IZENZO ZABAPOSTOLI 3
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Indoda esirhole iyathabuluka
1Ngelinye ilanga uPitrosi noJwanisi baya ngethempelini kusikhathi sokuthandaza ngesimbi yesithathu malangantambama. 2Khonapho kwalethwa indoda ebegade isirhole kwekubelethweni kwayo. Indoda leyo beyigugwa imihla ngemihla ibekwa esangweni lethempeli ebekuthiwa lisango uMuhle kobana izozibawela izipho ebantwini ebebangena ngethempelinapho. 3Kuthe lokha umuntu loyo nakabona uPitrosi noJwanisi sele bazokungena, wababawa isipho. 4UPitrosi wamqala poro banoJwanisi, wathi kuye: “Siqala!” 5Yeke naye wabaqala poro, asithi mhlamunye uzakufumana ilitho kibo. 6UPitrosi wathi kuye: “Isiliva negolide anginalo, kodwana enginakho ngikupha khona: Ebizweni lakaJesu Krestu weNazaretha, sikima ukhambe!” 7Wambamba ngesandla sesigoma wamsikimisa. Khonokho iinyawo neengogoriyana zakhe zaqina. 8Weqela phezulu wajama ngeenyawo, wathoma wakhambakhamba. Nje-ke wangena ngesirhodlweni sethempeli kanye nabo, akhamba aseqa, adumisa uZimu. 9Kuthe lokha boke abantu nabambona akhamba adumisa uZimu, 10babona bonyana nguye yena loya obegade anande ahlala abawa esangweni ebekuthiwa lisango uMuhle. Nje-ke barareka bebakakamala ngokwenzekileko kuye.
Ikulumo kaPitrosi ngethempelini
11Kuthe umuntu loyo asanamathele kuPitrosi noJwanisi njalo, boke abantu ngokurareka bagijimela kibo endaweni ebizwa bona lithuri lakaSolomoni. 12Kwathi lokha uPitrosi nakabona lokho, wathi kibo: “Ma-Israyeli, kunirarelani lokhu na? Kwakhona kubayini nisirhudulele amehlo ngokungathi kube mamandlethu namkha ikolwethu eyenze umuntu lo bona akhambe na? 13UZimu ka-Abrahamu, ka-Isaka noJakopo, uZimu wabokhokho bethu, uphazimulise uJesu incekwakhe. Iye, loyo nina enamkhaphela bona abulawe, namlandula phambi koPilatu, ngitjho nanyana besele aqede ngokuthi uyamthukulula. 14Nina nalandula oCwengileko noLungileko ngaphezu kwalokho nabawa bona nithukululelwe umbulali. 15Nabulala umsunguli wepilo. Kodwana uZimu wamvusa kabafileko, ekuyinto esibofakazi bayo thina. 16Ngokukholwa ebizweni lakhe, iye, ibizo lakhe ngokwalo, ngilo elenze umuntu lo waqina. Yena enimbonako nenimaziko lo; ukukholwa okuza ngoJesu, kumnikele ukuphiliswa okupheleleko lokhu njengombana nani noke nibona.
17“Nje-ke bafowethu, ngiyazi bona nenza lokhu ngokungazi njengombana kwenza abaniphetheko. 18Lokhu kuyindlela uZimu azalise ngayo lokho akumemezela ngaphambilini ngabo boke abaphorofidi bakhe bona uKrestu wakhe uzakuhlupheka. 19Ngalokho tjhugulukani nibuyele kuZimu, khona kuzakusulwa izono zenu, 20ukuze isikhathi sokuvuselelwa sivele kuSomnini onithumelele uKrestu onguJesu amkhethela nina, 21okufanele izulu limamukele bekufike isikhathi lapha uZimu enza khona zoke izinto butjha, njengombana athembisa ekadeni ngabaphorofidi bakhe abacwengileko. 22NoMosi wathi, ‘USomnini uZimenu uzanivusela umphorofidi onjengami phakathi kwenu, kubafowenu. Nguye okufanele nimlalele. 23Nanyana ngubani ongeze alalele umphorofidi loyo, uzakujutjwa ebantwini bekhabo.’
24“Mbala boke abaphorofidi kusukela kuSamyela nabalandelako, nabo boke abakhulumako, bamemezela ngamalanga wanamhlanjesi. 25Nina niziinzukulwana zabaphorofidi nabesivumelwano uZimu asenza naboyihlo, njengombana wathi ku-Abrahamu, ‘Zoke iinkoro zephasi zizakukhanukela ukubusiswa njengeenzukulwana zakho.’ 26Yeke lokha uZimu avusa incekwakhe, wayithumela kokuthoma kini kobana inibusise ngokunitjhugulula eendleleni zenu zobukhohlakali.”
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IZENZO ZABAPOSTOLI 3: SND12
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