Ndikufuna ndikuuzani nkhani ya atumwi a Yesu. Iwo anakonzedwa mosamala kwambiri ndi Yesu kuti agwire ntchito yaikulu, chifukwa adzaona zinthu zazikulu kwambiri pa moyo wake, ndipo adzachitira umboni za kuuka kwake. Atumwi 12 amenewa anali mabwenzi ake omwe anali kuwadalira kwambiri. Ambiri anali ochokera ku Galileya, monga mmene Yesu analinso, ndipo ena anali okwatira.
Mawu a Mulungu mu Machitidwe 1:21-22 amati: "Chifukwa chake m'pofunika kuti mmodzi wa amuna amene anakhala nafe nthawi yonse imene Ambuye Yesu analowa ndi kutuluka pakati pathu, kuyambira ubatizo wa Yohane kufikira tsiku limene anakwezedwa kuchokera kwa ife, akhale mboni ya kuuka kwake pamodzi ndi ife." Apa, Petro akutiwonetsa kuti amene anali oyenerera kukhala atumwi ndi amene anakhalapo kuyambira ubatizo wa Yohane. Kenako, akutiuza kuti ayenera kukhala mboni za imfa ndi kuuka kwa Yesu. Chofunika kwambiri kwa munthu wofuna kukhala mtumwi chinali chakuti anakhalapo ndipo anaona Yesu mpaka tsiku limene anakwera kumwamba.
Ndipo anali chikhalire m'chiphunzitso cha atumwi ndi m'chiyanjano, m'kunyema mkate ndi mapemphero.
Ndipo Iye anapatsa ena akhale atumwi; ndi ena aneneri; ndi ena alaliki; ndi ena abusa, ndi ena aphunzitsi;
Ndipo pamene Iye anadziitanira ophunzira ake khumi ndi awiri, anapatsa iwo mphamvu pa mizimu yoipa, yakuitulutsa, ndi yakuchiza nthenda iliyonse ndi zofooka zonse.
Ndipo atumwi anachita umboni ndi mphamvu yaikulu za kuuka kwa Ambuye Yesu; ndipo panali chisomo chachikulu pa iwo onse.
Paulo, mtumwi (wosachokera kwa anthu, kapena mwa munthu, koma mwa Yesu Khristu, ndi Mulungu Atate, amene anamuukitsa Iye kwa akufa),
Paulo, kapolo wa Yesu Khristu, mtumwi woitanidwa, wopatulidwa kukanena Uthenga Wabwino wa Mulungu,
Pakuti ndiyesa, kuti Mulungu anaoneketsa ife atumwi otsiriza, monga titi tife; pakuti takhala ife choonetsedwa kudziko lapansi, ndi kwa angelo, ndi kwa anthu.
Zizindikirotu za mtumwi zinachitika pakati pa inu, m'chipiriro chonse, ndi zizindikiro, ndi zozizwa, ndi zamphamvu.
Ndipo maina ao a atumwiwo khumi ndi awiri ndi awa: woyamba Simoni wotchedwa Petro, ndi Andrea mbale wake; Yakobo mwana wa Zebedeo, ndi Yohane mbale wake; pakuti wolankhula si ndinu, koma Mzimu wa Atate wanu akulankhula mwa inu. Ndipo mbale adzapereka mbale wake kuimfa, ndi atate mwana wake: ndipo ana adzatsutsa akuwabala, nadzawafetsa iwo. Ndipo adzada inu anthu onse chifukwa cha dzina langa; koma iye wakupirira kufikira chimaliziro, iyeyu adzapulumutsidwa. Koma pamene angakuzunzeni inu m'mudzi uwu, thawirani mwina: indetu ndinena kwa inu, Simudzaitha mizinda ya Israele, kufikira Mwana wa Munthu atadza. Wophunzira saposa mphunzitsi wake, kapena kapolo saposa mbuye wake. Kumkwanira wophunzira kuti akhale monga mphunzitsi wake, ndi kapolo monga mbuye. Ngati anamutcha mwini banja Belezebulu, sadzaposa kodi kuwatero apabanja ake? Chifukwa chake musaopa iwo; pakuti palibe kanthu kanavundikiridwa, kamene sikadzaululidwa; kapena kanthu kobisika, kamene sikadzadziwika. Chimene ndikuuzani inu mumdima, tachinenani poyera; ndi chimene muchimva m'khutu, muchilalikire pa matsindwi a nyumba. Ndipo musamaopa amene akupha thupi, koma moyo sangathe kuupha; koma makamaka muope Iye, wokhoza kuononga moyo ndi thupi lomwe muGehena. Kodi mpheta ziwiri sizigulidwa kakobiri? Ndipo imodzi ya izo siigwa pansi popanda Atate wanu: Filipo, ndi Bartolomeo; Tomasi, ndi Mateyu wamsonkho yo; Yakobo mwana wa Alifeyo, ndi Tadeyo; komatu inu, matsitsi onse a m'mutu mwanu awerengedwa. Chifukwa chake musamaopa; inu mupambana mpheta zambiri. Chifukwa chake yense amene adzavomereza Ine pamaso pa anthu, Inenso ndidzamvomereza iye pamaso pa Atate wanga wa Kumwamba. Koma yense amene adzandikana Ine pamaso pa anthu, Inenso ndidzamkana iye pamaso pa Atate wanga wa Kumwamba. Musalingalire kuti ndidadzera kuponya mtendere padziko lapansi; sindinadzere kuponya mtendere, koma lupanga. Pakuti ndinadza kusiyanitsa munthu ndi atate wake, ndi mwana wamkazi ndi amake, ndi mkazi wokwatiwa ndi mpongozi wake: ndipo apabanja ake a munthu adzakhala adani ake. Iye wakukonda atate wake, kapena amake koposa Ine, sayenera Ine, ndipo iye wakukonda mwana wake wamwamuna, kapena wamkazi koposa Ine, sayenera Ine. Ndipo iye amene satenga mtanda wake, natsata pambuyo panga, sayenera Ine. Iye amene apeza moyo wake, adzautaya; ndi iye amene ataya moyo wake, chifukwa cha Ine, adzaupeza. Simoni Mkanani, ndi Yudasi Iskariote amenenso anampereka Iye.
