Paulo unoyenda ku Jerusalema
1 Tikati tathubukana nabo, tikayenda nge gungwa takatambunukila ku Kosi, tjimuka tikanoti ku Rodesi, kudwa ipapo tikayenda ku Patara. 2 Takawana ikepe tjitjulukila ku Fenikiya tikatatha ngono tikayenda nge gungwa. 3 Tikapinda nzi we Sipuro tili ku burwa tiwubonela kujana ngono tikadwilila tiyenda nge gungwa ku Siriya. Takadeluka ku Tire ikepe tjedu kwatjakabe tjakafanilo tula thundu yatjoko. 4 Tikati tiwana badiyiwa ikoko, tikagala nabo mazhuba ali kutendeka. Nge Meya, bakakumbila Paulo kuti asipindile ku Jerusalema. 5 Koga kukati mazhuba edu ikoko awila, tikadwilila mu zila yedu. Bagalimoyo bose ne bakadzi babo ne bana babo bakatidusa mu nzi, ngono ipapo mu phili dze gungwa tikatembezela tikawonekana. 6 Kudwapo tikatatha ikepe, ngono ibo bakabgwilila kanyi.
7 Takati tawidza gwendo gwedu kudwa ku Tire tikaswika ku Pitolemeo ngono takadumilisa zwikamu tikagala nabo zhuba ling'ompela. 8 Takapinda tjimuka tikanoti ku Sizariya ngono tikaswika ku ng'umba ya Filipo nsumikili mmwe we bali kutendeka tikagala naye. 9 Wakabe ana bakololokadzi bali banna basakalobogwa bakabe belebesambeli. 10 Tikati tagala ikoko mazhuba mashomanana, nlebesambeli unodang'wa Agabho kaswika edwa ku Judiya. 11 Kazha ku tili, ngono katola mwandabula wa Paulo kazwisunga ndiwo maboko ne makumbo, ngono kati, “Meya yakayengemala ikati, ‘Nge zila iyeyi Bajuta be Jerusalema banowosunga mweni we mwandabula iwoyu, ngono banowompa Bezwitjaba.’ ”
12 Tikati tihwa ikoku, iswi ne bathu bakabe bali ipapo tikakumbila Paulo kuti asiyende ku Jerusalema. 13 Ipapo Paulo kadabila eti, “Apa ini mulila muhwisa moyo wangu zogwadza kene? Andizozwilulwamisila kusungwa koga, koga ne kufila ku Jerusalema ndakaguzwilulwamisila ndifila zina la She Jesu.”
14 Kukati Paulo asingadumane naswi tikatoboka ngono tikati, “Kuda kwa She ngakuyitiwe.”
15 Shule kwe mazhuba iyawa takazwilulwamisa, ngono tikatathila ku Jerusalema. 16 Bamwe batobeli be ku Sizariya bakayenda naswi bakatiyisa ku nzi wa Munasoni kwatakabe takafanila gala. Wakabe ali nlume unodwa ku Sipuro kakale ali mmwe we badiyiwa be kutanga.
Paulo unoyenda kunobona Jakubo
17 Takati tiswika ku Jerusalema, zwikamu zwikatiamutjila zubuyanana. 18 Tjimuka, Paulo kayenda naswi kunobona Jakubo, ngono bakulu bose bakabe bali yapo. 19 Paulo kabadumilisa, ngono kabika nge buzhalo kuti Ndzimu wakathamani pakati kwe Bezwitjaba nge kuushingila kukwe. 20 Bakati behwa ikoku, bakakudza Ndzimu. Ipapo bakati kuna Paulo, “Ikamu Paulo unobona kuti zwiwulu zwingapani zwe bathu pakati kwe Bajuta zwagalamoyo? Ngono bose bakatukutilila kulondolodza nlayo. 21 Bakabudziwa nge kuko kuti unodiya Bajuta bose banogala ne Bezwitjaba kufupatila Mushe, ubabudza kuti basithumbile bana babo kene kulondolodza tjilenje. 22 Towothamani? Nge malebeswa banowohwa kuti wazha, 23 ndizo shinga tjatinokubudza. Tina balume banna bakatuna. 24 Tola balume ibaba uzwitjenapadze kang'ompela nabo ulipe tjinyikilo dzabo kuti misholo yabo itesegwe. Ipapo mmwe ne mmwe unowoziba kuti akuna malebeswa mu ndebo dzinolebgwa nge kuko ne kuti iwe unotjilila mu kuhwa nlayo. 25 Koga ngekwe Bezwitjaba bakabe bagalimoyo takabatumila lukwalo tibabudza kuti takalebeleka tikapedza titi basitongo ja zojiwa zwakapiwa midzimu kene malopa kene phuka yakasiniwa nenge kuti bazwidzibe mu bupombgwe.”
