IzEnzo 6

₁Kwathi ngaleyo mihla abafundi sebanda, kwavela ukukhonona kubaJuda abakhuluma isiGreki ngamaHeberu ngokuthi abafelokazi bakubo bayancishwa ekwabelweni kwemihla ngemihla. ₂Abayishumi nambili base bebiza ibandla labafundi, bathi: “Akukuhle ukuba thina sishiye izwi likaNkulunkulu, sikhonze ematafuleni. ₃Funani-ke phakathi kwenu bazalwane amadoda ayisikhombisa anodumo oluhle, agcwele uMoya nokuhlakanipha, esingawamisela lowo msebenzi. ₄Kepha thina sizakuqinisela ekukhulekeni nasenkonzweni yezwi.”

₅Leli zwi laba lihle kulo lonke ibandla; base bekhetha uStefanu, umuntu owayegcwele ukukholwa noMoya oNgcwele, noFiliphu, noProkhoro, noNikanori, noThimoni, noPharmena, noNikolawu, iproselite* lase-Antiyokiya, ₆babamisa phambi kwabaphostoli; bakhuleka, babeka izandla phezu kwabo.

₇Izwi likaNkulunkulu landa, umumo wabafundi wakhula eJerusalema, nesixuku esikhulu sabapristi salalela inkolo.

₈Kepha uStefanu egcwele umusa namandla wenza izimangaliso nezibonakaliso ezinkulu phakathi kwabantu. ₉Kwase kusuka abanye besinagoge* elithiwa elabaLibertino, nabaseKhurene, nabase-Aleksandriya, nabavela eKhilikhiya nase-Asiya, baphikisana noStefanu; ₁₀kepha babengenamandla okumelana nokuhlakanipha noMoya ayekhuluma ngakho.

₁₁Khona bathenga amadoda athi: “Simzwile ekhuluma amazwi enhlamba ngoMose nangoNkulunkulu,” ₁₂bavusa abantu namalunga nababhali, bamvukela, bambamba, bamyisa emphakathini; ₁₃bamisa ofakazi bamanga abathi: “Lo muntu akayeki ukukhuluma amazwi ngale ndawo engcwele nangomthetho; ₁₄ngokuba simzwile ethi uJesu lo waseNazaretha uzakuchitha le ndawo, aguqule imithetho asinika yona uMose.”

₁₅Kwathi bemgqolozela bonke ababehlezi emphakathini, babona ubuso bakhe kungathi ubuso bengelosi.