Funso Logawanitsa Anthu
Aphunzitsi ochokera ku Yudeya akuumirira kuti anthu a mitundu ina ayenera kudulidwa kuti apulumuke, ndipo mkanganowo ukutumiza nthumwi ku Yerusalemu. Petro ndi Yakobo akukumbukira momwe Atate wathu anaperekera Mzimu popanda zofuna zina, ndipo kalata ikutumizidwa yochotsa katunduyo. Kenako Paulo ndi Barnaba akulekana chifukwa cha Marko.
15 1Anthu ena anatsika kuchokera ku Yudeya, naphunzitsa abale, nati, “Ngati simunachita mdulidwe monga mwa mwambo wa Mose, simungathe kupulumuka.” 2Pamene Paulo ndi Baranaba anali ndi mkangano waukulu ndi mtsutso ndi iwo, abale anasankha Paulo, Baranaba, ndi ena mwa iwo kuti apite kwa atumwi ndi akulu ku Yerusalemu za funso ili. 3Atatumidwa ndi mpingo, anadutsa mu Foinike ndi Samariya, akufotokoza za kutembenuka kwa a mitundu ina, nabweretsa chimwemwe chachikulu kwa abale onse. 4Atafika ku Yerusalemu, mpingo, atumwi, ndi akulu anawalandira, ndipo anafotokoza zonse zimene Atate wathu anachita nao.
5Koma okhulupirira ena a gulu la Afarisi anayimirira, nati, “Ayenera kuchita mdulidwe ndi kulamulidwa kuti asunge lamulo la Mose.” 6Ndipo atumwi ndi akulu anasonkhana pamodzi kuti afufuze nkhani iyi. 7Pambuyo pa mtsutso waukulu, Petro anayimirira, nati, “Abale, inu mukudziwa kuti masiku oyamba Atate wathu anasankha pakati panu kuti a mitundu ina adzamve uthenga wabwino kudzera mwa ine, nakhulupirire. 8Ndipo Atate wathu, amene amadziwa mtima, anachitira umboni powapatsa Mzimu Woyera, monga momwe anachitira ife. 9Iye sanaike malire pakati pathu ndi iwo, nayeretsa mitima yawo mwachikhulupiriro. 10Tsono nchifukwa chiyani mukuyesa Atate wathu poyika goli pakhosi pa ophunzira, limene makolo athu ngakhale ife sitinathe kulisenza? 11Koma ife tikukhulupirira kuti tidzapulumutsidwa mwa chisomo cha Ambuye Yesu, monganso iwo.”
12Gulu lonse linakhala chete, likumvetsera Baranaba ndi Paulo akufotokoza zizindikiro ndi zodabwitsa zimene Atate wathu anachita pakati pa a mitundu ina kudzera mwa iwo. 13Atamaliza kuyankhula, Yakobo anayankha, nati, “Abale, ndimvereni. 14Simeoni anafotokoza mmene Atate wathu poyamba anayendera a mitundu, kutenga mwa iwo anthu a dzina lake. a a v14 Simeoni ndi dzina lachihebri la Petro — mtumwi yemweyo amene anayankhula mu vesi 7. 15Ndipo mau a aneneri amavomerezana ndi ichi, monga kwalembedwa kuti:
16“‘Pambuyo pa izi ndidzabwerera, ndipo ndidzamanganso chihema cha Davide chimene chagwa; ndidzamanganso mabwinja ake, ndipo ndidzachikonzanso, b b v16 Pamene Yakobo akunena kuti Atate wathu adzamanganso “chihema cha Davide chimene chagwa,” akuloza ku kubwezeretsedwa kumene kunachitika mwa Yesu, mwana wolonjezedwa wa Davide, amene akutsegulira banja kwa anthu a mtundu uliwonse.
17kuti otsala a anthu afunefune Atate wathu, ndi a mitundu ina onse amene aitanidwa ndi dzina langa, ati Atate wathu, amene amachita zinthu izi, 18zodziwika kuyambira kale.’
