IMI­SE­BE­NZI

YA­BA­PHO­STO­LI

Isi­nge­ni­so

1Umbi­ko wo­ku­qa­la nga­we­nza, Te­yo­fi­lua, nga­kho ko­nke uJe­su aqa­la ko­ku­bi­li uku­kwe­nza lo­ku­ku­fu­ndi­sa,

2 kwa­ze kwa­ba lu­su­ku enyu­swa nga­lob, ese­ba­la­yi­le ngo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le aba­pho­sto­li aye­ba­khe­thi­lec;

3 wa­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sa fu­thi ku­bod ephi­li­le emva ko­ku­hlu­phe­ka kwa­khe ngo­bu­fa­ka­zi obu­ne­ngi obu­qi­ni­se­ki­le­yo, wa­bo­nwa yi­bo okwe­nsu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne, ekhu­lu­ma nge­zi­nto ezi­ma­ye­la­na lo­mbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lue.

4 Kwa­thi ehla­nge­ne la­bo, wa­ba­la­ya uku­thi ba­nga­su­ki eJe­ru­sa­le­maf, ko­dwa ba­li­nde­le isi­the­mbi­so si­ka­Ba­bag, ela­si­zwa nga­mih;

5 ngo­ba nge­qi­ni­so uJo­ha­ne wa­bha­bha­thi­za nga­ma­nzii, ko­dwa li­na li­za­bha­bha­thi­zwa ngo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le ku­nga­ka­dlu­li insu­ku ezi­ne­ngijk.

Ukwe­nyu­ka ku­ka­Je­su

6 Kwa­thi se­be­bu­the­ne ba­mbu­za ba­thi: Nko­si, uza­bu­yi­se­la umbu­so kuI­sra­ye­li ku­le­si­si­kha­thi yi­nil?

7 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ka­ku­si­kho okwe­num ukwa­zi izi­kha­thi ku­mbe imi­zu­zun ayi­mi­si­le­yo uBa­ba nga­wa­khe ama­ndlao;

8 ko­dwa li­za­kwe­mu­ke­la ama­ndlap, ese­fi­ki­le phe­zu kwe­nu uMo­ya oNgcwe­leq; nja­lo li­be nga­ba­fa­ka­zi ba­mi eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ka­nye la­yo yo­nke iJu­di­yar le­Sa­ma­ri­ya, nja­lo ku­ze ku­be se­mkha­wu­lwe­ni wo­mhla­bas.

9 Kwa­thi ese­tshi­lo le­zi­zi­nto, we­nyu­swa be­kha­nge­le, le­ye­zi la­msu­sa eme­hlwe­ni abot.

10 Ba­thi be­sa­jo­lo­ze­le ezu­lwi­ni, ese­nyu­kau, nja­lo kha­nge­la, ama­do­dav ama­bi­liw ema la­bo eleze­mba­tho ezi­mhlo­phex,

11 nja­lo athi: Ma­do­da ma­Ga­li­li, li­me­le­ni li­jo­lo­ze­le ezu­lwi­niy? UJe­su lo, osu­swe ki­ni we­nyu­ki­se­lwa ezu­lwi­niz, uza­bu­yaa ngo­ku­nja­lo nge­ndle­la eli­mbo­ne esi­ya nga­yo ezu­lwi­nib.

12 Ba­se­be­bu­ye­la eJe­ru­sa­le­mac be­ve­la enta­be­ni ethi­wa nge­yo­Mhlwa­thid, ese­du­ze le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, umma­ngo wo­ha­mbo lwe­sa­ba­thae.

13 Kwa­thi se­be­nge­ni­le, be­nyu­ke­la endli­ni ephe­zu­luf, la­pho aba­be­hla­la kho­na, uPe­tro lo­Ja­ko­beg lo­Jo­ha­ne loA­ndre­ya, uFi­li­phu lo­To­ma­si, uBa­rto­lo­me­wu lo­Ma­the­wu, uJa­ko­be kaA­lfe­wu lo­Si­mo­ni umZe­lo­thih, lo­Ju­da­sii ka­Ja­ko­bej.

14 Bo­nke la­ba ba­phi­ke­le­lak be­ngqo­ndo­nye emkhu­le­kwe­ni le­ku­nce­nge­nil, ka­nye la­be­si­fa­za­na lo­Ma­ri­ya uni­na ka­Je­sum, nja­lo la­ba­fo­wa­bon.

Uku­khe­thwa ku­ka­Ma­thi­ya­si

15 Kwa­thi nga­le­zo­nsu­ku uPe­tro wa­su­ku­ma pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­fu­ndi, kwa­ku­le­xu­ku la­ba­ntu nda­wo­nye ela­li­nga­ba li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­lio, wa­thi:

16 Ma­do­da ba­za­lwa­ne, kwa­ku­me­le uku­thi lu­mbha­lo ugcwa­li­swe, uMo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­le awu­khu­lu­ma nga­pha­mbi­li ngo­mlo­mo ka­Da­vi­da ngo­Ju­da­sip, owa­ye­ngu­mkho­khe­li wa­la­bo aba­mba­mba­yo uJe­suq,

17 ngo­ba wa­ye­ba­lwe ka­nye la­thir, nja­lo we­mu­ke­la isa­be­lo sa­li­nko­nzos.

18 Lo-ke wa­the­nga isi­qi­ntit ngo­mvu­zo wo­bu­biu, wa­wa nge­kha­nda wa­qhe­ke­ze­ka pha­ka­thi, le­mi­bi­li­ni ya­khe yo­nke ya­chi­the­kav.

19 Nja­lo kwa­zi­wa yi­bo bo­nke aba­khi­le­yo eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, sa­ze sa­bi­zwa le­so­si­qi­nti ngo­li­mi lwa­ki­bo ngo­ku­thi iA­ke­lda­maw, oku­yi­ku­thi iSi­qi­nti se­ga­zix.

20 Ngo­ba ku­lo­tshi­we egwa­lwe­ni lwe­zi­Hla­be­le­lo uku­thi: Umu­zi wa­khe ka­wu­be lu­nxi­wa, nja­lo ku­nga­bi kho­na ohla­la ku­woy; loku­thi: Omu­nye ka­tha­the ubu­pha­thi ba­khez.

21 Nga­kho ku­me­le uku­thi ku­la­wo­ma­do­da aye­ha­mba la­thi ku­so so­nke isi­kha­thi la­pho iNko­si uJe­su ya­yi­nge­na nja­lo iphu­ma pha­ka­thi kwe­thua,

22 ku­su­ke­la ebha­bha­thi­zwe­ni lu­ka­Jo­ha­neb, kwa­ze kwa­ba lu­su­ku enyu­swa nga­lo ki­thic, omu­nye wa­bo ka­be ngu­mfa­ka­zi ka­nye la­thi wo­ku­vu­ka kwa­khed.

23 Ba­se­be­mi­sa aba­bi­li, uJo­se­fa othi­wa ngu­Ba­rsa­ba, othi­wa fu­thi ngu­Ju­stu­sie, lo­Ma­thi­ya­sif.

24 Ba­se­be­khu­le­kag be­si­thi: We­na Nko­si, we­na owa­zi­yo inhli­zi­yo za­bo bo­nke, tshe­ngi­sa ku­la­ba aba­bi­li oye­dwah, omkhe­thi­le­yo

25 ukwe­mu­ke­la isa­be­lo ku­li­nko­nzoi lo­bu­pho­sto­lij, uJu­da­si apha­mbu­ka ku­sok, uku­thi aye enda­we­ni enge­ya­khel.

26 Ba­se­be­ba­pha inka­tho ya­bo; le­nka­tho ya­dla uMa­thi­ya­si, wa­se­ba­lwa ka­nye la­ba­pho­sto­li aba­li­tshu­mi la­nyem.

Uku­fi­ka ku­ka­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le

2Kwa­thi se­lu­gcwa­li­se­ki­lea usu­ku lwe­Pe­nte­ko­ste*b, ba­be­nda­wo­nye be­ngqo­ndo­nye bo­nkec.

2 Kwa­hle kwe­zwa­ka­la-ke umdu­mo ove­la ezu­lwi­nid onje­ngo­wo­ku­vu­ngu­za ko­mo­ya ola­ma­ndla, nja­lo wa­gcwa­li­sa indlu yo­nke aba­be­hle­zi ku­yoe,

3 kwa­se­ku­bo­na­ka­la ku­bo inli­mi eze­hlu­ka­ni­si­we­yo ku­nga­thi nge­zo­mli­lof, za­se­zi­hla­la phe­zu kwa­lo­wo la­lo­wo wa­bo.

4 Ba­se­be­gcwa­li­swa bo­nke ngo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­leg, ba­qa­la uku­khu­lu­ma nge­zi­nye indi­mi, nje­nga­lo­khu uMo­ya wa­ba­ni­ka uku­phu­mi­se­lah.

5 Kwa­ku­hla­la-ke eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ama­Ju­da, ama­do­da aqo­tho, ave­la ku­so so­nke isi­zwe sa­le­zo ezi­nga­pha­nsi kwe­zu­lui.

6 Kwa­thi se­ku­la­lo umdu­mo1, ixu­ku la­bu­tha­na nda­wo­nye la­sa­nga­ni­se­kaj, ngo­ba ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo wa­be­zwa be­khu­lu­ma ngo­li­mi lwa­ki­bo.

7 Ba­se­be­ma­nga­la ka­khu­lu bo­nke ba­ba­ba­zak, ba­khu­lu­mi­sa­na ba­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni, bo­nke la­ba aba­khu­lu­ma­yo ka­yi­si­bo abe­Ga­li­li yi­nil?

8 Ku­nga­ni, pho, thi­na si­be­zwa nga­mu­nye wa­bo ngo­li­mi lwa­ki­thi esa­za­lwa la­lo?

9 Ama­Pa­thi­ya la­ma­Me­dem la­maE­la­mun, la­ba­hla­li be­Me­so­po­ta­mi­yao, la­be­Ju­di­ya la­be­Ka­pha­do­si­yap, abe­Po­ntu­siqr la­beA­si­yast,

10 abe­Fri­gi­yau la­be­Pa­mfi­li­ya, abe­Gi­bhi­the la­be­ngxe­nye ze­Li­bi­ya edu­ze le­Ku­re­nev, le­zi­ha­mbi ezi­nga­ma­Ro­maw, ko­ku­bi­li ama­Ju­da la­ba­phe­ndu­ke­la ku­ma­Ju­dax,

11 ama­Kre­tey la­maA­ra­bhi­yaz, si­ya­be­zwa be­khu­lu­ma nge­ndi­mi za­ki­thi imi­se­be­nzi emi­khu­lu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua.

12 Bo­nke ba­se­be­ma­nga­la ka­khu­lub ba­di­de­ka, ba­khu­lu­mi­sa­na be­si­thi: Lo­khu ku­nga­ba yi­nic?

13 Ko­dwa aba­nye ba­hle­ka usu­lu ba­thi: Ba­su­thi iwa­yi­ni eli­tsha.

Intshu­ma­ye­lo ka­Pe­tro

14 Ko­dwa uPe­tro emi la­ba­li­tshu­mi la­nyed, wa­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi la­khe, wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ma­do­da ma­Ju­da, la­ni lo­nke eli­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, ka­kwa­zi­we ki­ni lo­khu, nja­lo li­la­le­li­si­se ama­zwi amie.

15 Ngo­ba la­ba ka­ba­da­kwa­nga, nje­ngo­ba li­na li­ca­ba­ngaf; ngo­bag ku­li­ho­la le­si­tha­thu* lo­su­kuh;

16 ko­dwa lo­khu yi­kho okwa­khu­lu­nywa ngu­mpro­fe­thi uJo­we­li:

17 Nja­lo ku­za­ku­thi ensu­kwi­ni zo­ku­ci­na, utsho uNku­lu­nku­lui, ngi­za­thu­lu­la oko­Mo­ya wa­mij phe­zu kwa­yo yo­nke inya­mak; la­ma­do­da­na enu la­ma­do­da­ka­zi enu aza­pro­fe­tha, la­ma­ja­ha enu abo­ne imi­bo­no, la­ba­da­la be­nu ba­phu­phe ama­phu­phol;

18 nja­lo la­phe­zu kwe­nce­ku za­mi la­phe­zu kwe­nce­ku­ka­zi za­mi nga­le­zo­nsu­ku ngi­za­thu­lu­la oko­Mo­ya wa­mi, nja­lo zi­za­pro­fe­tham.

19 Nja­lo ngi­za­ve­za izi­ma­nga­li­so ezu­lwi­ni phe­zu­lun, le­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so emhla­be­ni pha­nsi, iga­zi, lo­mli­lo, le­ye­zi le­ntu­thuo;

20 ila­nga li­za­phe­ndu­lwa umnya­ma, le­nya­nga iga­zi, lu­nga­ka­fi­ki usu­ku lwe­Nko­si olu­khu­lu lo­lu­du­mi­se­ka­yop;

21 ku­za­ku­thi, wo­nke obi­za ibi­zo le­Nko­si uza­si­ndi­swaq.

22 Ma­do­da maI­sra­ye­li, zwa­ni­ni la ama­zwi: UJe­su we­Na­za­re­thar, umu­ntu ofa­ka­ze­lwe ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu pha­mbi kwe­nus nge­mi­se­be­nzi ya­ma­ndlat la­nge­zi­ma­nga­li­so la­nge­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so, uNku­lu­nku­lu aze­nza nga­ye pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, nje­nga­lo­khu li­sa­zi la­ni uqo­bo lwe­nuu,

23 ye­na lo ese­ni­ke­lwev nge­ce­bo eli­mi­si­we­yow la­ngo­kwa­zi oku­pha­mbi­li ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lux lamtha­tha, la­nge­za­ndla za­ba­nge­la­mthe­tho lambe­the­la lambu­la­lay;

24 ye­na uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mvu­saz, ese­thu­ku­lu­le inhlu­ngu zo­ku­fa, ngo­ba kwa­ku­nge­la­kwe­nze­ka uku­thi aba­njwe yi­khoa.

25 Ngo­ba uDa­vi­da uthi nga­yeb: Nga­ngi­bo­na iNko­si pha­mbi kwa­mi nja­lo­nja­lo; ngo­ba inga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­mi, uku­ze ngi­nga­nyi­ki­nye­ki;

26 nga­kho inhli­zi­yo ya­mi ya­ja­bu­la, lo­li­mi lwa­mi lwa­tho­ko­za; ngi­tsho le­nya­ma ya­mi iza­hla­la ethe­mbe­nic;

27 ngo­ba ka­wu­yi­ku­tshi­ya umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi esi­ho­gwe­ni, ka­wu­yi­ku­ni­ke­la oNgcwe­le wa­kho uku­thi abo­ne uku­bo­lad.

28 Wa­nga­zi­sa indle­la ze­mpi­lo; uza­ngi­gcwa­li­sa nge­nja­bu­lo ebu­swe­ni ba­kho.

29 Ma­do­da ba­za­lwa­ne, ake ngi­khu­lu­me2 ki­ni ngo­ku­so­ba­la ngo­kho­kho uDa­vi­dae, uku­thi wa­fa nja­lo wa­ngcwa­tshwaf, le­ngcwa­ba la­khe li­kho­na ki­thi ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlag.

30 Ye­na-ke engu­mpro­fe­thi, ekwa­zi uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­fu­nga nge­si­fu­ngo ku­yeh, uku­thi esi­the­lwe­ni so­kha­lo lwa­khe ngo­kwe­nya­ma uza­vu­sa uKri­stu, uku­ze ahla­le esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­khe so­bu­kho­sii,

31 ebo­ni­le nga­pha­mbi­li wa­khu­lu­ma ngo­ku­vu­ka ku­ka­Kri­stu, uku­thi umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe ka­wu­tshi­ywa­ngaj esi­ho­gwe­nik, le­nya­ma ya­khe ka­yi­ku­bo­na­nga uku­bo­la.

32 UJe­su lo uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mvu­sal, esi­nga­ba­fa­ka­zi ba­lo­khu thi­na so­nkem.

33 Nga­kho epha­ka­nyi­swe nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lun, ese­mu­ke­le ku­Ba­ba isi­the­mbi­so si­ka­Mo­ya oNgcwe­leo, uthu­lu­le lo­khu eli­ku­bo­na­yo le­li­ku­zwa­yop kha­the­si.

34 Ngo­ba uDa­vi­da ke­nyu­ke­la­ngaq ema­zu­lwi­nir, ko­dwa ye­na uqo­bo lwa­khe uthi: INko­si ya­thi eNko­si­ni ya­mi: Hla­la nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­mi,

35 ngi­ze nge­nze izi­tha za­kho zi­be yi­se­na­be­lo se­nya­wo za­khos.

36 Nga­kho indlu kaI­sra­ye­li yo­nke ka­ya­zi isi­bi­li, uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu ume­nzi­le ko­ku­bi­lit uku­ba yi­Nko­si lo­Kri­stu, uJe­su lo ela­mbe­the­la­you.

Uku­phe­ndu­ka lo­ku­bha­bha­thi­zwa kwa­ba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thu

37 Se­be­ku­zwa lo­khu ba­hla­be­ka enhli­zi­ywe­niv, ba­se­be­si­thi ku­Pe­tro la­kwa­ba­nye aba­pho­sto­li: Ma­do­da ba­za­lwa­ne, si­za­kwe­nza­niw?

38 UPe­tro wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Phe­ndu­ka­nix, li­bha­bha­thi­zwe lo­nke nga­mu­nye we­nu ebi­zwe­ni li­ka­Je­su Kri­stuy ethe­the­le­lwe­ni lwe­zo­noz, nja­lo li­za­kwe­mu­ke­la isi­pho si­ka­Mo­ya oNgcwe­lea.

39 Ngo­ba isi­the­mbi­so nge­se­nu, le­sa­ba­ntwa­na be­nub, le­sa­bo bo­nke aba­kha­tsha­na, ngo­bu­ne­ngi eza­ba­bi­ze­la ku­yo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thuc.

40 La­nga­ma­nye ama­zwi ama­ne­ngi wa­fa­ka­za wa­khu­tha­za wa­thid: Zi­si­ndi­se­ni ku­le­si­si­zu­ku­lwa­na esi­pha­mbe­ne­yoe.

41 Nga­kho aba­le­mu­ke­la­yo ili­zwi la­khe ngo­ku­tho­ko­za ba­bha­bha­thi­zwaf; nja­lo nga­lo­lo­su­ku kwe­nge­ze­le­lwa imi­phe­fu­mu­log enga­ba zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thuh.

Iba­ndla le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma

42 Ba­se­be­phi­ke­le­la eku­fu­ndi­se­ni kwa­ba­pho­sto­li le­bu­dle­lwa­ne­nii, le­ku­hle­phu­le­ni isi­nkwa le­mi­khu­le­kwe­ni.

43 Lo­kwe­sa­ba kwe­hle­la phe­zu kwa­yo yo­nke imi­phe­fu­mu­loj; nja­lo kwe­nzi­wa nga­ba­pho­sto­li izi­ma­nga­li­so le­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so ezi­ne­ngik.

44 Nja­lo bo­nke aba­kho­lwa­yo ba­be­nda­wo­nyel, ba­be­le­zi­nto zo­nke be­zi­hla­nga­nye­lam,

45 ba­se­be­the­ngi­sa izi­nto le­mpa­hla za­bon, ba­se­be­sa­be­la­na bo­nke, nje­ngo­ku­swe­la ko­mu­nye lo­mu­nyeo.

46 Insu­ku nge­nsu­ku ba­se­be­phi­ke­le­lap nga­nhli­zi­yo­nyeq ethe­mpe­li­nir, be­hle­phu­la isi­nkwas izi­ndlu nge­zi­ndlu3, be­si­dla nda­wo­nye nge­nto­ko­zo la­nge­nhli­zi­yo emhlo­phet,

47 be­du­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­luu, be­tha­nde­ka eba­ntwi­ni bo­nkev. Le­Nko­si ye­nge­ze­le­la eba­ndle­ni insu­ku nge­nsu­kuw la­bo aba­si­ndi­swa­yox.

UPe­tro usi­li­sa umu­ntu oyi­si­qhu­li

3UPe­tro lo­Jo­ha­nea ba­se­be­se­nyu­ke­la bo­nkeb ethe­mpe­li­nic nge­ho­la lo­mkhu­le­kod ele­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye*e.

2 Kwa­se­ku­thwa­lwa indo­da ethi­le eya­yi­yi­si­qhu­li ku­su­ke­la esi­za­lwe­ni si­ka­ni­naf; aba­be­yi­be­ka insu­ku nge­nsu­ku esa­ngwe­ni le­the­mpe­li eli­thi­wa eLi­hleg, uku­thi ice­le isi­pho ku­la­bo aba­nge­na­yo ethe­mpe­li­nih.

3 Eya­thi ibo­na uPe­tro lo­Jo­ha­ne se­be­za­nge­na ethe­mpe­li­ni, ya­ce­la isi­pho.

4 UPe­tro wa­se­yi­jo­lo­ze­la elo­Jo­ha­ne, wa­thi: Si­kha­nge­lei!

5 Ya­si­ba­na­nze­le­la, ili­nde­le uku­thi iza­kwe­mu­ke­la ulu­tho ku­boj.

6 UPe­tro wa­se­si­thi: Isi­li­va le­go­li­de ka­ngi­la­kho; ko­dwa lo­kho engi­la­kho, ngi­ku­ni­ka kho­na; ebi­zwe­ni li­ka­Je­su Kri­stu umNa­za­re­tha, su­ku­ma uha­mbek.

7 Wa­se­yi­ba­mba nge­sa­ndla so­ku­ne­ne wayi­su­ku­mi­sa; nja­lo kwa­hle kwa­qi­ni­swa inya­wo le­nqa­ga­la za­yo.

8 Ya­si­si­thi lo­thu ye­ma ya­si­ha­mbal, ya­nge­na la­bo ethe­mpe­li­ni, iha­mba ise­qa idu­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lum.

9 Nja­lo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­yi­bo­na iha­mba, idu­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­lun;

10 ba­se­be­ya­zi uku­thi yi­yoo eya­yi­hla­le­la isi­pho esa­ngwe­ni eLi­hle le­the­mpe­li; ba­se­be­gcwa­la uku­ma­nga­la lo­ku­sa­nga­ni­se­ka nga­lo­kho okwe­nze­ka ku­yop.

UPe­tro ukhu­lu­ma ngo­Kri­stu uku­thi uyi­Nko­si ye­mpi­lo

11 Kwa­thi isi­qhu­li esa­si­si­li­si­we si­ba­mbe­le­le ku­Pe­tro lo­Jo­ha­neq, bo­nke aba­ntu ba­gi­ji­me­la ku­bo nda­wo­nye ekhu­lu­si­ni eli­thi­wa eli­ka­So­lo­mo­nir, be­ma­nga­la ka­khu­lu.

12 Kwa­thi uPe­tro eku­bo­na lo­kho wa­phe­ndu­la eba­ntwi­ni wa­thi: Ma­do­da maI­sra­ye­lis, li­ma­nga­le­la­ni nga­lo­khu, ku­mbe li­si­jo­lo­ze­le­la­nit, ngo­ku­nga­thi nga­we­thu ama­ndla ku­mbe uku­lu­nga si­me­nze uku­thi lo aha­mbeu?

13 UNku­lu­nku­lu kaA­bra­ha­ma lo­kaI­sa­ka lo­ka­Ja­ko­be, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­ba­ba be­thuv, uyi­du­mi­si­le iNdo­da­na ya­khe uJe­suw; ela­yi­ni­ke­la­yo li­nax, la­yi­phi­ka pha­mbi ko­bu­so bu­ka­Pi­la­tuy, ye­na ese­qu­me ukuyi­khu­lu­laz.

14 Ko­dwa li­na la­mphi­ka oNgcwe­lea lo­Lu­ngi­le­yob, la­ce­la uku­thi li­phi­wec indo­da engu­mbu­la­lid,

15 la­bu­la­la uMqa­lie we­mpi­lof; amvu­sa­yo uNku­lu­nku­lu kwa­ba­fi­le­yog, esi­nga­ba­fa­ka­zi ba­kho thi­nah.

16 Nja­lo ngo­kho­lo ebi­zwe­ni la­khei, lo eli­mbo­na­yo le­li­ma­zi­yo ibi­zo la­khe li­mqi­ni­si­lej; lo­kho­lo olu­nga­ye lu­mni­ke lo­khu­ku­si­la oku­phe­le­le­yo pha­mbi kwe­nu lo­nkek.

17 Nja­lo kha­the­si, ba­za­lwa­ne, ngi­ya­zi uku­thi lakwe­nza ngo­ku­nga­zil, nje­nga­ba­bu­si be­nu fu­thim.

18 Ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­gcwa­li­sa nga­li­ndle­lan lo­khu aku­khu­lu­ma pha­mbi­lio ngo­mlo­mo wa­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­khe bo­nke, uku­thi uKri­stu uza­hlu­phe­ka.

19 Nga­kho phe­ndu­ka­nip li­bu­ye fu­thiq, uku­ze kwe­su­lwe izo­no ze­nur, uku­ze ku­fi­ke izi­kha­thi zo­ku­khu­du­ma­la ezi­ve­la ebu­swe­ni be­Nko­si,

20 nja­lo ithu­me lo owa­me­nye­ze­lwa ki­ni pha­mbi­li, uJe­su Kri­stus;

21 oku­me­le uku­thi izu­lu li­me­mu­ke­let ku­ze ku­fi­ke izi­kha­thi zo­ku­bu­yi­se­la ko­nkeu, uNku­lu­nku­lu aku­tsho­yo ngo­mlo­mo wa­bo bo­nke aba­pro­fe­thi ba­khe aba­ngcwe­lev endu­lowx.

22 Ngo­ba uMo­zi­si wa­thi ku­bo­ba­ba: INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu iza­li­vu­se­la umpro­fe­thi ku­ba­za­lwa­ne be­nu onje­nga­miy; ye­na li­za­mla­le­la ku­kho ko­nke aza­ku­khu­lu­ma ki­niz.

23 Nja­lo ku­za­ku­thi, wo­nke umphe­fu­mu­lo, lo­ba ngu­ba­ni onga­yi­ku­mla­le­la lo­wo­mpro­fe­thi, uza­chi­thwa eba­ntwi­ni.

24 Nja­lo la­ba­pro­fe­thi bo­nkea, ku­su­ke­la ku­Sa­mu­we­li la­ba­la­nde­la­yo, bo­nke aba­khu­lu­ma­yob, ba­me­me­ze­la pha­mbi­li le­zi­nsu­kuc.

25 Li­na li­nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­pro­fe­thid, la­be­si­vu­me­lwa­no uNku­lu­nku­lu ase­nza la­bo­ba­ba be­thu, esi­thi kuA­bra­ha­ma: La­nge­nza­lo ya­khoe zi­za­bu­si­swa zo­nke izi­zu­ku­lwa­na zo­mhla­baf.

26 UNku­lu­nku­lug, ese­yi­vu­si­le iNdo­da­na ya­khe uJe­suh, wa­yi­thu­ma ki­ni ku­qa­la uku­li­bu­si­sai, ngo­ku­li­phe­ndu­la ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ebu­bi­ni ba­khej.

Uku­bo­tshwa ku­ka­Pe­tro lo­Jo­ha­ne

4Kwa­thi be­sa­khu­lu­ma eba­ntwi­ni, aba­pri­sti le­ndu­na1 ye­the­mpe­li la­ba­Sa­du­si ba­ba­fi­ke­laa,

2 be­ne­nge­ki­le ngo­ba ba­be­fu­ndi­sa aba­ntub, be­tshu­ma­ye­la uku­vu­ka okwa­ba­fi­le­yo ngo­Je­suc.

3 Ba­ba­du­me­la nge­za­ndlad, baba­fa­ka esi­to­ki­si­ni kwa­ze kwa­ba ku­si­sa; ngo­ba kwa­se­ku­hlwi­lee.

4 Ko­dwa aba­ne­ngi aba­li­zwa­yo ili­zwi ba­kho­lwa; le­na­ni la­ma­do­da la­li­nga­ba zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nhla­nuf.

5 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ku­si­sa kwa­bu­tha­na aba­bu­si la­ba­da­la la­ba­bha­li ba­bo eJe­ru­sa­le­mag,

6 loA­na­si umpri­sti omkhu­luh, lo­Ka­ya­fa­si, lo­Jo­ha­ne, loA­le­ksa­ndro, la­bo bo­nke abe­ndlu yo­mpri­sti omkhu­lui.

7 Se­be­ba­mi­se pha­ka­thi, ba­bu­za: Lo­khu li­na li­kwe­nze nga­wa­phi ama­ndla ku­mbe nga­li­phi ibi­zoj?

8 Kho­na uPe­tro egcwa­li­swe ngu­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le wa­thi ku­bok: Ba­bu­si ba­ba­ntu la­ba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­lil,

9 nxa thi­na si­bu­zwa la­mu­hla ngo­mse­be­nzi omu­hle emu­ntwi­ni obu­tha­ka­tha­ka emzi­mbe­nim, uku­thi ye­na usi­ndi­swe nga­nin;

10 ka­kwa­zi­we yi­ni lo­nke la­so so­nke isi­zwe sa­koI­sra­ye­li, uku­thi nge­bi­zo li­ka­Je­su Kri­stu umNa­za­re­thao, li­na ela­mbe­the­la­yo, uNku­lu­nku­lu owa­mvu­sa­yo kwa­ba­fi­le­yop, nga­ye lo umi la­pha pha­mbi kwe­nu ese­si­li­le.

11 Ye­na lo uyi­li­tsheq ela­li­wa yi­ni aba­khi, ese­li­yi­nhlo­ko ye­ngo­nsir.

12 Nja­lo ka­lu­kho usi­ndi­so ko­mu­nye; ngo­ba ka­li­kho le­li­nye ibi­zo nga­pha­nsi kwe­zu­lu eli­ni­ki­we­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu, esi­me­le si­si­ndi­swe nga­los.

13 Kwa­thi be­bo­na isi­bi­ndi si­ka­Pe­tro lo­Jo­ha­net, nja­lo be­sa­zi uku­thiu ba­be­nga­ba­ntu aba­nga­fu­nda­nga nja­lo be­nga­ba­ntu njev, ba­ma­nga­la, nja­lo ba­ba­zi uku­thi ba­be­lo­Je­suw,

14 ko­dwa be­bo­na umu­ntu osi­li­si­we­yo emi la­bo, ba­be­nge­la­ku­phi­ka lu­thox.

15 Ko­dwa se­be­ba­la­yi­le uku­thi ba­phu­me pha­ndle empha­ka­thi­niy, ba­ce­bi­sa­na bo­dwa,

16 be­si­thi: Si­za­be­nza­ni la­ba­ba­ntuz? Ngo­ba uku­thi isi­bo­na­ka­li­so esi­du­mi­se­ka­yo se­nzi­wa yi­bo, ku­so­ba­la ku­bo bo­nke aba­hle­zi eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, nja­lo si­ngeku­phi­kea;

17 ko­dwa uku­ze ku­nga­be ku­sa­nda pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu, asi­ba­qo­nqo­se­le uku­thi ba­nga­be be­sa­khu­lu­ma la­mu­ntu nga­le­li­bi­zob.

18 Ba­se­be­ba­bi­za, ba­ba­la­ya uku­thi ba­nga­khu­lu­mi la­ka­nye nja­lo ba­nga­fu­ndi­si nge­bi­zo li­ka­Je­suc.

19 Ko­dwa uPe­tro lo­Jo­ha­ne ba­ba­phe­ndu­la ba­thi: Ye­hlu­ka­ni­sa­ni uku­thi ku­lu­ngi­le pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­la­le­la li­na ku­lo­Nku­lu­nku­lud.

20 Ngo­ba thi­nae ka­si­la­ku­ye­ke­la uku­khu­lu­maf izi­nto esi­zi­bo­ni­le­yo le­si­zi­zwi­le­yo.

21 Kwa­thi se­beba­qo­nqo­se­le fu­thi, ba­ba­ye­ke­la ba­ha­mba; be­nga­tho­li lu­tho lo­ku­thi ba­nga­ba­je­zi­sa nja­ni, nge­nxa ya­ba­ntug, ngo­ba bo­nke ba­du­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­luh nga­lo­kho okwe­nza­ke­le­yoi.

22 Ngo­ba umu­ntu wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka edlu­la ama­tshu­mi ama­ne ese­nzi­wa ku­ye le­si­si­bo­na­ka­li­so se­se­la­pho.

Uku­khu­le­ka kwe­ba­ndla

23 Kwa­thi se­be­ye­ke­lwe ba­su­ka ba­ya kwa­ba­ki­bo, ba­ba­bi­ke­la ko­nke aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ba­da­la aba­ku­tshi­lo­yo ku­boj.

24 Kwa­thi bo­na se­be­zwi­le ba­pha­ka­mi­se­la ili­zwi nga­nhli­zi­yo­nye ku­Nku­lu­nku­luk, ba­thi: Nko­sil, we­na ungu­Nku­lu­nku­lum owe­nza izu­lu lo­mhla­ba lo­lwa­ndle la­kho ko­nke oku­ku­khon;

25 owa­thi ngo­mlo­mo we­nce­ku ya­kho uDa­vi­da: Ku­nga­ni abe­zi­zwe be­xo­ko­ze­la, la­ba­ntu ba­na­ka­ne oku­yi­ze?

26 Ama­kho­si omhla­ba ema, la­ba­bu­si ba­hla­nga­na nda­wo­nye uku­me­la­na le­Nko­sio, lo­ku­me­la­na lo­Gco­tshi­we­yo wa­yop;

27 ngo­ba isi­bi­li ba­hla­nga­na nda­wo­nye be­me­la­neq le­Ndo­da­na ya­kho engcwe­le uJe­sur, owa­yi­gco­ba­yos, bo­nke uHe­ro­dit lo­Po­nti­yu­si Pi­la­tuu, ka­nye la­be­zi­zwev la­ba­ntu ba­koI­sra­ye­liw,

28 ukwe­nza ko­nke isa­ndla sa­kho le­ce­bo la­kho ela­ku­mi­sa pha­mbi­li uku­thi kwe­nze­kex.

29 Nja­lo nga­le­si­si­kha­thi, Nko­si, kha­nge­la uku­so­nga kwa­boy, uni­ke izi­nce­ku za­kho uku­thi zi­khu­lu­me ili­zwi la­kho nge­si­bi­ndi so­nkez,

30 ngo­ku­thi we­lu­le isa­ndla sa­kho uku­si­li­sa, lo­ku­thi kwe­nzi­we izi­bo­na­ka­li­so le­zi­ma­nga­li­soa nge­bi­zob le­Ndo­da­na ya­kho engcwe­le uJe­suc.

31 Kwa­thi se­be­khu­le­ki­le kwa­za­nya­za­nyi­swa inda­wo aba­be­bu­the­ne ku­yod, ba­se­be­gcwa­li­swa bo­nke ngo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­lee, ba­se­be­khu­lu­ma ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­si­bi­ndif.

