IZENZO 18

₁Emva kwalokho wamuka eAthene, wafika eKorinte.

₂Wafumana khona umJuda othile ogama lakhe linguAkwila, wasePontu ngokuzalwa, owayesand' ukufika ephuma eItaliya, enoPrisila umkakhe, ngenxa yesimemezelo sikaKlawudiyu sokuba bonke abaJuda bamuke eRoma; weza kubo;

₃lokhu wayemsebenzi munye nabo, wahlala nabo, basebenza. Ngokuba umsebenzi wabo kwakungukuthunga amatende.

₄Washumayela esinagogeni* ngamasabatha onke, wazuza abaJuda namaGreki.

₅Kepha sebefikile oSila noThimothewu behla eMakedoniya, uPawulu wakhathalela izwi, wafakaza kubaJuda ukuthi uJesu unguKristu.

₆Kwathi benqaba, behlambalaza, wathintitha izingubo zakhe, wathi kubo: Igazi lenu malibe-phezu kwamakhanda enu; mina anginacala; kusukela manje ngizakuya kwabezizwe.

₇Wasuka lapho, weza endlini yomuntu ogama lakhe linguThithiyu Justu, okhonza uNkulunkulu; indlu yakhe yayiseceleni kwesinagoge*.

₈Kepha uKrispu umphathi wesinagoge* wakholwa yiNkosi kanye nendlu yakhe yonke, nabaningi babaseKorinte balalela, bakholwa, babhapathizwa.

₉INkosi yayisithi kuPawulu ngombono ebusuku: Ungesabi, kepha khuluma, ungathuli,

₁₀ngokuba mina nginawe, akakho ozakukusukela, akulimaze, ngokuba nginabantu abaningi kulomuzi.

₁₁Wahlala khona umnyaka nezinyanga eziyisithupha efundisa izwi likaNkulunkulu phakathi kwabo.

₁₂Kwathi uGaliyu engumbusi waseAkhaya, abaJuda bamvukela uPawulu nganhliziyonye, bamyisa phambi kwesihlalo sokwahlulela,

₁₃bathi: Lomuntu uphendukisa abantu ukuba bakhonze uNkulunkulu ngokuphambene nomthetho.

₁₄Khona uPawulu esezakuvula umlomo, uGaliyu wathi kubaJuda: O ninabaJuda, uma bekuyicala noma ubugebengu obubi, bekufanele nginibekezelele;

₁₅kodwa uma kungukuphikisana ngamazwi, nangamagama, nangomthetho wakini, ziboneleni nina; mina angithandi ukuba-ngumahluleli walezozinto.

₁₆Wayesebaxosha esihlalweni sokwahlulela.

₁₇Khona bonke bambamba uSostene umphathi wesinagoge*, bamshaya phambi kwesihlalo sokwahlulela; kodwa uGaliyu akaze anaka-lutho lwalokho.

₁₈Kepha uPawulu esehlalé khona izinsuku eziningi, wavalelisa kubazalwane, wamuka ngomkhumbi, waya eSiriya kanye noPrisila noAkwila, esegundile ikhanda lakhe eKenikreya; ngokuba wayezibophé ngesifungo.

₁₉Wehlela e-Efesu, wabashiya khona; kepha yena wangena esinagogeni*, washumayela kubaJuda.

₂₀Kwathi bemncenga ukuba ahlale khona isikhathi esidana, akaze avuma,

₂₁kepha wavalelisa wathi: Ngizakubuyela futhi kini, uma uNkulunkulu evuma; wayesesuka e-Efesu ngomkhumbi;

₂₂esefikile eKesariya wakhuphuka wabingelela ibandla; wehlela eAntiyokiya.

₂₃Esehlalé khona isikhathi esithile wamuka wadabula izwe laseGalathiya nelaseFrigiya ngokulandelana, eqinisa bonke abafundi.

₂₄UmJuda othile ogama lakhe linguApholo, waseAleksandriya ngokuzalwa, indoda efundileyo nenamandla emibhalweni, wehlela e-Efesu.

₂₅Yena wayefundisiwe indlela yeNkosi; evutha emoyeni wakhuluma, wafundisa ngesineke izindaba eziqondene noJesu, azi ukubhapathiza kukaJohane kuphela;

₂₆yena waqala ukushumayela ngesibindi esinagogeni*. Kwathi ukuba bamuzwe oAkwila noPrisila, bamthatha bamchasisela indlela kaNkulunkulu ngesineke esikhulu.

₂₇Esethanda ukudlulela eAkhaya, abazalwane balobela abafundi bebayala ukuba bamamukele; esefikile wabasiza kakhulu abakholwayo ngomusa,

₂₈ngokuba waphikisa abaJuda ngamandla phambi kwabantu, ekhomba ngemibhalo ukuthi uJesu unguKristu.