Ananiyasi na Safira
1 Koga mmwe nlume wakabe edang'wa Ananiyasi ana nkadzi uwe Safira, bakatengesa imwe thundu yabo. 2 Ngono kasumbika mamwe mari adumana ne nkadzi uwe, mari asala kaayisa ku batumwa ba Jesu. 3 Koga Pita kambhuzwa eti, “Ananiyasi, ini Satani azhala moyo uwo kuti unyepele Meya yakayengemala usumbike mamwe mari awawana watengesa nnda? 4 Wakati usathu ukatengesiwa apa wakabe usi uwo kene? Ne usinokuwutengesa, apa mari akabe asi awo kuashingisa sekwa unobona kene? Ini wakumbula kuthama tjithu tjakajali? Auzonyepela bathu, koga wanyepela Ndzimu!” 5 Kukati Ananiyasi ehwa ikoku koga, kawila pasi kafa; ngono bose bakahwa nge kwako bakatja kwazo. 6 Bazhuzha bakamilika, bakapetela mbili uwe, bakansengela kuzhe, ngono bakambiganya.
7 Shule kwe awara dzingabe thatu nkadzi uwe kangina, asingazibe tjashingikala. 8 Pita kambhuzwa kati, “Undibudze, kuti kene makatengesa nnda nge themba iyeyi?”
Kadabila eti, “Ee, ndiyo themba.”
9 Ndizo Pita kati kunli, “Iwe ne nlume uwo ini makumbula kulika Meya ya She? Bona, makumbo e bathu banobiganya nlume uwo apa nkoba, ngono banowokusengabo!” 10 Ipapo kawila pasi pa makumbo a Pita kafa. Bazhuzha bakangina bakabona kuti wafa, ndizo bakansengela kuzhe bakanombiganya kubapa ne nlume uwe. 11 Gubungano lose ne bamwe bose bakahwa ngekwa ikoku bakatja.
Makaabadzo ne matjenamiso
12 Batumwa ba Jesu bakashinga zwilakidzo zwinjinji ne matjenamiso manjinji pakati kwe bathu. Bagalimoyo bose bakabe beshanganila pa ntutshi wa Solomoni. 13 Mu bamwe kwakabe kusina ndodwa ne nng'ompela wakabe ana tjilopa tje kuzwibhatshanya nabo nenguba bathu bakabe bebakudza kwazo. 14 Koga bagalimoyo muna She bakapaphidzika, mibunga ye balume ne bakadzi bakagalamoyo. 15 Bathu bakati bebona tjakabe tjishingikala bakasenga bagwele bakabaladzika mu malawo nemu dzithobo pa dzizila kuti ntutshi wa Pita uwile bamwe babo ha epinda ipapo. 16 Ngono mibunga ye bathu ikazha idwa mu mizi yakapoteleka Jerusalema, bezhisa ibabo bakabe begwala ne bakabe bana meya mibi; ngono bose bakapodziwa.
Batumwa ba Jesu banodziyidziwa
17 Ntungamili we bapirisiti kamilika ne baakabe anabo bose, be bhiko le Basadusi, bakabe ne fupa, 18 ndizo bakasunga batumwa ba Jesu, ngono bakabalonga mu ng'umba ye busungwa ye bathu bose. 19 Koga busiku igogo ntumwa wa She kazhula mikoba ye ng'umba ye busungwa, kabadusa, ngono kati ku bali, 20 “Yendani munoma mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu, ngono mubudze bathu bose ngekwe matama e butjilo igogu butshwa.” 21 Batumwa ba Jesu bakati behwa ikoku bakangina mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu mangwanana bakatangisa kudiya.
