IzEnzo 21:1-40
IzEnzo 21:1-40 IsiZulu 2020 (ZUL20)
Kwathi lapho sesihlukene nabo, sahamba ngomkhumbi, sahamba ngendlela eqondile saze safika eKhose, ngakusasa safinyelela eRode, sedlula lapho saya ePhathara, sesitholile isikebhe esiwelela eFonesiya, sangena kuso, sahamba. Kwathi sesiyibona iKhuphro saze sayedlula, siyishiya ngemuva ngakwesokhohlo, saya eSiriya. Safika echwebeni eThire, ngokuba umkhumbi wawuzokwethula lapho izimpahla. Emva kokubafuna abafundi, sahlala khona izinsuku eziyikhombisa; beqhutshwa nguMoya, bamtshela uPawula ukuba angalubeki eJerusalema. Kepha kuthe seziphelile lezo zinsuku, saphuma sahamba, siphelezelwa yibo bonke, nomkabo nabantwana, baze basibeka ngaphandle komuzi. Saguqa ngamadolo ogwini, sakhuleka, savalelisana, sangena emkhumbini, kodwa bona babuyela emakhaya. Thina sesiluqedile uhambo sisuka eThire, safika ePhetholemayi, sesibabingelele abazalwane, sahlala nabo usuku. Ngakusasa sahamba saze safika eKhesariya, sangena emzini kaFiliphu umvangeli, owayengomunye wabayisikhombisa, sahlala naye. Yena-ke wayenamadodakazi amane, ayizintombi eziphrofethayo. Kwathi sisahleli lapho izinsukwana, kwafika umphrofethi evela eJudiya, igama lakhe lingu-Agabhu. Esefikile kithi, wathatha ibhande likaPawula, wazibopha ngalo izinyawo nezandla, wathi: “Usho lokhu uMoya oNgcwele, uthi: ‘Lo muntu ongumnikazi waleli bhande, abaJuda eJerusalema bazakumbopha kanje, bamkhaphele ezandleni zabezizwe.’ ” Lapho sikuzwa lokhu, samncenga thina kanye nabantu bakuleya ndawo ukuba angakhuphukeli eJerusalema. Nokho uPawula waphendula wathi: “Nenzani ukuba nikhale nidabukise inhliziyo yami na? Ngokuba mina sengikulungele, hhayi nje ukuboshwa kuphela, kodwa nokufa eJerusalema ngenxa yegama leNkosi uJesu.” Sesehlulekile ukumvimba, sathula sathi: “Mayenziwe intando yeNkosi.” Emva kwalezo zinsuku umthwalo waba sobhokweni, sakhuphukela eJerusalema. Abanye babafundi baseKhesariya bahamba nathi, basiyisa kuMnasoni othile waseKhuphro, umfundi omdala, esangenisa kwakhe. Sesifikile eJerusalema, abazalwane basemukela ngokujabula. Ngakusasa uPawula wahamba nathi waya kuJakobe; onke amalunga eza. UPawula esewabingelele, wawalandisa ngakho konke, ngakunye ngakunye, uNkulunkulu ayekwenze kwabezizwe ngenkonzo yakhe. Sebekuzwile lokho bamdumisa uNkulunkulu, bathi kuye: “Uyabona, mzalwane, ukuthi ziningi kangakanani izinkulungwane zalabo asebekholwa, ezikhona phakathi kwabaJuda, futhi bonke bayizishisekeli zomthetho! Babikelwe ngawe ukuthi ufundisa bonke abaJuda, abaphakathi kwabezizwe, ukuhlubuka kuMose, uthi mabangabasoki abantwana babo, futhi bangawagcini amasiko. Pho manje sesizokwenzenjani na? Impela bazakuzwa ukuthi usufikile. Ngakho-ke yenza lokhu esizakukutshela khona: kukhona phakathi kwethu amadoda amane azibophile ngesifungo, wathathe uzihlambulule kanye nawo, uwakhokhele ukuze