OMULUMENTU omugundjuka ngoka ngoye u wete mpaka e li pamwe nomuyapostoli Paulus, oye Timoteus. Timoteus okwa kala pamwe nuukwanegumbo we muListra. Edhina lyayina oEunike nolyayinakulu oLoide.

Osho oshikando oshititatu Paulus ta talele po Listra. Konyala omvula yimwe sho ya piti po Paulus naBarnabas oyi ile oshikando shotango okutalela po mpaka pethimbo lyolweendo lwetumo. Nonga-shingeyi Paulus okwa galuka pamwe nakuume ke Silas.

Owa tseya mbela kutya Paulus ota ti shike kuTimoteus? ‘Ngoye owa hala mbela okuya pamwe nangame naSilas?’ ye ta pula. ‘Tse otatu vulu okulongitha ekwatho lyoye uuna tatu uvithile aantu yokomahala gokokule.’

‘Eeno,’ Timoteus ta yamukula, ‘ngame onda halelela okuya pamwe nane.’ Ano mbala konima yethimbo Timoteus ota thigi po uukwanegumbo we nota yi pamwe naPaulus naSilas. Ihe manga tse inaatu hokolola olweendo lwawo, natu tale tango shoka sha ningilwa Paulus pokati mpono. Odho oomvula 17 okuza sho Jesus e mu ihololele mondjila yokuDamasko.

Dhimbulukwa kutya Paulus okwa yile kuDamasko okutidhagula aalongwa yaJesus, ihe ngashingeyi oye mwene omulongwa! Konima yamwe yomaatondi ye otaa dhiladhila okudhipaga Paulus, oshoka yo kaye hole elongo lye kombinga yaJesus. Ihe aalongwa otaa kwatha Paulus a ye ontuku. Yo otaye mu tula moshimbamba notaye mu kulukithile kombanda yenkolokuma lyoshilando.

Konima Paulus ota yi a ka uvithe muAntiokia. Moka aalanduli yaJesus oyi ithanwa lwotango Aakriste. Opo nduno Paulus naBarnabas okuza muAntiokia otaa tumwa molweendo lwetumo okuya kiilongo yokokule. Shimwe shomiilando mbyoka yo taa talele po osho Listra, moka mwa kala Timoteus.

Sho omvula yimwe konyala ya piti po, Paulus ota galukile muListra pethimbo lyolweendo olutiyali. Owa tseya kutya openi yo taa yi uuna Timoteus ta yi pamwe naPaulus naSilas? Tala kokaalita e to ilongo okutseya gamwe gomomahala.

Yo otaa yi tango popepi puIkonio, opo nduno okoshilando oshitiyali shedhina Antiokia. Konima otaa yi kuTroas, nopo nduno okuFilippi, Tessalonika naBerea. Ou wete Atena mokaalita? Paulus otu uvitha hoka. Konima yaashono yo otayu uvitha omvula netata muKorinto. Lwahugunina yo otaa talele po paufupi muEfeso. Opo nduno otaa sayila okuya kuKesarea, notaa yi kuAntiokia, hoka Paulus a kala.

Ano Timoteus ohe ende ookilometa omathele nomathele okukwathela Paulus okuuvitha “onkundana ombwanawa” nokutota omagongalo ogendji gAakriste. Ngele ngoye wa koko, oto ka kala ngaa mbela omupiya gwaKalunga omudhiginini ngaashi Timoteus?