UPawula wawubuka umkhandlu, wathi: “Madoda, bazalwane, mina ngihambe phambi kukaNkulunkulu nginonembeza omsulwa, kuze kube namuhla.”
Umphristi omkhulu, u-Ananiya, wayala ababemi eduze naye ukuba bamshaye umlomo. Khona uPawula wathi kuye: “UNkulunkulu uzakukushaya wena ludonga olucakiweyo; uhleli ukuba ungehlulele ngokomthetho, kodwa wephula umthetho ngokuyala ukuba ngishaywe na?”
Ababemi lapho base bethi: “Uthuka umphristi omkhulu kaNkulunkulu na?”
UPawula wayesethi: “Bengingazi, bazalwane, ukuthi ungumphristi omkhulu, ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi:
“ ‘Ungakhulumi kabi ngombusi wesizwe sakini.’ ”
UPawula azi ukuthi bangamaqembu, enye ingxenye ingeyabaSadusi, enye ingeyabaFarisi, wayesememeza emkhandlwini, wathi: “Madoda, bazalwane, mina ngingumFarisi, nendodana yomFarisi, ngibekwe icala lokuthi nginethemba lokuvuka kwabafileyo.”
Esekushilo lokho, kwaqubuka impikiswano phakathi kwabaFarisi nabaSadusi, izixuku zehlukana kabili. Ngokuba abaSadusi bathi akukho ukuvuka kwabafileyo, nangelosi, namoya, kodwa abaFarisi bayakuvuma konke.
Kwaqubuka omkhulu umsindo, kwase kusukuma abathile beqembu labaFarisi abayizazimthetho, balwa kakhulu, bethi: “Asifumani lutho olubi kulo muntu. Siyothini uma kukhulume ingelosi noma umoya kuye na?”
Kuthe sekusuke esinamathambo, induna yenkulungwane yesaba ukuthi uPawula bangahle bamenzakalise, yayisiyala amabutho ukuba ehle, amsuse phakathi kwabo, amyise enkanjini.
Ngobusuku obulandelayo iNkosi yema ngakuye, yathi: “Yima isibindi; njengokuba ufakaze ngami eJerusalema, kanjalo umelwe ukufakaza naseRoma.”
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