Koma ophunzira khumi ndi mmodziwo anamuka ku Galileya, kuphiri kumene Yesu anawapangira. Ndipo pamene anamuona Iye, anamlambira; koma ena anakayika. Ndipo Yesu anadza nalankhula nao, nanena, Mphamvu zonse zapatsidwa kwa Ine Kumwamba ndi padziko lapansi. Chifukwa chake mukani, phunzitsani anthu a mitundu yonse, ndi kuwabatiza iwo m'dzina la Atate, ndi la Mwana, ndi la Mzimu Woyera: Ndipo onani, panali chivomezi chachikulu; pakuti mngelo wa Ambuye anatsika Kumwamba, nafika kukunkhuniza mwalawo, nakhala pamwamba pake. ndi kuwaphunzitsa, asunge zinthu zonse zimene ndinakulamulani inu; ndipo onani, Ine ndili pamodzi ndi inu masiku onse, kufikira chimaliziro cha nthawi ya pansi pano.
pakuti anapachikidwa mu ufooko, koma ali ndi moyo mu mphamvu ya Mulungu. Pakuti ifenso tili ofooka mwa Iye, koma tidzakhala ndi moyo pamodzi ndi Iye, mu mphamvu ya Mulungu, ya kwa inu.
Pakuti tilalikira si za ife tokha, koma Yesu Khristu Ambuye, ndi ife tokha akapolo anu, chifukwa cha Khristu.
Paulo ndi Timoteo, akapolo a Yesu Khristu, kwa oyera mtima onse mwa Khristu Yesu, akukhala ku Filipi, pamodzi ndi oyang'anira ndi atumiki:
Ndipo ananena nao, Mukani kudziko lonse lapansi, lalikirani Uthenga Wabwino kwa olengedwa onse.
ndipo pakuzindikira chisomocho chinapatsidwa kwa ine, Yakobo ndi Kefa ndi Yohane, amene anayesedwa mizati, anapatsa ine ndi Barnabasi dzanja lamanja la chiyanjano, kuti ife tipite kwa amitundu, ndi iwo kwa mdulidwe;
Paulo, ndi Silivano, ndi Timoteo, kwa Mpingo wa Atesalonika mwa Mulungu Atate ndi Ambuye Yesu Khristu: Chisomo kwa inu ndi mtendere.
Ndipo kutacha, anaitana ophunzira ake; nasankha mwa iwo khumi ndi awiri, amene anawatchanso dzina lao atumwi: Simoni, amene anamutchanso Petro, ndi Andrea mbale wake, ndi Yakobo, ndi Yohane, ndi Filipo, ndi Bartolomeo, ndi Mateyu, ndi Tomasi, ndi Yakobo mwana wa Alifeyo, ndi Simoni wotchedwa Zelote, ndi Yudasi mwana wa Yakobo, ndi Yudasi Iskariote, amene anali wompereka Iye.
Paulo, ndi Silivano, ndi Timoteo, kwa Mpingo wa Atesalonika mwa Mulungu Atate wathu ndi Ambuye Yesu Khristu:
Ndipo Yesu anati kwa iwo, Indetu ndinena kwa inu, kuti inu amene munanditsata Ine, m'kubadwanso, pamene Mwana wa Munthu adzakhala pa chimpando cha ulemerero wake, inunso, mudzakhala pa mipando khumi ndi iwiri, kuweruza mafuko khumi ndi awiri a Israele.
