Machitidwe 13 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

13 ¹Mu mpingo wa ku Antiokeya munali aneneri ndi aphunzitsi: Barnaba, Simeoni wotchedwa Nigere, Lukiyo wa ku Kurene, Manaeni (amene anakulira pamodzi ndi Herode wolamulira chigawo), ndi Saulo.

²Pamene ankapembedza Ambuye wathu Yesu nasala kudya, Mzimu Woyera anati, “Ndipatulireni Barnaba ndi Saulo, kuti agwire ntchito imene ndawaitanira.”

³Ndipo atasala kudya napemphera, anawasanjika manja awo, nawatumiza.

Mau a Atate wathu Afika ku Kupro

⁴Potumidwa ndi Mzimu Woyera, anatsikira ku Selukiya, ndipo kuchokera kumeneko anakwera ngalawa kupita ku Kupro. ⁵Atafika ku Salami, analalikira mau a Atate wathu m'masunagoge a Ayuda. Anali ndi Yohane monga mthandizi wawo. ⁶Atadutsa chisumbu chonse mpaka ku Pafo, anapeza wina Myuda wamatsenga, mneneri wonama, dzina lake Bara-Yesu, ⁷amene anali ndi bwanamkubwa Serigio Paulo, munthu wanzeru. Iye anaitanitsa Barnaba ndi Saulo, pofuna kumva mau a Atate wathu. ⁸Koma Elima wamatsenga—pakuti umenewo ndiwo tanthauzo la dzina lake—anawatsutsa, pofuna kuchotsa bwanamkubwa pa chikhulupiriro. ⁹Koma Saulo, amene amatchedwanso Paulo, wodzazidwa ndi Mzimu Woyera, anamuyang'anitsitsa, ¹⁰nati, “Iwe mwana wa mdierekezi, mdani wa chilungamo chonse, wodzala ndi chinyengo chonse ndi kachenjedwe kalikonse—kodi sudzaleka kupotoza njira zowongoka za Atate wathu? ¹¹Tsopano taona, dzanja la Atate wathu lili pa iwe. Udzakhala wosaona, wosatha kuona dzuwa, kwa kanthawi.” Nthawi yomweyo chifunga ndi mdima zinagwa pa iye; ndipo anayamba kufufuzafufuza, nafunafuna wina woti amtsogolere ndi dzanja.

¹²Bwanamkubwa ataona zimene zinachitika, anakhulupirira, nadabwa ndi chiphunzitso cha Ambuye wathu Yesu.

Nkhani ya Atate wathu Ilalikidwa ku Antiokeya

¹³Paulo ndi anzake anakwera ngalawa kuchokera ku Pafo kupita ku Perga wa ku Pamfiliya, koma Yohane anawasiya, nabwerera ku Yerusalemu. ¹⁴Kuchokera ku Perga anapitirira ulendo wawo kufika ku Antiokeya wa ku Pisidiya. Ndipo tsiku la Sabata analowa m'sunagoge, nakhala pansi. ¹⁵Atawerenga Malamulo ndi Aneneri, atsogoleri a sunagoge anawatumizira mau, nati, “Abale, ngati muli ndi mau olimbikitsa anthu, nenani.”

¹⁶Paulo anayimirira, naweyula dzanja lake, nati, “Inu amuna a Israeli, ndi inu amene mumaopa Atate wathu, tamverani. ¹⁷Atate wathu, Atate wa anthu awa a Israeli, anasankha makolo athu, nawakuza pamene anali alendo m'dziko la Igupto, ndipo anawatulutsa ndi dzanja lotambasuka. ¹⁸Ndipo kwa zaka pafupifupi makumi anayi anawalezera mtima m'chipululu. ¹⁹Atawononga mitundu isanu ndi iwiri ya anthu m'dziko la Kanani, anawapatsa dziko lawo kukhala cholowa. ²⁰Zonsezi zinatenga zaka pafupifupi mazana anayi ndi makumi asanu. Ndipo pambuyo pake anawapatsa oweruza mpaka nthawi ya Samueli mneneri. ²¹Ndipo anapempha mfumu, ndipo Atate wathu anawapatsa Saulo mwana wa Kisi, munthu wa fuko la Benjamini, kwa zaka makumi anayi. ²²Atamuchotsa, anawadzutsira Davide kukhala mfumu yawo, nachitira umboni, nati, ‘Ndamupeza Davide mwana wa Yese, munthu wa pa mtima wanga, amene adzachita zonse zimene ndifuna.’ ²³Kuchokera mu mbewu ya munthu uyu, Atate wathu wabweretsa kwa Israeli Mpulumutsi, Yesu, monga momwe analonjezera. ²⁴Iye asanabwere, Yohane analalikira ubatizo wa kutembenuka mtima kwa anthu onse a Israeli. ²⁵Pamene Yohane amatsiriza ntchito yake, anati, ‘Kodi mukuganiza kuti ndine yani? Ine sindine Iye. Koma taonani, wina akubwera pambuyo panga—amene sindiyenera kumasula nsapato za kumapazi Ake.’

