New Testament in a Year

Barnaba ndi Saulo Atumidwa ndi Mpingo

13 Mu mpingo wa ku Antiokeya munali aneneri ndi aphunzitsi awa: Barnaba, Simeoni, Lukia wa ku Kurene, Manayeni (amene analeredwa pamodzi ndi mfumu Herode), ndiponso Saulo. ² Iwo pamene ankapembedza Ambuye ndi kusala kudya, Mzimu Woyera anati, “Mundipatulire Barnaba ndi Saulo kuti akagwire ntchito imene ndinawayitanira.” ³ Ndipo atasala kudya ndi kupemphera anasanjika manja awo pa iwo nawatumiza.

Ku Kupro

⁴ Barnaba ndi Saulo motumidwa ndi Mzimu Woyera, anapita ku Selukeya ndipo kuchokera kumeneko anakwera sitima ya pamadzi kupita ku Kupro. ⁵ Pamene anafika ku Salamisi, analalikira Mawu a Mulungu mʼMasunagoge a Ayuda. Iwo anali ndi Yohane monga wowatumikira.

⁶ Iwo anayenda pa chilumba chonse mpaka anafika ku Pafo, kumeneko anapezanako ndi Myuda, wamatsenga amene analinso mneneri wonama dzina lake Barayesu. ⁷ Iyeyu, amathandiza mkulu wa boma, Sergio Paulo. Mkulu wa bomayu, munthu wanzeru, anayitana Barnaba ndi Saulo chifukwa anafuna kumva Mawu a Mulungu. ⁸ Koma Elima wamatsengayo, (Elima tanthauzo lake ndi wamatsenga), anatsutsana nawo ndipo anafuna kumuletsa mkulu wa bomayo kuti asakhulupirire. ⁹ Koma Saulo, amenenso amatchedwa Paulo, wodzazidwa ndi Mzimu Woyera anamuyangʼanitsitsa Elima ndipo anati, ¹⁰ “Iwe ndiwe mwana wa mdierekezi ndiponso mdani wa chilungamo! Ndiwe wodzaza ndi chinyengo cha mtundu uliwonse ndi kuchenjera konse. Kodi sudzaleka kupotoza njira zolungama za Ambuye? ¹¹ Tsopano dzanja la Ambuye likukutsutsa iwe. Udzakhala wosaona ndipo kwa kanthawi sudzatha kuona kuwala kwa dzuwa.”

Nthawi yomweyo khungu ndi mdima zinamugwera ndipo anafunafuna munthu woti amugwire dzanja kuti amutsogolere. ¹² Pamene mkulu wa bomayo anaona zimene zinachitika anakhulupirira pakuti anadabwa ndi chiphunzitso cha Ambuye.

Antiokeya wa ku Pisidiya

¹³ Kuchokera ku Pafo, Paulo ndi anzake anayenda pa sitima ya pamadzi kupita ku Perga wa ku Pamfiliya, kumeneko Yohane anawasiya nabwerera ku Yerusalemu. ¹⁴ Kuchokera ku Perga anapita ku Pisidiya wa ku Antiokeya. Pa tsiku la Sabata analowa mʼsunagoge, nakhala pansi. ¹⁵ Atawerenga mawu a mʼMalamulo ndi Aneneri, akulu a sunagoge anawatumizira mawu ndi kuti, “Abale ngati muli ndi mawu olimbikitsa nawo anthuwa, nenani.”

¹⁶ Atayimirira, Paulo anakweza dzanja lake ndi kuti, “Inu Aisraeli ndiponso inu a mitundu ina amene mumapembedza Mulungu, tandimverani! ¹⁷ Mulungu wa Aisraeli anasankha makolo athu ndipo anawapatsa chuma chambiri pamene amakhala ku Igupto. Anawatulutsa mʼdzikomo ndi dzanja lake lamphamvu. ¹⁸ Ndipo Iye anapirira khalidwe lawo mʼchipululu kwa zaka makumi anayi. ¹⁹ Mulungu anawagonjetsera mitundu isanu ndi iwiri ya ku Kanaani ndipo anapereka dzikolo kwa Israeli kuti likhale lawo. ²⁰ Izi zonse zinatenga zaka 450.

“Zitatha izi, Mulungu anawapatsa oweruza mpaka nthawi ya mneneri Samueli. ²¹ Kenaka anthu anapempha kuti awapatse mfumu, ndipo anawapatsa Sauli mwana wa Kisi, wa fuko la Benjamini amene analamulira zaka makumi anayi. ²² Mulungu atamuchotsa Sauli, anayika Davide kukhala mfumu yawo. Mulungu anamuchitira umboni kuti, ‘Ndapeza Davide mwana wa Yese munthu wa pamtima panga; iye adzachita zonse zimene ine ndikufuna kuti iye achite.’

²³ “Kuchokera mwa zidzukulu za munthu ameneyu, Mulungu anawutsa Yesu kukhala Mpulumutsi wa Aisraeli, monga analonjezera. ²⁴ Yesu asanabwere, Yohane analalikira kwa anthu onse Aisraeli za kutembenuka mtima ndi ubatizo. ²⁵ Pamene Yohane amatsiriza ntchito yake anati: ‘Mukuganiza kuti ine ndine yani? Ine sindine ameneyo ayi, koma Iye akubwera pambuyo panga, amene ine sindine woyenera kumasula zingwe za nsapato zake.’