Uku­hla­nga­nye­la kwe­ba­ndla izi­nto zo­nke

32 Le­xu­ku la­ba­kho­lwa­yo la­li­nhli­zi­yonyeg lo­mo­ya mu­nyeh; nja­lo ku­nge­kho oye­dwa owa­thi ezi­ntwe­ni ala­zo nge­za­khe, ko­dwa ba­hla­nga­nye­la izi­nto zo­nkei.

33 La­nga­ma­ndla ama­khu­luj aba­pho­sto­li ba­ve­za ubu­fa­ka­zik bo­ku­vu­ka kwe­Nko­si uJe­sul, lo­mu­sa omkhu­lu wa­ba phe­zu kwa­bo bo­nkem.

34 Ngo­ba kwa­ku­nge­kho fu­thi oswe­la­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­bo; ngo­ba bo­nke aba­be­le­mi­hla­ba ku­mbe izi­ndlu, ba­the­ngi­sa ba­le­tha inte­ngo za­lo­kho oku­the­ngi­si­we­yon,

35 bayi­be­ka enya­we­ni za­ba­pho­sto­lio; nja­lo kwa­be­lwa ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wop nje­ngo­ku­swe­la kwa­kheq.

36 Kwa­thi uJo­se owa­bi­zwa nga­ba­pho­sto­li ngo­ku­thi ngu­Ba­rna­ba­sir, oku­yi­ku­thi ngo­ku­phe­ndu­le­lwa, indo­da­na ye­ndu­du­zo, umLe­vi, umKu­pro­si ngo­ku­za­lwas,

37 ele­si­qi­nti, wasi­the­ngi­sat, wa­le­tha ima­li, wayi­be­ka enya­we­ni za­ba­pho­sto­liu.

UA­na­ni­ya lo­Sa­fi­ra

5Ko­dwa indo­da ethi­le uA­na­ni­ya nge­bi­zo, lo­Sa­fi­ra umka­khe, ba­the­ngi­sa impa­hla,

2 ya­go­dla ente­ngwe­ni, lo­mka­khe ekwa­zia, ya­le­tha ingxe­nye ethi­le yayi­be­ka enya­we­ni za­ba­pho­sto­lib.

3 Ko­dwa uPe­tro wa­thi: Ana­ni­ya, ku­nga­ni uSa­tha­nec egcwa­li­se inhli­zi­yo ya­khod, uqa­mbe ama­nga1 ku­Mo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­lee, nja­lo ugo­dle ente­ngwe­ni ye­si­qi­ntif?

4 Si­se­kho­na be­si­nge­si­so esa­kho, se­si­the­ngi­si­we be­si­nge­kho ema­ndle­ni akho yi­ni? Ku­nga­ni uku­thi ube­ke le­si­se­nzo enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khog? Ka­wu­qa­mba­nga ama­nga eba­ntwi­ni ko­dwa ku­Nku­lu­nku­luh.

5 Kwa­thi uA­na­ni­ya esi­zwa la­ma­zwi, wa­we­la pha­nsi wa­phe­lai; lo­kwe­sa­ba oku­khu­lu kwe­hle­la phe­zu kwa­bo bo­nke aba­zi­zwa­yo le­zi­zi­ntoj.

6 La­ma­ja­ha asu­kak amgo­qe­la asemthwa­le­la nga­pha­ndle amngcwa­bal.

7 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­ku­nga­ba nga­ma­ho­la ama­tha­thu kwe­dlu­le, lo­mka­khe wa­nge­na enga­kwa­zi okwe­nza­ke­le­yo.

8 UPe­tro wa­se­mphe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ngi­tshe­le uku­thi isi­qi­nti li­si­the­ngi­se ngo­ku­nga­ka. Wa­se­si­thi: Ye­bo, ngo­ku­nga­kam.

9 UPe­tro wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ku­nga­ni uku­thi li­vu­me­la­ne uku­li­ngan uMo­ya we­Nko­sio? Kha­nge­la, inya­wo za­ba­ngcwa­be indo­da ya­kho zi­se­mnya­ngo, la­we ba­za­ku­thwa­le­la nga­pha­ndlep.

10 Nja­lo wa­hle wa­we­la pha­nsi enya­we­ni za­kheq, wa­se­phe­lar; la­ma­ja­ha enge­na amfi­ca ese­fi­le, asemthwa­le­la nga­pha­ndle amngcwa­ba edu­ze kwe­ndo­da ya­khes.

11 Lo­kwe­sa­ba oku­khu­lu kwe­hle­la phe­zu kwe­ba­ndla lo­nke, la­ku­bo bo­nke aba­zi­zwa­yo le­zi­zi­ntot.

Izi­ma­nga­li­so za­ba­pho­sto­li

12 Nja­lo nge­za­ndla za­ba­pho­sto­liu kwe­nzi­wa izi­bo­na­ka­li­so le­zi­ma­nga­li­so ezi­ne­ngi eba­ntwi­niv; ba­be­nhli­zi­yo­nye bo­nkew ekhu­lu­si­ni li­ka­So­lo­mo­nix.

13 Ko­dwa kwa­ba­nye kwa­ku­nge­kho ole­si­bi­ndi so­ku­zi­hla­nga­ni­sa la­boy, ko­dwa aba­ntu ba­be­ba­hlo­ni­pha ka­khu­luz;

14 nja­lo aba­kho­lwa­yo be­nge­ze­le­lwa ba­nda eNko­si­ni, ama­xu­ku wo­ma­bi­li ama­do­da la­be­si­fa­za­naa;

15 ba­ze ba­thwa­le­la pha­ndle emi­gwa­qwe­ni aba­gu­la­yo, ba­se­beba­be­ka ezi­nhla­ke­ni le­ma­ca­nsi­ni, uku­ze ku­thi la­pho uPe­tro esi­za ngi­tsho isi­thu­nzi si­ba­si­be­ke­le aba­nye ba­bob.

16 Nja­lo la­ma­xu­ku ave­la emi­zi­ni ezi­nge­le­ze­le­yo ba­bu­tha­na nda­wo­nye eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, be­le­tha aba­gu­la­yoc la­ba­hlu­tshwa ngo­mo­ya aba­ngco­li­le­yo, ba­si­li­swa bo­nked.

Uku­bo­tshwa lo­ku­khu­lu­lwa kwa­ba­pho­sto­li

17 Kwa­se­ku­su­ku­ma umpri­sti omkhu­lu la­bo bo­nke aba­be­la­yee aba­nga­be­hle­lo la­ba­Sa­du­sif, ba­gcwa­la umo­na,

18 ba­ba­du­me­la aba­pho­sto­li nge­za­ndla za­bog, ba­se­be­ba­fa­ka esi­to­ki­si­ni sa­ba­ntuh.

19 Ko­dwa ebu­su­ku ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­sii ya­vu­la imi­nya­ngo ye­nto­lo­ngo ya­ba­khu­pha ya­thij:

20 Ha­mba­ni, nja­lo li­me li­khu­lu­me ethe­mpe­li­ni eba­ntwi­nik wo­nke ama­zwi ali­mpi­lol.

21 Kwa­thi se­be­zwi­le, ba­nge­na ethe­mpe­li­nim ema­da­bu­ka­ku­sa, ba­fu­ndi­san. Ko­dwa kwa­se­ku­fi­ka umpri­sti omkhu­luo la­la­bo aba­be­la­ye, ba­bi­ze­la nda­wo­nye umpha­ka­thip la­bo bo­nke aba­da­la ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, ba­thu­me­la ento­lo­ngwe­ni uku­ba­le­tha.

22 Ko­dwa kwa­thi aba­nce­di­si be­fi­ka ka­ba­ba­fi­ca­nga ento­lo­ngwe­ni; ba­bu­ye­la emu­va ba­bi­ka,

23 be­si­thi: Into­lo­ngo si­yi­fi­ce iva­li­we ko­nke ku­qi­ni­le, la­ba­li­ndi be­mi pha­ndle pha­mbi kwe­mi­nya­ngo; ko­dwa se­si­vu­li­le, pha­ka­thi ka­si­fi­ca­nga mu­ntuq.

24 Nja­lo kwa­thi umpri­sti le­ndu­na ye­the­mpe­li la­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu be­zwe la­ma­zwir, ba­di­de­ka ka­khu­lu nga­bo, uku­thi lo­khu ku­za­ku­ba yi­nis.

25 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka omu­nye wa­ba­tshe­la wa­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni, ama­do­da ebe­li­wa­fa­ke ento­lo­ngwe­ni ami ethe­mpe­li­ni afu­ndi­sa aba­ntut.

26 Ya­si­ha­mba indu­nau la­ba­nce­di­si ba­ba­le­thav, ku­nge­yi­si­kho nga­ma­ndla, ngo­ba ba­be­se­sa­ba aba­ntu, uku­ze ba­nga­kha­ndwa nga­ma­tshew.

27 Se­be­ba­le­thi­le baba­mi­sa pha­mbi ko­mpha­ka­thix. Umpri­sti omkhu­lu wa­se­ba­bu­za,

28 esi­thi: Ka­si­li­la­yi­si­sa­ngay yi­ni uku­thi li­nga­fu­ndi­si nga­le­li­bi­zo? Ko­dwa kha­nge­la­ni se­li­gcwa­li­se iJe­ru­sa­le­ma nge­mfu­ndi­so ye­nuz, li­qo­nde ukwe­hli­se­laa iga­zi la­lu­mu­ntu phe­zu kwe­thub.

29 Ko­dwa uPe­tro la­ba­pho­sto­li ba­phe­ndu­la ba­thi: Ku­me­le uku­la­le­la uNku­lu­nku­lu ku­la­ba­ntuc.

30 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­ba­bad be­thu wa­mvu­sa uJe­su, ela­mbu­la­la li­nae, li­mpha­nye­ka esi­hla­hle­nif.

31 Ye­na lo, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mpha­ka­mi­sa nge­sa­ndla sa­khe so­ku­ne­neg, abe ngu­Mkho­khe­lih lo­Msi­ndi­sii, uku­ni­ka uI­sra­ye­li uku­phe­ndu­kaj lo­the­the­le­lo lwe­zo­nokl.

32 Nja­lo thi­na si­nga­ba­fa­ka­zi ba­khe ba­le­zi­zi­nto, nja­lo lo­Mo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­lem, uNku­lu­nku­lu amni­ke la­bo aba­mla­le­la­yon.

Ise­lu­le­ko si­ka­Ga­ma­li­ye­li

33 Kwa­thi se­be­zwi­le lo­khu ba­thu­ku­the­la ka­khu­luo, be­nza ice­bo lo­ku­ba­bu­la­lap.

34 Kwa­se­ku­su­ku­ma umFa­ri­si othi­le empha­ka­thi­niq, uGa­ma­li­ye­li nge­bi­zor, umfu­ndi­si wo­mla­yo, ohlo­ni­tshwa yi­bo bo­nke aba­ntu, wa­la­ya uku­thi ba­khu­phe­le pha­ndle aba­pho­sto­li okwe­si­kha­tsha­nas.

35 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ma­do­da maI­sra­ye­li, zi­qa­phe­le­ni ma­ye­la­na la­la­ba­ba­ntu, eli­za­kwe­nzat.

36 Ngo­ba nga­pha­mbi kwa­le­zi­nsu­ku kwa­su­ka uTe­wu­da, esi­thi ye­na ngo­kwa­khe ungu­mu­ntu, la­hla­nga­nye­la la­ye ina­ni la­ma­do­da anga­ba nga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne; wa­bu­la­wa, la­bo bo­nke aba­be­mla­le­la2 ba­chi­the­ka ba­phe­lau.

37 Emva kwa­khe kwa­su­ka uJu­da­si umGa­li­li ensu­kwi­ni zo­ku­ba­lwav, wa­do­nse­la aba­ntu aba­ne­ngi nge­mva kwa­khe; la­ye wa­bhu­bha, la­la­bo bo­nke aba­be­mla­le­la ba­chi­the­ka.

38 Nja­lo kha­the­si ngi­thi ki­ni: De­da­ni ku­la­ba­ba­ntu, li­ba­ye­ke­le; ngo­ba uba le­li­ce­bo ku­mbe lu­mse­be­nzi ungo­wa­ba­ntu, uza­chi­the­kaw;

39 ko­dwa uba ungo­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, li­nge­ke la­wu­chi­tha, hle­zi li­fi­cwe ngi­tsho li­nga­ba­lwa­yo lo­Nku­lu­nku­lux.

40 Ba­se­be­mla­le­la; se­be­ba­bi­ze­le ku­bo aba­pho­sto­liy baba­tsha­yaz, baba­la­ya uku­thi ba­nga­khu­lu­mi nge­bi­zo li­ka­Je­su, ba­se­be­ba­khu­lu­laa.

41 Nga­kho ba­su­ka ebu­swe­ni bo­mpha­ka­thib, be­tho­ko­zac uku­thi kwa­ku­ba­fa­ne­le uku­du­nya­zwa nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­khed.

42 Nja­lo insu­ku zo­nke, ethe­mpe­li­nie la­ku­ndlu nge­ndluf, ka­ba­ye­ke­la­nga uku­fu­ndi­sag lo­ku­tshu­ma­ye­la uJe­su Kri­stuh.

Uku­khe­thwa kwa­ma­do­da ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa

6Kwa­thi nga­le­zo­nsu­ku, aba­fu­ndi se­ba­ndi­lea, kwa­ve­la uku­so­la kwa­ma­He­le­ni­si­ti* nga­ma­He­bhe­rub, ngo­ba aba­fe­lo­ka­zi ba­bo ba­be­nga­na­nzwa ekwa­be­lwe­ni kwe­nsu­ku nge­nsu­kuc.

2 Aba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li ba­se­be­bi­ze­la ku­bo ixu­ku la­ba­fu­ndi, ba­thi: Ka­ku­lu­nga­nga uku­thi thi­na si­tshi­ye ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lud, si­se­be­nze ema­ta­fu­le­nie.

3 Nga­kho, ba­za­lwa­ne, kha­nge­la­ni pha­ka­thi kwe­nu ama­do­da ayi­si­kho­mbi­saf alo­bu­fa­ka­zi obu­hle, agcwe­le uMo­ya oNgcwe­le le­nhla­ka­ni­phog, esi­nga­wa­mi­sa phe­zu kwa­le inswe­lo.

4 Ko­dwa thi­na si­za­phi­ke­le­la emkhu­le­kwe­nih le­mse­be­nzi­ni we­li­zwii.

5 La­le­li­li­zwi la­li­tho­ko­zi­sa lo­nke ixu­ku; ba­se­be­khe­tha uSte­fa­ne, indo­da egcwe­le ukho­lo lo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­lej, lo­Fi­li­phuk, lo­Pro­ko­ro, lo­Ni­ka­no­ri, lo­Ti­mo­ni, lo­Pa­rme­na, lo­Ni­ko­lal owa­phe­ndu­ke­la ku­ma­Ju­dam eve­la eA­nti­yo­kin,

6 aba­ba­mi­sa pha­mbi kwa­ba­pho­sto­li; se­be­khu­le­ki­leo ba­be­ka iza­ndla phe­zu kwa­bop.

7 Le­li­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu la­nda, le­na­ni la­ba­fu­ndi la­khu­la ka­khu­lu si­bi­li eJe­ru­sa­le­maq, le­xu­ku eli­khu­lu la­ba­pri­sti la­la­le­la ukho­lor.

USte­fa­ne uma­nga­le­lwa empha­ka­thi­ni

8 Kwa­thi uSte­fa­ne egcwe­le ukho­lo la­ma­ndla we­nza izi­ma­nga­li­so le­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so ezi­nku­lu pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntus.

9 Kwa­se­ku­su­ku­ma aba­nye abe­si­na­go­ge eli­thi­wa nge­la­ba­Khu­lu­lwa, la­be­Ku­re­net la­beA­le­ksa­ndri­yau, la­ku­la­bo aba­ve­la eKi­li­khi­yav leA­si­yaw, ba­phi­ki­sa­na lo­Ste­fa­ne.

10 Ko­dwa ba­be­nge­la­ma­ndla oku­me­la­na le­nhla­ka­ni­pho lo­Mo­ya aye­khu­lu­ma nga­wox.

11 Ba­se­be­fu­mba­thi­sa ama­do­da athi: Si­mzwi­le ekhu­lu­ma ama­zwi ayi­nhla­mba ame­la­na lo­Mo­zi­si lo­Nku­lu­nku­luy.

12 Ba­se­be­vu­sa aba­ntu la­ba­da­la la­ba­bha­li, ba­se­bemfi­ke­laz ba­mba­mbaa, bamle­tha empha­ka­thi­nib,

13 ba­se­be­mi­sa aba­fa­ka­zi ba­ma­ngac aba­thi: Lu­mu­ntu ka­ye­ke­li uku­khu­lu­ma ama­zwi ayi­nhla­mba ame­le­ne la­li­nda­wo engcwe­le la­ngo­mla­yod;

14 ngo­ba si­mzwi­le esi­thi, uJe­su lo we­Na­za­re­tha uza­di­li­za li­nda­woe, aphe­ndu­le le­mi­khu­ba uMo­zi­si asi­ni­ka yo­naf.

15 Bo­nke aba­be­hle­zi empha­ka­thi­nig ba­se­be­mjo­lo­ze­lah, ba­bo­na ubu­so ba­khe bu­nga­thi yi­bu­so be­ngi­lo­sii.

Uku­zi­phe­ndu­le­la ku­ka­Ste­fa­ne

7Umpri­sti omkhu­lu wa­se­si­thi: Ka­mbe le­zi­zi­nto zi­nja­lo?

2 Wa­se­si­thi: Ma­do­da, ba­za­lwa­ne la­bo­ba­ba, la­le­la­nia. UNku­lu­nku­lu we­nka­zi­mu­lo wa­bo­na­ka­la ku­ba­ba we­thu uA­bra­ha­ma ese­Me­so­po­ta­mi­yab, enga­ka­hla­li eHa­ra­nic,

3 wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Phu­ma eli­zwe­ni la­ki­ni le­zi­hlo­tshe­ni za­kho, uze eli­zwe­ni engi­za­ku­tshe­ngi­sa lo­nad.

4 Wa­se­su­ka eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Kha­la­di­ya wa­hla­la eHa­ra­nie; kwa­thi esu­ka la­pho, emva ko­ku­fa ku­ka­yi­sef, wa­msu­sa wa­mhla­li­sa ku­le­li­li­zwe eli­hle­zi ki­lo li­na kha­the­sig;

5 ko­dwa ka­mni­ka­nga ili­fa ki­lo, ha­tshi la­nya­the­lah; ko­dwa wa­the­mbi­sa uku­mni­ka lo­na li­be nge­la­khe, le­le­nza­lo ya­khe emva kwa­khei, engaka­bi la­mntwa­naj.

6 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­khu­lu­ma ka­nje esi­thi inza­lo ya­khe iza­ku­ba yi­si­ha­mbi eli­zwe­ni le­mzi­ni, ba­za­ye­nza isi­gqi­li ba­zayi­pha­tha ku­bik, imi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ama­nel;

7 ko­dwa le­so­si­zwe, aba­za­ku­ba yi­zi­gqi­li ku­so, ngi­za­si­gwe­ba mi­na, ku­tsho uNku­lu­nku­lu; nja­lo emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto ba­za­phu­ma, ba­ngi­kho­nze ku­li­nda­wom.

8 Wa­se­mni­ka isi­vu­me­lwa­no so­ku­so­kan; ngo­ku­nja­lo wa­za­la uI­sa­ka, wa­mso­ka ngo­su­ku lwe­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lio; loI­sa­ka uJa­ko­bep, lo­Ja­ko­beq okho­kho aba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lir.

9 Okho­khos ba­se­be­si­ba lo­mo­nat ba­the­ngi­sa uJo­se­fa eGi­bhi­theu; ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ye­la­yev,

10 wa­se­mkhu­lu­la ku­zo zo­nke inhlu­phe­ko za­khe, wa­mni­ka umu­sa le­nhla­ka­ni­pho pha­mbi ku­ka­Fa­ro inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the; wa­se­mbe­ka uku­ba ngu­mbu­si phe­zu kwe­Gi­bhi­the lo­we­ndlu ya­khe yo­nkew.

11 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka indla­la eli­zwe­ni lo­nke le­Gi­bhi­the le­le­Kha­na­ni, lo­ku­hlu­phe­ka oku­khu­lu; la­bo­ba­ba be­thu ka­ba­tho­la­nga uku­dlax.

12 Ko­dwa uJa­ko­be ese­zwi­le uku­thi ku­kho­na ama­be­le eGi­bhi­the, wa­thu­ma oba­ba be­thu oko­ku­qa­lay.

13 Kwa­thi ngo­kwe­si­bi­liz uJo­se­fa wa­zi­swa ku­ba­fo­wa­boa, la­ba­ki­bo ka­Jo­se­fa ba­bo­na­ka­li­swa ku­Fa­rob.

14 UJo­se­fa wa­se­thu­me­la wa­bi­ze­la ku­ye uyi­se uJa­ko­bec, la­lo lo­nke use­ndo lwa­khed, ku­le­mi­phe­fu­mu­loe enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­nhla­nuf.

15 UJa­ko­be wa­se­se­hle­la eGi­bhi­theg, wa­se­si­fa ye­nah la­bo­ba­ba be­thui;

16 ba­se­be­thwa­le­lwaj eShi­ke­mik, ba­la­li­swa engcwa­be­ni uA­bra­ha­ma aye­li­the­nge nge­nte­ngo ye­ma­lil ku­ma­do­da­na ka­Ha­mo­rimn we­Shi­ke­mio.

17 Kwa­thi se­si­so­nde­le isi­kha­thi se­si­the­mbi­so uNku­lu­nku­lu aye­si­fu­nge kuA­bra­ha­map, ba­khu­la aba­ntu ba­nda eGi­bhi­theq,

18 kwa­ze kwa­ve­la enye inko­si, eya­yi­nga­ma­zi uJo­se­far.

19 Yo­na ya­si­pha­tha ngo­bu­qi­li isi­zu­ku­lu sa­ki­thi, ya­ba­hlu­pha oba­ba be­thus, uku­ba­la­hli­sa insa­ne za­bot, uku­ze zi­nga­phi­liu.

20 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi kwa­za­lwa uMo­zi­siv, wa­ba mu­hle ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu; owo­ndli­wa endli­ni ka­yi­se inya­nga ezi­nta­thuw.

21 Ese­la­hli­we, indo­da­ka­zi ka­Fa­ro ya­mdo­bha, ya­zo­ndle­la ye­na uku­thi abe yi­ndo­da­nax.

22 Nja­lo uMo­zi­si wa­fu­ndi­swa ku­yo yo­nke inhla­ka­ni­pho ya­ma­Gi­bhi­they; wa­se­si­ba la­ma­ndla nga­ma­zwi la­nge­mi­se­be­nziz.

23 Kwa­thi ese­le­si­kha­thi se­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne agcwe­le­yo, kwa­fi­ka enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khea uku­thi aha­mbe­le aba­fo­wa­bo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lib.

24 Kwa­thi ebo­na omu­nye epha­thwa ku­bi, wamvi­ke­la wa­mla­mu­le­la ohlu­tshwa­yo, wa­tsha­ya umGi­bhi­the;

25 nja­lo wa­ye­the­mba uku­thi aba­fo­wa­bo ba­za­qe­di­si­sa uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu uba­ni­ka inku­lu­le­ko nge­sa­ndla sa­khe; ko­dwa ka­ba­qe­di­si­sa­nga.

26 Nja­lo ngo­su­ku olu­la­nde­la­yo wa­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sa ki­bo aba­be­si­lwa, wa­ba­la­mu­la nga­ma­ndla, esi­thi: Ma­do­da, li­nga­ba­za­lwa­ne; li­pha­tha­ne­la­ni ku­bic?

27 Ko­dwa lo­wo owa­ye­mo­na uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­msu­ndu­za, esi­thi: Ube­kwe ngu­ba­ni uku­ba ngu­mbu­si lo­ma­hlu­le­li phe­zu kwe­thu?

28 Usu­fu­na uku­ngi­bu­la­la yi­ni, nje­ngo­ba ubu­le­le umGi­bhi­the izo­lod?

29 Nga­le­li­li­zwi uMo­zi­si wa­se­ba­le­ka, wa­ba ngo­we­mzi­ni eli­zwe­ni le­Ma­di­ya­nie, la­pho aza­la kho­na ama­do­da­na ama­bi­lif.

30 Kwa­thi se­ku­gcwa­li­se­ke imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne, kwa­bo­na­ka­la ku­ye enka­nga­lag ye­nta­ba iSi­na­yi ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si pha­ka­thi kwe­la­nga­bi lo­mli­lo esi­hla­hle­nih.

31 Kwa­thi uMo­zi­si ese­bo­ni­le wa­ma­nga­la nga­lo­wo­mbo­no; esa­so­nde­la uku­thi akha­nge­li­si­se, ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ku­ye li­si­thii:

32 Mi­na ngi­ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­hlo, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaA­bra­ha­ma lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sa­ka lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­Ja­ko­bej. UMo­zi­si wa­se­thu­thu­me­lak, ka­za­ba le­si­bi­ndi so­ku­kha­nge­li­si­sal.

33 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Khu­lu­la ama­nya­the­la enya­we­ni za­kho; ngo­ba inda­wo omi ki­yo ingu­mhla­ba­thi ongcwe­lem.

34 Ngi­ku­bo­ni­le lo­ku­ku­bo­na uku­hlu­tshwa kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi aba­se­Gi­bhi­the, nja­lo ngi­zwi­le uku­bu­bu­la kwa­bo; se­nge­hli­le uku­thi ngi­ba­khu­lu­le; kha­the­si-ke wo­za, ngi­za­ku­thu­ma eGi­bhi­then.

35 UMo­zi­si lo aba­ma­la­yo be­si­thi: Ube­kwe ngu­ba­ni uku­ba ngu­mbu­si lo­ma­hlu­le­li? ngu­ye uNku­lu­nku­lu amthu­ma­yo uku­ba ngu­mbu­si lo­mkhu­lu­li nge­sa­ndla se­ngi­lo­si eya­bo­na­ka­la ku­ye esi­hla­hle­nio.

36 Ye­na wa­ba­khu­phap, ese­nze izi­ma­nga­li­so le­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­theq lo­Lwa­ndle olu­Bo­mvur, le­nka­nga­las imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­net.

37 Ngu­ye lo­wo uMo­zi­si owa­thi ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li: INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu uza­li­vu­se­la umpro­fe­thi ku­ba­za­lwa­ne be­nu onje­nga­mi; li­za­mu­zwa ye­nau.

38 Ngu­ye lo­wov owa­ye­se­ba­ndle­ni enka­nga­law, ka­nye le­ngi­lo­si eya­khu­lu­ma la­ye enta­be­ni iSi­na­yi ka­nye la­bo­ba­ba be­thux; owe­mu­ke­lay ama­zwi aphi­la­yoz, uku­ze asi­ni­ke;

39 ye­na oba­ba be­thu aba­nga­vu­ma­nga uku­mla­le­la, ko­dwa bamsu­ndu­ze­la ece­le­ni, ba­se­be­bu­ye­la eGi­bhi­the nge­nhli­zi­yo za­boa,

40 be­si­thi kuA­ro­ni: Se­nze­le onku­lu­nku­lu aba­za­ha­mba pha­mbi kwe­thu; ngo­ba uMo­zi­si lo, owa­si­khu­pha eli­zwe­ni iGi­bhi­the, ka­sa­zi uku­thi we­hle­lwe yi­nib.

41 Ba­se­be­se­nza itho­le nga­le­zo­nsu­kuc, ba­le­tha umhla­tshe­lo esi­tho­mbe­nid, ba­ja­bu­lae nge­mi­se­be­nzi ye­za­ndla za­bof.

42 Ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­fu­la­the­lag, wa­ba­ni­ke­la uku­thi ba­kho­nzeh ibu­tho le­zu­lui; nje­ngo­ku­lo­tshi­we­yo encwa­di­ni ya­ba­pro­fe­thi uku­thi: La­le­tha ki­mi yi­ni imi­hla­tshe­lo le­mi­ni­ke­lo imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne enka­nga­la, ndlu kaI­sra­ye­lij?

43 Nja­lo la­tha­tha itha­bha­ne­ke­le li­ka­Mo­lo­ki le­nka­nye­zi ka­nku­lu­nku­lu we­nu uRe­fa­ni, imi­fa­ne­ki­so ela­ye­nza uku­thi li­yi­kho­nzek; nja­lo ngi­za­li­thu­the­la nga­pha­mbi­li kwe­Bha­bhi­lo­nil.

44 Oba­ba be­thu ba­be­la­lo itha­bha­ne­ke­le lo­bu­fa­ka­zi enka­nga­lam, nje­ngo­ku­la­ye­la kwa­lo­wo owa­khu­lu­ma lo­Mo­zi­si, uku­thi ale­nze ngo­mfa­ne­ki­so aye­wu­bo­ni­len;

45 okwa­thi fu­thi oba­ba be­thu se­be­le­mu­ke­le ba­li­nge­ni­sa ka­nyeo lo­Jo­shu­wa empa­hle­ni ye­zi­zwep, uNku­lu­nku­lu azi­xo­tsha pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­bo­ba­baq, kwa­ze kwa­ba se­nsu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Da­vi­dar;

46 owa­tho­la umu­sa pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lus, wa­ce­la uku­tho­le­la uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­Ja­ko­be itha­bha­ne­ke­let.

47 Ko­dwa uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­ma­khe­la indluu.

48 Ko­dwav oPhe­zu­ko­nkew ka­hla­li ethe­mpe­li­nix ele­nzi­we nge­za­ndlay, nje­ngo­ku­tsho ko­mpro­fe­thi uku­thi:

49 Izu­lu ki­mi li­yi­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si, lo­mhla­ba uyi­se­na­be­lo se­nya­wo za­mi; li­za­nga­khe­la indlu enja­ni, ku­tsho iNko­si; ku­mbe yi­yi­phi inda­wo ya­mi yo­ku­phu­mu­la?

50 Isa­ndla sa­mi ka­si­ze­nza­nga yi­ni zo­nke le­zi­zi­ntoz?

51 Li­na nta­mo zi­lu­khu­niab nja­lo aba­nga­so­ka­nga enhli­zi­ywe­ni le­ndle­be­nicd, li­na li­me­la­na nja­lo­nja­lo lo­Mo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­le; nje­nga­bo­yi­hlo, linja­lo la­nie.

52 Ngu­wu­phi owa­ba­pro­fe­thi oyi­hlo aba­nga­mzi­nge­la­ngaf? Ba­se­be­bu­la­la la­bo aba­me­me­ze­la nga­pha­mbi­li ngo­ku­za ko­Lu­ngi­le­yog, ye­na lo li­na kha­the­si ese­la­ba­nga­ba­ni­ke­li la­ba­bu­la­li ba­kheh;

53 ele­mu­ke­la umla­yo ngo­ku­qo­qa kwe­zi­ngi­lo­sii, ko­dwa ka­liwu­lo­ndo­lo­za­ngaj.

Uku­fa ku­ka­Ste­fa­ne

54 Ba­thi se­be­zwi­le le­zi­zi­nto, ba­hla­be­ka enhli­zi­ywe­ni za­bok, ba­mge­dle­la ama­zi­nyol.

55 Ko­dwa ye­na egcwe­le uMo­ya oNgcwe­lem, wa­jo­lo­ze­la ezu­lwi­ni, wa­bo­na inka­zi­mu­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lun, lo­Je­su emi nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luo,

56 wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni, ngi­bo­na ama­zu­lu evu­le­ki­lep, le­Ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntuq imi nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lur.

57 Ko­dwa ba­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu, ba­va­la indle­be za­bo, ba­the­le­ka phe­zu kwa­khe be­ngqo­ndo­nye;

58 ba­se­be­mkhu­phe­la nga­pha­ndle ko­mu­zis, bamkha­nda nga­ma­tshet; la­ba­fa­ka­ziu ba­be­ka pha­nsi ize­mba­tho za­bo enya­we­ni ze­ja­ha eli­thi­wa ngu­Sa­wu­liv.

59 Ba­mkha­nda nga­ma­tshe uSte­fa­new, ebi­za esi­thi: Nko­si Je­sux, ye­mu­ke­la umo­ya wa­miy.

60 Wa­se­gu­qa nga­ma­do­lo, wa­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­luz esi­thi: Nko­sia, unga­ba­ba­le­li le­si­so­nob. Ese­tshi­lo lo­khu wa­la­lac.

USa­wu­li uzi­nge­la ama­kho­lwa

8Nja­lo uSa­wu­lia wa­ye­vu­me­la­na lo­ku­bu­la­wa kwa­kheb. Nga­lo­lo­su­ku kwa­se­ku­su­ka uku­zi­nge­lwa oku­khu­lu kwe­ba­ndla ela­li­se­Je­ru­sa­le­ma; bo­nke ba­se­be­hla­ka­ze­ka ema­zwe­ni eJu­di­yac le­Sa­ma­ri­yad, nga­pha­ndle kwa­ba­pho­sto­li.

2 Ama­do­da akho­lwa­yoe ase­mbu­tha uSte­fa­nef, ame­nze­la isi­li­lo esi­khu­lug.

3 Ko­dwa uSa­wu­li wa­li­chi­tha iba­ndla, enge­na izi­ndlu nge­zi­ndluh, ehu­du­la ama­do­da la­ba­fa­zi eba­fa­ka ento­lo­ngwe­nii.

UFi­li­phu utshu­ma­ye­la eSa­ma­ri­ya

4 Nga­kho aba­hla­ka­ze­ki­le­yo ba­da­bu­la ili­zwe, be­tshu­ma­ye­la ili­zwij.

5 UFi­li­phu wa­se­se­hle­la emzi­ni we­Sa­ma­ri­ya, wa­tshu­ma­ye­la ku­bo uKri­stu.

6 Ama­xu­ku ase­la­le­la nga­nhli­zi­yo­nye okwa­khu­lu­nywa ngu­Fi­li­phu, esi­zwa nja­lo ebo­na izi­bo­na­ka­li­so aze­nza­yok.

7 Ngo­ba kwa­ba­ne­ngi aba­be­la­bo­mo­ya aba­ngco­li­le­yol, be­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu ba­phu­ma; la­ba­ne­ngi aba­be­yi­zi­li­ma la­ba­be­yi­zi­qhu­li ba­si­li­swam.

8 Kwa­ba kho­na into­ko­zo enku­lu ku­lo­wo­mu­zin.

USi­mo­ni oyi­sa­nu­se

9 Nja­lo indo­da ethi­le, uSi­mo­ni nge­bi­zo, e­ya­yi­ka­de ise­nza imi­li­ngoo emzi­ni isa­nga­ni­sa isi­zwe sa­ma­Sa­ma­ri­yap, isi­thi ingu­mu­ntu omkhu­luq;

10 aba­yi­la­le­la­yo bo­nke ku­su­ke­la kwa­ba­nci­nya­ne ku­ze ku­be kwa­ba­khu­lur, be­si­thi: Lo unga­ma­ndla ama­khu­lu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lus.

