Bible Reading Plan – Day 306

₁UPawulos waya eDerbhe naseListra. Apho kwakukho ikholwa eligama linguTimoti, onina wayekwalikholwa, engumJudakazi, uyise yena engumGrike. ₂Onke amakholwa aseListra naseIkoniyo ayemazi ngesimilo esihle uTimoti. ₃UPawulos wafuna ukuhamba noTimoti, ngoko ke wamolùsa kuqala, kuba onke amaJuda aloo mmandla ayesazi ukuba uyise wayengolukanga. ₄Ekuzityhutyheni kwabo ezo dolophu, amakholwa bawazisa ngesigqibo *sabathunywa nabadala eJerusalem. ₅Aza ke amabandla omelezeka elukholweni, anda nangamanani imihla ngemihla.

₆Xa babekwingingqi yaseFrigi naseGalati, uMoya oyiNgcwele wabalela ukuba balishumayele ilizwi eAsiya. ₇Bakufika emdeni waseMisi, bazama ukungena eBhitini, kodwa nakhona uMoya kaYesu akabavumelanga. ₈Ngoko ke bacanda eMisi, behla baya eTrowa. ₉Xa babelapho ke, ebusuku uPawulos wabona umbono. Indoda yaseMakedoni yayimile imcenga isithi: “Yiza apha eMakedoni, uzokusinceda.” ₁₀Ngokukhawuleza emva kwalo mbono kaPawulos, salungiselela ukuya eMakedoni, kuba saqonda ukuba uThixo usibizela ukuba siye kuzishumayela iindaba ezimnandi kubantu balapho.

₁₁Semka ngesikhephe eTrowa, sahamba ngqo sacanda sijonge eSamotraki, saza ngengomso sangena eNapoli. ₁₂Sakusuka apho, saya kutsho eFilipi, idolophu yokuqala kwisithili saseMakedoni, eyayilithânga laseRoma. Sakhe sahlala iintsukwana apho kuloo dolophu. ₁₃*NgoMhla wokuPhumla saphuma edolophini, saya ngasemlanjeni, apho sasiba koba kukho indawo athandazela kuyo amaJuda. Sahlala phantsi, sancokola namakhosikazi awayebuthe apho. ₁₄Enye yawo eyayisiphulaphule nguLidiya waseTiyatire, owayengumthengisi weempahla ezimsobo zexabiso. Wayeyintokazi eyayimhlonela uThixo, yaza ke iNkosi yayibaza ingqondo ukuba izigqale izinto ezazithethwa nguPawulos. ₁₅Yabhaptizwa kunye nosapho lwayo. Yaza ke yasimema isithi: “Ukuba nithi ndilikholwa ngenene eNkosini, khanizokuhlala kwam.” Yasithundeza ke ukuba siye.

₁₆Ngamhla uthile xa sasisiya kwindawo yokuthandaza, sahlangana nentombi eyayilikhoboka. Yayinamafufunyana. Yayibenzela imali eninzi ke abanikaziyo ngokuchazela abantu izinto eziza kubehlela. ₁₇Yasilandela sinoPawulos, ikhwaza isithi: “La madoda angabakhonzi bakaThixo uPhezukonke. Anishumayeza indlela eningásindiswa ngayo.” ₁₈Yaqhuba iintsuku ezininzi iyenza le nto, yada yamthukuthezela uPawulos, wajika wathi kuloo moya: “Ngengunya legama likaYesu Krestu ndithi: ‘Phuma kule ntombi.’ ” Aphuma kwangoko amafufunyana.

₁₉Bakuphawula abanikaziyo ukuba ayisekho indlela yokwenza imali ngale ntombi, babagxavula ooPawulos noSilas, babarhuqela kwinkundla yamatyala eyayisebaleni lembutho. ₂₀Babamangalela kwabasemagunyeni, besithi: “La madoda angamaJuda, yaye adala isidubedube apha edolophini yethu. ₂₁Afundisa imikhwa enxamnye nomthetho wethu. Thina singamaRoma, asinakuyamkela loo mikhwa.” ₂₂Nesihlwele sangenelela ekubahlaseleni.

Zaza iziphathamandla zathi mazikrazulwe izambatho zikaPawulos noSilas, babethwe nokubethwa. ₂₃Bakuba bebethwe kanobom, bavalelwa entolongweni. Wayalelwa nojela ukuba abatshixele abagcine ngokunqabileyo. ₂₄Ewufumene umyalelo lowo, ujela wabatshixela kwelingaphakathi igumbi, wabakhonkxa iinyawo ngezikhuni.