26 Tjimuka Paulo katola balume ibabo ngono kazwitjenapadza nabo. Ipapo kayenda ku Ng'umba ye Ndzimu kupa zibiso ye kuti mazhuba ekutjenapadziwa anowowila lini nenge kuti tjibhayilo tjithamigwe mmwe ne mmwe wabo.
Paulo wakabhakhwa mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu
27 Kukati mazhuba ali kutendeka abe pejo ngopela, bamwe Bajuta banodwa ku Ezhiya bakabe babona Paulo ku Ng'umba ye Ndzimu, bakadzonga mbunga wose, kakale bakambhata 28 bemimila beti, “Balume be Iziraela, mutibhatshe! Oyu ndiye nlume unodiyila bathu bose ntome ngekwe bathu bedu ne nlayo wedu nenge bugalo igogu. Pezhugwi kwa ikoko, wakazhisa Bagiriki kabalonga mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu, ngono bakatemapadza bugalo igogu gwakayengemala.” 29 Bakabe batongo bona Tirofimo N'efeso ali mu nzi ana Paulo, ngono bakaalakana kuti Paulo wakabe anzhisa ku Ng'umba ye Ndzimu.
30 Nzi nkulu wose ukadzongeka, ngono bathu bakazha bose bakalabuka. Bakabhata Paulo ngono bakankakatila kuzhe kwe Ng'umba ye Ndzimu, ngono tjinyolotjo mikoba ikazhaligwa. 31 Bakati batjagwisa kumbulaya, matama ekuti nzi wose we Jerusalema wapanduka kaswika ku Nkulu we babhayani be Roma. 32 Tjinyolotjo katola babhayani ne balauli be babhayani bali zana ngono bakalabukila ku mbunga. Kukati bapanduki bebona Nkulu ne babhayani bakamisa kuloba Paulo. 33 Nkulu we babhayani kazha kansunga, ngono kati asungwe nge ketani mbili. Ipapo kabhuzwa kuti ndiani nenge kuti watjinyani. 34 Bamwe mu mbunga bakamimila beleba tjimwe, koga bamwe belebabo tjipoga, ngono Nkulu we babhayani kasitubule kuhwa malebeswa nge zhoba, kalaya kuti Paulo ayisiwe ku nzi we babhayani. 35 Paulo kati eswika pa datho kudzongeka kwe mbunga kwakabe kuli kukulu kwaakadzina kasengwa nge babhayani. 36 Mbunga wakatobela ukadwilila mbeli umimila uti, “Mumbulaye!”
Paulo wakazwileba mbeli kwe Nkulu we babhayani
37 Kukati babhayani babe pejo ngolonga Paulo mu nzi we babhayani, kabhuzwa Nkulu we babhayani kati, “Apa ndingaleba tjimwe nawe?”
Kadabila eti, “Unoziba Tjigiriki kene? 38 Apa ate iwe N'egipiti wakatangisa bupanduki, ngono kabe ntungamili we bapanduki be babulayi bali zwiwulu zwili zwinna (4 000) ku tjilambanyika mazhuba akapinda kene?”
39 Paulo kadabila kati, “Imi ndi Njuta, unodwa ku Taso mu Silisiya, ndili n'gali we nzi wakalumba. Ndokumbila kuti mundiletje ndilebeleke ne bathu.”
