UPawulos umangalelwa ngamaJuda
1Emva kweentsuku ezintlanu umbingeleli omkhulu uHananiya waya eKhesariya, ekunye nabadala abathile noTertulo igqwetha. Bavela phambi kwerhuluneli bemmangalela uPawulos. 2Weziswa uPawulos, waza uTertulo wammangalela wenjenje: “Felekis, mhlekazi ohloniphekileyo, ukulawula kwakho ngobulumko kuze nethuba elide loxolo. Nezinye izinto eziyimfuneko zenkqubela siyazibona zisenzeka kweli lizwe lethu. 3Ngamaxesha onke siyazamkela ezi zinto, futhi sinongazenzisiyo umbulelo kuwe. 4Andifuni ukulidla ixesha lakho, ngoko ke ndicela ukuba usiphulaphule ngobulali esi simangalo. 5Lo mfo simfumene engumdodobalisi oyingozi. Uhamba ephemba udushe phakathi kwamaJuda kulo lonke elimiweyo; futhi uyinkokheli yegqiza lamaNazarete. 6Samfumana ezama ukunyelisa *indlu kaThixo, saza sambamba. [Sasifuna ukumgweba ngokomthetho wethu, 7kodwa kwafika umphathi-mkhosi uLisiya wamhlutha kakubi. 8ULisiya wayalela ukuba aze kumangalelwa kuwe.] Nawe ngokwakho ekumvavanyeni kwakho uya kuziqonda uziva ngaye ezi zinto simmangalela ngazo.” 9NamaJuda asingqina esi simangalo ukuba siyinyaniso.
UPawulos uziphendulela phambi koFelekis
10Irhuluneli yanqwala kuPawulos ukuba athethe, waza wathi: “Ndiyazi ukuba uneminyaka emininzi ugweba kwesi sizwe; yiyo loo nto ndivuyayo kuba ndiziphendulela phambi kwakho. 11Nawe unokuyiqonda into yokuba azingaphezu kweshumi elinambini iintsuku ndayayo eJerusalem ndiye kunqula. 12AmaJuda akandifumananga ndixoxa namntu *endlwini kaThixo, engandifumananga ndiphembelela dushe bantwini *ezindlwini zesikhungo, okanye naphi na apho edolophini. 13Futhi akanabo ubungqina obuphathekayo malunga nezi zinto andityhola ngazo ngoku. 14Le yona into ndiyayivuma: Ndikhonza uThixo wookhokho bethu ngokulandela iNdlela le athi wona ayikho mgaqweni. Ndikholwa zizo zonke izinto ezibhaliweyo encwadini *yomthetho kaMosis nasezincwadini *zabashumayeli. 15Ndibambelele ethembeni elinye nabo abamangali, eli lokuba bonke abantu, abalungileyo nabangalunganga, baya kuvuka ekufeni. 16Ndibe ke ndizama kangangoko ndinako ukuba ndihlale ndingenasazela nganto phambi koThixo naphambi kwabantu.
17“Ndakha ndangabikho iminyaka emininzi eJerusalem, ndaza emva koko ndaya khona ndisisela abantu bakowethu imali, futhi ndisiya kwenza amadini. 18Ndandisendlwini kaThixo apho ke, ukundifikela kwawo amaJuda ekubeni sendigqibe ukwenza *intlambululo. Ndandingekho esiphithi-phithini, futhi kungekho naqhushululu olo. 19Ayekhona amaJuda athile ephondo laseAsiya; ebefanele ukuba alapha phambi kwakho andimangalele ngokwawo, xa enendawo ngakum. 20Okanye khawutsho kula madoda axele ukuba andifumana ndinatyala lini na ngokuya ndandimi phambi kweBhunga. 21Into inye endakhala ngayo naphambi kwawo, ndathi: ‘Ndigwetywa nje namhlanje, kungenxa yokukholelwa ukuba abafileyo baya kuvuka.’ ”
22Waza ke uFelekis owayeyazi kakuhle iNdlela le, walimisa ityala, wathi: “Ndiya kuligweba ityala lakho akufika umphathi-mkhosi uLisiya.” 23Wayalela umphathi-butho owayegada uPawulos ukuba amgcine, kodwa angabi ngqongqo, azivumele izihlobo zakhe zimlungiselele.
UPawulos phambi koFelekis noDrusila
24Kwakudlula iintsuku uFelekis wafika noDrusila umkakhe, umJudakazi. Wambiza uPawulos, waza wamphulaphula ethetha ngokholo kuKrestu Yesu. 25Kodwa wahambisa uPawulos echaza ngokuziphatha kakuhle, ukuzeyisa, nangomhla womgwebo, uFelekis watsho woyika wathi: “Ungakhe umke ngoku; ndiya kuphinda ndikubize xa ndinethuba.” 26Wayenethemba lokuba mhlawumbi angahle anyotywe nguPawulos; kungesi sizathu ke wayesoloko emana ukumbiza ancokole naye.
27Emva kweminyaka emibini uPorkiyo Festo waba yirhuluneli endaweni kaFelekis. Ngenxa yokuba uFelekis wayefuna ukuzenza mhle kumaJuda, wamshiya entolongweni apho uPawulos.
