IzEnzo
1:1 Umlando wokuqala ngawenza, Theyofilu, ngakho konke uJesu akuqala
kokubili ukwenza nokufundisa,
1:2 Kwaze kwaba usuku akhushulwa ngalo, emva kwalokho wadabula iNgcwele
UMoya wayenike imiyalo kubaphostoli ayebakhethile:
1:3 Kubo futhi wazibonakalisa ephila ngemva kokuhlushwa kwakhe ngabaningi
ubufakazi obungenaphutha, obubonwa yibo izinsuku ezingamashumi amane, bekhuluma ngabo
izinto eziphathelene nombuso kaNkulunkulu:
1:4 Futhi, njengoba ehlangene nabo, wabayala ukuthi kufanele
lingasuki eJerusalema, kodwa lilindele isithembiso sikaBaba.
lokho, uthi, enakuzwa ngami.
1:5 Ngokuba uJohane ngempela wabhapathiza ngamanzi; kodwa lina lizabhabhathizwa nge
UMoya oNgcwele zingakadluli izinsuku eziningi.
1:6 Ngakho sebebuthene, bambuza bathi: Nkosi,
Uzabuyisela umbuso kuIsrayeli ngalesisikhathi yini?
1:7 Wathi kubo: “Akusikho okwenu ukwazi izikhathi noma izikhathi
izinkathi, uBaba azibeke emandleni akhe.
1:8 Kodwa nizakwamukeliswa amandla, emva kokuba uMoya oNgcwele esefikile phezu kwenu.
niyakuba ngofakazi bami eJerusalema nakulo lonke laseJudiya.
naseSamariya, kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba.
1:9 Esezishilo lezi zinto, besabhekile wakhushulwa;
ifu lamsusa emehlweni abo.
1:10 Kwathi besagqolozele ezulwini ekhuphuka, bheka!
amadoda amabili emi ngakubo, enezingubo ezimhlophe;
1:11 athi, Madoda aseGalile, nimeleni nibheke ezulwini na?
uJesu lo, onyuswe kini enyuselwa ezulwini, uyakuza kanjalo
kanjalo njengoba nimbonile eya ezulwini.
1:12 Khona-ke babuyela eJerusalema bevela entabeni ethiwa Yeminqumo, okuyinto
ukusuka eJerusalema uhambo losuku lwesabatha.
1:13 Futhi lapho bengena, bakhuphukela ekamelweni eliphezulu, lapho behlala khona
noPetru, noJakobe, noJohane, no-Andreya, noFiliphu, noTomase,
uBartolomewu, noMathewu, noJakobe indodana ka-Alfewu, noSimoni Zelote,
loJudasi umfowabo kaJakobe.
1:14 Laba bonke baqinisela nganhliziyonye ekukhulekeni nasekunxuseni kanye
abesifazane, noMariya unina kaJesu, kanye nabafowabo.
1:15 Ngalezo zinsuku uPetru wema phakathi kwabafundi, futhi
wathi, (isibalo samagama ndawonye sasingaba yikhulu namashumi amabili.)
1:16 Madoda, bazalwane, lo mbhalo kumele ziye zagcwaliseka, okuyinto
uMoya oNgcwele ngomlomo kaDavida wakhuluma ngaphambili ngoJudasi.
eyayingumkhokheli walabo abambamba uJesu.
1:17 Ngoba wayebalwa kanye nathi, futhi wayethole ingxenye yale nkonzo.
1:18 Manje lo muntu wathenga insimu ngomvuzo wokungalungi; nokuwa
ngekhanda, wabhoboka phakathi, kwagobhoza amathumbu akhe onke.
1:19 Kwase kwaziwa yibo bonke abakhileyo eJerusalema; kangangokuthi
Insimu ibizwa ngokuthi ngolimi lwabo i-Akeldama, okungukuthi, i-Akeldama
insimu yegazi.
1:20 Ngoba kulotshiwe encwadini yamaHubo ukuthi: Umuzi wakhe mawube yincithakalo,
futhi makungahlali muntu kulo: nobufundisi bakhe makuthathwe omunye.
1:21 Ngakho kulawa madoda ayehamba nathi ngaso sonke isikhathi ukuthi
INkosi uJesu yayingena iphuma phakathi kwethu.
1:22 Kusukela ekubhapathizweni kukaJohane, kwaze kwaba ngalolo suku athathwa ngalo
asuke kithi, kumiswe omunye abe ngufakazi kanye nathi ngaye
ukuvuka.
1:23 Basebemisa ababili, uJosefa othiwa uBarsaba, othiwa futhi nguJustusi,
kanye noMathiya.
1:24 Bakhuleka, bathi, Wena, Nkosi, owazi izinhliziyo zabo bonke
madoda, bonisani ukuthi kulaba ababili yini oyikhethileyo.
1:25 Ukuze athathe ingxenye yale nkonzo nobuphostoli, kusukela lapho uJuda
wawa ngesiphambeko, ukuze aye endaweni yakhe.
1:26 Benza inkatho yabo; inkatho yadla uMathiyasi; futhi yena
wabalelwa kanye nabaphostoli abayishumi nanye.