Machitidwe 22 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

22 ¹“Abale ndi atate, imvani tsopano chitetezo changa pamaso panu.” ²Pamene anamva iye akuyankhula nawo m'Chihebri, anakhala chete kwambiri. Ndipo anati:

³“Ine ndine Myuda, wobadwa ku Tarso wa ku Kilikiya, woleredwa mu mzinda uno, wophunzitsidwa pa mapazi a Gamalieli monga mwa chilamulo chokhwima cha makolo athu, ndili wachangu pa Mulungu monga mmene inu nonse mulili lero.

⁴Ndinazunza Njira iyi mpaka imfa, ndikumanga ndi kupereka ku ndende amuna pamodzi ndi akazi, ⁵“monga mkulu wa ansembe ndi bungwe lonse la akulu angachitire umboni. Kwa iwo ndinalandira makalata opita kwa abale a ku Damasiko, ndipo ndinapita kukatenga iwo amene anali kumeneko kuti abwere ku Yerusalemu ali omangidwa kuti alangidwe.”

⁶“Pamene ndinali pa ulendo ndi kuyandikira ku Damasiko cha pakati pa usana, mwadzidzidzi kuwala kwakukulu kochokera kumwamba kunandizungulira.”

⁷Ndinagwa pansi ndipo ndinamva mau akundinena, “Saulo, Saulo, undizunzira chifukwa chiyani?”

⁸Ndinayankha nati, “Ndinu ndani, Ambuye?” Iye anayankha nati, “Ine ndine Yesu wa ku Nazareti, amene ukumuzunza.”

⁹“Iwo amene anali ndi ine anaona kuwalako koma sanamvetse mau a amene anali kundiyankhula.”

¹⁰Ndinati, “Ndichite chiyani, Ambuye?” Ambuye anayankha nati, “Imirira, pita mu Damasiko. Kumeneko udzauzidwa zonse zimene wasankhidwa kuti uchite.”

¹¹“Popeza kunyezimira kwa kuwalako kunandichititsa khungu, anzanga anandigwira dzanja nanditsogolera kulowa mu Damasiko.”

¹²“Munthu wina dzina lake Hananiya, woopa Mulungu monga mwa chilamulo, woyankhulidwa bwino ndi Ayuda onse amene anakhala kumeneko, ¹³anadza naima pafupi ndi ine, nati, ‘Mbale Saulo, landira kupenya kwako.’ Pa nthawi yomweyo ndinayang'ana namuona iye.”

¹⁴“Iye anati, ‘Mulungu wa makolo athu anakusankha iwe kuti udziwe chifuniro chake, kuti uone Wolungama uja, ndi kumva mau ochokera pakamwa pake; ^a a v14 “Wolungama uja” ndi limodzi la maina a Yesu m'Chipangano Chatsopano — woyera mtima amene Paulo anakumana naye pa njira ya ku Damasiko. ¹⁵pakuti udzakhala mboni yake kwa anthu onse ya zimene waona ndi kumva. ¹⁶Ndipo tsopano, ukudikira chiyani? Imirira, ubatizidwe, usambitse machimo ako, ndikuitana pa dzina lake.”

¹⁷“Pamene ndinabwerera ku Yerusalemu ndili kupemphera m'Nyumba ya Mulungu, ndinagwidwa ndi masomphenya,”

¹⁸ndipo ndinamuona akundinena, “Fulumira uchoke mu Yerusalemu msanga, chifukwa sadzalandira umboni wako wa za Ine.”

¹⁹Ndinati, “Ambuye, iwo okha akudziwa kuti ndinapita ku sunagoge ndi sunagoge ndikumanga ndi kumenya iwo amene anakhulupirira Inu. ²⁰Pamene mwazi wa mboni yanu Stefano unkakhetsedwa, ndinaimirira pafupi, ndikuvomereza ndi kuyang'anira zovala za iwo amene anamupha.’”

²¹“Ndipo anandinena, ‘Pita, pakuti ndidzakutuma iwe kutali kwa a mitundu.’”

²²Anamvetsera mpaka pamenepo, kenaka anakweza mau awo nafuula, “Chotsani munthu woteroyu pa dziko lapansi! Sayenera kuloledwa kukhala ndi moyo!”

²³Ndipo pamene ankafuula ndi kuponya zovala zawo ndi kuwaza fumbi mlengalenga, ²⁴mkulu wa asilikali analamula kuti amutengere ku linga la asilikali, amukwapule, kuti adziwe chifukwa chake ankamufuulira chotere.

²⁵Pamene anamutambasula kuti amukwapule ndi zikoba, Paulo anati kwa mkulu wa asilikali zana amene anaimirira pamenepo, “Kodi n'kololedwa kwa inu kukwapula nzika ya Chiroma amene sanaweruzidwe?”

²⁶Pakumva zimenezi, mkulu wa asilikali zana anapita kwa mkulu wa asilikali namuuza, “Mukuchita chiyani? Munthu uyu ndi nzika ya Chiroma.”

²⁷Chomwecho mkulu wa asilikali anadza namufunsa, “Ndiuze, kodi iwe ndiwe nzika ya Chiroma?” Iye anati, “Inde.”

²⁸Mkulu wa asilikali anati, “Ine ndinalipira ndalama zambiri kuti ndikhale nzika iyi.” Koma Paulo anati, “Ine ndinabadwa ndili nzika.”

²⁹Chomwecho iwo amene anali pafupi kumufunsa anachoka nthawi yomweyo; ndipo mkulu wa asilikali anaopa, pozindikira kuti anamumanga nzika ya Chiroma. ³⁰Mmawa mwake, pofuna kudziwa bwinobwino chifukwa chake Ayuda anamuneneza, mkulu wa asilikali anamasula Paulo, nalamula kuti akulu a ansembe ndi bungwe lonse asonkhane, namutsitsa Paulo, namuyimika pamaso pawo.