Salomo yari yarubatse urusengero rw’i Yeruzalemu ku musozi yubaka n’ibihome mu buseruko no mu burengero bwawo kugira aharinganize. Herodi yashaka kwubaka urusengero ruhambaye kuruta urwo rwa Salomo. Yaciye rero atangura gusubiramwo no kwagura urwo rwari ruhasanzwe.

Abubatsi bakorera Herodi barongereje vya bihome gushika mu buraruko bw’uwo musozi kugira na ho nyene haringanire. Mu bumanuko baraguye imbuga bongerako imetero 32. Kugira ivyo vyose babishikeko, barubatse ibihome vy’amabuye maze hejuru yavyo baraharinganiza. Mu bice bimwebimwe wasanga ivyo bihome bishika ku metero 50 z’amaduga.

Herodi yaririnze gushavuza Abayuda no guhungabanya ibikorwa vyo ku rusengero be n’ibijanye n’amashikanwa. Umwanditsi w’ivya kahise w’Umuyuda yitwa Josèphe avuga ko Herodi yamenyereje mbere abaherezi b’Abayuda mu vyo kuringaniza amabuye no mu vy’ububaji kugira ntihagire uwinjira mu bibanza vyeranda atabirekuriwe.

Herodi yapfuye ataraheza ico gikorwa. Mu mwaka wa 30 inyuma ya Kristu, ico gikorwa cari kimaze imyaka 46 gitanguye. (Yohani 2:20) Umwuzukuruza wa Herodi ari we Agiripa wa kabiri, ni we yagisozereye hagati mu kinjana ca mbere inyuma ya Kristu.

Abantu bamwe bo muri iryo zinga bashobora kuba barohejwe n’ivyiyumviro vy’idini ry’Abagiriki. Raba ivyabaye igihe ubwato Paulo yari arimwo bwasabira muri iryo zinga nk’uko bivugwa mu gitabu c’Ivyakozwe. Igihe Paulo yegeranya umukama w’inkwi akawushira ku muriro bari bacanye kugira abari muri ubwo bwato bote, imamba yaramwizingiye ku kuboko. Abantu bo muri iryo zinga baciye bavuga bati: “Ni ukuri uyu muntu ni umwicanyi, kandi naho yashoboye gukira ikiyaga, ubutungane budaheranwa ntibwamwemereye kubandanya kubaho.”—Ivyakozwe 28:4.

Ijambo ry’ikigiriki ryahinduwe ng’aho ngo “ubutungane” ni “di’ke.” Iryo jambo rirashobora gusobanura ubutungane muri rusangi. Ariko rero mu nkuru z’ibitito zo mu Bugiriki, Dike ryari izina ry’ikimanakazi c’ubutungane. Vyiyumvirwa ko cakurikiranira hafi ivyo abantu bakora maze kikamenyesha imana Zeyu ibintu vy’akarenganyo bitaba vyamenyekanye kugira uwabikoze ahanwe. Ku bw’ivyo, igitabu kimwe kivuga ko abantu b’i Malita bashobora kuba biyumviriye bati: “Naho Paulo yarokotse mu kiyaga, imanakazi Dike yamufashe . . . biciye kuri irya mamba.” Abo bantu barahinduye ivyiyumviro igihe babona Paulo ata co abaye.