UPetros noKorneli
1Ke kaloku, kwaye kukho eKesareya ndoda ithile, igama linguKorneli, umthetheli-khulu wasebuthweni lamasoldati ekuthiwa lelaseItali, 2emhlonelayo, emoyikayo uThixo, kunye nayo yonke indlu yayo; ibaliza abantu kunene; kanjalo yayimana ikhunga kuThixo.
3Yabona embonweni kakuhle, malunga nelixa lesithoba lemini, kufika kuyo isithunywa sikaThixo, sisithi kuyo, Hina, Korneli! 4Eqwalasele ke kuso, wangenelwa kukoyika, wathi, Yintoni na, Nkosi? Sithe ke kuye, Imithandazo yakho namalizo akho anyukile, aba sisikhumbuzo emehlweni kaThixo. 5Susa kwangoku amadoda, aye eYopa, ubize eze uSimon, ogama limbi linguPetros; yena ulundwendwe lukaSimon, 6umsuki wezikhumba, ondlu ingaselwandle; yena lowo úya kukuxelela into omelwe kukuyenza.
7Ke kaloku, sakuba simkile isithunywa eso besithetha noKorneli, wabiza zazibini kwizicaka zakhe zasendlwini, nesoldati elimhlonelayo uThixo kwabehlala ehleli naye; 8waza, ebacacisele zonke iindawo, wabathuma eYopa.
9Ke kaloku ngengomso, bakubon' ukuba basendleleni bona, besondela kuwo umzi, wenyuka uPetros, waya phezu kwendlu, malunga nelixa lesithandathu, ukuba athandaze. 10Wesuka ke walamba kakhulu, wanga angakhe afumane into edliwayo; kuthe ke, bakubon' ukuba ke bayamlungisela, wawelwa lithongo: 11wabona izulu livulekile, kusihla phezu kwakhe sitya sithile, ngathi yilinen enkulu ebotshwe kumasondo omané, sithotyelwa emhlabeni; 12ekwaye kukho kuso zonke izinto zomhlaba ezizitho ziné, namarhamncwa, nezinambuzane, neentaka zezulu.
13Kwabakho izwi lisithi kuye, Vuka, Petros, xhela udle. 14Uthe ke uPetros, Nakanye, Nkosi; ngokuba yonke into eyinqambi, nokuba yengcolileyo, andizanga ndiyidle. 15Laphinda izwi okwesibini lathi kuye, Izinto uThixo azihlambululeyo, musa ukuzenza inqambi wena. 16Kwabakho ke oku kathathu; sabuya isitya eso senyuswa, sasiwa ezulwini.
17Ke kaloku, xa uPetros wayethingaza ngaphakathi kwakhe, ukuba ungaba uyintoni na umbono lo awubonileyo, kwasuka kwathi gqi amadoda abethunyiwe evela kuKorneli, ebuza indlu kaSimon, emi esangweni; 18akhwaza, ebuza ukuba uSimon, ogama limbi linguPetros, ulundwendwe apha na.
19Ke kaloku, akubon' ukuba uPetros uyacinga ngawo umbono lowo, wathi uMoya kuye, Nanga amadoda amathathu ekufuna; 20suka uhle, uhambe nawo, ungathandabuzi nento, ngokokuba athunywe ndim. 21Wehla ke uPetros, waya kuwo amadoda abethunyiwe kuye evela kuKorneli, wathi, Niyabona, ndingulowo nimfunayo; ngumcimbi mni na enize ngawo? 22Athe ke wona, UKorneli umthetheli-khulu, indoda elilungisa, emoyikayo uThixo, kanjalo engqinelwe ukulunga lulo lonke uhlanga lwamaYuda, uhlatyelwe sisithunywa esingcwele ukuba akubize, uze endlwini yakhe, eve amazwi kuwe. 23Wawabizela phakathi ngoko, aba lundwendwe lwakhe.
Ke kaloku ngengomso, uPetros wemka nawo, nabazalwana abathile baseYopa bahamba naye. 24Baza ngengomsomnye bangena eKesareya. Waye ke uKorneli ebalindile; wayebizele ndawonye imizalwane yakhe, nezihlobo zakhe ezibuhlungu.
