U-Agripha wayesethi kuPawulu: “Uvunyelwe ukuzikhulumela. UPawuli waseselula isandla, waziphendulela;
Kuyangithokozisa, nkosi Agripha, ngoba lamuhla ngizaziphendulela phambi kwakho ngakho konke engimangalelwa ngakho ngabaJuda;
ikakhulu ngoba ngikwazi ukuthi unolwazi kuwo wonke amasiko lezingxabano zabaJuda; ngakho ngiyakuncenga ukuthi ungizwe ngesineke.
Indlela yami yokuphila kwasebusheni bami ekuqaleni eyayiphakathi kwesizwe sakithi eJerusalema ayazi bonke abaJuda;
ababengazi kwasekuqaleni, uma befuna ukufakaza, ukuthi ngokwehlelo eliqine kakhulu lenkonzo yethu ngahamba ngingumFarisi.
Kalokhu ngimi futhi ngigwetshiwe ngenxa yethemba lesithembiso uNkulunkulu asinika okhokho bethu.
Ezithemba ukufika kuso izizwe eziyishumi nambili zakithi, zikhonza uNkulunkulu masinyane imini nobusuku; Ngenxa yalelithemba, nkosi Agripha, ngimangalelwa ngabaJuda.
Kungani kucatshangwa ukuthi yinto engakholeki kini, ukuthi uNkulunkulu uvusa abafileyo na?
Mina-ke ngangicabanga ngokwami ukuthi ngifanele ukwenza izinto ezinengi eziphambene lebizo likaJesu waseNazaretha.
Lokho nami ngakwenza eJerusalema; abaningi kwabangcwele ngabavalela etilongweni, ngithole amandla kubapristi abakhulu; futhi lapho bebulawa, ngazwakalisa izwi lami ngokumelene nabo.
Nasemasinagogeni onke ngabajezisa kaningi, ngibacindezela ukuba bahlambalaze; futhi njengoba ngibathukuthelele kakhulu, ngabazingela kwaze kwaba semizini yabezizwe.
Okwathi lapho ngiya eDamaseku nginegunya nokuthunywa kubapristi abakhulu,
Emini enkulu, nkosi, ngisendleleni ngabona ukukhanya okuvela ezulwini okungaphezu kokukhanya kwelanga, kungikhanyisa nxazonke zami nababehamba nami.
Kuthe sesiwile phansi sonke emhlabathini, ngezwa izwi likhuluma kimi ngolimi lwesiHeberu, lithi: ‘Sawulu, Sawulu, ungizingelelani na? kulukhuni kuwe ukukhahlela izinkandi.
Ngasengisithi: Ungubani, Nkosi? Wasesithi: Mina nginguJesu omzingelayo.
Kepha sukuma, ume ngezinyawo zakho, ngokuba ngibonakale kuwe ngalokho ukuba ngikwenze ube yisikhonzi nofakazi walezi zinto ozibonileyo nowalezo zinto engizakuzibonakalisa kuwe ngazo;
ngikukhulula kubantu nakwabezizwe, engikuthuma kubo manje.
Ukuze uvule amehlo abo, basuke ebumnyameni, baye ekukhanyeni, basuke emandleni kaSathane, baye kuNkulunkulu, ukuze bamukele ukuthethelelwa kwezono, nefa phakathi kwabangcwelisiweyo ngokukholwa kimi.
Ngakho-ke, nkosi Agripha, angibanga ngongalaleliyo umbono wasezulwini;
kodwa ngabika kuqala kwabaseDamaseku, naseJerusalema, nakuzo zonke izindawo zaseJudiya, nakwabezizwe, ukuba baphenduke, baphendukele kuNkulunkulu, benze imisebenzi efanele ukuphenduka.
Ngenxa yalokhu abaJuda bangibamba ethempelini, bafuna ukungibulala.
Ngakho-ke sengizuze usizo lukaNkulunkulu, ngimi kuze kube yilolu suku, ngifakaza kwabancane nabakhulu, ngingakhulumi okunye ngaphandle kwalokho abakushilo abaprofethi noMose ukuthi kuyakwenzeka;
ukuze uKristu ahlupheke, abe ngowokuqala ukuvuka kwabafileyo, amemezele ukukhanya kubantu nakwabezizwe.
Esazikhulumela lokho, uFestu wathi ngezwi elikhulu: “Uyahlanya, Pawulu; ukufunda okuningi kuyakuhlanyisa.
Kodwa wathi: Kangihlanyi, Festu odumileyo; kodwa ngikhulume amazwi eqiniso nawokuhluzeka kwengqondo.
Ngokuba inkosi iyazi ngalezizinto, engikhuluma kuyo ngokukhululeka; ngoba le nto ayenziwanga engosini.
Nkosi Agripha, uyakholwa ngabaprofethi na? Ngiyazi ukuthi uyakholwa.
UAgripha wasesithi kuPawuli: Cishe usufuna ukungenza ngibe ngumKristu.
UPawuli wasesithi: Ngithanda kuNkulunkulu ukuthi, kungabi nguwe wedwa, kodwa labo bonke abangizwayo lamuhla, kokubili ngokuseduze, nangokuphelele, babe njengami, ngaphandle kwalezizibopho.
Eseshilo lokho, yasukuma inkosi, nombusi, noBernike, nababehlezi nabo;
Sebesukile bakhuluma bodwa, bathi: “Lo akenzi lutho olufanele ukufa nokuboshwa.
U-Agripha wayesethi kuFestu: “Lo ngabe ukhululiwe, uba ubengalidluliselanga kuKesari.
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