¹ Nyuma y'imisi itandatu Yesu yafatire Petro na Yakobo hamwe na Yohana, boshe agendana nabo heru y'umusozi mureyi. ² Yesu ahinduka isura imbere yebo, isura ye irereza ng'izuba, imyenda ye irerereza ng'urubura. ³ Ako kanya Musa na Elia bagarageye bari kuganira na Yesu. ⁴ Petro abwira Yesu ngo: Mwami, biboneye ko tweshe twokibera hanoya, bibeye unyemereye twoshinga amahema ashatu. Rimwe rya wowe, rindi ya Musa, irya gashatu rya Elia.

⁵ Akirikugamba, igiho c'umweru kirabatwikira, ijwi ryaviye mu juru riri kugamba ngo: Wuno niwe mwana wanje, wo ngundaga kandi ndamukishimiraga, mumwunvire rero. ⁶ Abanafunzi be babyumvisize, boshe bapfa ubwoba cane.

⁷ Yesu arija abakoraho no kubabwira ngo: Muhaguruke mwere gutinya. ⁸ Begwiye amiso gebo babona Yesu ari wonyine gusha.

⁹ Babeye barikurindimuka ugo musozi Yesu arabategeka ngo: Mutagira uwo mwabwira ibyo mubwenye kugeza igiye Umwana w'Umundu akazuke aviye mu bapfiye.

¹⁰ Abanafunzi be baramubaza ngo: Kubera ki abakarani bagambaga ngo: Ni ngobwa ko Elia akamanze kwija?

¹¹ Yabasubiza ngo: Kweli Elia akayije gutunganya ibindu byoshe. ¹² Ariko ndikubabwira ko Elia yamarire kwija ariko ndo mwabimenyire kandi bamukoreye bibi ibyo bashakaga, na niko bakababaze Umwana w'Imana. ¹³ Nuko rero, abo banafunzi be bashatu bamenya ko yari ari kugamba ku byerekeye Yohana Mubatiza.

¹⁴ Bamarire kwegera ihuriro ry'abandu, umundu umwe arija apfukama imbere ya Yesu arikugamba ngo: ¹⁵ Mwami, mbabarire, umwana wanje arweye igicuri kandi arababeye cane. Rimwe na rimwe agwaga m'umuriro cangwa mu mazi. ¹⁶ Namuzenye ku banafunzi bawe, ndo bamukirize.

¹⁷ Yesu arasubiza ngo: Mwewe ruzaro rutizeraga, n'abapingayi, ngabane namwe kugeza ryari? Ngakomeze kubakihanganira kugeza gihe ki? Mumuzane hanoya. ¹⁸ Yesu yamagana ibyo bizimu, ako kanya biva muri wa musore arakira.

¹⁹ Abanafunzi bagendera Yesu mu kafico baramubaza ngo: Kubera ki twewe tutashobweye kubyirukana?

²⁰ Arabasubiza ngo: Ni kubera mufite kukizera kunnyori. Ndababwiye m'ukuri ko mwabeye mufite kukizera kungana n'akabuto ka sinapi, mwobwira umusozi ngo: Wa musozi we, imuka hano ugende hakurya. Kandi bikaba guco. Kandi nda gambo na rimwe mudashobweye mubeye mwizeri. ²¹ Ariko bino byoshe ndo mubishobweye mutari gusaba no kukiyiriza busha.

²² Muri ico gihe co bari bari muri Galilaya, Yesu yababwira ngo: Umwana w'Umundu agiye guhirwa mu maboko g'abanzi. ²³ Nabo bakamwite ariko nyuma y'imisi zishatu akazuke. Abanafunzi barababara cane.

²⁴ Bagendire bagera i Kapernaumu, abasoresha begera Petro baramubwira ngo: Mwalimu wenyu ndo arihaga umusoro na kannyori? ²⁵ Arasubiza ngo: ararihaga. Bingiye mu nju Yesu atangira kubabwira ngo: Simoni urigutekereza ki? Abami ba yino si bavanaga he imisoro cangwa amaturo? Niko si bibaga ku bana bebo gusha cangwa no ku bageni?

²⁶ Petro yasubiza ngo: Ni ku bageni. Yesu aramubwira ngo: Nuko rero abana bo bafite ubuhuru byo kutariha. ²⁷ Ariko twere kubabera ikigusha, genda hariya ku ngezi, urobe, uzane ihere ryo urafata ubwa mbere. Ufungure akannwa keryo urakuramo amakuta, ugende uturihire tweshe imisoro.