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1. | Kwasekusehla abathile bevela eJudiya, bafundisa abazalwane ukuthi: Nxa lingasokwanga ngokwesiko likaMozisi, lingesindiswe. |
2. | Ngakho kwathi sekulokuphambana lokuphikisana okungekuncinyane ngoPawuli loBarnabasi bemelane labo, bamisa ukuthi uPawuli loBarnabasi labanye abathile kubo benyukele kubaphostoli labadala eJerusalema, ngaloludaba lwempikiswano. |
3. | Ngakho, kwathi sebephelekezelwe libandla, badabula iFenekiya leSamariya, balandisa ngo kuphenduka kwabezizwe; benzela bonke abazalwane intokozo enkulu. |
4. | Kwathi sebefikile eJerusalema, bemukelwa libandla labaphostoli labadala, njalo balandisa ukuthi zingakanani izinto uNkulunkulu ayezenze labo. |
5. | Kodwa kwasukuma abanye abakholwayo abangabehlelo labaFarisi, besithi: Kufanele uku ba soka, lokubalaya bagcine umlayo kaMozisi. |
6. | Kwasekubuthana abaphostoli labadala ndawonye ukuze baluhlole loludaba. |
7. | Kwathi sebephikisene kakhulu, uPetro wasukuma wathi kubo: Madoda bazalwane, lina liyazi ukuthi ensukwini zakuqala uNkulunkulu wakhetha phakathi kwenu, ukuthi ngomlomo wami abezizwe balizwe ilizwi levangeli, bakholwe. |
8. | Njalo uNkulunkulu umazi wenhliziyo wabafakazela, ebanika uMoya oyiNgcwele, lanjengathi; |
9. | futhi kehlukanisanga phakathi kwethu labo, ehlambulula inhliziyo zabo ngokholo. |
10. | Pho-ke limlingelani uNkulunkulu, ngokubeka ijogwe entanyeni yabafundi, obaba bethu kanye lathi esingabanga lamandla okulithwala? |
11. | Kodwa sikholwa ukuthi sisindiswa ngomusa weNkosi uJesu Kristu, ngandlelanye labo. |
12. | Ixuku lonke laselithula; laselisizwa uBarnabasi loPawuli belandisa ukuthi zingakanani izibonakaliso lezimangaliso uNkulunkulu ayezenze ngabo phakathi kwabezizwe. |
13. | Kwathi bona sebeqedile ukukhuluma, uJakobe waphendula wathi: Madoda bazalwane, ngilalelani: |
14. | USimeyoni uselandisile ukuthi uNkulunkulu wahambela njani abezizwe ekuqaleni ukuze azuzele ibizo lakhe abantu ku bo. |
15. | Njalo amazwi abaprofethi ayavumelana lalokhu, njengoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: |
16. | Emva kwalezizinto ngizabuya, ngilakhe futhi ithabhanekele likaDavida eliwileyo; njalo ngizakwakha okudilikileyo kwalo, njalo ngilimise; |
17. | ukuze abaseleyo babantu bayidinge iNkosi, labezizwe bonke ibizo lami elibizwa phezu kwabo, itsho iNkosi eyenza lezizinto zonke. |
18. | Kwaziwa kuNkulunkulu imisebenzi yonke yakhe kusukela ephakadeni. |
19. | Ngakho mina ngiquma ukuthi singabakhathazi labo kwabezizwe abaphendukela kuNkulunkulu; |
20. | kodwa sibabhalele ukuthi bazile amanyala ezithombe, lokufeba, lokukhanyiweyo, legazi. |
21. | Ngoba uMozisi ulabo kusukela ezizukulwaneni zendulo abamtshumayelayo umuzi ngomuzi, efundwa emasinagogeni isabatha ngesabatha. |
22. | Kwasekubonakala kukuhle kubaphostoli lakubadala kanye lebandla lonke, ukuthuma amadoda akhethiweyo phakathi kwabo eAntiyoki loPawuli loBarnabasi; babe ngoJudasi othiwa futhi nguBarsaba, loSilasi, amadoda angabakhokheli phakathi kwabazalwane, |
23. | basebebhala lokhu ngesandla sabo ukuthi: Abaphostoli labadala labazalwane kubazalwane abangabezizwe eAntiyoki leSiriya leKilikhiya, bayabingelela; |
24. | njengoba sizwile ukuthi abathile abaphume kithi balikhathazile ngamazwi, bedunga imiphefumulo yenu, besithi lisokwe lilonde umthetho, bona singabalayanga; |
25. | kwabonakala kukuhle kithi singqondonye, ukuthi siwakhethe amadoda si wa thume kini, kanye labathandekayo bethu uBarnabasi loPawuli, |
26. | abantu abanikele impilo yabo ngenxa yebizo leNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu. |
27. | Ngakho sithumile uJudasi loSilasi, abazakuthi langomlomo balandise ngokufananayo. |
28. | Ngoba kwabonakala kukuhle kuMoya oNgcwele, lakithi, ukuthi singalethesi umthwalo omkhulu, ngaphandle kwalezizinto ezifunekayo: |
29. | Ukuthi lizile okuhlatshelwe izithombe, legazi, lokukhanyiweyo, lokufeba; lezizinto nxa lizazizila, lizabe lenze kuhle. Salani kuhle. |
30. | Ngakho sebebakhululile beza eAntiyoki; futhi sebelihlanganisile ixuku, ba li nika incwadi. |
31. | Kwathi sebefundile, bathokoza ngenduduzo. |
32. | UJudasi kanye loSilasi, njengoba labo babengabaprofethi, balaya abazalwane ngamazwi amanengi, ba ba qinisa. |
33. | Sebehlale isikhathi, bayekelwa bahamba ngokuthula ngabazalwane baya kubaphostoli, |
34. | kodwa kwabonakala kukuhle kuSilasi ukuthi asale khona. |
35. | UPawuli loBarnabasi basebesala eAntiyoki, befundisa betshumayela indaba ezinhle zelizwi leNkosi, kanye labanye abanengi. |
36. | Emva kwensuku ezithile uPawuli wasesithi kuBarnabasi: Ake sibuye sihambele abazalwane bethu emizini yonke, lapho esatshumayela khona ilizwi leNkosi, ukuthi bahlezi njani. |
37. | UBarnabasi wasehlosa ukuthatha uJohane, othiwa nguMarko, ahambe labo. |
38. | Kodwa uPawuli wacabanga ukuthi kufanele ukuthi bangamthathi ahambe labo lowo owabatshiya ePamfiliya, kaze aya labo emsebenzini. |
39. | Kwasekuvela ukuphikisana okukhulu, baze behlukana phakathi, uBarnabasi wasethatha uMarko wahamba laye ngomkhumbi, baya eKuprosi. |
40. | Kodwa uPawuli wakhetha uSilasi wasuka wahamba, esenikelwe emuseni kaNkulunkulu ngabazalwane. |
41. | Wasedabula iSiriya leKilikhiya, eqinisa amabandla. |
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