₂₅Phakathi kobusuku uPawulos noSilas bathandaza bacula bedumisa uThixo, namanye amabanjwa ebeva. ₂₆Ngesaquphe kwabakho inyikima eyashukumisa izisekelo zentolongo. Zatsho zavuleka zonke iingcango, namatyathanga akhululeka kumabanjwa. ₂₇Evukile ujela, wabona iingcango zentolongo zivulekile, wacinga ukuba abalekile amabanjwa onke; waza warhola ikrele lakhe, eza kuzibulala. ₂₈Kuthe kusenjalo wamemeza uPawulos esithi: “Mus' ukuzenzakalisa, kuba sisaphelele!”

₂₉Ujela lowo wathi makuziwe nesibane, waza engcangcazela enjalo wangena wawa ezinyaweni zikaPawulos noSilas. ₃₀Wabakhuphela phandle, wabuza wathi: “Bahlekazi, ndingenza ntoni ukuze ndisinde?”

Bona baphendula bathi: ₃₁“Zinikele eNkosini uYesu; uya kusindiswa wena nosapho lwakho.” ₃₂Bamchazela ke yena nabo bonke ababesendlwini yakhe ngodaba lweNkosi. ₃₃Ngaloo yure kanye yobusuku ujela wabathatha, wahlamba amanxeba abo; waza wabhaptizwa kunye nosapho lwakhe kwangoko. ₃₄Waya nabo endlwini yakhe ooPawulos noSilas, wabapha ukutya. Yena nosapho lwakhe bazaliswa luvuyo ngenxa yokuba bezinikele kuThixo.

₃₅Ngentsasa elandelayo abasemagunyeni bathumela amagosa abo, besithi: “Wakhululeni loo madoda.” ₃₆Ujela ke wamxelela uPawulos ukuba iziphathamandla zithumele umyalelo wokuba yena noSilas bangákhululwa. Ngoko ke bakhululekile bangáhamba ngoxolo.

₃₇Kodwa waphendula uPawulos wathi kumagosa lawo: “Hayi kaloku, sikatswe esidlangalaleni, nakuba singakhange sibekwe tyala, ibe futhi singabemi abangamaRoma! Ngaphezu koko sivalelwe entolongweni. Bangathini ke ngoku ukusikhulula bucala? Hayi bo! Ayinakwenzeka loo nto! Abasemagunyeni mabeze kusikhulula ngokwabo.”

₃₈Amagosa lawo aya kuwaxela la mazwi kwiziphathamandla, ezathi zakuva ukuba uPawulos noSilas ngabemi abangamaRoma, zoyika kakhulu. ₃₉Ngoko ke zaya kubo, zacela uxolo, zabacenga ukuba bahambe, zabakhupha ke bemka. ₄₀UPawulos noSilas bayishiya ke intolongo leyo, baya kwaLidiya. Apho ke bahlangana namakholwa, baza bathi, bakuba bewakhuthazile, bemka.

₁Bahamba ke, badlula eAmfipoli naseApoloniya, bada baya kufika eTesalonika, apho yayikho *indlu yesikhungo yamaJuda. ₂Njengoko ebeqhele ukwenjenjalo, uPawulos waya endlwini yesikhungo leyo. Apho wayexoxa nabantu *ngeziBhalo imiGqibelo emithathu, ₃ezichaza iziBhalo, ecacisa kwangazo ukuba ubemelwe kukuva ubunzima *uKrestu, abuye avuke ekufeni. “Lo Yesu ndimvakalisayo nguKrestu,” wayesitsho uPawulos. ₄Abanye abantu boyisakala, bazimanya noPawulos noSilas. Enjenjalo namaGrike aliqela awayemhlonela uThixo, kwakunye namakhosikazi amaninzi aphambili entlalweni.

₅Kodwa akhathazeka amaJuda, aqokelela amatshijolo ezitalatweni, yaligquba elenza intswahla nesiphithi-phithi edolophini. Lawuhlasela umzi kaJason, liba balapho ooPawulos noSilas, liza kubasa ematyaleni. ₆Kodwa lakungabafumani, larhuqa uJason kunye namanye amakholwa, libasa kubaphathi-dolophu, likhwaza lisithi: “La madoda luqhushululu konke apho ahamba khona; ngoku eze nakule idolophu, ₇yaye uJason uwagcine phaya endlwini yakhe. Ewonke angabaphuli-mthetho *kaKhesare, kuba athi kukho nkosi yimbi inguKrestu Yesu.” ₈Ngaloo mazwi basitsho isihlwele nabaphathi-dolophu bakhathazeka. ₉Abaphathi-dolophu babahlawulisa imali yesibambiso ooJason nabanye abo ngaphambi kokubakhulula bahambe.

