UPetru uphilisa umuntu oyisishosha
1OPetru noJohane bakhuphukela ethempelini ngehora lokukhuleka, elesishiyagalolunye.
2Kwase kulethwa indoda ethile eyisishosha kwasesiswini sikanina, ababeyibeka imihla ngemihla ngasemnyango wethempeli othiwa omuHle ukuba icele ukwabelwa izipho kwabangenayo ethempelini.
3Kwathi ukuba abone oPetru noJohane bezakungena ethempelini, wacela ukwabelwa isipho.
4Kepha uPetru wamgqolozela kanye noJohane, wathi: Sibheke!
5Wayesebabheka ethemba ukuba amukele utho kubo.
6Kodwa uPetru wathi: Isiliva negolide anginalo; kepha lokho enginakho ngikupha khona: egameni likaJesu Kristu waseNazaretha, hamba.
7Wayesembamba ngesandla sokunene, wamsukumisa; kwaqina masinyane izinyawo zakhe namaqakala,
8egxuma, wema, wahamba, wangena nabo ethempelini, ehamba, egxuma, emdumisa uNkulunkulu.
9Abantu bonke bambona ehamba, edumisa uNkulunkulu.
10Kepha base bemazi ukuba nguyena owayehlalela ukuphiwa ngaseMnyango omuHle wethempeli, behlelwa ngukwesaba nokumangala ngokwenzakele kuye.
UPetru ukhuluma ngoKristu ukuthi uyiNkosi yokuphila
11Esabambelele koPetru noJohane, bonke abantu bagijimela kubo emphemeni othiwa okaSolomoni, besaba kakhulu.
12Khona uPetru ebona lokho wathatha wathi kubantu: Madoda akwaIsrayeli, nimangalelani ngalona, nisigqolozelani ngokungathi simenzé ukuba ahambe ngawethu amandla nangokwethu ukukholwa na?
13UNkulunkulu ka-Abrahama nokaIsaka nokaJakobe, uNkulunkulu wawobaba bethu uyidumisile iNceku yakhe uJesu enayikhaphela, nayiphika ebusweni bukaPilatu, yena esenqumile ukuyikhulula;
14kepha nina namphika oNgcwele noLungileyo, nacela ukuba niphiwe ongumbulali,
15nayibulala iNkosi yokuphila ayivusayo uNkulunkulu kwabafileyo, esingofakazi bakho thina.
16Ngokukholwa egameni layo lo enimbonayo nenimaziyo igama layo lamenza aqine, nokukholwa okungayo kumniké lempilo phambi kwenu nonke.
17Kalokhu, bazalwane, ngiyazi ukuthi nenza lokho ngokungazi njengabo ababusi benu.
18Kepha lokho uNkulunkulu akumemezela ngaphambili ngomlomo wabaprofethi bonke ukuthi uKristu wakhe uyakuhlupheka, ukugcwalisile kanje.
19Ngalokhu phendukani, niguquke ukuba kuhlangulwe izono zenu,
20ukuze kufike izikhathi zokuhlunyelelwa ezivela ebusweni beNkosi nokuba ithume uKristu Jesu enimmiselweyo,
21okumelwe ukuba izulu limamukele, kuze kube-yizikhathi zokubuyiselwa kwakho konke uNkulunkulu akhuluma ngakho ngomlomo wabaprofethi bakhe abangcwele, kusukela kwaphakade.
22UMose kambe wathi INkosi uNkulunkulu iyakunivusela umprofethi kubazalwane benu njengami; niyakumlalela kukho konke azakukukhuluma kini.
23Kuyakuthi wonke umuntu ongayikumlalela lowomprofethi uyakuchithwa kubantu.
24Yebo, nabaprofethi bonke, kusukela kuSamuweli nabalandelayo, bonke abakhulumileyo, bamemezela lezozinsuku.
25Nina ningamadodana abaprofethi nawesivumelwano uNkulunkulu asenzayo nawoyihlo, ethi kuAbrahama: Ngenzalo yakho iyakubusiswa imindeni yonke yomhlaba.
26UNkulunkulu eseyivusile iNceku yakhe wayithumela kini kuqala ukunibusisa ngokuniguqula, kube-yilowo nalowo kini ebubini bakhe.