11 Ba­se­be­mla­le­lat, ngo­ba wa­ba­sa­nga­ni­sa isi­kha­thi esi­deu nge­mi­li­ngov.

12 Ko­dwa kwa­thi se­be­kho­lwe uFi­li­phu etshu­ma­ye­la inda­ba ezi­nhle ze­zi­nto ngo­mbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu la­nge­bi­zo li­ka­Je­su Kri­stu, ba­bha­bha­thi­zwa bo­nke ama­do­da la­ba­fa­ziw.

13 Lo­Si­mo­ni la­ye wa­kho­lwa, nja­lo ese­bha­bha­thi­zi­we wa­na­ma­the­la ku­Fi­li­phux; wa­sa­nga­ni­se­ka, ebo­na imi­se­be­nzi ya­ma­ndla le­zi­bo­na­ka­li­so eza­zi­se­nzi­way.

14 Kwa­thi aba­pho­sto­li aba­se­Je­ru­sa­le­ma be­zwe uku­thi iSa­ma­ri­ya ile­mu­ke­le ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luz, ba­thu­ma ku­bo uPe­tro lo­Jo­ha­nea;

15 aba­thi se­be­hli­le ba­ba­khu­le­ke­la, uku­ze ba­me­mu­ke­le uMo­ya oNgcwe­lebc;

16 ngo­ba wa­ye­nga­ke­hle­li la­ko­ye­dwa wa­bod, ko­dwa ba­be­bha­bha­thi­zwe ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si uJe­su ku­phe­laef.

17 Ba­se­be­be­ka iza­ndla phe­zu kwa­bog, ba­se­be­se­mu­ke­la uMo­ya oNgcwe­le.h

18 Nja­lo uSi­mo­ni ese­bo­ni­le uku­thi ngo­ku­be­kwa kwe­za­ndla za­ba­pho­sto­li uya­phi­wa uMo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­le, wa­le­tha ima­li ku­boi,

19 esi­thi: Ngi­pha­ni la­mi la­wo­ma­ndla, uku­ze ku­thi lo­ba ngu­ba­ni engi­be­ka iza­ndla za­mi phe­zu kwa­khe, emu­ke­le uMo­ya oNgcwe­le.

20 Ko­dwa uPe­tro wa­thi ku­ye: Isi­li­va sa­kho ka­nye la­we ka­ku­be se­ku­bhu­bhe­nij, ngo­ba uca­ba­ngak uku­thi isi­pho si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu si­nga­zu­zwa nge­ma­lil.

21 Ngo­ba ka­wu­la­sa­be­lo le­li­fam ku­le­li­li­zwi. Ngo­ba inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ka­yi­qo­nda­nga pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lun.

22 Nga­kho phe­ndu­ka ku­lo­bu­bu­bi ba­kho, nja­lo uce­le iNko­si, uku­thi uba ku­nge­nze­kao uthe­the­le­lwe umna­ka­no we­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho.

23 Ngo­ba ngi­bo­na uku­thi use­nyo­ngwe­ni eba­ba­yop nja­lo use­ku­bo­tshwe­ni yi­so­noq.

24 USi­mo­ni wa­se­phe­ndu­la esi­thi: Ngi­khu­le­ke­la­ni li­na eNko­si­ni, uku­ze ngi­nge­hle­lwa ngo­lu­nye lwa­le­zi­zi­nto eli­zi­khu­lu­mi­le­yor.

25 Nga­kho ku­the se­be­fa­ka­zi­le be­khu­lu­mi­le ili­zwi le­Nko­si, ba­bu­ye­la eJe­ru­sa­le­mas, nja­lo be­tshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li emi­za­ne­ni emi­ne­ngi ya­ma­Sa­ma­ri­yat.

Uku­phe­ndu­ka kwe­ndu­na yeE­thi­yo­phi­ya

26 Ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­si­khu­lu­mau lo­Fi­li­phuv, ya­thi: Su­ku­ma uye eni­ngi­zi­mu endle­le­ni eye­hla isu­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­ma isi­ya eGa­zaw; yo­na iyi­nka­nga­la.

27 Wa­se­su­ku­ma eha­mba; nja­lo kha­nge­la umu­ntu weE­thi­yo­phi­yax umthe­nway indu­na enku­lu ka­Ka­nda­ke indlo­vu­ka­ziz ya­maE­thi­yo­phi­yaa, eya­yi­phe­zu kwe­mpa­hla ya­khe eli­gu­gu yo­nkeb, eya­yi­fi­ki­le eJe­ru­sa­le­ma uku­kho­nza,

28 ya­yi­si­bu­ye­la ihle­zi enqo­le­ni ya­yo, iba­la ku­mpro­fe­thi uI­sa­ya.

29 UMo­ya wa­se­si­thi ku­Fi­li­phu: So­nde­la uha­mbe la­li­nqo­lac.

30 UFi­li­phu wa­se­gi­ji­me­la kuyo wa­yi­zwa iba­la umpro­fe­thi uI­sa­ya, wa­thi: Ka­mbe uya­qe­di­si­sa yi­ni le­zi­zi­nto ozi­fu­nda­yod?

31 Ya­si­si­thi: Ka­mbe ngi­nga­kwe­ne­li­sa nja­ni, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi omu­nye angi­qo­ndi­see? Ya­si­mce­la uFi­li­phu uku­thi akhwe­le ahla­le la­yof.

32 Le­se­hlu­kwa­na so­mbha­lo eya­yi­si­fu­nda yi­le­si: Wa­le­thwa eku­hla­tshwe­ni nje­nge­mvu; la­nje­nge­wu­ndlu li­thu­le pha­mbi ko­mgu­ndi wa­lo, ngo­ku­nja­lo ka­wu­vu­li umlo­mo wa­khe.

33 Eku­tho­tshi­swe­ni kwa­khe ukwa­hlu­le­lwa kwa­khe kwa­su­swa, nja­lo ngu­ba­ni onga­la­ndi­sa nge­si­zu­ku­lwa­na sa­khe? Ngo­ba impi­lo ya­khe iya­su­swa emhla­be­nig.

34 Umthe­nwa wa­se­phe­ndu­la uFi­li­phu wa­thi: Ngi­ya­ku­bu­za, umpro­fe­thi ukhu­lu­ma lo­khu ngo­ba­ni? Nga­ye ngo­kwa­khe, ku­mbe ngo­mu­nye yi­ni?

35 UFi­li­phu wa­se­vu­la umlo­mo wa­kheh, ese­qa­lai ku­lo­wo­mbha­loj, wa­tshu­ma­ye­la uJe­su ku­yek.

36 Kwa­thi be­sa­ha­mba endle­le­ni, ba­fi­ka ema­nzi­ni athi­le; lo­mthe­nwa wa­thi: Kha­nge­la, na­nka ama­nzi; ku­yi­ni oku­ngi­vi­mbe­la uku­thi ngi­bha­bha­thi­zwel?

37 UFi­li­phu wa­se­si­thi: Uba ukho­lwa nge­nhli­zi­yo yo­nkem, ku­vu­nye­lwen. Wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ngi­ya­kho­lwa uku­thi uJe­su Kri­stuo uyi­Ndo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­lup.

38 Wa­se­la­ya uku­thi inqo­la ime; ba­se­be­se­hle­la ema­nzi­ni bo­ba­bi­li, uFi­li­phu lo­mthe­nwa; wa­se­mbha­bha­thi­za.

39 Kwa­thi se­be­khu­phu­ki­le ema­nzi­ni, uMo­ya we­Nko­si wa­mhlu­thu­na uFi­li­phu; nja­lo umthe­nwa ka­za­be esa­mbo­naq; wa­ha­mba-ke nge­ndle­la ya­khe etho­ko­zar.

40 Ko­dwa uFi­li­phu wa­fi­cwa eA­zo­tus; nja­lo eda­bu­la wa­tshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li ku­yo yo­nke imi­zit, wa­ze wa­fi­ka eKe­sa­ri­yau.

Uku­phe­ndu­ka lo­ku­bha­bha­thi­zwa ku­ka­Sa­wu­li

9Kwa­thi uSa­wu­lia, esa­phe­fu­mu­la inso­ngo lo­ku­bu­la­la eme­la­ne la­ba­fu­ndi be­Nko­sib, wa­ya ku­mpri­sti omkhu­luc,

2 wa­ce­la ku­ye incwa­di zo­ku­ya eDa­ma­se­ko ku­ma­si­na­go­ge, uku­ze ku­thi uba etho­la aba­nye ba­le­yo­ndle­la, ama­do­da ka­nye la­ba­fa­zi, aba­le­the eJe­ru­sa­le­ma be­bo­tshi­wed.

3 Kwa­thi eku­ha­mbe­nie, kwe­nze­ka uku­thi ese­so­nde­le eDa­ma­se­kof; nja­lo kwa­hle kwa­mpha­zi­me­la inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke uku­kha­nya oku­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni;

4 nja­lo ewe­la emhla­ba­thi­ni, we­zwa ili­zwi li­si­thi ku­yeg: Sa­wu­li, Sa­wu­li, ungi­zi­nge­le­la­nih?

5 Wa­se­si­thi: Ungu­ba­ni, Nko­si? INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Mi­na ngi­ngu­Je­su omzi­nge­la­yoi; ku­lu­khu­ni ku­we uku­kha­hle­la­na le­zi­nci­jo.

6 Ethu­thu­me­la nja­lo ema­nga­la wa­thi: Nko­si, utha­nda uku­thi nge­nze­nij? Le­Nko­si ya­thi ku­ye: Su­ku­ma unge­ne emzi­ni, nja­lo uza­tshe­lwa lo­kho ome­le ukwe­nzek.

7 La­ma­do­da aye­ha­mba la­ye aye­mi enge­la­ku­khu­lu­mal, esi­zwa ili­zwi, ko­dwa enga­bo­ni mu­ntum.

8 USa­wu­li wa­se­vu­ka emhla­ba­thi­ni; kwa­thi ese­vu­le ame­hlo akhe, ka­bo­na­nga mu­ntun. Ba­se­bemba­mba nge­sa­ndla, ba­mu­sa eDa­ma­se­ko.

9 Wa­se­si­ba le­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu enga­bo­ni, nja­lo enga­dli fu­thi enga­na­thio.

10 Kwa­ku­kho­na eDa­ma­se­kop umfu­ndi othi­leq uA­na­ni­ya nge­bi­zo; iNko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye ngo­mbo­nor: Ana­ni­ya! Wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la ngila­pha, Nko­si.

11 INko­si ya­si­sithi ku­ye: Su­ku­ma uye endle­le­ni ethi­wa iQo­ndi­le, udi­nge endli­ni ka­Ju­da­si umu­ntu, uSa­wu­li nge­bi­zo, we­Ta­rsus; ngo­ba kha­nge­la uya­khu­le­ka,

12 nja­lo ubo­ni­le ngo­mbo­no umu­ntu, uA­na­ni­ya nge­bi­zo, enge­nat ebe­ka isa­ndla phe­zu kwa­khe, uku­ze abu­ye abo­neu.

13 Ko­dwa uA­na­ni­ya wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Nko­si, ngi­zwi­le nga­ba­ne­ngi nga­li­ndo­da, ku­nga­ka­na­ni oku­bi akwe­nzi­le­yov kwa­ba­ngcwe­le ba­kho eJe­ru­sa­le­maw;

14 la­la­pha ula­ma­ndla ave­la ku­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu, oku­bo­pha bo­nke la­bo aba­bi­za ibi­zo la­khox.

15 Ko­dwa iNko­si ya­thi ku­ye: Ha­mba, ngo­ba lo­wo uyi­si­tsha sa­mi esi­khe­thi­we­yoy, uku­pha­tha ibi­zo la­miz pha­mbi kwe­zi­zwea la­ma­kho­sib, la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li;

16 ngo­ba mi­na ngi­za­mtshe­ngi­sa uku­thi ume­le uku­hlu­phe­ka ka­nga­ka­na­ni nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­mic.

17 UA­na­ni­ya wa­se­su­kad wa­nge­na endli­nie, wa­be­ka iza­ndla za­khe phe­zu kwa­khe esi­thi: Sa­wu­li mza­lwa­ne, iNko­si ingi­thu­mi­le, uJe­su obo­na­ke­le ku­we endle­le­ni oze nga­yof, uku­ze ubu­ye ubo­ne nja­lo ugcwa­li­swe ngo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­leg.

18 Kwa­hle kwa­wa eme­hlwe­ni akhe kwa­nga­thi zi­nkwe­thu, wa­hle wa­bu­ye wa­bo­na, nja­lo esu­ku­ma wa­bha­bha­thi­zwah,

19 nja­lo ese­dli­le wa­tho­la ama­ndla. USa­wu­li wa­se­hla­la la­ba­fu­ndi aba­be­se­Da­ma­se­ko insu­ku ezi­thi­lei.

USa­wu­li utshu­ma­ye­la eDa­ma­se­ko le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma

20 Wa­hle-ke wa­tshu­ma­ye­la uKri­stu ema­si­na­go­ge­ni, uku­thi ye­na uyi­Ndo­da­na ka­Nku­lu­nku­luj.

21 Nja­lo bo­nke abe­zwa­yo ba­sa­nga­ni­se­ka ba­thi: Lo ka­yi­su­ye yi­ni owa­chi­thak eJe­ru­sa­le­ma la­bo aba­bi­za le­li­bi­zol, la­la­pha uze­le lo­khom uku­thi aba­qhu­be be­bo­tshi­we aba­se ku­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lun?

22 Ko­dwa uSa­wu­li wa­qi­ni­swa ka­khu­lu, wa­phi­thi­ze­li­sa ama­Ju­da akhi­le­yo eDa­ma­se­ko, eqi­ni­sa uku­thi lo ungu­ye uKri­stuo.

23 Kwa­thi se­zi­gcwa­li­si­we insu­ku ezi­ne­ngi, ama­Ju­da enza ice­bo nda­wo­nye uku­thi ambu­la­le;

24 ko­dwa iqhi­nga la­wo la­zi­wa ngu­Sa­wu­lip. Ase­li­nda ema­sa­ngwe­ni emi­ni le­bu­su­ku, uku­ze ambu­la­leq;

25 ko­dwa aba­fu­ndi ba­mtha­tha ebu­su­ku, bame­hli­se­la emtha­nga­le­nir beme­hli­sa nge­si­lu­lus.

26 Kwa­thi uSa­wu­li ese­fi­ki­le eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, wa­za­ma uku­zi­hla­nga­ni­sa la­ba­fu­ndi; ko­dwa bo­nke ba­me­sa­ba, be­nga­kho­lwa uku­thi ungu­mfu­ndit.

27 Ko­dwa uBa­rna­ba­si wa­mtha­thau wamu­sa ku­ba­pho­sto­liv, wa­ba­la­ndi­se­la uku­thi uyi­bo­ne nja­ni iNko­si endle­le­niw, lo­ku­thix ikhu­lu­mi­le ku­ye, lo­ku­thi eDa­ma­se­ko ukhu­lu­me nja­ni nge­si­bi­ndi ebi­zwe­ni li­ka­Je­su.y

28 Wa­se­hla­la la­boz enge­na ephu­ma eJe­ru­sa­le­maa,

29 wa­se­khu­lu­ma nge­si­bi­ndi nge­bi­zo le­Nko­si uJe­sub, wa­khu­lu­ma nja­lo fu­thi ephi­ki­sa­na la­ma­He­le­ni­si­ti*c; ko­dwa ba­za­ma uku­mbu­la­lad.

30 Ko­dwa aba­za­lwa­ne se­be­kwa­zie ba­me­hli­se­la eKe­sa­ri­yaf, ba­mthu­ma eTa­rsug.

31 Nga­kho ama­ba­ndla ku­yo yo­nke iJu­di­ya le­Ga­li­lih le­Sa­ma­ri­yai aba lo­ku­thu­la, esa­khe­kaj, eha­mba ekwe­sa­be­ni iNko­si la­nge­ndu­du­zo ka­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le, andak.

UPe­tro usi­li­sa uE­ne­ya

32 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uPe­tro eda­bu­la inda­wo zo­nkel we­hle­la la­kwa­ba­ngcwe­lem aba­hla­la eLi­dan.

33 Wa­se­fi­ca kho­na umu­ntu othi­le uE­ne­ya nge­bi­zo, owa­ye­se­le­le eca­nsi­ni imi­nya­ka eyi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, eyi­si­go­ga.

34 UPe­tro wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ene­ya, uJe­su Kri­stu uya­ku­si­li­sa; su­ku­ma uze­ndla­le­le ica­nsi. Nja­lo wa­hle wa­su­ku­mao.

35 Ba­se­be­mbo­na bo­nke aba­khi­le­yo eLi­dap le­Sa­ro­niq, aba­phe­ndu­ke­la eNko­si­nir.

UPe­tro uvu­sa uTa­bi­tha kwa­ba­fi­le­yo

36 Kwa­ku­kho­na eJo­pha umfu­ndi­ka­zi othi­le, uTa­bi­tha nge­bi­zos, oku­ngo­ku­cha­si­swa ku­thi­wa ngu­Do­rka­si; lo wa­ye­gcwe­le imi­se­be­nzi emi­hle le­mi­se­be­nzi yo­mu­sa aye­nza­yot.

37 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ku­le­zo­nsu­ku wa­gu­la wa­fa; se­be­mge­zi­si­le bamla­li­sa endli­ni ephe­zu­luu.

38 Nja­lo nje­ngo­ba iLi­da ya­yi­se­du­ze le­Jo­phav, aba­fu­ndi se­be­zwi­le uku­thi uPe­tro wa­ye­kho­na ku­yo, ba­thu­ma ama­do­da ama­bi­li ku­ye, bemnce­nga uku­thi anga­phu­zi uku­za ku­bow.

39 UPe­tro wa­se­su­ku­ma wa­ha­mba la­bo; okwa­thi ese­fi­ki­le bamtha­tha bamu­sa endli­ni ephe­zu­lux, la­ba­fe­lo­ka­zi bo­nke be­ma la­ye be­kha­la be­mtshe­ngi­sa ize­mba­tho le­zi­gqo­ko uDo­rka­si aye­ze­nzi­le ese­la­bo.

40 Ko­dwa uPe­tro ese­ba­khu­phe­le pha­ndle bo­nkey egu­qa nga­ma­do­lo wa­khu­le­kaz; ese­tshi­bi­li­ke­la esi­du­nji­ni, wa­thi: Ta­bi­tha, vu­kaa! Wa­se­vu­la ame­hlo akhe; wa­bo­na uPe­tro, wa­lu­la­ma.

41 Wa­me­lu­le­la isa­ndla, wa­msu­ku­mi­sa; ese­bi­ze aba­ngcwe­le la­ba­fe­lo­ka­zi, waba­ni­ka ephi­lab.

42 Kwa­se­ku­sa­zi­wa ku­yo yo­nke iJo­phac, la­ba­ne­ngi ba­kho­lwa eNko­si­nid.

43 Kwe­nze­ka uku­thi ahla­le eJo­pha insu­ku ezi­ne­ngi lo­Si­mo­ni othi­le umtshu­ki we­zi­khu­mbae.

Umbo­no ka­Ko­rne­li­yu

10Kwa­ku­kho­na eKe­sa­ri­ya indo­da ethi­le nge­bi­zo ngu­Ko­rne­li­yua, indu­na ye­khu­lu ye­bu­tho eli­thi­wa nge­leI­tha­li­yab,

2 eqo­thoc le­me­sa­ba­yo uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­nye le­ndlu ya­yo yo­nke, eye­nza imi­se­be­nzi yo­mu­sa emi­ne­ngi eba­ntwi­ni, ikhu­le­ka nja­lo­nja­lo ku­Nku­lu­nku­lud;

3 ya­bo­nae embo­nwe­ni ngo­ku­ca­ci­le­yo, ngo­ku­nga­ba li­ho­la le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye* lo­su­kuf, ingi­lo­si ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu inge­na ku­yog, ya­si­si­thi ku­yo: Ko­rne­li­yu!

4 Wa­se­yi­jo­lo­ze­lah efi­ke­lwa yi­kwe­sa­ba wa­thi: Ku­yi­ni, Nko­sii? Ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Imi­khu­le­ko ya­kho le­zi­pho za­kho kwe­nyu­kej kwa­ba yi­si­khu­mbu­zo pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luk.

5 Kha­the­si-ke thu­ma ama­do­da eJo­phal, ubi­ze uSi­mo­ni othi­wa fu­thi ngu­Pe­tro;

6 ye­na unge­ni­si­le ku­Si­mo­ni othi­le umtshu­ki we­zi­khu­mba, ondlu ya­khe ise­lwa­ndlem; ye­na uza­ku­tshe­la ofa­ne­le ukwe­nzen.

7 Kwa­thi ingi­lo­si ebi­khu­lu­ma lo­Ko­rne­li­yu isi­ha­mbi­le, wa­bi­za aba­bi­li kwa­be­ndlu ya­kheo, lo­we­bu­tho oqo­thop ku­la­bo aba­be­mli­ndaq,

8 nja­lo ese­la­ndi­si­le ko­nke ku­bo, wa­ba­thu­ma eJo­pha.

Uku­hle­hli­swa kwe­ngqo­ndo ka­Pe­tro

9 Nja­lo ku­si­sa bo­na be­sa­ha­mba se­be­so­nde­la emzi­ni, uPe­tro we­nyu­ke­lar phe­zu ko­pha­hla lwe­ndlu uku­ya­khu­le­kas, oku­nga­ba li­ho­la le­si­thu­pha*t;

10 wa­se­la­mba ka­khu­lu, wa­fu­na uku­dla; kwa­thi bo­na be­sa­mlu­ngi­se­la, uku­hle­hli­swa kwe­ngqo­ndo kwa­me­hle­lau,

11 wa­se­bo­na izu­lu li­vu­le­ki­lev, le­si­tsha esi­thi­le se­hle­la ku­ye, nje­nge­le­mbu eli­khu­lu, li­bo­tshwe nga­ma­so­ndo ama­ne, li­se­hli­se­lwa emhla­be­ni;

12 okwa­ku­kho­na ku­lo izi­da­lwa zo­nke ezi­le­nya­wo ezi­ne zo­mhla­ba le­ze­ga­nga le­zi­hu­qu­ze­la­yo le­nyo­ni ze­zu­lu.

13 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka ili­zwi ku­ye la­thi: Su­ku­ma, Pe­tro, hla­ba udle.

14 Ko­dwa uPe­tro wa­thi: Ha­tshi bo, Nko­si; ngo­ba ka­ngi­za­ke ngi­dle lo­ba yi­niw enga­hla­mbu­lu­ka­ngax ku­mbe engco­li­le­yoy.

15 Ili­zwi la­phi­nda ngo­kwe­si­bi­li ku­ye: Izi­nto uNku­lu­nku­lu azi­hla­mbu­lu­li­le­yo, we­na unga­tsho uku­thi zi­ngco­li­lez.

16 Nja­lo lo­khu kwe­nze­ka kwa­ze kwa­ba ka­tha­thu; le­si­tsha sa­bu­ya sa­pha­ka­nyi­se­lwa ezu­lwi­ni.

17 Kwa­thi uPe­tro esa­di­de­ki­le nga­pha­ka­thi kwa­khea uku­thi nga­be uyi­ni umbo­no awu­bo­ni­le­yob, nja­lo kha­nge­la, ama­do­da aye­thu­nywe eve­la ku­Ko­rne­li­yu, ese­bu­zi­le indlu ka­Si­mo­ni, emac esa­ngwe­nid,

18 ese­me­me­zi­le abu­za uku­thi uSi­mo­ni, othi­wa fu­thi ngu­Pe­tro, unge­ni­si­le la­pha yi­ni.

19 Kwa­thi uPe­tro esa­na­ka­na ngo­mbo­no, uMo­ya wa­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la, ama­do­da ama­tha­thu aya­ku­di­ngae.

20 Nga­kho su­ku­ma we­hle, uha­mbe la­wof, unga­tha­nda­bu­zig; ngo­ba yi­mi engi­wa­thu­mi­le­yo.

21 UPe­tro wa­se­se­hle­la ema­do­de­ni ave­la ku­Ko­rne­li­yu aye­thu­nywe ku­ye, wa­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni, yi­mi eli­mdi­nga­yo; yi­si­za­tho ba­ni eli­ze nga­so?

22 Ba­se­be­si­thi: UKo­rne­li­yu indu­na ye­khu­lu, indo­da elu­ngi­le­yo le­me­sa­ba­yo uNku­lu­nku­luh, efa­ka­ze­lwa yi­si­zwe so­nke sa­ma­Ju­dai, wa­la­ye­lwa ngu­Nku­lu­nku­luj nge­ngi­lo­si engcwe­le uku­thi aku­bi­ze­le endli­ni ya­khek, nja­lo ezwe ama­zwi ku­wel.

23 Nga­kho ese­ba­bi­ze­le pha­ka­thi waba­nge­ni­sa. Nja­lo ku­si­sa uPe­tro wa­phu­ma wa­ha­mba la­bo, la­ba­nyem ba­ba­za­lwa­ne aba­be­se­Jo­pha ba­ha­mba la­yen.

Uku­fi­ka ku­ka­Pe­tro endli­ni ka­Ko­rne­li­yu

24 Ngo­su­ku olu­la­nde­la­yo ba­se­be­nge­na eKe­sa­ri­yao. Lo­Ko­rne­li­yu wa­ye­ba­li­nde­le, ese­bi­ze­le nda­wo­nye izi­hlo­bo za­khe la­ba­nga­ne aba­zwa­na la­ye.

25 Kwa­thi se­kwe­nza­ke­le uku­thi uPe­tro ange­ne, uKo­rne­li­yu wa­mhla­nga­be­za, ewe­la enya­we­ni za­khep, wamkho­nzaq.

26 Ko­dwa uPe­tro empha­ka­mi­sa, wa­thi: Su­ku­ma; la­mi ngo­kwa­mi ngi­ngu­mu­ntur.

27 Nja­lo esa­khu­lu­ma la­yo wa­nge­na, wa­fi­ca aba­ne­ngi be­bu­the­nes,

28 wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Li­na li­ya­zi uku­thi ka­ku­vu­nye­lwa emu­ntwi­ni ongu­mJu­dat uku­hla­nga­na ku­mbe uku­ya emu­ntwi­ni we­si­nye isi­zweu; ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu ungi­tshe­ngi­si­le uku­thi ngi­nga­bi­zi mu­ntu ngo­ku­thi ka­hla­mbu­lu­ka­nga ku­mbe ungco­li­lev;

29 nga­kho-ke ngi­zi­le ngi­nga­phi­ki­sa­nga nxa ngi­bi­zwa. Nga­kho ngi­ya­bu­za, uku­thi ungi­bi­ze­le si­za­tho ba­ni?

30 UKo­rne­li­yu wa­se­si­thi: Nge­nsu­ku ezi­ne ezi­dlu­li­le­yow ku­ze ku­be yi­le­li­ho­la nga­ngi­zi­la uku­dlax, nge­ho­la le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye nga­ngi­khu­le­ka endli­ni ya­miy; nja­lo kha­nge­la, indo­da ye­ma pha­mbi kwa­miz ye­mbe­the ise­mba­tho esi­kha­zi­mu­la­yoab,

31 ya­si­si­thi: Ko­rne­li­yu, umkhu­le­ko wa­kho uzwa­ke­le, le­mi­se­be­nzi ya­kho yo­mu­sa ikhu­nju­lwe pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luc.

32 Nga­kho thu­me­la eJo­pha, ubu­su­bi­za uSi­mo­ni othi­wa fu­thi ngu­Pe­tro; ye­na unge­ni­si­le endli­ni ka­Si­mo­ni umtshu­ki we­zi­khu­mba nga­se­lwa­ndle; oza­ku­thi anga­bu­ya aku­tshe­led.

33 Nga­kho nga­hle nga­thu­me­la ku­we; nja­lo we­na we­nze ku­hle uku­thi ufi­ke. Nga­kho kha­the­si se­si­kho­na so­nke pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­ze si­zwe ko­nke oku­la­ye­lwe ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lue.

Intshu­ma­ye­lo ka­Pe­tro

34 Kwa­thi uPe­tro evu­la umlo­mo, wa­thif: Nge­qi­ni­so ngi­ya­qe­di­si­sa uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­yi­su­ye umkha­nge­li wo­bu­so bo­mu­ntug;

35 ko­dwa ku­so so­nke isi­zweh ye­na ome­sa­ba­yo lo­we­nza uku­lu­nga, uye­mu­ke­le­ka ku­yei.

36 Ili­zwi ali­thu­me­la ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, nge­va­nge­li etshu­ma­ye­la uku­thu­la ngo­Je­su Kri­stuj (ye­nak uyi­Nko­si ya­bo bo­nkel).

37 Li­na li­ya­la­zi ili­zwi ela­me­nye­ze­lwa eJu­di­ya yo­nke, ku­su­ke­la eGa­li­lim, emva ko­bha­bha­thi­zo uJo­ha­ne alu­tshu­ma­ye­la­yo;

38 uJe­su we­Na­za­re­tha, uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mgco­ba nja­ni ngo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le la­nga­ma­ndlan, owa­bho­da ese­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo nja­lo esi­li­sa bo­nke la­bo aba­ci­nde­ze­lwe ngu­di­ya­bho­la, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ye­la­yeo.

39 La­thi si­nga­ba­fa­ka­zi be­zi­nto zo­nke aze­nza­yo eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­map; aba­mbu­la­la ngo­kumpha­nye­ka esi­hla­hle­niq.

40 Ye­na uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mvu­sa ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu, wa­se­mni­ka uku­ze abo­na­ka­ler,

41 ku­nge­yi­si­kho ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntus, ko­dwa ku­ba­fa­ka­zi aba­be­khe­thwe nga­pha­mbi­li ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lut, thi­na, esa­dla sa­na­tha ka­nye la­ye emva ko­ku­vu­ka kwa­khe kwa­ba­fi­le­you.

42 Wa­se­si­la­ya uku­thi si­tshu­ma­ye­le eba­ntwi­niv, si­fa­ka­zew uku­thi ngu­yex omi­swe ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­ba ngu­Me­hlu­liy wa­ba­phi­la­yo la­ba­fi­le­yoz.

43 Nga­ye bo­nke aba­pro­fe­thi ba­fa­ka­zaa, uku­thi wo­nke okho­lwa ku­yeb uza­kwe­mu­ke­la uthe­the­le­lo lwe­zo­no nge­bi­zo la­khec.

Uku­bha­bha­thi­zwa ku­ka­Ko­rne­li­yu la­be­ndlu ya­khe

44 Kwa­thi uPe­tro esa­khu­lu­ma la­wo­ma­zwi, uMo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­le we­hle­la phe­zu kwa­bo bo­nke aba­li­zwa­yo ili­zwid.

45 La­bo­ku­so­ka aba­kho­lwa­yo ba­sa­nga­ni­se­kae, bo­nke aba­be­fi­ke lo­Pe­trof, uku­thi isi­pho si­ka­Mo­ya oNgcwe­leg sa­thu­lu­le­lwah la­phe­zu kwa­be­zi­zwei;

46 ngo­ba ba­be­zwa be­khu­lu­ma nge­ndi­mi, be­khu­li­sa uNku­lu­nku­luj. Kho­na uPe­tro wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thik:

47 Ukho­na yi­ni onga­la la­ma­nzi, uku­thi la­ba ba­nga­bha­bha­thi­zwal, abe­mu­ke­le uMo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­le la­nje­nga­thim?

48 Wa­se­la­ya uku­thi ba­bha­bha­thi­zwen ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­sio. Ba­se­be­mce­la uku­thi ahla­le insu­ku ezi­thi­le.

UPe­tro ula­ndi­sa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma inda­ba ka­Ko­rne­li­yu

11Aba­pho­sto­li la­ba­za­lwa­ne aba­be­se­Ju­di­ya ba­se­be­si­zwa uku­thi abe­zi­zwe la­bo ba­le­mu­ke­le ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua.

2 Kwa­thi uPe­tro ese­nyu­ke­le eJe­ru­sa­le­mab, abo­ku­so­ka ba­phi­ki­sa­na la­yec,

3 be­si­thi: Unge­ne ema­do­de­ni anga­so­ka­nga, wa­dla la­wod.

4 Ko­dwa uPe­tro eqa­la wa­ba­la­ndi­se­lae ngo­ku­la­nde­la­na esi­thif:

5 Mi­na nga­ngi­se­mzi­ni we­Jo­pha ngi­khu­le­kag, nga­se­ngi­bo­na eku­hle­hli­swe­ni kwe­ngqo­ndo umbo­noh, kwe­hla isi­tsha esi­thi­le, si­nje­nge­le­mbu eli­khu­lu si­se­hli­swa nga­ma­so­ndo ama­ne si­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni, sa­se­si­fi­ka ki­mi;

6 okwa­thi se­ngi­li­kha­nge­li­si­si­le nga­qa­phe­li­sai, nga­se­ngi­bo­na inya­ma­za­na ezi­le­nya­wo ezi­ne zo­mhla­ba le­ze­ga­nga le­zi­hu­qu­ze­la­yo le­nyo­ni ze­zu­lu.

7 Nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ili­zwi li­si­thi ki­mi: Su­ku­ma, Pe­tro, hla­ba udle.

8 Ko­dwa nga­thi: Ha­tshi bo Nko­si; ngo­ba lo­ba yi­ni enga­hla­mbu­lu­ka­nga ku­mbe engco­li­le­yo ka­yi­za­ke inge­ne emlo­nye­ni wa­mi.

9 Ko­dwa ili­zwi la­ngi­phe­ndu­la ngo­kwe­si­bi­li li­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni la­thi: Izi­nto uNku­lu­nku­lu azi­hla­mbu­lu­li­le­yo, we­na unga­tsho uku­thi zi­ngco­li­le.

10 Lo­khu-ke kwe­nze­ka ka­tha­thu, nja­lo ko­nke kwa­bu­ye kwa­do­nse­lwa phe­zu­lu ezu­lwi­ni.

11 Nja­lo kha­nge­la, nga­so­na le­so­si­kha­thi ama­do­da ama­tha­thu ema pha­mbi kwe­ndlu enga­ngi­ku­yo, ethu­nyi­we ki­mi eve­la eKe­sa­ri­yaj.

12 UMo­ya wa­se­si­thi ki­mi ngi­ha­mbe la­wo, ngi­nga­tha­nda­bu­zi; la­la­ba­ba­za­lwa­ne aba­yi­si­thu­pha la­bo ba­ha­mba la­mikl, sa­se­si­nge­na endli­ni ye­ndo­da;

13 ya­si­si­bi­ke­la uku­thi ya­yi­bo­ne nja­ni ingi­lo­si imi endli­ni ya­yo, isi­thi ku­yo: Thu­me­la ama­do­da eJo­pha, ubi­ze uSi­mo­ni, othi­wa ngu­Pe­tro,

14 oza­ku­tshe­la ama­zwim, oza­si­ndi­swa nga­wo we­na le­ndlu ya­kho yo­nken.

