¹ Ilyashi lya kunuma nalembele, Theophilus, kalabila fyonse ifi Yesu atampile ulucita no kusambisha, ² Mpaka akasuba ukalya ako apintilwe kwi ulu ulo apele amalamulo ukupila mumupashi washila ku batumwa abo asalile. ³ Ulo aculile kalanga umwine uwamweo kukli bo ne fyakushinikisha ifingi. Panshiku amakumi yane kabonekela kuli bo no ku labila pa bufumu bwa ku Lesa. ⁴ Ulo alikukumana pamo nba , ali ba konkobeshe ukukana fuma mu Yerusalemu, nomba ukolelela uku laya kwa ku ba Ta, pali nco alabile, ''mwalyumfwilwe kuli ne. ⁵ Ati Yoani mukwebeshe abatishe na menshi, nomba mwala ku batishi mu mupashi washila munshiku ishinini.'' ⁶ Ulo babungena pamo kaba mwipusha, ''we mfumu bushe enji shita waku bwelesha umusumba kuli Israeli?'' ⁷ Alabile kuli b, '' Tecenupo ukwishiba nshita nangula ukupilibuka kwa micele iyo bata batantika ku maka yabo. ⁸ Nomba mwakupokulela amaka ulo mu pashwe wa shila alisa pali mwe, elo mwakuba mbonse mu Yudeyo na samaliya, naku mpela shonse isha pano nshi.'' ⁹ Ulo mfumu Yesu alabile mfi fintu fyonse ulo ba punamine kwi ulu kamishiwa kwi ulu, ne kumbi kali mfisa ukufuma ku menso abo. ¹⁰ Ulo babunamine mukushikimika kwi ulu acili akoya mukupumisha, abalalume, babili kabemina pali bo mu fyakufya ifi tubile. ¹¹ Kabalabila, ''mwe balalume ba mu Galileya, nindi mwe mwimininine mpa mupunami ne mwi ulu? uyo Yesu uwa pintwa kwi ulu ukufuma pali mwe ukya mwi ulu aku bwela fyenka ifiluya uwo mwamu bona akoya kwi ulu.'' ¹² Elom bakwelele ku Yerusalemu ukufuma kulupili ulwitwa Olivet, ulwaba pepi ku Yelusalemu, ulwendo lwa pe sabata umo. ¹³ Ulo bafikile baile pa cipinda capeulu, apo ba lukwikala. Bali Peteo, Yaoni, Njimushi, Andeleya, Filipo, Tona Batolomweo, Njemushi mwana mwaume waku alufeyo, Simoni mwina Sicoti, na Tudas mwana Njemushi, ¹⁴ Bonse bali abakuipela no mulimo umo wa kupepa, pamo na banakashi na malia nyina wa ku Yesu, na ba wakwe abalalume. ¹⁵ Muli nshilya nshiku Petelo kaiminina pakati kaba wakwe abalalume , abafikile ku mwanda umo ba makumi yabili , no kulabila, ¹⁶ ''Bawesu cali icilingile ukwebati ilembo li fikulishewa, ukute mupashi wa washila wala bile ubela nakanwa ka ku Davidi palwa ku Yuda uwa tangilile abaikete Yesu. ¹⁷ Pakuti ali umo pali fwe no kupokelela ulubali lwa cabupe ici.'' ¹⁸ NOmba ngu muntu, ashitile ibala mu ndalama apokelele mu bushiti bwakwe na mpalya aponene ukutamilepo umuntwi no mubili wakwe kaupokeka, namala akwe kaafukumuka panse. ¹⁹ Bonse abo abalikwekala mu Yelusalemu kabomfwa pali mfi, eco kabenika lilya ibala mu mu soso wabo, ''Akeldama.'' Ukutila, ''ibala lya mulopa. ²⁰ Pakuti calilembwa mwi buku lya lwa kwa Malumbo lwekeni ibala lya kwe lipangwe icibolya Elo mul,ikapo nangu umo muntu ukwikalamo mulywa; Lekeni umbi apinte icifulu ca butungulushi bwakwe; ²¹ Cili cilingile, kanshi, ukwebati umo pa bantu uwa likuba nafwe shonse nshita mfumu Yesu alikuya mukati no ku fuma pakati kesu, ²² Ukutampila palubatisho lwa kwa ku Yoana ukushinta ku bushiku mbulya apitilwe ukufuma pali fwe, bwaisa ba mboni naifwe ukupupuluka kwakwe.'' ²³ Kababika panta abantu babili, Yosete uwitwa Basabas, nao uwainikwe Yustus na Mathias. ²⁴ Kabapepa no kulabila, ''We, mfumu, ulishinbile imitima yabonse abantu Eco so icolola nani pale mba babili eo usalile. ²⁵ Ukusenda ncende muli ince cabupe uo butumwa kufuma kufyo Yudasa afumine ko nokuya ku ncende iya kwe. ²⁶ Ulo balikuposa utupepala twakusalilapo, utwingi twaponene pali Mathias kabili apendelwe pamutumwa we kumi na umo.