Ntungamili we bapirisiti ne baakabe anabo bakati beswika bakadana lubazhe ne Gulukota le Iziraela ngono bakatuma bathu kuti banotola batumwa ba Jesu mu ng'umba ye busungwa babazhise mbeli kwabo. 22 Koga bashingi bakati beswika, bakasiwane batumwa mu ng'umba ye busungwa, ndizo bakabgwilila bakanobika beti, 23 “Tawana ng'umba ye busungwa yakakhiyiwa ne balindi bose bakalinda pa mikoba; koga tikati tizhula mikoba tikasheta watawana mukati!” 24 Nlauli we balindi be Ng'umba ye Ndzimu ne bapirisiti bakulu bakati behwa ikoku, bakatjenamila kuti kwashingikalani ku batumwa ba Jesu. 25 Ipapo mmwe kangina kati ku bali, “Hwililani! Balume bamakalonga mu ng'umba ye busungwa bamu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu banodiya bathu!” 26 Ndizo nlauli kayenda ne adzasha dzidze kanotola batumwa. Abazoshingisa simba, ngobe betja kikithidziwa nge bathu nge mabgwe.
27 Bakazhisa batumwa ba Jesu, bakathama kuti bame mbeli kwe makulukota, ngono Ntungamili we bapirisiti kababhuzwa, 28 kati, “Takamulaya takasimisa kuti musidiye nge zina ileli, koga ngwenu mazhadza Jerusalema nge zwidiyo zwenyu, ngono moshaka kutipa nlandu we lufu gugwe!”
29 Pita ne bamwe batumwa ba Jesu bakashandula beti, “Takafanila hwa Ndzimu, kusi bathu. 30 Ndzimu wa bobatategulu bedu wakamusa Jesu mu bafi, iye wamakabulaya nge kunlembeledza mu tjileyanyo. 31 Ndzimu wakammilidzila ku luboko gwawo gwe luji kube Ntungamili ne Ntjidzi, kuti Baiziraela bashandukile matjinyo abo kakale bazwiibhatigwe zwibi. 32 Ti batendeki be zwithu izwezwi, iswi ne Meya yakayengemala, iyo tjipo tje Ndzimu kuna ibabo banouhwilila.”
33 Bakati behwa ikoku, bakagwadzamoyo, ngono bakayemula kubabulaya. 34 Koga mmwe wabo, ali Nfarasi edang'wa kuyi Gamaliyele, wakabe ali n'diyi we nlayo, iye wakabe etetiwa kwazo nge bathu bose, kamilika kama mu lubazhe. Kadusa ndayilo kuti batumwa ba Jesu badusigwe kuzhe kwe tjibakana, 35 ngono ipapo kati ku lubazhe, “Balume be Iziraela, ibeni nge njele muna tjamunothama balume ibaba. 36 Mu misi yakapinda Teudasi wakaboneka ezwidana mmwe nkulu, ngono bathu bangabe mazana manna (400) bakabhatana naye. Koga wakabulawa, bose batobeli babe bakapalala kukasala kusina tjimwe. 37 Shule kwa ipapo, Judasi we Galili wakaboneka mu nsi we kubagwa kwe bathu kakwebela mbunga kunli, koga na iye wakabulawabo ngono batobeli babe bose bakapalala. 38 Ndizo ngwenu ndoti kumuli, idwani mu balume ibaba. Mubasunungule! Ha tjabakalangana kene nshingo wabo udwa mu bathu unowopela, 39 koga ha udwa ku Ndzimu, amungabakunde. Mungazwiwana munyanyayidza Ndzimu!”
Makulukota katobela gumbuludzo la Gamaliyele. 40 Bakadanila batumwa ba Jesu mukati, bakati babaloba bakabadwa bakati basitjabe batjalebeleka nge zina la Jesu kakale, ipapo bakabasunungula. 41 Batumwa ba Jesu bakadwa mu lubazhe bakashatha, ngobe Ndzimu wakawana bakafanila dziyidzigwa zina la Jesu. 42 Ngono mazhuba wose bakadwilila bediya be sumikila mu Ng'umba ye Ndzimu ne mu mizi ye bathu, besumikila ndebo mbuya inoti Jesu ndiye Mesiya.
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