IzEnzo 18:1-28

Emva kwalokho uPawulu wamuka e-Athene, wafika eKorinte; Wafumana umJuda othile ogama lakhe lingu-Akwila, owazalelwa ePhontu, esanda kufika evela e-Italiya, noPrisila umkakhe; (ngokuba uKlawudiyu wayeyalile ukuba bonke abaJuda bamuke eRoma) weza kubo. Njengokuba yena engowomsebenzi ofanayo, wahlala nabo esebenza, ngokuba umsebenzi wabo babengabathungi bamatende. Wayeseshumayela esinagogeni isabatha ngamasabatha, wazuza abaJuda namaGreki. Kwathi sebefikile oSila loThimothewu bevela eMakedoniya, uPawulu wacindezeleka emoyeni, wafakaza kubaJuda ukuthi uJesu unguKristu. Kwathi bemphikisa, behlambalaza, wathintitha izingubo zakhe, wathi kubo: “Igazi lenu malibe phezu kwamakhanda enu; Mina ngihlanzekile: kusukela manje ngizakuya kwabezizwe. Wasesuka lapho, wangena endlini yomuntu othiwa nguJustusi, okhonza uNkulunkulu, ondlu yakhe yayiseduze lesinagoge. UKrispu induna yesinagoge wakholwa yiNkosi kanye nendlu yakhe yonke; abaningi kwabaseKorinte bezwa bakholwa, babhapathizwa. INkosi yasisithi kuPawuli ebusuku ngombono: Ungesabi, kodwa khuluma, ungathuli; Ngokuba mina nginawe, akakho oyakukusukela ukuba akulimaze, ngokuba nginabantu abaningi kulo muzi. Wahlala khona unyaka nezinyanga eziyisithupha efundisa izwi likaNkulunkulu phakathi kwabo. Kwathi uGaliyu engumbusi we-Akhaya, abaJuda bamvukela uPawulu nganhliziyonye, bamyisa esihlalweni sokwahlulela. Besithi: Lo uncenga abantu ukuthi bakhonze uNkulunkulu ngokuphambene lomlayo. Kwathi uPawuli esezavula umlomo, uGaliyo wathi kumaJuda: Uba bekuyindaba embi kumbe ububi obubi, lina maJuda, ngabe ngizalibekezelela; Kepha uma kuyimpikiswano ngenkulumo, namagama, nangomthetho wenu, zibhekeni nina; ngoba mina kangiyikuba ngumahluleli wezindaba ezinjalo. Wasebaxotsha esihlalweni sokwahlulela. Khona wonke amaGreki ambamba uSostene induna yesinagoge, amshaya phambi kwesihlalo sokwahlulela. Kepha uGaliyu akabanga nandaba nalutho lwalezo zinto. UPawuli esehlale khona isikhathi eside, wasevalelisa kubazalwane, wamuka ngomkhumbi, waya eSiriya, kanye loPrisila loAkwila; esegundile ikhanda eKenikreya, ngokuba wayenesithembiso. Wafika e-Efesu, wabashiya khona; kepha yena wangena esinagogeni, wakhulumisana nabaJuda. Kwathi sebemncenga ukuthi ahlale isikhathi esidana labo, kavumanga; Kodwa wabavalelisa, wathi: “Ngimelwe nakanjani ukugcina lo mkhosi ozayo eJerusalema, kepha ngiyakubuyela kini, uma uNkulunkulu ethanda. Wamuka ngomkhumbi e-Efesu. Esefikile eKesariya, wenyuka wayobingelela ibandla, wehlela e-Antiyokiya. Esehlale khona isikhathi, wamuka, walidabula ngokulandelana izwe laseGalathiya nelaseFrigiya, eqinisa bonke abafundi. Kwasekufika e-Efesu umJuda othile ogama lakhe lingu-Apholo, ngokuzalelwa e-Aleksandriya, indoda ekhulumayo, enamandla emibhalweni. Lo muntu wayefundiswe indlela yeNkosi; evutha emoyeni wakhuluma, wafundisa kahle izinto zeNkosi, azi umbhapathizo kaJohane kuphela. Waqala ukukhuluma ngesibindi esinagogeni, okwathi ukuzwa u-Akwila noPrisila bamyisa kubo, bamchasisela indlela kaNkulunkulu ngokucace kakhulu. Kwathi esezimisele ukudlulela eAkhaya, abazalwane baloba, bekhuthaza abafundi ukuthi bamamukele; Ngokuba wawakholisa kakhulu abaJuda, naphambi kwabantu, ebonakalisa ngemibhalo ukuthi uJesu unguKristu.