aphuce amakhanda, khona bonke bezokwazi ukuthi akukho lutho oluliqiniso kulokho okubikiwe ngawe, kodwa ukuthi nawe uyavumelana nomthetho futhi uyawugcina. Kepha maqondana nabezizwe abakholwayo, sesibalobele sanquma ukuthi mabakugweme okuhlatshelwe izithombe, igazi, inyama yesilwane esiklinyiweyo nobufebe.” Ngakho-ke uPawula wathatha lawo madoda, kwathi ngakusasa wazihlambulula kanye nawo, wangena ethempelini, wabazisa ngokuphela kwezinsuku zokuhlanjululwa, kuze kwenziwe umnikelo walowo nalowo. Kuthe sekuzophela izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, abaJuda base-Asiya bembonile ethempelini, bagovuza sonke isixuku, bambamba, bamemeza bathi: “Madoda akwa-Israyeli, yelekelelani! Nguye lo muntu ofundisa bonke ezindaweni zonke okuphambene nesizwe, nomthetho, nale ndawo, futhi ufike namaGriki wawangenisa ethempelini, wayingcolisa le ndawo engcwele.” Ngokuba babekade bembonile phambilini uThroyifimu wase-Efesu esemzini naye, ababecabanga ukuthi uPawula umngenise ethempelini. Umuzi wonke wanyakaziswa, abantu babuthanela ndawonye, bambamba uPawula, bamhudulela ngaphandle kwethempeli; iminyango yavalwa ngokuphazima kweso. Kuthe sebefuna ukumbulala, kwafika izwi enduneni yenkulungwane elithi lonke iJerusalema liyaphithizela. Yathatha ngokushesha amabutho nezinduna zekhulu, yagijimela kubo. Kuthe sebebona induna yenkulungwane namabutho, bayeka ukumshaya uPawula. Yayisisondela induna yenkulungwane, yamthatha, yayala ukuba aboshwe ngamaketanga amabili, yayisibuza ukuthi ungubani nokuthi wenzeni. Abanye esixukwini babememeza besho lokhu, nabanye besho lokhuya, ayangakwazi ukuthola iqiniso ngenxa yomsindo, yase iyala ukuba ayiswe enkanjini. Kuthe lapho esefikile esikhwelweni, wathwalwa ngamabutho ngenxa yokuminyana kwesixuku, ngokuba isixuku sabantu sasisimemeza sithi: “Msuseni!” Lapho esezongeniswa enkanjini, uPawula wathi enduneni yenkulungwane: “Ngabe ngivunyelwe yini ukuba notho engilushoyo kuwe na?” Yona yathi: “Uyasazi yini isiGriki na? Kanti awusiye yini umGibhithe, okwathi ngaphambi kwalezi zinsuku wadala isiyaluyalu, wembuka, waholela amadoda ayizi-4 000 ehlane, angababulali na?” Kepha uPawula, wathi: “Mina ngingumJuda waseTharsu eKhilikhiya, isakhamuzi somuzi odumileyo. Ngiyacela ukuba ungivumele ngikhulume kubantu.” Esemvumele, uPawula wema esikhwelweni, wathulisa abantu ngesandla. Kwase kuthula kuthi cwaka, wayesekhuluma ngolimi lwesiHebheru, ethi
IzEnzo 21:1-40 Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 (CZB24)
