2 Pesi ba Juda bakatalikuswilila bakanyongania mizeezo yamasi akubachita kuti banyemena bakwabo.
3 Abobo bakakkala nkuko kwachindi chilamfu, kabawambula ijwi lya Lezaachaamba kabali anguzu zya Leza, kali kubapa bukamboni bwamakani aluzyalo lwakwe. Wakachita echi akubapa zitondezyo azigambyo mukwindila mumaboko a Pawulu a Bbanabbasi.
4 Pesi bantu bamunzi bakaanzana; bamwi bakayaama kuba Juda, pesi bamwi kuba tumwa.
5 Antomwe bamasi aba Juda ( antomwe abazulwidi babo) bakeezya kutabajata obotu akubatulula mabwe,
6 pesi mbubakachibona eechi, bakachijila kumadolopo a Likkoniya amyunzi yaku Lisitiya a Debbe abusena buzyungulukide,
7 oko nkubakayinkilila anembo akukwambula makani mabotu.
8 Ku Lisitiya kwakali mwalumi wakakkede aansi, katakwe nguuzu kumawulu akwe, kali mulema kuzwa kukuzyalwa mwida lyabanyina, takwepe nakeendede.
9 Oyu mwalumi wakamvwa Pawulu kawambula. Pawulu wakamulangisisya aboobo wakabona kuti uli aalusyomo lwakuti ukonzya kuponesegwa.
10 Mpawo wakati kulinguwe ajwi pati, “yimikila amawulu ako.” Mpawo oyu mwalumi wakasotoka wendeenda.
11 Lino makamu makamu abantu nakabona Pawulu nzyakachita, bakoompolola, amajwi aabo, muchambuuzyo chaku Likkoniya, “Ba leza baza mbuli muntu mpawo baza kulindiswe.”
12 Eelyo Bbanabbasi bakamuzika izina lyakuti ngu “Zewusi,” alimwi Pawulu bakamuti ngu “Hemesi,” nkambo nguwe wakali mukambawusi mupati.
13 Mupayizi waku Zewusi, wakali aa chikombelo chakali aanze amunzi, wakayeta musune atununkilizyo kumilyango; lwakwe amakamu makamu balikuyanda kupayila.
