IZenzo
2:1 Ke kaloku, ekuzalisekeni kwawo umhla wepentekoste, baye bonke bemxhelo mnye
isivumelwano kwindawo enye.
2:2 Kwaza ngequbuliso kwaphuma ezulwini isandi somoya ovuthuza ngamandla.
wayizalisa yonke indlu ababehleli kuyo.
2:3 Kwabonakala kubo iilwimi ezabekayo, ngathi zezomlilo;
phezu ngamnye kubo.
2:4 Bazaliswa bonke nguMoya oyiNgcwele, baqala ukuthetha nabo
ezinye iilwimi, njengoko uMoya wayebanika ukuba bathethe baphimisele.
2:5 Ke kaloku kwakumi eYerusalem amaYuda, amadoda awoyika uThixo, evela kwizizwe ngezizwe
isizwe phantsi kwezulu.
2:6 Ke kaloku, kwakubon' ukuba kukho esi sandi, yabuthelana inkitha, yabutha
yadaniswa, ngokuba elowo ubebeva bethetha ngezakomawabo iintetho.
2:7 Bathi nqa ke bonke, bamangaliswa, wathi omnye komnye, Nanko!
Aba bonke bathethayo asingamaGalili na?
2:8 Kutheni na ke ukuba sibeve nje sonke ngabanye bethetha ngezakomawethu iintetho, esazalelwa kuzo?
2:9 amaPati, namaMedi, namaElam, nabemi baseMesopotami,
kwelakwaYuda, neKapadokiya, ePonto, naseAsiya,
2:10 eFrigiya, nasePamfiliya, eYiputa, nakuloo mimandla yaseLibhiya
eKirene, nabasemzini baseRoma, amaYuda nabangeni ebuYudeni,
2:11 AmaKrete nama-Arabhi, siyabeva bethetha ngeelwimi zethu ezimangalisayo
imisebenzi kaThixo.
2:12 Bathi nqa ke bonke, bakhohlwa, omnye esithi komnye, Yini na?
ithetha oku?
2:13 Abanye ke bahlekisa ngokuthi, Aba bazele yiwayini entsha.
2:14 Uthe ke uPetros, wema nabalishumi elinamnye, waliphakamisa izwi lakhe, wathi
bathi kubo, Madoda, maYuda, nani nonke nimiyo eYerusalem, makube oku
ndaziwa kuni, niwabekele indlebe amazwi am;
2:15 Aba abanxilile, njengoko niba kunjalo, kuba seyesithathu
iyure yosuku.
2:16 Oku koko kwathethwayo ngomprofeti uYoweli;
2:17 Kuya kuthi ngemihla yokugqibela, utsho uThixo, Ndiya kuthulula
woMoya wam phezu kwenyama yonke: noonyana benu neentombi zenu ziya kuba njalo
aprofete, amadodana enu abone imibono, namadoda enu amakhulu abone;
amaphupha amaphupha:
2:18 Naphezu kwabakhonzi bam, naphezu kwabakhonzazana bam, ngaloo mihla ndiya kuthulula
woMoya wam; kwaye baya kuprofeta.
2:19 Ndiya kwenza izimanga ezulwini phezulu, nemiqondiso emhlabeni phantsi;
igazi, nomlilo, nentshinyela yomsi;
2:20 Ilanga liya kujika libe bubumnyama, nenyanga ibe ligazi, ngaphambili
yiza loo mini inkulu nebalulekileyo yeNkosi.
2:21 Kuya kuthi ke ukuba bonke abasukuba belinqula igama leNkosi
INkosi iya kusindiswa.
2:22 Madoda, maSirayeli, waveni la mazwi. UYesu waseNazarete, indoda ekholekileyo kuye
UThixo phakathi kwenu ngemisebenzi yamandla, nangezimanga, nangemiqondiso, awayenzayo uThixo ngayo
phakathi kwenu, njengokuba nisazi nani ngokwenu.
2:23 lowo enikelwa ngecebo elimisiweyo nokwazi kwakhe kwenxa engaphambili
Thixo, nimthabathile, nambethelela emnqamlezweni, namsika ngezandla zabangendawo;
2:24 athe uThixo wamvusa, eyikhulule inimba yokufa;
ebengenako ukubanjwa nguye.
