IzEnzo 13:1-52
IzEnzo 13:1-52 Baasraak Zulu New Testament Bible (ZULUNT)
Kwakukhona e-Antiyokiya ebandleni abaprofethi nabafundisi; njengoBarnaba, noSimeyoni othiwa uNigeri, noLukiyu waseKhurene, noManayeni owayondliwe kanye noHerode umtetrarki, noSawulu. Kwathi bekhonza iNkosi, bezila ukudla, uMoya oNgcwele wathi: Ngahlukaniseleni oBarnaba noSawulu emsebenzini engibabizele wona. Sebezila ukudla bakhuleka, babeka izandla phezu kwabo, babamukisa. Bona-ke bethunywe nguMoya oNgcwele behlela eSelukiya; basuka lapho ngomkhumbi baya eKhupro. Sebefikile eSalami batshumayela ilizwi likaNkulunkulu emasinagogeni abaJuda, njalo babe loJohane wabancedisa. Sebedabule isihlenge baze bafika ePhafosi, bafumana indoda ethile eyisanusi, umprofethi wamanga, umJuda, ogama lakhe linguBarjesu. owayenombusi wezwe, uSergiyu Pawulu, indoda ehlakaniphileyo; owabiza uBarnabasi loSawuli, wafisa ukuzwa ilizwi likaNkulunkulu. Kodwa uElimasi isanusi (ngokuba linjalo ibizo lakhe ngokuhunyushwa) wamelana labo, efuna ukuphambukisa umbusi ekholweni. Khona uSawulu, othiwa futhi uPawulu, egcwele uMoya oNgcwele, wamgqolozela. Wathi: “Wena ogcwele ubuqili bonke nobubi bonke, ndodana kaSathane, sitha sokulunga konke, awuyikuyeka ukuphendukezela izindlela eziqondileyo zeNkosi na? Manje bheka, isandla seNkosi siphezu kwakho, uyakuba yimpumputhe, ungaliboni ilanga isikhathi. Kwahle kwehlelwa yinkungu nobumnyama phezu kwakhe; wasezulazula efuna abangamhola ngesandla. Khona umbusi ebona okwenzekileyo wakholwa, emangazwe isifundiso seNkosi. Kwathi uPawuli labakanye laye besuka ePafosi, bafika ePerga esePhamfiliya; kodwa uJohane wasuka kubo wabuyela eJerusalema. Kepha bona sebemukile ePherge bafika e-Antiyokiya yasePhisidiya, bangena esinagogeni ngosuku lwesabatha, bahlala phansi. Kwathi sekufundiwe umlayo labaprofethi, abaphathi besinagoge bathumela kubo, besithi: Madoda, bazalwane, uba lilolizwi lokukhuthaza abantu, khulumani. Wayesesukuma uPawulu, waqhweba ngesandla, wathi: “Madoda akwa-Israyeli, nani nesaba uNkulunkulu, lalelani. UNkulunkulu walesi sizwe sakwa-Israyeli wakhetha okhokho bethu, wabaphakamisa abantu lapho bengabafokazi ezweni laseGibhithe, futhi ngengalo ephakemeyo wabakhipha kulo. Kwathi cishe iminyaka engamashumi amane wabekezelela imikhuba yabo ehlane. Esechithile izizwe eziyisikhombisa elizweni leKhanani, wababela ilizwe labo ngenkatho. Emva kwalokho wabanika abahluleli isikhathi esingangeminyaka engamakhulu amane namashumi ayisihlanu, kwaze kwafika uSamuweli umprofethi. Emva kwalokho bacela inkosi; uNkulunkulu wabanika uSawule indodana kaKishi, indoda yesizwe sakwaBenjamini, iminyaka engamashumi amane. Esemkhiphile wabavusela uDavida abe yinkosi yabo; wafakaza ngaye, wathi: “Ngimfumene uDavide indodana kaJese, indoda yenhliziyo yami, eyakufeza yonke intando yami. Enzalweni yakhe uNkulunkulu uvusele u-Israyeli uMsindisi uJesu, ngokwesithembiso sakhe. Kwathi engakafiki uJohane etshumayele kuqala kubo bonke abantu bakoIsrayeli umbhabhathizo