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.
Emva kwezinyanga ezintathu samuka ngomkhumbi wase-Aleksandriya, owawudlulise ubusika esiqhingini, uphawu lwawo lungoKastore noPoluksi.
Safika eSirakhuse, sahlala khona izinsuku ezintathu.
Sasuka lapho sazungeza, safika eRegiyu; emva kosuku olulodwa kwavunguza umoya waseningizimu, ngangomuso safika ePhutheyoli;
lapho sathola abazalwane, sancengwa ukuthi sihlale labo insuku eziyisikhombisa; ngokunjalo saya eRoma.
Kuthe besuka lapho, abazalwane sebezwile ngathi, beza ukusihlangabeza baze bafika esikhungweni sika-Aphiyi naseTresi Thaberne, uPawulu ebabona wabonga uNkulunkulu, wema isibindi.
Kwathi sesifikile eRoma, induna yekhulu yanikela izibotshwa enduneni yabalindi, kodwa uPawuli wavunyelwa ukuthi ahlale yedwa lebutho elimgadileyo.
Kwathi emva kwezinsuku ezintathu uPawuli wabizela ndawonye izikhulu zabaJuda; nokho nganikelwa eJerusalema ngiyisiboshwa ezandleni zamaRoma.
Kwathi sebengihlolile, bathanda ukungikhulula, ngoba kwakungekho cala kimi lokufa.
Kepha abaJuda sebekuphikisa, ngacindezelwa ukuba ngilidlulisele kuKesari; kungeyisikho ukuthi bengifanele ukusola isizwe sakithi.
Ngakho ngenxa yalokhu nginibizele ukulibona, ngikhulume lani, ngoba ngenxa yethemba likaIsrayeli ngibotshiwe ngamaketane.
Base bethi kuye: “Thina asamukelanga ncwadi ngawe evela eJudiya, futhi akufikanga namunye wabazalwane owabika noma wakhuluma utho olubi ngawe.
Kepha sithanda ukuzwa ngawe ukuthi yini oyicabangayo, ngokuba ngaleli hlelo siyazi ukuthi liyaphikiswa ezindaweni zonke.
Sebemmisele usuku, kweza kuye abaningi endlini yakhe yezihambi; wabachasisela, wafakaza ngombuso kaNkulunkulu, ebancenga ngoJesu, ethatha emthethweni kaMozisi lakubaprofethi, kusukela ekuseni kwaze kwahlwa.
Abanye bakholwa yilokho okwakhulunywayo, kepha abanye kabakholwa.
Kwathi bengavumelananga phakathi kwabo, basuka uPawuli esekhulume ilizwi linye lokuthi: Ukhulume kuhle uMoya oNgcwele ngoIsaya umprofethi kokhokho bethu.
Esithi: Hamba uye kulababantu uthi: Ukuzwa lizakuzwa, kodwa kaliyikuqedisisa; nokubona nizakubona, ningabonisi;
Ngokuba inhliziyo yalaba bantu seyaba lukhuni, bezwa ngezindlebe zabo, bacimezile namehlo abo; funa babone ngamehlo, bezwe ngezindlebe, baqonde ngenhliziyo, baphenduke, ngibaphilise.
Ngakho-ke makwazeke kini ukuthi usindiso lukaNkulunkulu luthunyelwa kwabezizwe, futhi bayakuzwa.
Eseshilo lokho, abaJuda bamuka, benezimpikiswano ezinkulu phakathi kwabo.
UPawuli wahlala iminyaka emibili egcweleyo endlini yakhe ayeyiqatshile, wemukela bonke ababeza kuye.
Eshumayela umbuso kaNkulunkulu, efundisa izinto eziphathelene neNkosi uJesu Kristu ngesibindi esikhulu, engavinjelwa muntu.
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