UPhethro Uphilisa Umuntu Oyisishosha
1UPhethro noJohane bakhuphukela ethempelini ngehora lesishiyagalolunye elingelokukhuleka. 2Indoda ethile eyisishosha kwasesizalweni sikanina, yayithwelwe yilabo ababeyibeka nsuku zonke ngasemnyango wethempeli obizwa ngokuthi “Omuhle” ukuba inqibe kulabo ababengena ethempelini. 3Kwathi ukuba ibone uPhethro noJohane bezongena ethempelini, yacela ukuphiwa isipho. 4Kepha uPhethro noJohane bayigqolozela, wathi kuyo: “Sibheke!”
5Yayisibabheka, yethembe ukuba yamukele okuthile kubo.
6Kepha uPhethro wathi: “Isiliva negolide anginalo, kepha lokho enginakho ngikupha khona: egameni likaJesu uKhristu waseNazaretha, sukuma uhambe.”
7Wayeseyibamba ngesandla sokunene, wayisukumisa. Masinyane izinyawo zayo namaqakala kwaqina, 8yagxuma, yema, yahamba, yangena nabo ethempelini, ihamba igxumagxuma, imdumisa uNkulunkulu. 9Abantu bonke bayibona ihamba, idumisa uNkulunkulu. 10Kepha bayibona ukuthi iyona le ebihlala ngaseMnyango Omuhle wethempeli, inqiba, bagcwala ukumangala nokwesaba ngokwakwenzeke kuyo.
Intshumayelo KaPhethro Ethempelini
11Isabambelele kuPhethro noJohane, bonke abantu bagijimela kubo emphemeni okuthiwa okaSolomoni, beshaqeke kakhulu. 12UPhethro ekubona lokho wakhuluma kubantu wathi: “Madoda akwa-Israyeli, kungani nimangele ngalokhu futhi nisigqolozelelani sengathi simenze ngamandla ethu nangokukholwa kwethu ukuba ahambe na?
13“UNkulunkulu ka-Abhrahama noka-Isaka nokaJakobe, uNkulunkulu wokhokho bethu uyidumisile iNceku yakhe uJesu enayikhaphela, nayiphika phambi kukaPilatu, yena esenqumile ukuyikhulula. 14Kodwa nina namphika oNgcwele noLungileyo, nacela ukuba nikhululelwe umbulali, 15nambulala oNgumthombo wokuphila, uNkulunkulu amvusayo kwabafileyo, thina esingofakazi balokho. 16Ngokukholwa egameni lakhe lo enimbonayo nenimaziyo, yigama lakhe elimenze waqina, nokukholwa okungayo kumnike le mpilo phambi kwenu nonke.
17“Manje, bazalwane, ngiyazi ukuthi nakwenza lokho ngokungazi njengababusi benu. 18Kepha lokho uNkulunkulu akubikezele ngaphambilini ngomlomo wabo bonke abaphrofethi, ukuthi uKhristu wakhe uyakuhlupheka, ukugcwalise kanje. 19Ngakho-ke phendukani, niguquke ukuba zithethelelwe izono zenu, 20khona kuzakufika izikhathi zokuhlunyelelwa ezivela ebusweni beNkosi nokuba ithume uKhristu uJesu enimmiselweyo, 21okufanele ukuba izulu limamukele, kuze kube yizikhathi zokubuyiselwa kwakho konke uNkulunkulu akhuluma ngakho ngomlomo wabaphrofethi bakhe abangcwele, kusukela emaphakadeni. 22UMose impela wathi: ‘INkosi uNkulunkulu uyakunivusela umphrofethi onjengami kubazalwane benu, niyakukulalela konke akukhuluma kini.’
23“Kuyakuthi wonke umuntu ongayukumlalela lowo mphrofethi, abhujiswe kubantu.
24“Yebo, nabaphrofethi bonke, kusukela kuSamuweli nabamlandelayo, bonke ababekhulume, bamemezela ngalezo zinsuku. 25Nina ningamadodana abaphrofethi nawesivumelwano uNkulunkulu asenza kokhokho benu, ethi ku-Abhrahama: ‘Ngolibo lwakho, iyakubusiswa imindeni yonke yomhlaba.’
26“UNkulunkulu eseyivusile iNceku yakhe wayithumela kini kuqala ukuba anibusise ngokuniphendula, kube yilowo nalowo aphenduke ebubini bakhe.”
