Machitidwe atumwi 24:1-27 OCCL

[1] Patapita masiku asanu mkulu wa ansembe Hananiya, pamodzi ndi akuluakulu ena ndi katswiri woyankhulira anthu pa milandu wotchedwa Tertuliyo anapita ku Kaisareya ndipo anafotokoza mlandu wa Paulo kwa Bwanamkubwayo. [2] Atamuyitana Paulo, ndipo Tertuliyo anafotokozera Felike nkhani yonse ya Paulo. Iye anati, “Wolemekezeka, ife takhala pamtendere nthawi yayitali chifukwa cha inu, ndipo utsogoleri wanu wanzeru wabweretsa kusintha mʼdziko lino. [3] Wolemekezeka Felike ife timazilandira zimenezi moyamika kwambiri ponseponse ndi mwa njira iliyonse. [4] Koma kuti tisakuchedwetseni, ndikupempha kuti mwa kuleza mtima kwanu mutimvere ife. [5] “Ife tapeza kuti munthu uyu amayambitsa mavuto ndi kuwutsa mapokoso pakati pa Ayuda onse a dziko lonse lapansi. Iyeyu ndi mtsogoleri wa mpatuko wa Anazareti. [6] Anayesera ngakhale kudetsa Nyumba ya Mulungu wathu. Ndiye ife tinamugwira. [7] Koma, mkulu wa asilikali Lusiya anafika mwamphamvu namuchotsa mʼmanja mwathu. [8] Ndipo Lusiya analamula kuti amene anali naye ndi mlandu abwere kwa inu. Mukamufunsa ameneyu kwa nokha mudzadziwa choonadi cha zimene ife tikumunenera.” [9] Ayuda anavomereza nanenetsa kuti zimenezi zinali zoona. [10] Bwanamkubwayo atakodola Paulo ndi kulola kuti ayankhule, Pauloyo anati, “Ine ndikudziwa kuti inu mwakhala mukuweruza dziko lino zaka zambiri, kotero ndikukondwera kuti ndikudziteteza ndekha pamaso panu. [11] Inu mukhoza kupeza umboni wake. Sipanapite masiku khumi ndi awiri chipitireni changa ku Yerusalemu kukapembedza. [12] Amene akundiyimba mlanduwa sanandipeze mʼNyumba ya Mulungu ndi kutsutsana ndi wina aliyense kapena kuyambitsa chisokonezo mʼsunagoge kapena pena paliponse mu mzindamo. [13] Ndipo sangathe kupereka umboni wa mlandu umene akundiyimba inewu. [14] Komatu ine ndikuvomera kuti ndimapembedza Mulungu wa makolo athu, monga wotsatira wa Njirayo, imene iwo akuyitchula mpatuko. Ine ndimakhulupirira chilichonse chimene chimagwirizana ndi malamulo ndiponso zimene zinalembedwa ndi Aneneri. [15] Ine ndili nacho chiyembekezo chomwecho chimene iwo ali nacho mwa Mulungu, kuti kudzakhala kuuka kwa akufa kwa olungama ndiponso kwa ochimwa. [16] Kotero ine ndimayesetsa kuti ndikhale ndi chikumbumtima chosanditsutsa pamaso pa Mulungu ndi anthu onse. [17] “Patapita zaka zambiri, ndinabwera ku Yerusalemu kudzapereka mphatso kwa anthu osauka a mtundu wanga komanso kudzapereka nsembe. [18] Pamene ndinkachita zimenezi, iwo anandipeza mʼbwalo la Nyumba ya Mulungu nditachita mwambo wodziyeretsa. Panalibe gulu la anthu kapena kuti ndimachita za chisokonezo chilichonse. [19] Koma pali Ayuda ena ochokera ku Asiya, amene amayenera kukhala pano pamaso panu, kundiyimba mlandu ngati ali ndi kalikonse konditsutsa ine. [20] Kapena awa amene ali panowa anene mlandu umene anapeza mwa ine, pamene ndinayima pamaso pa Bwalo lawo Lalikulu. [21] Koma cholakwa changa chingathe kukhala chokhachi chakuti, nditayima pamaso pawo ndinafuwula kuti, ‘Mukundiweruza ine lero chifukwa ndimakhulupirira kuti akufa adzauka.’ ” [22] Kenaka Felike, amene amadziwa bwino za Njirayo, anayamba wayimitsa mlanduwo, nati, “Ndidzagamula mlandu wako akabwera mkulu wa asilikali Lusiya.” [23] Iye analamulira woyangʼanira asilikali 100 kuti alondere Paulo, koma azimupatsako ufulu ndiponso kulola abwenzi ake kuti adzimusamalira. [24] Patapita masiku angapo Felike anabwera pamodzi ndi mkazi wake Drusila, amene anali Myuda. Anayitana Paulo ndipo anamvetsera zimene amayankhula za chikhulupiriro mwa Khristu Yesu. [25] Paulo atayankhula za chilungamo, za kudziretsa ndiponso za chiweruzo chimene chikubwera, Felike anachita mantha ndipo anati, “Basi tsopano! Pita. Tidzakuyitanitsa tikadzapeza mpata.” [26] Pa nthawi imeneyi amayembekeza kuti Paulo adzamupatsa ndalama, nʼchifukwa chake amamuyitanitsa kawirikawiri ndi kumayankhula naye. [27] Patapita zaka ziwiri, Porkiyo Festo analowa mʼmalo mwa Felike, koma anamusiya Paulo mʼndende, chifukwa amafuna kuti Ayuda amukonde.