IZenzo
24:1 Ke kaloku, emva kweentsuku ezintlanu, wehla umbingeleli omkhulu, uHananiya, enamadoda amakhulu.
neciko elithile elinguTertulo, lona labayimangalelayo irhuluneli
ngokuchasene noPawulos.
24:2 Uthe ke akubizwa, waqala uTertulo ukummangalela, esithi,
17 Sizola ngawe, ukuba sizole kakhulu, nemisebenzi encomekayo kakhulu
kwenziwa kolu hlanga ngokokubona kwakho.
24:3 Sikwamkela oko, nasezindaweni zonke, Felikis odume kunene, ndawonye nabo bonke
umbulelo.
24:4 Ke ukuze ndingabi sakubambezela ngakumbi
ukuba ukhe usive kancinane ngenceba yakho.
24:5 Kuba le ndoda siyifumene ilusini, ebangela isiphendu
phakathi kwawo onke amaYuda ehlabathini lonke, nomkhokeli walo ihlelo
amaNazarete:
24:6 owazama ukuhlambela itempile, esamthabatha, samthanda
sigwebe ngokomthetho wethu.
24:7 Uthe ke umthetheli-waka uLisiya wasifikela, wasibamba ngogonyamelo olukhulu
amsuse ezandleni zethu,
24:8 wathi, mabeze kuwe abamangaleli bakhe;
ukuze azi zonke ezo zinto simmangalela ngazo.
24:9 Avumelana ke nawo amaYuda, esithi zinjalo ezo zinto.
24:10 Ke kaloku uPawulos, yakunqwala kuye irhuluneli ukuba athethe.
Waphendula ke wathi, Ndisazi nje ukuba sekuyiminyaka emininzi ungumgwebi
Kolu hlanga, kokukhona ndiziphendulela ngomxhelo owonwabileyo;
24:11 ukuze uqonde, ukuba ziselishumi elinambini iintsuku
ekubeni ndenyuka ndaya kunqula eYerusalem.
24:12 Abandifumananga ndixoxa etempileni, ndixoxa namntu
esivusa isihlwele, nokuba sendlwini yesikhungu, naphakathi komzi;
24:13 Kananjalo abanako ukuzimisa izinto abandimangalela ngazo ngoku.
24:14 Ke ndiyakuvuma oku kuwe, ukuba ngokwendlela abathi bona sisiphambano;
ngokunjalo ndiyamnqula uThixo woobawo, ndikholwa zizinto zonke ezikhoyo
ebhaliweyo emthethweni nasebaprofetini.
24:15 ndinethemba kuThixo, into ke abayilindileyo nabo ngokwabo, ukuba babe khona
kuya kubakho uvuko lwabafileyo, lwamalungisa kwanolwabangemalungisa.
24:16 Ke kaloku, kule nto ndiyazama, ukuba ngamaxesha onke ndingabi nasazela nganto
Isikhubekiso kuThixo nasebantwini.
24:17 Ke kaloku, emva kweminyaka emininzi, ndafika ndizisa amalizo neminikelo kuhlanga lwakowethu.
24:18 Kwezo nto andifumana etempileni ndenziwe nyulu, amaYuda athile elaseAsiya;
kungabi ngandimbane, kungabi ngasiphithiphithi.
24:19 abemelwe kukubakho apha phambi kwakho, azichase, ukuba anento yokwenza;
ngokuchasene nam.
24:20 Mabathi aba balapha, ukuba bathe bafumana ububi
ndathi, ndimi entlanganisweni yamatyala;
24:21 ingelilo elo lizwi linye, ndadandulukayo ngalo ndimi phakathi kwabo.
Malunga nokuvuka kwabafileyo ndimangalelwa nguwe
namhlanje.
24:22 Ke kaloku, akuziva ezi zinto uFelikis, ezazi ngakumbi ezi zinto
Waza wababambezela, wathi, Xa athe weza uLisiya umthetheli-waka
yihla, ndiya kukwazi ke yona intsingiselo yentetho yakho.
24:23 Wathi kumthetheli-khulu, makagcinwe uPawulos, abe nenkululeko.
nokuba angaleli namnye kwabazana naye ukuba alungiselele okanye eze
kuye.
24:24 Ke kaloku, emva kwemihla ethile, wafika uFelikis enoDrusila umkakhe, owathi
waye engumYudakazi, wabiza uPawulos, wamva ethetha ngaye ngokholo
UKrestu.
24:25 Kwaye njengoko wayexoxa ngobulungisa, nokuzeyisa, nomgwebo ozayo.
Waza wagubha uFelikis, waphendula wathi, Hamba okwakalokunje; xa ndine
Ngexesha elililo, ndokubiza.
24:26 Kunye ke noko, wayethembe ukuba wonikwa imali nguPawulos, athi yena
Ngoko ke wamthuma futhi ukuba amkhulule, athethe naye
naye.
24:27 Ke kaloku, kwakubon' ukuba kudlule iminyaka emibini, kwangena uPorkiyo Festo egumbini likaFelikis;
owathanda ukukholisa amaYuda, wamyeka uPawulos ekhonkxiwe.