Ndipo Iye anaitana pamodzi khumi ndi awiriwo nawapatsa mphamvu ndi ulamuliro pa ziwanda zonse, ndi zakuchiritsa nthenda. Ndipo atabwera atumwi, anamfotokozera Iye zonse anazichita. Ndipo Iye anawatenga, napatuka nao pa okha kunka kumzinda dzina lake Betsaida. Koma unyinji wa anthu, pamene anadziwa, anamtsata Iye; ndipo Iye anawalandira, nalankhula nao za Ufumu wa Mulungu, nachiritsa amene anasowa kuchiritsidwa. Koma dzuwa lidapendeka; ndipo khumi ndi awiriwo anadza, nati kwa Iye, Tauzani makamu a anthu amuke, kuti apite kumidzi yoyandikira ndi kumadera, kukafuna pogona, ndi kupeza zakudya; chifukwa tili kumalo achipululu kuno. Koma anati kwa iwo, Muwapatse chakudya ndinu. Koma anati, Ife tilibe mikate, koma isanu yokha, ndi nsomba ziwiri zokha; kapena timuke ife kukagulira anthu awa onse zakudya. Pakuti anali amuna ngati zikwi zisanu. Koma Iye anati kwa ophunzira ake, Khalitsani iwo pansi magulumagulu, ngati makumi asanuasanu. Ndipo anatero, nawakhalitsa pansi onsewo. Ndipo Iye, m'mene anatenga mikate isanu ija ndi nsomba ziwiri anayang'ana kumwamba, nazidalitsa, nanyema, napatsa ophunzira apereke kwa anthuwo. Ndipo anadya, nakhuta onsewo; natola makombo, madengu khumi ndi awiri. Ndipo kunali, pamene Iye anali kupemphera padera, ophunzira anali naye; ndipo anawafunsa iwo, kuti, Makamuwo a anthu anena kuti Ine ndine yani? Ndipo anayankha nati, Yohane Mbatizi; koma ena, Eliya; ndi ena, kuti anauka mmodzi wa aneneri akale. Ndipo anawatuma kukalalikira Ufumu wa Mulungu, ndi kuchiritsa anthu odwala.
Zitapita izi Ambuye anaika ena makumi asanu ndi awiri, nawatuma iwo awiriawiri pamaso pake kumudzi uliwonse, ndi malo ali onse kumene ati afikeko mwini.
Paulo, mtumwi wa Khristu Yesu monga mwa chilamuliro cha Mulungu Mpulumutsi wathu, ndi cha Khristu Yesu, chiyembekezo chathu:
Inu simunandisankhe Ine, koma Ine ndinakusankhani inu, ndipo ndinakuikani, kuti mukamuke inu ndi kubala chipatso, ndi kuti chipatso chanu chikhale; kuti chimene chilichonse mukapempha Atate m'dzina langa akakupatseni inu.
Paulo mtumwi wa Khristu Yesu mwa chifuniro cha Mulungu, monga mwa lonjezano la moyo wa mu Khristu Yesu,
Paulo, kapolo wa Mulungu, ndi mtumwi wa Yesu Khristu, monga mwa chikhulupiriro cha osankhika a Mulungu, ndi chizindikiritso cha choonadi chili monga mwa chipembedzo,
kufikira tsiku lija anatengedwa kunka Kumwamba, atatha kulamula mwa Mzimu Woyera atumwi amene adawasankha;
Komatu mudzalandira mphamvu, Mzimu Woyera atadza pa inu: ndipo mudzakhala mboni zanga mu Yerusalemu, ndi mu Yudeya monse, ndi mu Samariya, ndi kufikira malekezero ake a dziko.
tidzapulumuka bwanji ife, tikapanda kusamala chipulumutso chachikulu chotero? Chimene Ambuye adayamba kuchilankhula, ndipo iwo adachimva anatilimbikitsira ife; pochita umboni pamodzi nao Mulungunso ndi zizindikiro, ndi zozizwitsa ndi mphamvu za mitundumitundu ndi zogawira za Mzimu Woyera, monga mwa chifuniro chake.
Yakobo, kapolo wa Mulungu ndi wa Ambuye Yesu Khristu, kwa mafuko khumi ndi awiri a m'chibalaliko: ndikupatsani moni.
Ndipo pamene adalowa, anakwera kuchipinda chapamwamba, kumene analikukhalako; ndiwo Petro ndi Yohane ndi Yakobo ndi Andrea, Filipo ndi Tomasi, Bartolomeo ndi Mateyu, Yakobo mwana wa Alifeyo, ndi Simoni Zelote, ndi Yudasi mwana wa Yakobo. Iwo onse analikukangalika m'kupemphera, pamodzi ndi akazi, ndi Maria, amake wa Yesu, ndi abale ake omwe.
Petro, mtumwi wa Yesu Khristu, kwa osankhidwa akukhala alendo a chibalaliko a ku Ponto, Galatiya, Kapadokiya, Asiya, ndi Bitiniya,
Ndipo anayesa maere pa iwo; ndipo anagwera Matiasi; ndipo anawerengedwa pamodzi ndi khumi ndi mmodziwo.
