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;
Kwathi sekusile, abaJuda benza icebo, bazibopha ngesiqalekiso, bathi abayikudla, bangaphuzi, bengakambulali uPawulu.
Babengaphezu kwamashumi amane abenze lelo tulo.
Bona-ke beza kubapristi abakhulu labadala bathi: Sizibophe ngesiqalekiso, ukuthi kasiyikudla lutho singakambulali uPawuli.
Ngakho-ke nina kanye nomphakathi bonisani induna yenkulungwane ukuba imehlisele kini kusasa ngokungathi nifuna ukuhlolisisa kahle okumayelana naye;
Kwathi indodana kadadewabo kaPawuli isizwile ngokuqamekela kwabo, yasuka yangena enkambeni yamabutho, yabikela uPawuli.
UPawuli wasebizela kuye enye induna yekhulu, wathi: Yisa lelijaha enduneni yenkulungwane, ngoba lilendaba ethile kuyo.
Yayibamba-ke, yayisa enduneni enkulu, yathi: “UPawuli isiboshwa ungibizile, wangincenga ukuba ngilethe leli nsizwa kuwe, linento ezokhuluma kuwe.
Induna yenkulungwane yasibamba isandla salo, yahamba laye ngasese, yasibuza yathi: Kuyini ozangitshela khona?
Yathi: “AbaJuda bavumelene ukukucela ukuba wehlisele uPawuli emphakathini kusasa, kungathi bafuna ukuhlolisisa kahle okunye ngaye.
Kodwa ungabayekeli, ngoba kubo bamqamekele amadoda angaphezu kwamatshumi amane, azibophe ngesifungo ukuthi kabayikudla lokunatha aze ambulale; kalokhu aselungile, akhangele. Ngesithembiso esivela kuwe.
Khona induna yenkulungwane yayisiyiyeke insizwa, yayiyala ngokuthi: “Bheka, ungatsheli muntu ukuthi ungibikele lokho.
Yasibizela kuye izinduna zekhulu ezimbili, yathi: “Lungisani amasosha angamakhulu amabili ukuba aye eKesariya, nabamahhashi abangamashumi ayisikhombisa, nababikhonto abangamakhulu amabili, ngehora lesithathu lobusuku;
nilungisele nezilwane, ukuze bamkhwelise uPawulu, bamyise kuFeliksi umbusi ephephile.
Wasebhala incwadi kanje:
UKlawudiyu Lisiya kuMbusi odumileyo uFeliksi uyakhonza.
Lendoda yayibanjwe ngabaJuda, yayizakubulawa yiwo, ngase ngifika nebutho, ngayophula, ngimazi ukuthi ingumRoma.
Kuthe sengifuna ukwazi icala abayimangalela ngalo, ngamkhiphela emphakathini wabo;
engabona ukuthi imangalelwe ngemibuzo yomthetho wawo, kodwa ingamangalelwa ngalutho olufanele ukufa nokuboshwa.
Kwathi sengitsheliwe ukuthi abaJuda babeqamekele lowo muntu, ngathumela kuwe masinyane, ngase ngibayala abammangalelayo ukuba bakhulume phambi kwakho ngalokho abanawo ngakuyo. Ukuvalelisa.
Khona amasosha amthatha uPawulu njengokulaywa kwawo, amyisa e-Antipatri ebusuku.
Ngangomuso bashiya abamahhashi ukuba bahambe naye, babuyela enqabeni;
okwathi sebefikile eKesariya, banika umbusi incwadi, bethula loPawuli phambi kwakhe.
Kwathi umbusi eseyifundile incwadi, wabuza ukuthi ungowasiphi isifunda; Kwathi esezwile ukuthi ungowaseKhilikhiya;
Wathi ngizakuzwa, nxa abamangaleli bakho sebefikile. Wayala ukuba agcinwe endlini yokwahlulela kaHerode.
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