40 Paulo kati adumigwa nge Nkulu we babhayani kama mu datho ngono kanyaladza bose nge maboko awe, kukati kwabe ne kunyalala kukulu kati ku bali nge Tjihebheru:
Paulo unoyenda ku Jerusalema
1 Tikati tathubukana nabo, tikayenda nge gungwa takatambunukila ku Kosi, tjimuka tikanoti ku Rodesi, kudwa ipapo tikayenda ku Patara. 2 Takawana ikepe tjitjulukila ku Fenikiya tikatatha ngono tikayenda nge gungwa. 3 Tikapinda nzi we Sipuro tili ku burwa tiwubonela kujana ngono tikadwilila tiyenda nge gungwa ku Siriya. Takadeluka ku Tire ikepe tjedu kwatjakabe tjakafanilo tula thundu yatjoko. 4 Tikati tiwana badiyiwa ikoko, tikagala nabo mazhuba ali kutendeka. Nge Meya, bakakumbila Paulo kuti asipindile ku Jerusalema. 5 Koga kukati mazhuba edu ikoko awila, tikadwilila mu zila yedu. Bagalimoyo bose ne bakadzi babo ne bana babo bakatidusa mu nzi, ngono ipapo mu phili dze gungwa tikatembezela tikawonekana. 6 Kudwapo tikatatha ikepe, ngono ibo bakabgwilila kanyi.
7 Takati tawidza gwendo gwedu kudwa ku Tire tikaswika ku Pitolemeo ngono takadumilisa zwikamu tikagala nabo zhuba ling'ompela. 8 Takapinda tjimuka tikanoti ku Sizariya ngono tikaswika ku ng'umba ya Filipo nsumikili mmwe we bali kutendeka tikagala naye. 9 Wakabe ana bakololokadzi bali banna basakalobogwa bakabe belebesambeli. 10 Tikati tagala ikoko mazhuba mashomanana, nlebesambeli unodang'wa Agabho kaswika edwa ku Judiya. 11 Kazha ku tili, ngono katola mwandabula wa Paulo kazwisunga ndiwo maboko ne makumbo, ngono kati, “Meya yakayengemala ikati, ‘Nge zila iyeyi Bajuta be Jerusalema banowosunga mweni we mwandabula iwoyu, ngono banowompa Bezwitjaba.’ ”
12 Tikati tihwa ikoku, iswi ne bathu bakabe bali ipapo tikakumbila Paulo kuti asiyende ku Jerusalema. 13 Ipapo Paulo kadabila eti, “Apa ini mulila muhwisa moyo wangu zogwadza kene? Andizozwilulwamisila kusungwa koga, koga ne kufila ku Jerusalema ndakaguzwilulwamisila ndifila zina la She Jesu.”
14 Kukati Paulo asingadumane naswi tikatoboka ngono tikati, “Kuda kwa She ngakuyitiwe.”
15 Shule kwe mazhuba iyawa takazwilulwamisa, ngono tikatathila ku Jerusalema. 16 Bamwe batobeli be ku Sizariya bakayenda naswi bakatiyisa ku nzi wa Munasoni kwatakabe takafanila gala. Wakabe ali nlume unodwa ku Sipuro kakale ali mmwe we badiyiwa be kutanga.
Paulo unoyenda kunobona Jakubo
17 Takati tiswika ku Jerusalema, zwikamu zwikatiamutjila zubuyanana. 18 Tjimuka, Paulo kayenda naswi kunobona Jakubo, ngono bakulu bose bakabe bali yapo. 19 Paulo kabadumilisa, ngono kabika nge buzhalo kuti Ndzimu wakathamani pakati kwe Bezwitjaba nge kuushingila kukwe. 20 Bakati behwa ikoku, bakakudza Ndzimu. Ipapo bakati kuna Paulo, “Ikamu Paulo unobona kuti zwiwulu zwingapani zwe bathu pakati kwe Bajuta zwagalamoyo? Ngono bose bakatukutilila kulondolodza nlayo. 21 Bakabudziwa nge kuko kuti unodiya Bajuta bose banogala ne Bezwitjaba kufupatila Mushe, ubabudza kuti basithumbile bana babo kene kulondolodza tjilenje. 22 Towothamani? Nge malebeswa banowohwa kuti wazha, 23 ndizo shinga tjatinokubudza. Tina balume banna bakatuna. 24 Tola balume ibaba uzwitjenapadze kang'ompela nabo ulipe tjinyikilo dzabo kuti misholo yabo itesegwe. Ipapo mmwe ne mmwe unowoziba kuti akuna malebeswa mu ndebo dzinolebgwa nge kuko ne kuti iwe unotjilila mu kuhwa nlayo. 25 Koga ngekwe Bezwitjaba bakabe bagalimoyo takabatumila lukwalo tibabudza kuti takalebeleka tikapedza titi basitongo ja zojiwa zwakapiwa midzimu kene malopa kene phuka yakasiniwa nenge kuti bazwidzibe mu bupombgwe.”
