UPawula Ulandisa AbaJuda Ngokuphenduka Kwakhe
1“Madoda, bazalwane, nani bobaba, lalelani ukuziphendulela kwami phambi kwenu manje.”
2Sebezwa ukuthi ukhuluma nabo ngolimi lwesiHebheru, bathula bathi du. Wayesethi: 3“Mina ngiyindoda engumJuda ezalwa eTharsu eKhilikhiya, kodwa ngakhulela kuwo lo muzi, ngasezinyaweni zikaGamaliyeli, ngafundiswa ngesineke ngomthetho wobaba, ngishisekela uNkulunkulu njengalokhu nani ninjalo namuhla. 4Ngayizingela le Ndlela kwaze kwaba sekufeni, abesilisa nabesifazane ngibabopha, ngibakhaphela emajele, 5njengoba nomphristi omkhulu ufakaza ngami, namalunga wonke. Yibona engemukela kubo izincwadi ezilotshelwe abazalwane, ngangiya eDamaseku ukuba abakhona lapho ngibayise eJerusalema beboshiwe, ukuze bajeziswe.
6“Kwathi ngisendleleni ngihamba, sengisondela eDamaseku emini kwabha, kwabanika masinyane nxazonke ukukhanya okukhulu kuvela ezulwini, 7ngawela phansi emhlabathini, ngezwa izwi lithi kimi: ‘Sawula, Sawula, ungihluphelani na?’
8“Ngaphendula ngathi: ‘Ungubani, Nkosina?’
“Wathi kimi: ‘NginguJesu waseNazaretha omzingelayo.’
9“Kepha labo ababenami bakubona ukukhanya, kodwa izwi lowakhuluma nami abalizwanga.
10“Ngathi: ‘Ngizakwenzani, Nkosi, na?’
“INkosi yayisithi kimi: ‘Sukuma, uye eDamaseku, uzotshelwa lapho konke okubekelwe ukuba ukwenze.’
11“Njengalokhu ngangingasaboni ngenxa yenkazimulo yalokho kukhanya, ngaholwa ngengalo yilabo engangihamba nabo, ngaze ngafika eDamaseku.
12“Indoda ethile okuthiwa ngu-Ananiya, eyayikholwa, iwugcina umthetho, eyayifakazelwa yibo bonke abaJuda ababakhe lapho, 13yafika kimi, yema, yathi kimi: ‘Sawula, mzalwane, phinda ubone.’
“Ngase ngibona ngaso leso sikhathi.
14“Wayesethi: ‘UNkulunkulu wokhokho wakumisela phambilini ukuba uyazi intando yakhe, nokumbona oLungileyo, nokulizwa izwi eliphuma emlonyeni wakhe. 15Ngokuba uzakuba ngufakazi wakhe kubantu bonke ngalokho okubonileyo nokuzwileyo. 16Pho usalindeleni na? Sukuma, ubhabhadiswe, uhlambulule izono zakho ngokukhuleka egameni lakhe.’
UPawula Ulanda Ngokuthunywa Kwakhe Kwabezizwe
17“Kwathi sengibuyele eJerusalema, ngikhuleka ethempelini, ngafikelwa yisiyezi, 18ngambona; wathi kimi: ‘Shesha uphume masinyane eJerusalema, ngokuba abazukubamukela ubufakazi bakho ngami.’
19“Mina ngathi: ‘Nkosi, bayazi bona uqobo ukuthi yimina engangibabopha, ngibashaya emasinagogeni labo abakholwa nguwe, 20futhi namhla kuchithwa igazi likaStefani, ufakazi wakho, ngangimi khona lapho nami, ngivumelana nokwakwenzeka, ngiqaphe izingubo zabambulalayo.’
21“Wathi kimi: ‘Hamba, ngokuba ngizakukuthuma kwabezizwe.’ ”
AbaJuda Bafuna Ukubulala UPawula
22Bamlalela kwaze kwaba kuleli lizwi, base bekhamuluka bethi: “Msuseni onje emhlabeni, ngokuba akafanele ukuba aphile.”
23Kwathi besakhamuluka, bekhumula izingubo zabo, bethunquza uthuli phezulu, 24induna yenkulungwane yayala ukuba angeniswe enkanjini, yathi akahlolwe ngenduku, ukuze iqonde ukuthi kungasici sini esibenza bamemeze kanje ngaye. 25Kuthe besambophe ngemichilo, uPawula wathi enduneni yekhulu eyayimi lapho: “Kuvumelekile yini ukuba kushaywe umuntu ongumRoma engakalahlwa yicala na?”
26Yathi ukuba induna yekhulu ikuzwe lokho, yaya enduneni yenkulungwane, yabika yathi: “Uzokwenzenjani na? Ngokuba lo muntu ungumRoma?”
27Induna yenkulungwane yaya kuPawula, yathi kuye: “Ngitshele, ngabe wena ungumRoma yini na?”
Yena wathi: “Yebo.”
28Kepha induna yenkulungwane yaphendula, yathi: “Mina ngalithenga lelo lungelo ngemali enkulu.”
Kepha uPawula wathi: “Mina-ke ngazalwa nalo.”
29Bamshiya masinyane labo ababezomhlola, nenduna yenkulungwane yesaba, lapho seyizwe ukuthi ungumRoma nokuthi ibimbophile.
30Ngakusasa ifuna ukwazi umsuka wendaba yokuthi abaJuda bamsola ngani, yamkhulula, yayisiyaleza ukuba abaphristi abakhulu nomkhandlu wonke ubuthane, yayisimehlisa uPawula, yammisa phambi kwabo.
