IZenzo
3:1 Ke kaloku, uPetros, noYohane babenyuka bendawonye, besiya etempileni ngelixa lelokuqala
ukuthandaza ilixa lesithoba.
3:2 Kwaye ke kuthwelwe ndoda ithile, isisiqhwala kwasesizalweni sikanina;
kwakubekwe imihla ngemihla emnyango wetempile, lowo kuthiwa Mhle, ukuba kubuzwe
amalizo kwabangenayo etempileni;
3:3 eyathi, yakubona uPetros noYohane beza kungena etempileni, yacela ukuba bayilize.
3:4 Uthe ke uPetros, enoYohane, eqwalasele kuyo wathi, Khangela kuthi apha.
3:5 Yabagqala ke, ilinde ukwamkela into kubo.
3:6 Wathi ke uPetros, Isilivere negolide andinayo; kodwa endinako ndiyakunika
Egameni likaYesu Kristu waseNazarete, vuka uhambe.
3:7 Wambamba ngesandla sokunene, wamphakamisa;
iinyawo zayo namaqatha ayo omelela.
3:8 Yesuka umtsi, yema, yahambahamba, yangena nabo phakathi
behamba etempileni, behamba, bexhuma, bemdumisa uThixo.
3:9 Baza bonke abantu bayibona ihambahamba, idumisa uThixo;
3:10 Bazi ke bona, ukuba nguye obehlalela amalizo eSangweni eliMhle
bathi manga, bathi nqa yiloo nto ikhoyo
kwenzekile kuye.
3:11 Ke kaloku, sakubon' ukuba isisiqhwala esiphilisiweyo sibambe ooPetros noYohane, abantu bonke
wagidima kakhulu ukuya kubo evarandeni ekuthiwa yekaSolomon
bezibuza.
3:12 Akukubona ke oko uPetros, waphendula wathi kubo abantu, Madoda, maSirayeli!
Yini na ukuba nimangaliswe yile nto? Kanjalo yini na ukuba nisijonge, ngathi nisijongile nje?
Thina simenze wahamba ngokwamandla ethu, nangobungcwele bethu?
3:13 UThixo ka-Abraham, kaIsake, kaYakobi, uThixo woobawo bethu,
umzukisile uNyana wakhe uYesu; enamnikelayo, namkhanyela
phambi koPilato, xa wayeselemisele ukumkhulula.
3:14 Ke nina namkhanyela oyiNgcwele, oliLungisa, nacela ukuba kubekho isibulala-mntu
unikiwe;
3:15 Ke yona iMbangi yobomi nayibulala, awayivusayo uThixo kwabafileyo;
esingamangqina ako oko.
3:16 Nangenxa yokukholwa kwigama layo, lo wamomelezayo igama lakhe
niyabona, niyazi; lwathi ukholo olungaye lwamnika oko
uphile qete phambi kwenu nonke.
3:17 Ngoku ke, bazalwana, ndiyazi ukuba nenze ngokungazi, njengokuba nenjenjalo
abalawuli bakho.
3:18 Ke zona izinto, awazixelayo ngenxa engaphambili uThixo ngomlomo wabo bonke abakhe
abaprofeti, okokuba uKristu ebeza kuva ubunzima, enjenjalo ukubazalisa.
3:19 Guqukani ke ngoko, nijike, ukuze zicinywe izono zenu
xa amaxesha okuhlaziya avela ebusweni boThixo
Nkosi;
3:20 ithume uYesu Kristu, owavakaliswayo kuni ngenxa engaphambili;
3:21 omelwe kukuthi izulu limamkele, kude kufike amaxesha okubuyiswa kweento zonke
izinto awazithethayo uThixo ngomlomo wabo bonke abaprofeti bakhe abangcwele
oko kwaqala ihlabathi.
3:22 Kuba uMoses okunene wathi koobawo, INkosi uThixo wenu iya kuba ngumprofeti
vusani kuni kubazalwana benu, njengam nje; ize nimve yena
zonke izinto aya kuzithetha kuni.
3:23 Kuya kuthi ke, ukuba wonke umphefumlo, ongayi kuva
umprofeti uya kutshatyalaliswa angabikho phakathi kwabantu.
3:24 Nabo bonke abaprofeti, bethabathela kuSamuweli, nabamlandelayo, banjengabo
abaninzi abathethayo, baxela kwangokunjalo ngale mihla.
3:25 Nina ningoonyana babaprofeti, nabomnqophiso awawenzayo uThixo
kunye noobawo bethu, besithi kuAbraham, Yaye embewini yakho bonke baya kuzuza ilifa
isikelelwe izizwe zehlabathi.
3:26 Uthe ke uThixo, akuba emvusile kuqala uNyana wakhe, uYesu wamthuma kuni kuqala, ukuba asikelele
ngokunibuyisa elowo ebugwenxeni bakhe.