IzEnzo
12:1 Ngaleso sikhathi uHerode inkosi welula izandla zakhe ukuze ahluphe
abathile bebandla.
12:2 Futhi wabulala uJakobe umfowabo kaJohane ngenkemba.
12:3 Futhi njengoba ebona ukuthi kuyabajabulisa amaJuda, waqhubeka wathatha
UPetru futhi. (Khona-ke kwakuyizinsuku zesinkwa esingenamvubelo.)
12:4 Futhi lapho esembambile, wamfaka etilongweni, futhi wamkhulula
namabutho amane ukuba amlinde; ehlose ngemva kwePhasika uku
mkhipheni kubantu.
12:5 Ngakho uPetru wagcinwa etilongweni, kodwa umkhuleko wenziwa ngokungaphezi
webandla kuNkulunkulu ngenxa yakhe.
12:6 Kwathi uHerode esefuna ukumkhipha, ngalobo busuku uPetru wayekhona
belele phakathi kwamasosha amabili, beboshwe ngamaketanga amabili, nabalindi
ngaphambi komnyango belinde itilongo.
12:7 Futhi bheka, ingelosi yeNkosi yeza phezu kwakhe, futhi ukukhanya kwakhanya phakathi
etilongweni; yamshaya uPetru ohlangothini, yamvusa, ethi:
Asukume ngokushesha. Futhi amaketanga akhe awela ezandleni zakhe.
12:8 Ingelosi yathi kuye: "Bhinca, futhi ufake izicathulo zakho." Futhi
wenza kanjalo. Wasesithi kuye: Yembatha ingubo yakho, njalo
Ngilandele.
12:9 Waphuma, wamlandela; futhi bengingazi ukuthi kuyiqiniso lokho
kwenziwa ingelosi; kodwa wacabanga ukuthi ubona umbono.
12:10 Kwathi sebedlule i-ward yokuqala neyesibili, bafika endaweni
isango lensimbi eliholela emzini; okwabavulela okwakhe
baphuma, badlula isitaladi esisodwa; futhi
ingilosi yahle yasuka kuye.
NgokukaLuka 12:11 Kwathi uPetru esesangulukile, wathi: “Manje sengiyazi ngeqiniso.
ukuthi uJehova uthumile ingelosi yakhe, wangikhulula esandleni
kaHerode, nakuko konke ukulindela kwabantu bamaJuda.
12:12 Esekucabangile lokho, wafika endlini kaMariya
unina kaJohane othiwa uMarku; lapho ababebuthene khona abanengi
ndawonye bekhuleka.
12:13 Kwathi uPetru engqongqotha emnyango wesango, intombazana yeza izolalela.
okuthiwa uRoda.
12:14 Kwathi selilazi izwi likaPetru, alivulanga isango ngenxa yokuthokoza.
kodwa wagijima wangena wabika ukuthi uPetro umi phambi kwesango.
12:15 Bathi kuye, Uyahlanya. Kodwa wayelokhu egcizelela lokho
kwaba njalo. Base bethi: "Yingelosi yakhe."
12:16 Kodwa uPetru waqhubeka engqongqoza
yena, bamangala.
12:17 Kodwa yena, wabaqhweba ngesandla ukuba bathule, wamemezela
kubo ukuthi iNkosi yamkhipha kanjani etilongweni. Wathi,
Nibikele uJakobe nabazalwane lezi zinto. Wasuka wahamba.
wasesiya kwenye indawo.
12:18 Kwathi sekusile, kwaba khona isiphithiphithi esingesincane phakathi kwamabutho.
kwenzekani kuPetru.
12:19 Kwathi uHerode emfuna engamtholi, wamphenya
abalindi, walaya ukuthi babulawe. Wahamba
wehla eJudiya, waya eKesariya, wahlala khona.
12:20 UHerode wayebathukuthelele kakhulu abaseTire nabaseSidoni;
beza kuye nganhliziyonye, futhi esebeke uBlastu inkosi
umngane wabo, bafisa ukuthula; ngoba izwe labo lalinjalo
ondliwa yizwe lenkosi.
12:21 Kwathi ngosuku olumisiweyo uHerode wembatha ingubo yobukhosi, wahlala esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi.
wasekhuluma kubo.
12:22 Futhi abantu bamemeza, bathi: "Yizwi likaNkulunkulu, hhayi."
womuntu.
12:23 Futhi ngokushesha ingelosi yeNkosi yamshaya, ngoba akazange amnike uNkulunkulu
inkazimulo: wadliwa yizimpethu, waphuma.
12:24 Kodwa izwi likaNkulunkulu lakhula futhi landa.
12:25 Futhi uBarnaba noSawulu babuya eJerusalema, lapho sebeqedile
inkonzo yabo, bahamba noJohane othiwa uMarku.