Kwathi sesimukile kubo, sasuka ngomkhumbi, saqonda ngqo eKhose, ngangomuso eRodu, sasuka lapho safika ePhathara; Sathola umkhumbi owelela eFenike, sangena kuwo, samuka. Kwathi sesiyibonile iKhupro, sayishiya ngakwesokhohlo, sangena ngomkhumbi eSiriya, sehla eTire, ngokuba umkhumbi wawuzakwethula khona umthwalo wawo. Safumana abafundi, sahlala khona izinsuku eziyisikhombisa; bona bathi kuPawulu ngoMoya angenyukeli eJerusalema. Kwathi sesiqedile lezo zinsuku, saphuma sahamba; bonke basiphelekezela kanye nawomkabo nabantwana, kwaze kwaba ngaphandle komuzi; saguqa ogwini, sakhuleka. Kwathi sesivalelisane, sangena emkhunjini; babuyela ekhaya futhi. Sathi sesiqedile uhambo lwethu sisuka eTire, safika ePetolemayi, sabingelela abazalwane, sahlala nabo usuku lwaba lunye. Ngangomuso sasuka, safika eKesariya, sangena endlini kaFiliphu umvangeli, owayengomunye wabayisikhombisa; wahlala laye. Yena lowo wayenamadodakazi amane, izintombi eziprofetha. Sathi sihlezi khona izinsuku eziningi, kwehla eJudiya umprofethi ogama lakhe lingu-Agabu. Kwathi esefikile kithi, wathatha ibhande likaPawuli, wazibopha izandla lenyawo, wathi: Utsho njalo uMoya oNgcwele, ngokunjalo abaJuda eJerusalema bazabopha indoda ephethe lelibhanti, njalo bazamnikela ejele izandla zabezizwe. Kwathi sesikuzwile lokho, samncenga thina kanye labakuleyondawo ukuthi angenyukeli eJerusalema. UPawuli wasephendula wathi: Litshoni ukukhala lichoboza inhliziyo yami? ngoba mina angilungele ukubotshwa kuphela, kodwa lokufa eJerusalema ngenxa yebizo leNkosi uJesu. Kwathi engavumi ukuvunyiswa, sathula sathi: Mayenziwe intando yeNkosi. Emva kwalezo zinsuku sathatha impahla yethu, senyukela eJerusalema. Kwasekuhamba lathi abanye babafundi baseKesariya, basisa kuMnasoni waseKhupro, obengumfundi omdala, ebesizangenisa kuye. Kwathi sesifikile eJerusalema, abazalwane basemukela ngokuthokoza. Ngangomuso uPawulu wangena nathi kuJakobe; labadala bonke babekhona. Wababingelela, wabalandisa ngazo zonke izinto uNkulunkulu abezenzile phakathi kwabezizwe ngenkonzo yakhe. Sebezwile bayidumisa iNkosi, bathi kuye: “Uyabona, mfowethu, ukuthi zingaki izigidi zabakholwayo abaJuda; futhi bonke bashisekela umthetho; Sebebikelwe ngawe ukuthi ufundisa bonke abaJuda abaphakathi kwabezizwe ukuhlubuka kuMose, uthi bangasoki abantwana babo, bangahambi ngamasiko. Ngakho kuyini? ixuku limele ukubuthana, ngoba lizakuzwa ukuthi ufikile. Ngakho yenza lokhu esikusho kuwe: Sinamadoda amane anesithembiso phezu kwawo; Bathathe, uzihlambulule kanye nabo, ube necala kubo, ukuze baphuce amakhanda abo, bazi bonke ukuthi akulutho lokho abakubikelwe ngawe; kodwa ukuthi lawe uhamba ngokufaneleyo njalo ugcina umlayo. Mayelana nabezizwe abakholwayo silobile, saphetha ngokuthi bangagcini okunje, kuphela ukuba bazigcine entweni ehlatshelwe izithombe, nasegazini, nasekokuklinyiweyo, nasebufebeni. UPawuli wasewathatha amadoda, kusisa ezihlambulule kanye lawo, wangena ethempelini, ukutshengisa ukuphela kwensuku zokuhlanjululwa, kuze kunikelelwe umnikelo wawo wonke. Kwathi sezizaphela lezonsuku eziyisikhombisa, abaJuda beAsiya, bembona ethempelini, badunga ixuku lonke, bambamba; ememeza esithi: Madoda