₁₀Kuthe nje kusandul' ukuhlwa, amakholwa abathumela eBheriya ooPawulos noSilas. Bafika apho, baya *kwindlu yesikhungo yamaJuda. ₁₁Abantu balapho bona babeneengqondo eziphangaleleyo kunabantu baseTesalonika. Baluphulaphula ngomdla bona udaba, bazifunda mihla le *neziBhalo, befuna ukuqonda ukuba uPawulos unyanisile na. ₁₂Kwaguquka abantu abaninzi, amadoda kunye namakhosikazi amaGrike akumgangatho ophezulu entlalweni. ₁₃Kodwa akuva amaJuda aseTesalonika ukuba uPawulos ulishumayela naseBheriya ilizwi likaThixo, aya apho, afika afaka umoya woqhushululu ebantwini. ₁₄Amakholwa amsa ngaselwandle uPawulos kwangoko. Basala bona ooSilas noTimoti eBheriya. ₁₅La madoda âhamba noPawulos, ada aya kutsho eAtene. Abuyela eBheriya nomyalelo kaPawulos wokuba ooSilas noTimoti mabakhawuleze baye kuye.

₁₆Kwathi xa uPawulos wayesalinde uSilas noTimoti eAtene, wafumana umnqa kukubona indlela ezazizininzi ngayo izithixo kuloo dolophu. ₁₇Waxoxa endlwini yesikhungo namaJuda kunye neentlanga ezazihlonela uThixo. Ngokukwanjalo wayexoxa nabantu ababegqitha-gqitha ebaleni lembutho. ₁₈Nabathile abaziintanda-bulumko zeqela *lamaEpikure *namaStoyike babencokola naye. Bambi babesithi: “Ngaba lifuna ukuthini eli pholopholo?” abanye besithi: “Ngathi ngunozakuzaku *woothixo basemzini.” Babesitsho ke kuba uPawulos wayeshumayela ngoYesu nangovuko lwabafileyo.

₁₉Baza ke bamthatha uPawulos, baya naye entlanganisweni, endaweni ekwakusithiwa yiAriyopago, bathi kuye: “Khawutsho! Sifuna ukuyazi le mfundiso intsha uthetha ngayo. ₂₀Ezinye zezinto esikuva uthetha ngazo ziyasimangalisa, ngoko ke sifuna ukuyazi intsingiselo yazo.” ₂₁Kaloku abantu baseAtene nabatyeleli bakhona kwakungekho nto babeyixabise ngaphezu kokuncokola okanye ukuphulaphula iingcamango ezintsha.

₂₂UPawulos waphakama wema entlanganisweni apho eAriyopago, wathi: “Bantu baseAtene, ndiyaphawula ukuba ningabantu abaluthanda ngokuncamisayo unqulo. ₂₃Kuthe xa bendihamba-hamba ndibuka iindawo zenu zonqulo, ndabona neqonga lamadini elibhaliweyo kwathiwa: ‘Kongaziwayo uThixo.’ Ngoko ke lowo nina nimnqula ningamazi, mna ndivakalisa yena kuni. ₂₄UThixo lo udale ihlabathi nezinto ezikulo, uyiNkosi yezulu nomhlaba. Ngoko ke akahlali zindlwini zenziwe ngabantu, ₂₅engaswele nto ngokokude abantu bazidube ngokumenzela nto. Kuba kaloku nguye ngokwakhe onika ubomi nomphefumlo, nazo zonke iimfuneko zoluntu lonke. ₂₆Zonke iintlanga zabantu wazidala zaphuma mlibeni mnye, wazenza ukuba ziwume wonke umhlaba. Yena ngokwakhe kwangaphambili wazimisela amaxesha obomi, kunye nemida yokuhlala kwazo. ₂₇Oku wakwenza ukuze zihlale zimzingela, hleze zimphuthaphuthe de zimfumane; nangona yena uThixo engekude kuthi sonke, ₂₈kuba kungaye sikho nje, sisuka-suka, siphilile. Kunjengoko zitshoyo ezinye zeembongi zenu ukuthi: ‘Nathi siyinzala yakhe.’ ₂₉Singabantwana bakhe nje ke, masingacingi ukuba imo kaThixo ifana nento eqingqwe ngegolide, ngesiliva, okanye ngelitye, ngobugcisa bomntu. ₃₀UThixo wayewayeke ngabom loo maxesha apho abantu babengazi. Kungokunje uyalela abantu bonke, ezindaweni zonke, ukuba baguquke ezindleleni zabo ezimbi. ₃₁Kaloku uwumisele umhla apho aya kuligweba ihlabathi lonke liphela ngobulungisa, ngeNdoda ayimiseleyo. Le nto uyingqine kubantu bonke ngokuyivusa loo Ndoda ekufeni.”

