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18:1 Ngemva kwalezi zinto, uPawulu wamuka e-Athene, futhi wafika eKorinte.
18:2 Futhi wathola umJuda othile ogama lakhe lingu-Akwila, owazalwa ePhontu, kamuva evela
iNtaliyane, noPrisila umkakhe; (ngokuba uKlawudiyu wayeyale ngakho konke
amaJuda ukuba amuke eRoma:) weza kubo.
18:3 Futhi ngenxa yokuthi wayengowomsebenzi ofanayo, wahlala nabo futhi wasebenza.
ngoba ngomsebenzi wabo babengabenzi bamatende.
18:4 Wayeshumayela esinagogeni isabatha ngamasabatha, wancenga abaJuda
kanye namaGreki.
18:5 Futhi lapho uSila noThimothewu sebefikile bevela eMakedoniya, uPawulu wacindezelwa
emoyeni, wafakaza kumaJuda ukuthi uJesu unguKristu.
18:6 Futhi lapho bephikisana ngokwabo, futhi behlambalaza, yena wathintitha izingubo zakhe.
wathi kubo: Igazi lenu malibe phezu kwamakhanda enu; Ngihlanzekile: kusuka
kusukela manje ngizakuya kwabezizwe.
18:7 Wamuka lapho, waya endlini yomuntu ogama lakhe
UJustu, okhonza uNkulunkulu, ondlu yakhe yanamathelana laye
isinagoge.
18:8 Futhi uKrispu, induna yesinagoge, wakholwa eNkosini kanye
indlu yakhe yonke; abaningi kwabaseKorinte bezwa bakholwa, baba
abhapathizwe.
18:9 Khona-ke iNkosi yakhuluma kuPawulu ebusuku ngombono, "Ungesabi, kodwa
khuluma, ungathuli;
18:10 Ngoba mina nginawe, futhi akekho umuntu phezu kwakho ukuze akulimaze;
baningi abantu kulomuzi.
18:11 Wahlala lapho unyaka nezinyanga eziyisithupha, efundisa izwi likaNkulunkulu
phakathi kwazo.
18:12 Futhi lapho uGaliyo isekela lase-Akhaya, abaJuda benza ukuvukela umbuso
nganhliziyonye bemelene noPawulu, bamyisa esihlalweni sokwahlulela.
18:13 besithi: Lo uncenga abantu ukuthi bakhonze uNkulunkulu ngokuphambene lomlayo.
18:14 Kwathi uPawulu esezovula umlomo wakhe, uGaliyu wathi kubo
BaJuda, uma kuyindaba yokungalungi noma ukukhanuka okubi, nina maJuda, cabangani
sengathi bengiyakunibekezelela;
18:15 Kodwa uma kuyimpikiswano ngamazwi nangamagama, futhi ngomthetho wenu, zibhekeni nina
yona; ngoba mina kangiyikuba ngumahluleli wezindaba ezinjalo.
18:16 Futhi wabaxosha esihlalweni sokwahlulela.
18:17 Khona-ke wonke amaGreki amthatha uSostene, umphathi wesinagoge,
wamshaya phambi kwesihlalo sokwahlulela. UGaliyu akaba nandaba
lezo zinto.
18:18 Futhi uPawulu ngemva kwalokho wahlala khona isikhathi eside, futhi ngemva kwalokho wathatha eyakhe
wamukisa abazalwane, wamuka ngomkhumbi, waya eSiriya, kanye naye
oPrisila no-Akwila; esegundile ikhanda eKenikreya, ngokuba wayenezinwele
isifungo.
NgokukaLuka 18:19 Wafika e-Efesu, wabashiya khona, kepha yena wangena
esinagogeni, wabonisana nabaJuda.
18:20 Kwathi sebemncenga ukuthi ahlale isikhathi esidana labo, kavumanga;
18:21 Kodwa wavalelisa kubo, wathi: Ngifanele nakanjani ukwenza lo mkhosi
kodwa ngiyakubuyela kini, uma uNkulunkulu ethanda. Futhi
wamuka ngomkhumbi e-Efesu.
18:22 Kwathi esefikile eKesariya, wenyuka wayobingelela ibandla.
wehlela e-Antiyokiya.
18:23 Futhi ngemva kokuba esehlale isikhathi esithile, wamuka, futhi wahamba phezu kwakho konke
ezweni laseGalathiya naseFrigiya ngokulandelana, eqinisa lonke izwe
abafundi.
18:24 UmJuda othile ogama lakhe lingu-Apholo, owazalwa e-Aleksandriya, indoda enekhono lokukhuluma.
futhi benamandla emibhalweni, beza e-Efesu.
18:25 Lo muntu wayefundiswe indlela yeNkosi; futhi eshiseka ku
umoya, wakhuluma, wafundisa ngenkuthalo izinto zeNkosi, azi
umbhapathizo kaJohane kuphela.
18:26 Futhi waqala ukukhuluma ngesibindi esinagogeni
UPrisila esezwile, bamyisa kubo, bamchazela
indlela kaNkulunkulu ngokuphelele.
18:27 Kwathi esezimisele ukuya e-Akhaya, abazalwane baloba.
ekhuthaza abafundi ukuthi bamamukele, okwathi esefikile wasiza
labo abakholwa kakhulu ngomusa;
18:28 Ngoba yena ngamandla wakholisa amaJuda, futhi lokho obala, ebonisa by the
imibhalo ukuthi uJesu wayenguKristu.