Herode Akantha Mpingo
Herode akupha Yakobo ndipo akutsekera Petro m'ndende. Mngelo wa Atate wathu akumasula maunyolo usiku ndipo zipata zikutseguka zokha; Petro akuganiza kuti akulota. Pa msonkhano wa mapemphero, mtsikana wantchito akuuzidwa kuti wachita misala. Herode, potamandidwa ngati mulungu, akufa.
12 1Pa nthawi imeneyo Mfumu Herode anagwira ena a mumpingo, nafuna kuwachitira zoyipa. 2Anapha Yakobo, m'bale wa Yohane, ndi lupanga. 3Ataona kuti zimenezi zinakondweretsa Ayuda, Herode anapitiriza kugwiranso Petro, pa masiku a mikate yopanda chofufumitsa. 4Anamgwira, namuika m'ndende, nampereka kwa magulu anayi a asilikali anayi kuti amulondere, nafuna kudzamutulutsa kwa anthu Paskha itatha.
5Chotero Petro anasungidwa m'ndende, koma mpingo unampempherera kwa Atate wathu molimbika. 6Usiku umenewo, Herode asanamutulutse, Petro anagona pakati pa asilikali awiri, atamangidwa ndi maunyolo awiri; ndipo alonda patsogolo pa khomo anasunga ndende. 7Mwadzidzidzi mngelo wa Atate wathu anaimirira pambali pake, ndipo kuwala kunadzaza m'chipinda. Anakhudza nthiti ya Petro, namudzutsa, nati, “Dzuka mofulumira.” Ndipo maunyolo anagwa m'manja mwake. 8Mngelo anati kwa iye, “Vala ndipo umange nsapato zako.” Petro anachita momwemo. Ndipo anati, “Funda mkanjo wako ndipo unditsate.” 9Chotero Petro anatuluka natsatira, osadziwa kuti zimene mngelo anachita zinali zoona—anaganiza kuti akuona masomphenya. 10Atadutsa malo oyamba ndi achiwiri a alonda, anafika pa chipata chachitsulo cholowera m'mudzi, chimene chinawatsegukira chokha. Anatuluka, nayenda msewu umodzi, ndipo mwadzidzidzi mngelo anamsiya.
11Pamenepo Petro anadzindikira, nati, “Tsopano ndadziwa ndithu: Atate wathu anatuma mngelo wake nandipulumutsa m'manja mwa Herode ndi ku zonse zimene anthu a Ayuda ankayembekezera.” 12Atazindikira zimenezi, anapita ku nyumba ya Mariya, mayi wa Yohane wotchedwanso Marko, kumene anthu ambiri anasonkhana kupemphera. 13Pamene Petro anagogoda pa khomo la chipata, mtsikana wantchito dzina lake Roda anabwera kudzayankha. 14Atazindikira mawu a Petro, anasangalala kwambiri kotero kuti anathamangira mkati osatsegula chipata, nalengeza kuti Petro anaimirira pamenepo.
15Iwo anati, “Wachita misala.” Koma iye anaumirira kuti ndi zoona. Chotero anati, “Ndi mngelo wake.” 16Koma Petro anapitiriza kugogoda, ndipo atatsegula khomo namuona, anadabwa kwambiri. 17Pokweza dzanja lake kuti akhale chete, anafotokoza mmene Atate wathu anamtulutsira m'ndende. Anati, “Uzani Yakobo ndi abale izi,” ndipo anachoka kupita kumalo ena.
18Kutacha m'mawa, panali chipwirikiti chachikulu pakati pa asilikali pa zimene zinachitika kwa Petro. 19Herode, atamufunafuna osamupeza, anafunsa alonda, nalamula kuti aphedwe. Ndipo anatsika kuchokera ku Yudeya kupita ku Kaisareya, nakhala kumeneko.
Atate Wathu Akantha Herode
20Herode anali wokwiya kwambiri ndi anthu a ku Turo ndi Sidoni. Iwo anabwera kwa iye pamodzi, ndipo atagwirizana ndi Belasto, woyang'anira nyumba ya mfumu, anapempha mtendere, chifukwa dziko lawo linkadalira dziko la mfumu pa chakudya. 21Pa tsiku loikika Herode anavala zovala zaufumu, nakhala pa mpando wachifumu, nalankhula nawo. 22Ndipo gulu la anthu linapitiriza kufuwula, “Awa ndi mawu a mulungu, osati a munthu!” 23Nthawi yomweyo mngelo wa Atate wathu anamkantha chifukwa sanapereke ulemerero kwa Atate wathu, ndipo mphutsi zinamudya, nafa.
24Koma mawu a Atate wathu anapitiriza kukula ndi kufalikira. 25Barnaba ndi Saulo anabwerera kuchokera ku Yerusalemu, atamaliza ntchito yawo, atatenga pamodzi Yohane, wotchedwanso Marko.