wokuphenduka. Kwathi uJohane eseqedile ukuhamba kwakhe, wathi: Nithi ngingubani na? Angiyena. Kodwa bhekani, uyeza emva kwami, engingafanele ukuthukulula izicathulo zakhe ezinyaweni zakhe. Madoda, bazalwane, bantwana bozalo lukaAbrahama, labo phakathi kwenu abamesabayo uNkulunkulu, ilizwi lale nsindiso lithunyelwe kini. Ngokuba abakhileyo eJerusalema nababusi babo, lokhu bengamazi, noma amazwi abaprofethi afundwa amasabatha ngamasabatha, bawagcwalisile ngokumlahla. Lanxa bengatholi cala lokufa kuye, bacela kuPilatu ukuthi abulawe. Sebefeze konke okwakulotshiwe ngaye, bamehlisa esihlahleni, bambeka ethuneni. Kodwa uNkulunkulu wamvusa kwabafileyo; Wabonwa izinsuku eziningi yilabo ababekhuphukele naye eJerusalema besuka eGalile, abangabofakazi bakhe kubantu. Lathi sitshumayela izindaba ezinhle kini, ukuthi isithembiso esenziwa kubokhokho. UNkulunkulu usigcwalisile kithina bantwana babo ngokumvusa uJesu; njengoba kulotshiwe futhi ehubweni lesibili ukuthi: Wena uyiNdodana yami, namuhla ngikuzele. Maqondana nokuthi wamvusa kwabafileyo, angasayikubuyela ekonakaleni, washo kanje: Ngizakuninika umusa oqinisekileyo kaDavide. Ngakho nakwelinye ihubo uthi: Kawuyikuvuma oNgcwele wakho abone ukubola. Ngoba uDavida esekhonze esizukulwaneni sakhe ngentando kaNkulunkulu, walala ubuthongo, wabekwa koyise, wabona ukubola; Kodwa lowo uNkulunkulu amvusayo kakubonanga ukubola. Ngakho makwazeke kini, madoda bazalwane, ukuthi ngalowo kumenyezelwa kini ukuthethelelwa kwezono; futhi ngaye bonke abakholwayo bayalungisiswa kukho konke obungelungisiswe kukho ngomlayo kaMozisi. Ngakho qaphelani, funa nehlele okwakhulunywa ngakho kubaprofethi; Bhekani, nina zideleli, nimangale, nibhubhe, ngokuba mina ngenza umsebenzi ezinsukwini zenu, umsebenzi eningayikukholwa, noma umuntu enitshela wona. Kwathi sebephumile esinagogeni, abezizwe bacela ukuthi lawo mazwi akhulunywe kubo ngesabatha elizayo. Kwathi sekuhlakazekile umhlangano, abaningi kubaJuda namaproselite akholwayo balandela oPawulu noBarnaba, okwathi bekhuluma kubo, babancenga ukuba bahlale emuseni kaNkulunkulu. Ngesabatha elilandelayo kwabuthana cishe umuzi wonke ukuzwa izwi likaNkulunkulu. Kodwa abaJuda bebona izixuku bagcwala umona, baphikisana lezinto ezazikhulunywa nguPawuli, bephikisa lokuthuka. Khona oPawulu noBarnaba bakhuluma isibindi, bathi: “Bekufanele ukuba izwi likaNkulunkulu likhulunywe kini kuqala; Ngokuba iNkosi yasiyala kanjalo, ithi: “Ngikubekile ukuba ube ngukukhanya kwabezizwe, ube yinsindiso kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba. Kwathi abezizwe bekuzwa lokho bathokoza, balidumisa izwi leNkosi, bakholwa bonke ababemiselwe ukuphila okuphakade. Izwi leNkosi lashunyayelwa kuso sonke isifunda. Kodwa abaJuda bavusa abesifazane abakhonzayo nabahloniphekayo nezikhulu zomuzi, bavusela oPawulu noBarnaba ukuzingelwa, babaxosha emikhawulweni yabo. Kodwa babathintithela uthuli lwezinyawo zabo, bafika e-Ikoniyu. Kepha abafundi bagcwala intokozo nangoMoya oNgcwele.
