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.