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.