IZenzo
16:1 Ke kaloku wafika eDerbhe naseListra
khona apho, uTimoti ogama linguTimoti, unyana wentokazi ethile engumYudakazi,
wakholwa; ke uyise yena engumGrike;
16:2 obengqinelwe kakuhle ngabazalwana baseListra naseListra
eIkoniyo.
16:3 Lowo uPawulos wathanda ukuba aphume naye; wamthabatha wamalusa
ngenxa yamaYuda abekwezo ndawo; kuba abekwazi oko konke
uyise wayengumGrike.
16:4 Ke kaloku, xa babeyihamba imizi, babanikela imimiselo
ukuba kugcinwe oko kwakumiswe ngabapostile namadoda amakhulu ababelapho
iYerusalem.
16:5 Kwaye ngokunjalo amabandla aqiniswa elukholweni, kwaye esanda
inani lemihla ngemihla.
16:6 Ke kaloku, balityhutyha ilizwe laseFrigi nelaseGalati, kwaye
balelwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele ukulithetha ilizwi kwelaseAsiya;
16:7 Befikile eMisiya, balinga ukungena eBhithiniya;
UMoya akabavumelanga.
16:8 Badlula eMisiya, behla baya eTrowa.
16:9 Kwabonakala umbono kuPawulos ebusuku. Kwakukho indoda eyayimi
Bamkhunga, besithi, Welela kwela kwelaseMakedoni, uze kunceda
thina.
16:10 Ke kaloku, akuba ewubonile umbono, ngoko nangoko sazama ukungena
eMakedoni, ngokuqinisekileyo sihlanganisene ukuba iNkosi isibizele ukuba sishumayele
iindaba ezilungileyo kubo.
16:11 Sindulukile ngoko eTrowa, sathi ngqo ukuya
eSamotraki, ngengomso seza eNeyapoli;
16:12 besuka apho, seza eFilipi, owona mzi mkhulu waloo mmandla
IMakedoni, nekoloniyali; salibala ke kuloo mzi imihla ethile.
16:13 Sathi ngesabatha saphuma ngaphandle komzi ngasemlanjeni, apho sasithandaza khona
yayiqhele ukwenziwa; sahlala phantsi, sathetha kubafazi ababelapho
buyela khona.
16:14 Kwaye kukho mfazi uthile ugama linguLidiya, umthengisi weengubo ezibomvu, womzi wakulo
Wasiva eTiyatira, omhlonelayo uThixo, ontliziyo yayivulayo uYehova;
ukuba uzinyamekele izinto ezazithethwa nguPawulos.
16:15 Ke kaloku, yakuba ibhaptiziwe nendlu yayo, yasibongoza, isithi,
Ukuba nithi ndithembekile eNkosini, ngenani endlwini yam, nize
hlalani khona. Wasinyanzela.
16:16 Ke kaloku kwathi, kwakubon' ukuba siyaya emthandazweni, kwakukho ntombazana ithile iphethwe
sahlangatyezwa nomoya wokuvumisa, lowo wazizuzisela inzuzo enkulu iinkosi zaso
ngokutsho:
16:17 Yona leyo yamlandela uPawulos nathi, yadanduluka isithi, Ngabo aba
bona abakhonzi bakaThixo Osenyangweni, bona basazisayo indlela yosindiso.
16:18 Oko ke sakwenza sona imihla emininzi. Ebindekile ke uPawulos, wajika wathi kuye
umoya, ndiyakuyalela egameni likaYesu Krestu ukuba uphume kuwo
yena. Waphuma ke kwangelo lixa.
16:19 Zabona iinkosi zayo, ukuba liphelile ithemba lenzuzo yazo, zemka
babamba ooPawulos noSilas, babarholela endaweni yembutho, babasa
abalawuli,
16:20 babazisa kubathetheli, besithi, Aba bantu bangamaYuda nje
siwukhathaza kakhulu umzi wethu,
16:21 basifundisa amasiko ekungavumelekileyo ukuba siwamkele, nokuba siwamkele
khangelani, ningamaRoma.
16:22 Isihlwele sabahlanganyela, nabathetheli;
Bazikrazule iingubo zabo, bathi mababethwe.
16:23 Bathe ke, bakubabeka imivumbo emininzi, babaphosa phakathi
entolongweni, wamthethela umgcini wababanjwa ukuba abagcine.
16:24 owathi, amkele umyalelo onjalo, wabaphosa kwengaphakathi intolongo;
baziqinisa iinyawo zabo emithini.
16:25 Ke kaloku, ezinzulwini zobusuku uPawulos noSilas babethandaza, bevuma indumiso kuThixo
amabanjwa abeva.
16:26 Kwabakho ke ngequbuliso unyikimo olukhulu lomhlaba, ngokokude iziseko zeentsika zezulu zibe zikhulu;
Yazanyazanyiswa intolongo; zavuleka kwaoko zonke iingcango, zaza
wonke umntu aqhawuke izibopho.
16:27 Ethe tyithi ke ebuthongweni umgcini wababanjwa, wababona
zivulekile iingcango zentolongo, warhola ikrele lakhe, eza kuzibulala;
kuba amabanjwa abalekile.
16:28 Wadanduluka ke uPawulos ngezwi elikhulu, esithi, Musa ukuzenzakalisi;
konke apha.
16:29 Ke kaloku wabiza isibane, watsibela phakathi, weza egubha, wawa
phambi koPawulos noSilas.
16:30 Wabazisa phandle, wathi, Zinkosi, ndimelwe kukuthini na, ukuze ndisindiswe?
16:31 Bathi ke bona, Kholwa kuyo iNkosi uYesu Kristu, woba njalo
usindisiwe, nendlu yakho.
16:32 Balithetha kuye ilizwi leNkosi, nakubo bonke ababekuyo
indlu yakhe.
16:33 Wabathabatha ngelo lixa lobusuku, wayihlamba imivumbo yabo;
babhaptizwa kwaoko, yena nabo bonke abakhe.
16:34 Wabazisa endlwini yakhe, wabeka ukudla phambi kwabo.
wagcoba nendlu yakhe yonke, ekholwa kuThixo.
16:35 Kwakusa, abathetheli bathuma amadindala, besithi, Khululani
bayahamba loo madoda.
16:36 Uwaxelile ke umgcini wababanjwa eli lizwi kuPawulos, wathi, Kubathetheli
ndithumele ukuba nihambe; ke ngoko phumani, nihambe ngoxolo.
16:37 Uthe ke uPawulos kubo, Basityabule ekuhleni singagwetywanga
simaRoma, asiphosa entolongweni; ngoku bayasigxotha
ngasese? hayi inene; mabeze bona ngokwabo, basikhuphe.
16:38 Awaxela ke la mazwi amadindala kubathetheli;
boyika bakuva ukuba bangamaRoma.
16:39 Beza bababongoza, babakhupha, babacela
ukuba aphume kuwo umzi.
16:40 Bephumile ke entolongweni, baya kungena kwaLidiya;
bababona abazalwana, babathuthuzela, bemka.