IzEnzo 13:1-52 IsiZulu 2020 (ZUL20)
Kwakukhona ebandleni lase-Antiyokhiya abaphrofethi nabafundi: uBharnabha, uSimeyoni okuthiwa uNigeri, uLukhiyu waseKhurene, uManayeni umnawabo kaHerode, umThethrarkhi noSawula. Kwathi bekhonza iNkosi, bezila ukudla, uMoya oNgcwele wathi: “Ngahlukaniseleni uBharnabha noSawula ukuba baye emsebenzini engibabizele wona.” Sebezilile ukudla, bakhuleka, bababeka izandla, babamukisa. Bethunyiwe nguMoya oNgcwele, behlela eSelukhiya, basuka lapho baya eKhuphro ngomkhumbi. Lapho befika eSalami, bashumayela izwi likaNkulunkulu emasinagogeni abaJuda; babehamba noJohane owayebasiza. Sebedabulile esiqhingini sonke, baze bayofika ePhafu, bafumana indoda thize lapho eyabe ingumlumbi nomphrofethi wamanga, umJuda, ogama lakhe kunguBharjesu, enombusi wezwe, uSergiyu Pawula, umuntu owayehlakaniphile; wabiza uBharnabha noSawula, wafuna ukuzwa izwi likaNkulunkulu. Kepha u-Elimasi, umlumbi, ngokuba yigama lakhe lelo uma lihunyushwa, wamelana nabo, efuna ukuphambukisa umbusi ekukholweni. Kepha uSawula, okuthiwa nguPawula, egcwele uMoya oNgcwele, wamgqolozela, wathi: “Maye, kuwe wena ogcwele inkohliso yonke nobubi bonke, ndodana kaSathane, sitha sokulunga konke, awuyukuyeka yini ukuphambukisa izindlela eziqondileyo zeNkosi na? Isandla seNkosi siphezu kwakho manje. Uzakuba yimpumputhe, ungaliboni ilanga okwesikhashana.” Ngokushesha wehlelwa yinkungu nobumnyama, wahamba efuna ongahle amhole. Kwathi ukuba umbusi abone okwenzekile, wakholwa, emangaliswa nayimfundiso yeNkosi. UPawula nababehambisana naye basuka ePhafu ngomkhumbi baze bayofika ePherge ePhamfiliya, kepha uJohane wehlukana nabo, wabuyela eJerusalema. Sebesukile ePherge baya e-Antiyokhiya ePhisidiya, kwathi sebengenile esinagogeni ngosuku lweSabatha, bahlala phansi. Kuthe usufundiwe umthetho nabaphrofethi, abaphathi besinagoge bathumela kubo, bathi: “Madoda, bazalwane, uma ninezwi lokugqugquzela abantu, likhulumeni.” UPawula wayesesukuma, waphakamisa isandla, wathi: “Madoda akwa-Israyeli, nani enesaba uNkulunkulu, lalelani: uNkulunkulu walesi sizwe sakwa-Israyeli waqoka okhokho bethu, wabenza abantu baba yisizwe esikhulu eGibhithe ababengabafokazi kulo, wabakhipha ngengalo ephakemeyo. Wababekezelela ehlane, kungathi iminyaka engama-40. Esezibhubhisile izizwe eziyisikhombisa eKhanani, wababela izwe lazo, laba yifa labo. Kwedlula iminyaka ebalelwa ema-450, emveni kwalokho wabanika abehluleli, kwaze kwaba nguSamuweli umphrofethi. Kusukela lapho, bacela inkosi. UNkulunkulu wabanika uSawule, indodana kaKhishi, umuntu wesizwe sakwaBhenjamini, iminyaka engama-40. Esemsusile esihlalweni, wabavusela uDavide abe yinkosi, afakaza ngaye ukuthi: ‘Ngimfumene uDavide indodana kaJesayi, umuntu ongowenhliziyo yami, oyakwenza yonke intando yami.’ “Olibeni lwakhe, uNkulunkulu walethela u-Israyeli uMsindisi uJesu, njengokwesithembiso. Engakafiki Yena, uJohane wayeseshumayele umbhabhadiso wokuphenduka kuso sonke isizwe sakwa-Israyeli. Ngasekupheleni kwempilo yakhe uJohane, wathi: ‘Nicabanga ukuthi ngingubani mina na? Mina angisiye, kodwa bhekani, uyeza emva kwami engingafanele ukukhumula ngisho isicathulo ezinyaweni zakhe.’ “Madoda, bazalwane, madodana olibo luka-Abhrahama, nalabo phakathi kwenu abesaba uNkulunkulu; izwi lale nsindiso lithunyelwe kithi. Ngokuba abakhileyo eJerusalema nababusi babo abamazanga Yena, namazwi abaphrofethi afundwa masabatha wonke, kodwa bawafeza ngokumlahla. Nakuba bengafumananga cala lokufa kuye, nokho bamnxenxa uPilatu ukuba abulawe. Kwathi sebekufeze konke okwakulotshiwe ngaye, bamehlisa emthini, bambeka ethuneni. Kepha uNkulunkulu wamvusa kwabafileyo. Wabonwa izinsuku eziningi yilabo ayekhuphuke nabo eGalile, waya eJerusalema, asebengofakazi bakhe manje kubantu. “Nathi sinishumayeza ivangeli lesithembiso esenziwa kokhokho, ukuthi uNkulunkulu usigcwalisile sona kubantwana bethu ngokumvusa uJesu, njengokuba kulotshiwe futhi kulo ihubo lesibili, ukuthi: “ ‘Wena uyiNdodana yami, namuhla ngikuzele.’ “Maqondana nokuthi wamvusa kwabafileyo engasayukubuyela ekuboleni, wakhuluma kanje, wathi: “ ‘Ngizakuninika izimiso ezethembekileyo zikaDavide.’ “Ngakho-ke uthi nakwenye indawo: “ ‘Awuyukuvuma ukuba oNgcwele wakho abone ukubola.’ “Ngokuba uDavide esekhonzile icebo likaNkulunkulu esizukulwaneni sakhe, walala ubuthongo, wabekwa kokhokho bakhe, wabona ukubola. Kepha Yena uNkulunkulu amvusayo, akakubonanga ukubola. Ngakho-ke makwazeke kini madoda, bazalwane, ukuthi ngalowo kumenyezelwa kini ukuthethelelwa kwezono, nakukho konke ebeningenakulungisiswa kukho ngomthetho kaMose, ngaye lowo, yilowo nalowo okholwayo uyakulungisiswa. Ngakho-ke qaphelani, funa nehlelwe ngokwashiwo ngabaphrofethi abathi: “ ‘Bonani nina zideleli nimangale, nibhubhe, ngokuba mina ngisebenza umsebenzi emihleni yenu, umsebenzi eningayukuwukholwa ngisho noma kungakhona onilandisa ngawo.’ ” Sebephuma, babanxusa ukuba baphinde bawakhulume lawa mazwi kubo ngeSabatha elilandelayo. Kuthe sebehlakazekile ababesesinagogeni, iningi labaJuda nabaphroselithe akhonzayo balandela uPawula noBharnabha, abakhuluma nabo bebancenga ukuba bahlale emseni kaNkulunkulu. NgeSabatha elilandelayo, kwabuthana cishe bonke abavela emzini ukuba bazokuzwa izwi likaNkulunkulu. Kepha abaJuda, bebona izixuku, bagcwala umona baqala ukuphikisana nokwakushiwo nguPawula futhi behlambalaza. UPawula noBharnabha bakhuluma ngesibindi, bathi: “Bekuswelekile ukuba izwi likaNkulunkulu lishunyayelwe kini kuqala, kepha njengalokhu nilinqaba, nizisholo nina ngokwenu ukuthi anifanele ukuphila okuphakade, bhekani-ke, sesiphendukela kwabezizwe. INkosi isiyale kanjalo yathi: “ ‘Ngikubekile ube ngukukhanya kwabezizwe, ube yinsindiso kuze kube semkhawulweni womhlaba.’ ” Bekuzwa lokho abezizwe bathokoza, balidumisa izwi leNkosi, bakholwa bonke labo ababemiselwe ukuphila okuphakade. Izwi leNkosi lasabalala kulo lonke izwe. Kepha abaJuda bavukuza abesifazane bezizwe ababalulekile, ababekhonza nabo nezikhulu zomuzi, babavusela ukuba oPawula noBharnabha bahlushwe futhi babaxosha emikhawulweni yezwe labo. Sebethintithile uthuli lwezinyawo zabo, baqhubekela e-Ikhoniya. Abafundi bagcwala intokozo noMoya oNgcwele.
