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₁Kwakukhona eAntiyokiya ebandleni lakhona abaprofethi nabafundisi: oBarnaba, noSimeyoni othiwa uNigeri, noLukiyu waseKhurene, noManayeni owayondliwe kanye noHerode umtetrarki*, noSawulu.

₂Kwathi bekhonza iNkosi, bezila, uMoya oNgcwele wathi: Ngahlukaniseleni oBarnaba noSawulu ukuba baye emsebenzini engibabizele wona.

₃Khona bazila ukudla bakhuleka, babeka izandla phezu kwabo, babamukisa.

₄Bona-ke bethunyiwe nguMoya oNgcwele behlela eSelukiya; basuka lapho, baya eKhupro ngomkhumbi.

₅Ekufikeni kwabo eSalami bashumayela izwi likaNkulunkulu emasinagogeni* abaJuda; babenoJohane eyisikhonzi sabo.

₆Sebedabulé isiqhingi sonke, baze bafika ePhafu, bafumana indoda ethile eyisanusi nomprofethi wamanga, umJuda, ogama lakhe linguBarjesu,

₇owayekhona kumbusi wezwe uSergiyu Pawulu, umuntu onengqondo enhle. Yena wabiza oBarnaba noSawulu, wafuna ukuzwa izwi likaNkulunkulu.

₈Kodwa uEluma, isanusi, ngokuba linjalo igama lakhe ngokuhunyushwa, wamelana nabo, wafuna ukuphambukisa umbusi ekukholweni.

₉Kepha uSawulu osethiwa uPawulu, egcwele uMoya oNgcwele, wamgqolozela,

₁₀wathi: O wena ogcwele inkohliso yonke nobubi bonke, ndodana kaSathane, sitha sokulunga konke, awuyikuyeka ukuziphambukisa izindlela eziqondileyo zeNkosi na?

₁₁Bheka, isandla seNkosi siphezu kwakho manje. Uzakuba-yimpumputhe, kube-yisikhathi ungaliboni ilanga. Kwase kumfikela khona-lapho ukufiphala nobumnyama, wahamba efuna abazakumhola ngesandla.

₁₂Khona umbusi esebona okwenzekileyo wakholwa, emangaliswa ngesifundiso seNkosi.

₁₃UPawulu nababenaye bamuka ePhafu ngomkhumbi, bafika ePherge lasePhamfiliya; kepha uJohane wahlukana nabo, wabuyela eJerusalema.

₁₄Bona ekumukeni kwabo ePherge baya eAntiyokiya lasePhisidiya, bangena esinagogeni* ngosuku lwesabatha, bahlala phansi.

₁₅Sekufundiwe umthetho nabaprofethi, abaphathi besinagoge* bathumela kubo, bathi: Madoda, bazalwane, uma ninezwi lokuyala abantu, khulumani.

₁₆Wayesesukuma uPawulu, waqhweba ngesandla, wathi: Madoda akwaIsrayeli, nani enesaba uNkulunkulu, lalelani:

₁₇UNkulunkulu walesisizwe sakwaIsrayeli wabakhetha obaba, wabaphakamisa abantu bengabafokazi ezweni laseGibithe; wabakhipha kulo ngengalo ephakemeyo.

₁₈Wababekezelela ehlane kungathi iminyaka engamashumi amane.

₁₉Wachitha izizwe eziyisikhombisa ezweni laseKhanani, wababela izwe lazo libe-yifa;

₂₀kwadlula kungathi iminyaka engamakhulu amane namashumi ayisihlanu. Emva kwalokho wabanika abahluleli kwaze kwaba-nguSamuweli umprofethi.

₂₁Kusukela lapho bacela inkosi; uNkulunkulu wabanika uSawule indodana kaKisi, umuntu wesizwe sakwaBenjamini, iminyaka engamashumi amane.

₂₂Esemkhiphile wabavusela uDavide abe-yinkosi, afakaza ngaye ukuthi: Ngimfumene uDavide kaJesayi, umuntu ongowenhliziyo yami, oyakwenza konke engikuthandayo.

