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24:1 Kwathi emva kwezinsuku eziyisihlanu u-Ananiya umpristi omkhulu wehla kanye namalunga.
kanye nesazisi esithile uTertulo, esabikela umbusi
ngokumelene noPawulu.
24:2 Esebiziwe, uTertulu waqala ukumbeka icala, ethi:
Njengoba sijabulela ukuthula okukhulu ngawe, kanye nemisebenzi efaneleke kakhulu
kwenziwa kulesisizwe ngokuqondisa kwakho.
24:3 Siyakwamukela njalo, nasezindaweni zonke, Feliksi ohlonishwa kakhulu, kanye nabo bonke
ukubonga.
24:4 Nokho, ukuze ngingabi ngaphezu kokukukhathaza, ngiyakuncenga
ukuze usizwe amazwi ambalwa ngesihawu sakho.
24:5 Ngoba siye sathola le ndoda eyisihlukumezi, futhi ebangela ukuvukela umbuso
phakathi kwawo wonke amaJuda emhlabeni wonke, kanye lomholi wehlelo
amaNazaretha:
24:6 owafuna ukungcolisa ithempeli, esamthatha, sathanda
sehlulele ngokomthetho wethu.
24:7 Kodwa induna induna uLisiya wafika phezu kwethu, futhi wathatha ngobudlova obukhulu
amsuse esandleni sethu,
24:8 Wayala abamangaleli bakhe ukuba beze kuwe, ngokubuza wena ngokwakho
ukuze azi zonke lezi zinto esimmangalela ngazo.
24:9 NamaJuda avuma, ethi lezi zinto zinjalo.
24:10 Khona uPawulu, ngemva kokuba umbusi emqhwebile ukuba akhulume.
waphendula wathi: "Njengoba ngiyazi ukuthi usuneminyaka eminingi ungumahluleli."
kulesi sizwe, ngiziphendulela ngokwenama okukhulu;
24:11 Ngoba ukuze uqonde ukuthi izinsuku eziyishumi nambili kuphela
kusukela ngenyukela eJerusalema ukukhonza.
24:12 Futhi abangitholanga ethempelini ngiphikisana namuntu, noma
ngivusa abantu emasinagogeni, nasemzini;
24:13 Futhi abakwazi ukufakazela izinto abangimangalela ngazo manje.
24:14 Kodwa ngiyavuma lokhu kuwe, ukuthi, ngendlela abayibiza ngokuthi imbuka.
ngokunjalo mina ngikhonza uNkulunkulu wawobaba, ngikholwa yikho konke okukhona
ezilotshwe emthethweni nakubaprofethi.
24:15 Futhi nginethemba kuNkulunkulu, okuyinto nabo ngokwabo bavumela, ukuthi kukhona
kuyakuba khona ukuvuka kwabafileyo, okwabalungileyo nabangalungile.
24:16 Futhi kulokhu ngiyazivivinya ngokwami, ukuba njalo unembeza ongenalutho
isikhubekiso kuNkulunkulu nakubantu.
24:17 Manje ngemva kweminyaka eminingi, ngafika ukuletha izipho esizweni sakithi neminikelo.
24:18 Ngalokho abaJuda abathile base-Asiya bangithola ngihlanzekile ethempelini.
kungabi ngesixuku, noma ngesiyaluyalu.
24:19 Okufanele ngabe lapha phambi kwakho, futhi baphikisa, uma babenakho
ngokumelene nami.
24:20 Noma-ke laba abalapha mabasho, uma uthole noma ikuphi okubi ukwenza
mina, ngisami phambi komkhandlu;
24:21 Ngaphandle kwaleli zwi linye, ukuthi ngamemeza ngimi phakathi kwabo.
Mayelana nokuvuka kwabafileyo ngibuzwa nguwe
namuhla.
24:22 Futhi lapho uFeliksi ezwa lezi zinto, enolwazi oluphelele kakhulu ngalokho
endleleni, wababuyisela emuva, wathi: Lapho uLisiya induna yenkulungwane
yehla, ngizakwazi isiphelo sendaba yakho.
24:23 Futhi wayala induna yekhulu ukuba agcine uPawulu, futhi amdedele.
nokuthi angavimbeli noyedwa wabajwayelene naye ukukhonza noma ukuza
kuye.
24:24 Kwathi emva kwezinsuku ezithile, uFeliksi wafika noDrusila umkakhe, okuyinto
engumJudakazi, wabiza uPawulu, wamuzwa ngokukholwa
UKristu.
24:25 Futhi njengoba ekhuluma ngokulunga, nokuzithiba, nokwahlulela okuzayo,
Wasethuthumela uFelike, waphendula wathi: Hamba khathesi; uma ngine-a
ngesikhathi esifaneleyo, ngizakubiza.
24:26 Wayethemba futhi ukuthi wayeyonikwa imali nguPawulu, ukuze yena
angamthukulula; ngalokho wambiza kaningi, ekhuluma naye
naye.
24:27 Kodwa ngemva kweminyaka emibili, uPorkiyu Festu wangena esikhundleni sikaFeliksi.
ethanda ukujabulisa amaJuda, wamyeka uPawulu eboshiwe.