Ibyakozwe
19: 1 Igihe Apolo yari i Korinto, Pawulo yari afite
yanyuze ku nkombe zo hejuru ziza muri Efeso: ugasanga bimwe
abigishwa,
19: 2 Arababwira ati: "Mwakiriye Umwuka Wera kuva mwizera?"
Baramubwira bati: "Ntabwo twigeze twumva cyane niba ahari
Umwuka Wera uwo ari we wese.
3 Arababwira ati: "Noneho mubatizwa iki?" Baravuga bati:
Kubatizwa kwa Yohana.
19: 4 Hanyuma Pawulo ati, Yohana yabatijwe rwose umubatizo wo kwihana,
abwira rubanda, ko bamwizera igikwiye
uze inyuma ye, ni ukuvuga kuri Kristo Yesu.
19: 5 Bumvise ibyo, barabatizwa mu izina ry'Umwami Yesu.
6: 6 Pawulo abarambikaho ibiganza, Umwuka Wera arabageraho;
Bavuga indimi, barahanura.
7 Abagabo bose bagera kuri cumi na babiri.
19: 8 Yinjira mu isinagogi, avuga ashize amanga umwanya wa batatu
amezi, gutongana no kwemeza ibintu bijyanye nubwami bwa
Mana.
19: 9 Ariko igihe abadindiza banangiye, ntibemera, ahubwo bavuze ibibi
inzira imbere ya rubanda, arabavaho, atandukanya Uwiteka
abigishwa, batongana buri munsi mwishuri rya Tyrannus.
19:10 Kandi ibyo byakomeje kumara imyaka ibiri; kugira ngo bose
wabaga muri Aziya yumvise ijambo ry'Umwami Yesu, Abayahudi n'Abagereki.
19:11 Imana ikora ibitangaza bidasanzwe n'amaboko ya Pawulo:
19:12 Kugira ngo umubiri we uzanwe mu bitambaro birwaye cyangwa
udufuni, n'indwara zibavaho, imyuka mibi iragenda
muri bo.
19:13 Bamwe mu Bayahudi b'inzererezi, abadayimoni, barabahamagara
hejuru yabo bafite imyuka mibi izina ry'Uwiteka Yesu, baravuga bati: Twe
bikwizeze kuri Yesu uwo Pawulo abwiriza.
Hariho abahungu barindwi ba Sceva umwe, Umuyahudi, n'umutware w'abatambyi,
ni ko byagenze.
19:15 Umwuka mubi arasubiza ati: Yesu ndamuzi, na Pawulo ndabizi;
ariko uri nde?
19:16 Umugabo umwuka wabo mubi wabasimbukiyemo, aratsinda
barabatsinda, ku buryo bahunze iyo nzu
yambaye ubusa kandi yakomeretse.
Abayahudi bose n'Abagereki bose babaga muri Efeso.
maze ubwoba bugwa kuri bose, maze izina ry'Umwami Yesu rirakuzwa.
19:18 Benshi mu bizera baraza, baratura, kandi berekana ibikorwa byabo.
19:19 Benshi muribo nabo bakoresheje ibihangano byamatsiko bahuza ibitabo byabo,
arabatwika imbere y'abantu bose: babara igiciro cyabo, kandi
yasanze ibihumbi mirongo itanu by'ifeza.
19:20 Byakuze rero ijambo ry'Imana riratsinda.
19:21 Ibyo byose birangiye, Pawulo yabigambiriye mu mwuka, igihe yari afite
yanyuze muri Makedoniya na Akaya, kugira ngo ajye i Yeruzalemu, avuga ati: Nyuma yanjye
bahari, ngomba no kubona Roma.
19:22 Yohereza rero muri Makedoniya babiri muri bo bamukorera,
Timoteyo na Erastus; ariko we ubwe yagumye muri Aziya igihe runaka.
19:23 Kandi muri icyo gihe, nta mpagarara zigeze ziba muri iyo nzira.
19:24 Ku muntu runaka witwa Demetiriyo, umucuzi w'ifeza, wakoze ifeza
insengero za Diana, nta nyungu ntoya yazanye abanyabukorikori;
19:25 Uwo yahamagaye hamwe nabakozi bakora nkakazi, ati:
Ba nyakubahwa, muzi ko kubwubu bukorikori dufite ubutunzi bwacu.
19:26 Byongeye kandi urabona kandi ukumva, ko atari wenyine muri Efeso, ariko hafi
muri Aziya yose, uyu Pawulo yemeje kandi ahindukirira byinshi
abantu, bavuga ko atari imana, ikozwe n'amaboko:
19:27 Kugira ngo atari ibi gusa ibihangano byacu biri mu kaga ko gusenywa; ariko
nanone ko urusengero rwimana ikomeye Diana rugomba gusuzugurwa, kandi
ubwiza bwe bugomba gusenywa, uwo Aziya yose n'isi yose
Kuramya.
19:28 Bumvise ayo magambo, buzura umujinya, bararira
hanze, avuga ati, Diyana arakomeye mu Banyefeso.
Umujyi wose wuzuye urujijo, maze ufata Gayo
na Arisitariko, abagabo bo muri Makedoniya, abasangirangendo ba Pawulo mu rugendo, bo
yihutiye kumvikana mu nzu y'imikino.
19:30 Kandi igihe Pawulo yaba yarinjiye mu bantu, abigishwa
ntiyigeze amubabaza.
19:31 Bamwe mu batware ba Aziya, bari inshuti ze, bamutumaho,
kumwifuza ko atazigera yishira mu ikinamico.
19:32 Bamwe rero barize ikintu kimwe, ikindi ikindi: kuko iteraniro ryabaye
urujijo; kandi igice kinini nticyamenye impamvu bahuriye hamwe.
19:33 Bakura Alegizandere muri rubanda, Abayahudi bamushyira
imbere. Alegizandere yinginga ukuboko, kandi yari gukora ibye
kurengera abaturage.
19:34 Ariko bamenye ko ari Umuyahudi, bose bafite ijwi rimwe ryerekeye umwanya
y'amasaha abiri yatakambiye, Ikomeye ni Diana wo mu Befeso.
19:35 Umutware wo mu mujyi amaze gutuza abantu, aravuga ati: Yemwe bantu
Efeso, mbega umuntu uhari utazi uko uwo mujyi wa
Abefeso ni umuntu usenga imana ikomeye Diana, n'ishusho
ninde waguye muri Jupiter?
19:36 Urebye rero ko ibyo bintu bidashobora kuvugwa, ugomba kuba
ceceka, kandi ntugire icyo ukora uhubutse.
19:37 Kuko mwazanye hano abo bantu, atari abambuzi
matorero, cyangwa nyamara abatuka imana yawe.
19:38 Kubera iyo mpamvu, niba Demetiriyo, n'abanyabukorikori bari kumwe na we, bafite a
ikibazo kireba umuntu uwo ari we wese, amategeko arakinguye, kandi hariho abadepite: reka
baraterana.
19:39 Ariko nimubaza ikintu icyo ari cyo cyose kijyanye nibindi bibazo, bizaba
byagenwe mu nteko yemewe.
19:40 Kuberako turi mu kaga ko guhamagarwa kubazwa imvururu zuyu munsi,
ntampamvu yatuma dushobora gutanga konte yiyi nama.
19:41 Amaze kuvuga atyo, asezerera iteraniro.