DORE ubwato bwahuye n’ibizazane! Burimo buramenagurika! Urabona bariya bantu biroshye mu mazi? Bamwe bamaze kugera imusozi. Ese mama uriya yaba ari Pawulo? Reka turebe ibyamubayeho.

Wibuke ko Pawulo yari amaze imyaka ibiri afungiye i Kayisariya. Hanyuma, we n’izindi mfungwa baje gushyirwa mu bwato, maze batangira urugendo rwo kujya i Roma. Ubwo banyuraga bugufi bw’ikirwa cya Kirete, bahuye n’umuhengeri ukaze. Umuyaga wari mwinshi cyane ku buryo abasare bananiwe kuyobora ubwato. Bageze n’aho batashoboraga kubona izuba ku manywa, cyangwa inyenyeri nijoro. Nyuma y’iminsi myinshi, abari muri ubwo bwato barihebye, babona ko batagishoboye kurokoka.

Nuko Pawulo arahaguruka maze aravuga ati ‘nta muntu n’umwe muri mwe uzatakaza ubuzima bwe; ubwato bwonyine ni bwo buzarohama. Kuko iri joro marayika w’Imana yaje aho ndi akambwira ati “Pawulo, witinya; ugomba guhagarara imbere ya Kayisari, umutegetsi w’Abaroma. Kandi Imana izarokora abo mufatanyije urugendo bose.”’

Ku munsi wa 14 umuhengeri utangiye, ahagana mu ma saa sita z’ijoro, abasare babonye ko uburebure bw’amazi bwagendaga bugabanuka! Kubera ko batinyaga ko ubwato bwakwisekura ku mabuye nijoro, bajugunye mu mazi ibyuma byo kubuhagarika. Bukeye mu gitondo, babona ikigobe. Nuko bafata umwanzuro wo kugerageza kwerekeza ubwato ku nkombe z’icyo kigobe.

Ariko, igihe begeraga inkombe, ubwato bwasekuye umusenyi maze buhagarara aho. Hanyuma, umuraba utangira kubwikubitaho, maze na bwo butangira kumenagurika. Nuko umukuru w’ingabo aravuga ati ‘abazi koga mwese mube ari mwe mubanza kwiroha mu mazi mwambuke. Abasigaye namwe mukurikireho, mwogere ku bice by’imbaho byomotse ku bwato.’ Nuko babigenza batyo. Nguko uko abantu 276 bari mu bwato bashoboye kugera ku nkombe ari bazima, nk’uko marayika yari yabibasezeranyije.

Icyo kirwa cyitwa Melita. Kubera ko abantu baho bari abagiraneza cyane, bakiriye neza abari muri ubwo bwato babitaho. Igihe ikirere cyongeraga kuba cyiza, Pawulo yashyizwe mu bundi bwato maze ajyanwa i Roma.