BoPawula eKhorinte
1Emvakwaloko Pawula wesuka e-Athene waya eKhorinte. 2Lapho akhandzana neliJuda, libito lalo kungu-Akhwila lekutalwa ePhontusi belisandza kubuya eTaliyane nemkalo Phrisila, ngobe Klawudiyuse bekacoshe onkhe emaJuda kutsi akesuke eRoma. Pawula wase uyawubabona, 3njengobe naye abenta umsebenti lofanana newabo, wekutfunga emathende, wahlala wasebentisana nabo. 4Bekavamise kutsi njalo ngemaSabatha aye esinagogeni aphendvulane nemaJuda nemaGriki etama kuwazuza.
5Kwatsi kube kufike Silasi naThimothi baphuma eMasedoniya, Pawula wase utinikela ngalokuphelele ekushumayeleni nasekufakazeni kumaJuda kutsi Jesu unguKhristu. 6Batsi nabamphikisa bangavumelani naye bametfuka, watsintsitsa lutfuli etingutjeni takhe wase utsi kubo: “Ingati yenu ayibesemahlombe enu, mine sengite licala. Kusukela nyalo sengitakuya kubetive.”
7Wesuka lapho wayawuhlala endlini yalomunye umuntfu bekutsiwa nguThithiyusi Justusi, sikhonti saNkulunkulu, indlu yakhe yayisedvute nelisinagoge. 8Kepha Khrispusi, umphatsi welisinagoge, wakholwa eNkhosini kanye nendlu yakhe, nebantfu labanyenti baseKhorinte lababeve livi kuPawula, bakholwa, base bayabhajatiswa.
9Kepha kwatsi ngalelinye lilanga ebusuku Pawula wabona umbono, iNkhosi yatsi kuye: “Ungesabi, chubeka ukhulume ungabindzi, 10ngobe nginawe, futsi kute umuntfu lotakuhlasela akulimate, ngobe nginebantfu bami labanyenti kulelidolobha.”
11Ngako-ke wabe sewuhlala umnyaka netinyanga letisitfupha afundzisa bantfu livi laNkulunkulu.
12Kwatsi ngesikhatsi kuphetse Galiyo e-Akhaya, onkhe emaJuda ase ahlanganyela Pawula ambamba amyisa enkantolo, 13atsi: “Lomuntfu lona ucindzetela bantfu kutsi bakhonte Nkulunkulu ngendlela lephambene nemtsetfo.”
14Kodvwa kwatsi Pawula nakatsi uvula umlomo, Galiyo wamjuba lulwimi watsi kumaJuda: “MaJuda-ndzini, kube bekusento lesibi nome licala lelilukhuni nami bekutawuba nesizatfu sekutsi nginibeketelele nginilalele, 15kodvwa njengobe kusitfungo semibuzo nje ngemavi, nangemagama, nangemitsetfo yenu, tiboneleni nine ngekwenu; angingeni mine ekwehluleleni tintfo letinje.”
16Wabakhiphela ngephandle kwenkantolo. 17Besuka bonkhe babamba Sostenesi, umphatsi welisinagoge, bamshaya embikwenkantolo, kodvwa Galiyo akakunakanga loko.
BoPawula besuka eKhorinte baya e-Antiyokhi
18Pawula wahlala nebazalwane emalanga lamanyenti. Wase uyabashiya wahamba ngemkhumbi naboPhrisila na-Akhwila baya eSiriya. Angakahambi eKhenkhariya wahhula inhloko yakhe, ngobe abente sifungo.
19Batsi nabefika e-Efesu, wabashiya lapho boPhrisila na-Akhwila, yena waya wangena esinagogeni waphendvulana nemaJuda. 20Batsi bayamcela kutsi asahlale nabo sikhashana lesidze wala, 21kodvwa nasabavalelisa watsi: “Ngitawubuye ngite kini, Nkulunkulu nakavuma.”
Wantjweza ngemkhumbi losuka e-Efesu. 22Watsi nakefika eKhesariya, wakhuphukela eJerusalema kuyawubingelela libandla, wase wehlela e-Antiyokhi. 23Emvakwekuhlala sikhashana lapho wase uyesuka udzabula tigodzi tetifundza taseGalathiya naseFrigiya ahambe akhutsata bonkhe bazalwane.
Apolosi ushumayela e-Efesu naseKhorinte
24Kwefika liJuda e-Efesu, libito lalo kungu-Apolosi, kungelekudzabuka e-Alekzandriya. Belikwati kukhuluma futsi liyati kakhulu imiBhalo. 25Belifundzisiwe ngeNdlela yeNkhosi, ligcwele inshisekelo emoyeni walo; lafundzisa lichaza kahle emaciniso macondzana naJesu, kepha-ke lona belati ngembhabhatiso waJohane kuphela. 26Lo-Apolosi wacala kushumayela ngesibindzi esinagogeni kwatsi kube Phrisila na-Akhwila bamuve, bamtsatsa bamyisa ekhaya bafike bamchazela kahle ngeNdlela yaNkulunkulu. 27Kwatsi nasafuna kwewelela eGrisi, bazalwane bamkhutsata, base babhalela bazalwane kutsi babomemukela. Watsi kube efike, waba lusito lolukhulu kulabo bese bakholiwe ngemusa waNkulunkulu; 28ngobe emaJuda wawehlula eshashalatini ngekuhlakanipha lokukhulu, awakhombisa ngekwemiBhalo kutsi Jesu unguKhristu.
