IzEnzo 23:12-22

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.