IzEnzo 13:1-52 IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE (ZUL59)
Kwakukhona e-Antiyokiya ebandleni lakhona abaprofethi nabafundisi: oBarnaba, noSimeyoni othiwa uNigeri, noLukiyu waseKhurene, noManayeni owayondliwe kanye noHerode umtetrarki,* noSawulu. Kwathi bekhonza iNkosi, bezila, uMoya oNgcwele wathi: “Ngahlukaniseleni oBarnaba noSawulu ukuba baye emsebenzini engibabizele wona.” Khona bazila ukudla bakhuleka, babeka izandla phezu kwabo, babamukisa. Bona-ke bethunyiwe nguMoya oNgcwele behlela eSelukiya; basuka lapho, baya eKhupro ngomkhumbi. Ekufikeni kwabo eSalami bashumayela izwi likaNkulunkulu emasinagogeni* abaJuda; babe noJohane eyisikhonzi sabo. Sebedabule isiqhingi sonke, baze bafika ePhafu, bafumana indoda ethile eyisanusi nomprofethi wamanga, umJuda, ogama lakhe linguBarjesu, owayekhona kumbusi wezwe uSergiyu Pawulu, umuntu onengqondo enhle. Yena wabiza oBarnaba noSawulu, wafuna ukuzwa izwi likaNkulunkulu. Kodwa u-Eluma, isanusi, ngokuba linjalo igama lakhe ngokuhunyushwa, wamelana nabo, wafuna ukuphambukisa umbusi ekukholweni. Kepha uSawulu osethiwa uPawulu, egcwele uMoya oNgcwele wamgqolozela, wathi: “O wena ogcwele inkohliso yonke nobubi bonke, ndodana kaSathane, sitha sokulunga konke, awuyikuyeka ukuziphambukisa izindlela eziqondileyo zeNkosi na? Bheka, isandla seNkosi siphezu kwakho manje. Uzakuba yimpumputhe, kube yisikhathi ungaliboni ilanga.” Kwase kumfikela khona lapho ukufiphala nobumnyama, wahamba efuna abazakumhola ngesandla. Khona umbusi esebona okwenzekileyo wakholwa, emangaliswa ngesifundiso seNkosi. UPawulu nababe naye bamuka ePhafu ngomkhumbi, bafika ePherge lasePhamfiliya; kepha uJohane wahlukana nabo, wabuyela eJerusalema. Bona ekumukeni kwabo ePherge baya e-Antiyokiya lasePhisidiya, bangena esinagogeni* ngosuku lwesabatha, bahlala phansi. Sekufundiwe umthetho nabaprofethi, abaphathi besinagoge* bathumela kubo, bathi: “Madoda, bazalwane, uma ninezwi lokuyala abantu, khulumani.” Wayesesukuma uPawulu, waqhweba ngesandla, wathi: “Madoda akwa-Israyeli, nani enesaba uNkulunkulu, lalelani: UNkulunkulu walesi sizwe sakwa-Israyeli wabakhetha obaba, wabaphakamisa abantu bengabafokazi ezweni laseGibithe; wabakhipha kulo ngengalo ephakemeyo. Wababekezelela ehlane kungathi iminyaka engamashumi amane. Wachitha izizwe eziyisikhombisa ezweni laseKhanani, wababela izwe lazo libe yifa; kwadlula kungathi iminyaka engamakhulu amane namashumi ayisihlanu. Emva kwalokho wabanika abahluleli kwaze kwaba nguSamuweli umprofethi. Kusukela lapho bacela inkosi; uNkulunkulu wabanika uSawule indodana kaKisi, umuntu wesizwe sakwaBenjamini, iminyaka engamashumi amane. Esemkhiphile wabavusela uDavide abe yinkosi, afakaza ngaye ukuthi: ‘Ngimfumene uDavide kaJesayi, umuntu ongowenhliziyo yami, oyakwenza konke engikuthandayo.’ Enzalweni yakhe uNkulunkulu walethela u-Israyeli uMsindisi uJesu njengokwethembisa kwakhe; engakafiki yena uJohane wayeseshumayele kuso sonke isizwe sakwa-Israyeli umbhapathizo wokuphenduka. Esegcina ukuhamba kwakhe uJohane wathi: ‘Lokhu enithi ngiyikho angisikho mina. Kodwa bhekani, uyeza emva kwami engingafanele ukukhumula isicathulo sezinyawo zakhe.’ “Madoda, bazalwane, madodana ohlanga luka-Abrahama, nabaphakathi kwenu abamesabayo uNkulunkulu, izwi lale nsindiso lithunyelwe kithi. Ngokuba abakhileyo eJerusalema nababusi babo abamazanga yena, namazwi abaprofethi afundwa amasabatha ngamasabatha bawagcwalisa ngokumlahla; nakuba bengafumananga icala lokufa kuye, nokho bacela kuPilatu ukuba abulawe. Kwathi sebefeze konke okwakulotshiwe ngaye, bamehlisa emthini, bambeka ethuneni. Kepha uNkulunkulu wamvusa kwabafileyo. Wabonwa izinsuku eziningi yibo ababekhuphukele naye eJerusalema bevela eGalile, asebengofakazi bakhe kubantu manje. “Nathi sinishumayeza ivangeli lesithembiso esenziwa kobaba ukuthi uNkulunkulu usigcwalisile sona kubantwana bethu ngokumvusa uJesu, njengokuba kulotshiwe futhi kulo ihubo lesibili ukuthi: “ ‘Wena uyiNdodana yami, namuhla ngikuzele.’ “Maqondana nokumvusa kwakhe kwabafileyo ukuba engasayikubuyela ekuboleni wakhuluma kanje, wathi: “ ‘Ngizakuninika okungcwele nokuthembekileyo kukaDavide.’ “Ngakho nakwenye indawo uthi: “ ‘Awuyikunika oNgcwele wakho abone ukubola.’ “Ngokuba uDavide esekhonzile icebo likaNkulunkulu esizukulwaneni sakhe, walala ubuthongo, wabekwa koyise, wabona ukubola. Kepha yena amvusayo uNkulunkulu akakubonanga ukubola. Ngakho-ke makwazeke kini madoda, bazalwane, ukuthi ngalowo kumenyezelwa kini ukuthethelelwa kwezono, nakukho konke ebeningenakulungisiswa kukho ngomthetho kaMose yilowo nalowo okholwayo uyakulungisiswa ngaye. Ngakho qaphelani, funa nehlelwe ngokwakhulunywa ngabaprofethi ukuthi: “ ‘Bhekani nina zideleli, nimangale, ninyamalale, ngokuba mina ngisebenza umsebenzi emihleni yenu, umsebenzi eningayikukholwa yiwo, nakuba umuntu enilandisa ngawo.’ ” Kwathi ekuphumeni kwabo, babacela ukuba lawo mazwi akhulunywe kubo nangesabatha elizayo. Khona sebehlakazekile abesinagoge,* abaningi babaJuda namaproselite* aqotho balandela oPawulu noBarnaba abakhuluma nabo, bebancenga ukuba bahlale emseni kaNkulunkulu. Ngesabatha elilandelayo kwabuthana kucishe umuzi wonke ukuzwa izwi likaNkulunkulu. Kepha abaJuda bebona izixuku bagcwala umhawu, bakuphika okwakukhulunywa nguPawulu behlambalaza. Khona oPawulu noBarnaba bakhuluma ngesibindi, bathi: “Bekudingeka ukuba izwi likaNkulunkulu likhulunywe kini kuqala; kepha lokhu nilinqaba, nizisho nina nithi anifanele ukuphila okuphakade, bhekani, sesiphendukela kwabezizwe. Ngokuba iNkosi isiyalezile kanjalo ukuthi: “ ‘Ngikubekile ube ngukukhanya kwabezizwe, ube yinsindiso kuze kube semkhawulweni womhlaba.’ ” Kwathi abezizwe bekuzwa lokho, bathokoza, balidumisa izwi leNkosi; bakholwa bonke ababemiselwe ukuphila okuphakade. Izwi leNkosi lahanjiswa kulo izwe lonke. Kepha abaJuda bavusa abesifazane abaqotho abanesithunzi nezikhulu zomuzi, bavusela oPawulu noBarnaba ukuzingelwa, babaxosha emikhawulweni yabo. Bona-ke babavuthululela uthuli lwezinyawo zabo, beza e-Ikoniyu. Abafundi bagcwala intokozo noMoya oNgcwele.
