EmaJuda abeka Pawula licala
1Emvakwemalangana lasihlanu umPhristi Lomkhulu Ananiyase wehlela eKhesariya netibondza tenkholo yemaJuda kanye naThethulusi, ummeli. Befika kuLusibalukhulu Feliksi batewubeka Pawula licala. 2Kwabitwa Thethulusi wefike wabeka Pawula licala watsi: “Mhlonishwa! Sifanele kukubonga ngenhlakanipho yebuholi bakho lesiletsele kuthula sikhatsi lesidze kangaka, nekutsi tingucuko letinyenti letifanele kuba khona tiyenteka ekusiteni sive.
3“Mhlonishwa Feliksi, konkhe loko sikwemukela ngenhlitiyo lemhlophe, nome kwentiwa ngayiphi indlela nome kwentiwa kuyiphi indzawo. 4Kodvwa kuze ngingakubambeleli, bengisakucela ngemusa wakho kutsi sewumane usiboleke indlebe kancane. 5Sikhandze kutsi lomuntfu uyingoti, ngobe ususa tiphitsiphitsi emkhatsini wemaJuda wonkhe umhlaba, kantsi futsi ungumholi walelicembu lekutsiwa ngemaNazaretha. 6Wadzimate wetama nekuhlambalata lithempeli, sabe sesiyambopha, [sasifuna kumgweba ngekwemtsetfo wetfu, 7kodvwa Khenela Lisiyasi, weta wafike wasemuka yena wamtsatsa ngenkhani. 8Wakhipha umyaleto kutsi bonkhe labambeka licala abete kuwe.]
“Nawe matfupha nawungahle umbute nje, utativela ngekwakho uwatfole onkhe lamacala lesimbeka wona la embikwakho.”
9NemaJuda asukuma nawo amvumela, atsi vele kunjalo.
Inkhulumo yaPawula yekutivikela embikwaFeliksi
10Lusibalukhulu nasamkhombile Pawula kutsi akhulume, Pawula watsi: “Ngiyati kutsi bewungumgwebi walesive iminyaka leminyenti, ngako-ke ngiyatfokota kubeka inkhulumo yami yekutivikela la embikwakho.
11“Njengobe nawe ungatibonela nje, kutsi abengakapheli emalanga lali-12 ngifikile kutawukhonta eJerusalema, 12abazange sebangikhandze mine ngiphikisana nemuntfu nome ngetama kususa siphitsiphitsi emkhatsini webantfu ethempelini, emasinagogeni nome-ke edolobheni. 13Nabo bate nebufakazi baloko labangahle bangibeke licala ngako nje la embikwakho nyalo. 14Kodvwa naku lengikuvuma kuwe kutsi: Mayelana naleNdlela, lebatsi bona kweduka, ngikhonta Nkulunkulu wabokhokho ngekukholwa konkhe lokusemtsetfweni nalokubhalwe kubaphrofethi, 15ngekubeka litsemba kuNkulunkulu lababambelele kulo nabo lekutsi bonkhe bantfu, labalungile nalabangakalungi, bayawuvuka ekufeni. 16Ngako-ke nami ngetama ngemandla ami onkhe ngetikhatsi tonkhe, kuze kutsi ngihlale nginanembeza longenacala kuNkulunkulu nakubantfu.
17“Emvakweminyaka leminyenti ngahamba, bengibuyele kuletsa tipho esiveni sakitsi kanye nekunikela imihlatjelo. 18Bangikhandza ethempelini sengihlanjululiwe. Kwakungekho sicumbi sebantfu, kungekho nasiphitsiphitsi. 19Kodvwa kwakunemaJuda lambalwa labephuma esifundzeni sase-Asiya lebekufanele nawo abe la embikwakho angibeke emacala, 20nome-ke basho bona ngekwabo laba labalapha kutsi cala lini lengatfolakala nginalo ngesikhatsi ngisembikweLiqoqo labo, 21ngaphandle kwentfo yinye nje lengayikhuluma ngisesemkhatsini wabo, ngamemeta ngatsi: ‘Lamuhla ngimangalelwe ngelitsemba lekutsi labafile bayawuvuka baphile.’ ”
22Kodvwa Feliksi labesayatisisa kahle lendzaba yaleNdlela, kutsetfwa kwalelicala wakugucisa ngekutsi: “Lelicala ngiyawulijuba nasekufike Khenela Lisiyasi.”
23Wase utfumela indvuna kutsi igadze Pawula, kodvwa abe nenkhululeko letsite, nekutsi bangani bakhe bangalelwa kutawumsita nome ngani layeswele.
Pawula ushumayela Khristu kuFeliksi naDrusila
24Emvakwemalangana Feliksi weta nemkakhe Drusila labengumJuda; watfumela kwalandvwa Pawula lafike wamlalela asakhuluma ngekukholwa kuKhristu Jesu. 25Kodvwa asachubeka achaza ngekutiphatsa kahle, kutibamba nangekugwetjwa lokuseta, Feliksi wetfuka watfutfumela wadzimate watsi: “Kwamanje ase uhambe. Ngitawuphindze ngikubite, nase ngitfole lesinye sikhatsi.”
26Abenelitsemba lekutsi Pawula abetamdizela ngemali; ngako-ke abevame kuhle ambita akhulume naye.
27Ekupheleni kweminyaka lemibili sikhundla saFeliksi satsatfwa nguPhokhiyusi Festusi. Njengobe Feliksi abefuna kutsandvwa ngemaJuda, wavele washiya Pawula asesejele.
