Ibyakozwe
15: 1 Abantu bamwe bamanuka bava muri Yudaya bigisha abavandimwe, kandi
ati: Uretse ko mwebwe ukurikije inzira ya Mose, ntushobora
yakijijwe.
15: 2 Igihe rero Pawulo na Barinaba batagize amakimbirane mato n'impaka
hamwe na bo, bemeje ko Pawulo na Barinaba, n'abandi bamwe muri bo
bo, nibakomeze bajye i Yerusalemu ku ntumwa n'abakuru
ikibazo.
3: 3 Bazanwa mu itorero n'itorero, baranyuze
Fenisi na Samariya, batangaza ko abanyamahanga bahindutse: kandi bo
yateje umunezero mwinshi abavandimwe bose.
15: 4 Bageze i Yeruzalemu, bakirwa mu itorero,
n'intumwa n'abakuru, batangaza ibintu byose Imana
yari yarakoranye nabo.
15: 5 Ariko haza bamwe mu bagize agatsiko k'Abafarisayo bizeraga,
kuvuga, Ko byari ngombwa kubakebwa, no kubategeka
nimukurikize amategeko ya Mose.
15: 6 Intumwa n'abakuru baraterana kugira ngo babisuzume
ikibazo.
7: 7 Habaye impaka nyinshi, Petero arahaguruka, arabwira
bo, Bagabo, bavandimwe, muzi uburyo ibyo byiza mugihe cyashize Imana yaremye
guhitamo hagati yacu, kugirango abanyamahanga kumunwa wanjye bumve ijambo rya
ubutumwa bwiza, kandi wizere.
15: 8 Kandi Imana izi imitima, yabahamije, ibaha Uwiteka
Umwuka Wera, nk'uko yabidukoreye;
15 Kandi 9 Ntimugashyireho itandukaniro hagati yacu na bo, mweza imitima yabo
kwizera.
15:10 Noneho rero, ni ukubera iki mugerageza Mana, gushyira ingogo ku ijosi rya?
abigishwa, abo ari ba sogokuruza cyangwa twe tutashoboye kwihanganira?
15:11 Ariko twizera ko kubuntu bw'Uwiteka Yesu Kristo tuzabikora
bakizwe, kimwe na bo.
15:12 Rubanda rwose baraceceka, baha abari kuri Barinaba na
Pawulo, atangaza ibitangaza n'ibitangaza Imana yakoreye muri
Abanyamahanga.
15:13 Bamaze guceceka, Yakobo aramusubiza ati: "Abantu na
bavandimwe, nimwumve:
15:14 Simeyoni yatangaje uburyo Imana yabanje gusura abanyamahanga, kugirango
mubakuremo abantu kubwizina rye.
15:15 Kandi ibyo byemeranijwe n'amagambo y'abahanuzi; nk'uko byanditswe,
15:16 Nyuma y'ibyo nzagaruka, kandi nzongera kubaka ihema rya Dawidi,
yaguye; Nzongera kubaka amatongo yacyo, nanjye
izashyiraho:
15:17 Kugira ngo abasigaye mu bantu bashake Uwiteka n'abanyamahanga bose,
Uwiteka ni we ukora ibyo byose, ni ko izina ryanjye ryitwa.
15:18 Ibikorwa byayo byose bizwi n'Imana kuva isi yaremwa.
15:19 Ni yo mpamvu interuro yanjye ari iyo kugira ngo tutabateza ibibazo, biva muri Uwiteka
Abanyamahanga bahindukiriye Imana:
15:20 Ariko ko tubandikira, kugira ngo birinde kwanduza ibigirwamana,
n'ubusambanyi, no mubintu byunizwe, n'amaraso.
15:21 Kuko Mose ya kera afite mu migi yose abamwamamaza
soma mu masinagogi buri munsi w'isabato.
15:22 Hanyuma, intumwa n'abakuru, hamwe n'itorero ryose ryohereza
abagabo batoranijwe bo muri Antiyokiya hamwe na Pawulo na Barinaba;
ni ukuvuga, Yuda yitaga Barusaba, na Sila, abatware muri bo
bavandimwe:
15:23 Bandika amabaruwa nyuma yabo; Intumwa na
abakuru n'abavandimwe bohereze indamutso kubavandimwe bari ba
Abanyamahanga muri Antiyokiya, Siriya na Cilique:
15:24 Nkuko twabyumvise, bimwe byasohotse muri twe bifite
yaguhangayikishije n'amagambo, uhindura imitima yawe, uvuga ngo, Ugomba kuba
gukebwa, no kubahiriza amategeko: uwo tutahaye itegeko nk'iryo:
15:25 Byasaga naho ari byiza kuri twe, guterana hamwe, kohereza abatoranijwe
abantu kuri wewe hamwe na Barinaba dukunda na Pawulo,
15:26 Abagabo bashyize ubuzima bwabo mu kaga kubera izina ry'Umwami wacu Yesu
Kristo.
Twatumye rero Yuda na Sila, na bo bazakubwira kimwe
ibintu ku munwa.
15:28 Kuberako byasaga naho ari byiza kuri Roho Mutagatifu, no kuri twe, kuturyamisha oya
umutwaro urenze ibyo bintu bikenewe;
15:29 Ko mwirinda inyama zitambwa ibigirwamana, n'amaraso, ndetse no kuva
ibintu binizwe, no kuva mubusambanyi: aho ukomeza
Namwe ubwanyu, muzakora neza. Muraho neza.
15:30 Nuko basezererwa, bagera muri Antiyokiya, barangije
akoranya rubanda, batanga urwandiko:
15:31 Bamaze gusoma, bishimira ihumure.
15:32 Yuda na Sila, kubera ko bari abahanuzi ubwabo, bashishikarije Uhoraho
bavandimwe n'amagambo menshi, kandi arabemeza.
15:33 Bamazeyo umwanya, bararekurwa bava mu mahoro
abavandimwe ku ntumwa.
15:34 Nubwo Silas yagumyeyo.
15:35 Pawulo na Barinaba bakomereje muri Antiyokiya, bigisha kandi babwiriza Uwiteka
ijambo rya Nyagasani, hamwe nabandi benshi nabo.
15:36 Hashize iminsi Pawulo abwira Barinaba ati: "Reka twongere dusure."
bavandimwe bacu mu migi yose aho twabwirije ijambo ry'Uwiteka,
hanyuma urebe uko bakora.
15:37 Barinaba yiyemeza kujyana na Yohana, izina rye ni Mariko.
15:38 Ariko Pawulo yibwiraga ko atari byiza kumujyana, uwabavuyemo
kuva muri Pamfiliya, kandi ntabwo yajyanye nabo ku kazi.
15:39 Intonganya zikaze hagati yabo, baragenda
umwe avuye mu bundi: nuko Barinaba afata Mariko, afata ubwato yerekeza i Kupuro;
15:40 Pawulo ahitamo Sila, aragenda, abisabwe n'abavandimwe
ku buntu bw'Imana.
15:41 Yanyuze muri Siriya na Silisiya, yemeza amatorero.