Imilimo ya Batumwa 1:1-26
1 Teofile, mwi buuku lya kubalilapo nalilembele fyonse ifyo Yesu atendeke ukucita ne fyo alesambilisha,+
2 mpaka fye na pa bushiku asendelwe mu muulu,+ pa numa ya kweba abatumwa abo asalile ifya kukonka ukupitila mu mupashi wa mushilo.+
3 Pa numa ya kucula, alimoneke ku batumwa bakwe ninshi ali uwa mweo pa kuti abalange ubushininkisho bwa cine cine ubwingi.+ Balemumona pa nshiku shonse 40 kabili alelanda pa Bufumu bwa kwa Lesa.+
4 Ilyo alelanshanya nabo abebele ati: “Mwikafuma mu Yerusalemu,+ lelo mukalelolela ico Tata alaya,+ ico namwebelepo;
5 pantu Yohane ena alebatishisha mu menshi, lelo tapakapite inshiku ishingi, imwe mukabatishiwa mu mupashi wa mushilo.”+
6 E ico ilyo balongene, bamwipwishe abati: “Mwe Shikulu, bushe ni pali ino nshita mwalabwesesha Israele ubufumu?”+
7 Yesu abaswike ati: “Te mulimo wenu ukwishiba inshita nelyo inshiku* ilyo ifi fintu fikacitika, pantu Tata e wakwatapo amaka.+
8 Lelo ilyo umupashi wa mushilo ukesa pali imwe,+ mukapokelela amaka kabili mukaba inte+ shandi mu Yerusalemu,+ mu Yudea monse na mu Samaria,+ na ku mpela ya pano isonde.”+
9 Ilyo apwishishe ukulanda ifi fintu, ninshi balemulolesha, alisendelwe mu muulu, ne kumbi lyalimufimbile ica kuti baleka no kumumona.+
10 Kabili ilyo balelolekesha mu muulu ninshi aleya, kwali abaume babili abafwele ifyabuuta+ abaishileiminina mupepi nabo,
11 kabili babebele abati: “Mwe bena Galili, cinshi ico mwimininine pano mulelolekesha mu muulu? Uyu Yesu uwasendwa ku muulu, ifi fine mwamumona asendwa ku muulu no kubwela e fyo akabwela.”
12 Lyena babweleele ku Yerusalemu+ ukufuma ku lupili ulo beta ukuti Ulupili lwa Miolife, ulwaba mupepi na Yerusalemu, apalepa ulwendo lwa bushiku bwe sabata.
13 Ilyo bafikile, baingile mu muputule wa pa muulu umo baleikala. Bali ni Petro na Yohane, Yakobo na Andrea, Filipi na Toma, Bartolomeo na Mateo, Yakobo umwana wa kwa Alfeo na Simone uwacincila, e lyo na Yuda umwana wa kwa Yakobo.+
14 Aba bonse baali no mutima umo kabili balepepa ukwabula ukuleka. Balepepela pamo na banakashi bamo+ na Maria nyina wa kwa Yesu pamo pene na bamunyina ba kwa Yesu.+
15 Muli shilya shine nshiku e mo Petro aiminine pa kati ka ba bwananyina (abantu* abalimo bonse bali nalimo 120), kabili atile:
16 “Mwe baume, bamunyinane, calilingile ukuti ilembo lifikilishiwe. Umupashi wa mushilo walandile ukupitila muli Davidi pali Yuda,+ uwatungulwile abaikete Yesu.+
17 Pantu ali pamo na ifwe,+ kabili twalibombele nankwe uyu mulimo.
18 (Uyu muntu, ashitile impanga mu malipilo ya fyabipa ifyo acitile,+ kabili ilyo aponene ninshi nalosha umutwe panshi, alilepwike* na mala yonse yalifumine.+
19 Abaleikala mu Yerusalemu bonse balishibe ici icacitike, e mulandu wine bainikile ilya mpanga mu lulimi lwabo ukuti Akeldama, e kutila, “Impanga ya Mulopa.”)
20 Pantu mwi buuku lya Amalumbo mwalembwa ukuti, ‘Lekeni ing’anda yakwe ishale icibolya, kabili mwi-ikala nangu umo,’+ mwalembwa no kuti, ‘Lekeni umbi amupyane pali bukangalila.’+
21 E ico nacilinga ukuti, pa baume abaleba na ifwe inshita yonse iyo Shikulu Yesu alebomba umulimo wakwe ninshi aali na ifwe,
22 ukufuma fye ilyo Yohane amubatishe+ ukufika na lintu asendelwe ku muulu,+ pabe umo uwaliko ilyo Yesu abuushiwe+ uufwile ukwisaba inte pamo na ifwe.”
23 E ico babulile abantu babili, Yosefe uo baleita ukuti Barisaba, uo baleita no kuti Yusti, e lyo na Matia.
24 Lyena bapepele abati: “Mwe Yehova,* mwe baishiba imitima ya bantu bonse,+ sonteni pali aba baume babili uo musalile,
25 uwa kuti alebomba uyu mulimo kabili abe umutumwa, pantu Yuda alisha ifi fintu kabili aliya mu nshila yakwe umwine.”+
26 E ico balipendwile pali aba bantu,+ kabili icipendwilo cawilile pali Matia. Lyena Matia bamulundile* ku batumwa 11.
Amafutunoti
^ Mu ciGriki, “inshita iyo apima.”
^ Nelyo “ibumba lya bantu.”
^ Nelyo “alilepwike pa kati.”
^ Moneni Ifyebo Fyalundwako pa A5.
^ E kutila, balemumona nga filya fine balemona abatumwa bambi 11.
