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1. | Kwathi besakhuluma ebantwini, abapristi lenduna yethempeli labaSadusi babafikela, |
2. | benengekile ngoba babefundisa abantu, betshumayela ukuvuka kwabafileyo ngoJesu. |
3. | Babadumela ngezandla, ba ba faka esitokisini kwaze kwaba kusisa; ngoba kwasekuhlwile. |
4. | Kodwa abanengi abalizwayo ilizwi bakholwa; lenani lamadoda lalingaba zinkulungwane ezinhlanu. |
5. | Kwasekusithi kusisa kwabuthana ababusi labadala lababhali babo eJerusalema, |
6. | loAnasi umpristi omkhulu, loKayafasi, loJohane, loAleksandro, labo bonke abendlu yompristi omkhulu. |
7. | Sebebamise phakathi, babuza: Lokhu lina likwenze ngawaphi amandla kumbe ngaliphi ibizo? |
8. | Khona uPetro egcwaliswe nguMoya oNgcwele wathi kubo: Babusi babantu labadala bakoIsrayeli, |
9. | nxa thina sibuzwa lamuhla ngomsebenzi omuhle emuntwini obuthakathaka emzimbeni, ukuthi yena usindiswe ngani; |
10. | kakwaziwe yini lonke laso sonke isizwe sakoIsrayeli, ukuthi ngebizo likaJesu Kristu umNazaretha, lina elambethelayo, uNkulunkulu owamvusayo kwabafileyo, ngaye lo umi lapha phambi kwenu esesilile. |
11. | Yena lo uyilitshe elaliwa yini abakhi, eseliyinhloko yengonsi. |
12. | Njalo kalukho usindiso komunye; ngoba kalikho lelinye ibizo ngaphansi kwezulu elinikiweyo phakathi kwabantu, esimele sisindiswe ngalo. |
13. | Kwathi bebona isibindi sikaPetro loJohane, njalo besazi ukuthi babengabantu abangafundanga njalo bengabantu nje, bamangala, njalo babazi ukuthi babeloJesu, |
14. | kodwa bebona umuntu osilisiweyo emi labo, babengelakuphika lutho. |
15. | Kodwa sebebalayile ukuthi baphume phandle emphakathini, bacebisana bodwa, |
16. | besithi: Sizabenzani lababantu? Ngoba ukuthi isibonakaliso esidumisekayo senziwa yibo, kusobala kubo bonke abahlezi eJerusalema, njalo singe ku phike; |
17. | kodwa ukuze kungabe kusanda phakathi kwabantu, asibaqonqosele ukuthi bangabe besakhuluma lamuntu ngalelibizo. |
18. | Basebebabiza, babalaya ukuthi bangakhulumi lakanye njalo bangafundisi ngebizo likaJesu. |
19. | Kodwa uPetro loJohane babaphendula bathi: Yehlukanisani ukuthi kulungile phambi kukaNkulunkulu ukulalela lina kuloNkulunkulu. |
20. | Ngoba thina kasilakuyekela ukukhuluma izinto esizibonileyo lesizizwileyo. |
21. | Kwathi sebe ba qonqosele futhi, babayekela bahamba; bengatholi lutho lokuthi bangabajezisa njani, ngenxa yabantu, ngoba bonke badumisa uNkulunkulu ngalokho okwenzakeleyo. |
22. | Ngoba umuntu wayeleminyaka edlula amatshumi amane esenziwa kuye lesisibonakaliso seselapho. |
23. | Kwathi sebeyekelwe basuka baya kwabakibo, bababikela konke abapristi abakhulu labadala abakutshiloyo kubo. |
24. | Kwathi bona sebezwile baphakamisela ilizwi nganhliziyonye kuNkulunkulu, bathi: Nkosi, wena unguNkulunkulu owenza izulu lomhlaba lolwandle lakho konke okukukho; |
25. | owathi ngomlomo wenceku yakho uDavida: Kungani abezizwe bexokozela, labantu banakane okuyize? |
26. | Amakhosi omhlaba ema, lababusi bahlangana ndawonye ukumelana leNkosi, lokumelana loGcotshiweyo wayo; |
27. | ngoba isibili bahlangana ndawonye bemelane leNdodana yakho engcwele uJesu, owayigcobayo, bonke uHerodi loPontiyusi Pilatu, kanye labezizwe labantu bakoIsrayeli, |
28. | ukwenza konke isandla sakho lecebo lakho elakumisa phambili ukuthi kwenzeke. |
29. | Njalo ngalesisikhathi, Nkosi, khangela ukusonga kwabo, unike izinceku zakho ukuthi zikhulume ilizwi lakho ngesibindi sonke, |
30. | ngokuthi welule isandla sakho ukusilisa, lokuthi kwenziwe izibonakaliso lezimangaliso ngebizo leNdodana yakho engcwele uJesu. |
31. | Kwathi sebekhulekile kwazanyazanyiswa indawo ababebuthene kuyo, basebegcwaliswa bonke ngoMoya oNgcwele, basebekhuluma ilizwi likaNkulunkulu ngesibindi. |
32. | Lexuku labakholwayo lalinhliziyo nye lomoya munye; njalo kungekho oyedwa owathi ezintweni alazo ngezakhe, kodwa bahlanganyela izinto zonke. |
33. | Langamandla amakhulu abaphostoli baveza ubufakazi bokuvuka kweNkosi uJesu, lomusa omkhulu waba phezu kwabo bonke. |
34. | Ngoba kwakungekho futhi oswelayo phakathi kwabo; ngoba bonke ababelemihlaba kumbe izindlu, bathengisa baletha intengo zalokho okuthengisiweyo, |
35. | ba yi beka enyaweni zabaphostoli; njalo kwabelwa ngulowo lalowo njengokuswela kwakhe. |
36. | Kwathi uJose owabizwa ngabaphostoli ngokuthi nguBarnabasi, okuyikuthi ngokuphendulelwa, indodana yenduduzo, umLevi, umKuprosi ngokuzalwa, |
37. | elesiqinti, wa si thengisa, waletha imali, wa yi beka enyaweni zabaphostoli. |
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