Uhambo Lwesibili LukaPawula
1UPawula wahamba waze wafika eDerbe naseListra. Lapho kwakukhona umfundi othile, igama lakhe kunguThimothewu, indodana yowesifazane okholwayo wakwaJuda, kodwa uyise wayengumGriki, 2owayenconywa ngabazalwane baseListra nabase-Ikhoniyu. 3UPawula wathanda ukuba ahambe naye, wamthatha, wamsoka ngenxa yabaJuda ababekulezo zindawo, ngokuba bonke babazi ukuthi uyise ungumGriki. 4Lapho bedabula emizini, babedlulisela kubo izinqumo ezathathwa ngabaphostoli namalunga aseJerusalema, ukuba bazigcine. 5Ngakho-ke amabandla akhula ekukholweni, anda ngesibalo imihla ngemihla.
6Badabula eFrigiya naseGalathiya, kodwa uMoya oNgcwele wabanqabela ukukhuluma izwi e-Asiya. 7Sebefikile eMisiya, bazama ukuya eBhithiniya, kodwa uMoya kaJesu awubavumelanga.
UPawula Uwelela EMakhedoniya
8Badlula eMisiya, behlela eThrowa. 9UPawula wabona umbono ebusuku: indoda ethile yaseMakhedoniya yayimi imncenga, ithi: “Welela eMakhedoniya, usisize.”
10Kuthe esewubonile lowo mbono; wafuna ukuya ngokushesha eMakhedoniya, ngokuba sasikholwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu usibizile ukuba sishumayele ivangeli kubo.
11Sasuka eThrowa ngomkhumbi, saqonda eSamothrake, kwathi ngakusasa safika eNeyapholi.
UPawula Ushumayela EFiliphi
12Sasuka lapho saya eFiliphi, elingumuzi ovelele esifundeni saseMakhedoniya, ikoloni. Sahlala kulo muzi izinsuku ezithile.
13Ngosuku lweSabatha, saphumela ngaphandle kwesango ngasemfuleni, lapho esasifuna kube yindawo yokukhuleka. Sesihleli phansi, sakhuluma nabesifazane ababebuthene lapho. 14Owesifazane othile, ogama lakhe linguLidiya, wasemzini waseThiyathira, othengisa ezibukhwebezane, okhonza uNkulunkulu, walalela. INkosi yayivula inhliziyo yakhe ukuba alalelisise lokho okwakukhulunywa nguPawula. 15Kuthe esebhabhadisiwe nabendlu yakhe, wasincenga wathi: “Uma nithi ngethembekile eNkosini, ngenani endlini yami, nihlale khona.”
Wasehlula.
Ukuboshwa KukaPawula
16Kwathi lapho siya endaweni yokukhuleka, kweza intombazane enomoya wobungoma, eyayitholela abaniniyo inzuzo enkulu ngokubhula. 17Yalandela uPawula kanye nathi, imemeza ithi: “Laba bantu bayizinceku zikaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, ezimemezela kini indlela yensindiso.”
18Yakwenza lokhu izinsuku eziningi, kodwa uPawula esecasukile waphenduka, wathi kumoya: “Ngiyakuyala egameni likaJesu uKhristu ukuba uphume kuyo.”
Waphuma ngaso leso sikhathi.
19Kwathi ukuba abaniniyo babone ukuthi ithemba labo lokuthola inzuzo seliphelile, babamba uPawula noSila, babahudulela esigcawini phambi kwababusi, 20babayisa ezinduneni, bathi: “Laba bantu banyakazisa umuzi wakithi, bebe bengabaJuda, 21bafundisa amasiko esingavunyelwe ukuba siwamukele noma siwenze thina esingamaRoma.”
22Isixuku sabavukela, izinduna zayalela ukuba bakhunyulwe izingubo, bashaywe ngezinduku. 23Sebebashayile imivimbo eminingi, bagqunywa etilongweni. Izinduna zayala umgciniziboshwa ukuba abaqaphelisise impela. 24Kwathi eseyalwe kanjalo, qede wabafaka ejele elingaphakathi, wabophela izinyawo zabo ogongolweni.
Ukuphenduka Komgciniziboshwa
25Kepha phakathi nobusuku uPawula noSila bekhuleka bedumisa uNkulunkulu ngamahubo, iziboshwa zazibalalele. 26Ngokuphazima kweso kwaba khona ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu, kwaze kwanyakaza nezisekelo zejele; masinyane yonke iminyango yavuleka, namaketango ababeboshwe ngawo, athukululeka. 27Umgciniziboshwa esephapheme, wabona iminyango yejele ivulekile, wayesehosha inkemba efuna ukuzibulala, ngokuba wayecabanga ukuthi iziboshwa zeqile. 28Kepha uPawula wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: “Ungazilimazi, ngokuba sikhona sonke.”
29Wayesethi akulethwe izibani, wagijima ethuthumela, wangena ngaphakathi, wafike wazilahla phambi kukaPawula noSila. 30Wabakhiphela ngaphandle, wathi: “Banumzane, ngimelwe ukwenzani ukuba ngisindiswe na?”
31Bona bathi: “Kholwa yiNkosi uJesu, yikhona uzakusindiswa, wena nendlu yakho.”
32Base bekhuluma ngezwi likaNkulunkulu kuye nakubo bonke ababesendlini yakhe. 33Wabathatha khona ebusuku, wabageza amanxeba, yena wabhabhadiswa nabo bonke abendlu yakhe, 34wabenyusela endlini, wababekela ukudla, wathokoza kanye nendlu yakhe yonke ngokukholwa nguNkulunkulu.
35Kepha sekusile izinduna zathumela izikhonzi, zathi: “Bakhulule labo bantu!”
36Umgciniziboshwa wabikela uPawula lawa mazwi, wathi: “Izinduna zithumele ukuba nikhululwe. Ngakho-ke phumani khona manje, nihambe ngokuthula.”
37Kepha uPawula wathi kuzo: “Basishayile phambi kwabantu, singalahlwanga cala, thina singabantu abangamaRoma, basigquma ejele. Manje basikhipha ngasese na? Phinde, neze! Abeze bona, basikhiphe.”
38Izikhonzi zazibikela izinduna lawo mazwi. Zesaba lapho zizwa ukuthi bangamaRoma. 39Sezifikile zabancenga, sezibakhiphile zabanxusa ukuba basuke kulowo muzi. 40Sebephumile ejele, bangena kwaLidiya, kwathi sebebabonile abazalwane, babakhuthaza, base behamba.