26 Tjimuka Paulo katola balume ibabo ngono kazwitjenapadza nabo. Ipapo kayenda ku Ng'umba ye Ndzimu kupa zibiso ye kuti mazhuba ekutjenapadziwa anowowila lini nenge kuti tjibhayilo tjithamigwe mmwe ne mmwe wabo.
Paulo wakabhakhwa mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu
27 Kukati mazhuba ali kutendeka abe pejo ngopela, bamwe Bajuta banodwa ku Ezhiya bakabe babona Paulo ku Ng'umba ye Ndzimu, bakadzonga mbunga wose, kakale bakambhata 28 bemimila beti, “Balume be Iziraela, mutibhatshe! Oyu ndiye nlume unodiyila bathu bose ntome ngekwe bathu bedu ne nlayo wedu nenge bugalo igogu. Pezhugwi kwa ikoko, wakazhisa Bagiriki kabalonga mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu, ngono bakatemapadza bugalo igogu gwakayengemala.” 29 Bakabe batongo bona Tirofimo N'efeso ali mu nzi ana Paulo, ngono bakaalakana kuti Paulo wakabe anzhisa ku Ng'umba ye Ndzimu.
30 Nzi nkulu wose ukadzongeka, ngono bathu bakazha bose bakalabuka. Bakabhata Paulo ngono bakankakatila kuzhe kwe Ng'umba ye Ndzimu, ngono tjinyolotjo mikoba ikazhaligwa. 31 Bakati batjagwisa kumbulaya, matama ekuti nzi wose we Jerusalema wapanduka kaswika ku Nkulu we babhayani be Roma. 32 Tjinyolotjo katola babhayani ne balauli be babhayani bali zana ngono bakalabukila ku mbunga. Kukati bapanduki bebona Nkulu ne babhayani bakamisa kuloba Paulo. 33 Nkulu we babhayani kazha kansunga, ngono kati asungwe nge ketani mbili. Ipapo kabhuzwa kuti ndiani nenge kuti watjinyani. 34 Bamwe mu mbunga bakamimila beleba tjimwe, koga bamwe belebabo tjipoga, ngono Nkulu we babhayani kasitubule kuhwa malebeswa nge zhoba, kalaya kuti Paulo ayisiwe ku nzi we babhayani. 35 Paulo kati eswika pa datho kudzongeka kwe mbunga kwakabe kuli kukulu kwaakadzina kasengwa nge babhayani. 36 Mbunga wakatobela ukadwilila mbeli umimila uti, “Mumbulaye!”
Paulo wakazwileba mbeli kwe Nkulu we babhayani
37 Kukati babhayani babe pejo ngolonga Paulo mu nzi we babhayani, kabhuzwa Nkulu we babhayani kati, “Apa ndingaleba tjimwe nawe?”
Kadabila eti, “Unoziba Tjigiriki kene? 38 Apa ate iwe N'egipiti wakatangisa bupanduki, ngono kabe ntungamili we bapanduki be babulayi bali zwiwulu zwili zwinna (4 000) ku tjilambanyika mazhuba akapinda kene?”
39 Paulo kadabila kati, “Imi ndi Njuta, unodwa ku Taso mu Silisiya, ndili n'gali we nzi wakalumba. Ndokumbila kuti mundiletje ndilebeleke ne bathu.”
40 Paulo kati adumigwa nge Nkulu we babhayani kama mu datho ngono kanyaladza bose nge maboko awe, kukati kwabe ne kunyalala kukulu kati ku bali nge Tjihebheru: