Mabasa 12
1 Nenguva iyoyo Herodhe mambo wakaisa maoko kuti atambudze vamwe kubva mukereke.
Inali nthawi yomweyi imene mfumu Herode anamanga ena a mu mpingo ndi cholinga chakuti awazunze.
2 Ndokuuraya Jakobho mukoma waJohwani nemunondo.
Iye analamula kuti Yakobo mʼbale wa Yohane, aphedwe ndi lupanga.
3 Zvino wakati achiona kuti zvinofadza VaJudha, wakapfuurira mberi akabata Petrowo; zvino aiva mazuva ezvingwa zvisina mbiriso;
Ataona kuti zimenezi zinakondweretsa Ayuda, anawonjeza ndi kugwiranso Petro. Izi zinachitika pa nthawi ya Chikondwerero cha Buledi wopanda Yisiti.
4 akati amubatawo akaisa mutirongo, akamukumikidza kumapoka mana evanhu vana emauto kuti vamurinde, achida kumuisa kuvanhu mushure mepasika.
Atamugwira Petro, namutsekera mʼndende, anamupereka kwa magulu anayi a asilikali kuti amuyangʼanire, gulu lililonse linali ndi asilikali anayi. Herode anafuna kumuzenga mlandu pamaso pa anthu onse chikondwerero cha Paska chitapita.
5 Naizvozvo Petro wakachengetwa mutirongo; asi munyengetero wakaenderera mberi uchiitwa nekereke kuna Mwari uchiitirwa iye.
Kotero Petro anasungidwa mʼndende, koma mpingo unamupempherera kolimba kwa Mulungu.
6 Zvino Herodhe wakati oda kumubudisa, usiku ihwohwo Petro wakange arere pakati pemauto maviri, akasungwa nemaketani maviri; nevarindi pamberi pemusuwo vakarinda tirongo.
Usiku woti mmawa mwake Herode amuzenga mlandu, Petro amagona pakati pa asilikali awiri, atamangidwa maunyolo awiri, ndiponso alonda atayima pa khomo.
7 Zvino tarira, mutumwa waIshe wakamirapo, chiedza ndokupenya muchitokisi; zvino akarova rutivi rwaPetro, akamumutsa achiti: Simuka nekukurumidza. Zvino maketani ake akawa pamaoko ake.
Mwadzidzidzi mngelo wa Ambuye anaonekera ndipo kuwala kunawunika mʼchipindamo. Mngeloyo anamugwedeza Petro mʼnthiti ndi kumudzutsa. Iye anati, “Fulumira, imirira!” Ndipo maunyolo anagwa kuchoka mʼmanja a Petro.
8 Mutumwa ndokuti kwaari: Zvisunge chiuno, uye sunga manyatera ako. Ndokuita saizvozvo. Zvino akati kwaari: Monera nguvo yako, unditevere.
Kenaka mngelo anati kwa iye, “Vala zovala ndi nsapato.” Ndipo Petro atachita izi mngeloyo anamuwuzanso kuti, “Funda chovala chako ndipo unditsate.”
9 Zvino wakabuda akamutevera; uye asingazivi kuti ichokwadi chinoitwa nemutumwa, asi waifunga kuti anoona chiratidzo.
Petro anatsatira natuluka mʼndende, koma sanazindikire kuti zimene mngeloyo amachita zimachitikadi; iye amaganiza kuti amaona masomphenya.
10 Zvino vakati vapfuura chirindo chekutanga nechepiri, vakasvika pasuwo reutare raipinda muguta; iro rakavazarukira rega; zvino vakabuda, vakapfuura nzira imwe yemumusha, pakarepo mutumwa ndokubva kwaari.
Iwo anadutsa gulu loyamba ndi lachiwiri la asilikali ndipo anafika pa chitseko chachitsulo cholowera mu mzinda. Chitsekocho chinatsekuka chokha ndipo anadutsa. Pamene anayenda kutalika kwa msewu umodzi, mwadzidzidzi mngelo uja anachoka.
11 Zvino Petro, wakati apengenuka, akati: Zvino ndinoziva zvirokwazvo kuti Ishe watuma mutumwa wake, uye wandisunungura paruoko rwaHerodhe netarisiro yese yevanhu veVaJudha.
Pamenepo Petro anazindikira nati, “Tsopano ndikudziwa mosakayika kuti Ambuye anatuma mngelo wake kudzandipulumutsa mʼmanja mwa Herode, ndi ku zoyipa zonse zimene Ayuda amafuna kundichitira.”
12 Zvino wakati arangarira akaenda kumba kwaMaria mai vaJohwani wainzi Mariko, vazhinji pavakange vakaungana vachinyengetera.
