Kwakukhona e-Antiyokiya ebandleni abaprofethi nabafundisi; njengoBarnaba, noSimeyoni othiwa uNigeri, noLukiyu waseKhurene, noManayeni owayondliwe kanye noHerode umtetrarki, noSawulu.
Kwathi bekhonza iNkosi, bezila ukudla, uMoya oNgcwele wathi: Ngahlukaniseleni oBarnaba noSawulu emsebenzini engibabizele wona.
Sebezila ukudla bakhuleka, babeka izandla phezu kwabo, babamukisa.
Bona-ke bethunywe nguMoya oNgcwele behlela eSelukiya; basuka lapho ngomkhumbi baya eKhupro.
Sebefikile eSalami batshumayela ilizwi likaNkulunkulu emasinagogeni abaJuda, njalo babe loJohane wabancedisa.
Sebedabule isihlenge baze bafika ePhafosi, bafumana indoda ethile eyisanusi, umprofethi wamanga, umJuda, ogama lakhe linguBarjesu.
Owayenombusi wezwe, uSergiyu Pawulu, indoda ehlakaniphileyo; owabiza uBarnabasi loSawuli, wafisa ukuzwa ilizwi likaNkulunkulu.
Kodwa uElimasi isanusi (ngokuba linjalo ibizo lakhe ngokuhunyushwa) wamelana labo, efuna ukuphambukisa umbusi ekholweni.
Khona uSawulu, othiwa futhi uPawulu, egcwele uMoya oNgcwele, wamgqolozela.
Wathi: “Wena ogcwele ubuqili bonke nobubi bonke, ndodana kaSathane, sitha sokulunga konke, awuyikuyeka ukuphendukezela izindlela eziqondileyo zeNkosi na?
Manje bheka, isandla seNkosi siphezu kwakho, uyakuba yimpumputhe, ungaliboni ilanga isikhathi. Kwahle kwehlelwa yinkungu nobumnyama phezu kwakhe; wasezulazula efuna abangamhola ngesandla.
Khona umbusi ebona okwenzekileyo wakholwa, emangazwe isifundiso seNkosi.
Kwathi uPawuli labakanye laye besuka ePafosi, bafika ePerga esePhamfiliya; kodwa uJohane wasuka kubo wabuyela eJerusalema.
Kepha bona sebemukile ePherge bafika e-Antiyokiya yasePhisidiya, bangena esinagogeni ngosuku lwesabatha, bahlala phansi.
Kwathi sekufundiwe umlayo labaprofethi, abaphathi besinagoge bathumela kubo, besithi: Madoda, bazalwane, uba lilolizwi lokukhuthaza abantu, khulumani.
Wayesesukuma uPawulu, waqhweba ngesandla, wathi: “Madoda akwa-Israyeli, nani nesaba uNkulunkulu, lalelani.
UNkulunkulu walesi sizwe sakwa-Israyeli wakhetha okhokho bethu, wabaphakamisa abantu lapho bengabafokazi ezweni laseGibhithe, futhi ngengalo ephakemeyo wabakhipha kulo.
Kwathi cishe iminyaka engamashumi amane wabekezelela imikhuba yabo ehlane.
Esechithile izizwe eziyisikhombisa elizweni leKhanani, wababela ilizwe labo ngenkatho.
Emva kwalokho wabanika abahluleli isikhathi esingangeminyaka engamakhulu amane namashumi ayisihlanu, kwaze kwafika uSamuweli umprofethi.
Emva kwalokho bacela inkosi; uNkulunkulu wabanika uSawule indodana kaKishi, indoda yesizwe sakwaBenjamini, iminyaka engamashumi amane.
Esemkhiphile wabavusela uDavida abe yinkosi yabo; wafakaza ngaye, wathi: “Ngimfumene uDavide indodana kaJese, indoda yenhliziyo yami, eyakufeza yonke intando yami.
Enzalweni yakhe uNkulunkulu uvusele u-Israyeli uMsindisi uJesu, ngokwesithembiso sakhe.
Kwathi engakafiki uJohane etshumayele kuqala kubo bonke abantu bakoIsrayeli umbhabhathizo wokuphenduka.
