Inguquko kaSawule eDamasko
1Ke kaloku uSawule, esabafuthela ngeentsongelo neembulalo abafundi beNkosi, waya kumbingeleli omkhulu; 2wacela kuye iincwadi zokuya eDamasko ezindlwini zesikhungu, ukuze athi, ethe wafumana abathile bale Ndlela, amadoda kwanabafazi, abazise bekhonkxiwe eYerusalem.
3Kuthe ke ekuhambeni kwakhe, wasondela eDamasko; waza ngesiquphe wabanekelwa ngeenxa zonke lukhanyiso oluvela ezulwini; 4wawa emhlabeni, weva izwi lisithi kuye, Sawule, Sawule, unditshutshiselani na? 5Wathi ke yena, Ungubani na, Nkosi? Ithe ke iNkosi, Mna ndinguye uYesu omtshutshisayo wena; wenzakala, ukhaba iimviko nje. 6Waza egubha, eqhiphuke umbilini, wathi, Nkosi, ufuna ukuba ndenze ntoni na? Yathi iNkosi kuye, Vuka, uye kungena emzini lowo; woyixelelwa into omelwe kukuyenza.
7Ke kaloku amadoda abehamba naye ema engenakuthetha, eliva okunene lona izwi, kodwa engaboni mntu. 8Wavuka ke uSawule emhlabeni; wathi akuvulwa amehlo akhe, akabona mntu; bamrhola ke ngesandla, baza kumngenisa eDamasko. 9Waye emihla mithathu engaboni, engadli, engaseli nokusela.
10Ke kaloku bekukho mfundi uthile eDamasko, ugama linguHananiya; yathi iNkosi kuye embonweni, Hananiya. 11Uthe ke yena, Ndilapha, Nkosi. Ithe ke iNkosi kuye, Phakama, uye esitratweni ekuthiwa sesithe Tye, ubúzise endlwini kaYuda umntu ogama linguSawule waseTarso; kuba nanko ethandaza; 12waye ebone embonweni indoda egama linguHananiya ingena, ibeka isandla phezu kwakhe, ukuze abuye abone.
13Uphendule ke uHananiya wathi, Nkosi, ndivile kwabaninzi ngale ndoda, ukuba zinkulu kwazo izinto ezimbi ezenzé kwabangcwele bakho eYerusalem; 14nalapha, ikho nje, inegunya kubabingeleli abakhulu lokukhonkxa bonke abo balinqulayo igama lakho. 15Yathi ke kuye iNkosi, Yiya; ngokuba lowo usisitya esinyuliweyo ndim, sokuphatha igama lam emehlweni eentlanga, nookumkani, kwanoonyana bakaSirayeli; 16kuba mna ndiya kumbonisa ukuba zinkulu kwezinto ezinzima, amelwe kukuziva ngenxa yegama lam.
17Wemka ke uHananiya, waya kungena endlwini; ebeke izandla phezu kwakhe, wathi, Sawule, mzalwana, indithumile iNkosi uYesu, ebonakele kuwe endleleni oze ngayo, ukuze ubuye ubone, uzaliswe nguMoya oyiNgcwele. 18Kwaoko kwawa emehlweni akhe izinto ezingathi ziinkwethu; wabuya wabona kwaoko, wavuka, wabhaptizwa; 19wathi akuba edlile, womelezeka.
Ke kaloku uSawule waba nemihla ethile kubafundi abaseDamasko. 20Waye kwaoko, ezindlwini zesikungu, emvakalisa uYesu, ukuba lowo unguye uNyana kaThixo. 21Bathi nqa ke bonke abamvayo, bathi, Lo kanene asinguye na owababhuqa eYerusalem abo babelinqula eli gama? Waye nalapha ezele le nto, ukuba abase bekhonkxiwe kubabingeleli abakhulu. 22Kwaba kukhona ke womelelayo uSawule; wabetha adubadubeka amaYuda abemi eDamasko, ebonakalalisa ukuba lo nguye uKristu.•
23Ke kaloku, kwakuzaliseka imihla eyaneleyo, abhunga amaYuda ukuba amsike. 24Laziwa ke nguSawule iyelenqe lawo elo. Àwagcina ke namasango imini nobusuku, ukuba amsike. 25Bamthabatha ke abafundi ebusuku, bamhlisa ngodonga, bemthoba ngengobozi.
USawule eYerusalem naseTarso
26Ke kaloku, akufika uSawule eYerusalem, wamana elinga ukuzibandakanya nabafundi; kodwa bamoyika bonke, bengakholwa ukuba ungumfundi. 27UBharnabhas ke wamthabatha wamsa kubapostile,• wabacacisela ukuyibona kwakhe iNkosi endleleni, nokuba yathetha naye, nokuthetha kwakhe ngokungafihlisiyo eDamasko egameni likaYesu. 28Waye enabo ke, engena ephuma eYerusalem, ethetha ngokungafihlisiyo egameni leNkosi uYesu. 29Wamana ethetha ephikisana namaYuda esiGrike; ayezamela ke wona ukumsika. 30Bekwazile ke oko abazalwana, bamhlisela eKesareya, bamthumela eTarso.
31Laye ke ngoko ibandla kulo lonke elakwaYuda, nelaseGalili, nelaseSamariya, linoxolo, lisakheka, lihamba liyoyika iNkosi; laye lisanda ngentuthuzelo yoMoya oyiNgcwele.
UPetros uyaphilisa eLida
32Ke kaloku, akuba uPetros etyhutyha iindawo zonke, wehla weza nakwabangcwele ababemi eLida. 33Wafumana ke khona umntu othile, ogama linguEneya, eminyaka isibhozo elele elukhukweni enedumbe. 34Wathi uPetros kuye, Eneya, úyakuphilisa uYesu Kristu; vuka, wandlule. Wavuka kwaoko. 35Bambona bonke ababemi eLida naseSharon, babuyela eNkosini.
UDorkas
36Ke kaloku, eYopa kwakukho mfundikazi uthile, ugama linguTabhita, ekuthiwa ngentetho evakalayo nguDorkas;• yena lowo wayezele yimisebenzi elungileyo, nasisisa abenaso. 37Wathi ke ngaloo mihla, wahliwa sisifo, wafa; bathe ke bakuba bemhlambile, bambeka egumbini eliphezulu.
38Ke kaloku iLida ibikufuphi nje neYopa; bathi abafundi, bevile ukuba uPetros ukhona, bathuma amadoda amabini kuye, bembongoza ukuba eze kubo, angalibali. 39Wesuka ke uPetros, wahamba nawo. Efikile, bamsa egumbini eliphezulu; bema ngakuye bonke abahlolokazi, belila, bembonisa ukuba zininzi kwazo iingubo zangaphantsi nezokwaleka abezenza uDorkas oko ebenabo.
40Wabakhuphela phandle ke bonke uPetros, waguqa ngamadolo, wathandaza; waza eguqukele esidumbini wathi, Tabhita, vuka. Wawavula ke amehlo akhe; wathi akubona uPetros, wesuka wahlala. 41Wamnika ke isandla sakhe, wamphakamisa; wababiza abangcwele nabahlolokazi abo, wammisa phambi kwabo ephilile. 42Kwesuka ke oko kwazeka kuyo yonke iYopa; baba baninzi abakholwayo eNkosini. 43Wathi ke wahlala imihla emininzi eYopa naSimon uthile, ungumsuki wezikhumba.
