IZenzo
13:1 Ke kaloku, kwaye kukho ebandleni ebelikwa-Antiyokwe abathile abaprofeti naba
ootitshala; njengoBharnabhas, noSimon ekuthiwa nguNigere, noLukiyo waseJiputa
noKirene, noManayen, obondliwayo noHerode umphathi wesahlulo sesine,
noSawule.
13:2 Bakubon' ukuba ke bayabusa eNkosini, bezila ukudla, wathi uMoya oyiNgcwele.
Ndahluleleni ke uBharnabhas kwanoSawule, baye emsebenzini endibabizele kuwo.
13:3 Bathe ke, bakuba bezile ukudla, bathandaza, babeka nezandla phezu kwabo
wabandulula.
13:4 Bona ke ngoko, bakuthunywa nguMoya oyiNgcwele, behla baya kwaSeluki; kwaye
besuka apho ngomkhombe, baya eSipro.
13:5 Bathe bakufika eSalamis, balishumayela ilizwi likaThixo apho
Baye ke benoYohane umlungiseleli wabo.
13:6 Besigqibile ke isiqhithi, besa ePafo, bafumana intaba
12 sisikhafuli esithile, umprofeti wobuxoki, umYuda ogama linguBhar-yesu;
13:7 owayehlala kwibamba uSergiyo Pawulos, indoda enokuqonda;
owababizela kuye ooBharnabhas noSawule, efuna ukuliva ilizwi likaThixo.
13:8 Wamelana ke noElimas, usiyazi (kuba litsho igama lakhe lakuthethwa ngentetho evakalayo).
bengxamele ukujika ibamba elukholweni.
13:9 Wandula ke uSawule (okwabizwa ngokuba nguPawulos) ezaliswe nguMoya oyiNgcwele, wahlala
amehlo akhe ngakuye,
13:10 wathi, Wena uzeleyo yiyo yonke inkohliso, nabubo bonke ubutshijolo, nyanandini!
Sathana, lutshabandini lobulungisa bonke, akuyi kupheza ukugqwetha
iindlela ezilungileyo zeNkosi?
13:11 Kwaye ngoku yabona, isandla seNkosi siphezu kwakho, kwaye uya kuba
iimfama, umzuzu engaliboni ilanga. Kwangoko yawa
uyinkungu nobumnyama; watyhutyha ke, efuna abangamrholayo
isandla.
13:12 Lithe ke ibamba, lakukubona oko kwenzekileyo, lakholwa, likhwankqisiwe
kwimfundiso yeNkosi.
13:13 Ke kaloku, bakunduluka ePafo uPawulos neqela lakhe, beza ePerga
ePamfili: Wemka ke kubo uYohane, wabuyela eYerusalem.
13:14 Bendulukile ke bona ePerga, beza kufika kwa-Antiyokwe kwelasePisidi.
wangena endlwini yesikhungu ngomhla wesabatha, wahlala phantsi.
13:15 Kwaye emva kokuleswa komthetho nabaprofeti abalawuli
Indlu yesikhungu yathumela kubo, yathi, Madoda, bazalwana, ukuba ninabo
Ilizwi lokukhuthaza abantu, litsho.
13:16 Wesuka ke uPawulos, wawangawangisa ngesandla, wathi, Madoda, maSirayeli!
baphulaphuleni, nina bamoyikayo uThixo.
13:17 UThixo waba bantu bakwaSirayeli wabanyula oobawo bethu, wabaphakamisa uYehova
abantu ekuphambukeleni kwabo ezweni laseYiputa, behleli kunye
Ngengalo ephakamileyo wabakhupha kuyo.
13:18 Wathi ngexesha eliyiminyaka engathi imashumi mane, wayithwala imikhwa yabo emkhosini
entlango.
13:19 wathi akuwisa iintlanga ezisixhenxe ezweni lakwaKanan
wababela umhlaba wabo ngeqashiso.
13:20 Emva koko, wabanika abagwebi, ngathi abangamakhulu amane
iminyaka emashumi mahlanu, kwada kwakuSamuweli umprofeti.
13:21 Emva koko bacela ukumkani, uThixo wabanika uSawule unyana
kwaKishe, indoda yesizwe sakwaBhenjamin, iminyaka emashumi mane.
13:22 Uthe ke akumkhupha yena, wabavelisela uDavide ukuba abe ngumsebenzi wabo
ukumkani; awamngqinelayo kanjalo, wathi, Ndimfumene uDavide
unyana kaYese, indoda engantliziyo yam, eya kukwenza konke okwam
intando.
13:23 Embewini yalo mntu uthe, ngokwedinga lakhe, kuSirayeli;
uMsindisi, uYesu:
13:24 kwakubon’ ukuba uYohane uvakalise tanci, phambi kokungena kwakhe, ubhaptizo loguquko
kubo bonke oonyana bakaSirayeli.
