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27 Nunku pakangatabu dipangadika bua tuetu kuangata mazuwa kuya ku Itali,+ bakafila Paulo ne bena buloko bakuabu mu bianza bia mfumu wa basalayi mukuabu wa mu tshisumbu tshia basalayi ba Augusto, diende Yulio. 2 Tuakabuela mu mazuwa avua afuma ku Adulamutiona akavua pa kuya mu malobo a mu provense wa Asia avua ku muelelu kua mbuu, tuetu kuasa luendu; Alistâko+ muena Makedonia wa ku Tesalonike uvua netu. 3 Dituku diakalonda tuakafika ku Sidona; Yulio wakenzela Paulo malu ne bulenga,* kumuanyishilaye bua kuya kudi balunda bende ne bua kupeta diambuluisha kudibu.
4 Tuakumbukaku, tuetu kunyemena pabuipi ne Kupulio, bualu tshipepele tshivua tshilua tshitangile kutudi. 5 Pashishe tuakapitshila munkatshi mua mbuu kumpenga kua Kilikia ne Pampulia, tuetu kuimana ku dilobo dia Mula mu Lukia. 6 Kuoku aku mfumu wa basalayi wakapeta mazuwa avua afumina ku Alesandelia matangile ku Itali, yeye kutubandishamu. 7 Pashishe, tuetu bamane kuenda bitekete bitekete munkatshi mua ndambu wa matuku, tuakafika ku Kinido ne lutatu. Bu muvua tshipepele tshitupangishe bua kuya kumpala, tuakanyemena pabuipi ne Kulete ku Salamone. 8 Tuakayila ku muelelu kua mbuu ne lutatu lua bungi, tuetu kufika muaba mukuabu uvuabu babikila ne: Malobo Mimpe, pabuipi ne tshimenga tshia Lasaya.
9 Matuku a bungi akapita ne mpindieu kuendela pa mbuu kukavua ne njiwu, bualu nansha tshijila tshia biakudia tshia Dituku dia Dibuikila dia mpekatu+ tshikavua tshimane kupita, ke Paulo kufilaye lungenyi, 10 kubambilaye ne: “Balumiana, ndi mumone ne: luendu elu neluikale lua njiwu ne dijimija dinene, kabiyi anu bua mazuwa ne bujitu budimu, kadi ne bua mioyo* yetu kabidi.” 11 Kadi mfumu wa basalayi wakateleja muendeshi wa mazuwa ne muena mazuwa pamutu pa kuteleja tshivua Paulo wamba. 12 Bu muvua dilobo kadiyi dikumbane bua bantu kushalamu mu muvu wa mashika makole,* ba bungi bakafila lungenyi bua kumbukamu, bua kumona ni bavua mua kufika ku Foinike, dilobo dia mu Kulete didi ditangile ku nord lua ku est ne ku sud lua ku est bua kupitshishilaku muvu wa mashika makole.*
13 Pakabanga lupepele lua ku sud kututa bitekete bitekete, bakela meji ne: kipatshila kabu kavua kakumbane, ke bobu kubandisha luongo, kutuadijabu kuyila kumpenga kua Kulete pabuipi ne ku muelelu kua mbuu. 14 Kadi mutantshi mukese pashishe, tshipepele tshikole tshivuabu babikila ne: Elakulo* tshiakaditutamu. 15 Bu muvuatshi tshidikuma ku mazuwa ne bukole bua bungi kakuyi mushindu wa kushala baludikile mutu wa mazuwa luseke luvua tshipepele, tuakadilekelela ku tshipepele, tuetu kupueka ne mâyi. 16 Pashishe tuakanyemena pabuipi ne tshidiila* tshikese tshivuabu babikila ne: Kauda, kadi nansha nanku bivua bikole menemene bua kupeta buatu bukese* buvua ku tshitaku tshia mazuwa bua kushala babulame. 17 Kadi tuetu bamane kububandisha mu mazuwa, bakatuadija kusuika mazuwa ne mionji minene; bu muvuabu batshina bua kujama mu Suti,* bakapuekesha mionji ne mitshi bivua bikuatshisha tshilamba tshia mazuwa, ke tuetu kupueka ne mâyi. 18 Bu muvua tshipepele tshikole tshitukupa eku ne eku pa mâyi, dituku diakalonda bakatuadija kukepesha bujitu buvua mu mazuwa. 19 Pashishe dituku disatu, bakimansha bintu bia mudimu bivua mu mazuwa ne bianza biabu nkayabu.