15 Kwa­thi ngi­sa­qa­la uku­khu­lu­ma, uMo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­le we­hle­la phe­zu kwa­boo, la­nje­nga­ki­thi eku­qa­le­nip.

16 Nga­khu­mbu­la ili­zwi le­Nko­siq, uku­thi ya­khu­lu­ma nja­ni isi­thi: Isi­bi­li uJo­ha­ne wa­bha­bha­thi­za nga­ma­nzi, ko­dwa li­na li­za­bha­bha­thi­zwa ngo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­ler.

17 Nga­kho nxa uNku­lu­nku­lus eba­ni­ki­le isi­pho esi­fa­na­na­yo la­nje­nga­ki­thit, esa­kho­lwa eNko­si­ni uJe­su Kri­stu, mi­na be­ngi­ngu­ba­ni ebe­ngi­nga­vi­mbe­la uNku­lu­nku­luu?

18 Nja­lo ba­thi se­be­zi­zwi­le le­zi­zi­nto ba­thu­la, ba­mdu­mi­sa uNku­lu­nku­luv, be­si­thi: Nga­kho-ke uNku­lu­nku­lu uni­ki­le abe­zi­zwew la­bo uku­phe­ndu­ke­la empi­lwe­nix.

Ama­kho­lwa eA­nti­yo­ki abi­zwa ngo­ku­thi nga­ma­Kri­stu

19 La­bo-ke aba­hla­ka­ze­ka ngo­ku­hlu­phe­kay okwe­nze­ka ma­ye­la­na lo­Ste­fa­ne ba­da­bu­la ba­ze ba­fi­ka eFe­ne­ki­yaz le­Ku­pro­sia leA­nti­yo­kib, be­nga­li­khu­lu­mi ili­zwi la­ko­ye­dwa nga­pha­ndle ku­ma­Ju­da ku­phe­la.

20 Ko­dwa kwa­ku­kho­na aba­nye ku­bo, ama­do­da ama­Ku­pro­sic la­ma­Ku­re­ned, aba­thi se­be­fi­ke eA­nti­yo­kie, ba­khu­lu­ma la­ma­He­le­ni­si­ti*f, be­tshu­ma­ye­la inda­ba ezi­nhle ze­Nko­si uJe­sug.

21 Le­sa­ndla se­Nko­si sa­si­la­boh; nja­lo ina­ni eli­khu­lu la­kho­lwai la­phe­ndu­ke­la eNko­si­nij.

22 Za­se­zi­zwa­ka­la inda­ba nga­bo endle­be­ni ze­ba­ndla ela­li­se­Je­ru­sa­le­mak; ba­se­be­thu­ma uBa­rna­ba­sil uku­thi ada­bu­le ku­ze ku­be seA­nti­yo­kim;

23 kwa­thi ese­fi­ki­le ese­bo­na umu­sa ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­tho­ko­zan, wa­se­ba­khu­tha­za bo­nkeo uku­thi ba­ba­mbe­le­le eNko­si­ni ngo­ku­zi­mi­se­la kwe­nhli­zi­yop;

24 ngo­ba wa­ye­yi­ndo­da elu­ngi­le­yoq egcwe­le uMo­ya oNgcwe­le lo­kho­lor; kwe­nge­ze­le­lwa eNko­si­ni ixu­ku eli­khu­lus.

25 UBa­rna­ba­si wa­se­si­ya eTa­rsu uku­ze adi­nge uSa­wu­lit,

26 kwa­thi ese­mtho­li­le wa­mle­tha eA­nti­yo­kiu. Kwa­se­ku­si­thi umnya­ka wo­nke be­hla­nga­na eba­ndle­ni ba­fu­ndi­sa ixu­ku eli­khu­lu; nja­lo aba­fu­ndiv ba­qa­la uku­bi­zwa ngo­ku­thi nga­ma­Kri­stuw eA­nti­yo­kix.

Ama­Kri­stu athu­me­la izi­pho ku­ba­za­lwa­ne be­Ju­di­ya

27 Kwa­thi nga­le­zo­nsu­ku kwa­fi­ka eA­nti­yo­kiy aba­pro­fe­thiz be­ve­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

28 Kwa­se­ku­su­ku­ma omu­nye wa­bo othi­wa nguA­ga­bu­sia, wa­tshe­ngi­sa ngo­Mo­ya uku­thi ku­za­ku­ba kho­na indla­la enku­lub emhla­be­ni wo­nkec; eya­ba kho­na fu­thi ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Kla­wu­di­yo­si Ke­sa­rid.

29 La­ba­fu­ndi ba­zi­mi­se­la uku­thi ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo wa­bo athu­me­le nje­nga­ma­ndla alo­wo la­lo­woe oko­ku­si­zaf aba­za­lwa­ne aba­hla­la eJu­di­yag;

30 aba­kwe­nza­yo-keh, ba­ku­thu­me­la ku­ba­da­la nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Ba­rna­ba­si lo­Sa­wu­lii.

Uku­bo­tshwa lo­ku­khu­lu­lwa ku­ka­Pe­tro

12Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uHe­ro­di inko­sia wa­se­se­lu­la iza­ndla uku­thi ahlu­phe aba­nye be­ba­ndlab.

2 Wa­se­bu­la­la uJa­ko­bec umfo­wa­bo ka­Jo­ha­ned nge­nke­mbae.

3 Ese­bo­ni­le uku­thi lo­khu ku­ya­wa­tho­ko­zi­sa ama­Ju­daf, wa­qhu­be­ka wa­ba­mba uPe­tro la­yeg; nja­lo kwa­ku­zi­nsu­ku ze­si­nkwa esi­nge­la­mvu­be­loh;

4 ese­mba­mbi­le la­ye wamfa­ka ento­lo­ngwe­nii, wamni­ke­la ku­ma­vi­yo ama­ne ala­ma­bu­tho ama­ne uku­ze amli­ndej, eqo­nde uku­mu­sa eba­ntwi­ni emva kwe­pha­si­kak.

5 Nga­kho uPe­tro wa­gci­nwa ento­lo­ngwe­ni; ko­dwa umkhu­le­ko oqhu­be­ka­yo we­nzi­wa li­ba­ndla nga­ye ku­Nku­lu­nku­lul.

6 Kwa­thi uHe­ro­di ese­za­mkhu­pha, nga­lo­bo­bu­su­ku uPe­tro wa­ye­le­le pha­ka­thi kwa­be­bu­tho aba­bi­lim, ebo­tshwe nga­ma­ke­ta­ne ama­bi­lin; la­ba­li­ndi pha­mbi ko­mnya­ngo ba­be­gci­ne into­lo­ngo.

7 Nja­lo kha­nge­la, ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ye­mao, lo­ku­kha­nya kwa­kha­nyi­sa eka­me­lwe­nip; ya­si­tsha­ya uPe­tro ehla­ngo­thi­ni, ya­mvu­sa isi­thi: Su­ku­ma ngo­ku­pha­ngi­saq. Ase­si­wa ama­ke­ta­ne akhe eza­ndle­ni za­khe.

8 Ingi­lo­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Bhi­nca, ubo­phe ama­nya­the­la akhor. Wa­se­se­nza nja­lo. Ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Ye­mba­tha ise­mba­tho sa­kho, ungi­la­nde­le.

9 Wa­se­phu­ma wa­yi­la­nde­la; nja­lo wa­ye­nga­zi uku­thi ku­li­qi­ni­so okwe­nzi­wa yi­ngi­lo­si, ko­dwa wa­ye­ca­ba­nga uku­this ubo­na umbo­not.

10 Nja­lo se­be­dlu­li­le aba­li­ndi bo­ku­qa­la la­be­si­bi­li, ba­fi­ka esa­ngwe­ni le­nsi­mbi, elo­ku­ya emzi­ni, ela­ba­vu­le­ke­la ngo­kwa­lou; ba­se­be­phu­ma ba­ha­mba umgwa­qo wa­ba mu­nye; nja­lo ingi­lo­si ya­hle ya­mtshi­ya.

11 Kwa­thi uPe­tro, ese­qa­qa­bu­ki­lev, wa­thi: Kha­the­si se­ngi­sa­zi nge­qi­ni­so uku­thi iNko­si ithu­mi­le ingi­lo­si ya­yow, ya­ngi­khu­lu­lax esa­ndle­ni si­ka­He­ro­diy laku­kho ko­nke oku­li­nde­lwe yi­si­zwe sa­ma­Ju­daz.

12 Kwa­thi ese­na­nze­le­lea wa­ya endli­ni ka­Ma­ri­ya uni­na ka­Jo­ha­neb othi­wa fu­thi ngu­Ma­rkoc, la­pho okwa­ku­hla­nge­ne kho­na aba­ne­ngi be­khu­le­kad.

13 Kwa­thi uPe­tro ese­qo­qo­di­le esi­va­lwe­ni se­sa­ngoe, ince­ku­ka­zi enca­ne ye­za uku­la­le­laf, uRo­da nge­bi­zo,

14 kwa­thi isi­la­zi ili­zwi li­ka­Pe­tro, ka­yi­vu­la­nga isa­ngog nge­nxa ye­nto­ko­zoh, ko­dwa ya­gi­ji­ma ya­nge­na ya­bi­ka uku­thi uPe­tro umi pha­mbi kwe­sa­ngoi.

15 Ko­dwa ba­thi ku­yo: Uya­hla­nya. Ko­dwa ya­qi­ni­si­sa uku­thi ku­nja­loj. Ba­se­be­si­thi: Yi­ngi­lo­si ya­khek.

16 Ko­dwa uPe­tro wa­qhu­be­ka eqo­qo­da; se­be­vu­li­le ba­mbo­na, ba­sa­nga­ni­se­ka.

17 Wa­se­ba­qhwe­ba nge­sa­ndla uku­ze ba­thu­le, wa­ba­la­ndi­se­la uku­thi iNko­si imkhu­phe nja­ni ento­lo­ngwe­nil, wa­thi: Bi­ke­la­ni uJa­ko­bem la­ba­za­lwa­ne le­zi­zi­nton. Wa­se­phu­ma wa­ya kwe­nye inda­wo.

18 Se­ku­si­le, kwa­ba kho­na isi­phi­thi­phi­thi esi­nge­si­nci­nya­ne pha­ka­thi kwe­bu­tho, uku­thi wa­ye­se­hle­lwe yi­ni uPe­tro.

19 Kwa­thi uHe­ro­di ese­mdi­ngi­le engamtho­lio, wa­bu­zi­si­sa aba­li­ndi, wa­la­ya uku­thi ba­su­swep. Wa­se­su­ka eJu­di­ya we­hle­la eKe­sa­ri­ya wa­hla­la kho­naq.

Uku­fa ku­ka­He­ro­di

20 Nja­lo uHe­ro­dir wa­ye­ba­thu­ku­the­le­le1 abe­Ti­re la­be­Si­do­nis; ba­se­be­si­za ku­ye be­ngqo­ndo­nye; se­be­vu­me­le­ne lo­Bla­stu­sit indu­na ye­ka­me­lo lo­ku­la­la le­nko­si, ba­ce­la uku­thu­la, ngo­ba ili­zwe la­bo la­li­fu­nzwa nge­le­nko­siu.

21 Nja­lo ngo­su­ku olu­mi­si­we­yo uHe­ro­di we­mba­tha ise­mba­tho so­bu­kho­siv, wa­se­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni so­kwa­hlu­le­law, we­nza inku­lu­mo ku­bo.

22 Aba­ntu ba­se­be­me­me­za be­si­thi: Yi­li­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nja­lo ka­yi­si­lo elo­mu­ntu.

23 Nja­lo ya­hle ya­mtsha­ya ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­six, ngo­ba ka­ni­ka­nga udu­mo ku­Nku­lu­nku­luy; wa­se­dli­wa zi­mpe­thu, wa­phe­la.

24 Ko­dwa ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu la­khu­la la­ndaz.

25 UBa­rna­ba­sia lo­Sa­wu­lib ba­se­be­bu­ya be­ve­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, se­be­qe­di­le inko­nzoc, ba­bu­yad be­lo­Jo­ha­nee la­ye othi­wa fu­thi ngu­Ma­rkof.

Uha­mbo lo­ku­qa­la lu­ka­Sa­wu­li. Uku­thu­nywa ku­ka­Sa­wu­li lo­Ba­rna­ba­si

13Kwa­ku­kho­na eA­nti­yo­kia eba­ndle­ni la­pho aba­pro­fe­thib la­ba­fu­ndi­si aba­thi­lec, uBa­rna­ba­sid ka­nye lo­Si­me­yo­ni othi­wa ngu­Ni­ge­ri, lo­Lu­ki­yue umKu­re­nef, lo­Ma­na­ye­ni owa­yo­ndli­we ka­nye lo­He­ro­di umte­tra­rki*g, lo­Sa­wu­lih.

2 Kwa­thi be­kho­nza iNko­sii be­zi­la uku­dlaj, uMo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­le wa­thi: Nge­hlu­ka­ni­se­la­ni oBa­rna­ba­si ka­nye lo­Sa­wu­lik emse­be­nzi­ni engi­ba­bi­ze­le wo­nal.

3 Se­be­zi­le uku­dlam ba­khu­le­kan ba­be­ka iza­ndla phe­zu kwa­boo, baba­thu­map.

USa­wu­li utshu­ma­ye­la eKu­pro­si

4 Bo­na-ke se­be­thu­nyi­we ngu­Mo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­leq, be­hle­la eSe­lu­ki­ya, ba­su­ka la­pho ba­ya eKu­pro­si ngo­mkhu­mbir.

5 Kwa­thi se­be­fi­ki­le eSa­la­mi­si, ba­tshu­ma­ye­la ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ema­si­na­go­ge­ni ama­Ju­das; nja­lo ba­be­lo­Jo­ha­ne umsi­zit.

6 Kwa­thi se­be­da­bu­le isi­hle­nge ba­fi­ka ePha­fo­siu, ba­fi­ca isa­nu­se esi­thi­le, umpro­fe­thi wa­ma­nga, umJu­da, obi­zo la­khe ngu­Ba­rje­suv,

7 owa­ye­lo­mbu­si uSe­rgi­yu Pa­wu­liw, indo­da ehla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo. Lo wa­bi­ze­la ku­ye uBa­rna­ba­si lo­Sa­wu­li edi­nga uku­zwa ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

8 Ko­dwa isa­nu­se, uE­li­ma­si, ngo­ba li­phe­ndu­le­lwa nja­lo ibi­zo la­khe, wa­phi­ki­sa­na la­box, edi­nga uku­pha­mbu­la umbu­si ekho­lwe­niy.

9 Ko­dwa uSa­wu­li, ongu­Pa­wu­li fu­thi, egcwe­le uMo­ya oNgcwe­lez, nja­lo emjo­lo­ze­laa

10 wa­thi: O we­na ogcwe­le inko­hli­so yo­nke lo­bu­qi­li bo­nkeb, ndo­da­na ka­di­ya­bho­la, si­tha sa­kho ko­nke uku­lu­ngac, ka­wu­ye­ke­li uku­pha­mbu­lad indle­la ezi­qo­ndi­le­yo ze­Nko­si yi­nie?

11 Nja­lo kha­the­si kha­nge­la, isa­ndla se­Nko­si si­phe­zu kwa­kho, nja­lo uza­ku­ba yi­si­pho­fuf, unga­li­bo­ni ila­nga okwe­si­kha­thig. Kwa­hle kwa­me­hle­la uku­fi­pha­la lo­bu­mnya­ma, wa­ha­mba ebho­da edi­nga aba­zamdo­nsa nge­sa­ndlah.

12 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi umbu­si wa­bo­na okwe­nzi­we­yo wa­kho­lwa, edi­dwa yi­mfu­ndi­so ye­Nko­sii.

UPa­wu­li utshu­ma­ye­la eA­nti­yo­ki le­Pi­si­di­ya

13 UPa­wu­li la­ba­be­la­yej ba­se­be­su­ka ngo­mkhu­mbi ePha­fo­sik ba­fi­ka ePe­rgal ese­Pa­mfi­li­ya. Ko­dwa uJo­ha­nem we­hlu­ka­na la­bon wa­bu­ye­la eJe­ru­sa­le­mao.

14 Ko­dwa bo­na be­da­bu­la be­su­ka ePe­rgap, ba­fi­ka eA­nti­yo­kiq ese­Pi­si­di­yar; ngo­su­ku lwe­sa­ba­thast ba­se­be­nge­na esi­na­go­ge­niu, ba­hla­la pha­nsi.

15 Kwa­thi se­ku­fu­ndwe umla­yov la­ba­pro­fe­thiw, aba­pha­thi be­si­na­go­ge ba­thu­me­la ku­box, be­si­thi: Ma­do­da ba­za­lwa­ne, uba ku­le­li­zwiy pha­ka­thi kwe­nu le­nku­tha­zo eba­ntwi­niza, khu­lu­ma­ni.

16 Kwa­thi uPa­wu­li esu­ku­ma, nja­lo eqhwe­ba nge­sa­ndlab, wa­thi: Ma­do­da maI­sra­ye­li, la­ni ele­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu, la­le­la­nic.

17 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­le­si­si­zwe sa­koI­sra­ye­lid wa­khe­tha oba­ba be­thue, wa­ba­pha­ka­mi­sa aba­ntu be­nga­be­mzi­ni eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­thef, wa­ba­khu­pha ku­lo nge­nga­lo epha­ke­me­yog.

18 Wa­se­be­ke­ze­le­la isi­mi­lo sa­bo oku­nga­ba yi­si­kha­thi se­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne enka­nga­lah.

19 Nja­lo ese­chi­thi­le izi­zwe ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa eli­zwe­ni le­Kha­na­nii, wa­be­hlu­ka­ni­se­la ili­zwe la­bo nge­nka­thoj.

20 Le­mva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto, oku­nga­ba ngo­kwe­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nuk, waba­ni­ka aba­hlu­le­lil kwa­ze kwa­ba ngu­Sa­mu­we­li umpro­fe­thim.

21 Nja­lo ku­su­ke­la la­pho ba­ce­la inko­sin; uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­ba­ni­ka uSa­wu­li indo­da­na ka­Ki­shio, indo­da ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­nip, okwe­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne.

22 Nja­lo ese­mkhu­phi­leq, wa­ba­vu­se­la uDa­vi­da wa­ba yi­nko­sir, afa­ka­za la­nga­ye ngo­ku­thi: Ngi­mtho­li­le uDa­vi­da ka­Je­ses, indo­da efu­ze inhli­zi­yo ya­mit, eza­kwe­nza inta­ndo ya­mi yo­nkeu.

23 Enza­lwe­ni ya­lumu­ntuv nje­nge­si­the­mbi­sow, uNku­lu­nku­lu uvu­se­le uI­sra­ye­li uMsi­ndi­si uJe­sux;

24 enga­ka­fi­ki ye­na uJo­ha­ne wa­ye­se­tshu­ma­ye­le ku­qa­lay ubha­bha­thi­zo lo­ku­phe­ndu­ka ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­koI­sra­ye­liz.

25 UJo­ha­ne ese­gcwa­li­se uha­mbo lwa­khea, wa­thi: Li­ca­ba­nga uku­thi ngi­ngu­ba­ni? Ka­ngi­suye mi­na; ko­dwa kha­nge­la­ni, emva kwa­mi uye­za, engi­nga­fa­ne­la­nga uku­khu­lu­la ama­nya­the­la enya­wo za­kheb.

26 Ma­do­da ba­za­lwa­ne, ba­ntwa­na bo­hla­nga lu­kaA­bra­ha­ma, la­la­bo pha­ka­thi kwe­nu abe­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­luc, li­thu­nye­lwe ki­ni ili­zwi la­lo­lu­si­ndi­sod.

27 Ngo­ba la­bo aba­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma la­ba­bu­si ba­boe ka­ba­ma­za­nga lo, ba­wa­gcwa­li­sa la­ma­zwi aba­pro­fe­thif afu­ndwa­yo isa­ba­tha nge­sa­ba­thag, ngo­kumla­hlah;

28 nja­lo be­nga­tho­li la­ca­la lo­ku­fa, ba­ce­la ku­Pi­la­tu uku­thi abu­la­wei.

29 Kwa­thi se­be­qe­di­le ko­nke oku­lo­tshi­we­yo nga­yej, bame­thu­lak esi­hla­hle­nil, bamla­li­sa engcwa­be­ni.

30 Ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mvu­sa kwa­ba­fi­le­yom;

31 owa­bo­nwa insu­ku ezi­ne­ngi yi­la­bon aba­be­nyu­ke­le la­yeo uku­ya eJe­ru­sa­le­map be­su­ka eGa­li­li, aba­nga­ba­fa­ka­zi ba­khe eba­ntwi­niq.

32 La­thi si­tshu­ma­ye­la inda­ba ezi­nhle ki­ni ze­si­the­mbi­so ese­nzi­wa ku­bo­ba­bar,

33 uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu usi­gcwa­li­si­le so­na ki­thi, aba­ntwa­na ba­bo, emvu­si­le uJe­sus, nje­ngo­ba ku­lo­tshi­we fu­thi ku­si­hla­be­le­lo se­si­bi­li uku­thi: We­na uyi­Ndo­da­na ya­mi, la­mu­hla mi­na ngi­ku­ze­let.

34 Nja­lo ngo­ku­thi wa­mvu­sa kwa­ba­fi­le­you, enga­sa­yi­ku­bu­ye­la eku­bo­le­niv, wa­khu­lu­ma ka­nje wa­thi: Ngi­za­li­ni­ka izi­bu­si­so ezi­ngcwe­le le­zi­the­mbe­ki­le­yo zi­ka­Da­vi­daw.

35 Nga­kho nja­lo kwe­nye inda­wo uthi: Ka­wu­yi­ku­ni­ke­la ongcwe­le wa­kho abo­ne uku­bo­lax;

36 ngo­ba uDa­vi­da, ese­kho­nze esa­khe isi­zu­ku­lwa­na nge­ce­bo li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­la­lay, nja­lo wa­la­li­swa la­bo­yi­sez, wa­bo­na uku­bo­laa;

37 ko­dwa lo­wo uNku­lu­nku­lu amvu­sa­yo, ka­ku­bo­na­nga uku­bo­lab.

38 Nga­kho ka­kwa­zi­we yi­ni, ma­do­da ba­za­lwa­ne, uku­thi nga­lo­wo ku­tshu­nya­ye­lwa ki­nic uthe­the­le­lo lwe­zo­nod;

39 nja­lo ku­lo wo­nke okho­lwa­yoe uya­lu­ngi­si­swa ku­kho ko­nkef ebe­li­nge­lu­ngi­si­swe ku­kho ngo­mla­yo ka­Mo­zi­sig.

40 Nga­kho bo­na­ni uku­thi ka­le­hle­lwa yi­lo­khu okwa­khu­lu­nywa ku­ba­pro­fe­thih, oko­ku­thi:

41 Kha­nge­la­ni, zi­de­le­li, nja­lo li­ma­nga­le, li­tsha­ba­la­le; ngo­ba mi­na nge­nza umse­be­nzi ensu­kwi­ni ze­nu, umse­be­nzi eli­nga­yi­ku­wu­kho­lwa, nxa umu­ntu eli­la­ndi­se­lai.

Ili­zwi le­mu­ke­lwa nga­be­zi­zwe li­phi­kwa nga­ma­Ju­da

42 Kwa­thi eku­phu­me­ni kwa­ma­Ju­da esi­na­go­ge­nij, abe­zi­zwe ba­ce­la uku­thi la­ma­zwi akhu­lu­nywe ku­bo nge­sa­ba­tha eli­la­nde­la­yok.

43 Kwa­thi abe­si­na­go­ge se­be­phu­mi­le, aba­ne­ngi ku­ma­Ju­da la­ba­kho­nza­yol aba­phe­ndu­ke­la ku­ma­Ju­da ba­la­nde­la uPa­wu­li lo­Ba­rna­ba­sim; aba­khu­lu­ma la­bo, be­ba­nce­nga uku­thi ba­hla­len emu­se­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­luo.

44 Kwa­thi nge­sa­ba­tha eli­la­nde­la­yo ba­bu­tha­na kwa­pho­se kwa­ba ngu­mu­zi wo­nke uku­zwa ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

45 Ko­dwa ama­Ju­da ebo­na ama­xu­ku agcwa­li­swa ngo­mo­na, aphi­ki­sa izi­nto eza­khu­lu­nywa ngu­Pa­wu­lip, ephi­ki­sa nja­lo ehla­mba­zaq.

46 Ko­dwa uPa­wu­li lo­Ba­rna­ba­si be­khu­lu­ma nge­si­bi­ndir ba­thi: Kwa­ku­di­nge­ka uku­thi ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu li­khu­lu­nywe ki­ni ku­qa­las; ko­dwa nje­ngo­ba li­li­ni­nat, nja­lo li­zi­gwe­ba uku­thi ali­fa­ne­la­nga impi­lo ela­pha­ka­deu, kha­nge­la­ni, si­phe­ndu­ke­la kwa­be­zi­zwev.

47 Ngo­ba iNko­si isi­la­yi­le ngo­ku­nja­lo ya­thi: Ngi­ku­mi­si­le ube yi­ku­kha­nya kwa­be­zi­zwe, ube ngo­wo­si­ndi­so ku­ze ku­be se­mkha­wu­lwe­ni wo­mhla­baw.

48 Kwa­thi abe­zi­zwe beku­zwa ba­tho­ko­za, ba­se­be­li­du­mi­sa ili­zwi le­Nko­si, ba­se­be­kho­lwa ngo­bu­ne­ngi obu­nga­ngo­ba­la­bo aba­be­mi­se­lwe impi­lo ela­pha­ka­dex;

49 le­li­zwi le­Nko­si la­sa­tsha­la­li­swa eli­zwe­ni lo­nke.

50 Ko­dwa ama­Ju­da avu­say abe­si­fa­za­na aba­kho­nza­yoz aba­du­mi­le­yoa le­zi­khu­lu zo­mu­zib, avu­se­la uPa­wu­li lo­Ba­rna­ba­si uku­zi­nge­lwa, aba­xo­tsha emi­kha­wu­lwe­ni ya­woc.

51 Ko­dwa ba­ba­thi­nti­the­la uthu­li lwe­nya­wo za­bod, ba­fi­kae eI­ko­ni­yu­maf.

52 Nja­lo aba­fu­ndi ba­gcwa­li­swa nge­nto­ko­zog lo­Mo­ya oNgcwe­leh.

UPa­wu­li utshu­ma­ye­la eI­ko­ni­yu­ma

14Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eI­ko­ni­yu­maa, ba­nge­na nda­wo­nye esi­na­go­ge­ni la­ma­Ju­dab, ba­se­be­khu­lu­ma nja­lo kwa­ze kwa­kho­lwa ixu­ku eli­khu­lu la­ma­Ju­da ka­nye la­ma­Gri­ki.

2 Ko­dwa ama­Ju­da anga­kho­lwa­yoc avu­sa athe­la umo­ya omu­bi emi­phe­fu­mu­lwe­ni ya­be­zi­zwed nga­ba­za­lwa­nee.

3 Nga­kho ba­hla­la isi­kha­thi esi­de be­khu­lu­ma nge­si­bi­ndi be­se­Nko­si­nif eya­fa­ka­ze­lag ili­zwi lo­mu­sa wa­yoh, nja­lo iba­ni­ka uku­thi kwe­nzi­we izi­bo­na­ka­li­so le­zi­ma­nga­li­so nge­za­ndla za­boi.

4 Ko­dwa ixu­ku lo­mu­zi le­hlu­ka­ni­swa pha­ka­thi; aba­nye ba­se­be­si­ba la­ma­Ju­daj, la­ba­nye ba­ba la­ba­pho­sto­lik.

5 Kwa­thi se­ku­lo­ku­hla­se­la kwa­be­zi­zwe la­ma­Ju­da ka­nye la­ba­bu­si ba­bo, oko­kuba­pha­tha ku­bi lo­ku­ba­kha­nda nga­ma­tshel,

6 se­bekwa­zim, ba­ba­le­ke­lan emi­zi­ni ye­Li­ka­wo­ni­yao, eLi­strap le­De­rbeq, le­li­zwe­ni eli­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yo;

7 la­kho­na ba­tshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li.

UPa­wu­li utshu­ma­ye­la eLi­stra

8 Nja­lo eLi­strar kwa­ku­hle­zi indo­da ethi­le enge­la­ma­ndla enya­we­ni za­yo, eyi­si­qhu­li ku­su­ke­la esi­za­lwe­ni si­ka­ni­na, enga­za­nge iha­mbes.

9 Yo­na ya­mu­zwa uPa­wu­li ekhu­lu­ma; ye­na eyi­jo­lo­ze­lat, ebo­na uku­thi ilo­kho­lou lo­ku­thi isi­ndi­si­wev,

10 wa­thi nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu: Su­ku­ma, ume nge­nya­wo za­kho uqo­ndew. Ya­si­su­ku­ma ya­thi lo­thu ya­ha­mba.

11 Kwa­thi ama­xu­ku, ebo­na uPa­wu­li akwe­nzi­le­yo, apha­ka­mi­sa ama­zwi awox esi­thi nge­si­Li­ka­wo­ni­yay: Onku­lu­nku­lu be­hle­le ki­thi be­fa­na­na la­ba­ntuz.

12 UBa­rna­ba­si ba­se­be­mbi­za ngo­ku­thi ngu­Ze­wu­si, lo­Pa­wu­li ngo­ku­thi ngu­He­rme­si, ngo­ba ye­na wa­ye­ngu­mkho­khe­li wo­ku­khu­lu­ma.

13 Nja­lo umpri­sti ka­Ze­wu­si owa­ye­pha­mbi ko­mu­zi wa­bo, wa­le­tha izi­nka­bi le­mi­ga­xo ema­sa­ngwe­nia, wa­fu­na uku­hla­ba umni­ke­lo eka­nye la­ma­xu­kub.

14 Ko­dwa aba­pho­sto­lic uBa­rna­ba­si lo­Pa­wu­li be­si­zwa, ba­da­bu­la ize­mba­tho za­bod, ba­pho­se­ka exu­kwi­ni, be­me­me­zae

15 be­si­thi: Ma­do­da, li­ze­nze­la­ni le­zi­zi­ntof? La­thi si­nga­ba­ntu aba­le­mi­zwa efa­na­na le­ye­nug, si­tshu­ma­ye­la inda­ba ezi­nhle ki­ni uku­thi li­phe­ndu­keh ku­le­zo­zi­nto ezi­yi­zei li­phe­ndu­ke­le ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yoj, owe­nza izu­lu lo­mhla­ba lo­lwa­ndle la­kho ko­nke oku­ku­khok;

16 owa­thi ezi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni ezi­dlu­li­le­yo wa­ye­ke­lal izi­zwe zo­nke za­ha­mba nge­ndle­la za­zom.

17 Lo­ba ku­nja­lo ka­ye­ke­la­nga ye­na uku­thi anga­bi lo­bu­fa­ka­zin, ukwe­nza oku­hle esi­ni­ka izu­lu li­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni le­zi­kha­thi ze­na­lao, egcwa­li­sa inhli­zi­yo ze­nu ngo­ku­dlap la­nge­nja­bu­loq.

18 Nja­lo be­khu­lu­ma le­zi­zi­nto, ba­wa­ye­ke­li­sa ka­lu­khu­ni ama­xu­ku uku­thi anga­ba­hla­be­li.

UPa­wu­li utshu­ma­ye­la eA­nti­yo­ki

19 Ko­dwa kwa­fi­ka ama­Ju­dar ave­la eA­nti­yo­kis leI­ko­ni­yu­mat, ence­nga ama­xu­ku, amkha­nda uPa­wu­li nga­ma­tsheu, amhu­du­le­la nga­pha­ndle ko­mu­zi, eca­ba­nga uku­thi ufi­le.

20 Ko­dwa kwa­thi aba­fu­ndi be­mbu­tha­ne­la, wa­su­ku­ma wa­nge­na emzi­ni; ku­si­sa wa­su­ka lo­Ba­rna­ba­si ba­ya eDe­rbev.

21 Nja­lo se­be­tshu­ma­ye­le iva­nge­li ku­lo­wo­mu­zi, se­be­zu­zi­le aba­fu­ndi aba­ne­ngi, ba­bu­ye­la eLi­straw leI­ko­ni­yu­max leA­nti­yo­kiy,

22 be­qi­ni­sa imi­phe­fu­mu­lo ya­ba­fu­ndiz, beba­khu­tha­za uku­thi ba­hla­le ekho­lwe­nia, lo­ku­thi si­me­le uku­nge­na embu­swe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­zi­nhlu­phe­ko ezi­ne­ngib.

23 Kwa­thi se­be­ba­be­ke­lec aba­da­la ku­lo lo­nke iba­ndlad, ba­khu­le­ka ka­nye lo­ku­zi­la uku­dlae, ba­ba­ni­ke­la eNko­si­ni, ase­be­kho­lwe ki­yof.

24 Ba­se­be­da­bu­la iPi­si­di­yag ba­ya ePa­mfi­li­ya.

25 Se­be­khu­lu­mi­le ili­zwi ePe­rgah, be­hle­la eA­ta­li­ya;

26 ba­su­ka la­pho ngo­mkhu­mbi ba­ya eA­nti­yo­kii, be­su­ka la­phoj aba­be­ni­ke­lwe kho­nak emu­se­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu emse­be­nzi­ni aba­se­be­wu­qe­di­lel.

27 Kwa­thi se­be­fi­ki­le ba­hla­nga­ni­sa iba­ndla, ba­la­ndi­sa ko­nke uNku­lu­nku­lu aye­kwe­nzi­le la­bom, lo­ku­thi uvu­le­le abe­zi­zwe umnya­ngo wo­kho­lon.

28 Ba­se­be­hla­la la­pho okwe­si­kha­thi esi­nge­si­fi­tsha­ne la­ba­fu­ndi.

Umhla­nga­no wa­ba­pho­sto­li eJe­ru­sa­le­ma

15Kwa­se­ku­se­hla aba­thi­le be­ve­la eJu­di­yaa, ba­fu­ndi­sa aba­za­lwa­neb uku­thi: Nxa li­nga­so­kwa­ngac ngo­kwe­si­ko li­ka­Mo­zi­si, li­nge­si­ndi­swed.

2 Nga­kho kwa­thi se­ku­lo­ku­pha­mba­na lo­ku­phi­ki­sa­na oku­nge­ku­nci­nya­ne ngo­Pa­wu­li lo­Ba­rna­ba­si be­me­la­ne la­boe, ba­mi­sa uku­thi uPa­wu­li lo­Ba­rna­ba­sif la­ba­nye aba­thi­le ku­bo be­nyu­ke­le ku­ba­pho­sto­li la­ba­da­lag eJe­ru­sa­le­mah, nga­lo­lu­da­ba lwe­mpi­ki­sa­no.

