: “Tiuze kuti akunena ndani.” 25 Ndiyeno wophunzira winayo anatsamira pachifuwa pa Yesu nʼkumufunsa kuti: “Ambuye, mukunena ndani?”+ 26 Yesu anayankha kuti: “Ndi amene ndimupatse mkate umene ndisunse.”+ Choncho atasunsa mkatewo, anapatsa Yudasi, mwana wa Simoni Isikariyoti. 27 Yudasi atalandira mkatewo, Satana analowa mwa iye.+ Choncho Yesu anamuuza kuti: “Zimene wakonza kuti uchite, zichite mwamsanga.” 28 Koma pa anthu amene anakhala nawo patebulowo, panalibe aliyense amene anadziwa chifukwa chake anamuuza zimenezo. 29 Popeza Yudasi ankasunga bokosi la ndalama,+ ena ankaganiza kuti Yesu ankamuuza kuti, “Ugule zinthu zonse zimene zikufunikira pachikondwerero,” kapena kuti apereke kenakake kwa osauka. 30 Choncho Yudasi atalandira mkatewo, anatuluka nthawi yomweyo ndipo unali usiku.+
31 Yudasi atatuluka, Yesu anati: “Tsopano Mwana wa munthu walemekezedwa,+ ndipo Mulungu walemekezedwa kudzera mwa iye. 32 Mulungu amulemekeza+ ndipo amulemekeza nthawi yomwe ino. 33 Anzanga apamtima inu,* ndikhala nanu kanthawi kochepa chabe. Mudzandifunafuna, ndipo mogwirizana ndi zimene ndinauza Ayuda aja kuti, ‘Kumene ine ndikupita simungathe kukafikako,’+ tsopano ndikuuzanso inuyo. 34 Ndikukupatsani lamulo latsopano, kuti muzikondana. Mofanana ndi mmene ine ndakukonderani,+ inunso muzikondana choncho.+ 35 Onse adzadziwa kuti ndinu ophunzira anga ngati mukukondana.”+
36 Simoni Petulo anamufunsa kuti: “Ambuye, mukupita kuti?” Yesu anayankha kuti: “Kumene ndikupita sunganditsatire panopa, koma udzanditsatira mʼtsogolo.”+ 37 Petulo anafunsanso kuti: “Ambuye, nʼchifukwa chiyani sindingakutsatireni panopa? Ndidzapereka moyo wanga chifukwa cha inu.”+ 38 Yesu anayankha kuti: “Kodi udzapereka moyo wako chifukwa cha ine? Ndithudi ndikukuuza iwe, tambala asanalire undikana katatu.”+