Mabasa a Apoxtolo 25 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

25 ¹Festu pidafika iye mu provinsia, mukupita ntsiku zitatu, abuluka ku Kezareya mbaenda ku Yerusalemu. ²Penepo akulu a anyantsembe na atsogoleri a Ayuda apereka mulando wawo wakutsutsana na Paulu, mbapitiriza kun'dembetera, ³mbaphemba kukomerwa kwakutsutsana na iye—kuti ancemere Paulu ku Yerusalemu. Iwo akhabisira toera kumupha munjira. ⁴Festu atawira kuti Paulu akhasungwa ku Kezareya, pontho iye ene mbadabuluka mwakucimbiza. ⁵Iye alonga tenepa: “Natenepo, ale anakwanisa pakati panu mbabuluke na ine pabodzi, mbasenge mamuna unoyu, khala pana cinthu cakuipa na iye.”

⁶Festu akhala na iwo ntsiku zakukwana sere peno khumi basi, buluka penepo abuluka mbaenda ku Kezareya. Mangwana mwace akhala pa mpando wakutongera, mbapereka ntonga kuti abweresewe Paulu. ⁷Paulu pidafika iye, Ayuda adabwera kubuluka ku Yerusalemu anzungulira, mbabweresa milando mizinji yakugopswa yakuti nkhabe kwanisa kuipereka umboni. ⁸Paulu atawira mukutsidzikiza ekha: “Ine nkhabe kucita cinthu cakuipa kutsutsana na mwambo wa Ayuda, nee na Templo, nee na Kaizari.”

⁹Mbwenye Festu, mukufuna kukomeresa Ayuda, abvundza Paulu: “Kodi usafuna kuenda ku Yerusalemu toera kutongwa kweneko pamaso panga thangwi ya milando iyi?”

¹⁰Paulu alonga tenepa: “Ine ndiri pamaso pa nsasanyiko wa Kaizari, kunoku ndisafunika kutongwa. Ine nkhabe kucitira Ayuda cinthu cakuipa, ninga imwe mwekhene musadziwa mwadidi kakamwe. ¹¹Ndingakhala ndacita cinthu cakuipa, ndacita cinthu cakuthema kufa, ine nkhabe kukhonda kufa. Mbwenye milando ya amuna awa yakutsutsana na ine ingakhala yakusowa undimo, nkhabe munthu anakwanisa kundipereka kuna iwo. Ine ndisacemera Kaizari.”

¹²Pakumala kubvundzana na nsoka wace wa akulu, Festu atawira tenepa: “Iwe wacemera Kaizari; kuna Kaizari unaenda.”

¹³Pakupita ntsiku zingasi, Mambo Agiripa na Bhernise afika ku Kezareya mbaenda kudzamwanyika Festu. ¹⁴Mukukhala iwo ntsiku zizinji kweneko, Festu apereka mulando wa Paulu kuna mambo: “Felike asiya kuno mamuna m'bodzi ninga nkhabalwa. ¹⁵Mu ndzidzi ukhali ine ku Yerusalemu, akulu a anyantsembe na akulu a Ayuda an'senga, mbaphemba kuna ine kuti atongwe. ¹⁶Ine ndaapanga kuti nee mwambo wa Aroma kupereka munthu m'bodzi, nkhanati munthu wakusengwa kugumana na anyakum'senga maso na maso, mbapaswa mpata wakutsidzikiza ekha kutsutsana na mulando. ¹⁷Natenepo pidagumanyikana iwo kuno, ine nkhabe kudembuka—mangwana mwace ndakhala pa mpando wakutongera, mbapereka ntonga kuti abweresewe mamuna unoyu. ¹⁸Anyakum'senga pidalimira iwo, nkhabe kubweresa mulando wa uipi ukhadikhira ine. ¹⁹Mbwenye, akhali na ntcinga zing'ono na iye thangwi ya cipembedzo cawo, na munthu wakufa akhacemerwa Yezu, wakuti Paulu akhapitiriza kulonga kuti ali maso. ²⁰Mukukhonda kudziwa kuti ndidzafufudze tani pyenepi, ndabvundza khala iye akhafuna kuenda ku Yerusalemu toera kutongwa kweneko thangwi ya milando iyi. ²¹Mbwenye nakuti Paulu aphemba kuti asungwe mpaka kutonga kwa Mambo Nkulu, ndapereka ntonga kuti asungwe mpaka pene pakuti ndinakwanisa kuntumiza kuna Kaizari.”

²²Agiripa apanga Festu: “Ine ndisafuna kubva mamuna unoyu nekhene.” Festu alonga tenepa: “Mangwana, imwe munam'bva iye.”

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²³Mangwana mwace Agiripa na Bhernise afika na mbiri ikulu, mbapita n'nyumba ikulu ya nsonkhano pabodzi na akulu a anyankhondo na amuna akulu a nzinda. Mukubvera ntonga ya Festu, Paulu abweresewa. ²⁴Festu alonga tenepa: “Mambo Agiripa, na imwe monsene muli kuno na ife—musaona mamuna unoyu. Mbumba yonsene ya Ayuda yandiphemba thangwi ya iye, ku Yerusalemu na kuno komwe, mbakhuwa kuti iye nkhafunika kupitiriza kukhala na umaso. ²⁵Mbwenye mukukhonda kugumana cinthu cakuthema kufa, pontho nakuti iye ene aphemba kuenda kuna Mambo Nkulu, ine ndasankhula kuntumiza. ²⁶Ine nkhabe cinthu cakulungama cakulemba kuna mbuya wanga thangwi ya iye, natenepo ndam'bweresa pamaso panu monsene, maka-maka pamaso panu, Mambo Agiripa, toera pakumala kufufudza uku, ndikhale na cinthu cakulemba. ²⁷Thangwi pisandionekera ine kukhonda kulungama kutumiza nkhabalwa mbakukhonda kupangiza milando yakuntsutsa.”