akwaIsrayeli, sizani! Lona nguye umuntu ofundisa bonke ezindaweni zonke okuphambene nabantu, nomthetho, nalendawo, futhi engenisa namaGreki ethempelini, wayingcolisa le ndawo engcwele. (Ngokuba babebone ngaphambili uTrofimu wase-Efesu enaye emzini, ababecabanga ukuthi uPawulu umngenise ethempelini.) Umuzi wonke wanyakaza, abantu bagijima kanyekanye, bambamba uPawulu, bamdonsela ngaphandle kwethempeli, kwavalwa masinyane iminyango. Kwathi besafuna ukumbulala, kwafika umbiko enduneni yenkulungwane ukuthi lonke iJerusalema liyayaluza. Yona yahle yathatha amasosha nezinduna zekhulu, yagijimela kubo; Induna yenkulungwane yayisisondela, yambamba, yayala ukuba aboshwe ngamaketanga amabili; wabuza ukuthi ungubani nokuthi wenzeni. Abanye phakathi kwesixuku bamemeza okunye, abanye okunye, kepha engakwazi ukuqiniseka ngenxa yesiyaluyalu, wayala ukuba ayiswe ekamu. Esefikile ezitebhisini, wathwalwa ngamasosha ngenxa yobudlova babantu. Ngoba ixuku labantu lalilandela limemeza lisithi: Msuse! Kwathi uPawuli esezangeniswa enkambeni yamabutho, wathi enduneni yenkulungwane: Ngingakhuluma lawe yini? Yathi: “Uyakwazi ukukhuluma isiGreki na? Awuyena lowo mGibhithe owasusa isiyaluyalu ngaphambi kwalezi zinsuku, waholela ehlane amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezine angababulali na? Kodwa uPawuli wathi: Mina ngiyindoda engumJuda waseTarsu yeKhilikhiya, isakhamuzi somuzi ongelutho; Kwathi esemnike imvume, uPawulu wema ezikhwelweni, waqhweba abantu ngesandla. Kwathi sekuthuleke kakhulu, wakhuluma kubo ngolimi lwesiHeberu, wathi
IzEnzo 21:1-40 Baasraak Zulu New Testament Bible (ZULUNT)
Kwathi sesimukile kubo, sasuka ngomkhumbi, saqonda ngqo eKhose, ngangomuso eRodu, sasuka lapho safika ePhathara; Sathola umkhumbi owelela eFenike, sangena kuwo, samuka. Kwathi sesiyibonile iKhupro, sayishiya ngakwesokhohlo, sangena ngomkhumbi eSiriya, sehla eTire, ngokuba umkhumbi wawuzakwethula khona umthwalo wawo. Safumana abafundi, sahlala khona izinsuku eziyisikhombisa; bona bathi kuPawulu ngoMoya angenyukeli eJerusalema. Kwathi sesiqedile lezo zinsuku, saphuma sahamba; bonke basiphelekezela kanye nawomkabo nabantwana, kwaze kwaba ngaphandle komuzi; saguqa ogwini, sakhuleka. Kwathi sesivalelisane, sangena emkhunjini; babuyela ekhaya futhi. Sathi sesiqedile uhambo lwethu sisuka eTire, safika ePetolemayi, sabingelela abazalwane, sahlala nabo usuku lwaba lunye. Ngangomuso sasuka, safika eKesariya, sangena endlini kaFiliphu umvangeli, owayengomunye wabayisikhombisa; wahlala laye. yena lowo wayenamadodakazi amane, izintombi eziprofetha. Sathi sihlezi khona izinsuku eziningi, kwehla eJudiya umprofethi ogama lakhe lingu-Agabu. Kwathi esefikile kithi, wathatha ibhande likaPawuli, wazibopha izandla lenyawo, wathi: Utsho njalo uMoya oNgcwele, ngokunjalo abaJuda eJerusalema bazabopha indoda ephethe