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19:1 Kwathi, lapho u-Apholo eseKorinte, uPawulu wayenaye
badabula izwe eliphezulu, bafika e-Efesu;
abafundi,
19:2 Wathi kubo, Nimamukele uMoya oNgcwele selokhu nakholwa na?
Base bethi kuye: "Asizwanga nokuthi kukhona."
noma yimuphi uMoya oNgcwele.
19:3 Wathi kubo, Pho nabhapathizwa kuyiphi na? Futhi bathi,
Embhapathizweni kaJohane.
19:4 Khona uPawulu wathi: “UJohane wabhapathiza umbhapathizo wokuphenduka;
ethi emaxukwini akholwe kuye obeza
yiza emva kwakhe, okungukuthi, kuKristu Jesu.
19:5 Lapho bezwa lokhu, babhapathizwa egameni leNkosi uJesu.
19:6 Futhi lapho uPawulu ebeka izandla zakhe phezu kwabo, uMoya oNgcwele wehlela phezu kwabo;
bakhuluma ngezilimi, baprofetha.
19:7 Futhi wonke amadoda ayengaba ishumi nambili.
19:8 Wangena esinagogeni, wakhuluma ngesibindi isikhathi esingabathathu
izinyanga, bephikisana futhi bencenga ngezinto eziphathelene nombuso we
uNkulunkulu.
19:9 Kodwa lapho abanye benza lukhuni, futhi bengakholwa, kodwa bekhuluma kabi ngalokho
phambi kwesixuku wamuka kubo, wabahlukanisa
abafundi, bephikisana imihla ngemihla esikoleni sikaTiranu.
19:10 Lokhu kwaqhubeka iminyaka emibili; ukuze bonke abakwenzayo
abakhileyo e-Asiya balizwa izwi leNkosi, amaJuda namaGreki.
19:11 Futhi uNkulunkulu wenza izimangaliso ezikhethekile ngezandla zikaPawulu.
19:12 kangangokuthi amaduku emzimbeni wakhe alethwa kwabagulayo noma
izigqoko, izifo zasuka kubo, nomoya ababi bahamba
aphume kubo.
19:13 Khona-ke abathile kumaJuda azulazulayo, exorcists, bazama ukubabiza
igama leNkosi uJesu phezu kwababenamademoni, lithi: Thina
ngifunga ngoJesu amshumayelayo uPawulu.
19:14 Kwakukhona amadodana ayisikhombisa kaSkeva umJuda nompristi omkhulu.
elenze njalo.
19:15 Futhi umoya omubi waphendula wathi: UJesu ngiyamazi, noPawulu ngiyamazi;
kodwa nina ningobani?
19:16 Futhi umuntu okuye umoya omubi weqela phezu kwabo, futhi wabanqoba
wabanqoba, baze babaleka kuleyondlu
nqunu futhi belimele.
19:17 Lokhu kwaziwa yibo bonke abakhileyo e-Efesu abaJuda namaGreki;
ukwesaba kwabehlela bonke, ladunyiswa igama leNkosi uJesu.
19:18 Futhi abaningi abakholwayo beza, futhi bavuma, futhi babika izenzo zabo.
19:19 Abaningi kubo ababesebenzisa ubuciko babuthela izincwadi zabo ndawonye.
wazishisa phambi kwabantu bonke; babala intengo yazo, ne
wayithola izinhlamvu zesiliva eziyizinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisihlanu.
19:20 Ngakho izwi likaNkulunkulu lakhula ngamandla futhi lanqoba.
19:21 Ngemva kwalezi zinto, uPawulu wazimisela emoyeni, lapho eseqedile
wadabula iMakedoniya ne-Akhaya, ukuya eJerusalema, ethi: Emva kwami
bengilapho, kufanele ngibone neRoma.
19:22 Ngakho wathumela eMakedoniya ababili kwabamkhonzayo.
uThimothewu no-Erastu; kepha yena wahlala isikhathi e-Asiya.
19:23 Futhi ngaleso sikhathi kwavela isiphithiphithi esingesincane ngaleyo Ndlela.
19:24 Ukuze umuntu othile ogama lakhe linguDemetriyu, umkhandi wesiliva, owenza isiliva
izindawo ezingcwele zikaDiyana zaziletha inzuzo engencinyane kuzingcweti;
19:25 Wababizela ndawonye kanye nabenzi bomsebenzi ofanayo, wathi:
Madoda niyazi ukuthi ngalomsebenzi sithola ingcebo yethu.
19:26 Futhi niyabona futhi niyezwa, ukuthi hhayi e-Efesu kuphela, kodwa cishe
kulo lonke elase-Asiya, lo uPawulu umyengile, waphendukisa kakhulu
abantu, bethi abasibo onkulunkulu abenziwe ngezandla;
19:27 Ngakho kayisikho lokhu kuphela umsebenzi wethu osengozini yokudelelwa; kodwa
lokuthi ithempeli likankulunkulukazi omkhulu uDiyana lizadelelwa, njalo
ubukhazikhazi bakhe buyakuchithwa, yena lonke i-Asiya nomhlaba
okhonzayo.
19:28 Futhi lapho bezwa la mazwi, bagcwala ulaka, futhi wakhala
bephuma bethi: “Mkhulu uDiyana wabase-Efesu.
19:29 Futhi umuzi wonke wagcwala isiphithiphithi, bambamba uGayu
no-Aristarku, amadoda aseMakedoniya, ababehamba noPawulu ekuhambeni
aphuthume nganhliziyonye etiyetha.
19:30 Futhi lapho uPawulu wayefuna ukungena esixukwini, abafundi
akamvumelanga.
19:31 Nabanye bababusi base-Asiya, ababengabangane bakhe, bathumela kuye.
bemfisa ukuthi angazishiyi enkundleni yemidlalo yeshashalazi.
19:32 Ngakho abanye bamemeza okunye, abanye okunye, ngoba umhlangano wawukhona
ukudideka; abaningi babengazi ukuthi babebuthene ngani.
19:33 Futhi badonsa u-Alexander esixukwini, amaJuda bembeka
phambili. U-Aleksandru waqhweba ngesandla, efuna ukwenza esakhe
ukuzivikela ebantwini.
19:34 Kodwa lapho bekwazi ukuthi ungumJuda, bonke ngazwi linye endaweni
wamemeza ngamahola amabili, wathi: Mkhulu uDiyana wabaseEfesu.
19:35 Kwathi umabhalane esebathulisile abantu, wathi: "Madoda!
E-Efesu, ngumuphi umuntu ongazi ukuthi umuzi webandla na?
Kwabase-Efesu ungumkhulekeli kankulunkulukazi omkhulu uDiyana, nowesithombe
eyawa phansi kuJupiter?
19:36 Ngakho-ke, njengoba lezi zinto zingenakuphikiswa, kufanele nibe
ethule, futhi engenzi lutho ngamawala.
19:37 Ngoba nilethe lapha la madoda, abangebona abaphangi
namabandla, nabahlambalazayo unkulunkulukazi wenu.
19:38 Ngakho uma uDemetriyu nezingcweti ezikanye naye be
udaba olubhekiswe kunoma yimuphi umuntu, umthetho uvuliwe, futhi kukhona amasekela: ake
bayancengana.
19:39 Kodwa uma nibuza utho mayelana nezinye izindaba, kuyoba
kunqunywa emhlanganweni osemthethweni.
19:40 Ngoba sisengozini yokumangalelwa ngenxa yesiyaluyalu sanamuhla.
kungekho sizathu esingalandisa ngaso ngalo mbuthano.
19:41 Eseshilo lokho, wawuhlakaza umhlangano.