Bible Reading Plan – Day 302

₁Naye uSawule wabuthakazelela obu bugebenga.

Kwangaloo mhla kwaqaleka intshutshiso enkulu ebandleni laseJerusalem. Ngaphandle *kwabathunywa, basarhazeka bonke abakholwayo, kuwo onke amaphondo elakwaJuda naseSamariya. ₂Amadoda athile anenzondelelo amngcwaba uStefano enesingqala esikhulu.

₃Kwangelo lixa uSawule yena wazama ukulitshabalalisa ibandla, engena kwiminyango ngeminyango, ebarhuqa abakholwayo, amadoda kwanabafazi, ebavalela entolongweni.

₄Abakholwayo ababethe saa, bahamba bezishumayela iindaba ezimnandi kulo lonke. ₅UFilipu yena waya kwidolophana yaseSamariya, wamshumayela uKrestu kubantu ababelapho, ₆baza bamphulaphula ngomdla omkhulu bemxhelo mnye. Bathi bemphulaphula, baba beyibona nemiqondiso awayeyenza. ₇Iindimoni zazikhutshwa ebantwini, zisitsho ngesikhalo esikhulu. Abafe umzimba neziqhwala babephiliswa. ₈Ezi zinto zatsho abantu baloo dolophu banovuyo olukhulu.

₉Kuloo dolophu kwakukho indoda egama linguSimon, owayesenethuba elide esenza izimanga phakathi kwamaSamariya ngemilingo yakhe. Wayezenza uthile obalulekileyo. ₁₀Zaye iindidi zonke zabantu kuloo dolophu zimhlonela. Babesithi unamandla obuthixo, bembiza ngokuthi nguMandla-makhulu. ₁₁Babemhlonele kuba wayesebamangalise ixesha elide ngemilingo yakhe. ₁₂Kodwa bathi bakukholwa yintshumayelo kaFilipu yeendaba ezimnandi ezingolawulo lukaThixo oluthwasileyo negama likaYesu Krestu, kwabhaptizwa amadoda kwanamakhosikazi. ₁₃NoSimon wakholwa, waza akuba ebhaptiziwe akahlukana noFilipu, ekhwankqiswa yimimangaliso nemiqondiso awayeyenza uFilipu.

₁₄Bathi bakuva *abathunywa eJerusalem ukuba abantu baseSamariya balamkele ilizwi likaThixo, bathumela uPetros noYohane khona. ₁₅Bakufika khona babathandazela abakholwayo ukuba bamkele uMoya oyiNgcwele, ₁₆kuba wayengekabafikeli uMoya oyiNgcwele; nto nje babebhaptizelwe egameni leNkosi uYesu. ₁₇Aba bantu bamamkela uMoya oyiNgcwele, bakuba ooPetros noYohane bebabeke izandla.

₁₈USimon akubona ukuba bamkele uMoya oyiNgcwele, bakubekwa izandla ngabathunywa, wafuna ukubanika imali ooPetros noYohane, ₁₉esithi: “Nam ndipheni la mandla; khon' ukuze nabani na endimbeke izandla afumane uMoya oyiNgcwele.”

₂₀Waphendula wathi uPetros: “Hamb' uye kufa kunye naloo mali yakho, kuba ucinga ukuba isipho sesisa sikaThixo singathengwa ngemali! ₂₁Akunanxaxheba kulo msebenzi wethu, kuba iingcinga zakho azilunganga phambi koThixo. ₂₂Guquka kule nkohlakalo yakho, uthandaze ukuba uThixo akuxolele ngale nto inje, ₂₃kuba ndiyabona ukuba unekratshi elilizothe, waye ulikhoboka lokungcola.”

₂₄Uthe ke uSimon kooPetros noYohane: “Ndincedeni, zinkosi, nindithandazele eNkosini ukuze zingandihleli zonke ezi zinto nizithethileyo.”

₂₅Emveni kokuba benike ubungqina beluthetha udaba lweNkosi kwabo bantu, uPetros noYohane bagoduka, baya eJerusalem. Endleleni yabo egodukayo bazishumayela iindaba ezimnandi kwiilali ezininzi zaseSamariya.

₂₆Ke kaloku kwathetha isithunywa seNkosi noFilipu, sathi: “Zilungiselele uhle ngendlela esentlango esuka eJerusalem iye eGaza.” _27-28Waxhabasha ke waya uFilipu. Endleleni apho wadibana nendoda elithenwa. Lo mfo wayengunondyebo wokumkanikazi uKhandase waseTopiya. Wayegoduka ngenqwelo, evela kunqula uThixo eJerusalem. Enqwelweni apho wayehamba efunda incwadi *yomshumayeli uIsaya. ₂₉Wathi uMoya oyiNgcwele kuFilipu: “Yiya kulaa nqwelo, uhambe nayo.” ₃₀UFilipu wakhawuleza waya kuyo, waza wamva unondyebo lowo efunda encwadini yomshumayeli uIsaya, wambuza wathi: “Uyayilandela na le nto uyifundayo?”

