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Okukyuka kwa Sawulo

(A)Mu kiseera ekyo Sawulo yali aswakidde ng’ayigganya abayigirizwa ba Mukama waffe ng’abatiisatiisa okwagala okubatta, n’atuukirira Kabona Asinga Obukulu, (B)n’amusaba awandiikire ab’omu makuŋŋaaniro ag’omu Damasiko ebbaluwa, ng’ebasaba bakolagane naye mu kuyigganya abakkiriza bonna abasajja n’abakazi b’alisanga eyo, abasibe mu njegere, alyoke abaleete e Yerusaalemi. (C)Awo Sawulo bwe yali atambula ng’anaatera okutuuka e Damasiko, amangwago ekitangaala eky’amaanyi ennyo okuva mu ggulu ne kimwakako okumwetooloola. N’agwa wansi, n’awulira eddoboozi nga limugamba nti, “Sawulo! Sawulo! Onjigganyiza ki?”

Sawulo n’abuuza nti, “Ggwe ani, Mukama wange?”

Eddoboozi ne limuddamu nti, “Nze Yesu gw’oyigganya! (D)Kale yimuka ogende mu kibuga onootegeezebwa ky’osaanidde okukola.”

(E)Abasajja abaali ne Sawulo ne bayimirira nga basobeddwa n’ekyokwogera nga kibabuze kubanga baawulira eddoboozi ng’ery’omuntu naye nga tebalaba ayogera. Sawulo bwe yayimuka wansi n’agezaako okutunula naye ng’amaaso ge tegalaba. Era baamukwata bukwasi ku mukono okumuyingiza mu Damasiko. N’amalayo ennaku ssatu nga talaba era nga talya mmere wadde okunywa amazzi okumala ebbanga eryo lyonna.

10 (F)Mu Damasiko mwalimu omuyigirizwa ng’ayitibwa Ananiya. Mukama n’ayogera naye mu kwolesebwa n’amuyita nti, “Ananiya!”

N’addamu nti, “Nze nzuuno, Mukama wange.”

11 (G)Mukama n’amugamba nti, “Genda ku luguudo oluyitibwa Olutereevu, onoonye ennyumba y’omuntu omu erinnya lye Yuda, omubuuze Sawulo ow’e Taluso. Ali eyo kaakano ng’asaba, kubanga 12 (H)mmulaze mu kwolesebwa omuntu ayitibwa Ananiya ng’ajja gy’ali era ng’amussaako emikono okumusabira amaaso ge galabe.”

13 (I)Ananiya n’agamba nti, “Naye Mukama wange, nga mpulidde ebintu ebitali birungi bingi nnyo omuntu oyo by’akoze abakkiriza abali mu Yerusaalemi. 14 (J)Era tuwulira nti yafuna n’ebbaluwa okuva eri Kabona Asinga Obukulu, ng’emuwa obuyinza okukwata buli mukkiriza yenna ali mu Damasiko!”

15 (K)Naye Mukama n’amugamba nti, “Ggwe genda okole kye ŋŋambye. Kubanga Sawulo mmulonze okutwala erinnya lyange eri Abaamawanga ne bakabaka, era n’eri abaana ba Isirayiri.” 16 (L)Era nnaamulaga nga bw’ateekwa okubonaabona ku lw’erinnya lyange.

17 (M)Bw’atyo Ananiya n’agenda n’ayingira mu nnyumba Sawulo mwe yali n’amussaako emikono n’amugamba nti, “Owooluganda Sawulo, Mukama waffe Yesu eyakulabikira mu kkubo ng’ojja antumye gy’oli, oddemu okulaba era ojjuzibwe Mwoyo Mutukuvu.” 18 Amangwago ebintu ebyali ng’amagamba ne bigwa okuva ku maaso ga Sawulo n’asobola okulaba, n’ayimirira n’abatizibwa. 19 (N)N’alya emmere n’afuna amaanyi. N’abeera wamu n’abakkiriza mu Damasiko okumala ennaku eziwerako.

20 (O)Amangwago Sawulo n’atandika okubuulira mu makuŋŋaaniro ku Yesu nti Yesu Mwana wa Katonda. 21 (P)Bonna abaamuwulira ne beewuunya, ne beebuuza nti, “Si y’ono eyayigganyanga ennyo abagoberezi ba Yesu mu Yerusaalemi? Ate twawulira nga yeesonga eyamuleeta abakwate abatwale eri bakabona abakulu.” 22 (Q)Sawulo ne yeeyongera okubuulira n’amaanyi n’asirisa Abayudaaya abaali mu Damasiko ng’akakasa nti Yesu ye Kristo.

23 Bwe waayitawo ebbanga, abakulembeze b’Abayudaaya ne basala olukwe okumutta. 24 (R)Sawulo n’abaako amubuulira ku lukwe lwabwe nga bwe baali bamuteega ku miryango gy’ekibuga emisana n’ekiro bamutemule. 25 (S)Awo abayigirizwa ne bamufulumya ebweru w’ekibuga mu kiro nga bamuyisa mu bbugwe, nga bamusizza mu kisero.

26 (T)Bwe yatuuka e Yerusaalemi n’agezaako okwegatta ku bayigirizwa naye bonna nga bamutya, nga tebakkiriza nti mukkiriza. 27 (U)Naye Balunabba n’amuleeta eri abatume n’abategeeza nga Sawulo bwe yalaba Mukama mu kkubo era n’ayogera nga bwe yabuulira n’obuvumu mu Damasiko mu linnya lya Yesu. 28 Ne balyoka bamukkiriza n’abeeranga nabo, n’ayitanga nabo era ng’alya nabo mu Yerusaalemi. N’abuuliranga n’obuvumu erinnya lya Mukama waffe. 29 (V)Naye ne wabaawo okuwakana n’okukubaganya ebirowoozo wakati we n’Abakerenisiti, ne bagezaako okumutta. 30 (W)Kyokka abooluganda bwe baawulira nga Sawulo ali mu kabi bwe katyo ne bamutwala e Kayisaliya ne bamuweereza e Taluso.

