Kwathi sesifikile endaweni ephephile, sezwa ukuthi leso siqhingi kuthiwa iMelitha. Abantu bakhona basiphatha ngobubele obungavamile, sebebase umlilo, basemukela sonke, ngenxa yokuba lalina futhi kumakhaza. UPawula esethezile isixha sezinswani, wasifaka emlilweni, kwathi ngenxa yokushisa kwaphuma inyoka, yazithandela esandleni sakhe. Lapho abantu bendawo bebona isilwane silenga esandleni sakhe, bakhuluma bodwa, bathi: “Impela lo muntu ungumbulali, kuthi noma esesinde olwandle, kodwa ukuLunga kungavumi ukuba aphile.”
Kepha wasinikinela isilwane emlilweni, akaze alimala. Babheka belindele ukuthi usazovuvuka noma afumbeke phansi ngokushesha, afe, kodwa sebelinde isikhathi eside, bebona engehlelwa ngozi, base beguqula umqondo, bathi ungunkulunkulu.
Kuleyo ndawo kwakukhona izwe lesikhulu sesiqhingi, igama lesikhulu kwakunguPhubhiliyu, sona sasamukela sasiphatha kahle; sahlala izinsuku ezintathu. Kepha uyise kaPhubhiliyu wayenomkhuhlane, elele phansi. UPawula wangena lapho elele khona, wathandaza, wabeka izandla phezu kwakhe, wamphilisa. Sekwenzekile lokho, iningi labantu basesiqhingini baletha nabanye ababenezifo, baphiliswa. Basihlonipha kakhulu impela, kwathi mhla sihamba ngomkhumbi, basipha esikudingayo.
Emva kwezinyanga ezintathu, sahamba ngomkhumbi wase-Aleksandriya owawume esiqhingini ukuze kwedlule ubusika, owawunophawu lwamaWele. Sesingene echwebeni eSirakhuse, sahlala izinsuku ezintathu. Sesisuka lapho sagwegwa saze safika eRegiyu, ngokuba kwavuka umoya waseningizimu, kwathi ngosuku lwesibili safinyelela ePhutheyoli.
Safumana khona abazalwane, basimema ukuba sihlale nabo izinsuku eziyisikhombisa; emveni kwalokho safika eRoma. Kuthe abazalwane sebezwile ngathi basuka khona, beza kithi bezosihlangabeza, baze bafika e-Aphiyo Foru naseThresi Thaberne. Kwathi ebabona uPawula, wabonga uNkulunkulu, wama isibindi. Sesifikile eRoma, uPawula wavunyelwa ukuhlala yedwa enebutho elimlindayo.
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