IZenzo
19:1 Ke kaloku kwathi, ngoxa uApolo wayeseKorinte, uPawulos wayenoPawulos
batyhutyha ilizwe lasentla, beza e-Efese;
abafundi,
19:2 wathi kubo, UMoya oyiNgcwele namamkela na, nakholwayo nje?
Bathi ke bona kuye, Asizanga sive ukuba kukho na
nawuphi na uMoya oyiNgcwele.
19:3 Wathi kubo, Nabhaptizelwa ngantoni na phofu? Kwaye bathi,
kuse elubhaptizweni lukaYohane.
19:4 Wathi ke uPawulos, UYohane okunene wabhaptiza ngobhaptizo lwenguquko;
esithi kwizihlwele, mabakholwe kulowo ubeza kukholwa kuye
yiza emva kwakhe, oko kukuthi, kuKristu Yesu.
19:5 Bathe ke bona bakukuva oko, babhaptizwa egameni leNkosi uYesu.
19:6 Ke kaloku, akuba uPawulos ebeke izandla phezu kwabo, wehla uMoya oyiNgcwele phezu kwabo;
Baye bethetha ngeelwimi, beprofeta.
19:7 Aye onke amadoda ngathi alishumi elinababini.
19:8 Ke kaloku, wangena endlwini yesikhungu, wathetha ngokungafihlisiyo kangangezihlandlo ezithathu
iinyanga, ephikisana, ebeyisela kwizinto ezingabo ubukumkani
uThixo.
19:9 Ke kaloku bathi abathile bazenza lukhuni, bengakholwa, basuka banyelisa ngaloo nto
Wemka kubo phambi kwendimbane, wabahlula
bexoxa imihla ngemihla esikolweni sikaTirano.
19:10 Oku ke kwenzeka iminyaka emibini. ukuze bonke abo
Abemi belaseAsiya balive ilizwi leNkosi uYesu, amaYuda kwanamaGrike.
19:11 Kwaye uThixo wenza imiqondiso ekhethekileyo ngesandla sikaPawulos.
19:12 ngokokude kusiwe nakwimilwelwe iiqhiya ukusuka emzimbeni wakhe
zathi zimka kubo izifo, bemka noomoya abakhohlakeleyo
ngaphandle kwabo.
19:13 Ke kaloku abathile bakumaYuda abhadulayo, angabafungisi, bazama ukubabiza
igama leNkosi uYesu phezu kwabanoomoya abakhohlakeleyo, lisithi, Thina
unifungisa uYesu lowo ushunyayelwayo nguPawulos.
19:14 Kwaye kukho ke nyana bathile basixhenxe bakaSkeva, umYuda, umbingeleli omkhulu.
yenze njalo.
19:15 Waphendula ke umoya okhohlakeleyo, wathi, UYesu ndiyamazi, noPawulos ndiyamazi kakuhle;
Ningoobani na ke?
19:16 Wesuka umntu obukuye umoya okhohlakeleyo, wabatsibela, wabeyisa
waweyisa, ngokokude abaleke aphuma kuloo ndlu
ze kwaye benzakele.
19:17 Kwathi ke oko kwazeka kuwo onke amaYuda, kwanakumaGrike amiyo e-Efese;
bawelwa kukoyika bonke, lenziwa likhulu igama leNkosi uYesu.
19:18 Yaye nento eninzi yabakholiweyo isiza, izivuma izixela izenzo zabo.
19:19 Yathi ke nento eyaneleyo yabasebenza izenzo zobugqi, yazizisa ndaweni-nye iincwadi zayo;
wawatshisa phambi kwabantu bonke; bawabala amaxabiso azo;
yafumana amashumi amahlanu amawaka eesilivere.
19:20 Lenjenjalo ke ilizwi leNkosi ukwanda ngamandla nokweyisa.
19:21 Ke kaloku, zakuzaliseka ezi zinto, wagqiba uPawulos esemoyeni, akuba egqibile
batyhutyha elaseMakedoni nelaseAkaya, besiya eYerusalem, besithi, Emveni kwam
Ukuba bendilapho, kufuneka ndiyibone neRoma.