Akulu tsono mwa inu ndiwadandaulira, ine mkulu mnzanu ndi mboni ya zowawa za Khristu, ndinenso wolawana nao ulemerero udzavumbulutsikawo:
Simoni Petro, kapolo ndi mtumwi wa Yesu Khristu kwa iwo amene adalandira chikhulupiriro cha mtengo wake womwewo ndi ife, m'chilungamo cha Mulungu wathu ndi Mpulumutsi Yesu Khristu:
Ndipo tsiku ndi tsiku anali chikhalire ndi mtima umodzi mu Kachisi, ndipo ananyema mkate kunyumba kwao, nalandira chakudya ndi msangalalo, ndi mtima woona; nalemekeza Mulungu, ndi kukhala nacho chisomo ndi anthu onse. Ndipo Ambuye anawaonjezera tsiku ndi tsiku amene akuti apulumutsidwe.
Koma Petro ndi Yohane analikukwera kunka ku Kachisi pa ora lakupembedza, ndilo lachisanu ndi chinai. namzindikira iye, kuti ndiye amene anakhala pa Chipata Chokongola cha Kachisi: ndipo anadzazidwa ndi kudabwa ndi kuzizwa pa ichi chidamgwera.
Chimene chinaliko kuyambira pachiyambi, chimene tidachimva, chimene tidachiona m'maso mwathu, chimene tidachipenyerera, ndipo manja athu adachigwira cha Mau a moyo, Tikanena kuti sitidachimwe, timuyesa Iye wonama, ndipo mau ake sakhala mwa ife. (ndipo moyowo unaonekera, ndipo tidaona, ndipo tichita umboni, ndipo tikulalikirani moyo wosathawo, umene unali kwa Atate, nuonekera kwa ife); chimene tidachiona, ndipo tidachimva, tikulalikirani inunso, kuti inunso mukayanjane pamodzi ndi ife; ndipo chiyanjano chathu chilinso ndi Atate, ndipo ndi Mwana wake Yesu Khristu;
Mkuluyo kwa mkazi womveka wosankhika, ndi ana ake, amene ine ndikondana nao m'choonadi; ndipo si ine ndekha, komanso onse akuzindikira choonadi;
Ndipo mwa manja a atumwi zizindikiro ndi zozizwa zambiri zinachitidwa pa anthu; ndipo anali onse ndi mtima umodzi m'khonde la Solomoni. Koma palibe mmodzi wa otsalawo analimba mtima kuphatikana nao; komatu anthu anawakuzitsa; ndipo makamaka anaonjezedwa kwa Ambuye okhulupirira ambiri, ndiwo amuna ndi akazi; kotero kuti ananyamulanso natuluka nao odwala kumakwalala, nawaika pamakama ndi pamphasa, kuti, popita Petro, ngakhale chithunzi chake chigwere wina wa iwo. Komanso unasonkhana pamodzi unyinji wa anthu ochokera kumidzi yozungulira Yerusalemu, alikutenga odwala, ndi ovutika ndi mizimu yonyansa; ndipo anachiritsidwa onsewa.
Ndipo khumi ndi awiriwo anaitana unyinji wa ophunzira, nati, Sikuyenera kuti ife tisiye kulalikira mau a Mulungu ndi kutumikira podyerapo. Chifukwa chake, abale, yang'anani mwa inu amuna asanu ndi awiri a mbiri yabwino, odzala ndi Mzimu ndi nzeru, amene tikawaike asunge ntchito iyi. Koma ife tidzalimbika m'kupemphera, ndi kutumikira mau.
Ndidziwa ntchito zako, ndi chilemetso chako ndi chipiriro chako ndi kuti sungathe kulola oipa, ndipo unayesa iwo amene adzitcha okha atumwi, osakhala atumwi, nuwapeza onama;
Ndipo linga la mzinda linakhala nao maziko khumi ndi awiri, ndi pomwepo maina khumi ndi awiri a atumwi khumi ndi awiri a Mwanawankhosa.
Koma pamene atumwi a ku Yerusalemu anamva kuti Samariya adalandira mau a Mulungu, anawatumizira Petro ndi Yohane;
Koma Ambuye anati kwa iye, Pita; pakuti iye ndiye chotengera changa chosankhika, chakunyamula dzina langa pamaso pa amitundu ndi mafumu ndi ana a Israele;
si kwa anthu onse ai, koma kwa mboni zosankhidwiratu ndi Mulungu, ndiwo ife amene tinadya ndi kumwa naye pamodzi, atauka iye kwa akufa.
Koma inu ndinu amene munakhala ndi Ine chikhalire m'mayesero anga; ndipo Ine ndikuikirani ufumu, monganso Atate wanga anandiikira Ine, kuti mukadye ndi kumwa kugome kwanga mu Ufumu wanga; Ndipo Satana analowa mwa Yudasi wonenedwa Iskariote, amene anawerengedwa mmodzi wa khumi ndi awiriwo. ndipo mudzakhala pa mipando yachifumu ndi kuweruza mafuko khumi ndi awiri a Israele.
