Tudi mu tshidimu tshia 59 panyima pa Yezu. Tshisumbu tshia bena buloko tshidi tshibuelela ku tshiibi tshivuabu babikila ne: Porta Capena tshia mu Lomo balama kudi basalayi bakavua batshioke bua bule bua luendu. Pa Mukuna wa Palatin pavua nzubu wa amperere Néron mulama kudi basalayi bende bikale ne miele miela mu bizubu biayi. * Yuliyo uvua kamanda ka masalayi lukama udi upitshila ne bena buloko bende pa muaba wa tshilumbuluidi wa mu Lomo ne ubanda nabu ku Mukuna wa Viminal. Badi bapitshila mu budimi buvua ne bioshelu bia bungi bia nzambi ya bena Lomo ne bapitshila kabidi muaba uvua basalayi badibidija bua malu a mvita.

Mu bena buloko aba mudi mupostolo Paulo. Ngondo ya bungi kumpala pavua Paulo mu mazuwa a mâyi avuabu batenkesha kudi tshipepele tshikole, muanjelu wa Nzambi wakamuambila ne: “Udi ne bua kuimana kumpala kua Kaisa.” (Bien. 27:24) Paulo ukadiku pa kuenza bualu ebu anyi? Padiye ukudimuka bua kutangila tshimenga tshikulu tshia Lomo, kakuyi mpata udi uvuluka mêyi avua Mukalenge Yezu mumuambile ku Tshibumba tshia Antonia tshia mu Yelushalema. Yezu wakamuambila ne: “Ikala ne dikima! Bualu anu bu muudi mumanyishe bimpe menemene malu adi antangila mu Yelushalema, nunku udi ne bua kuamanyisha kabidi ku Lomo.”​—Bien. 23:10, 11.

Pamuapa Paulo wakashala mutangile tshibumba tshinene tshivua tshinyunguluke musoko tshivua tshia bimanu bia tushola tukunze tshivuabu babikila ne: Castra Praetoria. Pa mutu pa bimanu ebi bavua basapu tubumba tua balami. Munda amu muvua basalayi balami bavua benza mudimu wa kulama amperere ne muvua kabidi bampuluishi ba mu tshimenga. Kuvua bisumbu * 12 bia bia basalayi balami ne bisumbu bia basalayi bakuabu ba bungi  ba mu tshimenga bavua bimane muaba au, ne muomu munda amu ke muvua basalayi binunu bia bungi too ne bavua bendela pa tubalu basombele. Tshibumba etshi tshidi tshivuluija muaba uvua bukole bua bukalenge bufumina. Bu muvua musalayi mulami wa amperere utangila bena buloko ba mu provense, Yuliyo wakalombola tshisumbu tshia bena buloko bende ku tshimue tshia biibi binene. Panyima pa yeye mumane kuenza luendu lua njiwu munkatshi mua ngondo ya bungi, ndekelu wa bionso, wakafika ne bena buloko bende muaba uvuaye ne bua kubafikisha.​—Bien. 27:1-3, 43, 44.

Pavuabu mu luendu, Paulo wakapeta tshikena kumona tshivua tshimuleja ne: bantu bonso bavua mu muzuwa bavua ne bua kupanduka pavuawu ne bua kutshibuka. Nansha muvua nyoka wa lulengu mumusume, kavua mumuenzele bibi to. wakuondopa bantu bavua basama mu tshidiila tshia Melita, ne bantu ba muaba au bakatuadija kuamba ne: uvua nzambi. Lumu lua malu aa luvua mua kuikala lufike ne kudi musalayi mulami wa mukalenge uvua ne meji mabi.

Paulo ukavua mumonangane ne bena Kristo ba mu Lomo ‘bakalua too ne ku Tshisalu tshia Apiyo ne ku Nzubu Isatu ya Tshilala benyi bua kusambakena nende.’ (Bien. 28:15) Kadi bu muvuaye muena buloko, mmunyi muvuaye mua kukumbaja dijinga diende dia kuyisha lumu luimpe mu Lomo? (Lomo 1:14, 15) Bamue bavua bela meji ne: bavua ne bua kuikala bafile bena buloko aba mu bianza bia kapita ka basalayi balami. Bikalabi nanku, bavua mua kuikala bafile Paulo kudi Afranius Burrus uvua mulombodi wa basalayi balami uvua pamuapa tshindondi tshia amperere. * Nansha nanku, pamutu pa kulamabu Paulo kudi tshisumbu tshia basalayi lukama, bavua bamulame kudi musalayi uvua kayi ne muanzu. Bakanyishila Paulo bua kusombelaye mu kende kazubu ne kumuitabilabu bua kuakidila bantu bavua balua kumutangila ne bua kubayisha “kakuyi tshivua tshimupangisha.”​—Bien. 28:16, 30, 31.