₃₂Bathi bakumva uPawulos ethetha ngovuko lwabafileyo, bahlekisa ngaye. Bambi bathi: “Sisafuna ukuyiva kwakhona le ntetho yakho.” ₃₃Waza ke uPawulos wemka apho entlanganisweni. ₃₄Kambe abanye bazinikela, baza bamlandela. Phakathi kwabo kwakukho uDiyonisi, ilungu leAriyopago, nomfazi ogama linguDamari, kunye nabanye.

₁Emva koko uPawulos wemka eAtene, wabheka eKorinte. ₂Apho wadibana nomJuda ogama linguAkwila, owazalelwa ePonto, ekunye noPrisila umkakhe. Wayesand' ukufika apho, evela eItali, ekubeni *uKhesare Klawudiyo wawagxothayo amaJuda awayeseRoma. Ebandwendwele uPawulos, ₃wahlala kunye nabo, wasebenza kunye nabo, kuba kaloku wayephila ngokwenza iintente njengabo. ₄Yonke imiGqibelo wayedla ngokubamba iingxoxo *endlwini yesikhungo, ezama ukuwanelisa amaJuda kwanamaGrike.

₅Bakufika ooSilas noTimoti, bevela eMakedoni, uPawulos akabanga senza nto yimbi ingekuko ukushumayela iindaba ezimnandi, ewacacisela amaJuda ukuba uYesu unguye uKrestu. ₆Kuthe akumchasa emngcikiva, wavuthulula iimpahla zakhe, ekhalala, esithi: “Ukuba nithe natshabalala, lityala lenu. Mna andinatyala kuloo nto. Ukususela ngoku ndiya ezintlangeni.” ₇Wabashiya ke waya kuhlala emzini kaTitiyo Yusto intlanga eyayimnqula uThixo. Umzi wakhe wawumelene nendlu yesikhungo. ₈UKrispo, igosa lendlu yesikhungo, wazinikela eNkosini kunye nentsapho yakhe. Kwabhaptizwa nenkitha yabantu eKorinte eyalivayo ilizwi yazinikela eNkosini.

₉Ngabusuku buthile uPawulos waba nombono apho, yathi iNkosi kuye: “Sukoyika, zingisa ukuthetha ungancami, ₁₀kuba mna ndinawe. Akukho mntu uya kukuchukumisa, kuba baninzi abantu bam kule dolophu.” ₁₁UPawulos wahlala apho ke unyaka onesiqingatha, ebafundisa ilizwi likaThixo abantu.

₁₂Kwathi akuba uGaliyo eyirhuluneli emele amaRoma kwisithili saseAkaya, amaJuda adibana ngoPawulos, amthatha amsa enkundleni, afika athi: ₁₃“Le ndoda izama ukuwexula abantu ukuba bakhonze uThixo ngendlela ephambeneyo nomthetho.”

₁₄Kwathi xa aza kuphendula uPawulos, uGaliyo wabhekisa kumaJuda wathi: “Ukuba ngaba lo mbandela ubuyimpazamo ethile, okanye ityala elibi, bendingade ndiyinyamezele le nto, maJuda. ₁₅Kodwa ke ngenxa yokuba lo mbandela uphathelele kumazwi, namagama, nomthetho wenu, ziboneleni nina ukuba ningawulungisa njani na. Mna andinakugweba izinto ezinjalo.” ₁₆Waza ke wabakhupha apho enkundleni. ₁₇Bahlasela uSosteno igosa lendlu yesikhungo, bambethela apho phambi kwenkundla. Kodwa yena uGaliyo zange azikhathaze ngaloo nto.

₁₈UPawulos wahlala apho eKorinte ixesha elide, waza ke wanduluka apho ngesikhephe enoPrisila noAkwila, basinga eSiriya. Wathi xa aseKenkreya wacheba intloko yakhe, kuba wayenze isifungo. ₁₉Bakufika e-Efese, uPawulos wabashiya ooPrisila noAkwila, waya endlwini yesikhungo, waxoxa khona namaJuda. ₂₀Babemcela ukuba ahlale nabo ixesha elide, kodwa akavuma. ₂₁Wasuka wathi xa ahambayo: “Ukuba ngaba kuyintando kaThixo ukuba ndibuye, ndobuya ndibuye.” Waza ke wemka e-Efese.

₂₂Akufika eKhesariya, wadlula waya kubulisa ibandla, waza ke waya eAntiyokwe. ₂₃Emva kwethuba elapho wemka, watyhutyha imimandla yaseGalati neyaseFrigi, ehamba ewomeleza onke amakholwa.