3 Nga­kho, kwa­thi se­be­phe­le­ke­ze­lwe li­ba­ndlai, ba­da­bu­la iFe­ne­ki­yaj le­Sa­ma­ri­yak, ba­la­ndi­sa ngo­ku­phe­ndu­ka kwa­be­zi­zwel; be­nze­la bo­nke aba­za­lwa­ne into­ko­zo enku­lum.

4 Kwa­thi se­be­fi­ki­le eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, be­mu­ke­lwa li­ba­ndla la­ba­pho­sto­lin la­ba­da­lao, nja­lo ba­la­ndi­sa uku­thi zi­nga­ka­na­ni izi­nto uNku­lu­nku­lu aye­ze­nze la­bop.

5 Ko­dwa kwa­su­ku­ma aba­nye aba­kho­lwa­yo aba­nga­be­hle­lo la­ba­Fa­ri­si, be­si­thi: Ku­fa­ne­le ukuba­so­ka, lo­ku­ba­la­ya ba­gci­ne umla­yo ka­Mo­zi­siq.

6 Kwa­se­ku­bu­tha­na aba­pho­sto­li la­ba­da­la nda­wo­nye uku­ze ba­lu­hlo­le lo­lu­da­bar.

7 Kwa­thi se­be­phi­ki­se­ne ka­khu­lus, uPe­tro wa­su­ku­ma wa­thi ku­bo: Ma­do­da ba­za­lwa­ne, li­na li­ya­zi uku­thi ensu­kwi­ni za­ku­qa­la uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe­tha pha­ka­thi kwe­thu, uku­thi ngo­mlo­mo wa­mi abe­zi­zwe ba­li­zwe ili­zwi le­va­nge­li, ba­kho­lwet.

8 Nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu uma­zi we­nhli­zi­you wa­ba­fa­ka­ze­lav, eba­ni­ka uMo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­lew, la­nje­nga­thix;

9 fu­thi ke­hlu­ka­ni­sa­nga pha­ka­thi kwe­thu la­boy, ehla­mbu­lu­la inhli­zi­yo za­boz ngo­kho­loa.

10 Pho-ke li­mli­nge­la­ni uNku­lu­nku­lub, ngo­ku­be­ka ijo­gwe enta­nye­ni ya­ba­fu­ndi, oba­ba be­thu ka­nye la­thi esi­nga­ba­nga la­ma­ndla oku­li­thwa­lac?

11 Ko­dwa si­kho­lwa uku­thi si­si­ndi­swa ngo­mu­sa we­Nko­si uJe­su Kri­stu, nga­ndle­la­nye la­bod.

12 Ixu­ku lo­nke la­se­li­thu­la; la­se­li­si­zwa uBa­rna­ba­si lo­Pa­wu­li be­la­ndi­sa uku­thie zi­nga­ka­na­ni izi­bo­na­ka­li­so le­zi­ma­nga­li­sof uNku­lu­nku­lu aye­ze­nze nga­bo pha­ka­thi kwa­be­zi­zweg.

13 Kwa­thi bo­na se­be­qe­di­le uku­khu­lu­ma, uJa­ko­be wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ma­do­da ba­za­lwa­ne, ngi­la­le­la­nih:

14 USi­me­yo­nii use­la­ndi­si­le uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ha­mbe­la nja­ni abe­zi­zwe eku­qa­le­ni uku­ze azu­ze­le ibi­zo la­khe aba­ntu kuboj.

15 Nja­lo ama­zwi aba­pro­fe­thik aya­vu­me­la­na la­lo­khu, nje­ngo­ba ku­lo­tshi­we uku­thi:

16 Emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto ngi­za­bu­ya, ngi­la­khe fu­thi itha­bha­ne­ke­le li­ka­Da­vi­da eli­wi­le­yo; nja­lo ngi­za­kwa­kha oku­di­li­ki­le­yo kwa­lo, nja­lo ngi­li­mi­se;

17 uku­ze aba­se­le­yo ba­ba­ntu ba­yi­di­nge iNko­si, la­be­zi­zwe bo­nke ibi­zo la­mi eli­bi­zwa phe­zu kwa­bo, itsho iNko­si eye­nza le­zi­zi­nto zo­nkel.

18 Kwa­zi­wa ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu imi­se­be­nzi yo­nke ya­khe ku­su­ke­la epha­ka­de­nim.

19 Nga­kho mi­na ngi­qu­ma uku­thin si­nga­ba­kha­tha­zi la­bo kwa­be­zi­zwe aba­phe­ndu­ke­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­luo;

20 ko­dwa si­ba­bha­le­le uku­thi ba­zi­le ama­nya­la ezi­tho­mbep, lo­ku­fe­baq, lo­ku­kha­nyi­we­yor, le­ga­zis.

21 Ngo­ba uMo­zi­si ula­bo ku­su­ke­la ezi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni ze­ndu­lo aba­mtshu­ma­ye­la­yo umu­zi ngo­mu­zi, efu­ndwa ema­si­na­go­ge­ni isa­ba­tha nge­sa­ba­that.

22 Kwa­se­ku­bo­na­ka­la ku­ku­hle ku­ba­pho­sto­li la­ku­ba­da­lau ka­nye le­ba­ndla lo­nke, uku­thu­ma ama­do­da akhe­thi­we­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­bo eA­nti­yo­ki lo­Pa­wu­li lo­Ba­rna­ba­siv; ba­be ngo­Ju­da­si othi­wa fu­thi ngu­Ba­rsa­baw, lo­Si­la­six, ama­do­da anga­ba­kho­khe­liy pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­za­lwa­nez,

23 ba­se­be­bha­la lo­khu nge­sa­ndla sa­bo uku­thi: Aba­pho­sto­li la­ba­da­laa la­ba­za­lwa­neb ku­ba­za­lwa­nec aba­nga­be­zi­zwe eA­nti­yo­kid le­Si­ri­yae le­Ki­li­khi­yaf, ba­ya­bi­nge­le­lag;

24 nje­ngo­ba si­zwi­le uku­thi aba­thi­le aba­phu­me ki­thi ba­li­kha­tha­zi­le nga­ma­zwi, be­du­nga imi­phe­fu­mu­lo ye­nu, be­si­thi li­so­kwe li­lo­nde umthe­tho, bo­na si­nga­ba­la­ya­ngah;

25 kwa­bo­na­ka­la ku­ku­hle ki­thi si­ngqo­ndo­nye, uku­thi si­wa­khe­the ama­do­da siwa­thu­me ki­ni, ka­nye la­ba­tha­nde­ka­yo be­thu uBa­rna­ba­si lo­Pa­wu­lii,

26 aba­ntu aba­ni­ke­le impi­lo ya­bo nge­nxa ye­bi­zo le­Nko­si ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stuj.

27 Nga­kho si­thu­mi­le uJu­da­si lo­Si­la­sik, aba­za­ku­thi la­ngo­mlo­mo1 ba­la­ndi­se ngo­ku­fa­na­na­yo.

28 Ngo­ba kwa­bo­na­ka­la ku­ku­hle ku­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le, la­ki­thi, uku­thi si­nga­le­the­si umthwa­lo omkhu­lu, nga­pha­ndle kwa­le­zi­zi­nto ezi­fu­ne­ka­yol:

29 Uku­thi li­zi­le oku­hla­tshe­lwe izi­tho­mbem, le­ga­zin, lo­ku­kha­nyi­we­yo, lo­ku­fe­ba; le­zi­zi­nto nxa li­za­zi­zi­la, li­za­be le­nze ku­hle. Sa­la­ni ku­hleo.

30 Nga­kho se­be­ba­khu­lu­li­le be­za eA­nti­yo­kip; fu­thi se­be­li­hla­nga­ni­si­le ixu­ku, bali­ni­ka incwa­di.

31 Kwa­thi se­be­fu­ndi­le, ba­tho­ko­za nge­ndu­du­zo2.

32 UJu­da­si ka­nye lo­Si­la­siq, nje­ngo­ba la­bo ba­be­nga­ba­pro­fe­thir, ba­la­ya aba­za­lwa­ne nga­ma­zwi ama­ne­ngis, baba­qi­ni­sat.

33 Se­be­hla­le isi­kha­thi, ba­ye­ke­lwa ba­ha­mba ngo­ku­thu­la nga­ba­za­lwa­ne ba­ya ku­ba­pho­sto­liu,

34 ko­dwa kwa­bo­na­ka­la ku­ku­hle ku­Si­la­si uku­thi asa­le kho­nav.

35 UPa­wu­li lo­Ba­rna­ba­siw ba­se­be­sa­la eA­nti­yo­kix, be­fu­ndi­sa be­tshu­ma­ye­la inda­ba ezi­nhle ze­li­zwi le­Nko­si, ka­nye la­ba­nye aba­ne­ngiy.

Ukwe­hlu­ka­na ku­ka­Pa­wu­li lo­Ba­rna­ba­si

36 Emva kwe­nsu­ku ezi­thi­le uPa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Ba­rna­ba­si: Ake si­bu­ye si­ha­mbe­le aba­za­lwa­ne be­thu emi­zi­ni yo­nke, la­pho esa­tshu­ma­ye­la kho­na ili­zwi le­Nko­si, uku­thi ba­hle­zi nja­niz.

37 UBa­rna­ba­si wa­se­hlo­sa uku­tha­tha uJo­ha­ne, othi­wa ngu­Ma­rko, aha­mbe la­boa.

38 Ko­dwa uPa­wu­li wa­ca­ba­nga uku­thi ku­fa­ne­le uku­thi ba­nga­mtha­thi aha­mbe la­bo lo­wo owa­ba­tshi­yab ePa­mfi­li­ya, ka­ze aya la­bo emse­be­nzi­ni.

39 Kwa­se­ku­ve­la uku­phi­ki­sa­na oku­khu­lu, ba­ze be­hlu­ka­na pha­ka­thi; uBa­rna­ba­sic wa­se­tha­tha uMa­rkod wa­ha­mba la­ye ngo­mkhu­mbi, ba­ya eKu­pro­sie.

Uha­mbo lwe­si­bi­li lu­ka­Pa­wu­li

40 Ko­dwa uPa­wu­li wa­khe­tha uSi­la­sif wa­su­ka wa­ha­mba, ese­ni­ke­lweg emu­se­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nga­ba­za­lwa­neh.

41 Wa­se­da­bu­la iSi­ri­ya le­Ki­li­khi­yai, eqi­ni­sa ama­ba­ndlaj.

UPa­wu­li useA­si­ya

16Wa­se­fi­ka eDe­rbea le­Li­strab; nja­lo kha­nge­la, kwa­ku­kho­na la­pho umfu­ndi othi­le, uTi­mo­thi nge­bi­zoc, indo­da­na yo­we­si­fa­za­na othi­le ongu­mJu­da­ka­zi okho­lwa­yo, ko­dwa uyi­se wa­ye­ngu­mGri­kid;

2 owa­ye­nco­nywa nga­ba­za­lwa­nee eLi­straf leI­ko­ni­yu­mag.

3 Lo uPa­wu­li wa­tha­nda uku­thi aphu­me la­ye, wa­se­mtha­tha wamso­kah, nge­nxa ya­ma­Ju­da aye­kho­na ku­le­zo­nda­wo; ngo­ba wo­nke aye­ma­zi uyi­se, uku­thi wa­ye­ngu­mGri­kii.

4 Nja­lo be­da­bu­la imi­zi, ba­ba­ni­ka izi­mi­so uku­zi­lo­ndo­lo­zaj eza­mi­swa nga­ba­pho­sto­lik la­ba­da­la aba­be­se­Je­ru­sa­le­mal.

5 Nga­kho ama­ba­ndla aqi­ni­swa ekho­lwe­ni, nja­lo anda nge­na­ni insu­ku nge­nsu­kum.

UPa­wu­li ucha­phe­la eMa­ke­do­ni­ya

6 Se­be­da­bu­le eFri­gi­yan le­li­zwe le­Ga­la­thi­yao, ba­le­lwa ngu­Mo­ya oNgcwe­le uku­khu­lu­ma ili­zwi eA­si­yap,

7 se­be­fi­ki­le ma­qo­nda­na le­Mi­si­ya ba­za­ma uku­ya eBi­thi­ni­yaq; ko­dwa uMo­ya ka­ba­vu­me­la­nga;

8 ba­se­be­yi­ce­za iMi­si­ya be­hle­la eTro­wa­sir.

9 Kwa­se­ku­bo­na­ka­la umbo­no ku­Pa­wu­li ebu­su­kus; indo­da ethi­le umMa­ke­do­ni­ya ya­yi­mit, imnce­nga isi­thi: Cha­phe­la eMa­ke­do­ni­ya, usi­si­ze.

10 Kwa­thi ese­wu­bo­ni­le umbo­nou, sa­hle sa­za­ma uku­su­ka si­yev eMa­ke­do­ni­yaw, si­phe­tha si­si­thi iNko­si isi­bi­ze­le uku­tshu­ma­ye­la iva­nge­li ki­box.

UPa­wu­li utshu­ma­ye­la eFi­li­phi

11 Nga­kho sa­su­ka eTro­wa­siy ngo­mkhu­mbi, sa­qo­nda eSa­mo­tra­ke, la­ngo­lu­la­nde­la­yo eNe­ya­pho­liz,

12 sa­su­ka la­pho sa­ya eFi­li­phia, engu­mu­zi wo­ku­qa­la we­si­ga­ba se­Ma­ke­do­ni­yab, esi­bu­swa nge­li­nye ili­zwe; ku­lo­wo­mu­zi sa­se­si­hla­la insu­ku ezi­thi­lec.

13 Nja­lo ngo­su­ku lwe­sa­ba­tha sa­phu­me­la nga­pha­ndle ko­mu­zi ece­le­ni ko­mfu­la, la­pho okwa­ku­fa­ne­le kwe­nze­lwe umkhu­le­ko kho­na; sa­se­si­hla­la pha­nsi sa­khu­lu­ma la­be­si­fa­za­na aba­be­bu­the­ne nda­wo­nye.

14 Lo­we­si­fa­za­na othi­le uLi­di­ya nge­bi­zo, ongu­mthe­ngi­si­ka­zi wa­ma­le­mbu ayi­bu­be­nde owe­mzi­ni we­Ti­ya­thi­rad, ekho­nza uNku­lu­nku­lue, we­zwa, onhli­zi­yo ya­khe iNko­si ya­yi­vu­la, uku­thi ala­le­le okwa­khu­lu­nywa ngu­Pa­wu­lif.

15 Ku­the ese­bha­bha­thi­zi­we, le­ndlu ya­kheg, wasi­nce­nga esi­thi: Uba li­bo­ni­le uku­thi ngi­the­mbe­ki­le eNko­si­ni, wo­za­ni endli­ni ya­mi, li­hla­le kho­nah. Wa­se­si­ci­nde­ze­lai.

Uku­bo­tshwa ku­ka­Pa­wu­li

16 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi si­si­ya emkhu­le­kwe­nij, into­mba­za­na eyi­si­gqi­li elo­mo­yak wo­ku­hla­hlu­la1l ya­hla­nga­na la­thi, eya­yi­zu­ze­la ama­kho­si ayo inzu­zo ene­ngi ngo­ku­vu­mi­sam.

17 Lo wa­la­nde­la uPa­wu­li la­thi, eme­me­za esi­thi: La­ba­ba­ntu ba­zi­nce­kun zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu oPhe­zu­ko­nke, ezi­si­tshu­ma­ye­za indle­la yo­si­ndi­soo.

18 La­lo­khu ya­kwe­nza insu­ku ezi­ne­ngi. Kwa­thi uPa­wu­lip ese­ne­ngi­weq, wa­tshi­bi­li­ka, wa­thi ku­mo­ya: Ngi­ya­ku­la­ya nge­bi­zo li­ka­Je­su Kri­stu uku­thi uphu­me ku­yor. Wa­se­phu­ma nga­le­so­si­kha­this.

19 Ama­kho­si akhe ese­bo­ni­let uku­thi ithe­mba le­nzu­zo ya­bo se­li­phu­mi­leu, aba­mba uPa­wu­li lo­Si­la­siv, aba­do­nse­la emda­nge­ni pha­mbi kwa­ba­bu­siw,

20 ese­ba­le­thi­le ezi­ndu­ne­ni athix: La­ba­ba­ntu ba­du­nga umu­zi we­thuy, be­nga­ma­Ju­da,

21 ba­tshu­ma­ye­la imi­khu­ba esi­nga­vu­nye­lwa uku­ye­mu­ke­la si­ye­nzez, si­nga­ma­Ro­maa.

22 Le­xu­ku la­be­le­ke­le­la, le­ndu­na za­ba­da­bu­le­la ize­mba­tho za­bob za­la­ya uku­thi baba­tsha­ye nge­ndu­kuc.

23 Se­be­ba­tsha­yi­le imi­vi­mvi­nya emi­ne­ngi baba­pho­se­la ento­lo­ngwe­nid, ba­la­ya umli­ndi­nto­lo­ngo uku­thi aba­lo­ndo­lo­ze aba­qi­ni­see;

24 ye­na, emu­ke­le umla­yo onja­lo, wa­ba­pho­se­la ento­lo­ngwe­ni epha­ka­thif, wa­se­qi­ni­sa inya­wo za­bo esi­go­dwe­nig.

Uku­phe­ndu­ka ko­mli­ndi­nto­lo­ngo

25 Kwa­thi se­ku­nga­ba pha­ka­thi ko­bu­su­kuh uPa­wu­li lo­Si­la­si ba­be­khu­le­kai be­hla­be­la ama­hu­bo endu­mi­so ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, le­zi­bo­tshwa za­zi­be­zwa;

26 nja­lo kwa­hle kwa­ba kho­na uku­za­ma­za­ma ko­mhla­ba oku­khu­lu, kwa­ze kwa­nyi­ki­nye­ka izi­se­ke­lo ze­nto­lo­ngoj; kwa­hle kwa­vu­lwa imi­nya­ngo yo­nke, kwa­thu­ku­lu­lwa izi­bo­pho za­bo bo­nkek.

27 Kwa­thi umli­ndi­nto­lo­ngol epha­pha­ma, ese­bo­na imi­nya­ngo ye­nto­lo­ngo ivu­le­ki­le, wa­kho­kha inke­mba, ezi­mi­se­le uku­zi­bu­la­la, eca­ba­nga uku­thi izi­bo­tshwa zi­ba­le­ki­le.

28 Ko­dwa uPa­wu­li wa­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu esi­thi: Unga­zi­li­ma­zi; ngo­ba si­la­pha so­nke.

29 Wa­se­ce­la isi­ba­ne wa­pho­se­ka pha­ka­thi, nja­lo wa­se­thu­thu­me­lam wa­we­la pha­nsi pha­mbi ku­ka­Pa­wu­lin lo­Si­la­sio,

30 nja­lo ese­ba­khu­phe­la pha­ndle wa­thi: Ma­kho­si, ku­me­le nge­nze­ni uku­ze ngi­si­ndi­swep?

31 Ba­se­be­si­thi: Kho­lwa eNko­si­ni uJe­su Kri­stu, nja­lo uza­si­ndi­swa we­naq le­ndlu ya­khor.

32 Ba­se­be­khu­lu­ma ku­ye ili­zwi le­Nko­si, la­ku­la­bo bo­nke aba­be­se­ndli­ni ya­khes.

33 Wa­se­ba­tha­tha nga­le­lo­ho­la lo­bu­su­ku waba­ge­zi­sa ama­nxe­bat, nja­lo wa­hle wa­bha­bha­thi­zwau ye­na la­ba­khe bo­nkev.

34 Wa­se­ba­sa endli­ni ya­khe wa­be­ka ita­fu­la lo­ku­dla pha­mbi kwa­bo, wa­se­tho­ko­za le­ndlu ya­khe yo­nke be­kho­lwa ku­Nku­lu­nku­luw.

35 Kwa­thi se­ku­si­le, indu­na za­thu­ma ama­pho­li­sax zi­si­thi: Khu­lu­la la­bo­ba­ntu.

36 Umli­ndi­nto­lo­ngo wa­se­bi­ke­la uPa­wu­li la­ma­zwiy esi­thi: Indu­na zi­thu­me­le, uku­thi li­khu­lu­lwez; nga­kho phu­ma­ni kha­the­si li­ha­mbe ngo­ku­thu­laa.

37 Ko­dwa uPa­wu­li wa­thi ku­wo: Ba­si­tsha­yi­le oba­la si­nga­la­hlwa­nga li­ca­lab, si­nga­ma­Ro­mac, ba­se­besi­pho­se­la ento­lo­ngwe­ni, nja­lo kha­the­si nge­nsi­tha se­be­si­pho­se­la pha­ndle yi­ni? Ha­tshi bo! Ko­dwa ku­me­le be­ze bo­na ba­si­khu­phe.

38 Ama­pho­li­sa azi­bi­ke­la izi­ndu­na la­ma­zwid; za­se­zi­se­sa­bae zi­si­zwa uku­thi ba­nga­ma­Ro­ma,

39 nja­lo ze­za za­ba­nce­nga, nja­lo zaba­khu­phaf zaba­ce­la uku­thi ba­phu­me emzi­nig.

40 Ba­se­be­phu­ma ento­lo­ngwe­ni ba­nge­na ko­Li­di­yah; kwa­thi se­be­ba­bo­ni­le aba­za­lwa­nei, ba­ba­du­du­za, ba­su­ka ba­ha­mbaj.

UPa­wu­li utshu­ma­ye­la eThe­sa­lo­ni­ka

17Kwa­thi se­be­da­bu­le iA­mfi­pho­li leA­po­lo­ni­ya, ba­fi­ka eThe­sa­lo­ni­kaa, la­pho okwa­ku­kho­na isi­na­go­ge la­ma­Ju­da;

2 nja­lo nje­ngo­mkhu­ba ka­Pa­wu­li wa­nge­na ku­wob, wa­khu­lu­mi­sa­na la­wo ngo­ku­ve­la emi­bha­lwe­nic okwa­ma­sa­ba­tha ama­tha­thu,

3 evu­la etshe­ngi­sad uku­thi kwa­ku­fa­ne­le uKri­stu ahlu­phe­ke avu­ke kwa­ba­fi­le­yoe, lo­ku­thi: UJe­su lof, mi­na engi­mtshu­ma­ye­la ki­ni, ungu­Kri­stu.

4 La­ba­nye ba­bo ba­kho­lwa, ba­zi­hla­nga­ni­sa lo­Pa­wu­lig lo­Si­la­sih, nja­lo ixu­ku eli­khu­lu la­ma­Gri­kii akho­nza­yoj, la­kwa­be­si­fa­za­na aba­du­mi­le­yo aba­nga­ba­lu­tshwa­nak.

5 Ko­dwa ama­Ju­da anga­kho­lwa­yol aba lo­mo­nam, atha­tha ama­nye ama­do­da ama­bi anga­ma­vi­la emda­nge­ni, enza ixu­ku, adu­nga umu­zin; ahla­se­la indlu ka­Ja­so­nio, edi­nga uku­ba­khu­phe­la eba­ntwi­ni;

6 kwa­thi enga­ba­tho­li, ado­nse­la uJa­so­ni la­ba­za­lwa­ne aba­thi­le ku­ba­pha­thi bo­mu­zip, eme­me­za esi­thi: La­baq aba­ya­lu­ze­li­sar umhla­ba, bo­na se­be­fi­ki­le la­la­phas,

7 uJa­so­ni abe­mu­ke­le­yot; la­la­ba bo­nke be­nza oku­pha­mbe­ne le­mi­the­tho ka­Ke­sa­riu, be­si­thi ku­kho­na enye inko­si, engu­Je­suv.

8 Ase­du­nga ixu­ku la­ba­pha­thi bo­mu­zi be­si­zwa le­zi­zi­nto.

9 Kwa­thi se­be­the­the isi­ba­mbi­so ku­Ja­so­ni la­kwa­ba­nye, aba­khu­lu­la.

UPa­wu­li utshu­ma­ye­la eBe­ri­ya

10 Nja­lo aba­za­lwa­new ba­hle ba­su­sa uPa­wu­lix lo­Si­la­si ba­ba­thu­ma eBe­ri­ya ebu­su­kuy; okwa­thi se­be­fi­ki­le kho­na ba­su­ka ba­ya esi­na­go­ge­ni la­ma­Ju­daz.

11 La­wo aye­kha­li­phi­le ku­la­la­wo awe­The­sa­lo­ni­kaa, emu­ke­la ili­zwi ngo­ku­vu­ma ko­nke, ehlo­li­si­sa imi­bha­lob insu­ku nge­nsu­ku, uku­thi zi­nja­lo yi­ni le­zi­zi­ntoc.

12 Nga­kho ama­ne­ngi ku­wo akho­lwa, la­kwa­be­si­fa­za­na aba­hlo­ni­phe­ka­yo aba­nga­ma­Gri­ki la­kwa­be­si­li­sa aba­nga­ba­lu­tshwa­nad.

13 Ko­dwa kwa­thi ama­Ju­da eThe­sa­lo­ni­ka ese­kwa­zi uku­thi ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu li­ya­tshu­nya­ye­lwa ngu­Pa­wu­li le­Be­ri­yae, eza la­kho­na enya­ka­ze­li­sa ama­xu­ku.

14 Nja­lo nga­le­so­si­kha­thi aba­za­lwa­ne ba­hle ba­mthu­ma uPa­wu­li ku­nga­thi uya elwa­ndlef; ko­dwa uSi­la­sig lo­Ti­mo­thih ba­sa­la kho­na.

15 La­la­bo aba­be­phe­le­ke­ze­la uPa­wu­lii, ba­mfi­ki­sa eA­te­nej; se­be­mu­ke­le umla­ye­ze­lok oya ku­Si­la­sil lo­Ti­mo­thi, uku­thi be­ze ku­ye ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sa oku­khu­lu, ba­su­ka ba­ha­mbam.

UPa­wu­li utshu­ma­ye­la eA­te­ne

16 Kwa­thi uPa­wu­li esa­ba­li­nde­le eA­te­ne, umo­ya wa­khe wa­kha­tha­ze­ka pha­ka­thi kwa­khe, ebo­na umu­zi ugcwe­le izi­tho­mben.

17 Nga­kho wa­phi­ki­sa­nao la­ma­Ju­da esi­na­go­ge­nip la­ba­nye aba­kho­nza­yoq, la­se­mda­nge­ni insu­ku zo­nke la­la­bo ahla­nga­na la­bo.

18 La­ba­thi­le ku­zo iza­zi za­maE­pi­ku­ri la­ma­Sto­yi­ki ba­phi­ki­sa­na la­ye. La­ba­nye ba­thi: Uwu­ma­ne1 lo­lu lu­fu­na uku­thi­ni? Ko­dwa aba­nye ba­thi: Ku­nga­thi ungo­tshu­ma­ye­la onku­lu­nku­lu be­zi­zwe­ni; ngo­ba nge­va­nge­li wa­tshu­ma­ye­la ki­bo uJe­sur lo­ku­vu­ka kwa­ba­fi­le­yos.

19 Ba­se­be­mtha­tha, ba­mu­sa eA­re­yo­pa­gu be­si­thi: Si­nga­zi yi­ni uku­thi iyi­ni li­mfu­ndi­so entsha oyi­fu­ndi­sa­yo?

20 Ngo­ba ule­tha inda­ba ezi­ma­nga­li­sa­yo ezi­thi­le endle­be­ni ze­thu; nga­kho si­fi­sa ukwa­zi uku­thi le­zi­zi­nto zi­yi­ni.

21 Ngo­ba bo­nke abeA­te­ne le­ze­the­ke­li ezi­hla­la kho­na ba­be­chi­tha isi­kha­thi ku­nge­yi­si­kho ngo­lu­tho olu­nye, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­tshe­la lo­ku­zwa into entshat.

22 Kwa­thi uPa­wu­li esi­ma pha­ka­thi kweA­re­yo­pa­gu, wa­thi: Ma­do­da maA­te­ne, ngi­ya­bo­na uku­thi ezi­ntwe­ni zo­nke ku­nga­thi li­le­nko­le­lo enku­luu.

23 Ngo­ba ngi­the ngi­da­bu­la ngi­kha­nge­la izi­nto ze­nu eli­zi­kho­nza­yo, nga­se­ngi­fi­ca ila­thi eli­lo­tshwe uku­thi: KU­NKU­LU­NKU­LU ONGA­ZI­WA­YOv. Lo­kho-ke eli­ku­kho­nza li­nga­kwa­zi, yi­kho mi­na engi­ku­tshu­ma­ye­la ki­niw.

24 UNku­lu­nku­lu owe­nza umhla­ba la­kho ko­nke oku­ku­wox, ye­na, oyi­Nko­si ye­zu­lu lo­mhla­bay, ka­hla­li ema­the­mpe­li­niz enzi­we nge­za­ndlaa,

25 fu­thi ka­kho­nzwa nge­za­ndla za­ba­ntu, nje­ngo­swe­la ulu­thob, ngo­ba ye­na uqo­bo lwa­khe uya­ba­pha bo­nke impi­lo lo­ku­phe­fu­mu­la la­zo zo­nke izi­ntoc;

26 nja­lo wa­ze­nza zo­nke izi­zwe za­ba­ntu zi­ve­la ega­zi­ni li­nye, uku­thi zi­hla­le ebu­swe­ni bo­nke bo­mhla­ba, wa­zi­mi­se­la izi­kha­thi ezi­qu­nyi­we­yo nga­pha­mbi­lid le­mi­ngce­le yo­ku­hla­la kwa­zoe;

27 uku­ze zi­di­nge iNko­si, uku­thi mhla­wu­mbe si­bi­li zi­mu­zwe zimtho­le, nja­lo ka­nti ka­kha­tsha­na ku­lo­wo la­lo­wo we­thuf.

28 Ngo­ba ku­ye si­phi­la nja­lo si­ha­mba fu­thi si­kho­nag; nje­ngo­ba le­mbo­ngi ezi­thi­le za­ki­ni zi­the: Ngo­ba fu­thi si­yi­nza­lo ya­kheh.

29 Nga­kho lo­khu si­yi­nza­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ka­ku­fa­ne­le uku­thi si­na­ka­ne uku­thi ubu­Nku­lu­nku­lu bu­nje­nge­go­li­de ku­mbe isi­li­va lo­ba ili­tshe, oku­ba­zwe nge­mi­nwe la­ngo­ku­na­ka­na kwa­ba­ntui.

30 Nga­kho izi­kha­thi zo­ku­nga­zi uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­zi­na­nza­ngaj, ko­dwa kha­the­si uya­la­ya bo­nke aba­ntu enda­we­ni zo­nke uku­thi ba­phe­ndu­kek;

31 ngo­ba umi­si­le usu­ku, aza­kwa­hlu­le­lal nga­lo umhla­ba ngo­ku­lu­ngam, nge­ndo­da ayi­mi­si­le­yon, wa­qi­ni­sa2 ku­bo bo­nke, ngo­ku­yi­vu­sa kwa­ba­fi­le­yoo.

32 Kwa­thi be­si­zwa ngo­ku­vu­ka okwa­ba­fi­le­yop, aba­nye ba­hle­ka usu­lu; ko­dwa aba­nye ba­thi: Si­za­phi­nda si­ku­zwe nga­lo­khuq.

33 La­ngo­ku­nja­lo uPa­wu­li wa­phu­ma pha­ka­thi kwa­bo.

34 Ko­dwa ama­do­da athi­le ana­ma­the­la ku­ye, akho­lwa; pha­ka­thi kwa­wo kwa­ku­kho­na lo­Di­yo­ni­si­yu umA­re­yo­pa­gur, lo­we­si­fa­za­na obi­zo la­khe ngu­Da­ma­ri, la­ba­nye ka­nye la­bo.

UPa­wu­li use­Ko­ri­nte leE­fe­su

18Emva kwa­le­zi­zi­nto uPa­wu­li wa­su­ka eA­te­ne we­za eKo­ri­ntea.

2 Wa­se­fi­ca umJu­da othi­le uA­kwi­lab nge­bi­zo, owe­Po­ntu­si ngo­ku­za­lwac, owa­ye­sa­nda uku­fi­ka eve­la eI­tha­li­ya, lo­Pri­si­la umka­khed, nge­nxa yo­ku­la­ya ku­ka­Kla­wu­di­yo­sie ko­ku­thi wo­nke ama­Ju­da ka­wa­su­ke eRo­ma, wa­ya ku­bo;

3 nja­lo ngo­ba ba­be­lo­mse­be­nzi ofa­na­na­yo, wa­hla­la ki­bo wa­se­be­nzaf; ngo­ba ba­be­nga­be­nzi ba­ma­the­nte ngo­mse­be­nzi.

4 Wa­se­tshu­ma­ye­lag esi­na­go­ge­ni ama­sa­ba­tha wo­nkeh, wa­nce­nga ama­Ju­da la­ma­Gri­ki.

5 Kwa­thi uSi­la­si lo­Ti­mo­thii se­be­hli­le be­ve­la eMa­ke­do­ni­yaj, uPa­wu­li wa­ci­nde­ze­lwa ngu­Mo­yak, efa­ka­za ku­ma­Ju­dal uku­thi uJe­su ungu­Kri­stum.

6 Kwa­thi eme­la­na la­ye ehla­mba­zan, wa­thi­nti­tha ize­mba­thoo, wa­thi ku­wo: Iga­zi le­nu ka­li­be phe­zu kwe­kha­nda le­nup; mi­na ngi­msu­lwaq; ku­su­ke­la kha­the­si ngi­za­ku­ya kwa­be­zi­zwer.

7 Wa­se­su­ka la­pho wa­ya endli­ni yo­mu­nye obi­zo la­khe ngu­Ju­stu­si, okho­nza uNku­lu­nku­lu, ondlu ya­khe ya­yi­se­du­ze le­si­na­go­ges.

8 Ko­dwa uKri­spu­sit umpha­thi we­si­na­go­ge wa­kho­lwa eNko­si­niu le­ndlu ya­khe yo­nkev; la­ba­ne­ngi kwa­be­Ko­ri­nte ba­la­le­la ba­kho­lwa ba­bha­bha­thi­zwaw.

9 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Pa­wu­li ebu­su­kux ngo­mbo­noy: Unge­sa­bi, ko­dwa khu­lu­ma nja­lo unga­thu­li;

10 ngo­ba mi­na ngi­la­wez, nja­lo ka­kho oza­ku­hla­se­la uku­kwe­nze­la oku­bi; ngo­ba ngi­la­ba­ntu aba­ne­ngi ku­lu­mu­zi.

11 Nja­lo wa­hla­la umnya­ka le­nya­nga ezi­yi­si­thu­pha, efu­ndi­sa ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu pha­ka­thi kwa­bo.

12 Kwa­thi uGa­li­yo engu­mbu­sia weA­ka­yab, ama­Ju­da amvu­ke­la uPa­wu­li nga­nhli­zi­yo­nye, amu­sac pha­mbi kwe­si­hla­lo so­kwa­hlu­le­lad,

13 esi­thi: Lo unce­nga aba­ntu uku­thi ba­kho­nze uNku­lu­nku­lu ngo­ku­pha­mbe­ne lo­mla­yoe.

