¹ Hakazwa kwa Karpenauma hakuhita mazuba manini, nikwasuwahala kuti ena kumuzi. ² Igandya nilya kopana mane kakwina nanga cibaka, nanga ha mulyango, cwale Jesu akuwamba inzwi kwabo. ³ Hape bakwame bakukeza kwali kabaletete mukwame ya kokonyene; bantu bo ne bakabamuhindite. ⁴ Kono kabaswanela kukeza hafuhi neye kakuli bantu keli bangi, bakwiyalula insenke kukena Jesu, habamana kwiyalula, no kulalika ika kokonyene he sasa. ⁵ Kokubona intumelo yabo, Jesu akuwambila ikakokonyene, ''Mwanangu, zibi zako za swalelwa.'' ⁶ Bamwi kubañoli kabekele, nokulela mu myozo yabo, ⁷ ''Kuti mbuti uzu mukwame haola kuwamba hecina? Anyasiliza! Njeni yaola kuswalela zibi mbita Nyambe enke?'' ⁸ Aho bulyo Jesu ko moya wakwe kezi zikabahupula mukati kabo. Akuwamba kubali, ''Cinzi cimihupulisa heco mu myozo yenu? ⁹ Ncecibo citole cemuola kuwambila yakokonyene, 'Zibi zako za swalelwa' kapa kuwamba kuti' Zimane, hinde isasa lyako, no kuyenda'? ¹⁰ Kutendela kutimwizibe kuti mwana wo muntu ena maata hefasi okuswalela zibi,'' na wambila ika nyonyobele iyanza, ¹¹ ''Niwamba kwako, buke, hinde isasa lyako, uyende kwinzubo yako.'' ¹² Akubuka kokulitahanela nokuhinda isasa lyakwe, nokuyenda hanze habusu bwecicaba , niba komokwa bonse bakutemba Nyambe, bakutienzi, ''Kana twalacibona cintu ciswana sina nceci.'' ¹³ Nakaya ku cibwi hape, bantu bangi niba keza kwali, akubaluta. ¹⁴ Haka koswele, akubona Levi mwana wa Alufeya ekele he tente lyomutelisi akumuwambila, ''Nicilile.'' Akunanuka noku mwicilila. ¹⁵ Jesu kena alya mwinzubo ya Levi naba telisi bangi nabana bapanga zibi naba lutiwa bakwe, keli bangi kabamwicilile. ¹⁶ Bañoli keli bafalisi, hababona Jesu alya nabana bapanga zibi naba telisi, bakuta balutiwa, ''Cinzi halya naba telisi nabana bapanga zibi?'' ¹⁷ Jesu hasuwa heco akuba wambila, ''Bantu balihalila kabasaki siyanga; balwala mbabasaka siyanga. Kana ninakeza kukuwa bantu balukite, kono bapanga zibi.'' ¹⁸ Balutiwa ba Johani naba Falisi kabena he nako yo kulinyuma zilyo. Bamwi bantu bakukeza kumuta, ''Cinzi balutiwa ba Johani naba Falisi habalinyuma zilyo, kono bako kabalinyumi zilyo?'' ¹⁹ Jesu akubata kuti, ''Kana bantu bakeza kumukiti wa maseswa baola kulinyuma zilyo haiba yasesa nasina nabo? kubona bulyo yasesa asina nabo, kabaoli kulinyuma zilyo. ²⁰ Mazuba kayakeze yasesa kazwisiwe mukati kabo, mwayo mazuba inga nibalinyume zilyo. ²¹ Kakwina yaola kulukila cikamba cihya hacizabalo cikulukulu. Cikamba ciola kuekeza kukuñatuka, cihya kucakale ciñatukilila. ²² Kakwina yabika i waine ihya mucikabi cakale. Kakuli i waine moi popole cikabi i waine neci kabi zonse zi sinyeha. Kono i waine ihya iswanela kubikiwa muci kabi cihya.'' ²³ Lwe nsabata Jesu nakaya kwiwa lyo buheke, balutiwa bakwe bakutanga kutola buheke. ²⁴ Ba Falisi bakumuta, ''Lole, cinzi habapanga cintu cisazumininwe lwe nsabata?'' ²⁵ Akuba wambila, ''Kana nimwabala cinapanga Davida hakafwile cahwa inzala-iye nabamwi bakwame bakena nabo- ²⁶ Munayendela mwinzubo ya Nyambe Abiata hakeli mupulisita munene, akulya buloto habusu, cisazumininwe kumuntu no muntu kuti alye mbita ma pulisita, no kuhako bamwi bakekele nabo?'' ²⁷ Jesu akuwamba, insabata niya pangilwa muntu, muntu kana napangilwa insabata. ²⁸ Kuzwa aho, Mwana wo Muntu Unfumu, nanga we nsabata.''