Ebikolwa by'Abatume 17
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Okutabanguka mu Thessalonika
1Baatambula, baabita mu Anfipoli ni mu Apollonia, baatuuka e Thessalonika eyali sinagoga ey'Abayudaaya. 2Agho ng'empisa ya Paulo bwe yali, yaaja mu sinagoga. Yaamala Sabbato isatu ng'akubagania ebidhuubo n'abantu okuva mu Byaghandiikibwa. 3Yainhonholanga era yaalaga nga Kurisito bwe yali ateekwa okudaazibwadaazibwa era n'okuzuukira. Era yaabakoba ati: “Yesu ono ye mbakobera, ni Kurisito.” 4Abandi ku abo baikiriza, beeyimba ku Paulo ni Sila n'Abagureki kamaala abatya Katonda, n'abakazi kamaala ab'ekitiisa boona baabeeyimbaku.
5Aye Abayudaaya ensaalwa yaabagema, baasoloza abantu ababi abaali mu kiya. Abantu abo baatabangula ekibuga, baalumba enhumba ya Yasoni nga baagala Paulo ni Sila babaleete y'abantu. 6Era bwebataababona, baakwekwebya Yasoni n'aboluganda abandi baabatwala y'abalamuzi nga bwe baasiikana bati: “Abantu bano abaleeta ebizibu woonawoona, baidhie ni ghano, 7era ni Yasoni yaabasangaalira. Boonaboona bali kudheemera amateeka ga Kaisari nga bakoba bati, ‘Ghaligho kyabazinga owundi ayetebwa Yesu.’ ” 8Ekiyindi ky'abantu kyonakyona ghalala n'abakulu b'ekibuga, bwe baawulira ebyo, beegugunga. 9Yasoni ni baine nga bamaze okweyimirirwa, baabalekula.
Paulo ni Sila mu Beroa
10Amangu ng'obwire buzibye, aboluganda baasindika Paulo ni Sila e Beroa. Bwe baatuuka eyo baaja mu sinagoga ey'Abayudaaya. 11Abayudaaya baayo baali bakalamu okusinga ab'e Thessalonika, kuba baayangugha okwikiriza ekibono kya Katonda. Era buliidho nga beekebeedha Ebyaghandiikibwa okubona oba nga bityo bwe biri. 12Kale ni kamaala ku abo baikiriza, abakazi Abagureki ab'ekitiisa n'abasaadha kamaala boona baikiriza. 13Aye Abayudaaya ab'e Thessalonika bwe baawulira nga Paulo yakobera ab'e Beroa ekibono kya Katonda, baaja eyo yoona era baatoolera okusiikuula n'okudhagalaza abantu. 14Mangu ago aboluganda baagheereza Paulo ku nhandha, aye Sila ni Timotheo baasigala. 15Abo abaagherekeraku Paulo baamutuusa mu Athene. Era bwe yamala okubalagiriza okukoba Sila ni Timotheo okuja y'ali amangu, bairayo.
Paulo mu Athene
16Agho Paulo bwe yali mu Athene ng'ateegerera Sila ni Timotheo, omwoyo gwe gwamuluma olw'okubona nga ekibuga kiidhwire ebisinzibwa ebitali Katonda. 17Kale yaatakananga n'Abayudaaya, n'abantu abandi abata mu Katonda ekitiisa, era buliidho yaatakananga n'abantu abaalinga baidhie mu kiya.
18Abandi ku bakabwidhibwidhi abeetebwa Abepikuro n'Abasitoiki boona baatakana naye. Abandi baakoba bati: “Ono alabankana naki?” Abandi baakoba bati: “Ali oti ayegeresa ku bakatonda ba maghanga gandi.” Kuba yali ayegeresa ku Yesu n'okuzuukira. 19Agho baamugemaku baamutwala mu Areopago, ekisenge eky'olwekobaano, baamukoba bati: “Tukobere ku kwegeresa kuno okuyaaka kw'oyogeraku, 20kuba ghaligho by'oli kwogeraku bye tutawulirangaku, kale twenda tubitegeere.” 21Kuba abantu abaabanga mu Athene, abatyamye n'abatali batyamye, baamalanga ebiseera byaibwe byonabyona mu kwogera na kuwulirisa biyaaka.
