Ebikorwa 26 - Ebibulia 2001

Paulo nayetonganira ahali Agiripa

¹ Agiripa agambira Paulo ati, “Nojuburwa kwegambilira.” Aho Paulo aimukya omukono abanza kwetonganira ati,

² “Mukama Agiripa, n'inyebona ndi muberwa kwetonganira ahali iwe kir'eki ahali byona eby'Abayahudi balikuntoijela,

³ kandi okukiraho kubona iwe nomanya emichwo yona n'empaka z'Abayahudi. Aha rw'ekyo ninkutagiliza oyegumisilize ompulilize.

⁴ “Emirolere yange kwema buto omw'ihanga lyange n'omuli Yerusalemu, Abayahudi bona nibagimanya.

⁵ Kwema karai, kabakuba nibaikiliza kugamba amazima, nibamanya okwo nabaga Mufarisayo ow'omuteko ogulikukira endijo yona okuhikya Amateka g'edini yaitu.

⁶ Mbwenu aha nyemeleire aha kuramurwa omushango aha rw'eshubi y'ekyo Ruhanga yashuubiize batat'enkurw'ichwe

⁷ eshubi etegeleziibwe enganda zaitu 12 ezilikufa nizosha kufukamira Ruhanga waitu kiro na mushana. Kandi nanye aha rw'eshubi egyo, Mukama Agiripa, niyo nshonga Abayahudi nibantoijela!

⁸ Kubaki inywena mutalikwikiliza okwo Ruhanga ahimbura abafire?

⁹ “Nanye nyenene nabonaga ndagiirwe kukora ebintu bingi aha bikwete okwanga Yesu owa Nazareti.

¹⁰ Nikwo nagizire ntyo Yerusalemu. Abakuhani bakuru bampaga obushobora bw'okufunga abegesibwa, mara nkafunga bangi; kandi n'abaitwaga nashemelerwaga kabafa.

¹¹ Omu sinagogi zona nkabashasa mara nabalengesa kurogota. Nkaba mbatamwa muno munonga, mbagingiiza nangu n'okubahondera omu bigo omu mahanga.

Paulo nabarura okuhindukakwe

¹² “Abakuhani bakuru bampaga obushobora bantuma ngya Damasiko.

¹³ Rugaba, ekiro kimoi omw'ihangwe ningenda, mbona omushana oguli kwagwo niguruga omw'iguru, nigumyansa kukira eizoba, gumbunda n'abo nabaire nyinabo omu rugendo.

¹⁴ Aho chwena tubutama ahansi, mpulira eiraka omu Ruyahudi nilimbaza liti, ‘Sauli, Sauli, nongingililizaki? Eby'olikukora noyeshasiza busha.’

¹⁵ Mbaza nti, ‘Rugaba wab'ohai?’ Omukama angarukamu ati, ‘Ndi Yesu ow'olikugingiiza.

¹⁶ Kyonkai oimuke oyemelere bwemi, kuba nakuhabukira nyina omugendelero gw'okukuronda k'oba mukozi wange mara mujulizi w'okwo wambona n'okwo olikambona.

¹⁷ Ndikurokora omu mikono y'eihanga eli n'omu mikono y'Abanyamahanga abo ndikukutumamu

¹⁸ kubabuuruza amaisho bakahinduka bakaruga omu mwilima bakagya omu mushana, kandi baruge omu mikono ya Sitani bahindukire Ruhanga, bahaabwe omugaruliro gw'amafu n'emigisha nk'abatakatifu abalikunyikiliza.’

Paulo nabarura eikoralye

¹⁹ “Aha rw'ekyo, Mukama Agiripa, tinajemeire byonabonekeirwe kuruga mw'iguru.

²⁰ Nkabanza nabigambira aba Damasiko, ahanyuma nabigamba Yerusalemu n'omu nsi yona ya Buyahudi, nabigambira n'Abanyamahanga kwakwo, okwo balikuragirwa kwechuza n'okugaruka ahali Ruhanga, bakore n'ebikorwa bilikwolekya okwo bechulizekwo amafu gabo.

²¹ Ekyo nikyo Abayahudi bankwatiire Rwensinga bakahiga kunyita.

²² Kuturuka kir'eki Ruhanga aikara nanjuna, na mbwenu nikwo nyemeleire aha ningambira abake n'abahango, ti kindi shana eby'abarangi na Musa bagambire okwo bilibaho;

²³ okwo Kirisito aragiirwe kushasha n'okuba wa mbere kuhimbuka omu bafu, n'okwo aligambira eihangalye n'Abanyamahanga ebilibarokora.”

²⁴ Paulo kayabaire akyayetongelera atyo, Fesito agamba n'eiraka lihango ati, “Paulo wararuka; okega bingi byakurarura.”

²⁵ Ndi Paulo amuhorora ati, “Mukunirwa Fesito, tinararuka. Ningamba amazima gonkai.

²⁶ Kuba Omukama Agiripa ebi nabimanya, nikyo ndikumugambilira ntatiinire. Nindenga nti ebi byona nabimanyakwo, kuba taliho kyakoleirwe mu rubaju.

²⁷ Mukama Agiripa, eby'abarangi bagambire nobiikiliza? Nimanya okwo olikwikiliza.”

²⁸ Agiripa agambira Paulo ati, “Notekeleza kumpindura mukirisito omu kaanya kagufi?”

²⁹ Paulo amugarukamu ati, “Ninshaba Ruhanga, kaba kaanya kagufi anga karai, t'iwe wenkai, nawe na bona abalikumpulira kir'eki bahinduke babe okwo ndi, shana eminyororo egi etabulimu.”

³⁰ Ahanyuma omukama aimuka, na Fesito, na Berinisi, n'abo babaire bashuntamire nabo.

³¹ Kabashohoire bagambirangana bati, “Omuntu ogu taina ky'akozire eky'okumwisa anga kumufungisa.”

³² Agiripa agambira Fesito ati, “Omushaija ogu kyakushobokire kumutaishura k'atakujuliize Kaisari.”