Mabasa ya Apostolo
12 Pa nthawe imweyire, mambo* Herode adayamba kuboneresa wanthu winango wa m’gwere. 2 Iye adatonga kuti Tiyago m’bale wace wa Juwau, aphedwe na xipada. 3 Pomwe adawona kuti bzimwebzi bzikhadekera Adjuda, iye adatonga kuti Pedru amangidwembo. (Bzimwebzi bzidacitika pa nthawe ya Phwando la Pau Zakusaya Cakufufumisa.) 4 Iye adam’manga acimuikha m’kawoko. Ndipo pakhana mathimu manai ya acikunda omwe akhambamunyang’anira mwakupinzirana. Thimu liri-lentse, likhana acikunda anai. Ndipo Herode akhafuna kuti adzamuwonese kwa wanthu Paskwa ikadzamala. 5 Tenepo Pedru adapitiriza kukhala m’kawokomo, tsono gwere likhamupempherera kwa Mulungu, usiku na masikati.
6 Tsapano, usiku bomwe mangwana yace Herode angadatenga Pedru kuti akamuwonese kwa wanthu, Pedruyo akhagona, ndipo akhadamangidwa na makorenti mawiri, pakati pa acikunda awiri. Pa msuwo wakupitira m’kawokomo, pakhana acikunda awiri omwe akhanyang’anira kawokoyo. 7 Mwadzidzidzi, anjo wa Yahova adabwera m’kawokomo, ndipo ceza cidabvunika mkati mwentsenemo. Anjoyo adakhuya Pedru m’mbabvu ndipo iye adamuka, patsogolo pace anjoyo adamuuza kuti: “Lamuka, fulumiza.” Na tenepo, makorenti yomwe akhadam’manga nayoyo, yadagwa pantsi. 8 Anjoyo adamuuza kuti: “Konzeka ndipo bvala xango zako.” Pedruyo adacitadi bzimwebzo. Pakumalizira anjoyo adati: “Bvala cakubvala cako cakunja ndipo unditewere.” 9 Tenepo iye adacoka acimutewera, tsono akhadziwa lini kuti bzomwe bzikhacitika na anjo bzire bzikhali bzacadidi. Kulewa cadidi, iye akhawona ninga kuti akulota. 10 Adapitirira thimu lakuyamba la acikunda na thimu laciwiri, acifika pa msuwo wa simbi wakupitira mu mzinda ndipo msuwoyo udafunguka okha. Pomwe adacokapo, adafamba mu mseu pabodzi ndipo mwadzidzidzi, anjo ule adacoka acimusiya yekha. 11 Tenepo, pomwe Pedru adazindikira bzinthu bzomwe bzikhamucitikirabzo, iye adalewa kuti: “Tsapano, ndazindikira kuti Yahova watumiza anjo wace kuti adzandipulumuse m’manja mwa Herode ndipo wandipulumusambo ku bzinthu bzentse bzomwe Adjuda akhadikhirira kuti bzingadandicitikira.”
12 Pomwe iye adadziwa bzimwebzi, adayenda kumui kwa Mariya mai wace wa Juwau omwe akhadziwikambo na dzina lakuti Marko komwe wanthu azinji akhadatsonkhana kumweko acimbapemba. 13 Pomwe iye adagogodza msuwo ukulu wa kunja, mtumiki m’bodzi wacikazi wakucemeredwa Roda, adayenda kukawona kuti ni mbani omwe akhagogodza msuwoyo. 14 Pomwe adazindikira mafala ya Pedru, iye adakondwa kwene-kwene, mwakuti alibe kufungula msuwo ndipo adathamanga mkati acikauza wanthu kuti Pedru ali pa msuwo. 15 Iwo adamuuza kuti: “Iwepo ukupenga kani!” Tsono iye adapitiriza kulewa na mtima wentse kuti Pedru akhali pa msuwo. Ndipo iwo adayamba kulewa kuti: “Penu n’tenepo, ni anjo umweyo.” 16 Tsono Pedru adapitiriza basi kugogodza msuwoyo. Pomwe iwo adafungula, adamuwona ndipo adadabwa kwene-kwene. 17 Na tenepo, iye adacita cizindikiro na manja yace kuti iwo anyamale. Ndipo adawafotokozera bwino-bwino momwe Yahova adamucosera m’kawoko, aciwauza kuti: “Kamuuzeni Tiyago bzinthu bzimwebzi pabodzi na abale winango.” Na tenepo, iye adacoka aciyenda ku mbuto inango.
18 Pomwe kudacena, padawoneka phiringu pakati pa acikunda, thangwe iwo akhadziwa lini komwe Pedru akhadayenda. 19 Herode adanyang’ana Pedru kwentse-kwentse, tsono pakuti alibe kumugumana, adabvunza acikundawo mibvunzo mizinji ndipo adatonga kuti iwo apasidwe nyathwa. Patsogolo pace Herode adayenda ku Djudeya mpaka ku Sezareya ndipo adakhala kumweko tuntsiku tung’ono-ng’ono.
20 Tsapano iye akhadakalipa kwene-kwene na wanthu wa ku Tiro na wa ku Sidoni. Na tenepo, wanthu wa kumweko adayenda kuna iye na cakulinga cibodzi. Pomwe adamala kulewalewa na Balasto omwe akhanyang’anira nyumba ya mambo, iwo adalewalewambo na mambo Herode kuti akhazikise mtendere pakati pawo, thangwe cakudya cawo akhacigula mu dziko lomwe likhatongedwa na mambo Herode. 21 Ntsiku inango, Herode adabvala bzakubvala bza umambo ndipo adakhala pa mpando wace wa umambo aciyamba kulewalewa pamaso pa wanthu wentse. 22 Tenepo, wanthu omwe akhadatsonkhana pamwepowo adayamba kukuwa acimbati: “Yamweya ni mafala ya Mulungu, sikuti ya munthu.” 23 Pa nthawe ibodzi-bodziyo, anjo wa Yahova adacitisa kuti iye aduwale thangwe alibe kupereka ulemerero kwa Mulungu ndipo iye adafa mwakucita kudyedwa na nkhonye.
24 Tsono mafala ya Yahova yakhayenda yacimwazika, ndipo wanthu azinji akhayakhulupira.
25 Pomwe Barnaba na Saulo adamaliza basa lawo lakupereka thandizo ku Jeruzalemu, iwo adabwerera ku Antiyokiya ndipo adatenga Juwau omwe akhadziwikambo na dzina lakuti Marko.