lelibhanti, njalo bazamnikela ejele. izandla zabezizwe. Kwathi sesikuzwile lokho, samncenga thina kanye labakuleyondawo ukuthi angenyukeli eJerusalema. UPawuli wasephendula wathi: Litshoni ukukhala lichoboza inhliziyo yami? ngoba mina angilungele ukubotshwa kuphela, kodwa lokufa eJerusalema ngenxa yebizo leNkosi uJesu. Kwathi engavumi ukuvunyiswa, sathula sathi: Mayenziwe intando yeNkosi. Emva kwalezo zinsuku sathatha impahla yethu, senyukela eJerusalema. Kwasekuhamba lathi abanye babafundi baseKesariya, basisa kuMnasoni waseKhupro, obengumfundi omdala, ebesizangenisa kuye. Kwathi sesifikile eJerusalema, abazalwane basemukela ngokuthokoza. Ngangomuso uPawulu wangena nathi kuJakobe; labadala bonke babekhona. Wababingelela, wabalandisa ngazo zonke izinto uNkulunkulu abezenzile phakathi kwabezizwe ngenkonzo yakhe. Sebezwile bayidumisa iNkosi, bathi kuye: “Uyabona, mfowethu, ukuthi zingaki izigidi zabakholwayo abaJuda; futhi bonke bashisekela umthetho; Sebebikelwe ngawe ukuthi ufundisa bonke abaJuda abaphakathi kwabezizwe ukuhlubuka kuMose, uthi bangasoki abantwana babo, bangahambi ngamasiko. Ngakho kuyini? ixuku limele ukubuthana, ngoba lizakuzwa ukuthi ufikile. Ngakho yenza lokhu esikusho kuwe: Sinamadoda amane anesithembiso phezu kwawo; Bathathe, uzihlambulule kanye nabo, ube necala kubo, ukuze baphuce amakhanda abo, bazi bonke ukuthi akulutho lokho abakubikelwe ngawe; kodwa ukuthi lawe uhamba ngokufaneleyo njalo ugcina umlayo. Mayelana nabezizwe abakholwayo silobile, saphetha ngokuthi bangagcini okunje, kuphela ukuba bazigcine entweni ehlatshelwe izithombe, nasegazini, nasekokuklinyiweyo, nasebufebeni. UPawuli wasewathatha amadoda, kusisa ezihlambulule kanye lawo, wangena ethempelini, ukutshengisa ukuphela kwensuku zokuhlanjululwa, kuze kunikelelwe umnikelo wawo wonke. Kwathi sezizaphela lezonsuku eziyisikhombisa, abaJuda beAsiya, bembona ethempelini, badunga ixuku lonke, bambamba; ememeza esithi: Madoda akwaIsrayeli, sizani! Lona nguye umuntu ofundisa bonke ezindaweni zonke okuphambene nabantu, nomthetho, nalendawo, futhi engenisa namaGreki ethempelini, wayingcolisa le ndawo engcwele. (Ngokuba babebone ngaphambili uTrofimu wase-Efesu enaye emzini, ababecabanga ukuthi uPawulu umngenise ethempelini.) Umuzi wonke wanyakaza, abantu bagijima kanyekanye, bambamba uPawulu, bamdonsela ngaphandle kwethempeli, kwavalwa masinyane iminyango. Kwathi besafuna ukumbulala, kwafika umbiko enduneni yenkulungwane ukuthi lonke iJerusalema liyayaluza. yona yahle yathatha amasosha nezinduna zekhulu, yagijimela kubo; Induna yenkulungwane yayisisondela, yambamba, yayala ukuba aboshwe ngamaketanga amabili; wabuza ukuthi ungubani nokuthi wenzeni. Abanye phakathi kwesixuku bamemeza okunye, abanye okunye, kepha engakwazi ukuqiniseka ngenxa yesiyaluyalu, wayala ukuba ayiswe ekamu. Esefikile