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13:1 Manje kwakukhona ebandleni lase-Antiyokiya abaprofethi abathile kanye
othisha; njengoBarnaba, noSimeyoni othiwa uNigeri, noLukiyu wase
eKhurene, noManayeni owayondliwe kanye noHerode umtetrarki,
loSawule.
13:2 Kwathi bekhonza iNkosi, bezila ukudla, uMoya oNgcwele wathi.
Ngahlukaniseleni oBarnaba noSawulu baye emsebenzini engibabizele kuwo.
13:3 Kwathi sebezile ukudla, bakhuleka, babeka izandla phezu kwabo
wabamukisa.
13:4 Ngakho, njengoba ethunywe nguMoya oNgcwele, behlela eSelukiya; futhi
basuka lapho, baya eKhupro.
13:5 Futhi lapho sebefikile eSalami, bashumayela izwi likaNkulunkulu phakathi
amasinagoge abaJuda; babenoJohane futhi eyisikhonzi sabo.
13:6 Futhi lapho sebedabule isiqhingi kuze ePhafo, bathola a
isanusi, umprofethi wamanga, umJuda, ogama lakhe linguBarjesu;
13:7 owayekanye nenduna yezwe, uSergiyu Pawulu, indoda ehlakaniphileyo;
owabiza uBarnabasi loSawuli, wafisa ukuzwa ilizwi likaNkulunkulu.
13:8 Kodwa u-Elimas isangoma (ngokuba linjalo igama lakhe ngokuhunyushwa) wamelana
bezama ukuphambukisa ibamba ekukholweni.
13:9 Khona-ke uSawulu, (obizwa nangokuthi uPawulu,) egcwele uMoya oNgcwele, wabeka
amehlo akhe kuye,
13:10 Wathi, O ogcwele yonke inkohliso nabo bonke ububi, ndodana yomuntu!
Develi, sitha sakho konke ukulunga, awuyikuyeka ukuphendukezela
izindlela ezilungile zeNkosi?
13:11 Futhi manje, bheka, isandla seNkosi siphezu kwakho, futhi uyakuba
eyimpumputhe, engaliboni ilanga isikhathi. Kwahle kwawa
uyinkungu nobumnyama; wahambahamba efuna abangamhola
isandla.
13:12 Khona-ke isekela, lapho ebona okwenzekileyo, wakholwa, njengoba emangele
emfundisweni yeNkosi.
13:13 Manje lapho uPawulu nethimba lakhe besuka ePhafo, bafika ePherge
ePhamfiliya: kepha uJohane wasuka kubo, wabuyela eJerusalema.
13:14 Kodwa sebemukile ePherga, bafika e-Antiyokiya yasePhisidiya.
wangena esinagogeni ngosuku lwesabatha, wahlala phansi.
13:15 Emva kokufundwa komthetho nabaprofethi ababusi bebandla
isinagoge lathumela kubo, lithi: “Madoda bazalwane, uma ninabo
izwi lokuyala abantu, lisho.
13:16 Khona-ke uPawulu wasukuma, futhi waqhweba ngesandla sakhe, wathi: "Madoda Israyeli!
nina enesaba uNkulunkulu, lalelani.
13:17 UNkulunkulu walesi sizwe sakwa-Israyeli wakhetha okhokho bethu, futhi wabaphakamisa
abantu lapho behlala njengabafokazi ezweni laseGibhithe, futhi
izingalo eziphakemeyo wabakhipha kuwo.
13:18 Futhi cishe iminyaka engamashumi amane wababekezelela imikhuba yabo ethempelini
ihlane.
13:19 Futhi lapho esechithe izizwe eziyisikhombisa ezweni laseKhanani, yena
wababela izwe labo ngenkatho.
13:20 Futhi ngemva kwalokho wabanika abahluleli kungathi abangamakhulu amane
iminyaka engamashumi ayisihlanu kwaze kwafika uSamuweli umprofethi.
13:21 Futhi ngasemuva bacela inkosi, futhi uNkulunkulu wabanika uSawule indodana
kwaKishi, indoda yesizwe sakwaBenjamini, iminyaka engamashumi amane.
13:22 Futhi lapho eseyisusile kuye, wabavusela uDavida ukuba abe yibo
inkosi; wafakaza ngaye, wathi: "Ngimfumene uDavide."
indodana kaJese, indoda yenhliziyo yami, eyakugcwalisa konke okwami
intando.
13:23 Enzalweni yalowo muntu, ngokwesithembiso sakhe, uNkulunkulu wamvusa ku-Israyeli
uMsindisi, uJesu:
13:24 Kwathi uJohane eseshumayele kuqala ngaphambi kokufika kwakhe umbhabhadiso wokuphenduka
kubo bonke abantu bakwa-Israyeli.
13:25 Futhi lapho uJohane egcwalisa inkambo yakhe, wathi: "Nicabanga ukuthi ngingubani? Nginguye
hhayi yena. Kodwa bhekani, uyeza emva kwami, ozicathulo ezinyaweni zakhe
angifanele ukuthukululwa.
