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28:1 Futhi lapho sebephunyukile, khona-ke bazi ukuthi isiqhingi kuthiwa
UMelita.
28:2 Futhi abantu abayizixhwanguxhwangu basibonisa umusa omkhulu, ngoba bavutha
umlilo, wasemukela sonke ngenxa yemvula ekhona, futhi
ngenxa yamakhaza.
28:3 Futhi lapho uPawulu esebuthe inyanda yezinkuni, futhi wazibeka phezu
umlilo, kwaphuma inyoka ekushiseni, yanamathela esandleni sakhe.
28:4 Futhi lapho amaqaba ebona isilo ezinesihlungu silenga esandleni sakhe, bona
bakhulumisana besithi: Isibili lumuntu ungumbulali, lanxa enguye
uphunyukile olwandle, kepha impindiselo ayivumi ukuba kuphile.
28:5 Futhi yena wathintithela off isilo emlilweni, futhi akazange alimale.
28:6 Nokho, babheka lapho kufanele avuvuke, noma awe phansi efile
ngokuzumayo, kodwa sebebhekile isikhathi eside, babona kungabonakali okubi
kuye, bashintsha izingqondo zabo, bathi ungunkulunkulu.
28:7 Kuleyo ndawo kwakukhona impahla yenduna yesiqhingi.
ogama lakhe lalinguPhubhiliyu; owasamukela, wasingenisa izinsuku ezintathu
ngesizotha.
28:8 Futhi kwenzeka ukuthi uyise kaPhubiliyu wayelele ephethwe umkhuhlane
lomkhuhlane wegazi: uPawuli wangena kubo, wakhuleka, wabeka owakhe
izandla phezu kwakhe, wamphulukisa.
28:9 Kwathi lokho sekwenzekile, nabanye ababenezifo esiqhingini.
beza, baphulukiswa;
28:10 Futhi abasidumisa ngenhlonipho eziningi; kwathi sesihamba, bathwala
nathi ngezinto ezidingekayo.
28:11 Futhi ngemva kwezinyanga ezintathu, samuka ngomkhumbi wase-Aleksandriya
ebusika esiqhingini, uphawu lwaso kwakunguCastor noPollux.
28:12 Futhi safika eSirakhuse, sahlala khona izinsuku ezintathu.
28:13 Sasuka lapho, sazulazula, safika eRegiyu;
ngosuku kwavunguza umoya waseningizimu, safika ngangomuso ePhutheyoli;
28:14 lapho sathola abazalwane, futhi sacelwa ukuba sihlale nabo izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.
kanjalo saqonda eRoma.
28:15 Futhi kusukela lapho, lapho abazalwane bezwa ngathi, beza ukusihlangabeza
kuze kufike esigcawini sika-Apiyi, nasezindlini zokuphuza ezintathu; uPawulu ewabona, wababona
wabonga uNkulunkulu, wema isibindi.
28:16 Futhi lapho sifika eRoma, induna yekhulu wanikela iziboshwa
induna yabalindi, kepha uPawulu wavunyelwa ukuhlala yedwa nendoda
isosha elalimgcina.
28:17 Kwathi emva kwezinsuku ezintathu, uPawulu wabiza induna yebandla
AbaJuda sebebuthene, wathi kubo: Madoda
futhi bazalwane, nakuba ngingonanga lutho ngokumelene nabantu, noma
imikhuba yawokhokho bethu, nokho nganikelwa eJerusalema ngiyisiboshwa
izandla zamaRoma.
28:18 Owathi, lapho sebengihlolile, ngabe bangikhulula, ngoba kwakukhona
asikho isizathu sokufa kimi.
28:19 Kodwa lapho amaJuda ephikisana ngakho, Ngaphoqeleka ukuba ngidlulisele kuye
uKhesari; kungeyisikho ukuthi bengifanele ukusola isizwe sakithi.
28:20 Ngakho-ke, ngenxa yalesi sizathu nginibizile, ukuze nginibone futhi ngikhulume
nawe, ngokuba ngenxa yethemba lika-Israyeli ngiboshiwe ngalokhu
iketango.
28:21 Bathi kuye: "Thina asamukelanga izincwadi ezivela eJudiya
ngawe, kakho kubazalwane ofikile owabika kumbe owakhulumayo
noma yikuphi okubi ngawe.
28:22 Kodwa sifuna ukuzwa ngawe ukuthi yini oyicabangayo, ngoba mayelana nalokhu
ihlelo, siyazi ukuthi yonke indawo kukhulunywa kabi ngayo.
28:23 Futhi lapho bammisele usuku, kwafika abaningi kuye endlini yakhe
indawo yokulala; abachasiselayo wafakaza ngombuso kaNkulunkulu.
ebancenga ngoJesu, ephuma emthethweni kaMose nangaphandle
labaprofethi, kusukela ekuseni kwaze kwahlwa.
28:24 Futhi abanye bakholwa yilokho okwashiwo, futhi abanye kabakholwa.
28:25 Futhi lapho bengavumelananga phakathi kwabo, bamuka, ngemva kwalokho
UPawuli wayekhulume izwi linye lokuthi: Ukhulume kahle uMoya oNgcwele ngoIsaya
umprofethi kobaba bethu,
28:26 Ethi: "Hamba uye kulaba bantu, futhi uthi: 'Ukulalela niyokuzwa, futhi niyokuzwa
Angiqondi; nokubona nizakubona, ningabonisi;
28:27 Ngokuba inhliziyo yalaba bantu seyaba lukhuni, nezindlebe zabo zibuthuntu.
bezwa, bawacimezile amehlo abo; hlezi babone nge
amehlo abo, bezwe ngezindlebe zabo, baqonde ngenhliziyo yabo;
futhi kufanele baguqulwe, futhi kufanele ngibaphulukise.
28:28 Ngakho makwazeke kini, ukuthi insindiso kaNkulunkulu ithunyelwe
abezizwe, lokuthi bazakuzwa.
28:29 Futhi lapho esewashilo la mazwi, abaJuda bahamba, futhi babe nokukhulu
bebonisana bodwa.
28:30 Futhi uPawulu wahlala iminyaka emibili ephelele endlini yakhe siqu ayeqashiwe, futhi wamukela konke
owangena kuye.
28:31 eshumayela umbuso kaNkulunkulu, futhi efundisa izinto eziphathelene
iNkosi uJesu Kristu, ngakho konke isibindi, kungavinjelwa muntu.