IZenzo
25:1 Uthe ngoko uFesto, akuba engene eburhulumenteni, wathi emva kweentsuku ezintathu, wenyuka
ukusuka eKesareya ukuya eYerusalem.
25:2 Waza umbingeleli omkhulu nabaphathi bamaYuda bammangalela
UPawulos, wambongoza,
25:3 wacela ukuba abababale kuye, athumele eze eYerusalem.
bemlalele endleleni ukuze bambulale.
25:4 Waphendula ke ngoko uFesto, wathi, ugcinwe eKesareya uPawulos;
yena ebeza kumka kamsinya aye khona.
25:5 Wathi ngoko, abo banako phakathi kwenu mabehle nam;
nimmangalele lo mntu, ukuba kukho butshijolo kuye.
25:6 Akuba ke elibele kubo imihla engaphezu kweshumi, wehla waya kubo
eKesareya; ngengomso, uhleli esihlalweni sokugweba, wamwisela umthetho uPawulos
ukuba iziswe.
25:7 Uthe ke akufika, amaYuda abehle evela eYerusalem ema
macala onke, waza wammangalela uPawulosi izimangalo ezininzi ezinzulu, ezithi
ababanga nabungqina.
25:8 Ke kaloku eziphendulela ngokwakhe, esithi, Kwakungekho kumthetho wamaYuda.
nakwetempile, nakuKesare, andonanga namnye
into yonke.
25:9 Ke uFesto, efuna ukukholisa amaYuda, wamphendula uPawulos, wathi,
Ngaba unganyuka uye eYerusalem, ugwetywe khona ngenxa engaphambili ngezi zinto?
mna?
25:10 Uthe ke uPawulos, Ndimi esihlalweni sokugweba sikaKesare, apho ndimelwe kukuhlala khona
Andenzanga bubi kumaYuda, njengokuba nawe usazi kakuhle.
25:11 Kuba xa ndithe ndonile, ndenza into elingene ukufa, I
ungavumi ukufa; kodwa ukuba akukho nanye yezo zinto ziphuma kuzo ezi zinto
bandimangalele, akukho bani unokundinikela kubo. Ndibhenela kuKesare.
25:12 Waza uFesto, akuba ethethe nentlanganiso yamatyala, waphendula wathi, Utshilo na?
ubhenele kuKesare? uya kuya kuKesare.
25:13 Ke kaloku, emva kwemihla ethile, ukumkani uAgripa, noBhernike beza eKesareya
Bulisani kuFesto.
25:14 Ke kaloku, bakuba khona imihla emininzi, uFesto wayichaza indawo kaPawulos
kukumkani, esithi, Kukho indoda ethile, ishiyiwe nguFelikis.
25:15 abathi, oko ndibe ndiseYerusalem, ababingeleli abakhulu namadoda amakhulu alo
andimangalela amaYuda, efuna ukuba igwetywe.
25:16 Endathi kubo, Asiyondlela yamaRoma ukunikela nayiphi na
ukuba umntu afe, phambi kokuba lowo umangalelweyo abhekane nabamangaleli
ubuso bakhe, kwaye abe nemvume yokuziphendulela malunga nolwaphulo-mthetho olubekiweyo
ngokuchasene naye.
25:17 Bathe ke bakufika apha, andizange ndilibazise ngengomso
wahlala esihlalweni sokugweba, wathi mayiziswe indoda leyo.
25:18 Ke kaloku, bakuvela abamangaleli, abamisa nalinye ityala ngakulo
izinto ezinjalo njengoko bendicinga:
25:19 Baye ke beneembuzwano ezithile naye ngokuhlonela kwabo izithixo, nangawo
omnye uYesu, owayefile, awathi uPawulos uhleli.
25:20 Kwaye ngenxa yokuba ndandithandabuza ngayo imibuzo enjalo, Ndambuza ukuba
wathanda ukuya eYerusalem, athethwe khona apho ngezo ndawo.
25:21 Ke kaloku, akubon’ ukuba uPawulos ubhenele ukuba agcinelwe isigwebo soMhlekazi.
ndathi makagcinwe, ndide ndimthumele kuKesare.
25:22 Wathi ke uAgripa kuFesto, Bendinga nam ndingakhe ndimve umntu lowo. Ukuya
Wathi yena, Uya kumva ngomso.
25:23 Uthe ke ngengomso, wafika uAgripa, enoBhernike, benemihombo emikhulu.
wangena endaweni yetyala, kunye nabathetheli-waka
amadoda aziintloko omzi, ngokomthetho kaFesto, aziswe uPawulos
phambili.
25:24 Wathi ke uFesto, Kumkani Agripa, nani bonke abakho apha kunye
Nathi, niyambona lo mntu, eyenze ngaye yonke inkitha yamaYuda
ekunye nam eYerusalem nalapha, ndidanduluka ukuba ungafanele
phila kwakhona.
25:25 Kodwa mna ndafumanisa ukuba akenzanga nto ilingene ukufa, yaye oko
yena ngokwakhe ubhenele kuMhlekazi, ndigqibe kwelokuba ndimthumele kuye.
25:26 endingenanto iyinyaniso ndingayibhalayo ngaye enkosini yam. Ngenxa yoko ndinayo
wamzisa phambi kwenu, ngokukodwa phambi kwakho, kumkani Agripa;
ukuze, emva koviwo, ndibe nento endinokuyibhala.
25:27 Kuba kum kubonakala ibubudenge, ukuba kuthunyelwe ikhonkxwa, lingekho kanye
bonakalisa amatyala abekwe phezu kwakhe.