Ingelosi yeNkosi yakhuluma kuFiliphu, yathi: “Suka uye ngaseningizimu, endleleni ephuma eJerusalema yehlele eGaza, le ndawo iyihlane.”
Wasuka-ke wahamba. Wase ebona indoda yase-Etopiya, umthenwa, isikhulu sikaKhandakhe, indlovukazi yase-Etopiya, eyayengamele yonke ingcebo yendlovukazi. Yayikade ize eJerusalema ukuzokhuleka. Isibuyela emuva, yayihleli enqoleni yayo, ifunda umphrofethi u-Izaya. UMoya wathi kuFiliphu. “Sondela, uhambisane nale nqola.”
UFiliphu wagijima wasondela kuyo, wayizwa ifunda umphrofethi u-Izaya, wayesethi kuyo: “Uyakuqonda yini lokho okufundayo na?”
Yona yathi: “Ngingakuqonda kanjani, uma kungekho ongichasisela khona?”
Yayisimnxusa uFiliphu ukuba agibele enqoleni ahlale nayo. Kepha isahlukwana sombhalo eyayisifunda yilesi esithi:
“Njengewundlu liyiswa ekuhlatshweni,
nanjengemvu ithule phambi komgundi wayo,
akawuvulanga umlomo wakhe.
Ekudunyazweni kwayo,
ukwehlulelwa kwakhe kwasuswa.
Ngubani oyakulanda ngesizukulwane sakhe na?
Ngokuba ukuphila kwakhe kuyasuswa emhlabeni.”
Umthenwa wathi kuFiliphu: “Ngiyacela, umphrofethi ukukhuluma ngobani lokhu? Ngabe uzisho yena noma ukhuluma ngomunye na?”
UFiliphu wakhuluma naye, eqala kulowo mbhalo; wamshumayeza ivangeli ngoJesu.
Besahamba endleleni, bafika emanzini. Umthenwa wathi: “Nanka phela amanzi; kwalani ukuba ngibhabhadiswe na?”
UFiliphu wathi kuye: “Uma ukholwa ngenhliziyo yonke, kungenziwa.”
Waphendula wathi: “Ngiyakholwa ukuthi uJesu uKhristu uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.”
Wayeseyala ukuba ime inqola. Umthenwa noFiliphu behla baya emanzini, uFiliphu wayesembhabhadisa umthenwa. Kuthe sebephumile emanzini, uMoya weNkosi wamhlwitha uFiliphu, umthenwa akabe esambona, kodwa waqhubeka nohambo lwakhe ethokozile. Kepha uFiliphu wafunyanwa e-Azothu, ehamba eshumayela ivangeli kuyo yonke imizi, waze wayofika eKhesariya.
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