2:25 Kuba uDavide uthi, esingisele kuye, Ndahlala ndiyibona iNkosi phambi kwam
ubuso bam, ngokuba ungasekunene kwam, ukuze ndingashukunyiswa.
2:26 Ngenxa yoko yaba nemihlali intliziyo yam, lwagcoba ulwimi lwam; ngaphezu koko nam
inyama iya kuphumla inethemba;
2:27 Ngokuba akuyi kuwushiya umphefumlo wam kwelabafileyo, akuyi kuva ubunzima
Lowo ungcwele wakho abone ukubola.
2:28 Wandazisa iindlela zobomi; uya kundihluthisa
gcoba ebusweni bakho.
2:29 Madoda, bazalwana, mandivunyelwe ndithethe kuni ngokuphandle ngomawokhulu uDavide.
nokuba ufile wangcwatywa, nengcwaba lakhe likho phakathi kwethu unangoku
usuku.
2:30 Ngenxa yoko, engumprofeti, esazi nje ukuba uThixo wafunga ngesifungo;
kuye, ukuba athabathe esiqhameni sesinqe sakhe, ngokwenyama
vusa uKristu, ukuba ahlale phezu kwetrone yakhe;
2:31 ebone ngenxa engaphambili, wathetha ngako ukuvuka kukaKristu, wathi umphefumlo wakhe
akashiywanga kwelabafileyo, nenyama yakhe ingabonanga kubola.
2:32 Lo Yesu uThixo wamvusa, esingamangqina ako oko thina sonke.
2:33 Ngoko ephakanyiswe ngasekunene kukaThixo, wakwamkela
uYise idinga loMoya oyiNgcwele, uthulule oku, oku
niyabona, niyeva ngoku.
2:34 Kuba uDavide, enganyukanga waya emazulwini, ke uthi ngokwakhe, NguYehova
Yathi iNkosi eNkosini yam, Hlala ngasekunene kwam;
2:35 Ndide iintshaba zakho ndizenze isihlalo seenyawo zakho.
2:36 mayazi ngokuqinisekileyo yonke indlu kaSirayeli, ukuba uThixo wenze
lo Yesu nambethelelayo emnqamlezweni nina, iNkosi noKristu.
2:37 Ke kaloku, bakukuva oko, bahlabeka entliziyweni, bathi
Ndithi kuPetros nakwabanye abapostile, Madoda, bazalwana, kuthini na?
siya?
2:38 Wathi ke uPetros kubo, Guqukani, nibhaptizwe nonke ngabanye
igama likaYesu Kristu ukuze kuxolelwe izono, kwaye niya kwamkela
isipho soMoya oyiNgcwele.
2:39 Kuba idinga likuni, nakubantwana benu, nakubo bonke abakhoyo
bekude, bonke abo aya kubabiza uYehova uThixo wethu.
2:40 nangamanye amazwi amaninzi wayeqononondisa, ebavuselela esithi, Sindisa
nina ngokwenu kwesi sizukulwana sigwenxa.
2:41 Bathe ke ngoko, abalamkele ilizwi lakhe ngovuyo, babhaptizwa, kwangaloo mini
kongezelelwa kubo imiphefumlo engathi imawaka mathathu.
2:42 Bazingisa emfundisweni yabapostile nasebudlelaneni.
nasekuqhekezeni isonka, nasemithandazweni.
2:43 Ke kaloku kwabakho ukoyika kwimiphefumlo yonke; kwenzeka izimanga ezininzi kwanemiqondiso
abapostile.
2:44 Bonke ke ababekholwa babendawonye, benobudlelane ngeento zonke.
2:45 Baye bethengisa nangemihlaba yabo nangeempahla zabo, babele abantu bonke njengoko
wonke umntu wayenentswelo.
2:46 Bazingisa imihla ngemihla etempileni bemxhelo mnye, beqhekeza
isonka kwizindlu ngezindlu, besidla ukudla kwabo bevuya kwaye
ubunye bentliziyo,
2:47 bemdumisa uThixo, benonelelwe ngabantu bonke. Wongeza ke uYehova
babhalela ibandla imihla ngemihla abasindiswayo.