₂₃Enzalweni yakhe uNkulunkulu walethela uIsrayeli uMsindisi uJesu njengokwethembisa kwakhe;

₂₄engakafiki yena uJohane wayeseshumayele kuso sonke isizwe sakwaIsrayeli umbhapathizo wokuphenduka.

₂₅Esegcina ukuhamba kwakhe uJohane wathi: Lokhu enithi ngiyikho angisikho mina. Kodwa bhekani, uyeza emva kwami engingafanele ukukhumula isicathulo sezinyawo zakhe.

₂₆Madoda, bazalwane, madodana ohlanga luka-Abrahama, nabaphakathi kwenu abamesaba uNkulunkulu, izwi lalensindiso lithunyelwe kithi.

₂₇Ngokuba abakhileyo eJerusalema nababusi babo abamazanga yena, namazwi abaprofethi afundwa amasabatha ngamasabatha bawagcwalisa ngokumlahla;

₂₈nakuba bengafumananga icala lokufa kuye, nokho bacela kuPilatu ukuba abulawe.

₂₉Kwathi sebefezé konke okwakulotshiwe ngaye, bamehlisa emthini, bambeka ethuneni.

₃₀Kepha uNkulunkulu wamvusa kwabafileyo.

₃₁Wabonwa izinsuku eziningi yibo ababekhuphukele naye eJerusalema bevela eGalile, asebengofakazi bakhe kubantu manje.

₃₂Nathi sinishumayeza ivangeli lesithembiso esenziwa kobaba

₃₃ukuthi uNkulunkulu usigcwalisile sona kubantwana bethu ngokumvusa uJesu, njengokuba kulotshiwe futhi kulo ihubo lesibili ukuthi:

₃₄Maqondana nokumvusa kwakhe kwabafileyo ukuba engasayikubuyela ekuboleni wakhuluma kanje, wathi:

₃₅Ngakho nakwenye indawo uthi:

₃₆Ngokuba uDavide esekhonzile icebo likaNkulunkulu esizukulwaneni sakhe, walala ubuthongo, wabekwa koyise, wabona ukubola.

₃₇Kepha yena amvusayo uNkulunkulu akakubonanga ukubola.

₃₈Ngakho-ke makwazeke kini-madoda, bazalwane, ukuthi ngalowo kumenyezelwa kini ukuthethelelwa kwezono, nakukho konke ebeningenakulungisiswa kukho ngomthetho kaMose

₃₉yilowo nalowo okholwayo uyakulungisiswa ngaye.

₄₀Ngakho qaphelani, funa nehlelwe ngokwakhulunywa ngabaprofethi ukuthi:

₄₂Kwathi ekuphumeni kwabo, babacela ukuba lawomazwi akhulunywe kubo nangesabatha elizayo.

₄₃Khona sebehlakazekile abesinagoge*, abaningi babaJuda namaproselite* aqotho balandela oPawulu noBarnaba abakhuluma nabo, bebancenga ukuba bahlale emseni kaNkulunkulu.

₄₄Ngesabatha elilandelayo kwabuthana kucishe umuzi wonke ukuzwa izwi likaNkulunkulu.

₄₅Kepha abaJuda bebona izixuku bagcwala umhawu, bakuphika okwakukhulunywa nguPawulu behlambalaza.

₄₆Khona oPawulu noBarnaba bakhuluma ngesibindi, bathi: Bekudingeka ukuba izwi likaNkulunkulu likhulunywe kini kuqala; kepha lokhu nilinqaba, nizisho nina nithi anifanele ukuphila okuphakade, bhekani, sesiphendukela kwabezizwe.

₄₇Ngokuba iNkosi isiyalezile kanjalo ukuthi:

₄₈Kwathi abezizwe bekuzwa lokho, bathokoza, balidumisa izwi leNkosi; bakholwa bonke ababemiselwe ukuphila okuphakade.

₄₉Izwi leNkosi lahanjiswa kulo izwe lonke.

₅₀Kepha abaJuda bavusa abesifazane abaqotho abanesithunzi nezikhulu zomuzi, bavusela oPawulu noBarnaba ukuzingelwa, babaxosha emikhawulweni yabo.

₅₁Bona-ke babavuthululela uthuli lwezinyawo zabo, beza eIkoniyu.

₅₂Abafundi bagcwala intokozo noMoya oNgcwele.