22Agho Paulo yaayemerera mu Areopago, ekisenge eky'olwekobaano, yaakoba ati: “Abasaadha ab'e Athene, mbona nga mwenda inho okusinza 23kuba bwe mbaire nga ntambulatambula mu kibuga kyaimwe, naabona ebintu bye musinza era naayagaana alutaari eyaghandiikibwaku eti, ‘Ya katonda atamanhiibwa.’ Oyo ye musinza nga timumwidhi, n'oyo nze ye mbakobera. 24Katonda eyakola ensi n'ebigirimu byonabyona, oyo ni Musengwa w'eigulu n'ensi era oyo taba mu masabo gazimbibwa bantu.#1 Bakyab 8:27; Isa 42:5; Bik 7:48 25Era oyo ghazira kye yeetaaga bantu kumukolera, kuba oyo n'abagha obulamu na buli kintu. 26Mu muntu omulala Katonda ye yatonda, n'omwava amaghanga goonagoona ag'abantu agabunia ensi. Yasooka okubateeragho ebiseera ebigere, n'ensalo edh'ebifo mwe banaabanga. 27Olwo bamwagale nga bali n'eisuubi ery'okumubona, waire nga tali ghala na kiisi mulala ku ife 28kuba,
‘Ku lulwe tuba balamu, tutambula era tubaagho.’
Era nga ku bandi abayesa endheso dhaimwe bwe bakoba bati:
‘Tuli izaire lye lyene.’
29Agho ni nga bwe tuli eizaire lya Katonda, titugwaine kudhuuba tuti Katonda afaanana ebintu ebikolebwa mu zaabu, oba mu feeza, oba mu mabaale, mu magezi ni mu kutetenkania kw'abantu. 30Katonda tiyafanga ku ebyo abantu bye baakolanga olw'obutamanha bwaibwe, aye mperaano alagira abantu boonaboona ghe bali, beenenie 31kuba yataagho olunaku, lw'aja okusaliraku ensi yoonayoona omusango mu mazima ng'abita mu muntu ye yalonda, era kino yakikakasa abantu boonaboona bwe yazuukiza omuntu oyo.”
32Bwe baawulira Paulo ng'ayogera ku kuzuukira abandi baamusekerera aye abandi baakoba bati: “Olitukoberaku kino kabiri olundi.” 33Agho Paulo yaava ghe baali yaaja. 34Aye abasaadha abandi baamweyimbaku baikiriza, mu bano mwalimu Dionusio Omwareopago era n'omukazi Damari era ghalala n'abandi abaali nabo.
Baibuli Ekibono kya Katonda © The Bible Society of Uganda, 2014
Ebikolwa by'Abatume 17
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Okutabanguka mu Thessalonika
1Baatambula, baabita mu Anfipoli ni mu Apollonia, baatuuka e Thessalonika eyali sinagoga ey'Abayudaaya. 2Agho ng'empisa ya Paulo bwe yali, yaaja mu sinagoga. Yaamala Sabbato isatu ng'akubagania ebidhuubo n'abantu okuva mu Byaghandiikibwa. 3Yainhonholanga era yaalaga nga Kurisito bwe yali ateekwa okudaazibwadaazibwa era n'okuzuukira. Era yaabakoba ati: “Yesu ono ye mbakobera, ni Kurisito.” 4Abandi ku abo baikiriza, beeyimba ku Paulo ni Sila n'Abagureki kamaala abatya Katonda, n'abakazi kamaala ab'ekitiisa boona baabeeyimbaku.
5Aye Abayudaaya ensaalwa yaabagema, baasoloza abantu ababi abaali mu kiya. Abantu abo baatabangula ekibuga, baalumba enhumba ya Yasoni nga baagala Paulo ni Sila babaleete y'abantu. 6Era bwebataababona, baakwekwebya Yasoni n'aboluganda abandi baabatwala y'abalamuzi nga bwe baasiikana bati: “Abantu bano abaleeta ebizibu woonawoona, baidhie ni ghano, 7era ni Yasoni yaabasangaalira. Boonaboona bali kudheemera amateeka ga Kaisari nga bakoba bati, ‘Ghaligho kyabazinga owundi ayetebwa Yesu.’ ” 8Ekiyindi ky'abantu kyonakyona ghalala n'abakulu b'ekibuga, bwe baawulira ebyo, beegugunga. 9Yasoni ni baine nga bamaze okweyimirirwa, baabalekula.