19Chifukwa chake ine ndiweruza kuti tisasokoneze a mitundu ina amene akutembenukira kwa Atate wathu, 20koma tiwalembere kuwauza kuti apewe zinthu zodetsedwa ndi mafano, dama, nyama ya zinyama zopotoledwa khosi, ndi mwazi. 21Pakuti Mose walalikidwa m'mizinda yonse kuyambira mibadwo yonse, akuwerengedwa mokweza m'masunagoge Sabata iliyonse.”
Kalata kwa Abale Athu a Mitundu Ina
22Atumwi, akulu, ndi mpingo wonse anaganiza kusankha anthu pakati pawo ndi kuwatuma ku Antiokeya pamodzi ndi Paulo ndi Baranaba: Yudasi wotchedwa Barsaba, ndi Sila, atsogoleri pakati pa abale. 23Anatumiza kalata iyi ndi iwo kuti: “Atumwi ndi akulu, abale, kwa abale a mitundu ina a ku Antiokeya, Siriya, ndi Kilikiya: moni.
24Popeza tamva kuti ena amene anachoka kwa ife anakusokonezani ndi mau, kuvutitsa mitima yanu, ngakhale sitinawapatse malangizo oterowo, 25ife tinavomerezana mogwirizana kusankha anthu ndi kuwatuma kwa inu pamodzi ndi okondedwa athu Baranaba ndi Paulo. 26Anthu amene anapereka miyoyo yawo chifukwa cha dzina la Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu. 27Choncho tatumiza Yudasi ndi Sila, amene nawonso adzakuuzani zinthu zomwezo pakamwa. 28Mzimu Woyera ndi ife tinavomereza kusayika pa inu katundu waukulu kuposa zofunika izi: 29Pewani chakudya choperekedwa kwa mafano, mwazi, nyama ya zinyama zopotoledwa khosi, ndi dama. Dzisungeni ku zinthu izi ndipo mudzachita bwino. Tsalani bwino.”
30Choncho, atatumidwa, anatsikira ku Antiokeya, nasonkhanitsa gulu la okhulupirira, naperekera kalata. 31Ndipo atayiwerenga, anasangalala ndi chilimbikitso. 32Ndipo Yudasi ndi Sila, amene nawonso anali aneneri, analimbikitsa ndi kukhazikitsa abale ndi mau ambiri. 33Atakhala kumeneko kwa kanthawi, abale anawatumiza mwamtendere kwa amene anawatuma. c c v33 Mipukutu yakale kwambiri ilibe vesi 34 pano; makope amtsogolo awonjezera kuti: “Koma Sila anatsimikiza kukhalabe kumeneko.” 35Koma Paulo ndi Baranaba anakhalabe ku Antiokeya, akuphunzitsa ndi kulalikira mau a Ambuye wathu, pamodzi ndi ena ambiri.
Paulo ndi Baranaba Asiyana
36Patapita masiku ena, Paulo anauza Baranaba, nati, “Tiyeni tibwerere tikayendere abale m'mizinda yonse mmene tinalalikira uthenga wa Ambuye wathu, ndipo tione mmene akuchitira.” 37Tsopano Baranaba anafuna kutenga pamodzi nao Yohane amene anatchedwa Marko. 38Koma Paulo anaona kuti nkwabwino kusatenga uja amene anawasiya ku Pamfiliya ndipo sanapite nao ku ntchito. 39Mkangano wawo unakula kwambiri kotero kuti analekana wina ndi mnzake; Baranaba anatenga Marko, nakwera ngalawa kupita ku Kupro, 40koma Paulo anasankha Sila, nanyamuka, atasungitsidwa ndi abale ku chisomo cha Ambuye wathu. 41Ndipo anadutsa mu Siriya ndi Kilikiya, akulimbikitsa mipingo.