²⁶“Abale, ana a banja la Abrahamu, ndi inu amene pakati panu mumaopa Atate wathu: mau a chipulumutso awa anatumizidwa kwa ife. ²⁷Anthu a ku Yerusalemu ndi atsogoleri awo sanamuzindikire Iye, kapena kumvetsa mau a aneneri amene amawerengedwa Sabata lililonse—ndipo pomuweruza, anakwaniritsa mau omwewo. ²⁸Ngakhale sanapeze chifukwa choti aphedwe, anapempha Pilato kuti amuphe. ²⁹Atatsiriza zonse zimene zinalembedwa za Iye, anamutsitsa pa mtengo, namuyika m'manda. ³⁰Koma Atate wathu anamuukitsa kwa akufa, ³¹ndipo kwa masiku ambiri anaonekera kwa amene anakwera naye limodzi kuchokera ku Galileya kupita ku Yerusalemu, amene tsopano ndiwo mboni zake kwa anthu. ³²Ndipo ife tikukubweretserani uthenga wabwino wakuti chimene Atate wathu analonjeza makolo athu,

³³wachikwaniritsa kwa ife, ana awo, pomuukitsa Yesu, monga momwe zalembedwanso mu Salimo 2: ‘Inu ndinu Mwana wanga; lero Ine ndakubalani.’

³⁴Ndipo kunena za kuti anamuukitsa kwa akufa, kuti asadzawolenso, ananena kuti, ‘Ndidzakupatsani madalitso oyera ndi odalirika amene analonjezedwa kwa Davide.’ ³⁵Chifukwa chake akunenanso mu salimo lina kuti, ‘Simudzalola Woyera wanu kuti aone kuvunda.’ ³⁶Pakuti Davide, atatumikira cholinga cha Atate wathu mu mʼbadwo wake, anagona tulo, nayikidwa pamodzi ndi makolo ake, naona kuvunda, ³⁷koma Iye amene Atate wathu anamuukitsa sanaone kuvunda. ³⁸Choncho dziwani ichi, abale—kuti mwa munthu uyu chikhululukiro cha machimo chikulalikidwa kwa inu, ³⁹ndipo mwa Iye, yense wokhulupirira amamasulidwa ku zonse zimene lamulo la Mose silinakhoze kukumasulani. ⁴⁰Chotero chenjerani, kuti zimene zinanenedwa m'buku la Aneneri zisakugwereni: ⁴¹‘Taonani, inu onyoza, dabwani ndipo muwonongeke; pakuti Ine ndikugwira ntchito m'masiku anu, ntchito imene simudzaikhulupirira, ngakhale wina atakuuzani.’”

⁴²Pamene Paulo ndi Barnaba amatuluka, anthu anawachonderera kuti adzanenenso za zinthu izi Sabata lotsatira. ⁴³Msonkhano wa sunagoge utatha, Ayuda ambiri ndi otembenukira ku Chiyuda odzipereka anatsatira Paulo ndi Barnaba, amene anayankhula nawo, nawalimbikitsa kuti apitirire mu chisomo cha Atate wathu.

⁴⁴Sabata lotsatira, pafupifupi mzinda wonse unasonkhana kuti umve mau a Ambuye wathu Yesu. ⁴⁵Ayuda ataona magulu a anthu, anadzazidwa ndi nsanje, ndipo anatsutsa mau a Paulo, namunyoza.

⁴⁶Paulo ndi Barnaba anayankhula molimba mtima, nati, “Mau a Atate wathu anayenera kuyankhulidwa kwa inu poyamba. Koma popeza mukuwakana, nudziweruza nokha kuti simuyenera moyo wosatha, taonani—tikutembenukira kwa anthu amitundu.”

⁴⁷Pakuti Atate wathu anatilamula kuti, “Ndakuyikani kukhala kuwunika kwa mitundu ya anthu, kuti mubweretse chipulumutso ku malekezero a dziko lapansi.”

⁴⁸Pakumva zimenezi, anthu amitundu anasangalala, nalemekeza mau a Ambuye wathu Yesu; ndipo onse amene anaikidwa kukhala ndi moyo wosatha anakhulupirira. ⁴⁹Ndipo mau a Ambuye wathu Yesu anafalikira m'chigawo chonse. ⁵⁰Koma Ayuda anasonkhezera akazi odzipereka a maudindo ndi amuna otsogolera a mzinda, nautsa chizunzo pa Paulo ndi Barnaba, ndipo anawapirikitsa m'chigawo chawo. ⁵¹Choncho anasasa fumbi la kumapazi awo kuwatsutsa, napita ku Ikoniya. ⁵²Ndipo ophunzira anadzazidwa ndi chimwemwe ndi Mzimu Woyera.