Pawulo Ahagarara imbere ya Agiripa
Ahawe uburenganzira bwo kwivuganira imbere y'umwami, Pawulo ongera kuvuga inzira y'i Damasi: urumuri, ijwi, n'ubutumwa bwo guhumura amaso. Fesito arasakuza avuga ko ubumenyi bwinshi bwamutesheje umutwe. Agiripa amubaza niba Pawulo yibwira ko yamugira Umukristo vuba gutya, hanyuma akemera ko uwo muntu yari kurekurwa.
26 1Agiripa abwira Pawulo ati: “Uremerewe kwivuganira.” Nuko Pawulo arambura ukuboko kwe atangira kwiregura.
2Mwami Agiripa, mbona ko ngize amahirwe yo kwiregura imbere yawe uyu munsi ku byo Abayahudi bose banshinja, 3cyane cyane ko uzi neza imico yose y'Abayahudi n'impaka zabo, ndagusaba rero kunyumvira wihanganye.
4Abayahudi bose bazi imibereho yanjye kuva mu buto, kuva mu ntangiriro nabanye n'ubwoko bwanjye no mu Yeruzalemu. 5Bamaze igihe kirekire bamenye, kandi nibemera guhamya, ko nabaye Umufarizayi hakurikijwe umutwe ukomeye cyane w'idini ryacu. 6None rero mpagaze mu rubanza kubera ibyiringiro by'isezerano Data wa twese yasezeranyije abakurambere bacu. 7Imiryango yacu cumi n'ibiri yiringira kugera kuri iri sezerano, imukorera ishyashyuka ijoro n'amanywa. Kubera ibyo byiringiro, mwami, ni ko Abayahudi banshinja. 8Kuki hari uwo muri mwe ubona ari ikidashoboka ko Data wa twese azura abapfuye?
9Jyewe ubwanjye natekerezaga ko ngomba gukora byinshi byo kurwanya izina rya Yezu w'i Nazareti. 10Ni ko nakoze i Yeruzalemu: mfite ububasha bw'abatambyi bakuru, nafunze benshi mu bera muri gereza, kandi igihe bicwaga natanze ijwi ryanjye ryo kubamagana. 11Mu nsengero zose kenshi narabahanaga, ngerageza kubahatira kuvuga nabi Imana; mbarakariye cyane, narabahigaga ndetse nkabageza no mu mijyi y'amahanga.
12Mu rugendo rumwe nk'urwo, nagiye i Damasi mfite ububasha n'ubutumwa bw'abatambyi bakuru. 13Ku manywa y'ihangu, mwami, mbona mu nzira urumuri ruvuye mu ijuru, rwaka kurusha izuba, rumurikira hafi yanjye n'abo twari kumwe mu rugendo.
14Twese turikubita hasi, numva ijwi rimbwira mu giheburayo riti: ‘Sawuli, Sawuli, kuki unkurikirana? Birakugora kugera ibirabyo.’ a a v14 «Kugera ibirabyo» cyari imvugo isanzwe yerekeza ku nka yangira irwanya uruhindu rw'umuhinzi — kwanga kumvira bikwikomeretsa wowe ubwawe.
15Mbaza nti: ‘Uri nde, Nyagasani?’ Nyagasani aransubiza ati: ‘Ndi Yezu, uwo ukurikirana.’
16Ariko byuka uhagarare ku birenge byawe—nakubonekeye kubera iyi mpamvu: kugushyiraho umugaragu n'umuhamya w'ibyo wambonyeho n'iby'ubwo nzongera kukubonekera, 17ngukiza ubwoko bwawe n'abanyamahanga—abo ngutumaho, 18kugira ngo uhumure amaso yabo, bave mu mwijima baze mu rumuri, bave ku bubasha bwa Satani baze kuri Data wa twese, kandi bababarirwe ibyaha bahabwe n'umugabane mu bejejwe no kunyizera.’
19Ku bw'ibyo, Mwami Agiripa, sinanze kumvira iyerekwa ryo mu ijuru, 20ahubwo nabwirije mbere abari i Damasi, hanyuma abo mu Yeruzalemu n'abo mu karere kose ka Yudeya, n'abanyamahanga na bo, ngo bihane bagarukira Data wa twese, bakora ibikorwa bikwiranye no kwihana kwabo. 21Ni yo mpamvu Abayahudi bamfatiye mu Ngoro bagerageza kunyica. 22Ndetse mfashijwe na Data wa twese, mpagaze kugeza uyu munsi mpamya ku bato n'abakuru, ntavuga ikindi uretse ibyo abahanuzi na Musa bavuze ko bizaba: 23ko Kristo agomba kubabazwa, kandi ko ari we wa mbere uzuka mu bapfuye, akatangaza urumuri ku bwoko bwacu no ku banyamahanga.
24Pawulo akiregura, Fesito ararangurura ati: “Pawulo, uri umusazi! Ubwenge bwawe bwinshi buragutesha umutwe.”
25Ariko Pawulo aravuga ati: “Sindi umusazi, wa Fesito ushimwa cyane; mvuga amagambo y'ukuri n'ayo kugira ubwenge. 26Umwami azi ibyo bintu—mvugana na we ndekuye. Nzi neza ko nta na kimwe muri byo cyamunyuze, kuko bitakorewe mu nguni. 27Mwami Agiripa, mbese wemera abahanuzi? Nzi ko wemera.”
28Agiripa aravuga ati: “Mbese mu kanya gato gusa ushaka kunyemeza kuba Umukristo?”
29Pawulo aravuga ati: “Haba mu kanya gato cyangwa mu gihe kirekire, nsaba Data wa twese ko atari wowe wenyine ahubwo n'abanyumva bose uyu munsi bamera nkanjye—uretse iyi minyururu.”
30Nuko umwami arahaguruka, na we umutegetsi na Berinike n'abari bicaranye na bo.
31Bagiye, babwirana bati: “Uyu muntu nta cyo yakoze gikwiriye urupfu cyangwa gufungwa.”
32Agiripa abwira Fesito ati: “Uyu muntu yari gufungurwa iyo ataba yarajuririye Kayisari.”