₃₁Waphendula wathi: “Ndingathini ukuyilandela kungekho bani undichazelayo?” Watsho wacela uFilipu ukuba akhwele enqwelweni ahambe naye. ₃₂Nasi isicatshulwa seziBhalo awayesifunda:

₃₄Unondyebo wabuza kuFilipu wathi: “Khawundixelele, uthetha ngabani apha umshumayeli? Ngaba uthetha yena siqu, okanye uthetha ngomnye umntu?” ₃₅UFilipu wamchazela, eqalela kanye kule ndawo eziBhalweni, wamtyhilela iindaba ezimnandi ezingoYesu. ₃₆Ekuhambeni kwabo bada bafika ndaweni ithile inamanzi, laza lathi ithenwa: “Nanga amanzi, kungani ukuba ndingàbhaptizwa?”

[ ₃₇Waphendula wathi uFilipu: “Ungábhaptizwa ukuba uyakholwa ngentliziyo yakho yonke.” Lathi ke lona: “Ndiyakholwa ukuba uYesu Krestu nguNyana kaThixo.”]

₃₈UmTopiya lowo wathi makumiswe, waza yena noFilipu bangena emanzini, uFilipu wambhaptiza. ₃₉Bakuphuma emanzini apho, uMoya weNkosi wamthatha wemka naye uFilipu. UmTopiya lowo akabanga sambona uFilipu, kodwa wayihamba indlela yakhe leyo ezele luvuyo. ₄₀UFilipu wazifumana eseAshdode, waza wazihamba zonke ezo dolophu eshumayela iindaba ezimnandi, wada waya kufika eKhesariya.

₁Ngalo lonke eli thuba uSawule yena wayefutha izisongelo zokwenzakalisa abalandeli beNkosi. Waya kumbingeleli omkhulu, wacela ukuba amnike iincwadi zeziqinisekiso, ₂ukuze aye *ezindlwini zesikhungo zamaJuda eDamasko, abe nako ukuthi xa ebafumana abalandeli bale Ndlela yeNkosi, abakhonkxe, amadoda kunye nabafazi, eze nabo eJerusalem.

₃Endleleni yakhe eya eDamasko, xa asondelayo apho edolophini, ngequbuliso wabona ukukhanya esibhakabhakeni, okwasuka kwambanekela ngeenxa zonke. ₄Watsho wawa phantsi, waza weva ilizwi limbiza lisithi kuye: “Sawule, Sawule, unditshutshiselani na?”

₅Yena wabuza wathi: “Wena ungubani, Nkosi?”

Ilizwi elo laphendula lathi: “Mna ndinguYesu, lowo umtshutshisayo wena. ₆Phakama, uhambe ungene apha edolophini; uya kuyixelelwa khona into omawuyenze.”

₇Ngeli xesha amadoda awayehamba noSawule ayemile, ethe cwaka, eliva lona ilizwi elo lalithetha, kodwa engaboni mntu. ₈USawule waphakama, wakhangela ngamehlo, kodwa akabi nako ukubona nento le. Ngoko ke abo babehamba naye bamrhola ngesandla, bangena naye eDamasko. ₉Waba ntsuku-ntathu eyimfama, engatyi, engaseli.

₁₀EDamasko apho kwakukho umlandeli kaYesu ogama linguHananiya. INkosi yathetha naye embonweni, yambiza yathi: “Hananiya!”

Yena wasabela wathi: “Ndilapha, Nkosi.”

₁₁Yathi iNkosi kuye: “Khawuleza, uye esitalatweni ekuthiwa sesithe ngqo, uze ufune indlu kaJuda, apho kuyo ukhangele indoda yaseTarso egama linguSawule. Iyathandaza khona, ₁₂futhi embonweni wayo ibone indoda egama linguHananiya, ingena ibeka izandla phezu kwayo, ukuze iphinde ibe nokubona.”

₁₃Waphendula wathi uHananiya: “Nkosi, baninzi abantu abandixeleleyo ngale ndoda, nangezinto ezilumezayo ezenzileyo ebantwini bakho eJerusalem. ₁₄Nangoku ilapha eDamasko nje, inamagunya ewathathe kubabingeleli abaziintloko, ukuze ikhonkxe bonke abakunqulayo.”

₁₅Yaza yathi iNkosi kuye: “Hamba uye kuyo, kuba mna ndiyikhethile ukuba indisebenzele, yazise igama lam kwiintlanga nakookumkani nakulo usapho lukaSirayeli. ₁₆Ndaye mna ngokwam ndiya kuyibonisa ubunzima efanele ukubuva ngenxa yam.”

