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₁Emva kwezinsuku eziyisihlanu umpristi omkhulu uAnaniya wewuka kanye namalunga athile nommeli othile uTertulu; laba bammangalela uPawulu kumbusi.

₂Yena esebiziwe, uTertulu waqala ukumbeka icala, ethi: Lokho ukuthi ngenxa yakho sitholile ukuthula okukhulu nangokubonelela kwakho lesisizwe senzelwe okuhle okuningi

₃siyakwamukela ngezikhathi zonke nasezindaweni zonke ngokubonga okukhulu, Feliksi odumileyo.

₄Kepha ukuba ngingakubambezeli, ngiyakuncenga ukuba ngobumnene bakho usizwe ngokufushane.

₅Ngokuba lendoda siyifumene iyishinga evusa ukwambuka phakathi kwabaJuda ezweni lonke, eyinhloko yehlelo lamaNazaretha,

₆yalinga nokungcolisa ithempeli; sayibamba, sathanda ukuyahlulela ngomthetho wakithi.

₇Kepha kwafika uLisiya induna yenkulungwane, wamthatha ngendluzula enkulu ezandleni zethu,

₈eyala abambeka icala ukuba beze kuwe, ukuze umbuzisise wena uqobo, uzwe ngakho konke esimmangalela ngakho.

₉NabaJuda bakuvuma lokho, bathi kunjalo.

₁₀Umbusi esemqhwebile ukuba akhulume, uPawulu waphendula wathi: Lokhu ngiyazi ukuthi sekuyiminyaka eminingi ungumahluleli kulesisizwe, ngiyaziphendulela ngesibindi;

₁₁futhi ungaqonda ukuthi akungaphezu kwezinsuku ezinyishumi nambili ngikhuphukile ukuyokhuleka eJerusalema;

₁₂abangifumananga ngiphikisana namuntu, nakuba ngivusa isiphithiphithi esixukwini, nasethempelini, nasemasinagogeni*, nasemzini,

₁₃futhi bangekuqinise kuwe lokhu abangibeka icala ngakho manje.

₁₄Kepha ngiyavuma lokhu kuwe ukuthi ngeNdlela abathi iyihlelo ngiyamkhonza ngokunjalo uNkulunkulu wawobaba, ngikholwa yikho konke okulotshiwe emthethweni nakubaprofethi;

₁₅nginethemba kuNkulunkulu abalibheka nabo uqobo lokuthi kuyakubakhona ukuvuka kwabafileyo, okwabalungile nokwabangalungile.

₁₆Kulokhu nami ngiyazama ukuba njalo ngibe-nonembeza ongenacala phambi kukaNkulunkulu nabantu.

₁₇Kwathi emva kweminyaka eminingi ngafika ukuletha izipho esizweni sakithi neminikelo,

₁₈okuthé ngikulokho bangifumana ethempelini ngihlanjululiwe, kungekho isixuku nomsindo,

₁₉abaJuda abathile baseAsiya ababefanele ukuvela phambi kwakho, bangimangalele, uma benotho ngami.

₂₀Nokuba mabasho laba ukuthi bafumanani okungalungile mhla ngimi phambi komphakathi,

₂₁ngaphandle kwalelozwi elilodwa engalimemeza ngimi phakathi kwabo lokuthi: Ngokuvuka kwabafileyo mina ngimangalelwa yinina namuhla.

₂₂Kepha uFeliksi ekwazi ngokucacileyo okwaleyoNdlela wabahlehlisa ethi: Lapho uLisiya induna yenkulungwane esewukile, ngizakuyinquma indaba yenu;

₂₃wayala induna yekhulu ukuba agcinwe, kepha abe-nenkululeko, kunganqatshelwa-muntu wakubo ukumkhonza.

₂₄Kepha emva kwezinsuku ezithile wafika uFeliksi noDrusila umkakhe owayengumJudakazi, wabiza uPawulu, wamuzwa ngokukholwa nguKristu Jesu.

₂₅Esakhuluma ngokulunga, nangokuzithiba, nangokwahlulela okuzayo, uFeliksi washaywa luvalo, waphendula wathi: Okwamanje hamba; kepha nxa ngithola isikhathi, ngizakukubiza;

₂₆wethemba futhi ukuthi uzakunikwa imali nguPawulu; ngalokho wayehlezé embiza, ekhuluma naye.

₂₇Kepha sekuphelile iminyaka emibili, uFeliksi walandelwa nguPorkiyu Festu; kodwa uFeliksi efuna ukubongwa ngabaJuda washiya uPawulu eboshiwe.