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16:1 Khona wafika eDerbe naseListra, futhi bheka, kwakukhona umfundi othile
lapho, uThimothewu igama lakhe, indodana yowesifazane othile ongumJudakazi,
wakholwa; kepha uyise wayengumGreki.
16:2 owayefakazelwa kahle ngabazalwane baseListra naseListra
I-Ikoniyumu.
16:3 Lowo uPawulu wathanda ukuhamba naye; wamthatha wamsoka
ngenxa yabaJuda ababekulezo zindawo, ngokuba babekwazi konke lokho
uyise wayengumGreki.
16:4 Futhi njengoba bedabula imizi, babanikeza izimiso
ukugcina okwamiswa ngabaphostoli namalunga ababekhona
eJerusalema.
16:5 Futhi kanjalo amabandla aqiniswa ekukholweni, futhi anda
inombolo nsuku zonke.
16:6 Manje lapho sebedabule eFrigiya futhi esifundeni saseGalathiya, futhi
benqatshelwe nguMoya oNgcwele ukushumayela izwi e-Asiya;
16:7 Sebefikile eMisiya, balinga ukungena eBhithiniya;
UMoya kabavumelanga.
16:8 Futhi badlula eMisiya behlela eTrowa.
16:9 Kwabonakala umbono kuPawulu ebusuku; Kume indoda ka
eMakedoniya, bamncenga, bathi: Welela eMakedoniya, usize
thina.
16:10 Futhi ngemva kokuba esewubonile umbono, ngokushesha sazama ukungena
IMakedoniya, sibuthana ngokuqinisekile ukuthi iNkosi yayisibizele ukushumayela
ivangeli kubo.
16:11 Ngakho sasuka eTrowa, safika ngomgwaqo oqondileyo
eSamothrakiya, ngangomuso eNeyapholi;
16:12 Futhi ukusuka lapho saya eFilipi, okuyinto umuzi oyinhloko kuleyo ngxenye
iMakedoniya nekoloni; sahlala kulowo muzi izinsuku ezithile.
16:13 Futhi ngesabatha saphumela ngaphandle komuzi ngasemfuleni, lapho umthandazo
kwakujwayele ukwenziwa; sahlala phansi, sakhuluma kwabesifazane
wabuyela khona.
16:14 Owesifazane othile ogama lakhe linguLidiya, umthengisi ezibubende, emzini ka
IThiyathira ekhonza uNkulunkulu yasizwa, iNkosi yayivula inhliziyo yakhe.
ukuthi walalela okwakhulunywa nguPawuli.
16:15 Kwathi esebhapathiziwe kanye nendlu yakhe, wasincenga, wathi:
Uma nithi ngithembekile eNkosini, ngenani endlini yami, futhi
hlalani lapho. Futhi wasicindezela.
16:16 Futhi kwenzeka, njengoba sisiya emthandazweni, intombazane ethile yayiphethwe
wasihlangabeza ngomoya wokubhula, owazuzisa amakhosi aso inzuzo enkulu
ngokufebela:
16:17 Yona yamlandela uPawulu nathi, yamemeza, yathi: "La madoda angabo."
izinceku zikaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke ezimemezela kithi indlela yensindiso.
16:18 Futhi lokho wakwenza izinsuku eziningi. Kepha uPawulu edabukile waphenduka, wathi kuye
umoya, ngiyakuyala egameni likaJesu Kristu ukuba uphume kuwo
wakhe. Waphuma ngaso leso sikhathi.
16:19 Futhi lapho amakhosi alo ebona ukuthi ithemba lenzuzo yabo liphelile, bona
wabamba oPawulu noSila, wabadonsela esigcawini, wabayisa
ababusi,
16:20 Wabayisa ezinduneni, wathi: "Laba bantu bangabaJuda, benza
lihlupha kakhulu idolobha lakithi,
16:21 Futhi bafundise amasiko, okuyinto akuvunyelwe ukuba siwamukele, noma
qaphelani, singamaRoma.
16:22 Futhi isixuku sabavukela kanye nezinduna
baziklebhule izingubo zabo, wayala ukuba bashaywe.
16:23 Futhi lapho sebeshaye imivimbo eminingi phezu kwabo, babaphonsa
etilongweni, wayala utilongo ukuba abagcine.
16:24 owathi esethole umyalo onjalo wabaphonsa etilongweni elingaphakathi;
waqinisa izinyawo zabo ogongolweni.
16:25 Futhi phakathi kobusuku, uPawulu noSilas bakhuleka futhi bahlabelela izindumiso kuNkulunkulu
iziboshwa zabezwa.
16:26 Futhi kungazelelwe kwaba khona ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu, kangangokuthi izisekelo
itilongo lazanyazanyiswa; kwavuleka khona lapho iminyango yonke;
izibopho zabo bonke zaxegiswa.
16:27 Futhi umgcini wetilongo waphaphama ebuthongweni bakhe, futhi wabona
iminyango yetilongo ivulekile, wahosha inkemba yakhe, efuna ukuzibulala.
ecabanga ukuthi iziboshwa zibalekile.
16:28 Kodwa uPawulu wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: "Ungazilimazi, ngoba thina
konke lapha.
16:29 Khona-ke wabiza isibani, futhi wagijimela phakathi, futhi weza ethuthumela, wawa
phansi phambi kukaPawulu noSila,
16:30 Wabakhiphela phandle, wathi: "Madoda, yini okufanele ngiyenze ukuze ngisindiswe?
16:31 Bathi, Kholwa eNkosini uJesu Kristu, futhi uyakuba
usindisiwe, nendlu yakho.
16:32 Base bekhuluma kuye izwi leNkosi nakubo bonke ababephakathi
indlu yakhe.
16:33 Wabathatha ngaso leso sikhathi sobusuku, futhi wageza imivimbo yabo.
wabhapathizwa khona lapho, yena nabo bonke abakhe.
16:34 Wabangenisa endlini yakhe, wabeka ukudla phambi kwabo.
wathokoza kanye nendlu yakhe yonke, ekholwa nguNkulunkulu.
16:35 Kwathi sekusile, izimantshi zathuma izikhonzi, zithi: "Khululani."
ahambe lawo madoda.
16:36 Umgciniziboshwa wabikela uPawulu leli zwi, wathi: "Zimantshi."
ngithume ukuba nihambe; ngalokho sukani manje, nihambe ngokuthula.
16:37 Kodwa uPawulu wathi kubo: "Basishayile obala singalahlwanga cala
simaRoma, basiphonsa etilongweni; manje bayasixosha
ngasese? cha impela; kodwa mabeze bona basikhiphe.
16:38 Futhi izinceku zawatshela la mazwi izinduna
besaba sebezwile ukuthi bangamaRoma.
16:39 Futhi beza babancenga, futhi wabakhipha, futhi wabacela
ukuphuma emzini.
16:40 Base bephuma etilongweni, bangena endlini kaLidiya.
sebebonile abazalwane, babaduduza, bamuka.