19:22 Ke kaloku wesusa kwelaseMakedoni ababini kwababemlungiselela,
uTimoti noErasto; yena ke ukhe wahlala umzuzu kwelaseAsiya.
19:23 Ke kaloku kwabakho ngelo xesha inkathazeko engencinane ngayo iNdlela le.
19:24 Kuba uthile, ogama linguDemetriyo, umkhandi wesilivere, owenza isilivere
Izithixo zika-Artemis zazizizuzisa iingcibi inzuzo engencinane;
19:25 Wababiza ke, kwanabasebenzi bezinto ezinjalo, wathi,
Madoda, niyazi kakuhle ukuba buphuma kule nzuzo ubutyebi bethu;
19:26 kananjalo niyabona, niyeva, ukuba akuse-Efese kodwa, kuphantse ukuba kubekho
kulo lonke elaseAsiya, lo Pawulos waphambukisa kakhulu, waphambukisa kakhulu
abantu, besithi, asingoothixo abenziwe ngesandla;
19:27 Ngoko ke asiyiyo lo msebenzi wethu wodwa ube sesichengeni sokungabi nanto; kodwa
kwanetempile yothixokazi omkhulu uArtemis ibe yinto engento
ubungangamsha bayo buya kutshabalala, lowo ke lilonke iAsiya nehlabathi
unqula.
19:28 Bakukuva ke oko, bazala ngumsindo, bakhala
bephuma phandle, besithi, Mkhulu uArtemis wabase-Efese.
19:29 Wazala umzi uphela sisidubedube; bambamba uGayo
noAristarko, abelaseMakedoni, ababehamba noPawulos ekuhambeni
bagxalathelana ngamxhelo mnye kwithiyetha.
19:30 Ke kaloku, xa uPawulos angangena esihlweleni, abafundi bakhe
akamvumelanga.
19:31 Ke kaloku nabathile bakubaphathi belaseAsiya, benobuhlobo kuye, bathumela kuye;
emnqwenelela ukuba angazibizi kwindawo yemidlalo yeqonga.
19:32 Abanye ke ngoko babenkqangaza enye into, abanye yimbi, kuba ibandla lalikhona
bhidekile; baye abaninzi bengazi ukuba babuthelene ngenxa yantoni na.
19:33 Bamrhola ke esihlweleni uAlesandire, amaYuda embeka kuye
phambili. Wawangawangisa ngesandla uAlesandire, wafuna ukwenza esakhe
ukuziphendulela ebantwini.
19:34 baqonda ke ukuba ungumYuda, baphuma bonke ngazwi-nye kuloo ndawo
wadanduluka iiyure ezimbini, esithi, Mkhulu uArtemis wabase-Efese.
19:35 Ezolile ke unobhala ebantwini, wathi, Madoda
E-Efese, nguwuphi na umntu ongawaziyo umzi lo?
Kwabase-Efese ngumnquli wothixokazi omkhulu uDiyana, nowomfanekiso
eyawa eJupiter?
19:36 Ekubeni ngoko ezi zinto zingenakuphikiswa, nimelwe kukuthini
uzole, ungenzi nto ngokungxama.
19:37 Kuba niwazise apha la madoda, engebaphangi
nangamabandla, nabanyelisi bothixokazi wenu.
19:38 Ukuba ngoko uDemetriyo neengcibi ezinaye, banaye
Ityala elichasene nabani na, umthetho uvulekile, kwaye kukho amasekela: ma
bayamangalelana.
19:39 Ke ukuba nifuna into nganto zimbi, yothi
kugqitywe kwindibano esemthethweni.
19:40 Kuba sisemngciphekweni wokumangalelwa ngenxa yesaqunge sanamhlanje;
kungekho sizathu sakuba siphendule le ngqungquthela.
19:41 Akutsho, wayindulula intlanganiso.