25Kwathi ke, xa angenayo uPetros, uKorneli wamhlangabeza, wawa ezinyaweni zakhe, waqubuda kuye. 26Uthe ke uPetros wamvusa, esithi, Phakama; nam ngokwam ndingumntu. 27Wangena encokola naye, wabafumana bebuthelene bebaninzi. 28Kananjalo wathi kubo, Niyazi kakuhle nina, ukuba akusesikweni ukuthi indoda engumYuda inamathele isondele kowolunye uhlanga; mna ke uThixo undibonisile, ukuba ndingàbizi mntu ngokuthi uyinqambi, ungongcolileyo. 29Kungoko ke ndizileyo ndingaphikanga ndakubizwa. Ndizile ke; ndiyabuza ngoko, ukuba nindibize ngandawoni na?
30UKorneli wathi, Kuse kuntsuku né ndizila ukudla, kwada kwaleli lixa lemini. Ngelixa lesithoba ke bendithandaza endlwini yam, kwesuka kwathi gqi indoda, yema phambi kwam, inengubo eqaqambileyo; yathi, 31Korneli, umthandazo wakho uviwe, namalizo akho akhunjulwe phambi koThixo; thumela ngoko eYopa, 32ubize eze uSimon, ogama limbi linguPetros; lowo ulundwendwe endlwini kaSimon, umsuki wezikhumba, ngaselwandle; oya kuthi akufika athethe nawe. 33Ndathumela ngoko kuwe kwaoko; nawe utyaphile ufike. Kaloku ngoko sikho thina sonke emehlweni kaThixo, ukuze sizive zonke izinto ozimiselweyo nguThixo.
Intetho kaPetros
34Ke kaloku uPetros wawuvula umlomo wakhe wathi, Ndiyaqiqa okwenyaniso ukuba uThixo akamkhethi wabuso bamntu; 35kwiintlanga zonke, lowo umoyikayo, asebenze ubulungisa, wamkelekile kuye. 36Ilizwi elo walithumelayo koonyana bakaSirayeli, eshumayela iindaba ezilungileyo zoxolo ngoYesu Kristu (nguye iNkosi yabo bonke), 37nina niyalazi ilizwi elenzekayo kulo lonke elakwaYuda, liqalela kwelaseGalili, emva kobhaptizo awaluvakalisayo uYohane: 38okokuba uThixo wamthambisa ngoMoya oyiNgcwele nangamandla uYesu waseNazarete, owagqiba ilizwe esîza, ephilisa bonke abaxinzelelweyo nguye uMtyholi; ngokuba uThixo ubenaye.
39Thina singamangqina ezinto zonke awazenzayo ezweni lamaYuda, kwanaseYerusalem; abamsikáyo ngokumxhoma emthini. 40Yena lowo uThixo wamvusa ngomhla wesithathu, wenza ukuba abonakale, 41kungekubo abantu bonke, kukumangqina abenyuliwe ngenxa engaphambili nguThixo: kuthi thina, sadlayo saselayo naye emveni kokuvuka kwakhe kwabafileyo. 42Wasithethela ngelithi, masivakalise ebantwini, siqononondise ukuba yena nguye omisiweyo nguThixo, ukuba abe ngumgwebi wabaphilileyo nabafileyo. 43Bonke abaprofeti bayamngqinela yena lo, ukuba, ngegama lakhe, bamkeliswa uxolelo lwezono bonke abakholwayo kuye.
Abeentlanga bamkela uMoya oyiNgcwele babhaptizwe
44Uthe akubon' ukuba usawathetha uPetros la mazwi, wasuka wabawèla uMoya oyiNgcwele bonke ababeliva ilizwi. 45Amangaliswa amakholwa olwaluko onke abeze noPetros; ngokuba isipho soMoya oyiNgcwele sathululwa naphezu kweentlanga; 46kuba aziva zithetha ngalwimi zimbi, zimenza mkhulu uThixo.
Wandula waphendula uPetros wathi, 47Kukho unako yini na ukuthintela amanzi, ukuba bangàbhaptizwa aba bamamkeleyo uMoya oyiNgcwele, kwanjengathi nje? 48Wamisa ukuthi mababhaptizwe egameni leNkosi. Baza bamcela ukuba akhe ahlale iintsuku ezithile.