IzEnzo 13:1-52 Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 (CZB24)
Kwakukhona e-Antiyokiya ebandleni abaprofethi nabafundisi; njengoBarnaba, noSimeyoni othiwa uNigeri, noLukiyu waseKhurene, noManayeni owayondliwe kanye noHerode umtetrarki, noSawulu. Kwathi bekhonza iNkosi, bezila ukudla, uMoya oNgcwele wathi: Ngahlukaniseleni oBarnaba noSawulu emsebenzini engibabizele wona. Sebezila ukudla bakhuleka, babeka izandla phezu kwabo, babamukisa. Bona-ke bethunywe nguMoya oNgcwele behlela eSelukiya; basuka lapho ngomkhumbi baya eKhupro. Sebefikile eSalami batshumayela ilizwi likaNkulunkulu emasinagogeni abaJuda, njalo babe loJohane wabancedisa. Sebedabule isihlenge baze bafika ePhafosi, bafumana indoda ethile eyisanusi, umprofethi wamanga, umJuda, ogama lakhe linguBarjesu. Owayenombusi wezwe, uSergiyu Pawulu, indoda ehlakaniphileyo; owabiza uBarnabasi loSawuli, wafisa ukuzwa ilizwi likaNkulunkulu. Kodwa uElimasi isanusi (ngokuba linjalo ibizo lakhe ngokuhunyushwa) wamelana labo, efuna ukuphambukisa umbusi ekholweni. Khona uSawulu, othiwa futhi uPawulu, egcwele uMoya oNgcwele, wamgqolozela. Wathi: “Wena ogcwele ubuqili bonke nobubi bonke, ndodana kaSathane, sitha sokulunga konke, awuyikuyeka ukuphendukezela izindlela eziqondileyo zeNkosi na? Manje bheka, isandla seNkosi siphezu kwakho, uyakuba yimpumputhe, ungaliboni ilanga isikhathi. Kwahle kwehlelwa yinkungu nobumnyama phezu kwakhe; wasezulazula efuna abangamhola ngesandla. Khona umbusi ebona okwenzekileyo wakholwa, emangazwe isifundiso seNkosi. Kwathi uPawuli labakanye laye besuka ePafosi, bafika ePerga esePhamfiliya; kodwa uJohane wasuka kubo wabuyela eJerusalema. Kepha bona sebemukile ePherge bafika e-Antiyokiya yasePhisidiya, bangena esinagogeni ngosuku lwesabatha, bahlala phansi. Kwathi sekufundiwe umlayo labaprofethi, abaphathi besinagoge bathumela kubo, besithi: Madoda, bazalwane, uba lilolizwi lokukhuthaza abantu, khulumani. Wayesesukuma uPawulu, waqhweba ngesandla, wathi: “Madoda akwa-Israyeli, nani nesaba uNkulunkulu, lalelani. UNkulunkulu walesi sizwe sakwa-Israyeli wakhetha okhokho bethu, wabaphakamisa abantu lapho bengabafokazi ezweni laseGibhithe, futhi ngengalo ephakemeyo wabakhipha kulo. Kwathi cishe iminyaka engamashumi amane wabekezelela imikhuba yabo ehlane. Esechithile izizwe eziyisikhombisa elizweni leKhanani, wababela ilizwe labo ngenkatho. Emva kwalokho wabanika abahluleli isikhathi esingangeminyaka engamakhulu amane namashumi ayisihlanu, kwaze kwafika uSamuweli umprofethi. Emva kwalokho bacela inkosi; uNkulunkulu wabanika uSawule indodana kaKishi, indoda yesizwe sakwaBenjamini, iminyaka engamashumi amane. Esemkhiphile wabavusela uDavida abe yinkosi yabo; wafakaza ngaye, wathi: “Ngimfumene uDavide indodana kaJese, indoda yenhliziyo yami, eyakufeza yonke intando yami. Enzalweni yakhe uNkulunkulu uvusele u-Israyeli uMsindisi uJesu, ngokwesithembiso sakhe. Kwathi engakafiki uJohane etshumayele kuqala kubo bonke abantu bakoIsrayeli umbhabhathizo