Chifukwa chake Yesu anatinso kwa iwo, Mtendere ukhale ndi inu; monga Atate wandituma Ine, Inenso ndituma inu. Ndipo pamene anati ichi anawapumira, nanena nao, Landirani Mzimu Woyera.
Koma atumwi ndi abale akukhala mu Yudeya anamva kuti amitundunso adalandira mau a Mulungu.
Koma m'mene Petro anachiona, anayankha kwa anthu, Amuna inu a Israele, muzizwa naye bwanji ameneyo? Kapena mutipenyetsetsa ife bwanji, monga ngati tamyendetsa iye ndi mphamvu ya ife eni, kapena ndi chipembedzo chathu?
Ndipo mbiri yao inamveka m'makutu a Mpingo wakukhala mu Yerusalemu; ndipo anatuma Barnabasi apite kufikira ku Antiokeya; ameneyo, m'mene anafika, naona chisomo cha Mulungu, anakondwa; ndipo anawadandaulira onse, kuti atsimikize mtima kukhalabe ndi Ambuye; chifukwa anali munthu wabwino, ndi wodzala ndi Mzimu Woyera ndi chikhulupiriro: ndipo khamu lalikulu lidaonjezeka kwa Ambuye.
Koma nyengo imeneyo Herode mfumu anathira manja ena a mu Mpingo kuwachitira zoipa. Ndipo m'mene adapitirira podikira poyamba ndi pachiwiri, anadza kuchitseko chachitsulo chakuyang'ana kumzinda; chimene chidawatsegukira chokha; ndipo anatuluka, napitirira khwalala limodzi; ndipo pomwepo mngelo anamchokera. Ndipo Petro atatsitsimuka, anati, Tsopano ndidziwa zoona, kuti Ambuye anatuma mngelo wake nandilanditsa ine m'dzanja la Herode, ndi ku chilingiriro chonse cha Ayuda. Ndipo m'mene adalingirirapo, anadza kunyumba ya Maria amake wa Yohane wonenedwanso Marko; pamenepo ambiri adasonkhana pamodzi, ndipo analikupemphera. Ndipo m'mene anagogoda pa chitseko cha pakhomo, anadza kudzavomera mdzakazi, dzina lake Roda. Ndipo pozindikira mau ake a Petro, chifukwa cha kukondwera sanatsegule pakhomo, koma anathamanga nalowanso, nawauza kuti Petro alikuima pakhomo. Koma anati kwa iye, Wamisala iwe. Ndipo analimbika ndi kunena kuti nkutero. Ndipo ananena, Ndiye mngelo wake. Koma Petro anakhala chigogodere; ndipo m'mene adamtsegulira, anamuona iye, nadabwa. Koma m'mene adawatambasulira dzanja akhale chete, anawafotokozera umo adamtulutsira Ambuye m'ndende. Ndipo anati, Muwauze Yakobo ndi abale izi. Ndipo anatuluka napita kwina. Koma kutacha, panali phokoso lalikulu mwa asilikali, Petro wamuka kuti. Ndipo pamene Herode adamfunafuna, wosampeza, anafunsitsa odikira nalamulira aphedwe. Ndipo anatsika ku Yudeya kunka ku Kesareya, nakhalabe kumeneko. Ndipo adapha ndi lupanga Yakobo mbale wa Yohane.
Pamenepo Petro, wodzala ndi Mzimu Woyera anati kwa iwo, Oweruza a anthu inu, ndi akulu,
Ndipo kunali aneneri ndi aphunzitsi ku Antiokeya mu Mpingo wa komweko, ndiwo Barnabasi, ndi Simeoni, wonenedwa Wakuda, ndi Lusio wa ku Kirene, Manaene woleredwa pamodzi ndi Herode chiwangacho, ndi Saulo. nati, Wodzala ndi chinyengo chonse ndi chenjerero lonse, iwe, mwana wa mdierekezi, mdani wa chilungamo chonse, kodi sudzaleka kuipsa njira zolunjika za Ambuye? Ndipo tsopano, taona, dzanja la Ambuye lili pa iwe, ndipo udzakhala wakhungu wosapenya dzuwa nthawi. Ndipo pomwepo lidamgwera khungu ndi mdima; ndipo anamukamuka nafuna wina womgwira dzanja. Pamenepo kazembe, pakuona chochitikacho anakhulupirira, nadabwa nacho chiphunzitso cha Ambuye. Ndipo atamasula kuchokera ku Pafosi a ulendo wake wa Paulo anadza ku Perga wa ku Pamfiliya; koma Yohane anapatukana nao nabwerera kunka ku Yerusalemu. Koma iwowa, atapita pochokera ku Perga anafika ku Antiokeya wa mu Pisidiya; ndipo analowa m'sunagoge tsiku la Sabata, nakhala pansi. Ndipo m'mene adatha kuwerenga chilamulo ndi aneneri, akulu a sunagoge anatuma wina kwa iwo, ndi kunena, Amuna inu, abale, ngati muli nao mau akudandaulira anthu, nenani. Ndipo Paulo ananyamuka, nakodola ndi dzanja, nati, Amuna