ezitebhisini, wathwalwa ngamasosha ngenxa yobudlova babantu. Ngoba ixuku labantu lalilandela limemeza lisithi: Msuse! Kwathi uPawuli esezangeniswa enkambeni yamabutho, wathi enduneni yenkulungwane: Ngingakhuluma lawe yini? Yathi: “Uyakwazi ukukhuluma isiGreki na? Awuyena lowo mGibhithe owasusa isiyaluyalu ngaphambi kwalezi zinsuku, waholela ehlane amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezine angababulali na? Kodwa uPawuli wathi: Mina ngiyindoda engumJuda waseTarsu yeKhilikhiya, isakhamuzi somuzi ongelutho; Kwathi esemnike imvume, uPawulu wema ezikhwelweni, waqhweba abantu ngesandla. Kwathi sekuthuleke kakhulu, wakhuluma kubo ngolimi lwesiHeberu, wathi
IzEnzo 21:1-40 IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE (ZUL59)
Kwathi sesimukile kubo, sasuka ngomkhumbi, saqonda ngqo, safika eKhose nangangomuso eRodu; sasuka lapho, safika ePathara; sesifumene umkhumbi owelela eFenike, sangena kuwo, samuka. Kwathi sekuqhamuke iKhupro, sesilishiyile ngakwesokhohlo, saqonda eSiriya, sehlika eTire, ngokuba umkhumbi wawuzakwethula khona impahla. Safumana abafundi, sahlala khona izinsuku eziyisikhombisa; bona bathi ngoMoya kuPawulu, angalubeki unyawo eJerusalema. Kwathi sesiqedile lezo zinsuku, saphuma sahamba; bonke basiphelekezela kanye nawomkabo nabantwana, kwaze kwaba ngaphandle komuzi; saguqa ngamadolo ogwini, sakhuleka, savalelisana, sangena emkhunjini, kepha bona babuyela emakhaya. Thina sesiqedile ukuhamba ngomkhumbi sisuka eTire, safika ePetolemayi, sabingelela abazalwane, sahlala nabo usuku lwaba lunye. Kepha ngangomuso samuka safika eKesariya, sangena endlini kaFiliphu umvangeli, owayengomunye wabayisikhombisa, sahlala naye. Yena-ke wayenamadodakazi amane, izintombi eziprofethayo. Kwathi sisahlezi khona izinsuku eziningana, kwehla eJudiya umprofethi ogama lakhe lingu-Agabu; yena wafika kithi, wathatha uqhotho lukaPawulu, wazibopha izinyawo nezandla, wathi: “Usho njalo uMoya oNgcwele, uthi: ‘Umuntu olungolwakhe lolu qhotho abaJuda bazakumbopha kanje eJerusalema, bamkhaphele ezandleni zabezizwe.’ ” Sesikuzwile lokho samncenga thina kanye nabakuleyo ndawo ukuba angakhuphukeli eJerusalema. Khona uPawulu waphendula wathi: “Nenzelani ukukhala nichoboza inhliziyo yami na? Ngokuba sengilungele, kungesikho ukuboshwa kuphela kepha nokufa eJerusalema ngenxa yegama leNkosi uJesu.” Engenakuvunyiswa, sathula sathi: “Mayenziwe intando yeNkosi.” Emva kwalezo zinsuku sabopha impahla, sakhuphukela eJerusalema; kwahamba nathi abanye kubafundi baseKesariya, besiyisa kuMnasoni othile waseKhupro, umfundi omdala, ebesizakungenisa kwakhe. Sesifinyelele eJerusalema, abazalwane basamukela ngokujabula. Ngangomuso uPawulu wangena nathi kuJakobe; namalunga onke ayekhona. Wababingelela, wabalandisa ngakho konke ngakunye uNkulunkulu abekwenzile phakathi kwabezizwe ngenkonzo yakhe. Sebekuzwile