Uhambo lwesibili lukaPawulu: uPawulu ese-Asiya
1Khona wehlela eDerbe naseListra. Bheka, kwakukhona lapho umfundi othile, nguThimothewu igama lakhe, indodana yowesifazane wakwaJuda okholiweyo, kepha uyise wayengumGreki, 2owayefakazelwa kahle ngabazalwane baseListra nabase-Ikoniyu. 3Lowo uPawulu wathanda ukuba ahambe naye, wamthatha, wamsoka ngenxa yabaJuda ababekhona kulezo zindawo; ngokuba bonke babemazi ukuthi uyise wayengumGreki. 4Kwathi bedabula imizi, babanika izinqumo ezanqunywa ngabaphostoli namalunga aseJerusalema ukuba bazigcine. 5Njalo-ke amabandla aqiniswa ekukholweni, anda ngobuningi imihla ngemihla.
6Base bedabula izwe laseFrigiya nelaseGalathiya, benqatshelwe nguMoya oNgcwele ukulikhuluma izwi e-Asiya; 7sebefikile ngaseMisiya, balinga ukuya eBithiniya, kepha uMoya kaJesu akabavumelanga.
UPawulu uwelela eMakedoniya
8Badlula eMisiya, behlela eTrowa. 9Kwabonakala kuPawulu umbono ebusuku; indoda ethile yaseMakedoniya eyayimi imncenga yathi: “Welela eMakedoniya, usisize.” 10Lapho esewubonile umbono, safuna masinyane ukuya eMakedoniya, sathi uNkulunkulu usibizile ukuba sibashumayeze ivangeli.
11Khona samuka eTrowa ngomkhumbi, saqonda eSamotrake, ngangomuso safika eNeyapholi.
UPawulu ushumayela eFilipi; ukukholwa kukaLidiya
12Sisuka lapho saya eFilipi elingumuzi oyikhanda lesifunda saseMakedoniya, ikoloni.* Kulowo muzi sahlala izinsuku ezithile.
13Ngosuku lwesabatha saphumela ngaphandle kwesango ngasemfuleni, lapho sathi babevama ukukhuleka khona; sahlala phansi, sakhuluma kubo abesifazane ababebuthene. 14Owesifazane othile ogama lakhe linguLidiya, engumthengisi wezibubende, wasemzini waseThiyathira, okhonza uNkulunkulu, walalela, iNkosi yayivula inhliziyo yakhe ukuba aqaphele okwakhulunywa nguPawulu. 15Kuthe esebhapathiziwe kanye nendlu yakhe, wasincenga wathi: “Uma nithi ngikholekile eNkosini, ngenani endlini yami, nihlale khona;” wasicindezela.
UPawulu uyaboshwa
16Kwathi siya endaweni yokukhuleka, kwahlangana nathi intombazana enomoya wobungoma, eyayitholela abaniniyo inzuzo enkulu ngokubhula. 17Yona yamlandela uPawulu nathi, yamemeza yathi: “Laba bantu bayizinceku zikaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke ezimemezela kini indlela yensindiso.” 18Yakwenza lokho izinsuku eziningi. Kepha uPawulu esecasukile waphenduka, wathi kumoya: “Ngiyakuyala egameni likaJesu Kristu ukuba uphume kuyo.” Wayesephuma ngaso leso sikhathi.
19Kwathi abaniniyo sebebonile ukuthi ithemba lenzuzo yabo limukile, bababamba oPawulu noSila, babahudulela esigcawini phambi kwababusi, 20babayisa ezinduneni, bathi: “Laba bantu banyakazisa umuzi wakithi bengabaJuda; 21bafundisa imikhuba esingavunyelwe ukuba siyamukele, siyenze thina esingamaRoma.”
22Isixuku sase sibavukela, nezinduna zayala ukuba bahlutshulwe izingubo, bashaywe ngenduku; 23sezibashayile imivimbo eminingi, zabaphonsa etilongweni, zayala umgciniziboshwa ukuba abagcine impela; 24yena eyaliwe kanjalo wabaphonsa etilongweni elingaphakathi, wabopha izinyawo zabo ogongolweni.
Ukuphenduka komgciniziboshwa
25Kepha phakathi kobusuku oPawulu noSila bekhuleka bamdumisa uNkulunkulu ngamahubo, iziboshwa zabezwa; 26kwavela ngokuzuma ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu, kwaze kwazanyazanyiswa izisekelo zetilongo; kwavuleka khona lapho iminyango yonke, kwathukuluka nezibopho zabo bonke. 27Kwathi umgciniziboshwa ephaphama, wabona iminyango yetilongo ivulekile; wayesehosha inkemba efuna ukuzibulala, ngokuba wathi iziboshwa ziphunyukile. 28Kepha uPawulu wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: “Ungazilimazi, ngokuba sikhona sonke.”
29Wayesebiza izibani, wagijimela phakathi ethuthumela, wawa phansi phambi kukaPawulu noSila, 30wabakhiphela ngaphandle, wathi: “Makhosi, ngimelwe ukwenzani ukuba ngisindiswe na?”
31Bona bathi: “Kholwa yiNkosi uJesu, yikhona uzakusindiswa wena nendlu yakho.” 32Base bemshumayeza izwi likaNkulunkulu, yena nabo bonke ababesendlini yakhe. 33Wabathatha ngaso leso sikhathi sasebusuku, wabageza imivimbo, wabhapathizwa khona lapho, yena nabo bonke abakhe, 34wabenyusela endlini, wababekela ukudla, wathokoza kanye nendlu yakhe yonke ngokukholwa nguNkulunkulu.
35Kepha sekusile, izinduna zathuma izikhonzi, zathi: “Bakhulule labo bantu.” 36Umgciniziboshwa wabikela uPawulu lawo mazwi, wathi: “Izinduna zithumele ukuba nikhululwe. Ngakho phumani manje, nihambe ngokuthula.”
37Kepha uPawulu wathi kuzo: “Basishayile phambi kwabantu singalahlwanga cala, thina singabantu abangamaRoma, basiphonsa etilongweni; manje basikhipha ngasese na? Qhabo, akuze bona, basikhiphe.”
38Izikhonzi zabikela izinduna lawo mazwi. Zona zesaba sezizwa ukuthi bangamaRoma, 39zeza zabancenga; sezibakhiphile zabanxusa ukuba bamuke emzini. 40Base bephuma etilongweni, bangena kwaLidiya; kwathi sebebabonile abazalwane babaduduza, bamuka.
