Yesu byo afuminemo mu Yelusalema pa Kimo mabanga, wabwelele ku Betani ku musela wa Mutumba wa Maolivi. Kyamweka walaajile pa nzubo ya balunda nanji, ba Lazalasa, Maliya ne Mata.

Pano lukelokelo pa Nisanyi 11, Yesu ne baana banji ba bwanga baimene lwendo kubwela ku Yelusalema na kutanwa pa nzubo ya Lesa kimye kyapeleleko. Kabiji jo jajinga juba japeleleko ja kusapwila ku bantu bavula saka akyangye kwikala na Kijiilo kya Lupitailo, ne kutendeka Kijiilo kya Kuvuluka lufu lwanji, apa kabiji ne kumutotolwesha ne kumwipaya.

Byo bafumine mu Betani bapichile ku Mutumba wa Maolivi kabiji byo banangijilenga ku Yelusalema, Petelo wamwene kichi Yesu kyo afingile juba jafumineko lukelo. Waambile’mba: “Labi, monai! kichi kya mukuyu kyo mwafingile kyauma.”—Mako 11:21.

Pano mambo ka Yesu o alengejile kino kichi kuma? Walumbulwile ene mambo byo aambile’mba: “Kine nemwambila namba, umvwe muji na lwitabilo ne kubula luzhinauko, kechi mukobatu byonka byo nauba na uno mukuyu ne, bino inge mwaambila ne uno mutumba amba, ‘Fuma papo uye mu kalunga ka mema,’ kikobiwa byonkabyo. Kabiji bintu byonse byo mukalombanga, umvwe mwaikala na lwitabilo, mukebitambula.” (Mateo 21:21, 22) Onkao mambo, wabwezhezhepo kwamba kishinka kyo aambilepo patanshi kuba’mba lwitabilo lwakonsha kuvilula mutumba.—Mateo 17:20.

Yesu byo alengejile kichi kuma, wafunjishenga buneme bwa kwitabila mwi Lesa. Waambile’mba: “Byonse byo mukalomba ne kukeba, mwikale na lwitabilo lwa kuba’mba mwibitambula kala, kabiji mukebitambula.” (Mako 11:24) Luno kine lwajinga lufunjisho lwanema bingi ku baana ba bwanga ba kwa Yesu bonse. Kabiji luno lufunjisho lwawamine bingi kikatakata ku batumwa mambo kulutwe bapichile mu meseko akatampe. Pano bino, paji lukwatankano lukwabo pa mambo a kichi kyaumine ne lwitabilo byo lwafwainwa kwikala.

Byonka byajinga kichi kya mukuyu, ne kisaka kya bena Isalela kibepekezhenga kuwama byo byo kyajinga. Bantu ba mu kino kisaka balayañene ne Lesa kutwajijila kwikala na bulunda bwawama ne aye. Kabiji bavula bamwesheshenga’mba babena kulama Mizhilo yanji. Pano bino, kino kisaka kyamwesheshe’mba kechi kyajinga na lwitabilo ne, kabiji kechi kyapanganga bipangwa byawama ne. Kabiji bakaine ne Mwana Lesa. Onkao mambo, Yesu byo alengejile kichi kyabujile kupanga bipangwa kuma, wamwesheshe patoka bintu bikamwekela kino kisaka kyabujilenga kupanga bipangwa kabiji kyabujile lwitabilo.

Kechi papichile ne kimye ne, Yesu ne baana banji ba bwanga bafikile mu Yelusalema. Byonka byo aubanga kimye kyonse, Yesu watwelele mu nzubo ya Lesa kabiji watatwile kufunjisha. Kyamweka bañanga bakatampe ne bakulumpe, balangulukilenga pe Yesu byo aubile bantu bapimpwilenga mali pa juba jafumineko. Onkao mambo, bamushikishe’mba: “Nanchi wafumya pi luusa lo ubilamo bino bintu? Nangwa ñanyi wakupele luno luusa lwa kuba bino bintu?”—Mako 11:28.

Yesu wibakumbwile’mba: “Ne amiwa nsakwimwipuzha bwipuzho bumo. Umvwe munkumbule, ne amiwa nsakwimubuula ko mfumya luusa lo ngubilamo bino bintu. Nanchi lubatizhilo lwa kwa Yoano lwafumine mwiulu nyi, inyi ku bantu? Nkumbulai.” Pano bintu bibalukijile. Bañanga ne bakulumpe batendekele kwisamba mulwabo amba: “Inge twambe’mba, ‘Lwafumine mwiulu,’ usakwamba’mba, ‘Pano mambo ka o mwabujile kumwitabila?’ Kabiji umvwe twambe’mba, ‘Lwafumine ku bantu’?” Besambilenga bino mambo bachiine jibumba, “mambo bantu bonse bayukile’mba Yoano wajinga ngauzhi.”—Mako 11:29-32.

Bano balwanyi ba kwa Yesu bakankelwe mukumbu wafwainwa. Onkao mambo, bakumbwile’mba: “Kechi twayuka ne.” Yesu naye wibambijile’mba: “Ne amiwa kechi nemubuule ko mfumya luusa lo ngubilamo bino bintu ne.”—Mako 11:33.