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15:1 Kwasekufika abathile bevela eJudiya bafundisa abazalwane
wathi: Ngaphandle kokuthi nisokwe ngokwesimiso sikaMozisi, anikwazi
igciniwe.
15:2 Ngakho lapho uPawulu noBarnaba baba nokuphikisana nokuphikisana okukhulu
nabo banquma ukuthi uPawulu noBarnaba, nabanye abathile
benyukele eJerusalema kubaphostoli namalunga ngalokho
umbuzo.
15:3 Futhi sebephelekezelwe yibandla, badlula
iFenike neSamariya ishumayela ukuphenduka kwabezizwe;
kwabaletha intokozo enkulu kubo bonke abazalwane.
15:4 Kwathi sebefikile eJerusalema, bamukelwa libandla.
nakubaphostoli namalunga, bamemezela konke uNkulunkulu
wakwenza nabo.
15:5 Kodwa kwasukuma abathile behlelo labaFarisi abakholwayo.
esithi: Bekufanele ukubasoka, lokulaywa
gcina umthetho kaMose.
15:6 Futhi abaphostoli namalunga babuthana ndawonye ukuze bacabangisise ngalokhu
udaba.
15:7 Futhi lapho kukhona ukuphikisana okuningi, uPetru wasukuma, wathi kuye
kubo, Madoda, bazalwane, niyazi ukuthi kusukela kudala uNkulunkulu wadala
engikhethiweyo phakathi kwethu, ukuthi abezizwe balizwe ilizwi lezizwe ngomlomo wami
ivangeli, futhi nikholwe.
15:8 Futhi uNkulunkulu, owazi izinhliziyo, wafakaza kubo, enikeza
uMoya oNgcwele, njengoba wenza kithi;
15:9 Futhi akazange abeke umehluko phakathi kwethu nabo, ehlambulula izinhliziyo zabo
ukholo.
15:10 Manje-ke nimlingelani uNkulunkulu ngokubeka ijoka entanyeni yendoda
abafundi, obaba bethu nathi esingenamandla okubathwala na?
15:11 Kodwa siyakholwa ukuthi ngomusa weNkosi uJesu Kristu
basindiswe, njengalokhu bona.
15:12 Khona-ke isixuku sonke sathula, futhi balalela uBarnaba kanye
UPawuli, elandisa ukuthi yiziphi izimangaliso nezimangaliso uNkulunkulu ayezenzile phakathi kwabo
Abezizwe ngabo.
15:13 Kwathi sebethule, uJakobe waphendula, wathi, Madoda
bazalwane, ngizweni.
15:14 USimeyoni usesilandisile ukuthi uNkulunkulu ekuqaleni wabahambela kanjani abezizwe, ukuze
athathe kubo abantu bebizo lakhe.
15:15 Futhi amazwi abaprofethi ayavumelana nalokhu; njengoba kulotshiwe,
15:16 Emva kwalokhu ngiyakubuya, futhi ngiyokwakha kabusha itabernakele likaDavide.
ewele phansi; ngiyakubuye ngizakhe izincithakalo zalo, nami
izosetha:
15:17 Ukuze insali yabantu ifune iNkosi, nabezizwe bonke;
obizwa ngegama lami, isho iNkosi eyenza lezi zinto.
15:18 Iyaziwa nguNkulunkulu yonke imisebenzi yakhe kusukela ekuqaleni kwezwe.
15:19 Ngakho-ke nginqume ukuthi singabakhathazi labo abavela phakathi
Abezizwe baphendukela kuNkulunkulu:
15:20 Kodwa ukuba sibabhalele, ukuze bagweme ukungcola kwezithombe.
nasebufebeni, nasekuklinyweni, nasegazini.
15:21 Ngoba uMose kusukela ezikhathini zasendulo unabo kuyo yonke imizi abamshumayelayo
kufundwa emasinagogeni isabatha ngamasabatha.
15:22 Khona-ke kwaba kuhle abaphostoli nabadala, kanye nebandla lonke, ukuthumela
bakhetha amadoda phakathi kwabo ukuya e-Antiyokiya kanye noPawulu noBarnaba;
okungukuthi, uJuda othiwa uBarsaba, noSila, izinduna phakathi kwabazalwane
bazalwane:
15:23 Futhi babhala izincwadi ngesandla sabo ngale ndlela; Abaphostoli kanye
abadala nabazalwane bayakhonza kubazalwane abasebandla
kwabezizwe e-Antiyokiya naseSiriya naseKhilikhiya:
15:24 Njengoba nje sizwile, ukuthi abathile abaphuma kithi
benihlupha ngamazwi, bechitha imiphefumulo yenu, bethi: Kumelwe nibe njalo
asokwe, agcine umthetho, esingabanikanga umyalo onjalo;
15:25 Kwabonakala kukuhle kithi, njengoba sihlangene nganhliziyonye, ukuthumela abakhethiweyo
amadoda kini kanye nabathandekayo bethu oBarnaba noPawulu.
15:26 abantu abaye babeka ukuphila kwabo engozini ngenxa yegama leNkosi yethu uJesu
UKristu.
15:27 Ngakho-ke sithumile oJuda noSila, futhi bayokutshela okufanayo
izinto ngomlomo.
15:28 Ngoba kwabonakala kukuhle kuMoya oNgcwele nakithi, ukuba singabeki phezu kwenu
umthwalo omkhulu kunalezi zinto ezidingekayo;
15:29 ukuze nidede ukudla okuhlatshelwe izithombe, negazi, futhi
okuklinyiweyo nasebufebeni; uma nizigcina
ngokwenu, nenze kahle. Nisale kahle.
15:30 Ngakho lapho sebemukisiwe, bafika e-Antiyokiya
babuthela uquqaba, balinika incwadi.
15:31 Kwathi sebefundile, bathokoza ngenduduzo.
15:32 Futhi oJuda noSila, njengoba ngokwabo abaprofethi, bakhuthaza
abazalwane ngamazwi amaningi, wabaqinisa.
15:33 Futhi ngemva kokuhlala isikhathi, badedelwa ngokuthula
abazalwane kubaphostoli.
15:34 Nokho kwaba kuhle kuSila ukuba asale lapho.
15:35 Futhi uPawulu noBarnaba bahlala e-Antiyokiya, befundisa futhi beshumayela
izwi leNkosi, kanye nabanye abaningi.
15:36 Futhi ngemva kwezinsuku ezithile, uPawulu wathi kuBarnaba, "Masiphinde sivakashele."
abazalwane bethu kuyo yonke imizi esashumayela kuyo izwi likaJehova,
futhi ubone ukuthi benza kanjani.
15:37 Futhi uBarnaba wanquma ukuthatha nabo uJohane, ogama lakhe linguMarku.
15:38 Kodwa uPawulu akabonanga kukuhle ukumthatha ahambe nabo, owabashiya
ePhamfiliya, akayanga nabo emsebenzini.
15:39 Futhi umbango wawubukhali kakhulu phakathi kwabo, kangangokuthi bahlukana phakathi
uBarnabasi wathatha uMarku, wamuka ngomkhumbi, waya eKhupro;
15:40 Futhi uPawulu wakhetha uSila, futhi wahamba, njengoba kunconywa ngabazalwane
emuseni kaNkulunkulu.
15:41 Futhi wadabula eSiriya naseKhilikhiya, eqinisa amabandla.