20 Bu muvuaku kupite matuku a bungi dîba ne mitoto kabiyi bipatuke, eku tshipepele tshikole* tshikale anu tshitukuma, ndekelu wa bionso tuakabanga kujimija ditekemena dituvua nadi dia kupanda. 21 Bu mukavuabu benze matuku a bungi kabayi badie, Paulo wakimana munkatshi muabu, kuambaye ne: “Balumiana, bu nuenu balonde mubelu wanyi wa kubenga kumbuka ku Kulete, bintu kabivua mua kunyanguka ne kujimina nunku to.+ 22 Tshidibi, ndi nnulomba mpindieu bua nuikale ne muoyo mukole, bualu muntu* nansha umue wa munkatshi muenu kakujimina to, anu mazuwa nkayawu ke ajimina. 23 Butuku ebu, muanjelu+ wa Nzambi wanyi undi ngenzela mudimu wa tshijila uvua muimane ku luseke luanyi, 24 kuambaye ne: ‘Paulo, kutshinyi to. Udi ne bua kuimana kumpala kua Kaisa,+ ne mona, Nzambi mmukupeshe bantu bonso badi nebe mu mazuwa.’ 25 Nunku balumiana, ikalayi ne muoyo mukole; bualu ndi ngitabuja Nzambi ne: bualu nebuenzeke anu muvuabu bangambile amu. 26 Kadi nebatuele ku mukuna mu tshidiila* kampanda.”+
27 Mpindieu pavua butuku bua 14 buile, ne bu muvuabu benda batukupa eku ne eku pa mbuu wa Adulia, mundankulu bendeshi ba mazuwa bakamona bu ne: bakavua benda basemena pabuipi ne buloba kampanda. 28 Bakateta bule bua mâyi, kusanganabu ne: buvua bua fatoma 20,* nunku kuyabu mutantshi mukese kutetabu kabidi, kusanganabu ne: buvua bua fatoma 15.* 29 Bu muvuabu batshina bua kukalama mu mabue, bakela luongo inayi ku tshitaku tshia mazuwa, kutuadijabu kujinga bua butuku butshie lukasa. 30 Kadi pakavua bendeshi ba mazuwa bakeba kumbuka mu mazuwa bua kunyema, bapuekesha buatu bukese mu mâyi bamba muvuabu bakeba kuela luongo mikuabu ku mutu kua mazuwa, 31 Paulo wakambila mfumu wa basalayi ne basalayi ne: “Bantu aba bobu kabayi bashale mu mazuwa, kanuena nupanda to.”+ 32 Ke basalayi kukosa mionji ya buatu bukese, kubulekelabu bukuluka mu mâyi.
33 Mpindieu pakavuabu pa kutshia, Paulo wakabakankamija bonso bua kudia ndambu wa biakudia wamba ne: “Lelu ndituku dia 14 dinudi anu nuindila nusamisha meji, ne kanuena badie kantu nansha kamue. 34 Nunku ndi nnukankamija bua kudiaku ndambu wa biakudia; enzayi nunku bua diakalenga dienu, bualu lusuki nansha lumue lua ku mutu kua yonso wa kunudi kaluakujimina to.” 35 Yeye mumane kuamba nanku, wakangata diampa, kusakidilaye Nzambi kumpala kuabu bonso, kuditshibulaye ne kutuadijaye kudia. 36 Nunku bantu bonso bakakola ku muoyo, kutuadijabu pabu kudia. 37 Tuetu bonso bavua mu mazuwa tuvua bantu* 276. 38 Pakadiabu ndambu wa biakudia, bobu kukuta, bakimansha ntete ya blé mu mbuu bua kupepeja mazuwa.+
39 Pakatshiabu, kabavua bamanye buloba abu to,+ kadi bakamona tshinkonya tshikuabu tshikale ne lusenga ku muelelu, bobu kudisuika bua kutudilaku ne mazuwa koku mushindu wa kuenza nanku. 40 Nunku bakakosa luongo, kuyilekelelabu mu mbuu, eku benda basulula mionji ya ku nkaya;* bobu bamane kubandisha tshilamba tshia ku mutu kua mazuwa bua kukuata lupepele, bakaya batangile ku muelelu kua mâyi. 41 Pakafikabu muaba uvua lusenga lua bungi mu mâyi, mazuwa akadituta mu lusenga, mutu kujamawu mu lusenga kawuyi unyunga, kadi mavuala akabanga kudikuma ku tshitaku bikole menemene, tshiotshi kukoseka bitupa bitupa.+ 42 Ke basalayi kuangatabu dipangadika dia kushipa bena buloko bonso bua nansha umue wabu kowedi bua kunyema to. 43 Kadi mfumu wa basalayi uvua mudisuike bua kupandisha Paulo, ke yeye kubapangisha bua kuenza tshivuabu balongolole bua kuenza. Wakatumina bantu bavua bamanye kuowela dîyi bua badiele mu mâyi ne badianjile ku mukuna, 44 kadi bakuabu bavua ne bua kulonda, bamue pa mabaya, bakuabu pa bitupa bia mazuwa. Nunku bantu bonso bakafika ku mukuna kakuyi bualu.+