14 Ko­dwa kwa­thi uPa­wu­li ese­za­vu­la umlo­mof, uGa­li­yo wa­thi ku­ma­Ju­da: Nga­kho uba be­ku­le­nto enga­lu­nga­nga ku­mbe inko­hli­so embig, ma­Ju­da, nge­si­za­tho be­ngi­za­li­be­ke­ze­le­lah;

15 ko­dwa uba ku­yi­ku­phi­ki­sa­na nge­li­zwi la­ma­bi­zoi, lo­mla­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­nuj, zi­bo­ne­le­ni li­na; ngo­ba mi­na ka­ngi­tha­ndi uku­ba ngu­ma­hlu­le­li wa­le­zi­zi­nto.

16 Wa­se­wa­xo­tsha esi­hla­lwe­ni so­kwa­hlu­le­lak.

17 Wo­nke ama­Gri­ki ase­ba­mba uSo­ste­ne­sil umpha­thi we­si­na­go­gem, amtsha­ya pha­mbi kwe­si­hla­lo so­kwa­hlu­le­lan. Nja­lo uGa­li­yo ka­ze azi­na­nza le­zi­zi­nto.

18 Kwa­thi uPa­wu­li esa­hle­zi insu­ku ezi­ne­ngi, wa­va­le­li­sa aba­za­lwa­neo, wa­su­ka ngo­mkhu­mbi wa­ya eSi­ri­yap, lo­Pri­si­laq loA­kwi­lar ka­nye la­ye, ese­phu­ce ikha­ndas eKe­ni­kre­yat, ngo­ba wa­ye­le­si­fu­ngou.

19 Se­be­fi­ki­le eE­fe­suv, wa­se­ba­tshi­ya kho­na; ko­dwa ye­na enge­na esi­na­go­ge­niw wa­khu­lu­mi­sa­na la­ma­Ju­dax.

20 Se­be­mce­li­le uku­thi ahla­le isi­kha­thi esi­da­nya­na la­bo, ka­vu­ma­nga;

21 ko­dwa wa­ba­va­le­li­say esi­thi: Ku­fa­ne­le isi­bi­liz uku­thi ngi­gci­ne eJe­ru­sa­le­ma umkho­si oza­yoa; ko­dwa ngi­za­bu­ye­la ki­ni nja­lo, uba uNku­lu­nku­lu evu­mab. Wa­su­ka eE­fe­su ngo­mkhu­mbic,

22 nja­lo ese­fi­ki­le eKe­sa­ri­yad, we­nyu­ka wa­bi­nge­le­la iba­ndlae, we­hle­la eA­nti­yo­kif.

Uha­mbo lwe­si­tha­thu lu­ka­Pa­wu­li. UA­po­lo eE­fe­su

23 Nja­lo ese­chi­the isi­kha­thi esi­thi­le, wa­su­ka, wa­da­bu­la ngo­ku­la­nde­la­na ili­zwe le­Ga­la­thi­yag le­Fri­gi­yah, eqi­ni­sa bo­nkeij aba­fu­ndik.

24 Kwa­thi umJu­da othi­le uA­po­lo­si nge­bi­zol, umA­le­ksa­ndri­yam ngo­ku­za­lwa, eyi­ndo­da eyi­si­khu­lu­mi, wa­fi­ka eE­fe­sun, ela­ma­ndla emi­bha­lwe­ni.

25 Lo wa­ye­fu­ndi­si­we indle­la ye­Nko­si, nja­lo evu­tha emo­ye­nio wa­khu­lu­ma wa­fu­ndi­sa ngo­ku­khu­tha­la izi­nto ezi­ma­ye­la­na le­Nko­sip, esa­zi ubha­bha­thi­zo lu­ka­Jo­ha­ne ku­phe­laq;

26 lo wa­se­qa­la uku­khu­lu­ma nge­si­bi­ndi esi­na­go­ge­nir. Kwa­thi se­be­mzwi­le uPri­si­la loA­kwi­las, ba­mtha­tha, ba­mcha­si­se­lat indle­la ka­Nku­lu­nku­luu ngo­ku­qo­nda oku­khu­luv.

27 Kwa­thi ese­tha­nda uku­cha­phe­la eA­ka­yaw, aba­za­lwa­ne bemkhu­tha­za ba­bha­le­la aba­fu­ndi uku­thi ba­me­mu­ke­lex; okwa­thi ese­fi­ki­le wa­ba­si­za ka­khu­lu aba­kho­lwa ngo­mu­say;

28 ngo­ba wa­phi­ki­sa nga­ma­ndlaz wa­we­hlu­la ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo oba­la ama­Ju­daa, etshe­ngi­sa nge­mi­bha­lob uku­thi uKri­stu ungu­Je­suc.

UPa­wu­li eE­fe­su

19Kwa­se­ku­si­thi, uA­po­lo­sia ese­se­Ko­ri­nteb, uPa­wu­li wa­fi­ka eE­fe­suc ese­da­bu­le inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo; wa­se­fi­ca aba­fu­ndi aba­thi­le

2 wa­thi ku­bo: La­me­mu­ke­la yi­ni uMo­ya oNgcwe­le mhla li­kho­lwa­yo? Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Ko­dwa ka­si­za­nga si­zwe ngi­tsho uku­thi ku­kho­na uMo­ya oNgcwe­led.

3 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Pho la­bha­bha­thi­ze­lwa ku­ku­phi? Ba­se­be­si­thi: Ku­bha­bha­thi­zo lu­ka­Jo­ha­nee.

4 Ko­dwa uPa­wu­li wa­thi: UJo­ha­ne wa­bha­bha­thi­za ubha­bha­thi­zo lo­ku­phe­ndu­kaf, etshe­la aba­ntu uku­ze ba­kho­lwe ku­lo­wo owe­za emva kwa­khe, oku­yi­ku­thi, ku­Kri­stu Je­sug.

5 La­la­bo abe­zwa­yo ba­bha­bha­thi­zwa ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si uJe­suh.

6 Wa­thi uPa­wu­li ese­be­ke iza­ndla phe­zu kwa­boi, uMo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­le we­za phe­zu kwa­bo; ba­se­be­khu­lu­ma nge­ndi­mij, ba­pro­fe­thak.

7 Nja­lo wo­nke ama­do­da aye­nga­ba li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li.

8 Wa­se­nge­na esi­na­go­ge­nil wa­khu­lu­ma nge­si­bi­ndi, inya­nga ezi­nta­thum etshu­ma­ye­lan eqi­ni­se­ki­sa izi­nto ngo­mbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­luo.

9 Ko­dwa kwa­thi aba­nye be­si­ba lu­khu­ni be­nga­kho­lwa, be­khu­lu­ma ku­bi ngale­yo­ndle­la pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntup, wa­su­ka ku­boq we­hlu­ka­ni­sa aba­fu­ndir, insu­ku nge­nsu­ku etshu­ma­ye­la esi­ko­lo so­thi­le uTi­ra­nus.

10 La­lo­khu kwe­nze­ka okwe­mi­nya­ka emi­bi­lit, ba­ze ba­li­zwa ili­zwi le­Nko­si uJe­su bo­nke aba­khi­le­yo eA­si­yau, ama­Ju­da ka­nye la­ma­Gri­ki.

11 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­se­nzav imi­se­be­nzi ya­ma­ndla enge­jwa­ye­le­ka­nga nge­za­ndla zi­ka­Pa­wu­liw,

12 kwa­ze kwa­thi la­kwa­ba­gu­la­yo kwa­si­wa izi­fi­nyo ku­mbe ama­fa­si­ko­tix oku­ve­la emzi­mbe­ni wa­khey, le­zi­fo za­su­ka ku­bo, la­bo­mo­ya aba­bi ba­phu­ma ku­boz.

13 Kwa­thi aba­nye ku­mi­ha­mbu­ma ya­ma­Ju­da, iza­nu­sea, ba­za­ma uku­bi­za ibi­zo le­Nko­si uJe­su ku­la­bo aba­be­la­bo­mo­ya aba­bi, be­si­thi: Si­ya­li­fu­ngi­sa ngo­Je­su amtshu­ma­ye­la­yo uPa­wu­lib.

14 Nja­lo kwa­ku­kho­na ama­do­da­na ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa athi­le ka­Si­ke­va umJu­da umpri­sti omkhu­lu akwe­nza­yo lo­khoc.

15 Ko­dwa umo­ya omu­bi wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: UJe­su ngi­ya­ma­zi, lo­Pa­wu­li ngi­ya­zi nga­ye; ko­dwa li­na li­ngo­ba­ni?

16 Lo­wo­mu­ntu okwa­ku­ku­ye umo­ya omu­bi wa­se­se­qe­la phe­zu kwa­bo, nja­lo wa­be­hlu­la, wa­ba­nqo­ba, ba­ze ba­ba­le­ka ku­le­yo­ndlu be­nqu­nu be­li­me­le.

17 Lo­khu kwa­se­ku­sa­zi­wa yi­bo bo­nke aba­khi­le­yo eE­fe­sud ama­Ju­da ka­nye la­ma­Gri­ki; lo­kwe­sa­ba kwa­se­ku­be­hle­la bo­nkee; nja­lo la­khu­li­swa ibi­zo le­Nko­si uJe­su.

18 La­ba­ne­ngi ba­la­bo aba­kho­lwa­yo be­za, be­vu­ma, be­me­me­ze­la ize­nzo za­bof.

19 La­ba­ne­ngi ba­la­bo aba­be­se­nza ama­sa­la­mu­si ba­le­tha ingwa­lo nda­wo­nye ba­zi­tshi­sa pha­mbi kwa­bo bo­nke; ba­se­be­ba­la inte­ngo ya­zo, ba­tho­la izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu ze­si­li­vag.

20 Ngo­ku­nja­lo ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­khu­la nga­ma­ndla la­nqo­bah.

21 Kwa­thi le­zi­zi­nto se­zi­phe­li­le, uPa­wu­li wa­zi­mi­se­la emo­ye­nii, ese­da­bu­lej eMa­ke­do­ni­yak leA­ka­yal, uku­ya eJe­ru­sa­le­mam, esi­thi: Emva ko­ku­ba kwa­mi la­pho, ngi­me­le uku­bo­na iRo­ma la­yon.

22 Ese­thu­me eMa­ke­do­ni­yao aba­bi­li ba­la­bo aba­be­msi­zap, uTi­mo­thiq loE­ra­stur, ye­na wa­hla­la eA­si­ya okwe­si­kha­this.

Isi­phi­thi­phi­thi si­ka­De­me­tri­yu

23 Ko­dwa nga­le­so­si­kha­thi kwa­su­ka isi­phi­thi­phi­thi esi­nge­si­nci­nya­net ma­ye­la­na lale­yo­ndle­lau.

24 Ngo­ba umu­ntu othi­le ongu­De­me­tri­yu nge­bi­zo, umkha­ndi we­si­li­va, owe­nza ama­the­mpe­lana esi­li­va ka­Di­ya­na, wa­le­tha ku­zi­ngcwe­thi inzu­zo enge­nci­nya­nev;

25 owa­ba­qo­qa­yo bo­na, le­zi­se­be­nzi ze­zi­nto ezi­fa­na­na­yo, wa­thi: Ma­do­da, li­ya­zi uku­thi ino­tho ye­thu ive­la ku­lu­mse­be­nzi.

26 Nja­lo li­ya­bo­na li­ye­zwa uku­thi ku­nge­yi­si­kho eE­fe­suw ku­phe­la, ko­dwa pho­se ku­lo lo­nke iA­si­yax, uPa­wu­li lo unce­ngi­le nja­lo upha­mbu­le ixu­ku eli­khu­lu, esi­thi ka­yi­si­bo onku­lu­nku­lu abe­nzi­we nge­za­ndlay.

27 Nja­lo ka­yi­si­kho lo­khu ku­phe­la uku­thi si­se­ngo­zi­ni yo­ku­thi le ingxe­nye ifi­ke eku­the­ni inga­hlo­ni­tshwa, ko­dwa le­the­mpe­li li­ka­nku­lu­nku­lu­ka­zi omkhu­lu uDi­ya­na li­za­thi­wa li­yi­nto enge­si­lu­tho, nja­lo lo­bu­khu­lu­ka­zi ba­khe bu­za­kwe­hli­swa, eli­mkho­nza­yo yo­nke iA­si­yaz lo­mhla­ba wo­nkea.

28 Kwa­thi beku­zwa ba­gcwa­la intu­ku­the­lo, ba­me­me­za be­si­thi: Mkhu­lu uDi­ya­na wa­maE­fe­su!

29 Nja­lo umu­zi wo­nke wa­gcwa­la isi­phi­thi­phi­thib; ba­se­be­the­le­ka ka­nye­ka­nye enda­we­ni yo­ku­dla­le­la, ba­hu­du­lac uGa­yu­sid loA­ri­sta­koe ama­Ma­ke­do­ni­ya, aba­phe­le­ke­ze­li ba­ka­Pa­wu­lif.

30 Kwa­thi uPa­wu­li efu­na uku­nge­na exu­kwi­ni, aba­fu­ndi ka­ba­mvu­me­la­ngag.

31 Nja­lo la­ba­nye ba­ba­bu­si beA­si­yah, aba­be­nga­ba­nga­ne ba­khe, ba­thu­ma ku­ye, bemnce­nga uku­thi anga­zi­ni­ke­li enda­we­ni yo­ku­dla­le­la.

32 Nga­kho aba­nye ba­me­me­za oku­nye la­ba­nye oku­nye; ngo­ba umhla­nga­no wa­wu­sa­nga­ni­se­ki­lei, nja­lo ine­ngi la­bo la­li­nga­zi uku­thi li­bu­the­ne la­pho nge­nxa ya­ni.

33 Ba­se­be­mu­sa pha­mbi­li uA­le­ksa­ndro esu­ka exu­kwi­nij, ngo­ba ama­Ju­da amqhu­be­la pha­mbi­li. UA­le­ksa­ndrok wa­se­qhwe­ba nge­sa­ndlal, efu­na uku­zi­vi­ke­la eba­ntwi­nim.

34 Ko­dwa ba­thi se­be­kwa­zi uku­thi ungu­mJu­da, kwa­ba le­li­zwi eli­lo­dwa li­ve­la ku­bo bo­nke oku­nga­ba nga­ma­ho­la ama­bi­li li­me­me­za li­si­thi: Mkhu­lu uDi­ya­na wa­maE­fe­su!

35 Nja­lo kwa­thi uma­bha­la­ne ese­li­thu­li­si­le ixu­kun wa­thi: Ma­do­da eE­fe­su, ka­nti ku­kho­na yi­ni umu­ntu onga­zi­yo uku­thi umu­zi weE­fe­su ungu­mlo­ndo­lo­zi we­the­mpe­li li­ka­nku­lu­nku­lu­ka­zi omkhu­lu uDi­ya­na lo­we­nto eya­wa ive­la ku­Ze­wu­si?

36 Nga­kho nje­ngo­ba le­zi­zi­nto zi­nge­phi­kwe, ku­fa­ne­le li­thu­leo, li­nge­nzi lu­tho nga­ma­wa­lap.

37 Ngo­ba li­le­the la­ma­do­da, ange­yi­si­bo aba­pha­ngi ba­ma­the­mpe­li la­nga­hla­mba­zi unku­lu­nku­lu­ka­zi we­nu.

38 Nga­kho uba uDe­me­tri­yu le­zi­ngcwe­thi ka­nye la­ye be­lo­da­ba ngo­mu­ntu, ama­la­nga oku­tho­ni­sa ama­ca­la aya­gci­nwa, ba­kho­na la­ba­bu­siq; ka­ba­ma­nga­le­la­ner.

39 Ko­dwa uba li­di­nga ulu­tho nge­zi­nye izi­nto, ku­za­lu­ngi­swa emhla­nga­nwe­ni ose­mthe­thwe­ni1.

40 Ngo­ba fu­thi si­se­ngo­zi­ni yo­ku­ma­nga­le­lwa ngo­mvu­ke­la nge­nxa ya­la­mu­hlas, ku­nge­la­mba­nge­la esi­nga­la­ndi­sa nga­yo nga­le­si­si­phi­thi­phi­thi.

41 Nja­lo ese­tshi­lo lo­kho, wa­wu­chi­tha umhla­nga­no.

UPa­wu­li eMa­ke­do­ni­ya

20Kwa­thi se­si­phe­li­le isi­ya­lu­ya­lu, uPa­wu­li wa­bi­ze­la ku­ye aba­fu­ndia, eseba­go­ni­leb, wa­phu­mac uku­thi aye eMa­ke­do­ni­yad.

2 Kwa­thi ese­da­bu­le le­zo­ngxe­nye, ese­ba­khu­tha­zi­le nga­ma­zwi ama­ne­ngi, wa­fi­ka eGri­ki,

3 kwa­thi ese­hla­le kho­na inya­nga ezi­nta­thu, se­le­nzi­we iqhi­nga nga­yee nga­ma­Ju­da ese­za­su­ka ngo­mkhu­mbi uku­ya eSi­ri­yaf, wa­zi­mi­se­la uku­bu­ye­la ada­bu­le eMa­ke­do­ni­yag.

4 Wa­se­mphe­le­ke­ze­la kwa­ze kwa­ba seA­si­ya uSo­pa­the­rih we­Be­ri­yai; lo­wa­ma­The­sa­lo­ni­kaj, uA­ri­sta­ko lo­Se­khu­nduk, lo­Ga­yu­sil we­De­rbem, lo­Ti­mo­thin; la­maA­si­yao, uTi­ki­kop lo­Tro­fi­muq.

5 La­ba se­be­ha­mbe pha­mbi­li ba­si­li­nde­lar eTro­wa­sis.

6 Ko­dwa thi­na sa­su­ka ngo­mkhu­mbi eFi­li­phit emva kwe­nsu­ku ze­si­nkwa esi­nge­la­mvu­be­lou, sa­fi­ka ku­bo eTro­wa­si nge­nsu­ku ezi­nhla­nu, la­pho esa­hla­la kho­na insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sav.

UPa­wu­li uvu­sa uYu­ti­ku­si eku­fe­ni

7 Kwa­thi ngosu­ku lo­ku­qa­la lwe­vi­kiw, aba­fu­ndi be­bu­the­nex uku­hle­phu­la isi­nkway, uPa­wu­li wa­tshu­ma­ye­la ku­bo, elu­nge­le uku­su­ka ku­si­sa, wa­se­se­lu­la ili­zwi kwa­ze kwa­ba pha­ka­thi ko­bu­su­ku.

8 Nja­lo kwa­ku­kho­na izi­ba­ne ezi­ne­ngiz endli­ni ephe­zu­lu aba­be­bu­the­ne ki­yoa.

9 Kwa­ku­hle­zi ewi­ndi­ni ija­ha eli­thi­le nge­bi­zo li­ngu­Yu­ti­ku­si, ela­ju­nywa yi­bu­tho­ngo obu­khu­lub, uPa­wu­li ese­tshu­ma­ye­le isi­kha­thi esi­de, se­le­hlu­lwe yi­bu­tho­ngo la­we­la pha­nsi li­su­ka esi­te­zi se­si­tha­thuc, la­se­li­do­jwa li­fi­le.

10 Ko­dwa uPa­wu­li we­hla wa­zi­pho­se­la phe­zu kwa­lod, eli­si­nga­tha wa­thi: Li­nga­kha­tha­ze­ki; ngo­ba umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­lo ukho­na ki­loe.

11 Ese­nyu­ki­le nja­lo ese­hle­phu­le isi­nkwa wa­dlaf, wa­xo­xa la­bo isi­kha­thi esi­de kwa­ze kwa­sa, ngo­ku­nja­lo wa­ha­mba.

12 Ba­se­be­mle­tha umfa­na ephi­la, ba­se­be­du­du­zwa ha­tshi la­ka­nca­ne.

UPa­wu­li eMi­le­thu; uva­le­li­sa abeE­fe­su

13 Ko­dwa thi­na, se­si­ha­mbe pha­mbi­li uku­ya emkhu­nji­ni, sa­su­ka ngo­mkhu­mbi sa­ya eA­so­si, la­pho si­qo­nde uku­mkhwe­za uPa­wu­li; ngo­ba wa­ye­mi­si­le ngo­ku­nja­lo, ye­na ebe­za­ha­mba nge­nya­wo.

14 Nja­lo ese­hla­nge­ne la­thi eA­so­si, sa­mkhwe­za sa­fi­ka eMi­thi­le­ne,

15 sa­su­ka la­pho ngo­mkhu­mbi, ku­si­sa sa­fi­ka ma­qo­nda­na le­Ki­yo­si; la­ngo­mhlo­mu­nye sa­so­nde­la eSa­mo­si; sa­se­si­hla­la eTro­gi­liu­mu, ngo­lu­la­nde­la­yog sa­fi­ka eMi­le­thuh.

16 Ngo­ba uPa­wu­li wa­ye­zi­mi­se­le uku­yi­ce­za iE­fe­su ngo­mkhu­mbii, uku­ze anga­li­ba­li eA­si­ya; ngo­ba wa­ye­pha­nga, nxa kwa­ku­nge­nze­ka ku­ye, uku­ba se­Je­ru­sa­le­maj ngo­su­ku lwe­Pe­nte­ko­ste*k.

17 Kwa­thi ese­Mi­le­thu wa­thu­me­la eE­fe­su wa­bi­ze­la ku­ye aba­da­la be­ba­ndlal.

18 Kwa­thi se­be­fi­ki­le ku­ye, wa­thi ku­bo: Li­ya­zi li­na, uku­thi ku­su­ke­la osu­kwi­ni lo­ku­qa­la lo­ku­fi­ka kwa­mi eA­si­yam, nga­ngi­hle­zi nja­ni isi­kha­thi so­nke pha­ka­thi kwe­nu,

19 nga­kho­nza iNko­si ngo­ku­tho­be­ka ko­nke la­nge­zi­nye­mbe­zi ezi­ne­ngi la­nge­zi­li­ngo eza­nge­hle­la nga­ma­qhi­nga ama­Ju­dan;

20 uku­thi angi­go­dla­nga lu­tho nga­yo olu­si­za­yoo, uku­nga­tshu­ma­ye­li ki­ni lo­ku­nga­li­fu­ndi­si oba­la, la­ku­zi­ndlu nge­zi­ndlup,

21 ngi­fa­ka­za ku­ma­Ju­da ka­nye la­ku­ma­Gri­kiq uku­phe­ndu­ke­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lurs, lo­kho­lo eNko­si­ni ye­thu uJe­su Kri­stut.

22 La­kha­the­si kha­nge­la­ni, mi­na ngi­ya eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ngi­bo­tshwe ngu­Mo­ya, ngi­nga­kwa­zi oku­za­nge­hle­la pha­ka­thi kwa­yo,

23 nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi uMo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­le uya­ngi­fa­ka­ze­la emi­zi­ni yo­nkeu esi­thi izi­bo­pho le­zi­nhlu­phe­ko zi­ngi­li­nde­lev.

24 Ko­dwa angi­kha­tha­le­li lu­tho lwa­le­zi­zi­ntow, le­mpi­lo ya­mi angi­ye­nzi into eli­gu­gu ki­mix, uku­ze ngi­phe­le­li­se uha­mbo lwa­mi nge­nto­ko­zoy, le­nko­nzo enga­ye­mu­ke­laz eNko­si­ni uJe­sua, eyo­ku­fa­ka­za iva­nge­li elo­mu­sa ka­Nku­lu­nku­lub.

25 Nja­lo kha­the­si kha­nge­la­ni, mi­na ngi­ya­zi uku­thi ka­li­sa­yi­ku­bo­na ubu­so ba­mi li­na lo­nkec, engi­ha­mba pha­ka­thi kwe­nu ngi­tshu­ma­ye­la umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lud.

26 Nga­kho ngi­ya­fa­ka­za ki­ni nga­lo­lu­su­ku lwa­la­mu­hla, uku­thi mi­na ngi­msu­lwa ega­zi­ni la­bo bo­nkee;

27 ngo­ba ka­ngi­go­dla­nga uku­thi ngi­li­tshu­ma­ye­zef lo­nke ice­bo li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lug.

28 Zi­qa­phe­le­ni-ke li­nah lo­mhla­mbi wo­nkei, ali­be­ke pha­ka­thi kwa­wo uMo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­le uku­thi li­be nga­ba­bo­ni­sij, bo­kwe­lu­sa iba­ndla li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luk, azi­the­nge­le lo­nal nge­ga­zi la­khe uqo­bom.

29 Ngo­ba mi­na ngi­ya­zi lo­khu, uku­thi emva ko­ku­ha­mba kwa­mi ku­za­nge­na impi­si ezi­pha­nga­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­nu, zi­nga­wu­ye­ke­li umhla­mbin;

30 la­pha­ka­thi kwe­nu ku­za­ve­la ama­do­dao ekhu­lu­ma izi­nto ezi­du­hi­sa­yop, uku­hu­ge­la aba­fu­ndi nge­mva kwa­woq.

31 Nga­kho li­nda­nir, li­khu­mbu­le uku­thi okwe­mi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu ebu­su­ku le­mi­ni ka­ngi­ma­nga uku­le­lu­le­ka omu­nye lo­mu­nye nge­nye­mbe­zis.

32 La­kha­the­si, ba­za­lwa­ne, ngi­li­ni­ke­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lut la­se­li­zwi­ni lo­mu­sa wa­kheu, eli­la­ma­ndla oku­la­khav, lo­ku­li­pha ili­fa pha­ka­thi kwa­bo bo­nke aba­ngcwe­li­si­we­yow.

33 Ka­ngi­ha­wu­ke­la­nga isi­li­vax ku­mbe igo­li­de lo­ba ise­mba­tho so­mu­ntuy.

34 Li­na-ke uqo­bo lwe­nu li­ya­zi uku­thi le­zi­za­ndla za­se­be­nze­la inswe­lo za­miz le­za­la­bo aba­be­la­mia.

35 Ku­kho ko­nke ngi­li­tshe­ngi­si­le, uku­thi ku­me­le uku­thi si­si­ze aba­bu­tha­ka­tha­kab si­se­be­nza ngo­ku­nja­loc, si­khu­mbu­le ama­zwi eNko­si uJe­su, uku­thi ye­na wa­thi: Ku­bu­si­se­ki­le ka­khu­lu uku­pha ku­lo­kwe­mu­ke­la.

36 Nja­lo ese­tshi­lo le­zi­zi­nto, wa­gu­qa nga­ma­do­lo akhe, wa­khu­le­ka la­bo bo­nked.

37 Kwa­ba kho­na uku­kha­la ka­khu­lu kwa­bo bo­nke; ba­se­be­we­la enta­nye­ni ka­Pa­wu­li ba­ma­ngae,

38 be­lo­si­zi ka­khu­lu nge­li­zwi ali­tsho­yof, elo­ku­thi ka­ba­sa­yi­ku­bo­na ubu­so ba­khe. Ba­se­be­mphe­le­ke­ze­la ba­ya la­ye emkhu­nji­nig.

UPa­wu­li eKe­sa­ri­ya

21Kwa­se­ku­si­thi si­su­ka ngo­mkhu­mbi se­se­hlu­ke­ne la­bo, sa­ha­mba nge­ndle­la eqo­ndi­le­yoa sa­fi­ka eKo­si, la­ngosu­ku olu­la­nde­la­yo eRo­de­si, sa­su­ka la­pho sa­ya ePa­tha­ra;

2 sa­se­si­tho­la la­pho umkhu­mbi ocha­phe­la eFe­ne­ki­yab, sa­nge­na sa­ha­mba ngo­mkhu­mbi.

3 Kwa­thi se­si­qha­mu­ka eKu­pro­sic, sa­se­si­yi­tshi­ye­la nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo, sa­ya ngo­mkhu­mbi eSi­ri­yad, se­hli­ke­la eTi­ree; ngo­ba umkhu­mbi wa­wu­za­kwe­thu­le­la kho­na impa­hlaf.

4 Se­si­ba­tho­li­le aba­fu­ndig, sa­hla­la kho­na insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa; bo­na ba­mtshe­la uPa­wu­li ngo­Mo­yah, uku­thi ange­nyu­ke­li eJe­ru­sa­le­mai.

5 Kwa­thi se­kwe­nza­ke­le uku­thi si­qe­de insu­ku, sa­su­ka sa­ha­mba, nja­lo bo­nke ba­si­phe­le­ke­ze­la ka­nye la­bo­mka­bo la­ba­ntwa­na kwa­ze kwa­ba nga­pha­ndle ko­mu­zij; nja­lo sa­gu­qa nga­ma­do­lo ekhu­nji­ni sa­khu­le­kak,

6 se­si­va­le­li­se­ne, sa­nge­na emkhu­nji­nil, ko­dwa bo­na ba­bu­ye­la ki­bom.

7 Ko­dwa thi­na, se­si­qe­di­le uha­mbo ngo­mkhu­mbi si­su­ka eTi­ren, sa­fi­ka ePe­to­le­ma­yio, se­si­bi­nge­le­le aba­za­lwa­nep sa­hla­la la­bo usu­ku lwa­ba lu­nye.

8 Ku­si­sa thi­na esa­si­lo­Pa­wu­li sa­su­kaq sa­fi­ka eKe­sa­ri­yar; se­si­nge­ne endli­ni ka­Fi­li­phus umva­nge­lit, owa­ye­ngo­munye wa­ba­yi­si­kho­mbi­sau, sa­hla­la la­ye.

9 Ye­na-ke wa­ye­la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ama­ne, into­mbi, ezi­pro­fe­tha­yov.

10 Kwa­thi se­si­hle­zi insu­ku ezi­ne­ngi, kwe­hla umpro­fe­thi othi­lew uA­ga­bu­si nge­bi­zo eve­la eJu­di­yax,

11 wa­se­fi­ka ki­thi, wa­tha­tha uzwe­zwe lu­ka­Pa­wu­liy, wa­zi­bo­pha iza­ndla ka­nye le­nya­wo esi­thi: Utsho lo­kho uMo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­lez: Indo­da olu­ngo­lwa­yo lo­lu­zwe­zwe, ama­Ju­da eJe­ru­sa­le­ma aza­yi­bo­pha ka­nje, nja­lo ayi­ni­ke­le eza­ndle­ni za­be­zi­zwe.

12 Se­si­zi­zwi­le le­zi­zi­nto, sa­mnce­nga thi­na ka­nye la­la­bo aba­be­la­pho, uku­thi ange­nyu­ke­li eJe­ru­sa­le­maa.

13 Ko­dwa uPa­wu­li wa­phe­ndu­la esi­thi: Le­nza­ni li­kha­la li­da­bu­la inhli­zi­yo ya­mi? Ngo­ba mi­na se­ngi­lu­nge­le, ku­nge­yi­si­kho uku­bo­tshwa ku­phe­la, ko­dwa lo­ku­fa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma nge­nxa ye­bi­zo le­Nko­si uJe­sub.

14 Kwa­thi enga­nce­nge­ki, sa­thu­la sa­thi: Ka­ye­nzi­we inta­ndo ye­Nko­sic.

UPa­wu­li eJe­ru­sa­le­ma

15 Emva kwa­le­zi­nsu­ku sa­se­si­lu­ngi­se­le­lad, se­nyu­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­mae.

16 Laba­thi­le ba­ba­fu­ndif be­Ke­sa­ri­yag ba­se­be­ha­mba la­thi, ba­bu­ya lo­thi­le uMna­so­ni umKu­pro­sih, umfu­ndi omda­lai, ebe­si­za­nge­ni­sa ku­ye.

17 Nja­lo se­si­fi­ki­le eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, aba­za­lwa­nej ba­se­mu­ke­la ngo­ku­tho­ko­zak.

18 Ku­si­sa uPa­wu­li wa­nge­na la­thi ku­Ja­ko­bel, la­ba­da­la bo­nke ba­be­kho­nam.

19 Kwa­thi ese­ba­bi­nge­le­le, wa­ba­la­ndi­se­la nga­ku­nye nga­ku­nyen izi­nto uNku­lu­nku­lu aze­nzi­le­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­be­zi­zwe nge­nko­nzo ya­kheo.

20 Kwa­thi se­beku­zwi­le, ba­yi­du­mi­sa iNko­sip; ba­thi ku­ye: Uya­bo­na, mza­lwa­ne, uku­thi zi­ne­ngi ka­nga­ka­na­ni izi­gi­di za­ma­Ju­da akho­lwa­yo; fu­thi bo­nke ba­tshi­se­ke­la umla­yoq;

21 nja­lo se­be­tshe­li­we nga­wer, uku­thi ufu­ndi­sa wo­nke ama­Ju­da apha­ka­thi kwa­be­zi­zwe uku­thi ade­le uMo­zi­si, usi­thi anga­so­ki aba­ntwa­na, lo­ku­thi anga­ha­mbi nga­ma­si­kos.

22 Pho-ke ku­yi­ni? Isi­bi­li ku­fa­ne­le uku­thi ixu­ku li­bu­tha­ne; ngo­ba ba­za­ku­zwa uku­thi usu­fi­ki­le.

23 Nga­kho ye­nza lo­khu esi­ku­tsho ku­we; si­la­ma­do­da ama­ne aba­le­si­fu­ngo phe­zu kwa­wot;

24 atha­the ka­nye la­we, uzi­hla­mbu­lu­le ka­nye la­wou, nja­lo uhla­wu­le indle­ko za­wo, uku­ze aphu­ce ama­kha­ndav, nja­lo uku­ze ba­kwa­zi bo­nke uku­thi ka­ku­la­lu­tho ku­lo­kho aba­ku­tshe­lwe nga­we, ko­dwa uku­thi la­we uha­mba ngo­ku­lo­ndo­lo­za umla­yow.

25 Ko­dwa ma­ye­la­na la­be­zi­zwe aba­kho­lwa­yo thi­na se­si­bha­li­le, sa­qu­ma sa­thi ba­nga­gci­ni lu­tho olu­nja­lo, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi ka­ba­zi­le oku­hla­tshe­lwe izi­tho­mbe, le­ga­zi, lo­ku­kha­nyi­we­yo, lo­ku­fe­bax.

26 UPa­wu­li wa­se­wa­tha­tha ama­do­da, ku­si­sa wa­hla­nju­lu­lwa ka­nye la­woy wa­nge­na ethe­mpe­li­niz, uku­bi­ka uku­phe­la kwe­nsu­ku zo­ku­hla­nju­lu­lwa, kwa­ze kwa­le­thwa umni­ke­lo wa­lo­wo la­lo­woa.

Ama­Ju­da avu­sa umsi­ndo; uPa­wu­li uya­bo­tshwa

27 Kwa­thi se­zi­za­phe­la insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sab, ama­Ju­dac ave­la eA­si­yad aye­mbo­ni­le ethe­mpe­li­nief, avu­sa ixu­ku lo­nkeg, amdu­me­la nge­za­ndlah,

28 ame­me­za athi: Ma­do­da maI­sra­ye­li, si­za­ni! Ngu­ye lu­mu­ntu ofu­ndi­sa bo­nke enda­we­ni zo­nke oku­pha­mbe­ne le­si­zwe, lo­mla­yoi, la­li­nda­wo; fu­thi unge­ni­si­le la­ma­Gri­ki ethe­mpe­li­ni, use­yi­ngco­li­si­le li­nda­wo engcwe­lej.