Pavua Burrus ulumbuluisha mupostolo Paulo, uvua mua kuikala mumuele nkonko pamuapa ku nzubu wa mukalenge anyi mu kamponya ka basalayi balami kumpala kua kuyaye ne tshilumbu kudi Néron. Paulo wakakuata mudimu ne mpunga uvuaye mupete au bua ‘kumanyisha kumpala kua banene ne bakese.’ (Bien. 26:19-23) Nansha muvua Burrus mua kuikala mukonkonone Paulo mushindu kayi, wakamuela mu buloko mu kamponya ka basalayi balami. *

 Nzubu uvua Paulo ufutshila uvua mukumbane bua yeye kuakidila “banene ba bena Yuda bonso” ne bua kubayisha bobu ne ‘bantu bakuabu bapite bungi bavua balue muaba uvuaye musombele.’ Kuvua kabidi muena buloko uvuabu balame kudi basalayi uvua umuteleja pavuaye ‘uyisha bikole’ bena Yuda bua Bukalenge ne bua Yezu, “kubangila ku dinda too ne ku dilolo.”​—Bien. 28:17, 23.

Bavua bashintulula bisumbu bia basalayi bavua balama ku nzubu wa amperere dituku dionso panyima pa mêba muanda mukulu. Bavua bashintulula pa tshibidilu musalayi uvua ulama Paulo. Munkatshi mua bidimu bibidi bivuabu bakuate mupostolo, basalayi bakumvua muvuaye wamba malu a kufunda mu mikanda ya kutumina bena Kristo ba mu Efeso, ba mu Filipoyi, ba mu Kolosayi ne ba mu Ebelu ne bamumone pavuaye ufundila muena Kristo kampanda diende Filemona. Pavua Paulo mu buloko, wakaditatshisha bua Onezimo mupika uvua munyeme mfumuende ‘uvuaye mulue tatuende mu buloko,’ ne kumupingajaye kudi mfumuende. (Filem. 10) Kakuyi mpata Paulo uvua kabidi uditatshisha bikole bua basalayi bavua bamulame. (1 Kol. 9:22) Tudi mua kufuanyikija muvua Paulo mua kuikala muele musalayi nkonko bua kumuambilaye bia mvita bishilashilangane ne pashishe kuenzaye mudimu ne malu  avuabu bamuambile au bu tshilejilu tshiakanyine pakafundaye.​—Ef. 6:13-17.

Dikuatshibua dia Paulo ndiambuluishe bua “kutantshisha lumu luimpe” kudi basalayi balami bonso ne bantu bakuabu. (Filip. 1:12, 13) Bantu ba mu Castra Praetoria bavua mu malanda mimpe ne bukalenge bua Lomo kabidi ne amperere ne bena mu nzubu muende. Bena mu nzubu mua amperere bavua bena mu dîku diende, bena mudimu ne bapika, bamue ba kudibu bakalua bena Kristo. (Filip. 4:22) Bu muvua Paulo uyisha ne dikima, bena Kristo ba mu Lomo bakapeta dikima “dia kuakula dîyi dia Nzambi kabayi batshina.”​—Filip. 1:14.

Mushindu uvua Paulo uyisha mu Lomo udi kabidi utukolesha patudi ‘tuyisha dîyi mu bikondo bimpe ne mu bikondo bikole.’ (2 Tim. 4:2) Bamue ba kutudi mbatshibukile panshi, badi mu nzubu ya bakulakaje anyi mu mpitadi, bakuabu mene badi mu maloko bua ditabuja dietu. Nansha tuetu mu nsombelu kayi, tudi anu mua kupeta bantu badi balua kututangila, pamuapa batuela nshinga peshi batuambuluisha mu midimu mishilashilangane. Patudi tuyisha ne dikima mu tshikondo tshionso, tudi tudimuena mudi ‘dîyi dia Nzambi kadiyi mua kusuikibua.’​—2 Tim. 2:8, 9.