a Israele, ndi inu akuopa Mulungu, mverani. Mulungu wa anthu awa Israele anasankha makolo athu, nakweza anthuwo pakugonerera iwo m'dziko la Ejipito, ndipo ndi dzanja lokwezeka anawatulutsa iwo m'menemo. Ndipo monga nthawi ya zaka makumi anai anawalekerera m'chipululu. Ndipo m'mene adaononga mitundu ya anthu isanu ndi iwiri mu Kanani, anawapatsa cholowa dziko lao, monga zaka mazana anai kudza makumi asanu; Ndipo pa kutumikira Ambuye iwowa, ndi kusala chakudya, Mzimu Woyera anati, Mundipatulire Ine Barnabasi ndi Saulo ku ntchito imene ndinawaitanirako. ndipo zitatha izi anawapatsa oweruza kufikira Samuele mneneriyo. Ndipo kuyambira pamenepo anapempha mfumu; ndipo Mulungu anawapatsa Saulo mwana wa Kisi, munthu wa fuko la Benjamini, zaka makumi anai. Ndipo m'mene atamchotsa iye, anawautsira Davide akhale mfumu yao; amenenso anamchitira umboni, nati, Ndapeza Davide, mwana wa Yese, munthu wa pamtima panga, amene adzachita chifuniro changa chonse. Wochokera mu mbeu yake Mulungu, monga mwa lonjezano, anautsira Israele Mpulumutsi, Yesu; Yohane atalalikiratu, asanafike Iye, ubatizo wa kulapa kwa anthu onse a Israele. Ndipo pakukwaniritsa njira yake Yohane, ananena, Muyesa kuti ine ndine yani? Ine sindine Iye. Koma taonani, akudza wina wonditsata ine, amene sindiyenera kummasulira nsapato za pa mapazi ake. Amuna, abale, ana a mbadwa ya Abrahamu, ndi iwo mwa inu akuopa Mulungu, kwa ife atumidwa mau a chipulumutso ichi. Pakuti iwo akukhala mu Yerusalemu, ndi akulu ao, popeza sanamzindikire Iye, ngakhale mau a aneneri owerengedwa masabata onse, anawakwaniritsa pakumtsutsa. Ndipo ngakhale sanapeze chifukwa cha kumphera, anapempha Pilato kuti aphedwe. Ndipo atatsiriza zonse zolembedwa za Iye, anamtsitsa kumtengo, namuika m'manda. Pamenepo, m'mene adasala chakudya ndi kupemphera ndi kuika manja pa iwo, anawatumiza amuke.
Pamene anamva atumwi Paulo ndi Barnabasi, anang'amba zofunda zao, natumphira m'khamu,
Ndipo anayankha Petro ndi atumwi, nati, Tiyenera kumvera Mulungu koposa anthu. Koma Petro anati, Ananiya, Satana anadzaza mtima wako chifukwa ninji kudzanyenga Mzimu Woyera, ndi kupatula pa mtengo wake wa mundawo? Mulungu wa makolo athu anaukitsa Yesu, amene munamupha inu, ndi kumpachika pamtengo. Ameneyo Mulungu anamkweza ndi dzanja lake lamanja, akhale Mtsogoleri ndi Mpulumutsi, kuti apatse kwa Israele kulapa, ndi chikhululukiro cha machimo. Ndipo ife ndife mboni za zinthu izi; Mzimu Woyeranso, amene Mulungu anapatsa kwa iwo akumvera Iye.
Ndipo pamene Paulo ndi Barnabasi anachitana nao makani ndi mafunsano, abale anapatula Paulo ndi Barnabasi, ndi ena a iwo, kuti akwere kunka ku Yerusalemu kwa atumwi ndi akulu kukanena za funsolo.
Koma pakuona Simoni kuti mwa kuika manja a atumwi anapatsidwa Mzimu Woyera, anawatengera ndalama, nanena, Ndipatseni inenso ulamuliro umene, kuti aliyense amene ndikaika manja pa iye, alandire Mzimu Woyera. Ndipo anamuika Stefano anthu opembedza, namlira maliro aakulu. Koma Petro anati kwa iye, Ndalama yako itayike nawe, chifukwa unalingirira kulandira mphatso ya Mulungu ndi ndalama. Ulibe gawo kapena cholandira ndi mau awa; pakuti mtima wako suli wolunjika pamaso pa Mulungu.
Ndipo panali pakulowa Petro, Kornelio anakomana naye, nagwa pa mapazi ake, namlambira. Koma Petro anamuutsa iye, nanena, Nyamuka; inenso ndine munthu.
Pamene anapita kupyola pamizinda, anapereka kwa iwo malamulo awasunge, amene analamulira atumwi ndi akulu a pa Yerusalemu. Ndipo anatuluka m'ndendemo, nalowa m'nyumba ya Lidia: ndipo pamene anaona abale, anawasangalatsa, namuka. Kotero Mipingoyo inalimbikitsidwa m'chikhulupiriro, nachuluka m'chiwerengo chao tsiku ndi tsiku.
