IzEnzo
3:1 Manje uPetru noJohane benyukela ndawonye ethempelini ngehora
umkhuleko, kuyihora lesishiyagalolunye.
3:2 Futhi indoda ethile yayilunyonga kusukela esibelethweni sikanina wathwalwa
kwakubekwa insuku ngensuku esangweni lethempeli elithiwa Elihle, ukucela
izipho zabangena ethempelini;
3:3 owathi ebona uPetro loJohane sebezangena ethempelini, wacela isipho.
3:4 UPetru, egqolozele kuye kanye noJohane, wathi: "Sibheke.
3:5 Futhi wabanaka, elindele ukuthola okuthile kubo.
3:6 Wathi uPetru: "Isiliva negolide anginalo; kodwa lokho enginakho ngikunika khona
wena: Egameni likaJesu Kristu waseNazaretha, sukuma uhambe.
3:7 Wayesembamba ngesandla sokunene, wamsukumisa;
izinyawo zakhe namaqakala akhe kwaqiniswa.
3:8 Egxuma, wema, wahamba, wangena nabo
ethempelini, ehamba, egxuma, edumisa uNkulunkulu.
3:9 Futhi bonke abantu bayibona ihamba futhi idumisa uNkulunkulu.
3:10 Base bekwazi ukuthi nguye owayehlalela izipho esangweni Elihle le
ethempelini: bagcwala ukumangala nokumangala ngalokho okwenzekile
kwakumehlele.
3:11 Kwathi isinyonga esisilisiwe sibambe oPetru noJohane, abantu bonke
wagijimela kubo ekhulusini elithiwa elikaSolomoni, kakhulu
ezibuza.
3:12 Kwathi uPetro ekubona, waphendula ebantwini wathi: Madoda akwaIsrayeli!
nimangala ngalokho na? noma nisigqolozeleni ngokungathi nisibheka
amandla ethu noma ubungcwele bethu senze lo muntu wahamba na?
3:13 UNkulunkulu ka-Abrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe, uNkulunkulu wawokhokho bethu,
uyikhazimulisile iNdodana yakhe uJesu; enamkhaphela, nimphika
phambi kukaPilatu, lapho ezimisele ukumkhulula.
3:14 Kodwa nina nimphika oNgcwele noLungileyo, futhi nifuna umbulali
inikelwe;
3:15 Labulala uMbusi wokuphila, uNkulunkulu amvusa kwabafileyo;
esingofakazi bakho.
3:16 Futhi igama lakhe ngokukholwa egameni lakhe uye waqinisa lo muntu, ngubani
niyabona, nazi, yebo, ukukholwa okungaye kumnike lokho
ukuhluzeka okupheleleyo phambi kwenu nonke.
3:17 Manje, bazalwane, ngiyazi ukuthi nenze ngokungazi, njengoba nje futhi.
ababusi bakho.
3:18 Kodwa lezo zinto, uNkulunkulu azimemezele ngaphambili ngomlomo wabo bonke bakhe
abaprofethi, ukuthi uKristu kufanele ahlupheke, ugcwalise kanjalo.
3:19 Ngakho-ke phendukani, futhi niguquke, ukuze izono zenu zisulwe
ukuphuma, lapho izikhathi zokuhlunyeleliswa zizafika zivela ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu
Nkosi;
3:20 Futhi uyakuthuma uJesu Kristu, owashunyayelwa kini ngaphambili.
3:21 Okumelwe izulu limamukele kuze kube izikhathi zokubuyiselwa kwabo bonke
izinto uNkulunkulu azikhuluma ngomlomo wabo bonke abaprofethi bakhe abangcwele
selokhu kwaqala umhlaba.
3:22 Ngoba uMose ngempela wathi kokhokho: INkosi uNkulunkulu wenu umprofethi
ngivuseleni kubazalwane benu njengami; yena niyakumuzwa
konke azakukhuluma kini.
3:23 Futhi kuyokwenzeka ukuthi wonke umphefumulo, okuyinto ngeke ukuzwa lokho
umprofethi, uyakuchithwa phakathi kwabantu.
3:24 Yebo, futhi bonke abaprofethi kusukela kuSamuweli futhi labo abamlandelayo, njengoba
abaningi abakhulumileyo, nabo babikezele ngalezi zinsuku.
3:25 Nina ningabantwana babaprofethi, futhi isivumelwano uNkulunkulu asenza
kanye nawokhokho bethu, bathi ku-Abrahama: Nasenzalweni yakho bonke bayakuzwa
izizwe zomhlaba zibusiswe.
3:26 UNkulunkulu, eseyivusile iNdodana yakhe uJesu kuqala, wayithumela kini ukubusisa
kini, ekuphenduleni, kube yilowo nalowo ebubini bakhe.