29 Ngo­ba aye­bo­ni­le nga­pha­mbi­li uTro­fi­muk umE­fe­sul emzi­ni ela­ye, amkhu­mbu­le­la uku­thi uPa­wu­li umnge­ni­si­le ethe­mpe­li­ni.

30 Lo­mu­zi wo­nke wa­nya­ka­ze­la, la­ba­ntu ba­gi­ji­me­la nda­wo­nye, ba­mdu­me­la uPa­wu­lim ba­mhu­du­le­la nga­pha­ndle kwe­the­mpe­li; le­mi­nya­ngo ya­hle ya­va­lwa.

31 Ku­the be­sa­fu­na uku­mbu­la­la, ili­zwi la­fi­ka endu­ne­ni enku­lun ye­si­ga­bao, uku­thi iJe­ru­sa­le­ma yo­nke iya­phi­thi­ze­lap;

32 eya­hle ya­tha­tha ama­bu­tho le­zi­ndu­na ze­khu­lu, ya­gi­ji­me­la ku­boq; kwa­thi se­be­bo­na indu­na enku­lu la­ma­bu­tho, ba­ye­ke­la uku­mtsha­ya uPa­wu­lir.

33 Indu­na enku­lu ya­si­so­nde­las, ya­mba­mba, ya­la­ya uku­thi ka­bo­tshwet nga­ma­ke­ta­ne ama­bi­liu, ya­bu­za uku­thi ungu­ba­ni, lo­ku­thi we­nze­ni.

34 Aba­nye exu­kwi­ni be­me­me­za oku­nye la­ba­nye oku­nye; ko­dwa inge­la­ku­la­zi iqi­ni­so nge­nxa yo­msi­ndo, ya­la­ya uku­thi asi­we enka­mbe­ni ya­ma­bu­thov.

35 Kwa­thi ese­fi­ki­le ezi­khwe­lwe­niw, kwe­nze­ka uku­thi athwa­lwe nga­ma­bu­tho nge­nxa yo­ku­fu­the­ka kwe­xu­ku;

36 ngo­ba ixu­ku la­ba­ntu la­la­nde­la li­me­me­za li­si­thi: Msu­se­nix!

37 Kwa­thi uPa­wu­li ese­za­nge­ni­swa enka­mbe­ni ya­ma­bu­thoy wa­thi endu­ne­ni enku­luz: Ku­vu­nye­lwe yi­ni uku­thi ngi­khu­lu­me ulu­tho ku­we? Yo­na ya­si­si­thi: Uya­sa­zi isi­Gri­ki yi­ni?

38 Ka­nti ka­wu­su­ye yi­ni lo­wo­mGi­bhi­thea okwa­thi ku­nga­ka­fi­ki le­zi­nsu­ku we­nza umvu­ke­lab, wa­kho­khe­le­la enka­nga­la ama­do­da azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­ne anga­ba­bu­la­lic?

39 Ko­dwa uPa­wu­li wa­thi: Mi­na ngi­ngu­mu­ntu ongu­mJu­da, we­Ta­rsud ye­Ki­li­khi­ya, isa­kha­mu­zi so­mu­zi onga­de­le­le­ka­nga; ngi­ya­ku­nce­nga, ngi­vu­me­la ngi­khu­lu­me eba­ntwi­ni.

40 Kwa­thi ese­mvu­me­le, uPa­wu­li we­ma ezi­khwe­lwe­nie wa­qhwe­ba aba­ntu nge­sa­ndlaf; se­ku­the cwa­ka, wa­se­khu­lu­ma la­bo ngo­li­mi lwa­ma­He­bhe­ru wa­thig:

UPa­wu­li ula­ndi­se­la ama­Ju­da ngo­ku­phe­ndu­ka kwa­khe

22Ma­do­da, ba­za­lwa­ne, la­bo­ba­ba, zwa­ni­ni uku­zi­phe­ndu­le­la kwa­mi kha­the­si ki­nia.

2 Se­be­zwi­le uku­thi ukhu­lu­ma la­bo ngo­li­mi lwa­ma­He­bhe­ru, ba­thu­la ka­khu­lub, wa­se­si­thi:

3 Mi­na ngi­yi­ndo­da engu­mJu­dac, eya­za­le­lwa eTa­rsu ye­Ki­li­khi­ya, nga­khu­li­se­lwa ku­lu­mu­zid enya­we­ni zi­ka­Ga­ma­li­ye­lie, nga­fu­ndi­swa ngo­ku­qi­ni­le­yo umla­yo wa­bo­ba­baf, ngi­tshi­se­ke­la uNku­lu­nku­lug, nje­nga­ni lo­nke la­mu­hlah;

4 eya­zi­nge­la le­yo­ndle­lai kwa­ze kwa­ba se­ku­fe­ni, ngiba­bo­pha ngiba­ni­ke­la ento­lo­ngwe­ni ama­do­da ka­nye la­ba­fa­zij,

5 nje­ngo­ba lo­mpri­sti omkhu­lu engi­fa­ka­ze­la, lo­mpha­ka­thi wo­nke wa­ba­da­lak; enga­zu­za ku­bo incwa­di ezi­ya ku­ba­za­lwa­nel, nga­ya eDa­ma­se­ko, uku­thi la­ba­be­kho­na la­pho ngi­ba­le­the eJe­ru­sa­le­ma be­bo­tshi­we, uku­ze ba­je­zi­swe.

6 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngi­sa­ha­mba se­ngi­so­nde­la eDa­ma­se­ko, se­ku­nga­ba yi­mi­ni enku­lu, kwa­hle kwa­kha­nya uku­kha­nya oku­khu­lu oku­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni ku­ngi­zi­nge­le­ze­la.

7 Nga­se­ngi­we­la pha­nsi, nga­se­ngi­si­zwa ili­zwi li­si­thi ki­mi: Sa­wu­li, Sa­wu­li, ungi­zi­nge­le­la­ni?

8 Mi­na nga­se­ngi­phe­ndu­la nga­thi: Ungu­ba­ni, Nko­si? Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Ngi­ngu­Je­su we­Na­za­re­tha we­na omzi­nge­la­yom.

9 La­la­bo aba­be­la­mi ba­ku­bo­na uku­kha­nya, nja­lo ba­se­be­se­sa­ba, ko­dwa ka­ba­li­zwa­nga ili­zwi ela­khu­lu­ma la­min.

10 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Nge­nze­ni, Nko­si? INko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: Su­ku­ma uye eDa­ma­se­ko; nja­lo uza­tshe­lwa kho­na nga­zo zo­nke izi­nto ozi­mi­se­lwe uku­thi uze­nze.

11 Nje­ngo­ba nga­ngi­nga­bo­ni nge­nxa ye­nka­zi­mu­lo ya­lo­kho­ku­kha­nya, nga­kho­khe­lwa nge­sa­ndla yi­la­bo aba­be­la­mi, nga­fi­ka eDa­ma­se­ko.

12 Nja­lo uA­na­ni­ya othi­leo, indo­da ekhu­the­le eku­kho­nze­ni ngo­ko­mla­yop, owa­ye­fa­ka­ze­lwa yi­wo wo­nke ama­Ju­da ahla­la kho­naq,

13 we­za ki­mi wa­se­si­ma pha­nsi kwa­mir wa­thi ki­mi: Sa­wu­li mza­lwa­ne, bu­ya ubo­ne. Nja­lo mi­na nga­le­so­si­kha­thi nga­se­ngi­mbo­na.

14 Wa­se­si­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­ba­ba be­thus uku­mi­si­le nga­pha­mbi­lit uku­thi wa­zi inta­ndo ya­kheu, lo­ku­thi ubo­nev oLu­ngi­le­yow, nja­lo uzwe ili­zwi eli­phu­ma emlo­nye­ni wa­khex,

15 ngo­ba uza­ku­ba ngu­mfa­ka­zi wa­khey ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntuz, wa­lo­kho oku­bo­ni­le­yo lo­ku­zwi­le­yoa.

16 Kha­the­si-ke, usa­li­nde­le­ni? Su­ku­ma ubha­bha­thi­zweb uhla­nju­lu­lwe ezo­nwe­ni za­khoc, ubi­ze ibi­zo le­Nko­sid.

17 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ki­mi se­ngi­bu­ye­le eJe­ru­sa­le­mae, nja­lo ngi­khu­le­ka ethe­mpe­li­ni, nga­ba lo­ku­hle­hla kwe­ngqo­ndof,

18 nga­se­ngi­mbo­na wa­thi ki­mi: Pha­ngi­sa uphu­me nge­si­qu­bu eJe­ru­sa­le­mag; ngo­ba ka­ba­so­ze be­mu­ke­le ubu­fa­ka­zi ba­kho nga­mih.

19 Nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Nko­si, ba­ya­zi bo­na uku­thi mi­na nga­ngi­ba­fa­ka ento­lo­ngwe­nii ngi­ba­tsha­ya ema­si­na­go­ge­ni wo­nke la­bo aba­kho­lwa ku­wej;

20 nja­lo mhla ku­chi­thwa iga­zi li­ka­Ste­fa­ne umfa­ka­zi wa­khok, mi­na uqo­bo nga­ngi­mi kho­na ngi­vu­me­la­na lo­ku­fa kwa­khel, nja­lo ngi­lo­ndo­lo­za ize­mba­tho za­la­bo aba­mbu­la­la­yom.

21 Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Ha­mba, ngo­ba mi­na ngi­za­ku­thu­man kha­tsha­na kwa­be­zi­zweo.

Ama­Ju­da afu­na uku­bu­la­la uPa­wu­li

22 Ba­mla­le­la kwa­ze kwa­fi­ka ku­le­lo­li­zwi, ba­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi la­bop be­si­thi: Msu­se­ni onje emhla­be­niq, ngo­ba ka­ku­fa­ne­le uku­thi aphi­ler!

23 Kwa­thi be­sa­me­me­za, ba­pho­sa ize­mba­tho, ba­pho­sa uthu­li emo­ye­ni,

24 indu­na enku­lu ya­la­ya uku­thi ange­ni­swe enka­mbe­ni ya­ma­bu­thos, ya­thi ka­hlo­li­si­swe nge­zi­swe­put, uku­ze ya­zi uku­thi ku­nga­si­za­tho ba­ni be­me­me­za ngo­ku­nja­lo nga­ye.

25 Kwa­thi se­be­me­lu­le­le pha­mbi­li nge­mi­chi­lo, uPa­wu­li wa­thi endu­ne­ni ye­khu­lu eya­yi­mi la­pho: Ku­vu­nye­lwe ki­ni yi­ni uku­tsha­ya nge­si­swe­pu umu­ntu ongu­mRo­mau enga­la­hlwa­nga li­ca­lav?

26 Indu­na ye­khu­lu isi­zwi­le ya­so­nde­la ya­tshe­la indu­na enku­lu isi­thi: Na­nze­le­la osu­za­kwe­nza; ngo­ba lu­mu­ntu ungu­mRo­ma.

27 Indu­na enku­lu ya­si­fi­ka ya­thi ku­ye: Ngi­tshe­le, we­na ungu­mRo­ma yi­ni? Ye­na wa­thi: Ye­bo.

28 Indu­na enku­lu ya­si­phe­ndu­la ya­thi: Mi­na le­li­lu­nge­lo lo­ku­ba yi­sa­kha­mu­zi nga­li­zu­za nge­ma­li enku­luw. UPa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi: Ko­dwa la­mi nga­za­lwa la­lo.

29 Nga­kho la­bo aba­se­be­za­mhlo­la ba­hle ba­su­ka ku­ye. Le­ndu­na enku­lu la­yo ye­sa­ba, isi­sa­zi uku­thi ungu­mRo­ma, lo­ku­thi ibi­mbo­phi­lex.

30 Kwa­thi ku­si­sa ifu­na ukwa­zi iqi­ni­so, uku­thi ku­nga­ni ema­nga­le­lwa nga­ma­Ju­da, ya­mkhu­lu­la ku­zi­bo­phoy, ya­la­ya uku­thi aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu lo­mpha­ka­thi wa­bo wo­nke ba­bu­yez, ya­me­hli­sa uPa­wu­li yammi­sa pha­mbi kwa­boa.

UPa­wu­li epha­mbi ko­mpha­ka­thi

23UPa­wu­li wa­se­wu­jo­lo­ze­laa umpha­ka­thib wa­thi: Ma­do­da ba­za­lwa­ne, mi­na ngi­ha­mbi­lec pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­sa­ze­la so­nke esi­hled, ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla.

2 Ko­dwa uA­na­ni­ya umpri­sti omkhu­lue wa­la­ya la­bo aba­be­mi pha­nsi kwa­khe uku­thi ba­mtsha­ye umlo­mof.

3 UPa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: UNku­lu­nku­lu uza­ku­tsha­ya, mdu­li oco­njwe wa­ba mhlo­pheg; ngo­ba we­na uhla­le­le uku­nga­hlu­le­la ngo­mla­yo, ka­nti ngo­ku­pha­mbe­ne lo­mla­yo ula­ya uku­thi ngi­tsha­yweh?

4 La­ba­be­mi la­pho ba­thi: Uya­mthu­ka umpri­sti omkhu­lu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu yi­nii?

5 UPa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi: Be­ngi­nga­zi, ba­za­lwa­ne, uku­thi ungu­mpri­sti omkhu­luj; ngo­ba ku­lo­tshi­we uku­thi: Unga­khu­lu­mi ku­bi ngo­mbu­si we­si­zwe sa­ki­nik.

6 Kwa­thi uPa­wu­li ese­kwa­zi uku­thi enye ingxe­nye ya­bo inga­ba­Sa­du­sil, le­nye inga­ba­Fa­ri­si, wa­me­me­za empha­ka­thi­nim wa­thi: Ma­do­da ba­za­lwa­ne, mi­na ngi­ngu­mFa­ri­si, indo­da­na yo­mFa­ri­sin; nge­the­mba la­ngo­ku­vu­ka okwa­ba­fi­le­yo mi­na ngi­ya­hlu­le­lwao.

7 Kwa­thi ese­tshi­lo lo­khu, kwa­ve­la uku­phi­ki­sa­na kwa­ba­Fa­ri­si la­ba­Sa­du­sip, le­xu­ku la­da­bu­ka pha­ka­thi;

8 ngo­ba aba­Sa­du­siq ba­thi ka­ku­kho uku­vu­ka kwa­ba­fi­le­yo, lo­ba ingi­lo­si, lo­ba umo­ya; ko­dwa aba­Fa­ri­si ba­ya­ku­vu­ma ko­ku­bi­lir.

9 Kwa­se­ku­ve­la uku­me­me­za oku­khu­lu; kwa­thi aba­bha­li be­hle­lo la­ba­Fa­ri­si ba­su­ku­ma ba­phi­ka ka­khu­lu be­si­thi: Ka­si­tho­li bu­bi ku­lu­mu­ntus; ko­dwa nxa umo­ya ku­mbe ingi­lo­si ku­khu­lu­me la­yet, ka­si­nga­lwi si­me­le­ne lo­Nku­lu­nku­luu.

10 Kwa­thi se­ku­ve­le uku­phi­ki­sa­na oku­khu­lu, indu­na enku­lu ye­sa­ba uku­thi uPa­wu­li uza­da­tshu­lwa yi­bo, ya­la­ya ama­bu­thov uku­thi ahle amhlu­thu­le pha­ka­thi kwa­bow, nja­lo abu­ye­le la­ye enka­mbe­ni ya­ma­bu­thox.

11 Nja­lo ngo­bu­su­ku obu­la­nde­la­yo iNko­si ye­ma pha­nsi kwa­khey ya­thi: Ma­na isi­bi­ndi Pa­wu­li; ngo­ba nje­nga­lo­khu ufa­ka­zez izi­nto nga­mi eJe­ru­sa­le­maa, ku­nja­lo-ke ume­le ufa­ka­ze le­Ro­mab.

Iqhi­nga la­ma­Ju­da lo­ku­bu­la­la uPa­wu­li

12 Kwa­thi se­ku­si­le, aba­nye ba­ma­Ju­da be­nza iqhi­nga, ba­zi­bo­pha nge­si­qa­le­ki­so, be­si­thi ka­ba­yi­ku­dla lo­ku­na­tha ba­ze ba­mbu­la­le uPa­wu­lic.

13 Nja­lo ba­be­nga­phe­zu kwa­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne abe­nza le­si­si­fu­ngo nda­wo­nye;

14 aba­ya ku­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ba­da­la ba­thi: Si­zi­bo­phe nge­si­qa­le­ki­so esi­khu­lud, so­ku­thi ka­si­yi­ku­dla lu­tho si­ze si­mbu­la­le uPa­wu­li.

15 Nga­kho kha­the­si li­na ka­nye lo­mpha­ka­thie ya­zi­sa­ni indu­na enku­lu, uku­ze imthu­me ki­ni ku­sa­saf, ngo­ku­nga­thi li­za­zwi­si­sa oku­ne­ngi nge­nda­ba za­khe; thi­na-ke, enga­ka­so­nde­li, se­si­lu­nge­le uku­mbu­la­lag.

16 Ko­dwa indo­da­na ka­da­de­wa­bo ka­Pa­wu­li ye­zwa ngo­ku­mca­tha­me­la, ye­za ya­nge­na enka­mbe­ni ya­ma­bu­thoh, ya­mtshe­la uPa­wu­li.

17 UPa­wu­li wa­se­bi­ze­la ku­ye enye ye­zi­ndu­na ze­khu­lu wa­thi: Sa­na le­li­ja­ha endu­ne­ni enku­lu; ngo­ba li­le­nto eli­za­yi­tshe­la yo­na.

18 Ya­si­li­tha­tha-ke ya­li­sa endu­ne­ni enku­lu, ya­si­si­thi: UPa­wu­li isi­bo­tshwa ungi­bi­ze­le ku­ye wa­ce­la uku­thi ngi­le­the le­li­ja­ha ku­we, li­le­nto eli­za­ku­tshe­la yo­na.

19 Indu­na enku­lu ya­si­li­tha­tha nge­sa­ndla, ya­si­bu­ye­la ece­le­ni be­bo­dwa, ya­bu­za: Ku­yi­ni ozo­ngi­tshe­la kho­na?

20 La­se­li­si­thi: Ama­Ju­da avu­me­le­ne uku­ce­la ku­wei, uku­ze we­hli­se­le uPa­wu­li empha­ka­thi­ni ku­sa­saj, ku­nga­thi aza­hlo­li­si­sak ngco­no ulu­tho nga­yel.

21 Nga­kho we­na unga­vu­nyi­swa yi­wo; ngo­ba ama­do­da adlu­la ama­tshu­mi ama­ne ku­wo amca­tha­me­lem, azi­bo­phe nge­si­qa­le­ki­son ngo­ku­thi anga­dli anga­na­thi aze ambu­la­le; la­kha­the­si alu­ngi­le eli­nde­le isi­the­mbi­so sa­kho.

22 Nga­kho indu­na enku­lu ya­si­li­ye­ke­la ija­ha la­ha­mba, ili­la­ya isi­thi: Unga­tshe­li mu­ntu uku­thi ungi­bi­ke­le le­zi­zi­ntoo.

UPa­wu­li usi­wa eKe­sa­ri­ya

23 Ya­si­bi­ze­la ku­yo indu­na ze­khu­lu ezi­thi­le ezi­mbi­li, ya­thi: Lu­ngi­sa­ni abe­bu­tho aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li uku­ze ba­ha­mbe ba­ze ba­ye­fi­ka eKe­sa­ri­yap, la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, la­be­mi­kho­nto aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li, ku­su­ke­la nge­ho­la le­si­tha­thu lo­bu­su­ku;

24 lu­ngi­sa­ni le­zi­nya­ma­za­na, uku­ze li­ga­di­se uPa­wu­li li­mfi­ki­se ephe­phi­le ku­mbu­siq uFe­li­ke;

25 wa­bha­la incwa­di imu­me­the lo­khu:

26 Kla­wu­di­yo­si Li­si­ya ku­mhle­ka­zir umbu­si uFe­li­kes ngi­ya­bi­nge­le­lat.

27 Li­ndo­da ibi­ba­njwe nga­ma­Ju­da, nja­lo ibi­si­za­bu­la­wa yi­wou, nga­fi­ka la­ma­bu­tho nga­yo­phu­lav, se­ngi­zwi­le uku­thi ungu­mRo­maw.

28 Nga­thi ngi­fu­na uku­thi nga­zi isi­za­tho ayi­ma­nga­le­la nga­sox, nga­ye­hli­se­lay empha­ka­thi­ni wa­woz;

29 enga­thi ngi­tho­la uku­thi ima­nga­le­lwea nge­mi­bu­zo yo­mla­yo wa­wob, ko­dwa inga­ma­nga­le­lwa­nga nga­lu­tho olu­fa­ne­le uku­fac lo­ba izi­bo­pho.

30 Kwa­thi se­ku­ve­li­le ki­mid uku­thi kwa­se­ku­za­ku­ba kho­na iqhi­nga nga­li­ndo­da nga­ma­Ju­da, nga­hle ngayi­thu­ma ku­wee, ngi­ba­la­yi­le fu­thi aba­ma­nga­le­li uku­thi ba­khu­lu­me izi­nto nga­yo pha­mbi kwa­khof. Sa­la ku­hleg.

31 Abe­bu­tho-ke, nje­ngo­ku­la­ywa kwa­bo, ba­mtha­tha uPa­wu­li, ba­mu­sa eA­nti­pa­tri ngo­bu­su­ku.

32 Nja­lo ku­si­sa, ba­tshi­ya aba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za uku­thi ba­ha­mbe la­yeh, ba­bu­ye­la enka­mbe­ni ya­ma­bu­thoi;

33 okwa­thi se­be­fi­ki­le eKe­sa­ri­yaj, ba­mni­ka umbu­si incwa­dik, ba­mmi­sa lo­Pa­wu­li pha­mbi kwa­khe.

34 Kwa­thi umbu­si ese­yi­fu­ndi­le incwa­dil, wa­se­bu­za uku­thi ungo­wa­wu­phi umkho­nom; ese­zwi­le uku­thi ungo­we­Ki­li­khi­yan,

35 wa­thi: Ngi­za­ku­zwa, se­be­fi­ki­le la­ba­ma­nga­le­li ba­khoo. Wa­se­la­ya uku­thi alo­ndo­lo­zwe endli­ni ka­He­ro­dip yo­kwa­hlu­le­laq.

UPa­wu­li eyi­si­bo­tshwa uma­nga­le­lwa ku­Fe­li­ke eKe­sa­ri­ya

24Kwa­thi emva kwe­nsu­ku ezi­nhla­nua uA­na­ni­yab we­hla la­ba­da­la lo­mkhu­lu­me­li othi­le uTe­rtu­loc, aba­ma­nga­le­la uPa­wu­li ku­mbu­sid.

2 Kwa­thi ese­bi­zi­we, uTe­rtu­lo wa­qa­la ukumca­la esi­thi: Uku­thu­la oku­khu­lu si­ku­zu­zi­le nga­we, le­mi­se­be­nzi emi­hle ye­nza­ke­le ku­le­si­si­zwe ngo­ku­na­ke­ke­la kwa­kho,

3 nga­zo zo­nke indle­la la­ku­zo zo­nke inda­wo si­ya­kwe­mu­ke­lae, mhle­ka­zi Fe­li­kef, nga­kho ko­nke uku­bo­nga.

4 Ko­dwa uku­ze ngi­nga­ku­ba­mbe­le­li ka­khu­lu, ngi­ya­ku­nce­nga uku­thi ngo­mu­sa wa­khog usi­zwe ngo­ku­fi­tsha­ne.

5 Ngo­ba li­ndo­da si­yi­fi­ce iyi­nka­tha­zo, nja­lo inge­ye­nza umvu­ke­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­Ju­da wo­nkeh emhla­be­ni ji­ke­le­lei, lo­mkho­khe­li­qe­mbu wo­bu­bha­zu­ka ba­ma­Na­za­re­thaj;

6 eya­ke ya­za­ma lo­ku­ngco­li­sa ithe­mpe­lik; esi­ke sa­yi­ba­mba si­tha­nda uku­ye­hlu­le­la ngo­ko­mla­yo we­thul,

7 ko­dwa kwa­fi­ka uLi­si­ya indu­na enku­lu wamtha­tha ngo­dla­ke­la olu­khu­lu eza­ndle­ni ze­thum,

8 ela­ya aba­ma­nga­le­li ba­khe uku­thi be­ze ku­wen; onga­thi, ngo­kumbu­zi­si­sa we­na uqo­bo, unga­ba la­kho ukwa­zi ku­ye nga­zo zo­nke izi­nto thi­na esi­mma­nga­le­la nga­zo.

9 La­ma­Ju­da la­wo avu­ma, esi­thi le­zi­zi­nto zi­nja­loo.

10 UPa­wu­li wa­se­phe­ndu­la, umbu­si ese­mqhwe­bi­le uku­thi akhu­lu­mep wa­thi: Ngo­ba ngi­ya­zi uku­thi se­ku­yi­mi­nya­ka emi­ne­ngi ungu­ma­hlu­le­li phe­zu kwa­le­si­si­zwe, ngi­ya­zi­phe­ndu­le­la nge­si­bi­ndi esi­khu­lu nge­zi­nto za­miq,

11 nje­ngo­ba unga­ku­bo­na uku­thi ka­kuka­dlu­li insu­ku ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lir, lo­khu nge­nyu­ke­le eJe­ru­sa­le­mas uku­khu­le­kat;

12 nja­lo ka­ba­ngi­fi­ca­nga ethe­mpe­li­niu ngi­phi­ki­sa­na lo­mu­ntu lo­ba ngi­vu­sa isi­phi­thi­phi­thi exu­kwi­ni, lo­ba ema­si­na­go­ge­ni, lo­ba emzi­ni.

13 Fu­thi ba­nge­ke ba­qi­ni­se nge­zi­nto aba­ngi­ma­nga­le­la nga­zo kha­the­siv.

14 Ko­dwa ngi­ya­vu­ma ku­we lo­khu, uku­thi nge­ndle­la aba­yi­bi­za ngo­ku­thiw yi­bu­bha­zu­kax, ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­ya­mkho­nza uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­ba­bay, ngi­kho­lwa ko­nke oku­lo­tshi­we­yo emla­ywe­ni la­ku­ba­pro­fe­thiz;

15 ngi­le­the­mba ku­Nku­lu­nku­lua, aba­li­li­nde­le­yo la­bo uqo­bo lwa­bo, elo­ku­thi ku­za­ku­ba kho­na uku­vu­ka okwa­ba­fi­le­yob, okwa­ba­lu­ngi­le­yo ka­nye la­ba­nga­lu­nga­ngac.

16 Nja­lo ku­lo­kho mi­na ngi­ya­za­ma, uku­thi ngi­be le­sa­ze­lad esi­nge­la­ca­la pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu la­ba­ntu isi­kha­thi so­nkee.

17 Kwa­thi emvaf kwe­mi­nya­ka emi­ne­ngi nga­fi­kag uku­le­tha izi­pho zo­mu­sa esi­zwe­ni sa­ki­thi le­mi­ni­ke­loh;

18 ngi­ku­le­zi­zi­ntoi ama­Ju­da athi­lej ave­la eA­si­ya angi­fi­ca ethe­mpe­li­ni ngi­hla­nju­lu­lwe, ku­nge­kho ixu­ku lo­ba isi­phi­thi­phi­thik;

19 afa­ne­le uku­ba kho­na la­pha pha­mbi kwa­kho angi­ca­le uba elo­lu­tho nga­mil;

20 ku­mbe bo­na ngo­kwa­bo ka­ba­tsho, uku­thi ba­fi­ca­ni oku­nga­lu­nga­nga ki­mi, mhla ngi­mi pha­mbi ko­mpha­ka­thim,

21 nga­pha­ndle kwa­le­lo­li­zwi eli­lo­dwa, enga­li­me­me­za ngi­mi pha­ka­thi kwa­bo ngi­si­thi: Ngo­ku­vu­ka okwa­ba­fi­le­yo mi­na ngi­ye­hlu­le­lwa yi­ni la­mu­hlan.

22 Kwa­thi uFe­li­ke wa­ba­dlu­li­se­la pha­mbi­li, ese­zwi­le le­zi­zi­nto esa­zi ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yoo izi­nto nga­le­yo­ndle­lap, esi­thi: Nxa uLi­si­ya indu­na enku­lu isi­ye­hli­leq, ngi­za­yi­hlo­li­si­sa inda­ba ye­nur;

23 wa­se­la­ya indu­na ye­khu­lu uku­thi agci­nwe uPa­wu­li, lo­ku­thi abe le­nku­lu­le­kos, nja­lo ku­nga­le­lwa mu­ntu wa­ki­bo ukumnce­di­sa ku­mbe uku­za ku­yet.

UPa­wu­li utshu­ma­ye­la ku­Fe­li­ke ngo­Kri­stu

24 Kwa­thi emva kwe­nsu­ku ezi­thi­le, uFe­li­ke we­za lo­Dru­si­la umka­khe engu­mJu­da­ka­zi, wa­thu­me­la uku­bi­za uPa­wu­li, wa­mu­zwa ma­ye­la­na lo­kho­lo ku­Kri­stu.

25 Kwa­thi esa­khu­lu­ma ngo­ku­lu­nga la­ngo­ku­zi­thi­bau la­ngo­kwa­hlu­le­la oku­za­yov, uFe­li­ke wa­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ha­mba okwa­kha­the­si; nxa se­ngi­zu­ze ithu­ba eli­hle ngi­za­ku­bi­ze­la ki­miw;

26 nja­lo nge­si­kha­thi esi­fa­na­na­yo wa­ye­the­mba fu­thi uku­thi uza­ni­kwa ima­li ngu­Pa­wu­li, uku­ze amkhu­lu­lex; nga­kho wa­ye­hle­zi embi­ze­la ku­ye ekhu­lu­ma la­ye.

27 Ko­dwa se­ku­gcwa­li­se­ke imi­nya­ka emi­bi­li, uFe­li­ke we­mu­ke­la omla­nde­la­yo uPo­rki­yu uFe­stu­si; uFe­li­ke efi­sa uku­tho­ko­zi­sa ama­Ju­da wa­mtshi­ya uPa­wu­li ebo­tshi­wey.

UPa­wu­li uma­nga­le­lwa pha­mbi ku­ka­Fe­stu­si

25Nga­kho kwa­thi uFe­stu­si ese­nge­ni­le emkho­nwe­nia, emva kwe­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thub we­nyu­ke­lac eJe­ru­sa­le­ma esu­ka eKe­sa­ri­yad,

2 la­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lue le­zi­khu­lu za­ma­Ju­daf ba­mma­nga­le­la uPa­wu­li ku­ye, be­mnce­nga,

3 ba­ce­la ukwe­nze­lwa umu­sa ome­la­ne la­ye, uku­thi amthu­me eJe­ru­sa­le­magh, be­ca­tha­me­la uku­mbu­la­la endle­le­nii.

4 Ko­dwa uFe­stu­si wa­phe­ndu­la ngo­ku­thi uPa­wu­li ugci­ni­we eKe­sa­ri­yaj, lo­ku­thi la­ye ngo­kwa­khe uza­ku­ya kho­na ngo­ku­pha­ngi­sa.

5 Wa­thi: Nga­kho la­bo abe­ne­li­sa­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­nu ka­be­hle ka­nye la­mi; uba ku­kho­na ulu­tho olu­bi nga­le­yo­ndo­da, ba­yi­ma­nga­le­lek.

6 Kwa­thi ese­hla­le pha­ka­thi kwa­bo insu­ku eze­dlu­la itshu­mi, we­hle­lal eKe­sa­ri­yam; ku­si­sa wa­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni so­kwa­hlu­le­lan wa­la­ya uku­thi uPa­wu­li ale­thwe.

7 Kwa­thi ese­fi­ki­le, ama­Ju­da aye­hli­le eve­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ema emha­nqi­leo, embe­ka ama­ca­la ama­ne­ngi la­nzi­ma uPa­wu­li, aye­nge­la­ku­wa­qi­ni­sapq,

8 ye­na ezi­phe­ndu­le­la wa­thir: Le­mla­ywe­ni wa­ma­Ju­da, le­the­mpe­li­ni, la­ku­Ke­sa­ri ka­ngo­na­nga lu­thos.

9 Ko­dwa uFe­stu­si etha­nda uku­tha­bi­sa ama­Ju­dat, wa­phe­ndu­la uPa­wu­li wa­thi: Uya­tha­ndau yi­ni ukwe­nyu­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­mav, wa­hlu­le­lwe kho­na nga­le­zi­zi­nto pha­mbi kwa­mi?

10 Ko­dwa uPa­wu­li wa­thi: Ngi­mi pha­mbi kwe­si­hla­lo so­kwa­hlu­le­la si­ka­Ke­sa­riw, la­pho oku­fa­ne­le nga­hlu­le­lwe kho­na; ka­ngo­na­nga lu­tho ku­ma­Ju­da, nje­ngo­ba la­we usa­zi ku­hle ka­khu­lux.

11 Ngo­ba uba ngo­ni­le nge­nze ulu­tho olu­fa­ne­le uku­fa, ka­nga­li uku­fay; ko­dwa uba ku­nge­kho lu­tho lwe­zi­nto aba­ngi­ma­nga­le­la nga­zo, ka­ku­la­mu­ntu onga­ngi­ni­ke­la ku­bo nge­si­hlez. Ngi­li­dlu­li­se­la ku­Ke­sa­ria.

12 Kho­na uFe­stu­si ese­khu­lu­me lo­mpha­ka­thi wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Uli­dlu­li­se­le ku­Ke­sa­ri? Uza­ku­ya ku­Ke­sa­rib.

UA­gri­pha ubi­ke­lwa uda­ba lu­ka­Pa­wu­li

13 Kwa­thi se­ku­dlu­le insu­ku ezi­thi­le, uA­gri­pha inko­si lo­Be­rni­ke ba­fi­ka eKe­sa­ri­yac, uku­ze ba­bi­nge­le­le uFe­stu­si.

14 Kwa­thi se­be­hle­zi kho­na insu­ku ezi­ne­ngi, uFe­stu­si wa­yi­la­ndi­se­la inko­si izi­nda­ba zi­ka­Pa­wu­lid, esi­thi: Ku­kho­na indo­da ethi­le eya­tshi­ywa ngu­Fe­li­ke iyi­si­bo­tshwae,

15 kwa­thi ngi­se­Je­ru­sa­le­maf, aba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu la­ba­da­la ba­ma­Ju­da ba­mma­nga­le­la, be­ce­la isi­gwe­bo esi­me­le­ne la­yeg.