Ndipo Mzimu anandiuza ndinke nao, wosasiyanitsa konse. Ndipo abale awa asanu ndi mmodzi anandiperekezanso anamuka nane; ndipo tinalowa m'nyumba ya munthuyo;
Ndipo anafika ku Efeso Myuda wina dzina lake Apolo, fuko lake la ku Aleksandriya, munthu wolankhula mwanzeru; ndipo anali wamphamvu m'malembo. Iyeyo anaphunzitsidwa m'njira ya Ambuye; pokhala nao mzimu wachangu, ananena ndi kuphunzitsa mosamalira zinthu za Yesu, ndiye wodziwa ubatizo wa Yohane wokha; ndipo iye anayamba kulankhula molimba mtima m'sunagoge, koma pamene anamumva iye Prisila ndi Akwila, anamtenga, namfotokozera njira ya Mulungu mosamalitsa.
Ndipo anadza ena akutsika ku Yudeya, nawaphunzitsa abale, nati, Mukapanda kudulidwa monga mwambo wa Mose, simungathe kupulumuka. Nanga bwanji tsopano mulikumuyesa Mulungu, kuti muike pa khosi la ophunzira goli, limene sanathe kunyamula kapena makolo athu kapena ife? Koma tikhulupirira tidzapulumuka mwa chisomo cha Ambuye Yesu Khristu, monga iwo omwe. Ndipo khamu lonse linatonthola; ndipo anamvera Barnabasi ndi Paulo alikubwerezanso zizindikiro ndi zozizwitsa zimene Mulungu anachita nao pa amitundu. Pamene iwo anatonthola Yakobo anayankha, nati, Abale, mverani ine: Simoni wabwereza kuti poyamba Mulungu anayang'anira amitundu, kuti atenge mwa iwo anthu a dzina lake. Ndipo mau a aneneri avomereza pamenepo; monga kunalembedwa, Zikatha izo ndidzabwera, ndidzamanganso chihema cha Davide, chimene chinagwa; ndidzamanganso zopasuka zake, ndipo ndidzachiimikanso: Kuti anthu otsalira afunefune Ambuye, ndi amitundu onse amene dzina langa linatchulidwa pa iwo, ati Ambuye, amene azidziwitsa zinthu zonsezo chiyambire dziko lapansi. Chifukwa chake ine ndiweruza, kuti tisavute a mwa amitundu amene anatembenukira kwa Mulungu, Ndipo pamene Paulo ndi Barnabasi anachitana nao makani ndi mafunsano, abale anapatula Paulo ndi Barnabasi, ndi ena a iwo, kuti akwere kunka ku Yerusalemu kwa atumwi ndi akulu kukanena za funsolo.
chinatikomera ndi mtima umodzi, tisankhe anthu, ndi kuwatumiza kwa inu pamodzi ndi okondedwa anthu Barnabasi ndi Paulo, anthu amene anapereka moyo wao chifukwa cha dzina la Yesu Khristu Ambuye wathu. Tatumiza tsono Yudasi ndi Silasi, omwenso adzakuuzani ndi mau zinthu zomwezo.
Ndipo panali, pamene Apolo anali ku Korinto, Paulo anapita pa maiko a pamtunda, nafika ku Efeso, napeza ophunzira ena;
Ndipo pokhala ku Mileto anatuma ku Efeso, naitana akulu a Mpingo. Ndipo pamene anafika kuli iye, anati kwa iwo, Mudziwa inu kuyambira tsiku loyamba ndinafika ku Asiya, makhalidwe anga pamodzi ndi inu nthawi yonse,
Ameneyo anatsata Paulo ndi ife, nafuula, kuti, Anthu awa ndi akapolo a Mulungu wa Kumwambamwamba, amene akulalikirani inu njira ya chipulumutso.
Koma ndilankhula ndi inu anthu amitundu. Popeza ine ndili mtumwi wa anthu amitundu, ndilemekeza utumiki wanga;
Pakuti monga m'thupi limodzi tili nazo ziwalo zambiri, ndipo ziwalo zonsezo sizili nayo ntchito imodzimodzi; chomwecho ife, ndife ambiri, tili thupi limodzi mwa Khristu, ndi ziwalo zinzake, wina ndi wina.
kuti ndikhale mtumiki wa Khristu Yesu kwa anthu amitundu, wakutumikira Uthenga Wabwino wa Mulungu, kuti kupereka kwake kwa anthu amitundu kulandirike, koyeretsedwa ndi Mzimu Woyera.
Paulo, woitanidwa akhale mtumwi wa Khristu Yesu mwa chifuniro cha Mulungu, ndi Sostene mbaleyo,
Ndipo Apolo nchiyani, ndi Paulo nchiyani? Atumiki amene munakhulupirira mwa iwo, yense monga Ambuye anampatsa.
