Paulo ahagarariye imbere ya Fesito ku burega bwiwe

Umuganza mushasha araga urwo rubanza, maze umugambi wa kera wo kumuhoma ugaruka. Aho kurungikwa i Yerusalemu, Paulo yiyambaza Kayisari, Festo arabimwemerera. Mu bwihisho Festo yemera ko iyo ntonganya yerekeye umuntu yapfuye yitwa Yesu, uwo Paulo ashimangira ko ari muzima.

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Nuko haciye imisi itatu Fesito ashitse mu ntara, aduga i Yeruzalemu avuye i Sezariya. Ng’aho abakuru b’abaherezi n’indongozi z’Abayuda bamurega Paulo, baguma bamwinginga, basaba umwimbu ngo abagirire ku bwiwe, ngo ahamagarire Paulo i Yeruzalemu. Bariko baramutega umutego ngo bamwice mu nzira. Fesito yishura ko Paulo yari afungiwe i Sezariya, n’uko we nyene yagira agende vuba. Avuga ati: “Rero, abo muri mwebwe bashoboye bamanuke twese, barege uwo muntu, nimba hariho ikibi yakoze.”

Fesito ntiyarenza imisi umunani canke icumi kumwe na bo, aca amanuka i Sezariya. Ku musi ukurikira yicara ku ntebe y’urubanza, ategeka ngo Paulo bamuzane. Paulo ashitse, Abayuda bavuye i Yeruzalemu baramukikuza, bamuregako amarega menshi akomeye batari bashoboye kwerekana. Paulo yiregura ati: “Nta co nagiriye nabi gegeko ry’Abayuda, canke urusengero, canke Sezari.”

Mugabo Fesito, ashaka guhimbara Abayuda, abaza Paulo ati: “Woduga i Yeruzalemu ngo ucirirweyo urubanza imbere yanje kuri ayo marega?”

Paulo avuga ati: “Mpagaze imbere y’urubanza rwa Sezari, aho nkwiye gucirirwa urubanza. Nta co nagiriye nabi Abayuda, nk’uko wewe nyene ubizi neza cane. Nimba nakoze nabi, nkaba nakoze ikintu gikwiye urupfu, sinanka gupfa. Mugabo nimba amarega aba bantu bamparega ata shingiro afise, nta muntu ashobora kungabiza mu minwe yabo. Nitabaza Sezari.”

Fesito amaze kugisha inama inama yiwe, yishura ati: “Witabaje Sezari; uri kuja kwa Sezari.”

Haciye imisi, Umwami Agiripa na Berenike baza i Sezariya kuramutsa Fesito. Nuko bamaze imisi myinshi ng’aho, Fesito ashikiriza urubanza rwa Paulo kuri Umwami ati: “Feleto yasize ng’aha umuntu umwe ari imbohe. Igihe nari i Yeruzalemu, abakuru b’abaherezi n’abagabo b’inararibonye b’Abayuda baramurega, basaba ko aciribwa urubanza. Nababwiye yuko atari akarangamutima k’Abaroma kugabiza umuntu uwo ariwe wese imbere y’uko uwuregwa ahura imbonankubone n’abamurega, akaronka akaryo ko kwiregura ku bibazwa. Nuko bamaze gukoranira ng’aha, sinatevya n’akantu: ku musi wakurikiye nicara ku ntebe y’urubanza, ntegeka ngo uwo muntu bamuzane. Abamurega bahagurutse, nta na rimwe baregeye amarega y’ububisha nari niteze. Ahubwo, bari bafitaniye impari runaka na we ku vyerekeye idini ryabo n’umuntu yapfuye yitwa Yesu, Paulo yaguma avuga ko ari muzima. Kubera ko ntari nzi ingene nogenza ivyo, namubajije nimba yemera kuja i Yeruzalemu ngo aciririwe yo urubanza kuri ayo marega. Mugabo Paulo abona yitabaza ko yoguma afungiwe gushika igihe Umwami mukuru azofata ingingo, ncategetse ko aguma afungiwe gushika naho nomurungikira Sezari.”

Agiripa abwira Fesito ati: “None jewe nyene nipfuza kuwumva uwo muntu.” Fesito ati: “Ejo uzomwumva.”

Paulo ahagarara imbere ya Agiripa na Berenike

Ku musi ukurikira Agiripa na Berenike baza n’iteka rininimininwe, binjira mu ngoro n’abakuru b’ingabo n’abagabo b’icubahiro bo mu gisagara. Ku rutegeko rwa Fesito, Paulo arazanwa. Fesito aravuga ati: “Mwami Agiripa, na mwebwe mwese muri kumwe natwe ng’aha, muraboye uyu muntu. Ishengero ryose ry’Abayuda ryaransavye ku bwiwe, i Yeruzalemu no ng’aha, basemerera bavuga ko atagikwiye kubaho. Mugabo kubera ko ntabonye ico yakoze gikwiye urupfu, kandi kubera ko we nyene yitabaje Umwami mukuru, nafashe ingingo yo kumurungika. Nta kintu gishinze mfise co kwandikira databuja ku bwiwe, ni co gituma namuzanye imbere yanyu mwese, cane cane imbere yawe, Mwami Agiripa, kugira ngo hamaze gusuzumwa ivyo nronke ico nandika. Kuko bimboneka ko bitumvikana kurungika imbohe uterekanye amarega ayiregwa.”