Paulo ni Sila mu Beroa
10Amangu ng'obwire buzibye, aboluganda baasindika Paulo ni Sila e Beroa. Bwe baatuuka eyo baaja mu sinagoga ey'Abayudaaya. 11Abayudaaya baayo baali bakalamu okusinga ab'e Thessalonika, kuba baayangugha okwikiriza ekibono kya Katonda. Era buliidho nga beekebeedha Ebyaghandiikibwa okubona oba nga bityo bwe biri. 12Kale ni kamaala ku abo baikiriza, abakazi Abagureki ab'ekitiisa n'abasaadha kamaala boona baikiriza. 13Aye Abayudaaya ab'e Thessalonika bwe baawulira nga Paulo yakobera ab'e Beroa ekibono kya Katonda, baaja eyo yoona era baatoolera okusiikuula n'okudhagalaza abantu. 14Mangu ago aboluganda baagheereza Paulo ku nhandha, aye Sila ni Timotheo baasigala. 15Abo abaagherekeraku Paulo baamutuusa mu Athene. Era bwe yamala okubalagiriza okukoba Sila ni Timotheo okuja y'ali amangu, bairayo.
Paulo mu Athene
16Agho Paulo bwe yali mu Athene ng'ateegerera Sila ni Timotheo, omwoyo gwe gwamuluma olw'okubona nga ekibuga kiidhwire ebisinzibwa ebitali Katonda. 17Kale yaatakananga n'Abayudaaya, n'abantu abandi abata mu Katonda ekitiisa, era buliidho yaatakananga n'abantu abaalinga baidhie mu kiya.
18Abandi ku bakabwidhibwidhi abeetebwa Abepikuro n'Abasitoiki boona baatakana naye. Abandi baakoba bati: “Ono alabankana naki?” Abandi baakoba bati: “Ali oti ayegeresa ku bakatonda ba maghanga gandi.” Kuba yali ayegeresa ku Yesu n'okuzuukira. 19Agho baamugemaku baamutwala mu Areopago, ekisenge eky'olwekobaano, baamukoba bati: “Tukobere ku kwegeresa kuno okuyaaka kw'oyogeraku, 20kuba ghaligho by'oli kwogeraku bye tutawulirangaku, kale twenda tubitegeere.” 21Kuba abantu abaabanga mu Athene, abatyamye n'abatali batyamye, baamalanga ebiseera byaibwe byonabyona mu kwogera na kuwulirisa biyaaka.
22Agho Paulo yaayemerera mu Areopago, ekisenge eky'olwekobaano, yaakoba ati: “Abasaadha ab'e Athene, mbona nga mwenda inho okusinza 23kuba bwe mbaire nga ntambulatambula mu kibuga kyaimwe, naabona ebintu bye musinza era naayagaana alutaari eyaghandiikibwaku eti, ‘Ya katonda atamanhiibwa.’ Oyo ye musinza nga timumwidhi, n'oyo nze ye mbakobera. 24Katonda eyakola ensi n'ebigirimu byonabyona, oyo ni Musengwa w'eigulu n'ensi era oyo taba mu masabo gazimbibwa bantu.#1 Bakyab 8:27; Isa 42:5; Bik 7:48 25Era oyo ghazira kye yeetaaga bantu kumukolera, kuba oyo n'abagha obulamu na buli kintu. 26Mu muntu omulala Katonda ye yatonda, n'omwava amaghanga goonagoona ag'abantu agabunia ensi. Yasooka okubateeragho ebiseera ebigere, n'ensalo edh'ebifo mwe banaabanga. 27Olwo bamwagale nga bali n'eisuubi ery'okumubona, waire nga tali ghala na kiisi mulala ku ife 28kuba,
‘Ku lulwe tuba balamu, tutambula era tubaagho.’
Era nga ku bandi abayesa endheso dhaimwe bwe bakoba bati:
‘Tuli izaire lye lyene.’
29Agho ni nga bwe tuli eizaire lya Katonda, titugwaine kudhuuba tuti Katonda afaanana ebintu ebikolebwa mu zaabu, oba mu feeza, oba mu mabaale, mu magezi ni mu kutetenkania kw'abantu. 30Katonda tiyafanga ku ebyo abantu bye baakolanga olw'obutamanha bwaibwe, aye mperaano alagira abantu boonaboona ghe bali, beenenie 31kuba yataagho olunaku, lw'aja okusaliraku ensi yoonayoona omusango mu mazima ng'abita mu muntu ye yalonda, era kino yakikakasa abantu boonaboona bwe yazuukiza omuntu oyo.”
32Bwe baawulira Paulo ng'ayogera ku kuzuukira abandi baamusekerera aye abandi baakoba bati: “Olitukoberaku kino kabiri olundi.” 33Agho Paulo yaava ghe baali yaaja. 34Aye abasaadha abandi baamweyimbaku baikiriza, mu bano mwalimu Dionusio Omwareopago era n'omukazi Damari era ghalala n'abandi abaali nabo.
Baibuli Ekibono kya Katonda © The Bible Society of Uganda, 2014