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23:1 UPawulu, egqolozele umphakathi, wathi: "Madoda, bazalwane
baphile ngonembeza wonke omuhle phambi kukaNkulunkulu kuze kube namuhla.
23:2 Umpristi omkhulu u-Ananiya wayala ababemi eduze kwakhe ukuba bashaye
emlonyeni.
23:3 Khona-ke uPawulu wathi kuye: "UNkulunkulu uzokushaya, wena ludonga olucakiwe
Uhlezi ukuba ungahlulele ngokomthetho, futhi uyala ukuba ngishaywe
ngokuphambene nomthetho?
23:4 Ababemi khona bathi: "Uthuka umpristi omkhulu kaNkulunkulu?"
23:5 Khona-ke uPawulu wathi: "Ngangingazi, bazalwane, ukuthi ungumpristi omkhulu
kulotshiwe ukuthi: Ungakhulumi kabi ngombusi wabantu bakini.
23:6 Kodwa lapho uPawulu ebona ukuthi ingxenye eyodwa yayingabaSadusi, futhi enye
baFarisi, wamemeza emphakathini wathi: Madoda, bazalwane, mina ngingu
umFarisi, indodana yomFarisi: ngethemba nokuvuka kwabangcwele
ngifile ngibizwa ngemibuzo.
23:7 Eseshilo lokho, kwavela ukungezwani phakathi kwabaFarisi
nabaSadusi; isixuku sahlukana phakathi.
23:8 Ngoba abaSadusi bathi akukho ukuvuka kwabafileyo, noma ingelosi, noma
umoya: kodwa abaFarisi bakuvuma kokubili.
23:9 Kwase kuba khona ukukhala okukhulu; nababhali ababengabaFarisi.
inxenye basukuma balwa, bathi: Asitholi bubi kulo muntu;
umoya noma ingelosi ikhulume naye, masingalwi noNkulunkulu.
23:10 Kwathi sekuqubuka ukuphikisana okukhulu, induna yenkulungwane yesaba ukuthi hlezi
UPawulu kwakufanele ahlwithwe yizicucu, wayala amasosha
ukwehla, nokumthatha ngendluzula phakathi kwabo, nokumletha
enqabeni.
23:11 Futhi ngobusuku obulandelayo, iNkosi wema ngakuye, wathi: "Yiba kahle."
jabula, Pawulu, ngokuba njengalokho ufakaze ngami eJerusalema, umelwe kanjalo
fakaza naseRoma.
23:12 Kwathi sekusile, abathile kumaJuda benza iviyo, babopha
beziqalekisa, bethi abayikudla, bangaphuzi
baze bambulale uPawulu.
23:13 Futhi babengaphezu kwamashumi amane abenze leli tulo.
23:14 Base beza kubapristi abakhulu namadoda amadala, wathi: "Sibophile."
singaphansi kwesiqalekiso esikhulu, ukuthi asiyikudla lutho size sidle
wabulala uPawulu.
23:15 Ngakho-ke nina kanye nomkhandlu bonisani induna yenkulungwane ukuthi yena
mehliseni kini kusasa kungathi nifuna ukubuza utho
kakhulu ngaye; futhi thina, noma efika, simi ngomumo
ukumbulala.
23:16 Futhi lapho indodana kadadewabo kaPawulu wezwa ngokuqamekela kwabo, wahamba
wangena enqabeni, wabikela uPawulu.
23:17 Khona uPawulu wabizela kuye enye induna yekhulu, wathi: "Letha lokhu
insizwa enduneni yenkulungwane, ngokuba inokuthile okumele ikukhulume
yena.
23:18 Ngakho wamthatha, wamyisa enduneni yenkulungwane, wathi: "UPawulu."
isiboshwa sangibizela kuye, sangincenga ukuba ngilethe le nsizwa
kuwe, onokuthile angakutsho kuwe.
23:19 Khona-ke induna yenkulungwane yambamba ngesandla, yahamba naye eceleni
ngasese, wambuza wathi: Ulani ukuthi ungitshele?
23:20 Wathi, AmaJuda avumelene ukucela kuwe
lehlisele uPawuli kusasa emphakathini njengokungathi bazabuza
okuthize ngaye ngokuphelele.
23:21 Kodwa ungavumeli kubo, ngoba kukhona bamqamekele kubo
amadoda angaphezu kwamashumi amane, azibophe ngesifungo, ukuthi
abayikudla, bangaphuzi, baze bambulale;
ulungile, ulindele isithembiso esivela kuwe.
23:22 Ngakho induna yenkulungwane yayisiyiyeke insizwa ukuba ihambe, yayiyala ngokuthi: "Bheka
ungatsheli muntu ukuthi ungibonisile lezizinto.
23:23 Wabiza izikhulu zekhulu ezimbili, wathi: "Lungisani abangamakhulu amabili."
amasosha ukuya eKesariya, nabamahhashi abangamashumi ayisikhombisa, futhi
abakhonto abangamakhulu amabili, ngehora lesithathu ebusuku;
23:24 Futhi bahlinzeke izilwane, ukuze bagibele uPawulu, futhi amsindise
kuFeliksi umbusi.
23:25 Futhi wabhala incwadi ngale ndlela.
23:26 UKlawudiyu Lisiya kuMbusi odume kakhulu uFeliksi uyakhonza.
23:27 Le ndoda yabanjwa amaJuda, futhi kwakufanele abulawe yiwo.
ngase ngifika nebutho, ngamkhulula, ngimazi ukuthi unguye
umRoma.
23:28 Futhi lapho ngifuna ukwazi isizathu ababemmangalele ngakho, I
bamkhiphela emphakathini wabo;
23:29 Ngabona ukuthi umangalelwe ngemibuzo yomthetho wabo, kodwa ukuba
akubekwe icala elifanele ukufa noma izibopho.
23:30 Futhi lapho sengitsheliwe ukuthi amaJuda ayeyiqamekele indoda, Ngathumela
masinyane, walaya abamangaleli bakhe ukuthi batsho
phambi kwakho ukuthi banani ngokumelene naye. Ukuvalelisa.
23:31 Khona-ke amasosha, njengoba ayeyaliwe, amthatha uPawulu, amletha
ebusuku e-Antipatri.
NgokukaLuka 23:32 Kwathi ngangomuso babashiya abamahhashi ukuba bahambe naye, babuyela emuva
inqaba:
23:33 okwathi, lapho befika eKesariya, futhi wanikeza incwadi kubo
umbusi wethula uPawulu phambi kwakhe.
23:34 Kwathi umbusi eseyifundile incwadi, wabuza ukuthi uvela kusiphi isifunda
kwaba. Kwathi esezwile ukuthi ungowaseKhilikhiya;
23:35 Wathi, Ngizokuzwa, lapho abamangaleli bakho sebefikile. Futhi yena
walaya ukuthi agcinwe endlini yokwahlulela kaHerodi.