2 Mayina a atumwi 12 ndi awa:+ Simoni, amene ankatchulidwa kuti Petulo*+ ndi Andireya+ mchimwene wake. Yakobo mwana wa Zebedayo ndi mchimwene wake Yohane.+

4 Simoni Kananiya* ndi Yudasi Isikariyoti, amene pambuyo pake anapereka Yesu.+

12 Mʼmasiku amenewo, Yesu anapita kuphiri kukapemphera+ ndipo anachezera usiku wonse kupemphera kwa Mulungu.+ 13 Kutacha, anaitana ophunzira ake nʼkusankhapo 12, amenenso anawapatsa dzina lakuti atumwi.+ 14 Iye anasankha Simoni, amene ankatchulidwa kuti Petulo, ndi Andireya mchimwene wake. Anasankhanso Yakobo, Yohane, Filipo,+ Batolomeyo, 15 Mateyu, Tomasi,+ Yakobo mwana wa Alifeyo, ndi Simoni wotchedwa “wakhama.” 16 Komanso anasankha Yudasi mwana wa Yakobo ndi Yudasi Isikariyoti, amene pambuyo pake anamupereka.

70 Yesu anawauza kuti: “Ine ndinakusankhani inu 12, si choncho?+ Komatu mmodzi wa inu ndi wonenera anzake zoipa.”*+ 71 Kwenikweni ankanena za Yudasi mwana wa Simoni Isikariyoti, chifukwa ameneyu anali kudzamupereka, ngakhale kuti anali mmodzi wa ophunzira 12 aja.+