wokuphenduka. Kwathi uJohane eseqedile ukuhamba kwakhe, wathi: Nithi ngingubani na? Angiyena. Kodwa bhekani, uyeza emva kwami, engingafanele ukuthukulula izicathulo zakhe ezinyaweni zakhe. Madoda, bazalwane, bantwana bozalo lukaAbrahama, labo phakathi kwenu abamesabayo uNkulunkulu, ilizwi lale nsindiso lithunyelwe kini. Ngokuba abakhileyo eJerusalema nababusi babo, lokhu bengamazi, noma amazwi abaprofethi afundwa amasabatha ngamasabatha, bawagcwalisile ngokumlahla. Lanxa bengatholi cala lokufa kuye, bacela kuPilatu ukuthi abulawe. Sebefeze konke okwakulotshiwe ngaye, bamehlisa esihlahleni, bambeka ethuneni. Kodwa uNkulunkulu wamvusa kwabafileyo; Wabonwa izinsuku eziningi yilabo ababekhuphukele naye eJerusalema besuka eGalile, abangabofakazi bakhe kubantu. Lathi sitshumayela izindaba ezinhle kini, ukuthi isithembiso esenziwa kubokhokho. UNkulunkulu usigcwalisile kithina bantwana babo ngokumvusa uJesu; njengoba kulotshiwe futhi ehubweni lesibili ukuthi: Wena uyiNdodana yami, namuhla ngikuzele. Maqondana nokuthi wamvusa kwabafileyo, angasayikubuyela ekonakaleni, washo kanje: Ngizakuninika umusa oqinisekileyo kaDavide. Ngakho nakwelinye ihubo uthi: Kawuyikuvuma oNgcwele wakho abone ukubola. Ngoba uDavida esekhonze esizukulwaneni sakhe ngentando kaNkulunkulu, walala ubuthongo, wabekwa koyise, wabona ukubola; Kodwa lowo uNkulunkulu amvusayo kakubonanga ukubola. Ngakho makwazeke kini, madoda bazalwane, ukuthi ngalowo kumenyezelwa kini ukuthethelelwa kwezono; futhi ngaye bonke abakholwayo bayalungisiswa kukho konke obungelungisiswe kukho ngomlayo kaMozisi. Ngakho qaphelani, funa nehlele okwakhulunywa ngakho kubaprofethi; Bhekani, nina zideleli, nimangale, nibhubhe, ngokuba mina ngenza umsebenzi ezinsukwini zenu, umsebenzi eningayikukholwa, noma umuntu enitshela wona. Kwathi sebephumile esinagogeni, abezizwe bacela ukuthi lawo mazwi akhulunywe kubo ngesabatha elizayo. Kwathi sekuhlakazekile umhlangano, abaningi kubaJuda namaproselite akholwayo balandela oPawulu noBarnaba, okwathi bekhuluma kubo, babancenga ukuba bahlale emuseni kaNkulunkulu. Ngesabatha elilandelayo kwabuthana cishe umuzi wonke ukuzwa izwi likaNkulunkulu. Kodwa abaJuda bebona izixuku bagcwala umona, baphikisana lezinto ezazikhulunywa nguPawuli, bephikisa lokuthuka. Khona oPawulu noBarnaba bakhuluma isibindi, bathi: “Bekufanele ukuba izwi likaNkulunkulu likhulunywe kini kuqala; Ngokuba iNkosi yasiyala kanjalo, ithi: “Ngikubekile ukuba ube ngukukhanya kwabezizwe, ube yinsindiso kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba. Kwathi abezizwe bekuzwa lokho bathokoza, balidumisa izwi leNkosi, bakholwa bonke ababemiselwe ukuphila okuphakade. Izwi leNkosi lashunyayelwa kuso sonke isifunda. Kodwa abaJuda bavusa abesifazane abakhonzayo nabahloniphekayo nezikhulu zomuzi, bavusela oPawulu noBarnaba ukuzingelwa, babaxosha emikhawulweni yabo. Kodwa babathintithela uthuli lwezinyawo zabo, bafika e-Ikoniyu. Kepha abafundi bagcwala intokozo nangoMoya oNgcwele.