IzEnzo 15:22-41

Kwaba kuhle-ke kubaphostoli namalunga kanye nebandla lonke ukuthumela amadoda athile phakathi kwabo e-Antiyokiya kanye noPawulu noBarnaba; okungukuthi uJuda othiwa uBarsaba, noSila, izinduna phakathi kwabazalwane; Basebebhala izincwadi ngabo ngalendlela; Abaphostoli namalunga nabazalwane bayakhonza kubazalwane abavela kwabezizwe e-Antiyokiya, naseSiriya, naseKhilikhiya; Njengoba sizwile ukuthi abathile abaphuma kithi banikhathaze ngamazwi, bedukisa imiphefumulo yenu, besithi: Kumele lisokwe, ligcine umlayo, esingabanikanga umlayo onjalo. Kwaba kuhle kithi sibuthene nganhliziyonye, ukuthuma kini amadoda akhethiweyo kanye labathandekayo bethu uBarnabasi loPawuli; abantu abadele ukuphila kwabo ngenxa yegama leNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu. Ngakho sithumile oJudasi loSila, abazakhuluma kini lezizinto ngomlomo. Ngokuba kwaba kuhle kuMoya oNgcwele nakithi ukuba ningathwesi umthwalo omkhulu ngaphandle kwalezizinto ezifunekayo; ukuba nizile okuhlatshelwe izithombe, negazi, nokuqumbeleneyo, nobufebe; uma nizilinda kukho, nenza kahle. Nisale kahle. Sebemukisiwe, beza e-Antiyokiya; Kwathi sebefundile bathokoza ngenduduzo. OJudasi noSila, bengabaprofethi nabo, bakhuthaza abazalwane ngamazwi amaningi, babaqinisa. Sebehlale khona isikhathi, bakhululwa abazalwane ngokuthula, baya kubaphostoli. Nokho kwaba kuhle kuSila ukuba asale khona. OPawulu noBarnaba bahlala e-Antiyokiya befundisa, beshumayela izwi leNkosi, kanye nabanye abaningi. Kwathi emva kwezinsuku ezithile uPawulu wathi kuBarnabasi: “Asibuye sihambele abazalwane bethu emizini yonke esishumayele kuyo izwi leNkosi, sibone ukuthi banjani. UBarnabasi wazimisela ukuhamba noJohane othiwa uMarku. Kepha uPawulu akabonanga kukuhle ukumthatha, ahambe nabo, yena owabashiya ePhamfiliya, akaya nabo emsebenzini. Kwaba khona ukuphikisana okukhulu, baze bahlukana, uBarnabasi wamthatha uMarku, waya eKhupro ngomkhumbi; UPawuli wakhetha uSila, wamuka enikelwe ngabazalwane emseni kaNkulunkulu. Wadabula iSiriya neKhilikhiya eqinisa amabandla.