IzEnzo 17
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IzEnzo 17
1Sebedabule i-Amfipholi ne-Apholoniya, bafika eThesalonika, lapho kwakukhona isinagoge labaJuda.
2UPawuli njengomkhuba wakhe wangena kubo, lamasabatha amathathu wabonisana labo ngemibhalo.
3evula efakaza ukuthi uKristu kwakumele ahlupheke, abuye avuke kwabafileyo; nokuthi uJesu lo, engimshumayeza nina, unguKristu.
4Abanye kubo bakholwa, bazihlanganisa noPawulu noSila; nesixuku esikhulu samaGreki akholwayo, nabesifazane abadumileyo abangeyingcosana.
5Kepha abaJuda abangakholwanga, benomona, bazithathela amadoda athile axhwalekileyo abenza okubi, abutha iviyo, avusa isiyaluyalu umuzi wonke, ahlasela indlu kaJasoni, afuna ukubakhiphela ngaphandle. abantu.
6Kuthe bengabatholi, badonsela uJasoni labazalwane abathile kubaphathi bomuzi, bememeza besithi: Laba abaphambukise umhlaba wonke sebefikile lalapha;
7abamamukele uJasoni; bonke laba benza okuphambene nezimiso zikaKesari, bethi kukhona enye inkosi, uJesu.
8Bazihlupha izixuku nababusi bedolobha bezwa lokho.
9Sebethathele uJasoni labanye isibambiso, babakhulula.
10Khona masinyane abazalwane babamukisa uPawulu noSila ebusuku ukuba baye eBereya; bathi sebefikile, baya esinagogeni labaJuda.
11Labo babenobuntu kunabaseThesalonika, balamukela izwi ngenhliziyo yonke, behlola imibhalo imihla ngemihla ukuthi zinjalo yini lezo zinto;
12Ngakho-ke abaningi kubo bakholwa; nabesifazane abahloniphekayo abangamaGreki, namadoda angeyingcosana.
13Kodwa kwathi abaJuda baseThesalonika sebezwile ukuthi ilizwi likaNkulunkulu litshunyayelwe nguPawuli eBereya, beza lakhona, bavusa ixuku.
14Khona masinyane abazalwane bamukisa uPawulu ukuba ahambe ngaselwandle, kepha oSila noThimothewu basala.
15Labaphelekezela uPawuli bamusa eAthene; sebemukele umlayo kuSilasi loThimothi wokuba beze kuye masinyane, bamuka.
16Kwathi uPawuli esabalindile eAthene, umoya wakhe wakhathazeka phakathi kwakhe ebona umuzi ugcwele izithombe.
17Ngakho waxoxa esinagogeni nabaJuda nabamesabayo, nasesigcawini imihla ngemihla nababehlangana naye.
18Kwasekumelana laye izazi ezithile zefilosofi zamaEpikhuru lamaStoyiki. Abanye bathi: Lizakuthini lelipholi? abanye bathi: “Ungathi ungumshumayeli wabangaziwa,” ngokuba wayeshumayela kubo ngoJesu nangokuvuka kwabafileyo.
19Base bembamba, bamusa e-Areyophagu, bathi: “Singakwazi yini ukwazi le mfundiso entsha oyikhulumayo na?
20Ngokuba uletha ezindlebeni zethu izinto ezingaziwayo; ngakho-ke sifuna ukwazi ukuthi lezi zinto ziyini.
21Ngokuba bonke abase-Athene nabafokazi ababekhona babengachithi lutho ngokunye, kuphela ukuxoxa nokuzwa into entsha.
22UPawuli wema phakathi kwentaba yaseMars, wathi: Madoda aseAthene, ezintweni zonke ngiyabona ukuthi likholwa kakhulu.
23Ngokuba ngithe ngidlula ngibuka izinto enizikhonzayo, ngathola i-altare elilotshiwe ukuthi: KUNKULUNKULU ONGAZIWAYO. Ngakho-ke lowo enimkhonza ngokungazi, nguyena engimemezela kini.
24UNkulunkulu owenza umhlaba nakho konke okukuwo, yena eyiNkosi yezulu nomhlaba, akahlali emathempelini enziwe ngezandla;
25Kakhonzwa ngezandla zabantu njengoswela ulutho, yena onika bonke ukuphila lokuphefumula lakho konke;
26Wazenza izizwe zonke ngegazi linye ukuba zihlale ebusweni bonke bomhlaba, wamisa izikhathi ezimisiweyo nemikhawulo yokuhlala kwazo;
27ukuze bayifune iNkosi, mhlawumbe bayiphuthaze, bayithole, nakuba ingekude kulowo nalowo kithi;
28Ngokuba kuye siphila, siyanyakaza, sikhona; njengalokhu izimbongi ezithile zakini zishilo ukuthi: Ngokuba nathi siyinzalo yakhe.
29Ngakho lokhu siyinzalo kaNkulunkulu, akufanele sicabange ukuthi ubuNkulunkulu bufana negolide noma isiliva noma itshe, okuqoshwe ngobuciko nangesu lomuntu.
30Nezikhathi zokungazi uNkulunkulu wazishaya indiva; kepha manje uyala abantu bonke ezindaweni zonke ukuba baphenduke;
31Ngokuba umisile usuku, ayokwahlulela ngalo izwe ngokulunga ngalowo muntu ammisile; enike bonke isiqinisekiso ngokumvusa kwabafileyo.
32Sebezwile ngokuvuka kwabafileyo, abanye bahleka usulu, abanye bathi: “Sizakubuye sikuzwe ngale ndaba.”
33Ngakho uPawuli wasuka phakathi kwabo.
34Kepha amadoda athile anamathela kuye, akholwa, okukhona kuwo uDiyonisiyu waseAreyophago, nowesifazane ogama lakhe linguDamari, nabanye kanye nabo.
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