EBYAKOZIRWE 12 - EKITABO EKIRIKWERA BAIBULI N'EBITABO EBY'OMUBONANO APOKURUFA/DYUTROKANONIKO

¹ Omu biro ebyo Omugabe Herode akatandika kuhiiganisa bamwe omu b'ekigombe ky'Abakristo.

² Yaitsa Yakobo mukuru wa Yohaana rurara.

³ Ku yaareebire ekyo Abayudaaya baakisiima, yaaragiira kukwata na Petero. Ekyo kikabaho omu biro by'Obugyenyi bw'Emigaati Etatumbisiibwe.

⁴ Atyo akwata Petero, amuta omu kihome, kandi ataho emiteeko ena y'abaserukare bana bana kumurinda nibaihaihana. Obwo Herode akaba naayenda kumureeta omu maisho g'abantu kutonganisibwa, Obugyenyi bw'Okuhingurwaho bwahwaho.

⁵ Obunaku bwona obu Petero yaamazire ari omu kihome, ekigombe ky'Abakristo kikaguma nikimushabira ahari Ruhanga kitaireho omutima.

⁶ Ekiro ki Herode yaabaire araariire kumucweraho orubanja, Petero ogwo akaba agwejegyereire ahagati y'abaserukare babiri, bamuboheise enjegyere ibiri, kandi obwo n'abarinzi barindiire aha irembo ry'ekihome.

⁷ Ahonaaho maraika wa Nyakubaho yaamubonekyera; akashengye koona kaayaka. Yaateerateera Petero omu rubaju, yaamusisiimura naagira ati: Rahuka kwimuka! Enjegyere zaamuruga aha mikono, zaaragara.

⁸ Maraika atyo amugira ati: Yezirikye orukoba rwawe, ojware enkaito. N'onu akora atyo. Maraika agaruka amugira ati: Jwara omunagiro gwawe, onkurate.

⁹ Mpaho Petero ashohora, amukurata, kwonka atarikumanya ki maraika arikukora, yaaba kiri kyo; ateekateeka ngu shana yaabonekyerwa.

¹⁰ Baagyenda nibaraba aha barinzi b'okubanza n'aba kabiri, baahika aha irembo ry'ebyoma eririkushohorera ow'orurembo. Ryayeigura ryonka, baashohora, baagumizamu omuhanda okuhitsya obu maraika yaamurugireho.

¹¹ Obwo nibwo Petero yaagarukirwemu obwengye, akagira ati: Mbwenu naamanyira kimwe ku Mukama atumire maraika we, akanjuna Herode na byona ebi Abayudaaya babaire nibagira ngu nibiija kumbaho.

¹² Ku yaaherize kukyetegyereza, yaagumizamu, yaaza omwa Mariya nyina Yohaana-Mariko, ei abantu baingi baabaire bateeraniire nibashaba.

¹³ Yaakongoota aha rwigi rw'eirembo, omwishiki omuheereza orikwetwa Rooda yaija kureeba.

¹⁴ Ku amanya eiraka riri erya Petero, okushemererwa kwenda kumwita; omu mwanya gw'okwigura orwigi, airuka naagaruka omu nju kugambira abarimu ku Petero ayemereire aha irembo.

¹⁵ Bamugira bati: Ohugire omutima. Kwonka we ayangisiriza ati: N'eky'amazima. Bwanyima bagira bati: Ogwo nu ni maraika we!

¹⁶ Petero ku yaabaire naakiiguza, batyo baigura orwigi, baamureeba, baatangaara munonga.

¹⁷ Yaabahunamisisa omukono kandi yaabateekyerereza oku Mukama yaamwiha omu kihome. Yaayongyeraho n'eki ati: Mugambire mutyo Yakobo n'abanyaruganda. Atyo abatsigaho, aza ahandi.

¹⁸ Ku bwaseesire haabaho akaimukiiriro kahango omu baserukare ahabw'okutamanya oku Petero abaire.

¹⁹ Herode yaateeraho kumuronda, kwonka yaaremwa; yaatonganisa abarinzi, yaaragiira kubaita. Bwanyima Herode ogwo yaaruga Buyudaaya, yaashuuma Kaisaariya, yaagumayo.

Oku Herode yaafiire

²⁰ Herode akaba agwereirwe kubi Abatuuro n'Abasidoni. Ab'endembo ezo zombi baamwijaho baaherize kwenywanisa na Bulasito, omukuru w'abambari be, owaababaasiise kumushaba obusingye. Manya ensi yaabo akaba etungirwe ebyokurya ebi baabaire bashaka omu nsi y'ogwo mugabe.

²¹ Aha kiro ekyatairweho, Herode akajwara ebijwaro bye by'obugabe, yaasingama aha kitebe, yaagira ebi yaagambira abantu be.

²² Abantu nikwo kumushunga nibagira bati: Orikugamba ni Ruhanga, ti muntu!

²³ Omuri ako kaanya maraika wa Nyakubaho amuteera, amugwisaho naamutura okutaha Ruhanga ekitiinwa, n'onu ariibwa enyogori, afa.

Barinaba na Saulo okugaruka Antiokiya

²⁴ Ekigambo kya Ruhanga kikongyera kuhama n'okubuga, baingi baakiikiriza.

²⁵ Barinaba na Saulo ku baaherize omurimo gwabo, baagarukayo, nibaruga Yerusalemu baine Yohaana-Mariko.