IzEnzo 2:1-13

Kwathi sekufikile usuku lwePhentekoste, bonke babebuthene ndawonye. Ngokungazelelwe kwavela ezulwini inhlokomo kwangathi eyokuvunguza komoya onamandla; yona yagcwalisa indlu yonke ababehlezi kuyo. Kwase kubonakala kubo izilimi ezahlukeneyo kungathi ezomlilo; zahlala phezu kwalowo nalowo kubo. Base begcwala bonke uMoya oNgcwele, baqala ukukhuluma ngezinye izilimi, njengalokho uMoya wabapha ukuphumisela. Kepha kwakukhona abaJuda abakhile eJerusalema, amadoda akholwayo, evela ezizweni zonke eziphansi kwezulu; kwathi kuzwakele lowo mdumo, uquqaba lwabuthana, lwaphithiza, ngokuba kwaba yilowo nalowo wabezwa bekhuluma ngolimi lwakubo. Bethuka, bamangala bathi: “Bheka, bonke laba abakhulumayo abasibo abaseGalile na? Yini, pho, ukuba sonke ngabanye sizwe ngolimi lwakithi esazalwa nalo na? AmaParte, namaMede, nama-Elamithi, nabakhile eMesopotamiya, naseJudiya, naseKhaphadosiya, nasePontu, nase-Asiya, naseFrigiya, nasePhamfiliya, naseGibithe, nasezweni laseLibiya ngaseKhurene, nezihambi zaseRoma, nabaJuda namaproselite,* abaseKrethe nabase-Arabiya, siyabezwa bekhuluma ngezilimi zakithi ngemisebenzi emikhulu kaNkulunkulu.” Bonke bamangala, basambatheka, bathi omunye komunye: “Kuthini lokhu na?” Kepha abanye bebabhuqa bathi: “Bagcwele iwayini elimnandi.”