IZENZO 4

₁Kepha besakhuluma kubantu, abapristi nenduna yethempeli nabaSadusi babafikela,

₂benengwa ngukufundisa kwabo abantu nokumemezela ngoJesu ukuvuka kwabafileyo,

₃bababamba, babafaka etilongweni kwaze kwaba-kusasa, ngokuba kwase kuhlwile.

₄Kepha abaningi kwabezwayo izwi bakholwa; umumo wamadoda waba-kungathi izinkulungwane eziyisihlanu.

₅Kwathi ngangomuso kwabuthana eJerusalema ababusi namalunga nababhali babo,

₆noAnase umpristi omkhulu, noKayafase, noJohane, noAleksandru, nabo bonke abendlu yompristi omkhulu,

₇babamisa phakathi kwabo, bababuza bathi: Lokho nikwenzé ngamaphi amandla nangaliphi igama na?

₈Khona uPetru egcwele uMoya oNgcwele wathi kubo: Nina-babusi bezizwe namalunga,

₉nxa sibuzwa namuhla ngomsebenzi omuhle kumuntu ogulayo ukuthi yena usindisiwe ngani,

₁₀makwazeke kini nonke nasesizweni sonke sakwaIsrayeli ukuthi ngegama likaJesu Kristu waseNazaretha enambethela esiphambanweni, amvusayo uNkulunkulu kwabafileyo, ngaye umi lomuntu phambi kwenu esindile.

₁₁Yena uyitshe eladelelwa yininabakhi, eselaba-yinhloko yegumbi.

₁₂Ayikho insindiso ngomunye, ngokuba alikho futhi elinye igama phansi kwezulu elinikiwe ebantwini, esimelwe ukusindiswa ngalo.

₁₃Kwathi bebona isibindi sikaPetru noJohane, beqonda ukuthi bangabantu abangafundile, bayimifunda nje, bamangala; babazi ukuthi kade benoJesu;

₁₄kepha bebona umuntu ophilisiweyo emi nabo, babengenakuphika-lutho.

₁₅Kodwa sebebayalile ukuba baphume emphakathini balulekana bodwa,

₁₆bathi: Sizakubenzani lababantu na? Ngokuba kusobala kubo bonke abakhileyo eJerusalema ukuthi isibonakaliso esiqhamileyo senziwe yibo, asinakukuphika.

₁₇Kodwa ukuze kungabe kusanda phakathi kwabantu, asibalaye, bangabe besakhuluma kumuntu namunye ngalelogama.

₁₈Base bebabiza, babayala ngokuthi bangakhulumi, bangafundisi nakanye ngegama likaJesu.

₁₉Kepha oPetru noJohane baphendula, bathi kubo: Nqumani nina ukuba kulungile yini ebusweni bukaNkulunkulu ukulalela nina kunoNkulunkulu,

₂₀ngokuba thina asinakuyeka ukukhuluma ngalokho esikubonileyo nesikuzwileyo.

₂₁Khona sebebalayile futhi babayeka, bengafumananga ukuthi bangabajezisa kanjani ngenxa yabantu, ngokuba bonke bedumisa uNkulunkulu ngalokho okwenzekileyo;

₂₂ngokuba umuntu esenziwe kuye lesosibonakaliso sokuphulukiswa wayeneminyaka evé emashumini amane.

₂₃Sebeyekiwe baya kwabakubo, babika konke abapristi abakhulu namalunga abekushilo kubo.

₂₄Bona sebezwile baphakamisa izwi kuNkulunkulu nganhliziyonye, bathi: Somandla, wena owenza izulu, nomhlaba, nolwandle, nakho konke okukukho,

₂₅owasho ngoMoya oNgcwele ngomlomo kababa uDavide inceku yakho ukuthi:

₂₇Ngokuba ngempela oHerode, noPontiyu Pilatu, kanye nabezizwe, nabantu bakwaIsrayeli bayihlanganyela kulomuzi iNceku yakho engcwele uJesu owamgcobayo

₂₈ukuzakukwenza lokho okumiswé ngaphambili yisandla necebo lakho ukuba kwenzeke.

₂₉Manje-ke, Nkosi, bheka ukusongela kwabo, unike izinceku zakho ukuba zikhulume izwi lakho ngaso sonke isibindi

₃₀ngokwelula isandla sakho ukuphulukisa, kwenziwe izibonakaliso nezimangaliso ngegama leNceku yakho engcwele uJesu.

₃₁Kwathi sebekhulekile, kwazanyazanyiswa indawo lapho bebebuthene khona, bagcwaliswa bonke nguMoya oNgcwele, bakhuluma izwi likaNkulunkulu ngesibindi.

₃₂Isixuku sabakholwayo sasinhliziyonye nomphefumulo munye; akwabakho noyedwa owasho ngezimpahla zakhe ukuthi ngezakhe, kodwa bakuhlanganyela konke.

₃₃Abaphostoli baveza ngamandla amakhulu ubufakazi ngokuvuka kweNkosi uJesu; umusa omkhulu wawuphezu kwabo bonke.

₃₄Kwakungekho oswelayo phakathi kwabo; ngokuba bonke ababengabanikazi bamazwe noma bezindlu bathengisa ngakho, baletha imali yalokho abathengisé ngakho,

₃₅bayibeka ngasezinyaweni zabaphostoli; kwaba-yilowo nalowo wabelwa njengokuswela kwakhe.

₃₆Kwathi uJosefa owathiwa ngabaphostoli uBarnaba, okungukuthi ngokuhunyushwa indodana yenduduzo, umLevi waseKhupro ngokuzalwa,

₃₇enensimu, wathengisa ngayo, waletha imali, wayibeka ngasezinyaweni zabaphostoli.