Machitidwe 8 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

8 ¹Saulo anavomereza kuphedwa kwa Stefano. Tsiku limenelo kunabuka chizunzo chachikulu kutsutsana ndi mpingo wa ku Yerusalemu, ndipo onse anamwazikana ku Yudeya ndi ku Samariya, kupatula atumwi. ²Anthu woopa Mulungu anaika Stefano m'manda, nalira maliro ake mokweza. ³Koma Saulo anali kuwononga mpingo, nalowa nyumba ndi nyumba, nakokera kunja amuna ndi akazi, nawaponya m'ndende.

Filipo Alalikira ku Samariya

⁴Ndipo iwo amene anamwazikana anapita kulikonse, nalalikira uthenga wabwino wa mau. ⁵Filipo anatsikira ku mzinda wa Samariya, nalalikira Khristu kwa iwo. ⁶Magulu a anthu anamvetsera mau a Filipo mogwirizana, pakumva ndi kuona zizindikiro zimene anachita. ⁷Mizimu yodetsedwa inatuluka mwa ambiri amene anali nayo, ikufuula mokweza, ndipo ambiri ofa ziwalo ndi olumala anachiritsidwa. ⁸Ndipo kunali chimwemwe chachikulu mu mzinda umenewo.

⁹Munthu wina dzina lake Simoni anali atachita kale matsenga mu mzinda umenewo, nadabwitsa anthu a ku Samariya, nadzitama kuti ndi munthu wamkulu. ¹⁰Onse, kuyambira wamng'ono mpaka wamkulu, anamumvera, nanena kuti, “Munthu uyu ndi mphamvu ya Mulungu, yotchedwa Yaikulu.” ¹¹Anamumvetsera chifukwa kwa nthawi yaitali anali atawadabwitsa ndi matsenga ake. ¹²Koma pamene anakhulupirira uthenga wabwino wa Filipo wonena za ufumu wa Atate wathu ndi dzina la Yesu Khristu, amuna ndi akazi anabatizidwa. ¹³Simoni mwini anakhulupirira, nabatizidwa, nakhalabe pafupi ndi Filipo, nadabwa ndi zizindikiro ndi zodabwitsa zazikulu zimene anaona.

¹⁴Atumwi a ku Yerusalemu atamva kuti Samariya analandira mau a Atate wathu, anatumiza Petro ndi Yohane kwa iwo. ¹⁵Pamene anafika, anawapempherera kuti alandire Mzimu Woyera, ¹⁶pakuti Mzimu Woyera anali asanatsikire pa aliyense wa iwo; anali obatizidwa kokha m'dzina la Ambuye Yesu. ¹⁷Pamenepo anasanjika manja awo pa iwo, ndipo analandira Mzimu Woyera. ¹⁸Simoni ataona kuti Mzimu anaperekedwa mwa kusanjika manja kwa atumwi, anawapatsa ndalama, ¹⁹nati, “Ndipatseniponso mphamvu iyi, kuti aliyense amene ndingamusanjike manja alandire Mzimu Woyera.” ²⁰Petro anati kwa iye, “Siliva wako awonongeke nawe pamodzi, popeza unaganiza kuti ungagule mphatso ya Atate wathu ndi ndalama! ²¹Ulibe gawo kapena mbali mu nkhani iyi, pakuti mtima wako suli wolungama pamaso pa Atate wathu. ²²Choncho lapa pa choipa ichi, ndipo upemphere kwa Atate wathu kuti, ngati n'kotheka, cholinga cha mtima wako chikhululukidwe kwa iwe. ²³Ndikuona kuti wadzazidwa ndi ndulu yowawa, ndipo wamangidwa ndi choipa.”

²⁴Simoni anayankha nati, “Mundipempherere kwa Mulungu, kuti palibe chimene mwanena chidzandigwere.”

²⁵Ndipo, atachitira umboni ndi kuyankhula mau a Ambuye wathu Yesu, anabwerera ku Yerusalemu, nalalikira uthenga wabwino m'midzi yambiri ya ku Samariya.

Filipo ndi Mwitiyopiya

²⁶Pamenepo mngelo wa Atate wathu anauza Filipo kuti, “Imirira ndipo upite chakum'mwera ku msewu umene utsikira kuchokera ku Yerusalemu kupita ku Gaza”—msewu wa m'chipululu. ²⁷Anayimirira napita. Ndipo panali nduna ina ya ku Itiyopiya, mkulu wa pa bwalo la Kandake, mfumukazi ya Aitiyopiya, amene anali woyang'anira chuma chake chonse, ndipo anadza ku Yerusalemu kudzalambira, ^a a v27 Kandake silinali dzina la munthu koma dzina laulemu la mfumukazi amayi a ufumu wa Kusi, kum'mwera kwa Igupto. ²⁸ndipo anali kubwerera, atakhala mu galeta lake, akuwerenga buku la mneneri Yesaya.

²⁹Ndipo Mzimu Woyera anati kwa Filipo, “Pita ukapezane ndi galeta ilo.”

³⁰Filipo anathamanga kumka kwa iye, namva akuwerenga buku la mneneri Yesaya, nafunsa kuti, “Kodi ukuzindikira zimene ukuwerenga?”

³¹Iye anati, “Ndingathe bwanji, ngati wina sanditsogolere?” Ndipo anayitana Filipo kuti akwere, nakhale naye pamodzi. ³²Tsono malemba amene anali kuwerenga anali awa: “Monga nkhosa anatsogozedwa kukaphedwa, ndipo monga mwana wankhosa wokhala chete pamaso pa wometa ubweya wake, kotero sanatsegule pakamwa pake. ³³Pa kunyozedwa kwake chiweruzo cholungama chinamukanizidwa. Ndani angafotokoze za mbadwo wake? Pakuti moyo wake wachotsedwa pa dziko lapansi.”

³⁴Nduna inati kwa Filipo, “Ndiuzeni, kodi mneneri akunena zimenezi za yani—za iye mwini, kapena za wina?”

³⁵Filipo anatsegula pakamwa pake, nayambira pa lemba ili, namuuza uthenga wabwino wonena za Yesu. ³⁶Pamene anayenda m'njira, anafika pa madzi, ndipo nduna inati, “Taonani, madzi! Kodi n'chiyani chondiletsa kuti ndibatizidwe?” ^b b v36 Mipukutu yakale koposa ilibe vesi 37 pano; makope a pambuyo pake anawonjezera kuti: “Filipo anati, ‘Ngati ukhulupirira ndi mtima wako wonse, ungathe.’ Ndipo iye anayankha nati, ‘Ndikhulupirira kuti Yesu Khristu ndiye Mwana wa Mulungu.’” ³⁸Iye analamula kuti galeta liyime; onse awiri anatsikira m'madzi, Filipo ndi nduna, ndipo Filipo anambatiza.

³⁹Atatuluka m'madzi, Mzimu wa Atate wathu anamkwatula Filipo; nduna sinamuonanso, koma inapitiriza ulendo wake ikukondwa. ⁴⁰Filipo anadzipeza ali ku Azoto. Anayenda kudutsa, nalengeza uthenga wabwino mu mzinda uliwonse kufikira anafika ku Kaisareya.