Ntendo nia itumi 23:14-22

¹⁴akalongola ku akulu a akuhani ni anyampala nu kuligitya, “Ki ika akola mu kizumi kikulu, kuleke kulya kihi kupikiila kamubulaga uPaulo.

¹⁵Iti gwa itungili, ianza limutambuile u mukomoli nu mukulu wamulete kitalanyu, anga kina mukulamula usemelwa nuakwe ku uziza. Kitaitu usese kukoli kihambile kumubulaga ze wakili kupika apa.”

¹⁶Kuiti ung'wana nua muluna musungu wang'wa Paulo wakija kina likoli isui, akalongola akingila mukati i itando nu kumutambuila uPaulo.

¹⁷uPaulo akamitanga u akida ung'wi akaligotya, “Muhole u muhumba uyu kung'wa mukomoli; ku nsoko ukete lukani nula kumutambuila.”

¹⁸Uugwa u akida akamuhola u muhumba uyo akamutwala kung'wa mukomoli nu mukulu akamutambuila, “uPaulo u mutungwa uyo aza unintangile wandagiilya nukuletele u muhumba uyu kitalako. Ukete lukani nula ku utambuila.”

¹⁹uMukomoli uyo nu mukulu akamuamba ku mukono akibagula nu ng'wenso ku mpelo, nu kumukolya, “Ingi kintu kii nuloilwe kuntambuila?”

²⁰Umuhumba uyu akaligitya, “Ayahudi igombilye ku ulompa umulete uPaulo mudau mi ianza anga kina aloilwe kulija nkani niakwe ku uziza ikilo.

²¹Uugwa u ewe uleke kugomba ku ndogoelyo antu makumi anne ikilo akumutungila. Itungile ku kizumi, aleke ga nu kulya ang'wi kung'wa kupikiila ni ikamubulaga. Ga ni itungili akoli akondaniie, aze alindiie ugombigwa puma kitalako.”

²²Uugwa umukomoli uyo nu mukulu akamuleka u muhumba walongole yakwe, ze yakilaa kumulagiilya “waleke kumuila muntu wihi nia kina wamuganuila aya.”