Paulo arahagarara imbere ya Agiripa
Ahawe ijambo imbere y'umwami, Paulo asubira gutekereza ivy'inzira y'i Dameseki: umuco, ijwi, n'ubutumwa bwo guhumura amaso. Festo avuga n'ijwi rirenga ko kwiga vyinshi vyamuteye ubusazi. Agripa amubaza nimba yizigiye kumugira Umukirisu ningoga gutyo, hanyuma yemera ko yari gushobora kurekurwa.
26 1Agiripa abwira Paulo ati: “Urashobora kwivugira.” Nuko Paulo aratambika ukuboko kwiwe, atangura kwiregura.
2Mwami Agiripa, ndabona ko ndi umuhirwe mu kwiregura imbere yawe uyu musi ku vyaha vyose Abayuda bampora, 3cane cane kubera uzi neza imigenzo yose n’amatati vyose vy’Abayuda, ni co gituma ngusavye kunyumviriza wiyumanganije.
4Abayuda bose bazi ingene nabayeho kuva nkiri muto, uburyo nabayeho kuva mu ntango mu gihugu canje no muri Yeruzalemu. 5Bamaze igihe kirekire banzi, kandi iyo boshaka gushinga intahe, bavuga ko hisunzwe umugwi ukomeye kuruta iyindi mu madini yacu nabayeho nk’Umufarizayo. 6Na n’ubu ndahagaze mu rubanza kubera icizigiro c’isezerano Data wa twese yasezeraniye ba sogokuruza bacu. 7Imiryango yacu cumi n’ibiri yizigiye gushika kuri iryo sezerano, ikamusenga n’umwete ijoro n’umurango. Kubera ico cizigiro, ga mwami, Abayuda barampora. 8Ni kuki mubona ko ari ikidashoboka ko Data wa twese azura abapfuye?
9Nanje nibwira yuko bikwiye ko nkora ibintu vyinshi vyo kurwanya izina rya Yesu w’i Nazareti. 10Ni vyo nakoze muri Yeruzalemu: nahabwa ubushobozi n’abakuru b’abaherezi, mpugira abera benshi mu mabohero, kandi ninamika ntora ko bicwa igihe bicwa. 11Mu masinagogi yose nama ndabahana, ngerageza kubahata ngo bavuge ibitutsi Imana; ndabashavurira cane, mbaruha gushika no mu bisagara vy’amahanga.
12Mu rwo rugendo rumwe nk’urwo naja i Damasiko mfise ububasha n’ubutumwa bivuye ku bakuru b’abaherezi. 13Ku mutaga, ga mwami, ndabona mu nzira umuco uvuye mw’ijuru, waka kuruta izuba, umurika impande zose iruhande rwanje n’abo twari kumwe mu rugendo.
14Twese turagwa hasi, numva ijwi rimbwira mu giheburayo, riti: ‘Sawuli, Sawuli, ni kuki unyoterereza? Birakugora kugera ibikumba ku bitsitsa.’ a a v14 “Kugera ibikumba ku bitsitsa” cari imvugo isanzwe ku ngurube iremamvye yaguma irwanya agati k’umurimyi — kurwanya bituma wikomeretsa wenyene.
15Ndamubaza nti: ‘Uri nde, Mwami?’ Umwami ati: ‘Ni jewe Yesu, uwo uriko uratoterereza.’
16Ariko haguruka, uhagarare ku maguru yawe—nakwiyeretse kubera iyi mpamvu: kugira ngo nkugire umusuku n’icabona c’ivyo wambonyemwo n’ivyo nzokwiyereka, 17nkurokora mu bantu bawe no mu banyamahanga—abo ndakurungikira, 18kugira ngo uhumure amaso yabo, maze bave mu mwiza baje mu muco, bave mu bubasha bwa Shetani baje kuri Data wa twese, bahabwe imbabazi z’ivyaha hamwe n’ikibanza mu bejejwe no kunyizera.’
19Ni co gituma, Mwami Agiripa, ntinaniye kwumvira iryo yerekwa ryo mw’ijuru, 20ariko namenyesheje ubwa mbere abari i Damasiko, hanyuma abari muri Yeruzalemu no mu karere kose ka Yudaya, n’abanyamahanga nyene, ngo bigaye bahindukirire Data wa twese, bakore ibikorwa bihuye no kwigaya kwabo. 21Ni co gituma Abayuda banfashe mu rusengero, bagerageza kunyica. 22Nfashijwe na Data wa twese, ndahagaze gushika uno musi nshinga intahe ku batoyi n’abakuru, ntavuga ikindi kitari ico abahanuzi na Musa bavuze ko kizoba: 23ko Kristo akwiye kubabara, kandi, akaba uwa mbere mu kuzuka mu bapfuye, akamenyesha umuco ku bantu bacu no ku banyamahanga.
24Paulo akiriko araregura, Festo arasemerera ati: “Paulo, urasaze! Ubwenge bwawe bwinshi buriko buragusaza.”
25Ariko Paulo ati: “Sindasaze, wa Festo ndabukstwa; mvuga amajambo y’ukuri n’ayo kuzirikana neza. 26Umwami azi ivyo bintu—ndavugana nawe ndi umwidegemvya. Ndazi neza ko ata na kimwe muri ivyo camuyobeye, kubera ntivyakorewe mu kwiheba. 27Mwami Agiripa, wemera abahanuzi? Ndazi ko wemera.”
28Agiripa ati: “Ningorane nkeyi gusa woba ungira ngo mbe Umukirisu?”
29Paulo ati: “Haba vuba canke vuba cane, nsengera kuri Data wa twese ngo si wewe wenyene ariko n’abampuriza uno musi bose bameze nkanje—dukuyemwo iyi minyororo.”
30Nuko umwami arahaguruka, be na buramatari na Berenise n’abo bari bicaranye.
31Bariko barava, babwirana bati: “Uyu muntu nta co yakoze gikwiranye n’urupfu canke n’ubwo kubohwa.”
32Agiripa abwira Festo ati: “Uyu muntu yari gushobora kurekurwa iyo atinubira Sezari.”