IZenzo
6:1 Ke kaloku ngaloo mihla, lakuba lisanda inani labafundi.
kwabakho ukukrokra kwamaGrike ngakumaHebhere, ngokuba
abahlolokazi babo babengananzwa kulungiselelo lwemihla ngemihla.
6:2 Ke kaloku abalishumi elinababini bayibizela kubo inkitha yabafundi, bathi
wathi, Akukhona ukuba thina silishiye ilizwi likaThixo, sikhonze
iitafile.
6:3 Kungoko, bazalwana, khangelani phakathi kwenu amadoda asixhenxe aziwayo;
ezele nguMoya oyiNgcwele nobulumko, esinokummisela phezu koku
ishishini.
6:4 Thina ke siya kuzingisa emthandazweni, nasebulungiseni
ilizwi.
6:5 Lakholeka ilizwi elo kwindimbane yonke; banyula ke uStefano
indoda ezele lukholo nanguMoya oyiNgcwele, noFilipu, noProchorus, kunye
uNikanore, noTimon, noParmenas, noNikolawo, owaguqukela ebuYudeni, wakwa-Antiyokwe;
6:6 babamisa phambi kwabapostile, bathi, bakuba bethandazile, babeka
izandla zabo phezu kwabo.
6:7 Laye liya likhula ilizwi likaThixo; nenani labafundi
banda kunene eYerusalem; kwakukho iqela elikhulu lababingeleli
ethobela ukholo.
6:8 Ke kaloku uStefano, ezele lukholo namandla, wenza imiqondiso emikhulu nezimanga
phakathi kwabantu.
6:9 Kwesuka ke abathile bendlu yesikhungu, ekuthiwa yindlu yesikhungu;
neyabaKhululwa, neyabaseKirene, neyama-Aleksandriya, neyabaseKirene
KwelaseKiliki nelaseAsiya bebambene noStefano.
6:10 Baye ke ababanga nako ukumelana nabo ubulumko, nomoya lowo abethetha ngawo
wathetha.
6:11 Bamlukuhla amadoda lawo, athi, Simvile ethetha enyelisa
amazwi anxamnye noMoses, noThixo.
6:12 Kwaye babaxhokonxa abantu, namadoda amakhulu, nababhali, kunye
beza kuye, bambamba, bamsa entlanganisweni yamatyala;
6:13 Bamisa amangqina abuxoki, awathi, Lo mntu akayeki ukuthetha
ngamazwi onyeliso kule ndawo ingcwele, nomthetho;
6:14 Kuba simve esithi, lo Yesu waseNazarete uya kutshabalalisa
siya kuwaguqula ke amasiko awawanikela kuthi uMoses.
6:15 Baye bonke ababehleli entlanganisweni yamatyala, beqwalasele kuye, babubona ubuso bakhe
njengobuso besithunywa sezulu.