IZenzo
28:1 Bakuba besindile, baqala ukuqonda ukuba isiqhithi eso sithiwa
UMelita.
28:2 Amabharbhari ke wona asenzela ububele obungasininzi;
nomlilo, wasamkela sonke ngenxa yemvula esinayo, nangenxa yemvula ekhoyo
ngenxa yengqele.
28:3 ke uPawulos wabutha inyanda yeentsasa, wayibeka phezu kwayo
kwaphuma inyoka ebushushwini obo, yanamathela esandleni sakhe.
28:4 Athe ke amabharbhari, akulibona irhamncwa lijinga esandleni sakhe, balibona
bathetha bodwa besithi, Kanene lo mntu usisibulala-mntu;
usindile elwandle, impindezelo ayivumi ukuba iphile.
28:5 Lalivuthululela emlilweni irhamncwa, akeva bubi.
28:6 Ke bona babelinde ukuba uza kudumba, mhlawumbi awe phantsi afe;
Baza ke, bakuba belinde ixesha elide, babona kungekho bubi busizayo
kuye, baziguqula iingqondo zabo, bathi unguthixo.
28:7 Ke kaloku, kuloo mmandla bekukho imihlaba yomphathi wesiqithi.
ogama linguPubliyo; owasamkelayo, wasenza undwendwe lwakhe iintsuku zantathu
ngembeko.
28:8 Kwathi ke, uyise kaPubliyo walala phantsi ebanjwe yicesina
wethombo legazi; awathi uPawulos wangena kuye, wathandaza, wabeka owakhe
izandla phezu kwakhe, bamphilisa.
28:9 Kuthe ke kwakwenzeka oko, bathi nabanye ababenezifo esiqithini apho,
weza, waphiliswa;
28:10 bathi bona basenzela iimbeko ezininzi; sathi xa sihamba, bathwala
ngezinto eziyimfuneko kuthi.
28:11 Ke kaloku, emva kweenyanga ezintathu, sanduluka ngomkhombe wakwa-Alesandire, owawukhwele
ebusika esiqithini, esinomqondiso onguCastor noPollux.
28:12 Sathi sakufika eSirakusi, sahlala khona iintsuku zantathu.
28:13 Sahamba khona apho, sajikeleza, safika eRegiyo;
Kwathi ngengomso, kwavuthuza umoya wasezantsi, safika ngengomso ePotiyoli;
28:14 safumana abazalwana apho, basibongoza ukuba sihlale nabo iintsuku zibe sixhenxe;
senjenjeya ukuya eRoma.
28:15 Ke kaloku, bakukuva oko abazalwana, beza kusikhawulela ngathi
kude kuse kwinkundla ka-Apiyo, naseTavene- ni zintathu; awathi, akubabona, uPawulos, wesuka wasondela
wabulela kuThixo, womelela.
28:16 Ke kaloku, xeshikweni sifikileyo eRoma, umthetheli-khulu wabanikela ababanjwa
umthetheli wabasiki; ke uPawulos wavunyelwa ukuba ahlale yedwa, ahlale yedwa
ijoni elalimgcina.
28:17 Ke kaloku kwathi, emva kweentsuku ezintathu, uPawulos wabiza umthetheli webandla
AmaYuda abuthelana ndawonye, wathi kuwo, Madoda
kwaye bazalwana, nangona ndingenzanga nto nxamnye nabantu, okanye
kodwa ndesuka eYerusalem ndingumbanjwa
izandla zamaRoma.
28:18 Athe wona akundincina, afuna ukundikhulula, ngokuba ndikho
Akukho sizathu sakufa kum.
28:19 Athe ke amaYuda akuphika, ndanyanzeleka ukuba ndibhenele kuwo
Kesare; kungengakuba ndibe ndinento yokulumangalela ngayo uhlanga lwakowethu.
28:20 Ndinibongoze ke ngoko, ukuba ndinibone, ndithethe;
nawe; kuba ngenxa yethemba lakwaSirayeli ndibotshiwe yile nto
ikhonkco.
28:21 Bathi ke bona kuye, Thina asizuzanga zincwadi ziphuma kwelakwaYuda
akubangakho bani wakubazalwana, owabikayo, wathetha malunga nawe
nabuphi na ububi kuwe.
28:22 singa singayiva ke into oyithethayo wena;
ihlelo, siyazi ukuba kuyo yonke indawo lichasiwe.
28:23 Ke kaloku, bakummisela imini, kweza kuye into eninzi endlwini yakhe
indawo yokulala; awathi wabacacisela, wabungqinela ubukumkani bukaThixo;
bebeyisela kokungoYesu, ethabatha emthethweni kaMoses, nangaphandle
yabaprofeti, kususela kusasa kwada kwahlwa.
28:24 Yaye inxenye iseyiseka ngaloo mazwi athethwayo, yaye inxenye ingakholwa.
28:25 Bakuba bengavumelananga phakathi kwabo, bemka emva koko
UPawulos wathetha ilizwi lalinye, wathi, UMoya oyiNgcwele uthethe kakuhle ngoIsaya
umprofeti koobawo bethu,
28:26 esithi, Hamba uye kwaba bantu, uthi, Ukuva niya kuva, nize nive
sikuqonda; nokubona niya kubona, ningaqiqi;
28:27 Kuba intliziyo yaba bantu ithe fithi kukutyeba, neendlebe zabo zithe nkqi.
besiva, bayawacima namehlo abo; hleze babone kunye
amehlo abo, beve ngeendlebe zabo, baqonde ngentliziyo yabo;
baguquke, ndibaphilise.
28:28 Makwazeke ngoko kuni, ukuba usindiso lukaThixo luthunyelwe kuni;
iintlanga, nokuba ziya kuva.
28:29 Akuba etshilo, emka amaYuda, enento eninzi
beqiqa phakathi kwabo.
28:30 UPawulos wahlala iminyaka emibini iphela kweyakhe indlu ayiqeshileyo, waza wamkela yonke into
lowo wangena kuye;
28:31 ebuvakalisa ubukumkani bukaThixo, efundisa izinto ezo
iNkosi uYesu Kristu ngokokholo lonke, ingalelwa bani.