Kodi sindine mfulu? Kodi sindine mtumwi? Kodi sindinaone Yesu Ambuye wathu? Kodi simuli inu ntchito yanga mwa Ambuye?
Koma ndi chisomo cha Mulungu ndili ine amene ndili; ndipo chisomo chake cha kwa ine sichinakhale chopanda pake, koma ndinagwirira ntchito yochuluka ya iwo onse; koma si ine, koma chisomo cha Mulungu chakukhala ndi ine.
Pakuti ine ndili wamng'ono wa atumwi, ndine wosayenera kutchedwa mtumwi, popeza ndinalondalonda Mpingo wa Mulungu.
Chifukwa chake tili atumiki m'malo mwa Khristu, monga ngati Mulungu alikudandaulira mwa ife; tiumiriza inu m'malo mwa Khristu, yanjanitsidwani ndi Mulungu.
Pakuti ndikudziwitsani inu, abale, za Uthenga Wabwinowo wolalikidwa ndi ine, kuti suli monga mwa anthu. Pakutitu sindinaulandira kwa munthu, kapena sindinauphunzira, komatu unadza mwa vumbulutso la Yesu Khristu.
Paulo, mtumwi wa Khristu Yesu, mwa chifuniro cha Mulungu, ndi Timoteo mbaleyo, kwa Mpingo wa Mulungu umene uli ku Korinto, pamodzi ndi oyera mtima onse amene ali mu Akaya monse:
koma pena, pakuona kuti anaikiza kwa ine Uthenga Wabwino wa kusadulidwa, monga kwa Petro Uthenga Wabwino wa mdulidwe (pakuti Iye wakuchita mwa Petro kumtuma kwa odulidwa anachitanso mwa ine kundituma kwa amitundu);
chifukwa cha chiyanjano chanu chakuthandizira Uthenga Wabwino, kuyambira tsiku loyambalo, kufikira tsopano lino;
ndi Yesu, wotchedwa Yusto, ndiwo a mdulidwe; iwo okha ndiwo antchito anzanga a mu Ufumu wa Mulungu, ndiwo akundikhalira ine chonditonthoza mtima.
komatu monga Mulungu anativomereza kutiikiza Uthenga Wabwino, kotero tilankhula; osati monga okondweretsa anthu, koma Mulungu; amene ayesa mitima yathu.
Chifukwa chake tsono, abale, chilimikani, gwiritsani miyambo imene tinakuphunzitsani, kapena mwa mau, kapena mwa kalata yathu.
Limba nayo nkhondo yabwino ya chikhulupiriro, gwira moyo wosatha, umene adakuitanira, ndipo wavomereza chivomerezo chabwino pamaso pa mboni zambiri.
Ndipo zimene wazimva kwa ine mwa mboni zambiri, zomwezi uikize kwa anthu okhulupirika, amene adzadziwa kuphunzitsa enanso.
Uwakumbutse iwo agonje kwa akulu, ndi aulamuliro, akhale omvera, okonzeka pa ntchito iliyonse yabwino;
Kumbukirani atsogoleri anu, amene analankhula nanu Mau a Mulungu; ndipo poyang'anira chitsiriziro cha mayendedwe ao mutsanze chikhulupiriro chao.
Koma inu ndinu mbadwa yosankhika, ansembe achifumu, mtundu woyera mtima, anthu a mwini wake, kotero kuti mukalalikire zoposazo za Iye amene anakuitanani mutuluke mumdima, mulowe kuunika kwake kodabwitsa;
monga yense walandira mphatso, mutumikirane nayo, ngati adindo okoma a chisomo cha mitundumitundu cha Mulungu;
chimene tidachiona, ndipo tidachimva, tikulalikirani inunso, kuti inunso mukayanjane pamodzi ndi ife; ndipo chiyanjano chathu chilinso ndi Atate, ndipo ndi Mwana wake Yesu Khristu;
Yense wakupitirira, wosakhala m'chiphunzitso cha Khristu, alibe Mulungu; iye wakukhala m'chiphunzitso, iyeyo ali nao Atate ndi Mwana.
Chifukwa chake ife tiyenera kulandira otere, kuti tikakhale othandizana nacho choonadi.
Mbadwo wina udzalemekezera ntchito zanu mbadwo unzake, ndipo udzalalikira zamphamvu zanu.
Inu ndinu kuunika kwa dziko lapansi. Mzinda wokhazikika pamwamba paphiri sungathe kubisika. Kapena sayatsa nyali, ndi kuivundikira m'mbiya, koma aiika iyo pa choikapo chake; ndipo iunikira onse ali m'nyumbamo. Chomwecho muwalitse inu kuunika kwanu pamaso pa anthu, kuti pakuona ntchito zanu zabwino, alemekeze Atate wanu wa Kumwamba.
Ndipo Iye anaitana pamodzi khumi ndi awiriwo nawapatsa mphamvu ndi ulamuliro pa ziwanda zonse, ndi zakuchiritsa nthenda.