1USawula wavumelana nabo ngokubulawa kwakaStefani.
USawula uzumana namakholwa
Khona mhlokho ibandla eJerusalema lathoma ukuzunywa. Boke bahlakazeka emazweni weJudiya neSamariya, kwasala abapostoli kwaphela. 2Amadoda ebegade esaba uZimu ambulunga uStefani, abe amzilela ngokulila okukhulu.
3Kodwana uSawula warhayila ibandla, akhamba angena indlu ngendlu arhurhubisa amadoda nabafazi, abadlhunya ngesikhungweni.
UFlebhe utjhumayela eSamariya
4Labo ebegade bahlakazekile batjhumayela ilizwi lapha bakhamba khona. 5UFlebhe wehlela edorobheni leSamariya watjhumayela khona uKrestu. 6Iinqubuthu zabantu zalalelisisa uFlebhe ngahliziyonye; iye, bezizwa begodu zibona iimbonakaliso azenzako. 7Kabanengi imimoya emimbi beyiphuma ngokulila okukhulu, abafe ihlangothi nabaziinrhole bapholiswa. 8Ngalokho kwaba khona ukuthaba okukhulu eSamariya.
9Edorobheni lelo bekunendoda, ibizo layo elinguSimoni, okwathi eenkhathini warara amaSamariya ngemilingo; wazikhuluma bona yena mkhulu. 10Boke abantu, okutjho abaphezulu nabaphasi, bebamlalelisisa, barhuwelela basithi: “Umuntu lo umamandla kaZimu, aziwa bona mamandla amakhulu.” 11Bamnamathela ngombana gade sele abarare isikhathi eside ngemilingo yakhe. 12Kodwana kuthe nabakholwa umlayezo kaFlebhe ngeendaba ezimnandi zombuso kaZimu nebizo lakaJesu Krestu, kwabhajadiswa amadoda kanye nabafazi. 13USimoni naye wakholwa bewabhajadiswa. Walandela uFlebhe kiyo yoke indawo, ararwa ziimbonakaliso neemangaliso ezikulu ebegade azibona.
14Lokha abapostoli eJerusalema nabezwa bona abantu beSamariya sebalamukele ilizwi lakaZimu, bathumela uPitrosi noJwanisi kibo. 15Kuthe bona bafike, bathandazela bona bamukele uMoya oCwengileko 16ngombana uMoya oCwengileko bekangakehleli nakoyedwa wabo; kodwana bebabhajadiswe kwaphela ebizweni leKosi uJesu. 17Yeke uPitrosi noJwanisi bababeka izandla, bamukela uMoya oCwengileko.
18Kuthe bona uSimoni abone bonyana uMoya bekamukelwa ngokubekwa bapostoli izandla, waletha imali, 19wathi: “Nginikelani nami amandla la, khona kuzakuthi woke engimbeka izandla, amukele uMoya oCwengileko.”
20Kodwana uPitrosi wamphendula wathi: “Kwanga ungabhubha nemadlanakho leyo ngombana ucabanga bona ungathenga isipho sakaZimu ngemali! 21Awunangcenye namkha isabelo emsebenzini lo ngombana ihliziywakho ayikalungi phambi kwakaZimu. 22Nje-ke phenduka ebukhohlakalini bakho uthandaze uZimu bona akulibalele. Mhlamunye uzakukulibalela emicabangweni enje yehliziyo 23ngombana ngiyabona bonyana usenyongweni ebabako nemakhamandeleni wesono.”
24Nje-ke uSimoni waphendula wathi: “Yeningithandazele kuZimu kobana koke enikutjhwileko kungangehleli.”
25Emva kobana banikele ubufakazi bebatjhumayela ilizwi leKosi, uPitrosi noJwanisi babuyela eJerusalema, bakhamba batjhumayela ivangeli emizaneni eminengi yeSamariya.
UFlebhe nesikhulu seTopiya
26Nje-ke ingilozi kaZimu yathi kuFlebhe: “Iya ngesewula endleleni enganabantu, eyehla ukusuka eJerusalema itjhinga eGaza.” 27Yeke uFlebhe wathoma ikhambo lakhe. Endleleni wahlangana nomphakulwa weTopiya obekasikhulu esiqakathekileko esiphethe amagugu wendlu yendlovukazi yeTopiya. Indoda le beyiye ukuyokulotjha eJerusalema. 28Nje-ke sele ibuyela ekhaya, beyihlezi ekaranenayo ifunda incwadi yomphorofidi u-Isaya. 29UMoya wathi kuFlebhe: “Tjhidela ekaraneni leyo ukhambe nayo.” 30Mbala uFlebhe wagijimela ekaraneni, wezwa indoda leyo ifunda incwadi yomphorofidi u-Isaya, wabuza wathi: “Uyakuzwa lokho okufundako na?” 31Yona yathi: “Ngingakuzwa njani, ngaphandle kobana kube khona ongihlathululelako na?” Nje-ke yabawa uFlebhe bona akhwele ahlale hlanu kwayo. 32Indima yomtlolo egade ifundwa mphakulwa ngile:
“Njengemvu esiwa ekuhlatjweni
nanjengemvana ethulileko phambi komrhunayo,
ngaleyondlela azange ivule umlomayo.
33Ekuthotjisweni kwayo yadinywa ubulungiswa.
Ngubani ongahlathulula isizukulwana sayo?
Mbala, ipilwayo yasuswa ephasini.”
34Umphakulwa wabuza uFlebhe wathi: “Akhese ungitjele, umphorofidi ukhuluma ngobani, uzitjho yena namkha omunye?” 35UFlebhe wathoma ukukhuluma ngendimana le yemitlolo wamtjela ivangeli ngoJesu.
36Basakhamba endleleni, bafika endaweni lapha bekunamanzi khona, umphakulwa wathi: “Qala naka amanzi, ngingakhandelwa yini bona ngingabhajadiswa na?”
37UFlebhe wathi kuye: “Ungabhajadiswa nawukholwa ngehliziywakho yoke.” Yena waphendula wathi: “Ngiyakholwa bona uJesu Krestu yiNdodana kaZimu.”
38Umphakulwa wayala bonyana ikarana ijame. Nje-ke uFlebhe nomphakulwa behlela ngemanzini, uFlebhe wambhabhadisa. 39Kuthe bona baphume ngemanzini, uMoya kaSomnini wahlutha uFlebhe. Umphakulwa akhange abe asambona godu; yeke-ke waraga ngendlelakhe, athabile. 40UFlebhe wazifunyana asele ase-Atjhidodi, waraga njalo atjhumayela ivangeli emizaneni yoke bewafika eKhesariya.
