IZenzo
9:1 Ke yena uSawule, efutha izisongelo nokubulala
Abafundi beNkosi baya kumbingeleli omkhulu.
9:2 wacela kuye iincwadi zokuya eDamasko ezindlwini zesikhungu, athi, ukuba unjalo
wafumana nayiphi na ngale ndlela, nokuba ngamadoda okanye ngabafazi, wayenokuzisa
bebotshiwe ukuya eYerusalem.
9:3 Kuthe ke ekuhambeni kwakhe, wasondela eDamasko;
Ukhanyiso oluvela ezulwini ngeenxa zonke kuye.
9:4 Wawa emhlabeni, weva izwi lisithi kuye, Sawule, Sawule!
unditshutshiselani na?
9:5 Wathi ke yena, Ungubani na, Nkosi? Yathi ke iNkosi, Mna ndinguYesu onguye wena
mtshutshisi: kunzima kuwe ukukhaba iimviko nje.
9:6 Waza egubha, eqhiphuke umbilini, wathi, Nkosi, uthanda ukuba ndikwenzele ntoni na?
ndenzeni? Yathi iNkosi kuye, Vuka, uye kuwo umzi, uwuthi
uya kuyixelelwa into omelwe kukuyenza.
9:7 Ke kaloku amadoda abehamba naye ema engenakuthetha, eliva ilizwi;
kodwa engaboni mntu.
9:8 Wesuka uSawule emhlabeni; avuleka amehlo akhe, akabona
kodwa bamrhola ke ngesandla, baza bamngenisa eDamasko.
9:9 Waye ke iintsuku ezintathu engaboni, engadli, engaseli.
9:10 Ke kaloku bekukho mfundi uthile eDamasko, ugama linguHananiya; nakuye
Yathi iNkosi embonweni, Hananiya! Wathi, Ndilapha;
Nkosi.
9:11 Ithe ke iNkosi kuye, Vuka, uye esitratweni leso
abizwe ngokuthe tye, abuze endlwini kaYuda umntu ogama linguSawule;
waseTarso: kuba uyabona, ethandaza,
9:12 ubone embonweni indoda egama linguHananiya, ingena, ibeka eyakhe
isandla phezu kwakhe, ukuze abuye abone.
9:13 Waphendula ke uHananiya wathi, Nkosi, ndivile kwabaninzi ngale ndoda, ukuba zingaphi na
wenze ububi kwabangcwele bakho eYerusalem;
9:14 nalapha, inegunya kubabingeleli abakhulu lokukhonkxa bonke abamemileyo
egameni lakho.
9:15 Yathi ke kuye iNkosi, Hamba uhambe;
ukuba ndithwale igama lam phambi kweentlanga, nookumkani, nabantwana babo
Sirayeli:
9:16 kuba mna ndiya kumbonisa ukuba zinkulu kwezinto ezinzima, amelwe kukuziva ngenxa yegama lam.
9:17 Wemka ke uHananiya, waya kungena endlwini; nokubeka eyakhe
izandla phezu kwakhe zathi, Mzalwana uSawule, iNkosi, kwanoYesu, lowo wabonakalayo
ngendlela oweza ngayo undithumile, ukuze undoyise
zuza ukubona kwakho, uzaliswe nguMoya oyiNgcwele.
9:18 Kwaoko kwawa emehlweni akhe okungamaxolo;
wabuya wabona kwaoko, wavuka, wabhaptizwa.
9:19 Ke kaloku, akuthabatha ukudla, womelela. Kwalandela uSawule
nabafundi baseDamasko imihla ethile.
9:20 Waye kwaoko, ezindlwini zesikungu, emvakalisa uYesu, ukuba lowo unguye uNyana
kaThixo.
9:21 Bathi nqa ke bonke ababemva, bathi; Asinguye na lo
wabatshabalalisa eYerusalem abo babelinqula eli gama, beza nalapha
ukuze abazise bekhonkxiwe kubabingeleli abakhulu?
