UPitrosi noJwanisi esigungwini sabarholi bamaJuda
1Kuthe uPitrosi noJwanisi basakhuluma nabantu njalo, abaphristi nomphathi wabalindithempeli nabaSadusi beza kibo, 2banyenyile ngombana abapostoli bebafundisa abantu begodu batjhumayela ukuvuka kwabafileko ngoJesu. 3Nje-ke bababamba babadlhunya ngesikhungweni kufikela ngakusasa ngombana gade sekuhlwile. 4Kodwana abanengi abawuzwako umlayezo bakholwa; inani lamadoda landa lafika pheze eenkulungwaneni ezihlanu.
5Ngakusasa kwakhona ababusi, abaphathi nabafundisi bomthetho bahlangana eJerusalema. 6Bebahlangene no-Anasi umphristi omkhulu noKhayafasi, uJwanisi no-Alekzandra nabanye bomndeni womphristi omkhulu. 7Bathi akulethwe abapostoli bajanyiswe phambi kwabo, bababuza bathi: “Lokho nikwenze ngawaphi amandla namkha ngaliphi ibizo na?”
8Nje-ke uPitrosi azele uMoya oCwengileko wathi kibo: “Babusi nabaphathi babantu, 9nangabe sibuzwa namhlanjesi ngesenzo esihle esenziweko emuntwini obekabuthakathaka bona wathabuluka njani, 10akwazeke kini namhlanje nebantwini boke bakwa-Israyeli bona umuntu lo ujame phambi kwenwapha athabulukile aphilile ngamandla webizo lakaJesu Krestu weNazaretha, loyo enambethelako esiphambanweni, uZimu wamvusa kabafileko.
11“Yena lilitje eladelwa babakhi
esele libe ngeliqakathekileko ejikeni.
12“Ayikho isindiso ngomunye ngombana alikho elinye ibizo ezulwini nephasini esinikelwe lona bona sisindiswe ngalo.”
13Kwathi lokha nababona isibindi uPitrosi noJwanisi abanaso nokulemuka bona bekubabantu abangakafundi, barareka khulu bebalemuka bona bebakhamba noJesu. 14Kodwana ngokubona umuntu opholisiweko ajame nabo lapho, akhange babe nelizwi. 15Babatjela bona baphumele ngaphandle, nje-ke bakhulumisana bodwa, 16babuzana bathi: “Sizokwenza njani ngabantwaba? Phela kusepanyameni bona umuntu ohlala eJerusalema uyazi bonyana isimangaliswesi senziwe ngibo begodu angekhe sakulandula lokho. 17Kodwana ukuze senze indaba le ingarhatjheki ukuya phambili ebantwini, asibakhalimeleni abantwaba bona bangasathomi godu bakhulume nanyana kubani ngebizweli.”
18Nje-ke bababizela ngesigungwini godu, babayala bona bangasakhulumi namkha bafundise ngebizo lakaJesu. 19Kodwana uPitrosi noJwanisi babaphendula bathi: “Gwebani ngokwenu bona ngikuphi okulungileko emehlweni wakaZimu, ukulalela nina namkha uZimu na? 20Mbala thina angekhe salisa ukukhuluma ngesikubonileko nesikuzwileko ngokwethu.” 21Ngemva kobana sele babakhalimele, babatjhaphulula bona bakhambe ngombana akhange bakwazi ukubabhambalalisa ngesizathu sokobana woke umuntu bekadumisa uZimu ngokwenzekileko: 22Umuntu okwenzeka kuye isimangaliso sokuphulukiswa lo, bekeqile ematjhumini amane weminyaka ngobudala.
Umthandazo wamakholwa
23Emva kokuthukululwa, uPitrosi noJwanisi babuyela kubafowabo bababikela bona abaphristi abakhulu neenkhulu zitheni. 24Sele bakuzwile lokho, baphakamisela ilizwi lomthandazo ngahliziyonye kuZimu bathi: “Somandla, Mdali wezulu nephasi nelwandle nakho koke okukilo, 25wakhuluma ngoMoya oCwengileko ngomlomo wakakhokho wethu uDavida, inceku yakho, nawusithi,
“ ‘Kubayini bezizwe bayaluza,
nabantu bahumuzela na?
Kungelize!
26Amakhosi wephasi ayazihlela,
nababusi baluka amaqhinga
ngoSomnini nangozesiweko wakhe.’
27“Ngambala uHerode noPontiyasi Pilatu bahlangene nabezizwe nabantu bakwa-Israyeli emzini lo kobana bajamelane nencekwakho ecwengileko uJesu nowayizesa 28bona izokwenza nanyana yini isandla sakho esakuhlosa bona kwenzeke. 29Nje-ke Somnini, yelela ukusongela kwabo bese unikela iinceku zakho bona zikhulume ilizwi ngesibindi esikhulu. 30Yelula isandla sakho upholise, wenze imikarisomraro neemangaliso ngebizo lencekwakho ecwengileko uJesu.”
31Kuthe sebathandazile, indawo ebebahlanganele kiyo yadedemela. Boke bazaliswa ngoMoya oCwengileko bakhuluma ilizwi lakaZimu ngesibindi.
Ukwabelana kwamakholwa
32Boke abakholwako bebamunye ngehliziyo nangomkhumbulo. Akakho noyedwa owathi ipahlakhe ngeyakhe yedwa, kodwana bahlanganyela koke abanakho. 33Ngamandla amakhulu abapostoli bafakaza ngokuvuka kweKosi uJesu, godu nesisa esikhulu besikibo boke. 34Akakho noyedwa ogade adududu phakathi kwabo. Ngalokho labo egade baneendawo namkha izindlu bebazithengisa balethe imali abathengelwe ngayo, 35bayibeke eenyaweni zabapostoli. Nje-ke omunye nomunye wabelwa njengokuswela kwakhe.
36UJosefa umLevi weSayipurasi, abapostoli egade bambiza bona nguBharinabhasi, nakutjhugululwako kutjho bona “indodana yenduduzo”, 37wathengisa indawakhe, waletha imali wafese wayibeka eenyaweni zabapostoli.