lokho bamdumisa uNkulunkulu, bathi kuye: “Uyabona, mzalwane, ukuthi ziningi kangaka izigidi zabakholwayo phakathi kwabaJuda, futhi bonke bayizishisekeli zomthetho; sebebikelwe ngawe ukuthi ufundisa bonke abaJuda abaphakathi kwabezizwe ukuhlubuka kuMose, uthi mabangasoki abantwana babo, bangahambi ngamasiko. Pho-ke, senze njani na? Impela bazakuzwa ukuthi usufikile. Ngakho yenza lokhu esikusho kuwe: Kukhona kithi amadoda amane azibophile ngesifungo; wathathe wona, uzihlambulule kanye nawo, uwakhokhele ukuba aphucule ikhanda; khona bazakwazi bonke ukuthi akukho lutho lwalokho abakubikelwe ngawe, kepha ukuthi nawe uhamba ulonda umthetho. Kepha maqondana nabezizwe abakholwayo sesilobile sanquma ngokuthi mabazilonde kokuhlatshelwe izithombe, negazi, nokuqumbeleneyo, nobufebe.” Khona uPawulu wawathatha lawo madoda, ngangomuso wayesezihlambulula kanye nawo, wangena ethempelini, wabika ukuphela kwezinsuku zokuhlanjululwa, kuze kulethwe umnikelo ngenxa yawo onke. Kwathi sezizakuphela lezo zinsuku eziyisikhombisa, abaJuda base-Asiya bembonile ethempelini, bayaluzisa sonke isixuku, babeka izandla kuye, bamemeza bathi: “Madoda akwa-Israyeli, yelekelelani; nguye lo muntu ofundisa bonke ezindaweni zonke okuphambene nesizwe, nomthetho, nale ndawo, futhi wangenisa ethempelini amaGreki, wayingcolisa le ndawo engcwele.” Ngokuba babebonile ngaphambili uTrofimu wase-Efesu enaye emzini, ababesho ngaye ukuthi uPawulu umngenisile ethempelini. Umuzi wonke wanyakaziswa, abantu bagijimela ndawonye, bambamba uPawulu, bamhudulela ngaphandle kwethempeli; iminyango yavalwa masinyane. Kuthe sebefuna ukumbulala, kwafika izwi enduneni yenkulungwane lokuthi lonke iJerusalema liyayaluza; yona yayisithatha masinyane amabutho nezinduna zekhulu, yagijimela kubo; sebebona induna yenkulungwane namabutho bayeka ukumshaya uPawulu. Khona induna yenkulungwane yasondela, yamthatha, yayala ukuba aboshwe ngamaketanga amabili, yabuza ukuthi ungubani nokuthi wenzeni. Kepha abanye esixukwini bamemeza okunye, abanye okunye; yathi ukuba ingenakulazi iqiniso ngenxa yomsindo, yayala ukuba ayiswe ekamu.* Esefikile esikhwelweni, kwenzeka ukuba athwalwe ngamabutho ngenxa yokukhandana kwesixuku; ngokuba kwalandela isixuku sabantu bememeza bethi: “Msuseni!” Esezakungeniswa ekamu* uPawulu wathi enduneni yenkulungwane: “Ngivunyelwe ukuba ngisho utho na?” Yona yathi: “Uyasazi isiGreki na? Kanti awusiye yini lowo waseGibithe owambuka ngaphambi kwalezi zinsuku, waholela ehlane amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezine angababulali na?” Kepha uPawulu wathi: “Mina ngingumJuda waseTarsu laseKhilikhiya, ngingumuntu womuzi ongesiwo ongenalo udumo; ngiyacela, ake ungivumele ngikhulume kubantu.” Esemvumele, uPawulu wema esikhwelweni, waqhweba abantu ngesandla; sekuthe cwaka, wakhuluma ngolimi lwesiHeberu, wathi