13:26 Madoda, bazalwane, abantwana bohlanga luka-Abrahama, futhi ubani phakathi
niyamesaba uNkulunkulu, izwi lale nsindiso lithunyelwe kini.
13:27 Ngoba labo abahlala eJerusalema, futhi ababusi babo, ngoba babekwazi
hhayi yena, noma amazwi abaprofethi afundwa isabatha ngamasabatha
ngosuku, bazifezile ngokumlahla.
13:28 Futhi nakuba babengasitholi isizathu sokufa kuye, nokho bacela kuPilatu
ukuthi abulawe.
13:29 Futhi lapho sebefeze konke okwakulotshwe ngaye, bambamba
wehla esihlahleni, wambeka ethuneni.
13:30 Kodwa uNkulunkulu wamvusa kwabafileyo.
13:31 Futhi wabonwa izinsuku eziningi yilabo ababekhuphukele naye besuka eGalile
iJerusalema, elingofakazi bakhe kubantu.
13:32 Futhi simemezela kini izindaba ezinhle ukuthi isithembiso esasikhona
kwenziwa kobaba,
13:33 UNkulunkulu uye wagcwalisa okufanayo kithi abantwana babo, njengoba yena
wamvusa uJesu futhi; njengoba kulotshiwe futhi ehubweni lesibili ukuthi: Wena
uyiNdodana yami, namuhla ngikuzele.
13:34 Futhi mayelana nokuthi wamvusa kwabafileyo, manje ngeke kusaba
buyela ekonakaleni, washo kanje, wathi: “Ngiyakukunika okuqinisekileyo
umusa kaDavide.
13:35 Ngakho uthi nakwelinye ihubo: Kawuyikuvuma
oNgcwele ukubona ukubola.
13:36 Ngoba uDavida, ngemva kokuba esekhonze esizukulwaneni sakhe ngentando kaNkulunkulu.
walala ubuthongo, wabekwa koyise, wabona ukubola;
13:37 Kodwa lowo uNkulunkulu wamvusa, akazange abone ukonakala.
13:38 Ngakho makwazeke kini, madoda, bazalwane, ukuthi ngalo muntu
kushunyayelwa kini ukuthethelelwa kwezono;
13:39 Futhi ngaye bonke abakholwayo uyalungisiswa kukho konke, kusukela kukho
wayengenakulungisiswa ngomthetho kaMose.
13:40 Ngakho-ke qaphelani, funa kwehlelwa lokho okukhulunywa ngakho e
abaprofethi;
13:41 Bhekani, nina badeleli, nimangale, nibhubha, ngokuba mina ngenza umsebenzi kini.
izinsuku, umsebenzi eningasoze nawukholwa, nakuba umuntu ewumemezela
kuwe.
13:42 Futhi lapho abaJuda sebephumile esinagogeni, abezizwe bacela
ukuze la mazwi ashunyayelwe kubo ngesabatha elizayo.
13:43 Manje lapho ibandla lihlakazekile, abaningi kumaJuda kanye nenkolo
amaproselithe alandela oPawulu noBarnaba, okwathi ekhuluma kubo, wabancenga
ukuze bahlale emuseni kaNkulunkulu.
NgokukaLuka 13:44 Ngesabatha elilandelayo kwabuthana cishe umuzi wonke ukuzwa izwi
izwi likaNkulunkulu.
13:45 Kodwa amaJuda ebona izixuku, agcwala umona, futhi
wakhuluma ngokumelene nalokho okwakhulunywa uPawulu, ephikisana futhi
ukuhlambalaza.
13:46 Khona uPawulu noBarnaba baqunga isibindi, bathi: "Kwakudingeka ukuba abazalwane."
izwi likaNkulunkulu bekumele likhulunywe kini kuqala;
kini, nizigwebe ningabafanele ukuphila okuphakade, bhekani, siyaphenduka
kwabezizwe.
13:47 Ngoba kanjalo iNkosi usiyalile, wathi: "Ngikumisile ukuba ube ukukhanya
kwabezizwe, ukuze ube yinsindiso kuze kube sekupheleni
Umhlaba.
13:48 Futhi lapho abezizwe bekuzwa lokhu, bathokoza, futhi balidumisa izwi
yeNkosi: futhi bonke ababemiselwe ukuphila okuphakade bakholwa.
13:49 Futhi izwi leNkosi lasakazwa kuso sonke isifunda.
13:50 Kodwa amaJuda abhebhezela abesifazane abakhonzayo nabahloniphekile, kanye nezikhulu
amadoda omuzi, avusela oPawulu noBarnaba ukuzingelwa, kanye
wabaxosha emikhawulweni yabo.
13:51 Kodwa babathuntuthela uthuli ezinyaweni zabo, basondela
I-Ikoniyumu.
13:52 Futhi abafundi bagcwala injabulo kanye noMoya oNgcwele.