iZenzo 4:1-22

Ke kaloku, bakubon’ ukuba bayathetha kubo abantu, bafika ababingeleli, nomphathi wetempile, nabaSadusi; bebindekile ngenxa yokuba befundisa abantu, bekuxela ukuvuka kubo abafileyo ngoku kukaYesu ukuvuka. Babasa izandla, babafaka entolongweni, kwada kwaba ngengomso; kuba bekuse kuhlwile. Ke into eninzi yabo babelivile ilizwi, yakholwa; lathi inani lamadoda lingathi kumawaka amahlanu. Ke kaloku kwathi ngengomso, abaphathi babo, namadoda amakhulu, nababhali, bathi, Kwahlanganisana eYerusalem uAnas umbingeleli omkhulu, noKayafa, noYohane, noAlesandire, kwanabanye bemizalwane yombingeleli omkhulu; Bakuba bebamise phakathi, bababuza besithi, Le nto nina niyenze ngamandla mani na, nangagama lini na? Wathi ke uPetros, ezele nguMoya oyiNgcwele, wathi kubo, Nina baphathi babantu, nani madoda makhulu akwaSirayeli, ukuba thina namhlanje siyacikideka ngomsebenzi omhle owenziweyo lowo ungenamandla, ukuba ungáphiliswa njani na; Makwazeke kuni nonke, nakubo bonke abantu bakwaSirayeli, ukuba kusegameni likaYesu Kristu waseNazarete, enambethelelayo emnqamlezweni nina, athe uThixo wamvusa kwabafileyo; kungaye lowo, ukuba lo mntu eme apha phambi kwenu ephilile. Lo ngulo ilitye elenziwa into engento nini bakhi, elisuke laba yintloko yembombo. Kananjalo usindiso alukho kuwumbi; kuba akukho gama limbi phantsi kwezulu, linikiweyo phakathi kwabantu, esimele ukusindiswa ngalo. Ke kaloku, bakubona ukungafihlisikuthetha koPetros noYohane, beqiqa nokuba ngabantu abangenamfundo, abangenakwazi, bamangaliswa; babaqonda ukuba babenaye uYesu. Bakumbona ke umntu emi nabo, yena lowo uphilisiweyo, ababanga nandawo yakuphika. Bakuba bethe mabaphume entlanganisweni yamatyala, bacebisana bodwa, besithi, Siya kubathini na aba bantu? Kuba okunene, ukuba kuhle ngabo umqondiso owazekayo, oyinto ebonakalayo kubo bonke abemi eYerusalem, kwaye asinakuyikhanyela loo nto. Ukuze ke loo nto ingahlakazeki ngakumbi ebantwini, masise sibasongela ngelokuba bangabi sathetha mntwini ngeli gama. Bebabizile, babathethela ngelithi, mabangabi sakhankanya nakanye, bangafundisi nokufundisa ngegama likaYesu. Ke kaloku uPetros noYohane baphendula, bathi kubo, Yahlulani nina, ukuba bubulungisa na emehlweni kaThixo ukuva nina, kunokuva uThixo; Kaloku thina asinakuyeka ukuthetha ngezinto esizibonileyo nesizivileyo. Bathe ke bona, beqokele ngokubasongela, babandulula, bengafumani sizathu bangababetha ngaso, ngenxa yabantu; ngokuba bonke babemzukisa uThixo ngoko kwakuhlile. Kuba umntu owathi waphiliswa phezu kwakhe lo mqondiso wokuphiliswa wayeneminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amane.