Kwathi emva kwezinsuku eziyisihlanu u-Ananiya umpristi omkhulu wehla kanye namalunga, nomkhulumeli othile uTertulu, bona bemangalele uPawulu kumbusi.
Kuthe esebiziwe, uTertulu waqala ukummangalela, ethi: “Njengoba sijabulela ukuthula okukhulu ngawe, nokuthi lesi sizwe senzelwa imisebenzi emihle kakhulu ngokuqondisa kwakho;
Siyakwamukela ngezikhathi zonke nasezindaweni zonke ngokubonga okukhulu, Feliksi odumileyo.
Nokho ukuze ngingakukhathaleli kakhulu, ngiyakuncenga ukuba usizwe kafushane ngobubele bakho.
Ngoba siyitholile indoda le iyisixhwanguxhwangu, ibangela ukuvukela umbuso phakathi kwabaJuda bonke emhlabeni wonke, ingumkhokheli wehlelo lamaNazaretha.
Owaphinde wazama ukungcolisa ithempeli, esamthatha, besifuna ukumahlulela ngokomthetho wethu.
Kodwa induna yenkulungwane uLisiya yasihlasela, yamsusa esandleni sethu ngendluzula enkulu.
Walaya abamangaleli bakhe ukuthi beze kuwe;
NamaJuda avuma, ethi lezi zinto zinjalo.
UPawuli esemqhwebile ukuthi akhulume, waphendula wathi: Njengoba ngazi ukuthi sekuyiminyaka eminengi ungumgwebi walesisizwe, ngiziphendulela ngesibindi esikhulu.
Ngokuba ukuze uqonde ukuthi kusesele izinsuku eziyishumi nambili ngenyukela eJerusalema ukuyokhuleka.
Njalo kabangifumananga ethempelini ngiphikisana lamuntu, njalo ngivusa ixuku, lemasinagogeni, ledolobheni;
Futhi abanakufakazela lokho abangimangalela ngakho manje.
Kepha ngiyavuma lokhu kuwe ukuthi ngendlela abayibiza ngokuthi ihlelo, ngokunjalo ngiyamkhonza uNkulunkulu wawobaba, ngikholwa yikho konke okulotshiweyo emthethweni nakubaprofethi;
nginethemba kuNkulunkulu, abalibekayo nabo uqobo, lokuthi kuyakuba khona ukuvuka kwabafileyo, okwabalungileyo nabangalungile.
Nakulokhu ngiyazivivinya ukuba ngihlale nginonembeza ongenacala kuNkulunkulu nakubantu.
Kwathi emva kweminyaka eminingi ngafika ukuletha izipho esizweni sakithi neminikelo.
Kulokho abaJuda abathile base-Asiya bangifumana ethempelini ngihlanjululwe, kungelasixuku noma nginesiyaluyalu.
Ababemelwe ukuba lapha phambi kwakho, bangiphikisa, uma bebenokuthile ngami.
Kumbe laba abakhona kabatsho, uba befumene ulutho olubi kimi, ngimi phambi komphakathi;
ngaphandle kwaleli zwi linye engamemeza ngalo ngimi phakathi kwabo, lokuthi ngokuvuka kwabafileyo ngimangalelwa yinina namuhla.
Kwathi uFeliksi esezwile lezizinto, ekwazi ngokugcweleyo kakhulu ngaleyo Ndlela, wababuyisela emuva, wathi: Nxa uLisiya induna yenkulungwane esehlile, mina ngizakwazi ngokugcwele indaba yenu.
Waselaya induna yekhulu ukuthi agcinwe uPawuli, njalo abe lenkululeko, njalo kungavinjelwa muntu wakubo ukumkhonza kumbe ukuza kuye.
Kwathi emva kwezinsuku ezithile wafika uFeliksi noDrusila umkakhe owayengumJudakazi, wabiza uPawulu, wamuzwa ngokukholwa kuKristu.
Esakhuluma ngokulunga, nokuzithiba, nokwahlulela okuzayo, uFelike washaywa luvalo, waphendula wathi: “Okwamanje hamba; nxa nginesikhathi esihle, ngizakubiza.
Yena wayethemba ukuthi uzanikwa uPawuli imali, ukuze amkhulule; ngakho wambiza kanengi, ekhuluma laye.
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