IzEnzo 28:1-10

Sebephunyukile, bazi ukuthi isiqhingi sithiwa iMelitha. Amaqaba asenzela umusa omkhulu, ngokuba aphemba umlilo, asamukela sonke ngenxa yemvula eyayisina nangenxa yamakhaza. UPawuli etheza inyanda lezinkuni, walibeka emlilweni, kwaphuma inyoka ngenxa yokushisa, yanamathela esandleni sakhe. Abezizwe sebebona isilo esinesihlungu silenga esandleni sakhe, bakhuluma bodwa, bathi: “Ngokuqinisekile lo muntu ungumbulali, okuthi noma esindile olwandle ukuphindisela akuvumi ukuba aphile. Wasihluthunela isilo emlilweni, akezwa lutho. Kodwa babelindele ukuthi uzavuvuka kumbe awe phansi masinyane afe. Kulezo zindawo kwakukhona amasimu endoda enkulu yesiqhingi, ogama layo linguPhubhiliyu; owasamukela, wasamukela kahle izinsuku ezintathu. Kwasekusithi uyise kaPhubhiliyu wayelele ebanjwe ngumkhuhlane lomkhuhlane wegazi, uPawuli wangena kuye, wakhuleka, wabeka izandla phezu kwakhe, wamsilisa. Kwathi lokho sekwenzekile, beza nabanye abasesiqhingini abanezifo, baphulukiswa; abasidumisile futhi ngokutusa okuningi; kwathi sesihamba, basithwalisa esikudingayo.