UMSEBENZI WABATHUNYWA 22

1“Mawethu, nani bobawo, khanindiphulaphule xa ndiziphendulelayo.” 2Bathi bakumva ukuba uthetha ngesiHebhere, bathi cwaka.

Waza waqhuba wathi uPawulos: 3“Mna ndingumJuda, ndazalelwa eTarso kwelaseKiliki, kodwa ndakhulela apha eJerusalem, ndingumfundi kaGamaliyeli. Ndafumana ingqeqesho ecokisekileyo kumthetho wookhokho bethu; futhi ndandizinikele kuThixo, ndinjengokuba ninjalo nani namhlanje. 4Ndandibatshutshis' ukufa abantu abalandela le Ndlela. Ndandiwabamba amadoda kwanabafazi, ndibafake entolongweni. 5Umbingeleli omkhulu *neBhunga xa lilonke bangangqina ukuba ndithetha inyaniso xa nditshoyo. Ndandithatha iincwadi kubo, zibhalelwe amaJuda aseDamasko, ndize mna ndihambe ndiye kubamba abantu, ndibabuyise bekhonkxiwe, ndibazise eJerusalem, ukuze bohlwaywe.”

UPawulos uthetha ngenguquko yakhe

(Mseb 9:1-19; 26:12-18)

6“Ndathi xa ndandihamba ndisondela eDamasko, emini emaqanda, ndabona ukukhanya okuqaqambileyo esibhakabhakeni kundibengezelela ngeenxa zonke. 7Ndawa emhlabeni, ndaza ndeva ilizwi lisithi: ‘Sawule, Sawule, unditshutshisela ntoni na?’ 8Ndabuza ndathi: ‘Ungubani wena, Nkosi?’ Laphendula lathi: ‘NdinguYesu waseNazarete, lo umtshutshisayo.’ 9Amadoda endandihamba nawo akubona okunene ukukhanya, kodwa akazange ayive into ethethwa ngulowo wayethetha nam. 10Ndabuza ndathi: ‘Ndingenza ntoni, Nkosi?’ Yaza yathi iNkosi kum: ‘Vuka, uye eDamasko; woyixelelwa khona apho into yonke akumisele ukuba uyenze uThixo.’ 11Ukubengezela kokukhanya oko ndakubonayo kwanditsho ndayimfama, baza abo babendiphahlile bandibamba ngesandla, bandikhokelela eDamasko.

12“Apho ke kwakukho indoda ethile egama linguHananiya. Yayiyindoda ewuzondeleleyo iwuthobele *umthetho, ihlonelwa kakhulu ngawo onke amaJuda aseDamasko. 13Yeza yafika yema ecaleni kwam, yathi: ‘Sawule, mfondini, buya ubone.’ Kanye ngaloo mzuzu avuleka amehlo am, ndaza ndabona. 14Wathi: ‘UThixo wookhokho bethu ukukhethele ukuba ukwazi ukuthanda kwakhe, ukuze usibone isiCaka sakhe esililungisa, uve ilizwi lakhe lithetha nawe, 15kuba uya kuba lingqina lakhe, wazise bonke abantu izinto ozibonileyo nozivileyo. 16Ngoku ke usalindele ntoni? Vuka, ubhaptizwe, zixolelwe izono zakho ngokubiza igama lakhe.’ ”

Ubizo lukaPawulos lokushumayeza iintlanga

17“Ndaphindela kwaseJerusalem, apho ndathi *ndisendlwini kaThixo ndithandaza, ndaba nombono. 18Ndabona iNkosi isithi kum: ‘Khawuleza umke eJerusalem, kuba abantu balapha abayi kubamkela ubungqina bakho ngam.’ 19Ndathi ke mna: ‘Nkosi, bazi kakuhle ukuba ndandifika ndibabambe abo bazinikele kuwe, ndibabethele apho *ezindlwini zesikhungo. 20Kanti nangamhla kwakubulawa uStefano, ingqina lakho, nam ndandikho. Ndandihambisana nokugwintwa kwakhe, neempahla zababemgebenga zigcinwe ndim lo.’ 21Yathi kum iNkosi: ‘Hamba, kuba ndiza kukuthuma kude kweleentlanga.’ ”

22Babemphulaphule abantu uPawulos, kwada kwaza kutsho kule ndawo; basuka ke batsho ngentswahla besithi: “Msuse! Bulala loo nto!” 23Kwakuthe nzwii yingxolo, bejiwuzisa iimpahla zabo, kuqhuma uthuli. 24Ingqwayi-ngqwayi yomkhosi wamajoni amaRoma yathi uPawulos makangeniswe enqabeni yawo, akatswe, kuncinwe unobangela wento amxhibe ngayo amaJuda, ukuze angxole kangaka. 25Kuthe sebembophelele, beza kumkatsa, uPawulos wabhekisa kumphathi-butho owayemi apho, wathi: “Khawutsho, kusemthethweni ukuba ungámbetha ummi ongumRoma engakhanga afunyanwe enetyala?”

26Umphathi-butho akuyiva le nto, waya kwingqwayi-ngqwayi, wathi: “Uza kuthini ke? Lo mfo ngummi ongumRoma.”

27Ingqwayi-ngqwayi ke yaya kuPawulos, yathi: “Khawutsho: ungummi ongumRoma wena?” Wavuma uPawulos. 28Ingqwayi-ngqwayi yaqhuba isithi: “Ndahlawula imali eninzi ukuze ndibe ngummi ongumRoma.”

UPawulos wathi ukuphendula: “Kodwa ke mna ndinguye ngokuzalwa.”

29Kwangoko loo madoda ayeza kumncina uPawulos arhoxa, ingqwayi-ngqwayi yoyika yakuqonda ukuba uPawulos wayengummi ongumRoma, imkhonkxe ngamatyathanga nje.

UPawulos umi phambi kweBhunga

30Ingqwayi-ngqwayi yafuna ukuqiniseka ngetyala awayemmangalela ngalo amaJuda uPawulos. Ithe ke ngengomso makakhululwe amatyathanga uPawulos, kubizwe ababingeleli abaziintloko kunye *neBhunga xa lilonke. Yaza ke yeza kummisa phambi kwentlanganiso uPawulos.

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