IZenzo 20:1 Ke kaloku, sakuba siphelile isiphithiphithi eso, uPawulos wababizela kuye abafundi bakhe wababulisa, wemka ukuba aye kwelaseMakedoni. 20:2 Ewatyhutyhile ke loo macala, wabanika kakhulu Wayalwa ke, weza kwelaseGrisi. 20:3 Wahlala apho iinyanga zantathu. Athi ke, akumlalela amaYuda, njengaye xa wayeza kunduluka ngomkhombe aye kwelaseSiriya, wagqiba kwelokuba acande kwelaseMakedoni ngokubuya. 20:4 Waphelekelelwa ke, kwada kweza kwelaseAsiya, nguSopatro waseBhereya; kunye ne abaseTesalonika, uAristarko noSekundo; noGayo waseDerbhe, kunye uTimoti; kwabaseAsiya, ooTikiko noTrofimo. 20:5 Aba basandulela, basilinda eTrowa. 20:6 Semka ngomkhombe eFilipi, emva kwemihla yezonka ezingenagwele weza kubo eTrowa ngeentsuku ezintlanu; sahlala khona iintsuku zasixhenxe. 20:7 Ke kaloku, ngolokuqala usuku lweveki, bakubon’ ukuba bahlanganisene ke abafundi waqhekeza isonka, uPawulos wayememeza kubo, eza kumka ngengomso; kwaye wayiqhuba intetho yakhe kwada kwaphakathi kobusuku. 20:8 Kwaye kukho izibane ezininzi kwigumbi eliphezulu, apho babe bahlanganiselwa ndawonye. 20:9 Kwaye kuhleli efestileni ndodana ithile, egama linguYutiko wasindwa bubuthongo obunzulu; kwakubon’ ukuba uPawulos kukade eshumayela, wathi shwaka yawa, yawa phantsi isuka kolwesithathu udidi, yafunqulwa ifile. 20:10 Wehla ke uPawulos, waziphosa phezu kwayo, wayiwola, wathi, Musa ukuxhala ngokwenu; ngokuba umphefumlo wakhe ukuye. 20:11 Wenyuka ke ngoko, waqhekeza isonka, wadla. Wancokola ixesha elide, kwada kwasa, wemka. 20:12 Bamzisa ke umfana ephilile, bathuthuzeleka noko. 20:13 Ke kaloku thina sandulela ukuya enqanaweni, sahamba ngomkhombe ukuya eAso, apho besiza kuya khona mthabatheni uPawulos; kuba ebemisele ngokunjalo, yena eza kuhamba ngeenyawo. 20:14 Wathi akuhlangatyezwa nathi eAso, samthabatha, safika eMitilene. 20:15 Sesuka apho ngomkhombe, ngengomso safika malungana neKiyo; kwaye i Safika ngengomso eSamo, sahlala eTrogiliyo; kunye nelandelayo Safika eMileto ngaloo mini. 20:16 Kuba uPawulos wagqiba kwelokuba kudlulwe ngomkhombe e-Efese, ukuze angadli kuchitha kwabakho ixesha kwelaseAsiya; kuba wayekhawulezele ukuthi, ukuba unako, aphume aphele IYerusalem ngomhla wePentekoste. 20:17 Ke kaloku, eseMileto, wathumela e-Efese, wabiza amadoda amakhulu ebandla ecaweni. 20:18 Beza ke kuye, wathi kubo, Niyazi nina Ngemini yokuqala endafikayo kwelaseAsiya, uhlobo olunjani na endaba ngalo kuni ngawo onke amaxesha, 20:19 niyikhonze iNkosi ngako konke ukuthobeka kwentliziyo, nangeenyembezi ezininzi, nangeenyembezi izilingo, ezandihlelayo ngokulalela amaYuda; 20:20 ukuba andinifihlelanga nto, ndinifihlele; ndanibonisa, ndanifundisa ekuhleni, nakwizindlu ngezindlu; 20:21 ndiqononondisa kumaYuda nakumaGrike ukuguqukela kuwo uThixo, nokholo kuyo iNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu. 20:22 Ngoku ke, yabonani, mna ndiya eYerusalem, ndibotshiwe nguMoya, ndingazi izinto eziya kundihlela khona; 20:23 ngaphandle nje kokuba uMoya oyiNgcwele ungqinela kwimizi ngemizi, esithi ngamakhamandela kunye iimbandezelo zindilindile. 20:24 Kodwa andiwugqali njengobalulekileyo kum umphefumlo wam ukuze ndilufeze ugqatso lwam ngovuyo, nobulungiseleli; endazamkelayo eNkosini uYesu, ukuba ndingqinele iindaba ezilungileyo zeNkosi ubabalo lukaThixo. 20:25 Ngoku ke, yabonani, ndiyazi ukuba nina nonke ndahambayo phakathi kwenu, ndishumayela iindaba ezilungileyo kuni ubukumkani bukaThixo abuyi kuphinda babubone ubuso bam. 20:26 Kungoko ndingqinayo kuni ngayo le mini yanamhla, ukuba mna ndimsulwa egazini kubo bonke abantu. 20:27 Kuba ndanixelela lonke icebo likaThixo. 20:28 Zilumkeleni ngoko, nawo wonke umhlambi, phezu kwawo athe uMoya oyiNgcwele wanimisa ukuba ngabaveleli, ukuba nilandle ibandla likaThixo; athe wathenga ngegazi lakhe. 20:29 Kuba mna ndiyakwazi oku, ukuba emva kokumka kwam, kuya kungena iingcuka ezibawayo phakathi kwenu, ningawucongi umhlambi. 20:30 Nakuni ngokwenu kuya kuvela amadoda athetha izinto ezigwenxa, athethe izinto ezigwenxa batsale abafundi emva kwabo. 20:31 Phaphani ngoko, nikhumbule ukuba ngeminyaka emithathu ndayeka singabalumkisi bonke ubusuku nemini ngeenyembezi. 20:32 Ngoku ke, bazalwana, ndiyaniyaleza kuThixo, nakwilizwi lobabalo lwakhe. enako ukunakha, aninike ilifa phakathi kwabantu bonke abo bangcwalisiweyo. 20:33 Andinqwenelanga silivere nagolide nangubo kabani. 20:34 Nani ngokwenu niyazi, ukuba ezi zandla zalungiselela mna iintswelo, nababenam. 20:35 Ndanibonisa zonke izinto, ukuba nimelwe kukuthini na ukubulaleka abaswele amandla, bawakhumbule amazwi eNkosi uYesu, njengoko yathi yona Kunoyolo ngakumbi ukupha kunokwamkela. 20:36 Akutsho, waguqa ngamadolo, wathandaza kunye nabo bonke. 20:37 Basuka ke balila kakhulu bonke, bawa entanyeni kaPawulos, bamanga. 20:38 bebuhlungu kakhulu, ngokukodwa lilizwi alithethileyo lokuba babone ubuso bakhe abusekho. Bamkhapha ke bamsa emkhombeni.