Sauli ahahaza ishengero

Sawuli akwega abemera abajana mu buroko, maze abasanzaye bajana ubutumwa. Filipo azanira Samariya ugukira n'umunezero; Simoni umupfumu agerageza kugura ingabire ya Data wacu, abwirwa ko umutima wiwe wuzuye ubumara. Mu nzira yo mu bugaragwa, umutegetsi w'Umunyetiyopiya asaba kubatizwa.

Igice 8.

Sauli yari yemeye ko Sitefano yicwa. Kuri uwo musi haduka uruhamo rukaze ku ishengero ry’i Yeruzalemu, abantu bose barasanzaa mu Yudaya no mu Samariya, kiretse intumwa gusa. Abantu b’intungane bahamba Sitefano, baramuririra baboroga cane. Mugabo Sauli yariko arahonya ishengero, yinjira mu nzu imwe hanyuma mu yindi, akurura abagabo n’abagore, akabata mw’ibohero.

Filipo yamamaza i Samariya

Nuko abari basanzwe baragiye hose, bamamaza inkuru nziza y’ijambo. Filipo yamanukira mu gisagara c’i Samariya, arababwira inkuru ya Kristo. Amasinzi yose yitaho icarimwe amajambo ya Filipo, yumva kandi abona ibimenyetso yakora. Impwemu mbi zava mu bantu benshi zari zibamwo, zaboroga n’ijwi rirenga, kandi benshi bari bakamirijwe n’ibimuga barakira. Nuko mu gisagara kiriya haba akanyamuneza kenshi.

Umugabo umwe yitwa Simoni yari yarahozeko aragira uburozi muri ico gisagara, atangaza abantu b’i Samariya, yivuga ko ari umuntu ahambaye. Abantu bose, uhereye ku muto gushika ku mukuru, baramwumviriza, bavuga bati: “Uyu muntu ni ububasha bw’Imana, bwitwa Ubukuru.” Bamwitahoranira kuko yari amaze igihe kirekire ababangabanganya n’uburozi bwiwe. Mugabo igihe bemera inkuru nziza ya Filipo yavuga ivy’ubwami bwa Data wa twese n’izina rya Yesu Kristo, abagabo n’abagore barabatizwa. Simoni ubwiwe aremera, arabatizwa, yama yegereye Filipo, atangazwa n’ibimenyetso n’ibitangaza bihambaye yabona.

Intumwa zari i Yeruzalemu zumvise yuko i Samariya hakiriye ijambo rya Data wa twese, barungika Petero na Yohana kuri bo. Bashitseyo, barabasengera kugira ngo bahabwe Mpwemu Yera, kuko Mpwemu Yera atari bwamanukire n’umwe muri bo; bari babatijwe gusa mw’izina ry’Umwami Yesu. Maze barabarambikako ibiganza, bahabwa Mpwemu Yera. Simoni abonye yuko Mpwemu atangwa biciye ku kurambikwako ibiganza vy’intumwa, arabaha amahera, avuga ati: “Nanje mumpe ubu bubasha, kugira ngo uwo nzorambikako ibiganza wese ahabwe Mpwemu Yera.” Petero aramubwira ati: “Ifeza yawe irahonanane nawe, kuko wibaza ko woguzisha amahera ingabirano ya Data wa twese! Nta ruhara canke umugabane ufise muri iri jambo, kuko umutima wawe utagororotse imbere ya Data wa twese. Nuko niwihane ububi ubu, maze usenge Data wa twese kugira ngo, nimba bishoboka, ivyiyumviro vy’umutima wawe ubabarirwe. Ndakubona wagabwemwo uburozi bw’urwanko kandi uboshwe n’ikibi.”

Simoni arishura ati: “Nimunsengere ku Mana, kugira ngo ata na kimwe mu vyo muvuze kimanyweko.”

Nuko bamaze gushinga intahe no kuvuga ijambo ry’Umwami Yesu wacu, basubira i Yeruzalemu, bamamaza inkuru nziza mu midugararo myinshi y’i Samariya.

Filipo n’Umunyetiyopiya

Maze umumarayika wa Data wa twese abwira Filipo ati: “Vyuka uje mu bumanuko ku nzira imanuka iva i Yeruzalemu ija i Gaza” —iyo nzira iri mu bugaragwa. Aravyuka aragenda. Hari Umunyetiyopiya wari igikonja, umukozi mukuru wa Kandasi, umwamikazi w’Abanyetiyopiya, ari we yajejwe ububiko bwiwe bwose bw’amatungo, uwari yaje i Yeruzalemu gusenga, ^a nuko yariko arasubirayo, yicaye mu mukogote wiwe asoma ivya Yesaya umuhanuzi.

Nuko Mpwemu Yera abwira Filipo ati: “Egera uriya mukogote uwukurikire.”

Filipo aramwiruka, amwumva asoma ivya Yesaya umuhanuzi, aramubaza ati: “Mbega uratahura ivyo usoma?”

Aravuga ati: “Noshobora gute, hatari uwunyereka?” Aca atumira Filipo kuduga ngo bicarane. Icigwa c’Ivyanditswe yariko arasoma cari iki: “Nk’intama yajanywe kugira ngo ibagwe, nk’umwagazi w’intama uceceka imbere y’uwuwukemba, ni ko we atavuze. Mu gukengerwa kwiwe ubutungane yarabwimwe. None ni nde ashobora kuvuga ivy’iruvyaro rwiwe? Kuko ubugingo bwiwe bwakuwe kw’isi.”

Ca gikonja kibwira Filipo ati: “Mbwira, uyu muhanuzi avuga ibi vy’uwuhe? Ni we nyene canke ni uwundi muntu?”

Filipo arasamura akanwa kiwe, atanguye kuri ico cigwa c’Ivyanditswe, aramubwira inkuru nziza ya Yesu. Bagenda bariko baraca kuri iyo nzira, bashika ku mazi, maze ca gikonja kivuga ati: “Raba, ng’aya amazi! Ni iki kimbuza kubatizwa?” ^b Ategeka ko umukogote uhagarara; bompi baramanukira mu mazi, Filipo na ca gikonja, maze Filipo aragibatiza.

Baduzeko bava mu mazi, Mpwemu wa Data wa twese anyaga Filipo; ca gikonja ntikongeye kumubona, mugabo kibandanya urugendo rwaco kinezerwa. Filipo yisanga ari i Azoto. Aca araca ahantu hose, amamaza inkuru nziza mu gisagara cose gushika ashitse i Kayezariya.