iZenzo iZenzo 20
iZenzo 20
1Ke kaloku, sakuba sidambile isiphithiphithi eso, uPawulos wababizela kuye abafundi bakhe, wababulisa, wemka waya kwelaseMakedoni. 2Ewatyhutyhile ke loo macala, ebayalile kakhulu, weza kwelamaGrike. 3Wahlala apho iinyanga zantathu. Ke kaloku, xa abezalelwe kuye amaYuda, xa aza kuya ngomkhombe kwelaseSiriya, wagqiba kwelokuba acande kwelaseMakedoni ngokubuya. 4Waphelekelelwa ke, kwada kweza kwelaseAsiya nguSopatro waseBhereya; nabaseTesalonika, uAristarko noSekundo; noGayo waseDerbhe, noTimoti; kwabaseAsiya, ooTikiko noTrofimo. 5Aba ke bona basandulela, basilinda eTrowa. 6Semka ngomkhombe eFilipi, emva kwemihla yezonka ezingenagwele, seza kubo eTrowa ngeentsuku ezintlanu; sahlala khona iintsuku zasixhenxe. 7Ke kaloku, ngolokuqala usuku lweveki, bakubon’ ukuba abafundi bahlanganisene ukuba baqhekeze isonka, uPawulos wayeshumayela kubo, eza kumka ngengomso; Wayiqhuba intetho yakhe kwada kwaphakathi kobusuku. 8Kwaye kukho izibane ezininzi kwigumbi eliphezulu, apho babehlanganisene khona. 9Kwakuhleli efestileni ndodana ithile ingama linguYutiko, isindwa bubuthongo obunzulu; 10Wehla ke uPawulos, waziphosa phezu kwayo, wayiwola, wathi, Musani ukuzikhathaza; ngokuba umphefumlo wakhe ukuye. 11Wenyuka ke, waqhekeza isonka, wadla; kananjalo waxoxa ngokwaneleyo kwada kwasa, wemka njalo. 12Bamzisa ke umfana ehleli, bethuthuzelekile noko. 13Ke kaloku thina sandulela ukuya emkhombeni, sasinga eAso, apho besiza kumthabatha khona uPawulos; kuba ebemisele ngokunjalo, yena eza kuhamba ngeenyawo. 14Uthe akuhlangana nathi eAso, samthabatha, saya kufika eMitilene. 15Semka apho ngomkhombe, ngengomso safika malungana neKiyo; Sathi ngengomso safika eSamo, sahlala eTrogiliyo; saza ngengomso seza eMileto. 16Kuba uPawulos wagqiba kwelokuba kudlulwe ngomkhombe e-Efese, ukuze angabi nakwenza xesha lide kwelaseAsiya; kuba wayekhawulezele ukuthi, ukuba unako, awenze umhla wepentekoste eYerusalem. 17EseMileto wathumela e-Efese, wabiza amadoda amakhulu alo ibandla. 18Befikile ke kuye, wathi kubo, Niyazi ukuba bendihleli nani ngamaxesha onke, kususela kwimini yokuqala endafikayo kwelaseAsiya; 19ndikhonza iNkosi ngako konke ukuthobeka kwentliziyo, ndineenyembezi ezininzi, nokulingwa okwandihlelayo ngokulalela amaYuda; 20nokokuba andinifihlelanga nto, ndanibonisa nje, ndanifundisa esidlangalaleni nakwizindlu ngezindlu, 21ndiqononondisa kuma Yuda nakumaGrike ukuguqukela kuThixo, nokukholwa kuyo iNkosi yethu, uYesu Kristu. 22Nangoku, yabonani, mna ndiya eYerusalem, ndibotshiwe nguMoya, ndingazazi izinto eziya kundihlela khona; 23ndanele ukwazi ukuba uMoya oyiNgcwele uqononondisa kwimizi ngemizi, esithi ndilindwe ngamakhamandela naziimbandezelo. 24Kambe ke ubomi bam andibugqali njengobalulekileyo kum, ukuze ndilufeze ugqatso lwam ngovuyo, nolungiselelo endalwamkelayo lweNkosi uYesu, lokungqina iindaba ezilungileyo zobabalo lukaThixo. 25Nangoku, yabonani, ndiyazi mna, ukuba nina nonke ndahambayo phakathi kwenu, ndibuvakalisa ubukumkani bukaThixo, anisayi kubuya nibubone ubuso bam. 26Kungoko ndingqinayo kuni ngayo le mini yanamhla, ukuba mna ndimsulwa egazini labo bonke; 27Kuba ndanixelela lonke icebo likaThixo. 28Zilumkeleni ngoko, nawo wonke umhlambi, athe uMoya oyiNgcwele wanimisa ukuba ngabaveleli bawo, ukuba nilaluse ibandla likaThixo, awazizuzelayo ngelilelakhe igazi. 29Kuba mna ndiyakwazi oku, ukuba emva kokumka kwam, kuya kungena phakathi kwenu iingcuka ezibawayo, zingawucongi umhlambi. 30Nakuni ngokwenu kuya kusuka amadoda athetha izinto ezigwenxa, ukuba abarhole abafundi emva kwawo. 31Kungoko ndithi, Phaphani, nikhumbule, ukuba iminyaka emithathu, ubusuku nemini, andiyekanga ukululeka bonke ngabanye, ndineenyembezi. 32Ngoku ke, bazalwana, ndiyaniyaleza kuThixo, nakwilizwi lobabalo lwakhe, enako ukunakha, aninike ilifa phakathi kwabo bonke abangcwalisiweyo. 33Andinqwenelanga silivere nagolide nangubo kabani. 34Nani ngokwenu niyazi ukuba ezi zandla zazisebenzela iintswelo zam, nezababenam. 35Ndanibonisa zonke izinto, ukuba ngokwenjenjalo ukubulaleka nimelwe kukuthi niyisize imilwelwe, nikhumbule namazwi eNkosi uYesu, yokuba yona yathi, Ukupha kunoyolo ngaphezu kokuphiwa. 36Akuba etshilo, waguqa ngamadolo, wathandaza kunye nabo bonke. 37Basuka balila kakhulu bonke, bawa entanyeni kaPawulos, bamanga, 38bebuhlungu kakhulu, ngokukodwa lilizwi alithethileyo lokuthi, abasayi kubuya babubone ubuso bakhe. Bamkhapha ke bamsa emkhombeni.
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