Kwathi uJohane eseqedile ukuhamba kwakhe, wathi: Nithi ngingubani na? Angiyena. Kodwa bhekani, uyeza emva kwami, engingafanele ukuthukulula izicathulo zakhe ezinyaweni zakhe.
Madoda, bazalwane, bantwana bozalo lukaAbrahama, labo phakathi kwenu abamesabayo uNkulunkulu, ilizwi lale nsindiso lithunyelwe kini.
Ngokuba abakhileyo eJerusalema nababusi babo, lokhu bengamazi, noma amazwi abaprofethi afundwa amasabatha ngamasabatha, bawagcwalisile ngokumlahla.
Lanxa bengatholi cala lokufa kuye, bacela kuPilatu ukuthi abulawe.
Sebefeze konke okwakulotshiwe ngaye, bamehlisa esihlahleni, bambeka ethuneni.
Kodwa uNkulunkulu wamvusa kwabafileyo;
Wabonwa izinsuku eziningi yilabo ababekhuphukele naye eJerusalema besuka eGalile, abangabofakazi bakhe kubantu.
Lathi sitshumayela izindaba ezinhle kini, ukuthi isithembiso esenziwa kubokhokho.
UNkulunkulu usigcwalisile kithina bantwana babo ngokumvusa uJesu; njengoba kulotshiwe futhi ehubweni lesibili ukuthi: Wena uyiNdodana yami, namuhla ngikuzele.
Maqondana nokuthi wamvusa kwabafileyo, angasayikubuyela ekonakaleni, washo kanje: Ngizakuninika umusa oqinisekileyo kaDavide.
Ngakho nakwelinye ihubo uthi: Kawuyikuvuma oNgcwele wakho abone ukubola.
Ngoba uDavida esekhonze esizukulwaneni sakhe ngentando kaNkulunkulu, walala ubuthongo, wabekwa koyise, wabona ukubola;
Kodwa lowo uNkulunkulu amvusayo kakubonanga ukubola.
Ngakho makwazeke kini, madoda bazalwane, ukuthi ngalowo kumenyezelwa kini ukuthethelelwa kwezono;
futhi ngaye bonke abakholwayo bayalungisiswa kukho konke obungelungisiswe kukho ngomlayo kaMozisi.
Ngakho qaphelani, funa nehlele okwakhulunywa ngakho kubaprofethi;
Bhekani, nina zideleli, nimangale, nibhubhe, ngokuba mina ngenza umsebenzi ezinsukwini zenu, umsebenzi eningayikukholwa, noma umuntu enitshela wona.
Kwathi sebephumile esinagogeni, abezizwe bacela ukuthi lawo mazwi akhulunywe kubo ngesabatha elizayo.
Kwathi sekuhlakazekile umhlangano, abaningi kubaJuda namaproselite akholwayo balandela oPawulu noBarnaba, okwathi bekhuluma kubo, babancenga ukuba bahlale emuseni kaNkulunkulu.
Ngesabatha elilandelayo kwabuthana cishe umuzi wonke ukuzwa izwi likaNkulunkulu.
Kodwa abaJuda bebona izixuku bagcwala umona, baphikisana lezinto ezazikhulunywa nguPawuli, bephikisa lokuthuka.
Khona oPawulu noBarnaba bakhuluma isibindi, bathi: “Bekufanele ukuba izwi likaNkulunkulu likhulunywe kini kuqala;
Ngokuba iNkosi yasiyala kanjalo, ithi: “Ngikubekile ukuba ube ngukukhanya kwabezizwe, ube yinsindiso kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba.
Kwathi abezizwe bekuzwa lokho bathokoza, balidumisa izwi leNkosi, bakholwa bonke ababemiselwe ukuphila okuphakade.
Izwi leNkosi lashunyayelwa kuso sonke isifunda.
Kodwa abaJuda bavusa abesifazane abakhonzayo nabahloniphekayo nezikhulu zomuzi, bavusela oPawulu noBarnaba ukuzingelwa, babaxosha emikhawulweni yabo.
Kodwa babathintithela uthuli lwezinyawo zabo, bafika e-Ikoniyu.
Kepha abafundi bagcwala intokozo nangoMoya oNgcwele.
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