IZenzo
23:1 Waqwalasela ke uPawulos entlanganisweni yamatyala, wathi, Madoda, bazalwana, mna
nihlala ninesazela esilungileyo phambi koThixo kwada kwayile mini.
23:2 Umbingeleli omkhulu, uHananiya, wathi abo babemi ngakuye, mabaxabele
emlonyeni.
23:3 Wathi ke uPawulos kuye, Uza kukubetha uThixo, ludongandini luqatyiweyo;
Wena uthi uhlalele ukuba uthethe ityala lam ngokomthetho; uthi mandibethwe
ngokuchasene nomthetho?
23:4 Bathi ke abo babemi khona, Uyamnyelisa na umbingeleli omkhulu kaThixo?
23:5 Wathi ke uPawulos, Bendingazi, bazalwana, ukuba ungumbingeleli omkhulu;
kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Uze ungathethi kakubi ngomlawuli wabantu bakowenu.
23:6 Waqonda ke uPawulos, ukuba elinye icala lelabaSadusi, elinye ke
Badanduluka ke abaFarisi entlanganisweni yamatyala, wathi, Madoda, bazalwana, ndinguye
umFarisi, unyana womFarisi: ngethemba novuko lwabafileyo
ndifile ndiyabizwa.
23:7 Ke kaloku, akuba etshilo, kwabakho impambano phakathi kwabaFarisi
nabaSadusi; yaza yahlulelana inkitha.
23:8 Kuba abaSadusi babesithi, akukho luvuko, nangelosi, nangelosi
kodwa abaFarisi bazivuma zombini ezo ndawo.
23:9 Kwabakho ke unkqangazo olukhulu; baye nababhali babaFarisi.
besuka inxenye, balwa, besithi, Asifumani bubi kulo mntu;
umoya okanye isithunywa sithethile kuye, masingalwi noThixo.
23:10 Ke kaloku, yakuba nkulu impambano, esoyika umthetheli-waka
UPawulos wayefanele ukuba aqwengwe kubo, wayalela amajoni
ehle, amhluthe phakathi kwabo, amzise
kwinqaba.
23:11 Ke kaloku ngobo busuku iNkosi yema ngakuye, yathi, Xola
Yomelela, Pawulos; kuba njengokuba waqononondisa ngam eYerusalem, umelwe kwangokunjalo
nikela ubungqina naseRoma.
23:12 Ke kaloku, kwakusa, abathile bakumaYuda benza ibhunga, bambopha
beziqalekisa, besithi abayi kudla, abayi kusela
bada bambulala uPawulos.
23:13 Baye ke bengaphezu kwamashumi omane ababefungele ukuyenza loo nto.
23:14 Beza kubabingeleli abakhulu namadoda amakhulu, bathi, Sibophile
ngokwethu sisiqalekiso esikhulu, ukuba singadli nto side siyifumane
wambulala uPawulos.
23:15 Ke ngoku nina, kunye nentlanganiso yamatyala, bhekisani kumthetheli-waka, ukuba yena
yihla naye eze kuni ngomso, ngokungathi nibuza into
ngokugqibeleleyo ngakumbi ngaye; kwaye thina, nokuba engekasondeli, silungile
ukumbulala.
23:16 Ke kaloku, akukuva unyana wodade boPawulos ukumlalela kwabo, waya
wangena enqabeni yomkhosi, wamxelela uPawulos.
23:17 UPawulos ubizele kuye omnye wakubathetheli-khulu, wathi, Zisani le nto
Indodana kumthetheli-waka; kuba inento ethile eza kuyithetha
yena.
23:18 Wamthabatha ke, wamsa kumthetheli-waka, wathi, Pawulos
Umbanjwa wandibizela kuye, wacela ukuba ndizise lo mfana kuye
wena unento yokuthetha kuwe.
23:19 Waza umthetheli-waka wayibamba ngesandla, waya naye ngasese
ngasese, wayibuza wathi, Unantoni na oza kuyibika kum?
23:20 Uthe ke yena, AmaYuda avumelene ngokukucela ukuba uthande
umhlise uPawulos ngomso entlanganisweni yamatyala, ngokungathi baya kumbuza
kancinci ngaye ngokugqibeleleyo.
23:21 Ke wena musa ukubayekelela; ngokuba bamlalele
ngaphezu kwamashumi amane amadoda azibophe ngesifungo, ukuba
abayi kudla, bangaseli, bade bambulale;
ulungile, elinde idinga elivela kuwe.
23:22 Umthetheli-waka wayindulula ke indodana leyo, wayithethela ngelithi, Yabona!
uze ungaxeleli bani, ukuba uzibonisile ezi zinto kum.
23:23 Ebizele kuye abathetheli-khulu ababini, wathi, Lungisani amakhulu amabini
amajoni ukuba aye eKesareya, nabakhweli-mahashe abamashumi asixhenxe, kunye
ababinzi bengamakhulu amabini, ngelixa lesithathu lobusuku;
23:24 nilungise namaqegu, ukuze bamkhwelise uPawulos, bamsindise
kuFelikis irhuluneli.
23:25 Wabhala ke incwadi ngoluhlobo.
23:26 UKlawudiyo Lisiya uyabulisa kuFelikis, irhuluneli edume kunene.
23:27 Le ndoda yayibanjwe ngamaYuda, ibe iza kubulawa ngawo;
ndeza ke ndinomkhosi, ndamhlangula, ndakuqonda ukuba unguye
umRoma.
23:28 Ndakuba ke ndingalazi ityala abeyimangalela ngalo, ndaye
bamrholela entlanganisweni yawo yamatyala;
23:29 Ndayifumana imangalelwe ngeembuzwano zomthetho wawo, kodwa ndinayo
akukho nalinye ityala elilingene ukufa, nokufakwa iintambo.
23:30 Ke kaloku, kwakubon' ukuba ndilihletyelwe iyelenqe ebeliza kwenziwa ngayo le ndoda ngamaYuda, ndathumela
kuwe kwaoko, wabawisela umthetho nabamangaleli bakhe, ukuba batsho
ababenaye phambi kwakho. Sala kakuhle.
23:31 Andula ke amasoldati, njengoko amiselwe ngako, amthabatha uPawulos, amzisa kuye
ngobusuku ukuya kwa-Antipatri.
23:32 Ngengomso abashiya abamahashe, ukuba bahambe naye, abuyela kubo
inqaba:
23:33 bathi bona, bakufika eKesareya, bayinikela incwadi kubo
Irhuluneli yammisa noPawulos phambi kwayo.
23:34 Iyilesile ke irhuluneli, yabuza ukuba ibingowuphi na uburhulumente;
yaba. Uthe ke akuqonda ukuba ungowaseKiliki;
23:35 Wathi ndokuva kakuhle, xa bathe bafika nabamangaleli bakho; Kwaye yena
wathi makagcinwe endlwini yerhuluneli kaHerode.