16 Enga­ba­phe­ndu­la nga­thi: Ka­ku­si­wo umkhu­ba wa­ma­Ro­ma uku­mni­ke­la umu­ntu eku­fe­nih, oma­nga­le­lwe­yo la­ba­mma­nga­le­la­yo be­ngale­thwa­nga ubu­so ngo­bu­soi, nja­lo azu­ze inda­wo yo­ku­zi­phe­ndu­le­la nge­ca­laj.

17 Nga­kho se­be­bu­the­ne la­pha, ka­ngi­za­nge ngi­phu­ze; ngosu­ku olu­la­nde­la­yok nga­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni so­kwa­hlu­le­lal, nga­la­ya uku­thi indo­da ile­thwe;

18 le­yo abayi­ma­nga­le­la­yo se­be­mi ka­ba­ve­za­nga ca­la nga­yo nge­zi­nto mi­na ebe­ngi­zi­ca­ba­nge­lam,

19 ko­dwa ba­be­lo­ku­phi­ki­sa­na oku­thi­le la­yen nge­nko­lo ya­ki­boo, la­ngo­thi­le uJe­su owa­fa­yo, uPa­wu­li othi nga­ye uya­phi­la.

20 Ku­the mi­na ngi­sa­di­de­ki­le ngo­mbu­zo onje1, nga­thi, anga­tha­nda yi­ni uku­ya eJe­ru­sa­le­map, aye­kwa­hlu­le­lwa kho­na nga­le­zo­zi­nto.

21 Ko­dwa kwa­thi uPa­wu­li ese­li­dlu­li­se­le pha­mbi­li uku­thi agci­ne­lwe uku­hlo­lwa yi­nko­si enku­luq, nga­la­ya uku­thi agci­nwe, ngi­ze ngi­mthu­me ku­Ke­sa­ri.

22 UA­gri­pha wa­se­si­thi ku­Fe­stu­si: La­mi be­ngi­tha­nda uku­thi ngi­mu­zwe lu­mu­ntu. Ye­na wa­thi: Ku­sa­sa uza­mu­zwar.

23 Nga­kho ku­si­sa, kwa­thi uA­gri­pha lo­Be­rni­ke be­fi­ka ngo­ku­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sa oku­khu­lus, ba­se­be­nge­na endli­ni yo­kwa­hlu­le­la ka­nye le­zi­ndu­na ezi­nku­lut la­ma­do­da ayi­zi­khu­lu zo­mu­zi, uFe­stu­si wa­se­la­ya uku­thi uPa­wu­li ale­thwe.

24 UFe­stu­si wa­se­si­thi: Nko­si Agri­pha, la­ni lo­nke ma­do­da eli­kho­na la­pha ka­nye la­thi, li­ya­mbo­na lo ela­ngi­ce­la nga­yeu lo­nke ixu­ku la­ma­Ju­dav eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ka­nye la­la­pha, li­me­me­za li­si­thi ka­sa­fa­ne­le uku­phi­law.

25 Ko­dwa mi­na nga­tho­la uku­thi ke­nza­nga lu­tho olu­fa­ne­le uku­fax, lo­ku­thi ye­nay ngo­kwa­khe ese­li­dlu­li­se­le enko­si­ni enku­luz, nga­qu­ma uku­mthu­ma.

26 Oku­nga­ye ka­ngi­la­lu­tho olu­qi­ni­le­yo engi­nga­lu­bha­le­la inko­si. Nga­kho ngi­mle­thi­le pha­mbi kwe­nu, ika­khu­lu pha­mbi kwa­kho, nko­si Agri­pha, uku­ze ku­thi ese­hlo­li­we ngi­be la­kho engi­nga­ku­bha­la.

27 Ngo­ba ngi­bo­na ku­nga­qo­nda­nga uku­thu­ma isi­bo­tshwa, ku­nga­tshe­ngi­swa­nga la­ma­ca­la ame­le­ne la­soa.

UPa­wu­li uzi­phe­ndu­le­la pha­mbi ku­ka­Fe­stu­si loA­gri­pha

26UA­gri­pha wa­se­si­thi ku­Pa­wu­li: Uvu­nye­lwe uku­zi­khu­lu­me­la. UPa­wu­li wa­se­se­lu­la isa­ndla, wa­zi­phe­ndu­le­la wa­thia:

2 Ku­kho ko­nke engi­ma­nga­le­lwa nga­kho nga­ma­Ju­dab, nko­si Agri­pha, ngi­zi­zwa ngi­tho­ko­za uku­thi se­ngi­nga­zi­phe­ndu­le­la pha­mbi kwa­kho la­mu­hlac;

3 ika­khu­lu ngo­ba uya­wa­zi wo­nke ama­si­ko lo­ku­phi­ki­sa­na pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­Ju­dad; nga­kho ngi­ya­ku­nce­nga, uku­thi ungi­zwe nge­si­ne­ke.

4 Nga­kho uku­ha­mba kwa­mi ko­nke ku­su­ke­la ebu­tshe­ni, okwa­ku­qa­la esi­zwe­ni sa­ki­thi eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, wo­nke ama­Ju­da aya­kwa­zi,

5 aya­nga­zi pha­mbi­li ku­su­ke­la eku­qa­le­nie, uba be­tha­nda uku­fa­ka­zaf, uku­thi nge­ndle­la eqi­ni­le­yog ye­hle­lo lo­ku­kho­nza kwa­ki­thih nga­phi­la ngi­ngu­mFa­ri­sii.

6 La­kha­the­si ngi­mi ngi­tho­ni­si­swa nge­nxa ye­the­mbaj le­si­the­mbi­so ese­nzi­wa ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­bo­ba­bak,

7 ezi­the­mba uku­fi­nye­le­la ku­so izi­zwe za­ki­thi ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lil, zi­kho­nzam nge­si­ne­ke ebu­su­ku le­mi­nin; engi­ma­nga­le­lwe nga­le­li­the­mbao, nko­si Agri­pha, nga­ma­Ju­dap.

8 Ku­nga­ni ku­khu­nju­lwa uku­thi kuyi­nto enga­kho­le­ki­yo ki­ni, nxa uNku­lu­nku­lu evu­sa aba­fi­le­yo?

9 Nga­kho la­mi ngo­kwa­mi nga­ngi­ca­ba­nga uku­thi nga­ngi­fa­ne­le ukwe­nza izi­nto ezi­ne­ngi ezi­pha­mbe­ne le­bi­zo li­ka­Je­su we­Na­za­re­thaq;

10 la­mi enga­kwe­nza eJe­ru­sa­le­mar, nja­lo mi­na nga­va­le­la aba­ne­ngi kwa­ba­ngcwe­le ento­lo­ngwe­nis, se­nge­mu­ke­le ama­ndla ave­la ku­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lut; la­la­pho be­bu­la­wa nga­ku­khe­thau.

11 Le­ma­si­na­go­ge­ni wo­nke nga­ba­je­zi­sa ka­ne­ngi, ngaba­ba­mba nga­ma­ndla uku­thi ba­hla­mba­zev; nja­lo nga­hla­nya ka­khu­lu nga­bow, ngaba­zi­nge­la ba­ze ba­fi­ka emi­zi­ni ya­be­zi­zwe.

12 Oku­nga­zox la­mi ngi­si­ya eDa­ma­se­ko nga­ma­ndla la­ngo­ku­thu­nywa nga­ba­pri­sti aba­khu­lu,

13 emi­ni enku­lu, nko­si, nga­bo­na endle­le­ni uku­kha­nya ku­ve­la ezu­lwi­ni, ku­dlu­la uku­kha­nya kwe­la­nga, kwa­kha­nya kwa­ngi­zi­nge­le­ze­la la­la­bo aba­be­ha­mba la­miy.

14 Kwa­thi so­nke se­si­we­le pha­nsi emhla­ba­thi­ni, nge­zwa ili­zwi li­khu­lu­ma la­mi li­si­thi ngo­li­mi lwe­si­He­bhe­ru: Sa­wu­li, Sa­wu­li, ungi­zi­nge­le­la­ni? Ku­lu­khu­ni ku­we uku­kha­hle­la­na le­zi­nci­joz.

15 Mi­na nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Ungu­ba­ni, Nko­si? Wa­se­si­thi: Mi­na ngi­ngu­Je­su omzi­nge­la­yo.

16 Ko­dwa su­ku­ma, nja­lo ume nge­nya­wo za­kho; ngo­ba ngi­bo­na­ke­le­le lo­kho ku­we, uku­thi ngi­ku­mi­sea ube yi­si­kho­nzib lo­mfa­ka­zi we­zi­nto ozi­bo­ni­le­yo, ka­nye le­ngi­za­zi­bo­na­ka­li­sa nga­zo ku­wec,

17 ngi­ko­phu­la eba­ntwi­ni la­kwa­be­zi­zwe, engi­ku­thu­ma ku­bo kha­the­sid,

18 uku­vu­la ame­hlo aboe, lo­kuba­phe­ndu­la emnya­me­ni ba­ye eku­kha­nye­nif, le­ma­ndle­ni ka­Sa­tha­ne ba­ye ku­Nku­lu­nku­lug, uku­ze be­mu­ke­li­swe uthe­the­le­lo lwe­zo­noh, le­li­fa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ngcwe­li­si­we­yo ngo­kho­lo olu­ki­mii.

19 Nga­kho, nko­si Agri­pha, ka­nga­la­nga uku­la­le­la umbo­no we­zu­lwi­ni;

20 ko­dwa nga­tshu­ma­ye­la ku­qa­la kwa­ba­se­Da­ma­se­koj la­be­Je­ru­sa­le­mak, la­ku­lo lo­nke ili­zwe le­Ju­di­yal, la­kwa­be­zi­zwe, uku­ze ba­phe­ndu­kem, ba­bu­ye­le ku­Nku­lu­nku­lun, be­nze imi­se­be­nzi efa­ne­le uku­phe­ndu­kao.

21 Nge­nxa ya­le­zi­zi­nto ama­Ju­da angi­ba­mba ethe­mpe­li­ni, aza­ma ukungi­bu­la­lap.

22 Nga­kho ngi­zu­zi­le usi­zo olu­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla ngi­mi ngi­fa­ka­za ku­bo bo­nke aba­nci­nya­ne la­ba­khu­luq, ngi­nga­khu­lu­mi lu­tho nga­pha­ndle kwa­le­zo­zi­nto aba­zi­khu­lu­ma­yo aba­pro­fe­thir lo­Mo­zi­sis uku­thi zi­za­kwe­nze­ka,

23 uku­thi uKri­stu ume­le uku­hlu­phe­kat, lo­ku­thi engo­wo­ku­qa­la eku­vu­ke­ni kwa­ba­fi­le­you uza­tshu­ma­ye­la uku­kha­nya ku­la­ba­ba­ntu la­kwa­be­zi­zwev.

24 Kwa­thi esa­zi­phe­ndu­le­la le­zi­zi­ntow, uFe­stu­si wa­thi nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu: Uya­hla­nya, Pa­wu­lix; uku­fu­nda oku­ne­ngi ku­ya­ku­hla­nyi­say.

25 Ko­dwa wa­thi: Ka­ngi­hla­nyiza, mhle­ka­zi Fe­stu­sib, ko­dwa ngi­me­me­ze­la ama­zwi ali­qi­ni­so la­qo­ndi­le­yoc.

26 Ngo­ba inko­si iya­zi nga­le­zi­zi­nto, engi­khu­lu­ma nge­si­bi­ndi la­ku­yod; ngo­ba ngi­le­qi­ni­so lo­ku­thi aku­kho oku­nye kwa­le­zi­zi­nto oku­fi­hla­ke­le­yo ku­yo; ngo­ba lo­khu ka­kwe­nzi­wa­nga engo­nsi­ni.

27 Nko­si Agri­pha, uya­kho­lwa aba­pro­fe­thi yi­ni? Ngi­ya­zi uku­thi uya­kho­lwa.

28 UA­gri­pha wa­se­si­thi ku­Pa­wu­li: Usu­pho­se wa­ngi­qi­ni­se­ki­sa uku­thi ngi­be ngu­mKri­stue.

29 UPa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi: Be­ngi­nga­fi­sa ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­thi, lo­ba ngo­ku­lu­tshwa­na lo­ba ngo­ku­ne­ngi ku­nga­bi ngu­we we­dwa, ko­dwa la­bo bo­nke aba­ngi­zwa­yo la­mu­hla, ba­be nga­ba­nje nje­ngo­ba ngi­nja­lo la­mi, nga­pha­ndle kwa­le­zi­zi­bo­phof.

30 Kwa­thi ese­khu­lu­me le­zi­zi­nto, ya­su­ku­ma inko­si, lo­mbu­sig, lo­Be­rni­keh, la­la­bo aba­be­hle­zi la­boi;

31 kwa­thi se­be­phu­mi­le ba­khu­lu­mi­sa­na, be­si­thi: Lu­mu­ntu ke­nzi lu­tho olu­fa­ne­le uku­fa ku­mbe uku­bo­tshwaj.

32 UA­gri­pha wa­se­si­thi ku­Fe­stu­si: Lu­mu­ntu ube­nga­khu­lu­lwak, uba ebe­nga­li­dlu­li­se­la­nga ku­Ke­sa­ril.

UPa­wu­li uya eRo­ma eyi­si­bo­tshwa

27Kwa­thi se­ku­qu­nyi­we uku­thi si­ye eI­tha­li­ya ngo­mkhu­mbia, ba­ni­ke­la uPa­wu­li le­zi­nye izi­bo­tshwa ezi­thi­le endu­ne­ni ye­khu­lu, ngu­Ju­li­yu nge­bi­zo, eye­si­ga­ba se­nko­si enku­lub.

2 Sa­se­si­nge­na emkhu­nji­ni weA­dra­mi­thi­yu, obu­su­za­ku­ya enda­we­ni zeA­si­yac, sa­qa­la uku­ha­mba, uA­ri­sta­ko umMa­ke­do­ni­yad we­The­sa­lo­ni­ka wa­ye­la­thie.

3 La­ku­si­sa sa­fi­ka eSi­do­nif; uJu­li­yu wa­se­mpha­tha ku­hle uPa­wu­lig, wamvu­me­la uku­thi aye ku­ba­nga­ne uku­ze asi­zweh.

4 Sa­se­si­su­ka la­pho ngo­mkhu­mbii se­hla sa­gu­dla iKu­pro­sij, ngo­ba imi­mo­ya ya­yi­pha­mbe­ne la­thi,

5 kwa­thi se­si­da­bu­le ulwa­ndle olu­nga­se­Ki­li­khi­ya le­Pa­mfi­li­ya, sa­fi­ka eMi­ra ye­Li­khi­ya.

6 La­pho-ke indu­na ye­khu­lu ya­tho­la umkhu­mbi weA­le­ksa­ndri­ya oya eI­tha­li­ya, ya­si­khwe­za ku­wok.

7 Sa­se­si­ha­mba ka­nci­nya­ne okwe­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngi, sa­fi­ka nzi­ma ma­qo­nda­na le­Ki­ni­du, umo­ya unga­si­vu­me­lil, se­hla sa­gu­dlam iKre­ten ma­qo­nda­na le­Sa­la­mo­ne;

8 sa­se­si­yi­gu­dlao ka­nzi­ma sa­fi­ka enda­we­ni ethi­le ethi­wa yi­Ma­the­kwa­ma­hle; okwa­ku­se­du­ze la­yo umu­zi iLa­se­ya.

9 Kwa­thi se­ku­dlu­le isi­kha­thi esi­khu­lu, nja­lo se­ku­yi­ngo­zi uku­ha­mba ngo­mkhu­mbi, ngo­ba le­zi­lo lo­ku­dla la­se­le­dlu­le, uPa­wu­li wabe­lu­le­ka

10 esi­thi ku­bo: Ma­do­da, ngi­ya­bo­na uku­thi uha­mbo lu­za­ku­ba le­ngo­zip lo­mo­na­ka­lo omkhu­luq, ku­nge­yi­si­wo owe­mpa­hla lo­mkhu­mbi ku­phe­la ko­dwa lo­we­mpi­lo ze­thu.

11 Ko­dwa indu­na ye­khu­lu ya­kho­lwa indu­na yo­mkhu­mbi lo­mni­ka­zi wa­wo ku­le­zi­nto eza­zi­tshi­wo ngu­Pa­wu­lir.

12 Kwa­thi nje­ngo­ba ithe­ku la­li­nga­lu­nge­la­nga uku­hla­lwa ebu­si­ka, ine­ngi la­bo la­ce­bi­sa uku­thi ku­su­kwe la­la­pho, mhla­wu­mbe kwe­nze­ke uku­thi ba­fi­ke eFe­ni­ki­si ba­hla­le kho­na ebu­si­ka, ithe­ku le­Kre­tes eli­kha­nge­le eni­ngi­zi­mu­ntsho­na­la­nga le­nya­ka­tho­ntsho­na­la­nga.

13 Nja­lo ku­the umo­ya we­ni­ngi­zi­mu usu­phe­phe­tha bu­tha­ka­tha­ka, ba­na­ka­na uku­thi se­be­ku­zu­zi­le lo­kho aba­be­ku­qo­ndi­le, se­be­pha­ka­mi­se ingwe­gwe sa­gu­dla eKre­te.

14 Ko­dwa ku­nga­ba­nga yi­si­kha­thi esi­de umo­ya oyi­si­vu­ngu­za­ne, othi­wa iYu­ra­ki­li­do­ni, wa­wu­tsha­ya;

15 umkhu­mbi wa­su­ba­njwa, we­hlu­le­ka uku­kha­nge­la­na lo­mo­ya, sa­se­si­wu­ye­ke­la unde­nda.

16 Sa­thi se­si­gu­dla pha­nsi kwe­si­hle­nga­na esi­thi­le esi­thi­wa yi­Kla­wu­da, se­ne­li­sa ka­lu­khu­ni uku­wu­ba­mba umko­lo;

17 aba­se­be­wu­pha­nye­ki­le, ba­se­be­nzi­sa izi­nce­di­so, sa­bo­pha nga­ma­go­da si­zi­nge­le­ze­la umkhu­mbi; ba­se­be­se­sa­ba uku­thi ba­za­pho­se­ka emhla­ba­thi­ni we­Si­rti, be­hli­sa ise­yi­li, ngo­ku­nja­lo ba­se­be­nde­ndat.

18 Ku­the uku­thi si­pho­swe ka­khu­lu yi­si­phe­pho, ngolu­la­nde­la­yo ba­pho­sa impa­hlau;

19 kwa­thi ngo­lwe­si­tha­thu sa­la­hla izi­kha­li zo­mkhu­mbi nge­za­ndla ze­thu uqo­bov.

20 Kwa­thi ku­nge­la­la­nga nja­lo ku­nge­la­nka­nye­zi ezi­bo­na­ka­la­yo insu­ku ezi­ne­ngi, le­si­phe­pho esi­nge­si­nci­nya­ne si­qi­ni­sa, ku­su­ke­la la­pho la­se­li­phe­la ithe­mba lo­nke lo­ku­thi si­za­si­nda.

21 Kwa­thi se­ku­yi­si­kha­thi esi­de be­nga­sa­dli, uPa­wu­li wa­se­su­ku­ma pha­ka­thi kwa­bo, wa­thi: Ma­do­da, nga­be la­la­le­la mi­naw kala­ze la­su­ka eKre­tex, nja­lo la­phe­pha ku­lo­bu­bu­nzi­may la­ku­lu­mo­na­ka­loz.

22 Kha­the­si-ke se­ngi­le­lu­le­ka uku­thi li­me isi­bi­ndi; ngo­ba ka­ku­so­ze ku­la­hle­ke impi­lo le­yo­dwa ki­ni, nga­pha­ndle ko­mkhu­mbi.

23 Ngo­baa nga­lo­bu­bu­su­ku be­ku­mi ki­mi ingi­lo­si ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, engi­ngo­wa­kheb, le­ngi­mkho­nza­yoc,

24 ya­thi: Unge­sa­bi Pa­wu­li; ngo­ba ume­le uku­ma pha­mbi ku­ka­Ke­sa­ri; nja­lo kha­nge­la, uNku­lu­nku­lu uku­phi­le bo­nke la­bo aba­ha­mba ngo­mkhu­mbi la­wed.

25 Nga­kho ma­ni­ni isi­bi­ndi ma­do­dae; ngo­ba ngi­ya­kho­lwa ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­thi ku­za­ku­ba nje­nga­lo­kho engi­ku­tshe­li­we­yof.

26 Ko­dwa ku­me­leg si­tsha­ye­ke esi­hle­nge­ni esi­thi­leh.

27 Kwa­thi se­ku­fi­ke ubu­su­ku be­tshu­mi la­ne, sa­si­nde­nda si­zu­la olwa­ndle lweA­dri­ya, pha­ka­thi ko­bu­su­ku, abo­mkhu­mbi ba­khu­mbu­la uku­thi umhla­ba­thi othi­le usu­so­nde­la ki­bo;

28 ba­se­be­pho­sa inta­mbo yo­ku­li­nga­ni­sa ba­tho­la ama­fa­tho­me* anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li; se­be­qhu­be­ki­le ka­nci­nya­ne ba­pho­sa inta­mbo yo­ku­li­nga­ni­sa fu­thi, ba­tho­la ama­fa­tho­me ali­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu;

29 nja­lo se­sa­ba uku­thi mhla­wu­mbe si­nga­tsha­ye­ka ema­dwa­le­ni, ba­se­be­pho­se­la ingwe­gwe ezi­ne nge­mva ko­mkhu­mbi, ba­fi­sa uku­thi ku­sei.

30 Abo­mkhu­mbi se­be­za­ma uku­ba­le­ka emkhu­nji­ni, ba­se­be­se­hli­se­la olwa­ndle umko­loj ngo­ku­nga­thi ba­se­be­za­kwe­hli­se­la ingwe­gwe nga­pha­mbi ko­mkhu­mbik,

31 uPa­wu­li wa­thi endu­ne­ni ye­khu­lu la­kwa­be­bu­tho: Uba la­ba be­nga­hla­li emkhu­nji­ni, li­nge­si­ndi­swe li­na.

32 Abe­bu­tho ba­se­be­qu­ma ama­go­da omko­lol, ba­wu­ye­ke­lam wa­wan.

33 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­ku­za­ku­sa, uPa­wu­li waba­nce­nga bo­nke uku­thi ba­tha­the uku­dla, esi­thi: La­mu­hla ku­lu­su­ku lwe­tshu­mi la­ne li­li­ndi­le li­hle­zi li­nga­dli, li­nga­tha­thi lu­tho.

34 Nga­kho ngi­ya­li­nce­nga uku­thi li­tha­the uku­dla; ngo­ba lo­khu ngo­ko­si­ndi­so lwe­nu; ngo­ba ka­ku­yi­ku­wa ko­mu­nye unwe­le lwe­kha­nda le­nuo.

35 Kwa­thi ese­tshi­lo le­zi­zi­nto, ese­the­the isi­nkwa, wa­bo­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu pha­mbi kwa­bo bo­nke; wasi­hle­phu­la wa­qa­la uku­dlap.

36 Ba­se­be­si­ma isi­bi­ndi bo­nke nja­lo bo­na ba­tha­tha uku­dlaq.

37 Nja­lo thi­na so­nke esa­si­se­mkhu­nji­ni sa­si­yi­mi­phe­fu­mu­lo enga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa le­si­thu­phar.

38 Nja­lo se­be­su­thi uku­dla ba­phu­ngu­la umkhu­mbi, ba­pho­se­la ama­be­le olwa­ndle.

39 Kwa­thi se­ku­si­le, ka­ba­la­za­nga ili­zwe; ko­dwa ba­bo­na ithe­ku eli­thi­le li­lo­khu­mbi, aba­mi­sa uku­thi ba­qhu­be­le umkhu­mbi ku­lo, uba ku­nge­nze­ka.

40 Ba­se­be­qu­ma ingwe­gwe bazi­ye­ke­la olwa­ndles, nge­si­kha­thi esi­fa­na­na­yo ba­thu­ku­lu­la ama­go­da abo­phe ama­phi­ni oku­qo­ndi­sa, ba­pha­ka­mi­se­la emo­ye­ni ise­yi­li ya­pha­mbi­li ba­qo­nda ekhu­nji­nit.

41 Ba­se­be­fi­ka be­nga­na­nze­le­le enda­we­ni la­pho ulwa­ndle olwa­lu­hla­nga­na kho­na ba­wu­qhu­be­la umkhu­mbi esi­hla­ba­thi­ni; nja­lo isi­hlo­ko so­mkhu­mbi sa­gxu­me­ke­ka sa­hla­la si­nga­nyi­ki­nye­ki, ko­dwa inge­mu­va yo­mkhu­mbi ye­phu­lwa nga­ma­ndla ama­ga­ga­siu.

42 La­be­bu­tho ba­be­qo­nde uku­bu­la­la izi­bo­tshwa, hle­zi ezi­nye zi­ba­le­ke ngo­ku­ntshe­ze­la kha­tsha­na.

43 Ko­dwa indu­na ye­khu­lu, ifi­sa uku­si­ndi­sa uPa­wu­li, ya­ba­vi­mbe­la ku­njo­ngo ya­bo, ya­si­la­ya uku­thi la­bo aba­kwa­zi­yo uku­ntshe­za ba­zi­pho­se­le olwa­ndle ku­qa­la, ba­ye emhla­ba­thi­ni;

44 la­ba­se­le­yo, aba­nye nga­ma­pu­la­nka, la­ba­nye nge­zi­nye ze­zi­nto zo­mkhu­mbi. Ngo­ku­nja­lo-ke kwe­nze­ka uku­thi bo­nke ba­fi­ke emhla­ba­thi­ni be­si­ndi­lev.

UPa­wu­li la­ba­nye be­mu­ke­lwa ku­hle nga­ma­Me­li­tha

28Kwa­thi se­be­si­ndi­le, ba­se­be­si­zwa uku­thia isi­hle­nge si­thi­wa yi­Me­li­thab.

2 La­ba­le­lo­li­zwec ba­si­pha­tha ngo­mu­sad onga­nda­ngae; ngo­ba ba­ba­sa umli­lo, ba­se­mu­ke­la so­nke, nge­nxa ye­zu­lu ela­se­li­qa­li­si­le, la­nge­nxa yo­mqa­ndo.

3 UPa­wu­li wa­se­the­za umnya­ba we­nku­ni, wazi­be­ka emli­lwe­ni, kwa­phu­ma inyo­ka nge­nxa yo­ku­tshi­sa, ya­na­ma­the­la esa­ndle­ni sa­khe.

4 Kwa­thi aba­le­lo­li­zwe be­bo­na isi­lo si­le­nga esa­ndle­ni sa­khef, ba­khu­lu­mi­sa­na be­si­thi: Isi­bi­li lu­mu­ntu ungu­mbu­la­li, othi esi­ndi­le olwa­ndleg, uku­lu­nga ka­ku­vu­mi uku­thi aphi­leh.

5 Ye­na-ke wa­si­thi­nti­the­la emli­lwe­ni isi­lo, aka­ze aba le­ngo­zii.

6 Ba­se­be­li­nde­la uku­thi uza­vu­vu­ka lo­ku­thi awe­le pha­nsi ahle afe; kwa­thi se­be­li­nde isi­kha­thi esi­de, ba­se­be­bo­na uku­thi ka­ku­la­lu­tho olu­bi olwe­nza­ka­la ku­yej, ba­phe­ndu­la imi­ca­ba­ngo ya­bo ba­thi ungu­nku­lu­nku­luk.

UPa­wu­li usi­li­sa isi­gu­la­ne

7 Ku­bo­ma­khe­lwa­ne ba­le­yo­nda­wo kwa­ku­la­ma­si­mu esi­khu­lu se­si­hle­nge, uPu­bli­yo nge­bi­zol; owa­se­mu­ke­la wa­si­nge­ni­sa ku­hle insu­ku ezi­nta­thu.

8 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uyi­se ka­Pu­bli­yo wa­ye­le­le eba­njwe lu­qhu­qho le­si­su se­ga­zi; ange­na ku­ye uPa­wu­li, wa­khu­le­kam, wa­be­ka iza­ndla phe­zu kwa­khe, wa­msi­li­san.

9 Nga­kho lo­kho se­kwe­nza­ke­le, be­za la­ba­nye aba­be­se­si­hle­nge­ni aba­be­le­zi­fo ba­se­be­si­li­swa;

10 aba­si­du­mi­sa la­ngo­du­mo olu­khu­lu, nja­lo mhla si­su­ka­yo ngo­mkhu­mbi, base­the­sa izi­nto ezi­di­nge­ka­yoo.

UPa­wu­li ufi­ka eRo­ma

11 Kwa­thi emva kwe­nya­nga ezi­nta­thu sa­su­ka ngo­mkhu­mbi weA­le­ksa­ndri­yap, owa­wu­hle­zi ebu­si­ka esi­hle­nge­ni, ulo­pha­wu olu­thi­wa ngo­Di­yo­si­ku­ro­yi*.

12 Sa­se­si­fi­ka eSi­ra­khu­se sa­hla­la insu­ku ezi­nta­thu;

13 sa­su­ka la­pho sa­ha­mba ngo­ku­bho­da sa­ya­fi­ka eRe­gi­yu­ma, se­ku­dlu­le usu­ku olu­lo­dwa kwa­fi­ka umo­ya we­ni­ngi­zi­mu, sa­fi­ka ePu­thi­yo­li ngo­su­ku lwe­si­bi­li;

14 la­pho esa­fi­ca kho­na aba­za­lwa­neq, sa­ce­lwa uku­hla­la la­bo insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa; ngo­ku­nja­lo sa­ya-ke eRo­ma.

15 Nja­lo be­su­ka la­pho aba­za­lwa­ne se­be­zwi­le izi­nto nga­thir, be­za uku­si­hla­nga­be­za ba­ze ba­fi­ka eA­pi­yi Fo­ru­ma le­Ndli­ni ze­Zi­ha­mbi ezi­Nta­thu; okwa­thi uPa­wu­li eba­bo­na, wa­bo­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu, we­ma isi­bi­ndi.

16 Sa­thi se­si­fi­ke eRo­ma, indu­na ye­khu­lu ya­ni­ke­la izi­bo­tshwa endu­ne­ni ya­ba­li­ndi; ko­dwa uPa­wu­li wa­vu­nye­lwa uku­hla­la ye­dwa, lo­we­bu­tho omli­nda­yos.

17 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwe­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thut uPa­wu­li wa­bi­ze­la nda­wo­nye la­bo aba­nga­ba­khu­lu ba­ma­Ju­dau; se­be­bu­the­ne, wa­thi ku­bo: Ma­do­da ba­za­lwa­ne, mi­na ka­nge­nza­nga lu­tho olu­pha­mbe­ne le­si­zwev ku­mbe la­ma­si­ko abo­ba­baw, ngi­yi­si­bo­tshwa ngi­ve­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma nga­ni­ke­lwa eza­ndle­ni za­ma­Ro­max;

18 wo­na ese­ngi­hlo­li­ley afu­na uku­ngi­khu­lu­laz, ngo­ba ku­nge­kho ki­mi ca­la eli­fa­ne­le uku­faa.

19 Ko­dwa ama­Ju­da ala, nga­ci­nde­ze­le­ka uku­li­dlu­li­se­la ku­Ke­sa­rib, ku­nge­yi­si­kho uku­thi ngi­lo­lu­tho olo­ku­ma­nga­le­la isi­zwe sa­ki­thi.

20 Nga­kho nge­nxa ya­le­si­si­za­tho ngi­li­bi­ze­le la­pha uku­thi ngili­bo­ne ngi­khu­lu­me la­ni; ngo­ba nge­nxa ye­the­mbac li­kaI­sra­ye­li ngi­zi­nge­le­ze­lwed nga­le­li­ke­ta­nee.

21 Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Thi­na ka­se­mu­ke­la­nga izi­ncwa­di nga­we ezi­ve­la eJu­di­ya, fu­thi lo­ba ngu­ba­ni wa­ba­za­lwa­ne, ese­fi­ki­le, ka­bi­ka­nga ku­mbe akhu­lu­me lu­tho olu­bi nga­we.

22 Ko­dwa si­fi­sa uku­zwa izi­nto ozi­na­ka­na­yo we­na; ngo­ba ma­ye­la­na la­lo­bu­bu­bha­zu­kaf si­ya­zi uku­thi bu­ya­phi­ki­swa enda­we­ni zo­nkeg.

23 Nja­lo kwa­thi se­be­mmi­se­le usu­ku, aba­ne­ngi be­za ku­ye endli­ni ye­zi­ha­mbi; owa­ba­cha­si­se­lah wa­fa­ka­zai umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­luj, eba­nce­nga nge­zi­nto zi­ka­Je­sukl, etha­the­la emla­ywe­ni ka­Mo­zi­si ka­nye la­ba­pro­fe­thi, ku­su­ke­la eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu kwa­ze kwa­ba ku­si­hlwam.

24 Aba­nye ba­se­be­kho­lwa izi­nto azi­tsho­yo, ko­dwa aba­nye ka­ba­kho­lwa­ngan.

25 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi be­nge­zwa­na­ni bo­dwa ba­su­ka ba­ha­mba, uPa­wu­li ese­khu­lu­me ili­zwi la­ba li­nye lo­ku­thi: Wa­ye­khu­lu­me ku­hle uMo­ya oyi­Ngcwe­le ngoI­sa­ya umpro­fe­thi ku­bo­ba­ba be­thu,

26 esi­thi: Ha­mba uye ku­le­si­si­zwe ubu­su­si­thi: Ngo­ku­zwa li­za­ku­zwa, nja­lo ka­li­so­ze li­qe­di­si­se; lo­ku­bo­na li­za­bo­na, nja­lo ka­li­so­ze li­bo­ni­si­se;

27 ngo­ba inhli­zi­yo ya­le­si­si­zwe se­ya­ba bu­thu­ndu, nja­lo be­zwa ka­nzi­ma nge­ndle­be, la­me­hlo abo ba­wa­ci­me­zi­le; hle­zi ba­bo­ne nga­me­hlo, nja­lo be­zwe nge­ndle­be, fu­thi ba­qe­di­si­se nge­nhli­zi­yo, nja­lo ba­phe­ndu­ke, be­se­ngi­ba­si­li­sao.

28 Nga­kho ka­kwa­zi­we ki­ni, uku­thi usi­ndi­so lu­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lup lu­ya­thu­nye­lwa kwa­be­zi­zwe, bo­na-ke ba­za­ku­zwaq.

29 Nja­lo kwa­thi ese­tshi­lo le­zi­zi­nto, ama­Ju­da asu­ka, elo­ku­phi­ki­sa­na oku­khu­lu pha­ka­thi kwa­wor.

30 UPa­wu­li wa­se­hla­la imi­nya­ka emi­bi­li egcwe­le­yo endli­ni ya­khe uqo­bo aye­yi­qa­tshi­le, we­mu­ke­la bo­nke aba­nge­na ku­yes,

31 wa­tshu­ma­ye­la umbu­so ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, nja­lo wa­fu­ndi­sa nge­Nko­si uJe­su Kri­stut, nga­so so­nke isi­bi­ndi, enge­la­ku­vi­nje­lwau.