31 (X)Mu kiseera ekyo Ekkanisa n’eba n’emirembe mu Buyudaaya, ne mu Ggaliraaya ne mu Samaliya; ne yeeyongera mu maanyi ne mu muwendo gw’abantu abakkiriza. Ne bayiga okutya Mukama, era Mwoyo Mutukuvu n’abasanyusanga.

Ayineya ne Doluka

32 (Y)Peetero n’atambulanga mu bifo bingi; era bwe yali ng’atambula n’asanga abakkiriza mu kibuga ekiyitibwa Luda. 33 Eyo yasangayo omuntu erinnya lye Ayineya eyali akoozimbye ng’amaze ku kitanda emyaka munaana nga mulwadde. 34 (Z)Peetero n’amugamba nti, “Ayineya! Yesu Kristo akuwonya. Golokoka weeyalire!” Amangwago n’awonyezebwa. 35 (AA)Awo abantu bonna abaabeeranga mu Luda ne mu Saloni ne bakyukira Mukama, bwe baalaba nga Ayineya atambula.

36 (AB)Mu kibuga Yopa mwalimu omuyigirizwa ayitibwa Tabbiisa, mu Luyonaani ng’ayitibwa Doluka. Yali mukkiriza, bulijjo eyakoleranga abalala ebyekisa n’okusingira ddala abaavu. 37 (AC)Mu kiseera ekyo n’alwala nnyo era n’afa. Ne bateekateeka omulambo gwe ne bagugalamiza mu kisenge ekya waggulu. 38 (AD)Naye bwe baawulira nga Peetero ali kumpi awo mu kibuga Luda ne bamutumira abasajja babiri ne bamwegayirira ajje e Yopa.

39 (AE)N’akkiriza. Amangu ddala nga yaakatuuka ne bamutwala mu kisenge ekya waggulu omulambo gwa Doluka gye gwali gugalamizibbwa. Ekisenge kyali kijjudde bannamwandu abaali bakaaba nga bwe balagaŋŋana ebyambalo Doluka bye yali abakoledde.

40 (AF)Peetero n’abasaba bonna bafulume, n’afukamira n’asaba. N’akyukira omulambo n’ayogera nti, “Tabbiisa golokoka.” Tabbiisa n’azibula amaaso, era bwe yalaba Peetero n’atuula. 41 Peetero n’amukwata ku mukono amuyambe okuyimuka, n’alyoka ayita abakkiriza ne bannamwandu, n’abamukwasa nga mulamu. 42 Amawulire ago ne gayitiŋŋana mu kibuga Yopa kyonna era bangi ne bakkiriza Mukama. 43 (AG)Peetero n’abeera e Yopa okumala ebbanga ddene, ng’asula ewa Simooni omuwazi w’amaliba.

Saul’s Conversion(A)

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples.(B) He went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus,(C) so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way,(D) whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.(E) He fell to the ground and heard a voice(F) say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

“Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.

“I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”(G)

The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless; they heard the sound(H) but did not see anyone.(I) Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing.(J) So they led him by the hand into Damascus. For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything.

10 In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision,(K) “Ananias!”

“Yes, Lord,” he answered.

11 The Lord told him, “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus(L) named Saul, for he is praying. 12 In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on(M) him to restore his sight.”

13 “Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy people(N) in Jerusalem.(O) 14 And he has come here with authority from the chief priests(P) to arrest all who call on your name.”(Q)

15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument(R) to proclaim my name to the Gentiles(S) and their kings(T) and to the people of Israel. 16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”(U)

17 Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on(V) Saul, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here—has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”(W) 18 Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized,(X) 19 and after taking some food, he regained his strength.

Saul in Damascus and Jerusalem

Saul spent several days with the disciples(Y) in Damascus.(Z) 20 At once he began to preach in the synagogues(AA) that Jesus is the Son of God.(AB) 21 All those who heard him were astonished and asked, “Isn’t he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name?(AC) And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”(AD) 22 Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Messiah.(AE)

23 After many days had gone by, there was a conspiracy among the Jews to kill him,(AF) 24 but Saul learned of their plan.(AG) Day and night they kept close watch on the city gates in order to kill him. 25 But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.(AH)

26 When he came to Jerusalem,(AI) he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. 27 But Barnabas(AJ) took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him,(AK) and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus.(AL) 28 So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. 29 He talked and debated with the Hellenistic Jews,[a](AM) but they tried to kill him.(AN) 30 When the believers(AO) learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea(AP) and sent him off to Tarsus.(AQ)

31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria(AR) enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.(AS)

Aeneas and Dorcas

32 As Peter traveled about the country, he went to visit the Lord’s people(AT) who lived in Lydda. 33 There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years. 34 “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you.(AU) Get up and roll up your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up. 35 All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon(AV) saw him and turned to the Lord.(AW)

36 In Joppa(AX) there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good(AY) and helping the poor. 37 About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room.(AZ) 38 Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples(BA) heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and urged him, “Please come at once!”

39 Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows(BB) stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.

40 Peter sent them all out of the room;(BC) then he got down on his knees(BD) and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, “Tabitha, get up.”(BE) She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up. 41 He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them alive. 42 This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.(BF) 43 Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon.(BG)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 9:29 That is, Jews who had adopted the Greek language and culture