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| 1. | Kwakukhona eAntiyoki ebandleni lapho abaprofethi labafundisi abathile, uBarnabasi kanye loSimeyoni othiwa nguNigeri, loLukiyu umKurene, loManayeni owayondliwe kanye loHerodi umtetrarki*, loSawuli. |
| 2. | Kwathi bekhonza iNkosi bezila ukudla, uMoya oyiNgcwele wathi: Ngehlukaniselani oBarnabasi kanye loSawuli emsebenzini engibabizele wona. |
| 3. | Sebezile ukudla bakhuleka babeka izandla phezu kwabo, ba ba thuma. |
| 4. | Bona-ke sebethunyiwe nguMoya oyiNgcwele, behlela eSelukiya, basuka lapho baya eKuprosi ngomkhumbi. |
| 5. | Kwathi sebefikile eSalamisi, batshumayela ilizwi likaNkulunkulu emasinagogeni amaJuda; njalo babeloJohane umsizi. |
| 6. | Kwathi sebedabule isihlenge bafika ePhafosi, bafica isanuse esithile, umprofethi wamanga, umJuda, obizo lakhe nguBarjesu, |
| 7. | owayelombusi uSergiyu Pawuli, indoda ehlakaniphileyo. Lo wabizela kuye uBarnabasi loSawuli edinga ukuzwa ilizwi likaNkulunkulu. |
| 8. | Kodwa isanuse, uElimasi, ngoba liphendulelwa njalo ibizo lakhe, waphikisana labo, edinga ukuphambula umbusi ekholweni. |
| 9. | Kodwa uSawuli, onguPawuli futhi, egcwele uMoya oNgcwele, njalo emjolozela |
| 10. | wathi: O wena ogcwele inkohliso yonke lobuqili bonke, ndodana kaSathane, sitha sakho konke ukulunga, kawuyekeli ukuphambula indlela eziqondileyo zeNkosi yini? |
| 11. | Njalo khathesi khangela, isandla seNkosi siphezu kwakho, njalo uzakuba yisiphofu, ungaliboni ilanga okwesikhathi. Kwahle kwamehlela ukufiphala lobumnyama, wahamba ebhoda edinga abaza m donsa ngesandla. |
| 12. | Ngalesosikhathi umbusi wabona okwenziweyo wakholwa, edidwa yimfundiso yeNkosi. |
| 13. | UPawuli lababelaye basebesuka ngomkhumbi ePhafosi bafika ePerga esePamfiliya. Kodwa uJohane wehlukana labo wabuyela eJerusalema. |
| 14. | Kodwa bona bedabula besuka ePerga, bafika eAntiyoki esePisidiya; ngosuku lwesabatha basebengena esinagogeni, bahlala phansi. |
| 15. | Kwathi sekufundwe umlayo labaprofethi, abaphathi besinagoge bathumela kubo, besithi: Madoda bazalwane, uba kulelizwi phakathi kwenu lenkuthazo ebantwini, khulumani. |
| 16. | Kwathi uPawuli esukuma, njalo eqhweba ngesandla, wathi: Madoda maIsrayeli, lani elesaba uNkulunkulu, lalelani. |
| 17. | UNkulunkulu walesisizwe sakoIsrayeli wakhetha obaba bethu, wabaphakamisa abantu bengabemzini elizweni leGibhithe, wabakhupha kulo ngengalo ephakemeyo. |
| 18. | Wasebekezelela isimilo sabo okungaba yisikhathi seminyaka engamatshumi amane enkangala. |
| 19. | Njalo esechithile izizwe eziyisikhombisa elizweni leKhanani, wabehlukanisela ilizwe labo ngenkatho. |
| 20. | Lemva kwalezizinto, okungaba ngokweminyaka engamakhulu amane lamatshumi amahlanu, wa ba nika abahluleli kwaze kwaba nguSamuweli umprofethi. |
| 21. | Njalo kusukela lapho bacela inkosi; uNkulunkulu wasebanika uSawuli indodana kaKishi, indoda yesizwe sakoBhenjamini, okweminyaka engamatshumi amane. |
| 22. | Njalo esemkhuphile, wabavusela uDavida waba yinkosi, afakaza langaye ngokuthi: Ngimtholile uDavida kaJese, indoda efuze inhliziyo yami, ezakwenza intando yami yonke. |
| 23. | Enzalweni yalu muntu njengesithembiso, uNkulunkulu uvusele uIsrayeli uMsindisi uJesu; |
| 24. | engakafiki yena uJohane wayesetshumayele kuqala ubhabhathizo lokuphenduka kubo bonke abantu bakoIsrayeli. |
| 25. | UJohane esegcwalise uhambo lwakhe, wathi: Licabanga ukuthi ngingubani? Kangisu ye mina; kodwa khangelani, emva kwami uyeza, engingafanelanga ukukhulula amanyathela enyawo zakhe. |