Atazindikira zimenezi anapita ku nyumba ya Mariya amayi ake a Yohane, wotchedwanso Marko, kumene kunasonkhana anthu ambiri ndipo amapemphera.
13 Zvino Petro wakati agogodza pagonhi resuwo, murandakadzi wakauya kuzoteerera, wainzi Rodha.
Petro anagogoda pa chitseko cha panja, ndipo mtsikana wantchito dzina lake Roda anabwera kuti adzatsekule chitseko.
14 Zvino wakati achiziva inzwi raPetro, haana kuzarura suwo nekuda kwemufaro, asi wakamhanyira mukati akavaudza kuti Petro amire pamberi pesuwo.
Atazindikira mawu a Petro anakondwa kwambiri ndipo anabwerera osatsekula ndipo anafuwula kuti, “Petro ali pa khomopa!”
15 Asi vakati kwaari: Unopenga. Asi wakaramba achisimbisa kuti zvaiva zvakadaro. Ivo ndokuti: Mutumwa wake.
Anthuwo anati kwa iye, “Wopenga iwe!” Atalimbikira kunena kuti zinali zoona, iwo anati, “Ameneyo ndi mngelo wake.”
16 Asi Petro wakaramba achigogodza; zvino vakati vazarura vakamuona, vakashamisika.
Koma Petro anapitiriza kugogoda ndipo atatsekula chitseko ndi kumuona, anthuwo anadabwa kwambiri.
17 Zvino wakavaninira neruoko kuti vanyarare, akavarondedzera kuti Ishe wakamubudisa sei mutirongo, akati: Pirai kuna Jakobho nekuhama zvinhu izvi. Zvino akabuda akaenda kune imwe nzvimbo.
Petro anakweza dzanja ndi kuwawuza kuti akhale chete ndipo anawafotokozera mmene Ambuye anamutulutsira mʼndende. Iye anati, “Uzani Yakobo ndi abale ena za zimenezi.” Kenaka anachoka napita kumalo ena.
18 Zvino kwakati kwaedza, bongozozo risati riri diki rikavapo pakati pemauto, kuti chii chakawira Petro.
Pamene kunacha kunali phokoso lalikulu pakati pa asilikali, iwo anafunsa kuti, “Kodi chamuchitikira Petro ndi chiyani?”
19 Zvino Herodhe wakati amutsvaka akasamuwana, wakabvunzisisa varindi, akaraira kuti vabviswe. Zvino akabva Judhiya akaburukira Kesariya akagarako.
Herode atamufunafuna ndipo wosamupeza, anawafunsa asilikali ndipo analamulira kuti asilikaliwo aphedwe. Kenaka Herode anachoka ku Yudeya ndi kupita ku Kaisareya ndipo anakhala kumeneko kwa kanthawi
20 Zvino Herodhe wakatsamwira zvikuru veTire neVaSidhoni; asi vakauya kwaari nemoyo umwe, vakashamwaridzana naBhurasto mutariri weimba yekurara yamambo, vakakumbira rugare, nokuti nyika yavo yaipiwa kudya nenyika yamambo.
Herode anakwiyira anthu a ku Turo ndi Sidoni; anthuwo anagwirizana zoti akambirane naye. Atapeza thandizo kuchokera kwa Blasito, wantchito wokhulupirika wa mfumu, anapempha kuti pakhale mtendere, chifukwa dziko lawo limadalira dziko la mfumuyo pa chakudya chawo.
21 Zvino nezuva rakatarwa Herodhe wakapfeka nguvo dzeumambo, akagara pachigaro chekutonga, akaita nhaurwa kwavari.
Pa tsiku limene anasankha Herode, atavala zovala zake zaufumu, anakhala pa mpando wake ndipo anayankhula kwa anthuwo.
22 Vanhu ndokudanidzira vachiti: Inzwi raMwari, uye kwete remunhu.
Anthuwo anafuwula nati, “Amenewa ndi mawu a mulungu osati a munthu ayi.”
23 Zvino pakarepo mutumwa waIshe wakamurova, nokuti haana kupa Mwari rukudzo; ndokudyiwa nehonye, akapera.
Nthawi yomweyo mngelo wa Mulungu anamukantha chifukwa sanapereke ulemu kwa Mulungu ndipo anadyedwa ndi mphutsi nafa.
24 Asi shoko raMwari rakakura rikawanda.
Koma Mawu a Mulungu anapitirirabe kufalikirafalikira.
25 Zvino Bhanabhasi naSauro vakadzoka vachibva kuJerusarema, vapedzisa basa, vakaenda naJohwaniwo wainzi Mariko.
Barnaba ndi Saulo atamaliza ntchito yawo anachoka ku Yerusalemu, atatenga Yohane wotchedwanso Marko.