9:22 Kwaba kukhona ke womelelayo uSawule;
wahlala eDamasko, ebonakalalisa ukuba lo nguye uKristu.
9:23 Ke kaloku, kwakuzaliseka imihla eyaneleyo, abhunga amaYuda ukuba abulale
yena:
9:24 Laziwa ke iyelenqe lawo nguSawule. Bawalinda ke amasango imini;
nobusuku ukuze bambulale.
9:25 Bamthabatha ke abafundi ebusuku, bamhlisa ngodonga
ingobozi.
9:26 Weza uSawule eYerusalem, wamana elinga ukuzibandakanya
kodwa bamoyika bonke, bengakholwa ukuba unguye
ngumfundi.
9:27 UBharnabhas ke wamthabatha wamsa kubapostile, wabaxela
kubo ukuyibona kwayo iNkosi endleleni, neyathetha ngayo kubo
Wathetha naye ngokungafihlisiyo eDamasko egameni likaYesu.
9:28 Waye enabo ke, engena ephuma eYerusalem;
9:29 Wathetha ke ngokungafihlisiyo egameni leNkosi uYesu, ephikisana naye
babefuna ukumbulala.
9:30 Bekwazile ke oko abazalwana, bamhlisela eKesareya;
wamthumela eTarso.
9:31 Laye ke ngoko ibandla kulo lonke elakwaYuda nelaseGalili, nelaseGalili, linoxolo
ElakwaSamari, lakheka; nokuhamba ekoyikeni uYehova, nasekungeneni
intuthuzelo yoMoya oyiNgcwele, yanda.
9:32 Ke kaloku kwathi, ekubeni uPetros etyhutyha iindawo zonke, weza
yehla nakwabangcwele ababemi eLida.
9:33 Wafumana ke khona umntu othile, ogama linguEneya, elulele elukhukweni
iminyaka esibhozo wayenedumbe.
9:34 Wathi ke uPetros kuye, Eneya, uyakuphilisa uYesu Kristu;
wandlule umandlalo wakho. Wavuka kwangoko.
9:35 Bathe bakumbona bonke ababemi eLida naseSaron, baguqukela eNkosini.
9:36 Ke kaloku, eYopa kwakukho mfundikazi uthile, ugama linguTabhita, owayethe ngaye
Ukutolikwa kubizwa ngokuba nguDorkas: lo mfazi wayezele yimisebenzi elungileyo, kwaye
izipho azenzileyo.
9:37 Wathi ke ngaloo mihla, wahliwa sisifo, wafa
bathe ke bakuba bemhlambile, bambeka egumbini eliphezulu.
9:38 Ke kaloku iLida ibikufuphi nje neYopa; baye beva abafundi bakhe
Uthe ke akubon' ukuba uPetros ukhona, bathuma amadoda amabini kuye, bemcela ukuba amncede
akalibali ukuza kubo.
9:39 Wesuka ke uPetros wahamba nabo. Efikile, bamzisa
kwigumbi eliphezulu; bema ngakuye bonke abahlolokazi belila, belila
bembonisa iingubo zangaphantsi nezokwaleka abezenza uDorkas oko ebenaye
bona.
9:40 Wabakhuphela phandle ke bonke uPetros, waguqa ngamadolo, wathandaza; nokujika
wathi kuye emzimbeni, Tabhita, vuka. Wawavula amehlo akhe: kwaye nini
uthe akubona uPetros, wavuka wahlala.
9:41 Wamnika isandla sakhe, wamphakamisa, wayibiza
abangcwele nabahlolokazi bamnikela ephilile.
9:42 Kwesuka oko kwazeka kuyo yonke iYopa; bakholwa eNkosini into eninzi.
9:43 Wathi ke wahlala imihla emininzi eYopa kunye nomnye uSimon
umsuki.