Kwathi besakhuluma ebantwini, abapristi lenduna yethempeli labaSadusi beza phezu kwabo.
Bedabukile ngokuba befundisa abantu, beshumayela ukuvuka kwabafileyo ngoJesu.
Basebebabamba, babafaka entolongweni kwaze kwaba ngakusasa, ngoba kwasekuhlwile.
Kepha abaningi kwabezwayo izwi bakholwa; umumo wamadoda wawungathi izinkulungwane ezinhlanu.
Kwathi ngangomuso ababusi babo, namalunga, nababhali.
Kwabuthana u-Anase umpristi omkhulu, noKayafase, noJohane, no-Aleksandru, nabo bonke ababeyizihlobo zompristi omkhulu, babuthana eJerusalema.
Sebebamisile phakathi, babuza bathi: Lokhu likwenze ngamaphi amandla kumbe ngaliphi ibizo?
UPetro egcwele uMoya oNgcwele wathi kubo: Lina babusi babantu labadala bakoIsrayeli.
Uma thina lamuhla sihlolisiswa ngomsebenzi omuhle owenziwe kumuntu ongelamandla, ukuthi usindiswa ngani;
Makwazeke kini nonke nakubo bonke abantu bakwa-Israyeli, ukuthi ngegama likaJesu Kristu waseNazaretha enambethela esiphambanweni, uNkulunkulu amvusa kwabafileyo, ngaye lo umi lapha phambi kwenu esindile.
Lo uyitshe eladelwa nina bakhi, eseliyinhloko yegumbi.
Ayikho insindiso ngomunye, ngokuba alikho elinye igama phansi kwezulu elinikiwe ebantwini, esimelwe ukusindiswa ngalo.
Kwathi bebona isibindi sikaPetru noJohane, beqonda ukuthi bangabantu abangafundile nabangafundile, bamangala; base bebazi ukuthi babenoJesu.
Babona umuntu ophilisiweyo emi nabo, ababanga nakukuphika.
Kodwa sebebalayile ukuthi baphume emphakathini, bacebisana bodwa.
Besithi: Sizakwenzani kulababantu? Ngokuba isibonakaliso esiphawulekayo senziwe yibo kusobala kubo bonke abakhileyo eJerusalema; futhi ngeke sikuphike.
Kodwa ukuze kungabe kusaqhubeka phakathi kwabantu, kasibasongele ukuthi bangakhulumi kumuntu ngalelibizo.
Base bababiza, babayala ukuthi bangakhulumi nakanye, bangafundisi ngegama likaJesu.
Kepha oPetru noJohane baphendula, bathi kubo: “Yahlulelani nina ukuthi kulungile yini emehlweni kaNkulunkulu ukulalela nina kunoNkulunkulu.
Ngokuba thina asinakuyeka ukukhuluma ngalokho esikubonileyo nesikuzwileyo.
Kuthe sebebasongela futhi, babakhulula, bengafumani lutho lokuthi bangabajezisa kanjani ngenxa yabantu, ngokuba bonke babedumisa uNkulunkulu ngalokho okwenzekileyo.
Ngokuba lowo muntu esenziwe kuye lesi sibonakaliso sokuphulukisa wayeneminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amane.
Sebekhululiwe baya kwabakubo, babika konke abapristi abakhulu namalunga ababekushilo kubo.
Kwathi sebezwile baphakamisa ilizwi labo kuNkulunkulu nganhliziyonye, bathi: Nkosi, wena unguNkulunkulu owenzile izulu lomhlaba, lolwandle, lakho konke okukukho;
owasho ngomlomo kaDavide inceku yakho ukuthi: ‘Kungani abezizwe baxokozele, nabantu bacabange okuyize, na?
Amakhosi omhlaba asukuma, nababusi babuthana ndawonye ngokumelene neNkosi noKristu wayo.
Ngokuba isibili uHerode, noPontiyu Pilatu, kanye nabezizwe, nabantu bakwa-Israyeli babuthana ndawonye ngokumelene neNdodana yakho engcwele uJesu owamgcobayo;
ukuba ngenze konke esakumisela ngaphambili isandla sakho namasu akho ukuba kwenziwe.
Manje-ke, Nkosi, bheka ukusongela kwabo, unike izinceku zakho ukuba zikhulume izwi lakho ngesibindi sonke.
Ngokwelula isandla sakho ukuphulukisa; nokuthi izibonakaliso nezimangaliso zenziwe ngegama leNdodana yakho engcwele uJesu.
Kwathi sebekhulekile, indawo ababebuthene kuyo yazamazama; basebegcwaliswa bonke ngoMoya oNgcwele, basebekhuluma ilizwi likaNkulunkulu ngesibindi.
Kepha isixuku sabakholwayo sasinhliziyonye nomphefumulo munye; kodwa bahlanganyela zonke izinto.
Abaphostoli bafakaza ngamandla amakhulu ngokuvuka kweNkosi uJesu; umusa omkhulu wawuphezu kwabo bonke.
Kwakungekho phakathi kwabo owayeswela, ngokuba bonke ababenezindawo noma izindlu bathengisa, baletha amanani okuthengisiweyo.
Bakubeka phansi ezinyaweni zabaphostoli, kwasekwabelwa yilowo nalowo njengokuswela kwakhe.
LoJosefa owathiwa ngabaphostoli isibongo esithi nguBarnabasi, okuyikuthi ngokuphendulelwa, indodana yenduduzo, umLevi, welizwe leKhupro,
Enensimu, wathengisa ngayo, waletha imali, wayibeka ngasezinyaweni zabaphostoli.
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