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| 1. | Kwasekusithi, uApolosi eseseKorinte, uPawuli wafika eEfesu esedabule indawo eziphakemeyo; wasefica abafundi abathile |
| 2. | wathi kubo: Lamemukela yini uMoya oNgcwele mhla likholwayo? Basebesithi kuye: Kodwa kasizanga sizwe ngitsho ukuthi kukhona uMoya oNgcwele. |
| 3. | Wasesithi kubo: Pho labhabhathizelwa kukuphi? Basebesithi: Kubhabhathizo lukaJohane. |
| 4. | Kodwa uPawuli wathi: UJohane wabhabhathiza ubhabhathizo lokuphenduka, etshela abantu ukuze bakholwe kulowo oweza emva kwakhe, okuyikuthi, kuKristu Jesu. |
| 5. | Lalabo abezwayo babhabhathizwa ebizweni leNkosi uJesu. |
| 6. | Wathi uPawuli esebeke izandla phezu kwabo, uMoya oyiNgcwele weza phezu kwabo; basebekhuluma ngendimi, baprofetha. |
| 7. | Njalo wonke amadoda ayengaba litshumi lambili. |
| 8. | Wasengena esinagogeni wakhuluma ngesibindi, inyanga ezintathu etshumayela eqinisekisa izinto ngombuso kaNkulunkulu. |
| 9. | Kodwa kwathi abanye besiba lukhuni bengakholwa, bekhuluma kubi nga leyo ndlela phambi kwabantu, wasuka kubo wehlukanisa abafundi, insuku ngensuku etshumayela esikolo sothile uTiranu. |
| 10. | Lalokhu kwenzeka okweminyaka emibili, baze balizwa ilizwi leNkosi uJesu bonke abakhileyo eAsiya, amaJuda kanye lamaGriki. |
| 11. | UNkulunkulu wasesenza imisebenzi yamandla engejwayelekanga ngezandla zikaPawuli, |
| 12. | kwaze kwathi lakwabagulayo kwasiwa izifinyo kumbe amafasikoti okuvela emzimbeni wakhe, lezifo zasuka kubo, labomoya ababi baphuma kubo. |
| 13. | Kwathi abanye kumihambuma yamaJuda, izanuse, bazama ukubiza ibizo leNkosi uJesu kulabo ababelabomoya ababi, besithi: Siyalifungisa ngoJesu amtshumayelayo uPawuli. |
| 14. | Njalo kwakukhona amadodana ayisikhombisa athile kaSikeva umJuda umpristi omkhulu akwenzayo lokho. |
| 15. | Kodwa umoya omubi waphendula wathi: UJesu ngiyamazi, loPawuli ngiyazi ngaye; kodwa lina lingobani? |
| 16. | Lowomuntu okwakukuye umoya omubi waseseqela phezu kwabo, njalo wabehlula, wabanqoba, baze babaleka kuleyondlu benqunu belimele. |
| 17. | Lokhu kwasekusaziwa yibo bonke abakhileyo eEfesu amaJuda kanye lamaGriki; lokwesaba kwasekubehlela bonke; njalo lakhuliswa ibizo leNkosi uJesu. |
| 18. | Labanengi balabo abakholwayo beza, bevuma, bememezela izenzo zabo. |
| 19. | Labanengi balabo ababesenza amasalamusi baletha ingwalo ndawonye bazitshisa phambi kwabo bonke; basebebala intengo yazo, bathola izinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amahlanu zesiliva. |
| 20. | Ngokunjalo ilizwi leNkosi lakhula ngamandla lanqoba. |
| 21. | Kwathi lezizinto seziphelile, uPawuli wazimisela emoyeni, esedabule eMakedoniya leAkaya, ukuya eJerusalema, esithi: Emva kokuba kwami lapho, ngimele ukubona iRoma layo. |
| 22. | Esethume eMakedoniya ababili balabo ababemsiza, uTimothi loErastu, yena wahlala eAsiya okwesikhathi. |
| 23. | Kodwa ngalesosikhathi kwasuka isiphithiphithi esingesincinyane mayelana la leyo ndlela. |
| 24. | Ngoba umuntu othile onguDemetriyu ngebizo, umkhandi wesiliva, owenza amathempel ana esiliva kaDiyana, waletha kuzingcwethi inzuzo engencinyane; |
| 25. | owabaqoqayo bona, lezisebenzi zezinto ezifananayo, wathi: Madoda, liyazi ukuthi inotho yethu ivela kulumsebenzi. |
| 26. | Njalo liyabona liyezwa ukuthi kungesikho eEfesu kuphela, kodwa phose kulo lonke iAsiya, uPawuli lo uncengile njalo uphambule ixuku elikhulu, esithi kayisibo onkulunkulu abenziwe ngezandla. |
| 27. | Njalo kayisikho lokhu kuphela ukuthi sisengozini yokuthi le ingxenye ifike ekutheni ingahlonitshwa, kodwa lethempeli likankulunkulukazi omkhulu uDiyana lizathiwa liyinto engesilutho, njalo lobukhulukazi bakhe buzakwehliswa, elimkhonzayo yonke iAsiya lomhlaba wonke. |
| 28. | Kwathi be ku zwa bagcwala intukuthelo, bamemeza besithi: Mkhulu uDiyana wamaEfesu! |
| 29. | Njalo umuzi wonke wagcwala isiphithiphithi; basebetheleka kanyekanye endaweni yokudlalela, bahudula uGayusi loAristako amaMakedoniya, abaphelekezeli bakaPawuli. |
| 30. | Kwathi uPawuli efuna ukungena exukwini, abafundi kabamvumelanga. |
| 31. | Njalo labanye bababusi beAsiya, ababengabangane bakhe, bathuma kuye, be m ncenga ukuthi angazinikeli endaweni yokudlalela. |
| 32. | Ngakho abanye bamemeza okunye labanye okunye; ngoba umhlangano wawusanganisekile, njalo inengi labo lalingazi ukuthi libuthene lapho ngenxa yani. |
| 33. | Basebemusa phambili uAleksandro esuka exukwini, ngoba amaJuda amqhubela phambili. UAleksandro waseqhweba ngesandla, efuna ukuzivikela ebantwini. |
| 34. | Kodwa bathi sebekwazi ukuthi ungumJuda, kwaba lelizwi elilodwa livela kubo bonke okungaba ngamahola amabili limemeza lisithi: Mkhulu uDiyana wamaEfesu! |
| 35. | Njalo kwathi umabhalane eselithulisile ixuku wathi: Madoda eEfesu, kanti kukhona yini umuntu ongaziyo ukuthi umuzi weEfesu ungumlondolozi wethempeli likankulunkulukazi omkhulu uDiyana lowento eyawa ivela kuZewusi? |
| 36. | Ngakho njengoba lezizinto zingephikwe, kufanele lithule, lingenzi lutho ngamawala. |
| 37. | Ngoba lilethe lamadoda, angesibo abaphangi bamathempeli langahlambazi unkulunkulukazi wenu. |
| 38. | Ngakho uba uDemetriyu lezingcwethi kanye laye belodaba ngomuntu, amalanga okuthonisa amacala ayagcinwa, bakhona lababusi; kabamangalelane. |
| 39. | Kodwa uba lidinga ulutho ngezinye izinto, kuzalungiswa emhlanganweni osemthethweni. |
| 40. | Ngoba futhi sisengozini yokumangalelwa ngomvukela ngenxa yalamuhla, kungelambangela esingalandisa ngayo ngalesisiphithiphithi. |
| 41. | Njalo esetshilo lokho, wawuchitha umhlangano. |
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