13:25 Xa ke uYohane ebesekulufezeni uhambo lwakhe, ubesithi, Nithi nina ndingubani na? Ndingu
hayi yena. Yabonani, kuza emva kwam lowo, ozimbadada ezinyaweni zakhe
andikulingene ukuba ndikhululwe;
13:26 Madoda, bazalwana, nyana bomlibo wakwa-Abraham, nabo bonke abaphakathi kwabo
nimoyikayo uThixo; ilizwi lolu lusindiso lithunyelwe kuni.
13:27 Kuba abemi baseYerusalem, nabaphathi babo, kuba babesazi
hayi yena, kwanamazwi abaprofeti aleswayo ngeesabatha ngeesabatha
imini, bawazalisa ngokumgweba.
13:28 bathi, bengafumananga nalinye ityala lokufa, bacela kuPilato
ukuba abulawe.
13:29 Bakuba ke bezifezile zonke izinto ezibhaliweyo ngaye, bamthabatha
wehla emthini, wambeka engcwabeni.
13:30 Kodwa uThixo wamvusa kwabafileyo.
13:31 Yena lowo wabonwa imihla emininzi ngabo babenyuke naye, bevela kwelaseGalili besiza
iYerusalem, engamangqina akhe ebantwini.
13:32 Ke thina sinishumayeza iindaba ezilungileyo zokuba lalikho idinga elo
yenziwe koobawo,
13:33 Ngoko ke uThixo ulizalisile lona kuthi, bantwana babo, ngokuba ekwenzile oko;
wamvusa kwakhona uYesu; njengokuba kubhaliwe nakweyesibini ukuthi, Nawe
unguNyana wam, mna namhla ndikuzele.
13:34 Malunga ke nokumvusa kwakhe kwabafileyo, angabi saphinda
buyela ekonakaleni, watsho ukuthi, Ndiya kuninika oqinisekileyo
iinceba zikaDavide.
13:35 Kungoko athi nakwenye iNdumiso, Akuyi kuyekela kuwe;
OyiNgcwele wokubona ukubola.
13:36 Kuba uDavide, okunene, osebenze kwesakhe isizukulwana ngokuthanda kukaThixo,
walala ubuthongo, wabekwa kooyise, wakubona ukubola;
13:37 ke yena owavuswayo nguThixo, akabonanga kubola.
13:38 Makwazeke ngoko kuni, madoda, bazalwana, ukuba ngalo mntu
kushunyayelwa kuni uxolelo lwezono;
13:39 nakuzo zonke izinto eniya kugwetyelwa kuzo, bonke abakholwayo bayagwetyelwa ngaye
wayengenako ukugwetyelwa ngomthetho kaMoses.
13:40 Lumkani ngoko, ningafikelwa koko kuthethwayo kuni
abaprofeti;
13:41 Bonani, nina badeli, nimangaliswe, nitshabalale; ngokuba mna ndisebenza umsebenzi kuni.
iintsuku, umsebenzi eningasayi kukholwa ngawo, nokuba uthe wawaziwa
kuwe.
13:42 Ke kaloku, akuphuma amaYuda endlwini yesikhungu, babongoza abeentlanga;
ukuze la mazwi athethwe kubo ngesabatha ezayo.
13:43 Ke kaloku, lakuba lichithakele isikhungu, into eninzi yamaYuda neyabahlonela izithixo
amaguquka alandela ooPawulos noBharnabhas; abathi bona, bethetha kubo, babeyisela
mabahlale behleli elubabalweni lukaThixo.
13:44 Kuthe ke ngelandelayo isabatha, waphantsa ukuhlanganisana umzi wonke, ukuba uve
ilizwi likaThixo.
13:45 Ke kaloku amaYuda, akuzibona izihlwele, azala ngumona;
Waziphikisa izinto ezazithethwa nguPawulos, ephikisana naye
ukunyelisa.
13:46 Bathetha ke ngobukroti ooPawulos noBharnabhas, bathi, Bekunyanzelekile ukuba kube njalo
Bekufanele ukuba lithethwe kuni kuqala ilizwi likaThixo;
nizigwebe anibufanele ubomi obungunaphakade, niyabona, siyabuya
kwiiNtlanga.
13:47 Ngokuba iNkosi isiwisele umthetho ngokunjalo, yathi, Ndikubekile ukuba ube sisikhanyiso
weentlanga, ukuze ube ngowosindiso kude kuse ekupheleni
Umhlaba.
13:48 Bakuva ke oko abeentlanga, bavuya, balizukisa ilizwi
beNkosi: bakholwa bonke ababemiselwe ubomi obungunaphakade.
13:49 Laye ke ilizwi leNkosi lihanjiswa kulo lonke ilizwe elo.
13:50 Ke kaloku amaYuda abaxhokonxa abafazi ababehlonela uThixo, ababekekileyo, nabanini
amadoda aloo mzi, abaxhoxhela intshutshiso ooPawulos noBharnabhas;
wabagxotha emideni yabo.
13:51 Bathe ke bona bawavuthululela uthuli lweenyawo zabo, beza kubo
eIkoniyo.
13:52 Baye ke abafundi bezaliswe luvuyo nanguMoya oyiNgcwele.