IZenzo
12:1 Ke kaloku, ngelo xesha uHerode ukumkani wayesa izandla zakhe ukuba akhathazeke
abathile bebandla.
12:2 Wambulala ke uYakobi, umzalwana kaYohane, ngekrele.
12:3 Uthe ke akubona ukuba oko kuwakholisile amaYuda, uqhubele phambili athabatha
UPetros naye. Ke kaloku ibiyimihla yezonka ezingenagwele.
12:4 Uthe ke akuba embambile, wamfaka entolongweni, wamnikela
agcinwe kumaqela amane amasoldati amane; ujonge emva kwePasika ukuya
mkhupheni niye ebantwini.
12:5 Wayegcinwa ngoko ke uPetros entolongweni;
webandla kuThixo ngenxa yakhe.
12:6 Ke kaloku, xa uHerode wayeza kumkhupha, uPetros ngobo busuku
belele phakathi kwamasoldati amabini, bekhonkxiwe ngemixokelelwane emibini;
intolongo ibiphambi komnyango.
12:7 Naso isithunywa seNkosi simi phezu kwakhe, kwakhanya nokukhanya
yambetha ecaleni uPetros, yamvusa, isithi,
Vuka ngokukhawuleza; Yawa imixokelelwane yakhe ezandleni zakhe.
12:8 Sathi kuye isithunywa, Bhinqa, unxibe iimbadada zakho. Kwaye
wenjenjalo. Athi kuye, Yambathisa ingubo yakho, ujike
Ndilandele.
12:9 Waphuma ke, wamlandela; kwaye bendingazi ukuba yinyani leyo
yenziwa sisithunywa sezulu; ebeba ke ubone umbono.
12:10 Begqithile kwelokuqala nakwelesibini iqela labalindi, beza ekhayeni
Isango lentsimbi elikhokelela esixekweni; owabavulelayo okwakhe
Baphuma ke, bahamba bahamba isitrato sasinye; kwaye
Semka kwaoko isithunywa eso kuye.
12:11 Waziqonda uPetros, wathi, Ngoku ndiyazi okwenyaniso.
ukuba uYehova uthume isithunywa sakhe, wandihlangula esandleni sam
kaHerode, nakuko konke ulindelo lwabantu bamaYuda.
12:12 Akuyiqiqa loo nto, waya endlwini kaMariya
unina kaYohane, ogama limbi linguMarko; apho babehlanganisene khona abaninzi
kunye bethandaza.
12:13 Ke kaloku, akubon’ ukuba unkqonkqozile uPetros elucangweni lwesango, kweza kuphulaphula isicakazana esithile.
ogama linguRoda.
12:14 Lathi, lalazi ilizwi likaPetros, alilivula isango, ngenxa yovuyo;
wagidima wangena, wababikela ukuba umi kanjani uPetros esangweni.
12:15 Bathi ke bona kuye, Uyageza. Kodwa wayesoloko eyiqinisekisa loo nto
kwaba njalo. Bathi ke bona, Sisithunywa sakhe.
12:16 Uthe ke uPetros wamana enkqonkqoza;
bathi nqa kuye.
12:17 Uwangawangisile ke ngesandla kubo, ukuba bathi cwaka, wabacacisela
kubo indlela yamkhupha ngayo iNkosi entolongweni. Uye wathi,
Babikeleni ooYakobi nabazalwana ezi zinto. Wemka ke.
waya kwenye indawo.
12:18 Ke kaloku, kwakusa, ayibanga ncinane inkathazeko phakathi kwamasoldati;
kwenzeka ntoni kuPetros.
12:19 Uthe ke uHerode, akuba emfuna engamfumani, wamncina
abalindi, wathi mababulawe. Wahamba ke
behla kwelakwaYuda, beza eKesareya, bahlala khona.
12:20 Ke uHerode wayebaqumbele kakhulu abaseTire nabaseTsidon;
beza kuye bemxhelo mnye, bemenza ukumkani uBlasto
umthetheli wasendlwini, unqwenela uxolo; ngokuba ilizwe labo lalinjalo
ukondliwa lilizwe lokumkani.
12:21 Ke kaloku uHerode, ngemini emisiweyo, ambethe ingubo yobukumkani, wahlala etroneni yakhe.
Wathetha ke kubo.
12:22 Baduma ke abantu, besithi, Lilizwi lothixo elo;
yendoda.
12:23 Samthi ke kwaoko isithunywa seNkosi kuye, ngokuba engamnikelanga uThixo
uzuko: wadliwa ziimpethu, waphuma umphefumlo.
12:24 Laye ke likhula, lisanda ilizwi likaThixo.
12:25 Ke kaloku uBharnabhas noSawule babuya eYerusalem, xa sele begqibile
bathabatha noYohane, ogama limbi linguMarko.