Paulu Akhazikisa Mpingo ku Korinto

Paulu asaphata basa la kusona matenda pabodzi na Akwila na Prisila mbatsutsana nawo Sabudu zonsene mpaka kupingizwa kusancitisa kuenda nyumba ya pa mbali. Pidauzwa iye mu masomphenya kuti apitirize kulonga, asakhala gole libodzi na hafu. Galiyo asacosa mlandu ninga ndewo ya mafala basi, na gulu la anthu lisamenya Sostene m'mbuto mwace.

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Pakumala pyenepi, Paulu abuluka ku Atene mbaenda ku Korinto. Kweneko agumana Myuda m'bodzi akhacemerwa Akwila, wakubalwa ku Ponto, wakubwera cincino kubuluka ku Italiya pabodzi na nkazace Prisila, thangwi Klaudiyu akhadalamula kuti Ayuda onsene abuluke ku Roma. Paulu aenda kuonana nawo, Thangwi akhali na basa ibodzi, akhala mbaphata basa pabodzi nawo—basa yawo ikhali yakusona matenti. Nsiku onsene wa Sabudu, iye akhadinga mu sinagoga, mbayesera kunyengerera Ayuda na Agerego. Silas na Timoti pidabwera iwo kubuluka ku Masedoniya, Paulu aperekeka mwakukwana ku fala, mbapereka umboni kuna Ayuda kuti Kirixtu ndi Yezu. Pidankhonda iwo mbamuxinga, iye akungunda nguwo zace mbalonga tenepa: “Ciropa canu ciri pa misolo yanu ene! Ine ndiri wakucena na pyenepi. Kubulukira cincino, ndinaenda kuna anthu a madzindza.”

Abuluka mu sinagoga mbaenda ku nyumba ya Tisiyu Yustu, nyakulambira Baba wathu, wakuti nyumba yace ikhali cifupi na sinagoga. Krispu, ntsogoleri wa sinagoga, akhulupira Mbuya pabodzi na banja yace yonsene; anthu azinji a ku Korinto adabva Paulu akhulupira mbabatizwa.

Usiku unango, Mbuya apanga Paulu mu masomphenya: “Leka kugopa; pitiriza kulonga, leka kumatama, thangwi Ine ndiri na iwe, nkhabe munthu anakuphata toera kukupweteka, thangwi ndiri na anthu azinji mu nzinda uno.”

Na tenepo, Paulu akhala caka cibodzi na miyezi mitanthatu, mbapfundzisa fala ya Baba wathu pakati pawo.

Mu ndzidzi ukhali Galiyo ntongi wa Akaya, Ayuda abverana pabodzi toera kutsutsana na Paulu, mbamubweresa patsogolo pa mpando wa kutonga, mbalonga tenepa: “Munthu uyu asanyengerera anthu toera kulambira Mulungu munjira zakukhonda bverana na mwambo.”

Paulu mbakhafuna kulonga, Galiyo apanga Ayuda tenepa: “Mungadakhala kuti pyenepi ndi cinthu cakuipa peno cidawo cakugopswa, imwe Ayuda, Ine mbindadakhala na thangwi yakupirira na imwe. Mbwenye nakuti pyenepi ndi kunetesana kwa mafala, madzina, na mwambo wanu ene, pimalisireni mwekhene. Ine nkhabe kufuna kutonga pinthu pya ntundu unoyu. Na tenepo iye aathamangisa, mbaabulusa pa mpando wa kutonga.”

Na tenepo onsene amphata Sostene, ntsogoleri wa sinagoga, mbamumenya patsogolo pa mpando wa kutonga, mbwenye Galiyo nee akhatsalakana pyenepi.

Paulu Abwerera ku Antiyokiya

Paulu apitiriza kukhala ku Korinto ntsiku zizinji. Buluka penepo, aonekana na abale, mbakwira cikepe mbaenda ku Siriya, pabodzi na Prisila na Akwila. Ku Senkereya, iye agwenya tsisi zace, thangwi akhali na picikiro. ^a Afika ku Efeso, kweneko Paulu asiya Prisila na Akwila, mbwenye iye ekhene apita mu sinagoga mbadinga na Ayuda. Pidamphemba iwo kuti akhale ndzidzi uzinji, iye akhonda. Mbwenye iye abuluka, mbalonga tenepa: “Ndinabwerera pontho kuna imwe, Baba wathu angafuna,” mbakwira cikepe kubuluka ku Efeso.

Pidafika iye ku Sezareya, akwira mbalamusa mpingo, buluka penepo atcita ku Antiyokiya.

Pakumala ndzidzi unango kweneko, abuluka mbapita na ku Galasiya na ku Frijiya, mbawangisa anyakupfundza onsene. Myuda m'bodzi akhacemerwa Apolo, wakubalwa ku Alesandriya, abwera ku Efeso—munthu wakupfundza, wakudziwa mwadidi Malemba. Iye akhadapfundziswa njira ya Mbuya, mbakhala na nzimu wakupisa, alonga mbapfundzisa mwakulungama pya Yezu—ngakhale akhadziwa basi ubatizo wa Juwau. Iye atoma kulonga mwakuwanga mu sinagoga. Prisila na Akwila pidamubva iwo, amukwata pambali, mbamfokotozera njira ya Baba wathu mwakulungama kakamwe.

Apolo pidafuna iye kuyambuka toera kuenda ku Akaya, abale ampasa cipapo, mbalembera anyakupfundza toera antambire; pidafika iye, aphedza kakamwe ale adakhulupira kubulukira mu kukoma ntima, thangwi iye aakunda Ayuda mwakuwanga pamaso pa anthu onsene, mbapangiza kubulukira m'Malemba kuti Kirixtu ndi Yezu.