| 26. | Madoda bazalwane, bantwana bohlanga lukaAbrahama, lalabo phakathi kwenu abesaba uNkulunkulu, lithunyelwe kini ilizwi lalolusindiso. |
| 27. | Ngoba labo abahlala eJerusalema lababusi babo kabamazanga lo, bawagcwalisa lamazwi abaprofethi afundwayo isabatha ngesabatha, ngoku m lahla; |
| 28. | njalo bengatholi lacala lokufa, bacela kuPilatu ukuthi abulawe. |
| 29. | Kwathi sebeqedile konke okulotshiweyo ngaye, ba m ethula esihlahleni, ba m lalisa engcwabeni. |
| 30. | Kodwa uNkulunkulu wamvusa kwabafileyo; |
| 31. | owabonwa insuku ezinengi yilabo ababenyukele laye ukuya eJerusalema besuka eGalili, abangabafakazi bakhe ebantwini. |
| 32. | Lathi sitshumayela indaba ezinhle kini zesithembiso esenziwa kubobaba, |
| 33. | ukuthi uNkulunkulu usigcwalisile sona kithi, abantwana babo, emvusile uJesu, njengoba kulotshiwe futhi kusihlabelelo sesibili ukuthi: Wena uyiNdodana yami, lamuhla mina ngikuzele. |
| 34. | Njalo ngokuthi wamvusa kwabafileyo, engasayikubuyela ekuboleni, wakhuluma kanje wathi: Ngizalinika izibusiso ezingcwele l ezithembekileyo zikaDavida. |
| 35. | Ngakho njalo kwenye indawo uthi: Kawuyikunikela ongcwele wakho abone ukubola; |
| 36. | ngoba uDavida, esekhonze icebo likaNkulunkulu kwesakhe isizukulwana walala, njalo walaliswa laboyise, wabona ukubola; |
| 37. | kodwa lowo uNkulunkulu amvusayo, kakubonanga ukubola. |
| 38. | Ngakho kakwaziwe yini, madoda bazalwane, ukuthi ngalowo kutshunyayelwa kini uthethelelo lwezono; |
| 39. | njalo kulo wonke okholwayo uyalungisiswa kukho konke obungelungisiswe kukho ngomlayo kaMozisi. |
| 40. | Ngakho bonani ukuthi kalehlelwa yilokhu okwakhulunywa kubaprofethi, okokuthi: |
| 41. | Khangelani, zideleli, njalo limangale, litshabalale; ngoba mina ngenza umsebenzi ensukwini zenu, umsebenzi elingayikuwukholwa, nxa umuntu elilandisela. |
| 42. | Kwathi ekuphumeni kwamaJuda esinagogeni, abezizwe bacela ukuthi lamazwi akhulunywe kubo ngesabatha elilandelayo. |
| 43. | Kwathi abe sinagoge sebephumile, abanengi kumaJuda labakhonzayo abaphendukela kumaJuda balandela uPawuli loBarnabasi; abakhuluma labo, bebancenga ukuthi bahlale emuseni kaNkulunkulu. |
| 44. | Kwathi ngesabatha elilandelayo babuthana kwaphose kwaba ngumuzi wonke ukuzwa ilizwi likaNkulunkulu. |
| 45. | Kodwa amaJuda ebona amaxuku agcwaliswa ngomona, aphikisa izinto ezakhulunywa nguPawuli, ephikisa njalo ehlambaza. |
| 46. | Kodwa uPawuli loBarnabasi bekhuluma ngesibindi bathi: Kwakudingeka ukuthi ilizwi likaNkulunkulu likhulunywe kini kuqala; kodwa njengoba lilinina, njalo lizigweba ukuthi alifanelanga impilo elaphakade, khangelani, siphendukela kwabezizwe. |
| 47. | Ngoba iNkosi isilayile ngokunjalo yathi: Ngikumisile ube yikukhanya kwabezizwe, ube ngowosindiso kuze kube semkhawulweni womhlaba. |
| 48. | Kwathi abezizwe be ku zwa bathokoza, basebelidumisa ilizwi leNkosi, basebekholwa ngobunengi obungangobalabo ababemiselwe impilo elaphakade; |
| 49. | lelizwi leNkosi lasatshalaliswa elizweni lonke. |
| 50. | Kodwa amaJuda avusa abesifazana abakhonzayo abadumileyo lezikhulu zomuzi, avusela uPawuli loBarnabasi ukuzingelwa, abaxotsha emikhawulweni yawo. |
| 51. | Kodwa babathintithela uthuli lwenyawo zabo, bafika eIkoniyuma. |
| 52. | Njalo abafundi bagcwaliswa ngentokozo loMoya oNgcwele. |
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