¹ Penka baishile ali Kukolinda , Paulo kapita mufyalo fya patali ili aishile kumushi wabena Efenso , nokusanga umutumwa kulya . ² Paulo kalabila kuli nbo , '' Mwalipokelele Umupashi uswetele ili mwa sumine ?'' Kabalabila ye , '' Yo -o , tatunga fwapo pa Mupashi u-uswetele .'' ³ Paulo kalabila , '' Mba nimundo mwabatishiwe?'' kabasuka . '' Mulubatisho lya kwa Yowani.'' ⁴ Ili Paulo kabasuka , '' Yowane alubutisha nolubatisho lwakulapila . Kabeba bantu kusumina muli yo . wulukwisa panuma yangi , kwebati , muli Yesu .'' ⁵ Ili abantu ba kyufwile , bali batiwe mwishina lya ba Shikulu Yesu . ⁶ Penka ili paulo abika amaboko palimbo , Umupashi U-uswetele kaisa alishile pali mbo kabili kabalabila mundimi shilekene. No kwaula , mulimbo bali ikumi na babili, abalalume . ⁷ Muli fyonse ba ikumi na babili. ⁸ Paulo kaya mukwingila mumashinagoge no kalabilo mukosa pa myenshi itatu , mukufwana no kusambilisha pabufumu bwa kwa Lesa . ⁹ Pano bamo ba Yuda kabakosa no kubalaukufwa , kaba tatika kabalabila ububi elyotabungafika kumabumba . Penka Paulo ali bashile no kumpinta abambile bakwa , nakuba mumilanguluko naba inshiku shonse mukaci kan'anda yamasabilisha Tylannus . ¹⁰ Kaba twalila pa myaka ibili , kweba bonse obekashi mu Aeasha bengofwa ikyebo kya Lesa , monse mu Yuda namu ba Kiliki. ¹¹ Bashikulu balikita ifipinsho ifikililepo kumu mbo yakwa Paulo, ¹² ne ngaba ati umuswala tutambala ifya mulikata fya twele kubalwele no balwele kubushila nemipushi kaifuma mulibo. ¹³ Kabili kwaliba Yundeya ing'anga abalepita kupusha . Peka kabeta peshina lya ba Lesa ba Shikulu . Pakuti bakwate amakosa ukufumya imipashi ili balabila , ''Pali Yesu uyo Paulo alishimikile , namikabisheni ukufuma . '' ¹⁴ Umu Yuda mupapatishi , uweshina lya Secva , ali nabana balalume busamu nababili abalikita ifi. ¹⁵ Peka umupashi wakubipa kamwasuka , ''Yesu na jimwishi ; na Paulo jimwishi ; lomba newembo nani ? '' ¹⁶ Peka umupashi wakubipa mumuntu ka fukukila pang'anga nokukifya kabili noku bapuma . Lomba kafuma pa pan'anda ubwamba no kulisomesha . ¹⁷ Kishibanikwa kuli bonse , aba Yunda naba Giliki , nabo abekala mu Efeso . Peka belibele nomwenso , neshina lya Shikulu kalikindikwa . ¹⁸ Kabili , nabengi abaitabile kabesa nakulapila no kupona ubibwanbo pafyakufya fyonse ifibi bakitile . ¹⁹ Abengi abalekita bun'anga kabalenta ama buku no kuyokya kumenso yabantu bonse . Ili bapendele fyonse pamo , fyali imwanda makumi yasano fipifwa fya Siliva . ²⁰ Ne shiwi lya ba Shikulu kalisalangana monse namakosa mushilaishingi . ²¹ Peka panuma Paulo ashilishe umulimo ( kutulisha mu Efeso , kakabili mu mupashi kupita ku Macedonia na Achaica mulendo lwakwe uku yetu saleni ; kalabila ati , '' Panuma yakuba kwenka , fwile kabili ukumona Loma .'' ²² Paulo katuma ku Mecedonya abantu babili pali bambo abalukumumbela , Timoti , na Elasitusi . Pakuti umwe kaikala mu Asya pakapindi kanini . ²³ Panuma yapindi takwalipo neli lukatansho mu Efenso namulandu washila . ²⁴ Naubi siwasimifi ushina neshina lya demestilishi , uwa pangile uwapangile kibubwa siliva bwino mu Artemiskaleta ifya bunoshi bwakabasa . ²⁵ Peka ka bakolonganika ababonfi abamulimo ulya no kalabila ati , '' Mwebalalume , mwaishiba kwebati muli ubusulushi tulapangilamo indalama inshingi . ²⁶ Mulamona nakufwa ati , talifye mu Epeso , lomba monse umupelele umushi wa Asya , uyu Paulo asabilisha abantu abengi nokwalula abantu abengi . Ali kulabila ba Lesa bakububwa namamboko talini ba Lesa . ²⁷ Tepalifyo pali ubulemo mumulimo wesu ya buliba yaba lukosa , lomba pakuti itenpele ilya kwa Lesa umukulu umwanakashi Artimes awabonikele ati , '' Akubula imilimo , no kutumbalala kwa kwe kwaba ukwalukoso . Nabonse abama Asya ne kyalo kyonse obalukupupa .'' ²⁸ Ili baufwile ifi , balishishiwe nabukali no kulilisha , nokulabila , '' Umukulu Atemis Artemis yakubena Efenso .'' ²⁹ Umushi onse waliswile nekifulunganya , nabantu kabaya nelungalishi limo kulubasa kwa kwangalila . Nabantu ba kwa Paulo bali bekete , Gaius na Aristarchus , uwafumine ku Mesadonya . ³⁰ Paulo alifwaile ukwingila mwibumba lya buntu , peka abasambi balimukenye . ³¹ Kubikapo , nabukulu mumunshi wa Asya abili abanakwe kabatuma mashiwi yakumupapatila ye . Kubula kuingila mulubasa . ³² Bamo abantu bakukulabila , pakuti kimo , nalabila palikibi , pakuti ibumba lyali mukufulunganya , nabengi tabaishile ikibaishile pamo . ³³ Bamo mwibumba kambafwa Alekizandala , uyo aba Yunda balukutanaishako . Peka Alekizandala kusontwa no kuboko kwakwe , alukufwaya kukingilila ibumba . ³⁴ Peka baishibile ati mu Yunda , bonse ka bilika papindi shibili neshiwi limo , kulabila , ati , '' Umukulu u-umwanakashi ( Artenisi ) wa ku Efenso . '' ³⁵ Ili mulembeshi uwamushi kashibikishapo ibumba , kalabila , '' Mwe balalume ba mu Efeso , mbanindo muntu uyuteshibile umushi wa Etense nikalama uwetenpele lyakwa Lesa umukulu Antemisi , nekipansho ukyuponene ukufuma mwiulu ? ³⁶ Nokukeketa ati ifi tafikanishiwepo , lomba ikaleni celele nobulakitanelikimo bwangu . ³⁷ Pakuti mwaleta aba bantu kukilya abali pabi tupondo twepepele nangu nibabo aba nangunibambo abakutufya balesa . ³⁸ Pakuti , bakabasa naba mushili ubo alinabo kaba mushinina kuli onse , ikilyakya isulwa nabasabishi , lekeni balishinine . ³⁹ Nga mwafwaya ikilwe kyonse pamilundu ibi , kikekalilwa po pakapindi ibi . ⁴⁰ Ikine pakuti palifi tulimubulemo bwakupelwa umulandu kulingana mubushiku bwalelo . Kabili tatwakonshe kulondolola .'' ⁴¹ Ili apwisha ukulabila ifi , ka Salanganya ikilye .