Yesu nau in kwilejend ashik kal ku Betsaida. Antu amuletin kal Yesu mputames ni amwilembidin chakwel amukwata muntu winou mulong wa kumwok.

Yesu wamukwata mputames winou ku chikas ni waya nend pol pa musumb. Kupwa kwa kumuchidil mputames winou mat pa mes mend, Yesu wamwipula anch: “Ov, umen chom?” Mputames wakula anch: “Nimen antu akat kwend, pakwez ameken mudi mitond.” (Marko 8:23, 24) Pazukay makas mend pa mes ma mputames winou, Yesu wamwoka. Kupwa Yesu wamuleja muntu winou umena katat nawamp chakwel achirika kwol kwend ni wamubabesha chakwel kangal andama mu ul.

Kupwa kwa yom yiney, Yesu nau in kwilejend aya kwinkaj kwa ngand ya Sezarey wa ku Filip. Chita kusal makilometre 40 mulong wa kushik kwinikwa. Ul winou wading pa mukandu wadinga ni mametre 350 wading ku karung, mulong wa kushik pa Mukandu wa Herimon wading ukweta mbundu jikash nakash. Chita kusal machuku maad mulong wa kushik kwinikwa.

Pashikau pa ndond yimwing, Yesu waya amwinend mulong wa kulembil. Kwading kwashal kal angond chidivu ap dikum kurutu amujipa Yesu, chawiy Yesu wading utongidin piur pa in kwilejend. Kupwa kwa machuku makemp in kwilejend amwing alika kumulondul ni akwau chimeken anch aziya. Pamwing ap iyipula anch mulong wak walikangay Yesu kwikal mwant pamutondau kudi antu ap mulong wak walikangay kand kusal chilay chimumekeshina chidiay kamu.

Payau in kwilej kwindond yadingay Yesu ukat kulembil, Yesu wayipula anch: “Ov, antu akat kumwel Mwan a muntu anch ndiy nany?” Awiy amwakula anch: “Antu amwing akat kumwel anch, ndiy Yohan Mubatish. Antu akwau anch, udi Elija, chad akwau akat kumwel anch, Jeremiy, ap anch udi [muprofet] mukwau wa Nzamb.” Mwaning antu ading ni kutong anch Yesu ukutwish kwikal pamwing ap muntu umwing wa pakach pa antu inay wavumbuka kal. Mulong wa kuyitongish in kwilejend Yesu wayipula anch: “Ing, en ukat kwingelany anch yam nany?” Pita wamwakula kapamp kamwing anch: “Ey udi Kristu. . . Mwan a Nzamb mwom.”—Mateu 16:13-16.

Yesu walonda anch Pita uyukin mulong Nzamb ndiy wamukwashang kujingunin yom yiney, kupwa Yesu walonda anch: “Niyam nakwel anch: Yey Pita, ni pa diyal dined nikez katunginap chikumangen cham ni yis ya Nzay yikezap kudipandakan.” Yesu walonda anch amwinend ndiy ukeza kutung chikumangen ni Nzay yikezap kwikal ni usu padi antu a mu chikumangen anch ashal ashinshamena mu mwom wau padiau pa divu. Wamukana Pita anch: “Nikez kukwinkish anfungul a Want wa Mwiur.”—Mateu 16:18, 19, NWT.

Yesu kamwinkishap Pita ndond ya piur pakach pa atwimbuy akwau ap kamutekap Pita kwikal mufulandal wa chikumangen. Mulong Yesu amwinend ndiy Diyal patungidinau chikumangen. (1 Korint 3:11; Efes 2:20) Chawiy, Pita watambula anfungul asatu. Ukwikal nich chisend cha kuyifungwil antu amwing akwandama mu Want wa mwiur.

 Pita wafanyina kusadin nfungul ya kusambish pa Pentekot wa muvu wa 33 C.C., mu kuyilej in Yuda akarumukina nau antu a michid yikwau ading pamwing ni in Yuda yom yifanyidinau kusal chakwel apanda. Wafanyina kusadin nfungul wa kaad mulong wa kuyifungwil in Samaria itiyijina chis cha kwandam mu Want wa Nzamb. Kupwa mu muvu wa 36 C.C., Pita wasadina nfungul wa kasatu mulong wa kuyinkish kand antu a Michid Yikwau akad kutwal ku mukand, mudi Korney ni antu akwau mutapu wa kwandam mu want.—Midimu 2:37, 38; 8:14-17; 10:44-48.

Pading pisambinau, atwimbuy a Yesu arumbangana mu manangu palonday Yesu piur pa mar ni rufu rikumushikena mu Yerusalem. Pakad kutong anch Yesu ukuvumbuk mulong wa kwikal ni mwom mwiur, Pita waya ni Yesu kuns kupwa wamufisha nich anch: “Nsalejam, chakapuk chaya mwa! Yom yiney kangal yashik kudi en, mwan.” Pakwez, Yesu wakarumuka wamwel anch: ‘Sut kwinyim kwam, Satan! Ey udi mwin kwimpwakesh am, mulong yitongijok yey kiyidiokilap kwa Nzamb, yidiokil kudi antu.’—Mateu 16:22, 23.

Chawiy, Yesu wayitazuka atwimbuy akwau ni wayileja anch chiswapelap kwikal in kumulondul end. Ndiy walonda anch: “Muntu mwawonsu usotila kwibomb ni yamam, chifanyidin ndiy kwidiul amwinend, asend mutond wend wa [mar], anlondul am. Muntu mwawonsu usotila kwipandish amwinend ukez kufa, pakwez muntu mwawonsu ukufa mulong wa kwingambat am, ap mulong wa rusangu ruwamp, ukez kwipandish.”—Marko 8:34, 35.

Chakin kamu mulong wa kwitapil dilau dia Yesu, in kumulondul Yesu afanyidin kwikal atakamena ni in kwipan ayinau. Yesu walonda anch: “Mwawonsu ukeza kangov am usany, ni mazu mam, mu dijiku ed dia kusotan ni dia yitil, ni yend Mwan a muntu ukez kamwov usany pakwezay mu uyaj wa Tatukwend ni angel atumbila.” (Marko 8:38, TMK.) Mwaning pakuchirikay Yesu, “ukez kumufut muntu ni muntu mudi mudia yisalijok yend.”—Mateu 16:27.