₁₇Wahamba ke uHananiya, wangena endlwini leyo ebeyixelelwe, wambeka izandla uSawule, esithi: “Sawule, mfondini, iNkosi indithumile, uYesu ngokwakhe, lo umbonileyo endleleni, xa ubusiza apha. Indithumele ukuze wena uphinde ufumane ukubona, uzaliswe nanguMoya oyiNgcwele.” ₁₈Ngoko nangoko kwaba ngathi amehlo kaSawule ongulwe, waza waphinda wanako ukubona. Wathi akuvuka wabhaptizwa. ₁₉Emveni kokuba etyile, wabuya wangumqabaqaba.

USawule wahlala iintsukwana nabalandeli bakaYesu eDamasko. ₂₀Zisukanje waya *ezindlwini zesikhungo zamaJuda, wafika washumayela ngoYesu, esithi unguNyana kaThixo. ₂₁Bonke ababemva, babemangaliswa, bebuza besithi: “Ngaba le ndoda asiyiyo na leya yayibatshutshisa eJerusalem bonke abathetha ngeli gama? Kanene, andithi nangoku ilapha nje, izele ukuze ibambe abantu, ibase kubabingeleli abaziintloko?”

₂₂Kodwa intshumayelo kaSawule yaya ikhula emandleni, neengxoxo zakhe ezibonisa ukuba uYesu *unguKrestu, zabetha asikwa imilomo amaJuda aseDamasko.

₂₃Kwakuba kudlule iintsuku ezininzi amaJuda ahlanganisana, afutha amacebo okumbulala uSawule; ₂₄kodwa eli yelenqe waliva uSawule. Imini nobusuku babemlinda emasangweni edolophu, khon' ukuze bambulale. ₂₅Ngabusuku buthile abalandeli bakaYesu bamthatha uSawule, bamthoba ngengobozi eludongeni.

₂₆USawule waya eJerusalem, wazama ukuzibandakanya nabalandeli bakaYesu. Kodwa bonke babemoyika, bengakholwa ukuba naye ungumlandeli kaYesu. ₂₇Wada wancedwa nguBharnabha owamthathayo, wamsa *kubathunywa, wabachazela indlela awabonana ngayo neNkosi, nento eyathethwayo yiNkosi kuye. Wababalisela nangokulishumayela kukaSawule ngesibindi igama likaYesu eDamasko. ₂₈Waza ke uSawule wahlala apho eJerusalem, ejikeleza elishumayela ngesibindi igama leNkosi. ₂₉Ngokunjalo wathetha, waxoxa nawo namaJuda athetha isiGrike, kodwa asuka afuna ukumbulala. ₃₀Athi amakholwa akuyiqonda le nto, amthatha uSawule, amsa eKhesariya, aza amthumela eTarso.

₃₁Ke kaloku ibandla kulo lonke elakwaJuda naseGalili naseSamariya lazola, kungekho ntshutshiso. Laba nenkqubela, lakhula nangamanani, limhlonela uThixo, likhuthazwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele.

₃₂Njengoko uPetros wayeyihamba yonke loo ngingqi, ngathuba lithile watyelela abantu bakaThixo eLida. ₃₃Apho wahlangana nendoda egama linguEneya. Yayife icala, futhi ineminyaka esibhozo yalalayo. ₃₄Wathi uPetros kuyo: “Eneya, uYesu Krestu uyakuphilisa. Phakama, wendlule umandlalo wakho.” Ngakonje ukuba atsho, wavuka uEneya. ₃₅Bathi bakumbona, bonke abantu ababehlala eLida nakwintili yaseSharon bazinikela eNkosini.

₃₆EJopa kwakukho umlandeli kaYesu ogama linguTabhita, oko kukuthi uBhadikazi. Lonke ixesha lakhe wayelichithela ekwenzeni okulungileyo, enezinwe, ebanceda abahlelelekileyo. ₃₇Ngeli xesha wagula, wasweleka. Bawuhlamba umzimba wakhe, bawubeka egumbini elikumgangatho ophezulu. ₃₈Njengoko iJopa yayingekude eLida, beva abalandeli bakaYesu ukuba uPetros useLida, baza bathumela amadoda amabini nomyalezo wokuba uPetros makancede afike ngokukhawuleza. ₃₉Akalibazisanga uPetros; wahamba nawo kwangoko. Akufika khona, wasiwa egumbini elo liphezulu, waphahlwa libubu labahlolokazi ababelila, bembonisa iingubo kwaneempahla awayezenza uBhadikazi esaphilile.

₄₀UPetros wabakhuphela phandle bonke, waza waguqa wathandaza. Wathi kamva waguqukela kuso isidumbu, wathi: “Tabhita, vuka!” Wajonga, waza akubona uPetros, wavuka. ₄₁Wasondela kuye uPetros, wamncedisa, waphakama. Wawabiza ke uPetros amakholwa kunye nabahlolokazi abo, wamnikela kubo ephilile. ₄₂Ezi ndaba zafikelela kuyo yonke iJopa, baza abantu abaninzi bazinikela eNkosini. ₄₃UPetros waba neentsuku ezininzi ehleli apho eJopa kunye nendoda egama linguSimon, umsuki weemfele.