UMSEBENZI WABATHUNYWA 3

₁Ngamhla uthile uPetros noYohane baya *endlwini kaThixo ngexesha lomthandazo, ngentsimbi yesithathu emva kwemini. ₂Apho esangweni lendlu kaThixo ekwakusithiwa liSango eLihle, kwakukho indoda eyayisisiqhwala kwasekuzalweni kwayo. Yayidla ngokusiwa khona yonke imihla ukuze icele amalizo kwabangenayo. ₃Yakubona uPetros noYohane bengena, yacela ukuba bayilize. ₄Bayijonga, waza uPetros wathi: “Khangela apha!” ₅Yajonga kubo ke ilindele into abaza kuyinika yona. ₆Uthe uPetros: “Imali andinayo, kodwa ndiza kukunika into endinayo – egameni likaYesu Krestu waseNazarete, ndithi kuwe: ‘Phakama, uhambe.’ ” ₇Akuba etshilo, wayibamba ngesandla sokunene, wayiphakamisa. Ngoko nangoko iinyawo namaqatha ayo omelela. ₈Yatsho umtsi, yema ngeenyawo, yahamba-hamba. Yaza yangena nabo endlwini kaThixo, ihamba itsiba-tsiba, ibulela uThixo. ₉Bonke abantu ababelapho bayibona ihamba ibulela uThixo. ₁₀Baqonda ukuba ngulaa mngqibi wayedla ngokuhlala eSangweni eLihle lendlu kaThixo, bonke bathi manga yinto eyenzeke kuye.

₁₁Njengoko le ndoda yathi nca kuPetros noYohane, basuka abantu beza begxalathelana kubo bemangalisiwe evarandeni ekuthiwa yekaSolomon. ₁₂Akubabona abantu, uPetros wabhekisa kubo wathi: “MaSirayeli, kungani ukuba inimangalise le nto? Khona kutheni ukuba nisijonge ngathi wenziwe ngamandla ethu nangokwethu ukukholeka kuThixo ukuba ahambe lo mntu? ₁₃UThixo ka-Abraham, kaIsake, kaYakobi, uThixo woobawo bethu, ngesi senzo usinike iwonga isicaka sakhe uYesu. Nina namnikela namkhanyela phambi koPilato, nangona yena wayefuna ukumkhulula. ₁₄Namkhanyela umnyulwa olilungisa! Endaweni yakhe nacela uPilato ukuba anikhululele isihange. ₁₅Nayibulala imbangi yobomi; ke yena uThixo wayivusa ekufeni. Yeyona nto singqina yona ke leyo. ₁₆Kukuvuma nokuzinikela kwigama likaYesu okuyomelezileyo le ndoda niyibonayo, niyaziyo. Ligunya legama lakhe elimenze waphila njengokuba nimbona elapha phambi kwenu nje lo mntu.

₁₇“Ndiyazi ke, mawethu, ukuba nina neenkokheli zenu le nto niyenze kuYesu ngokungazi. ₁₈Loo nto ngoko uThixo wayazisayo ngabo bonke *abashumayeli, yokuba umelwe kukubandezeleka, uyizalisekisile. ₁₉Guqukani ke ngoko, nibuyele kuThixo, ukuze zicinywe izono zenu; ₂₀nize nifumane amathuba okuhlaziyeka komoya evela eNkosini, nokuze imthumele uYesu onguKrestu oselenikwe nina. ₂₁Yena uya kuhlala ezulwini kude kufike ixesha lokuhlaziywa kwezinto zonke, njengoko uThixo wâzisáyo mandulo ngabashumayeli bakhe abanyuliweyo. ₂₂Kaloku uMosis wathi: ‘INkosi uThixo wenu iya kunithumela umshumayeli ophuma kwalapha kumawenu njengam. Maze nimphulaphule kuyo yonke into anixelela yona. ₂₃Nabani na ke ongamphulaphuliyo lo mshumayeli uya kusikwa ebantwini bakaThixo atshatyalaliswe.’ ₂₄Abashumayeli bonke ukususela kuSamweli nabo bamlandeláyo, bayixela le mihla sikuyo. ₂₅Nisisizukulwana sabashumayeli, ninenxaxheba kumnqophiso owenziwa nguThixo nooyihlo-mkhulu, xa wathi kuAbraham: ‘Ngesinqe sakho ndiya kubasikelela bonke abantu bomhlaba.’ ₂₆UThixo ke esimisele isiCaka sakhe wasithumela kuni kuqala, ukuze anenzele inceba niguquke kwinkohlakalo yenu.”