IzEnzo 23:1-11

UPawuli wawugqolozela umphakathi, wathi: “Madoda, bazalwane, mina ngihambile phambi kukaNkulunkulu nginonembeza wonke omuhle kuze kube namuhla. Umpristi omkhulu u-Ananiya wayala ababemi eduze kwakhe ukuba bamshaye emlonyeni. UPawuli wasesithi kuye: UNkulunkulu uzakutshaya wena ludonga olucakiweyo; Lababemi khona bathi: Uthuka umpristi omkhulu kaNkulunkulu yini? UPawuli wasesithi: Bengingazi, bazalwane, ukuthi ungumpristi omkhulu; Kodwa uPawuli esekwazi ukuthi enye ingxenye ingabaSadusi lelinye ingabaFarisi, wamemeza emphakathini wathi: Madoda, bazalwane, mina ngingumFarisi, indodana yomFarisi; umbuzo. Eseshilo lokho, kwavela ukungezwani phakathi kwabaFarisi nabaSadusi, uquqaba lwahlukana phakathi. Ngokuba abaSadusi bathi akukho ukuvuka kwabafileyo, nangelosi, namoya, kepha abaFarisi bakuvuma kokubili. Kwase kuba khona ukukhala okukhulu, ababhali besigaba sabaFarisi basukuma baphikisana, besithi: Kasitholi okubi kulumuntu; Kwathi sekuqubuka ukuphikisana okukhulu, induna yenkulungwane yesaba ukuthi uPawuli ungahle adwetshulwe yibo, yalaya amabutho ukuthi ehle, amthathe phakathi kwabo, amngenise enqabeni. Ngobusuku obulandelayo iNkosi yema ngakuye, yathi: “Yima isibindi, uPawulu