EMasedoniya neGirisi
1Emva kobana ukuguruzela kuphele, uPowula wabizela abafundi ndawonye. Kuthe sele abakhuthaze ngamezwi, wabalayelisa wakhamba waya eMasedoniya. 2Sele adabule eemfundenezo bewakhuthaza amakholwa ngamezwi amanengi, wafika eGirisi, 3lapha ahlala khona iinyanga ezintathu. Begade asele azilungisela ukuthayela eSiriya, kodwana njengombana amaJuda gade sele enze ubukhwebetjhana ngaye, waqeda ngokuthi abuye ngeMasedoniya.
4Bekaphekelelwa nguSopatrosi umsa kaPhuru weBheriya, ngu-Aristarirhusi noSekhundusi beThesalonika, nguGayusi weDerbe, nguThimothi, nguTikhikhusi noTrofimusi besifundeni se-Asiya. 5Kodwana laba-ke basandulela, bayosilindela eTrowasi. 6Thina-ke sathaya sisuka eFilipi emva komnyanya wesiKwa esinganaNgumelo safika kibo eTrowasi ngemva kwamalanga amahlanu; sahlala lapho amalanga alikhomba.
Ukuvuswa kwesokana ekufeni
7Ngelanga lokuthoma leveke, lokha nabesihlangene bona sihlephule isikwa, uPowula wakhuluma ebantwini. Njengombana gade azakukhamba ngakusasa, wasolo akhuluma bekwaba kuphakathi kobusuku. 8Bekukhona iimbani ezinengi ngelawini elingaphezulu lapha besihlanganele khona. 9Isokana, ekuthiwa ngu-Ewuterhusi ebelihlezi ngefesidereni lathoma layenda belabanjwa buthongo obunzima, khisibe uPowula bekasakhuluma. Ngokubindwa buthongo lawela phasi ukusuka emgangadelweni wesithathu; ladojwa lapho sele libhubhile.
10Kodwana uPowula wehlela phasi waziphosa phezu kwalo walisingatha, wathi: “Ningatshwenyeki ngombana liyaphila.” 11Wabuyela godu emuva elawini elingehla, kwathi emva kobana sele ahlephule isikwa wagoma, waragela phambili wakhuluma bekwasa; wabese uyakhamba. 12Abantu balithatha isokaneli balisa ekhaya liphila, iinhliziyo zabo zaba mhlophe.
Ikhambo ukusuka eTrowasi ukuya eMiletusi
13Saraga saya emkhunjini sakhwela sathayela e-Asusi, lapha besizakufese sithathe khona uPowula. Bekahlele njalo ngombana yena gade azokukhamba ngeenyawo. 14Kuthe bona ahlangane nathi e-Asusi, samkhweza saya naye eMithileni. 15Sathaya ukusuka lapho, kwathi ngakusasa safika malungana neRhiyosi. Ngelanga elilandelako sabandamela eSamosi, kwathi ilanga emva kwalapho safika eMiletusi. 16UPowula yena wacabanga ukuthaya adlule e-Efesu, khona angazukulahlekelwa sikhathi ngesifundeni se-Asiya ngombana bebarhabele ukuyokufika eJerusalema nakungakghoneka ngelanga lePentekoste.
UPowula ulayelisa ebaphathini be-Efesu
17UPowula wathumela umlayezo usuka eMiletusi usiya e-Efesu, abawa abaphathi bebandla bona bamhlangabeze.
18Kuthe bona bafike, wathi kibo: “Nani niyazi bona bengiphila njani isikhathi soke nginani, kusukela elangeni lokuthomo engafika ngalo esifundeni se-Asiya. 19Ngilotjhe iKosi ngokuzithoba okukhulu nangeenyembezi, nganyamezelela iinlingo engahlangana nazo ngobukhwebetjhana bamaJuda.
20“Azange ngigodle ilitho ebelingaba lisizo kini, ngatjhumayela nginifundisa emtarini nendlu ngendlu. 21Ngamemezela emaJudeni nakwabezizwe ukuphendukela kuZimu nekukholweni eKosini uJesu. 22Alo-ke, njengesibotjhwa kuMoya, ngisendleleni eya eJerusalema, kungekho engikwaziko bona kuzakwenzekani lapho kimi, 23ngaphandle kokuthi uMoya oCwengileko ufakaza kimi emadorobheni woke ukuthi isikhungo nokuhlunguphazwa kungilindile. 24Ubuphilo bami angisabuthathi njengento eligugu kimi, kwaphela nange ngaqeda ibanga lami nekonzwami engayamukela eKosini uJesu kobana ngifakaze ivangeli lomusa kaZimu.
25“Nje-ke sengiyazi bona akakho noyedwa wenu kilabo engikhambe ngimemezela ivangeli kibo ozabe asangibona godu. 26Ngalokho ngiyafakaza kini kilelilanga ngithi anginamlandu eengazini zabo boke abantu 27ngombana akhange ngigodle ilitho kini ngokufakaza loke ihlelo lakaZimu. 28Zilondeni ngokuzitjheja nina ngokwenu, nawo woke umhlambi uMoya oCwengileko anibeke bona nibe babonisi bawo kobana neluse ibandla lakaZimu azizuzele lona ngeengazi zeNdodanakhe. 29Ngiyazi bona kuzakuthi nasele ngikhambile kuze hlangana nenu iimpisi ezikhwabithako, zangawuncenekeli umhlambi. 30Ngitjho naphakathi kwenu kuzakuvela abanye abahlanakezela iqiniso ukuze bawunge abafundi babalandele. 31Ngalokho qaphelani, nikhumbule bona iminyaka emithathu yoke ubusuku nemini akhange ngilise ukukhalimela omunye nomunye wenu ngeenyembezi.
32“Nje-ke nginibeka kuZimu nelizwini lakhe lomusa, lona elikwazi ukunakha nokuninikela ilifa hlangana nabo boke abacwengisiweko. 33Akhange ngikhanukele isiliva, igolide namkha izambatho zomuntu. 34Nani ngokwenu niyazi bona ngezandla zamezi ngasebenzela iindingo zami nezalabo abanami. 35Kikho koke lokhu, nginitjengise bona ngokusebenza kabudisi ngendlela le kufanele sibasize abadududu; sikhumbule amezwi weKosi uJesu eyawatjho yona ngokwayo yathi: ‘Kubusiseke khulu ukupha kunokwamukela!’ ”
36Kuthe bona atjho lokho, waguqa phasi nabo boke wathandaza. 37Kwabakhona ukulila okukhulu kibo boke ngesikhathi bagona uPowula, bamcwanga emhlathini. 38Bajabha khulu ngamezwi awatjhoko bona angekhe basambona godu. Nje-ke bamphekelela emkhunjini.
