Eight days of readings looking at the promise and reality of the pouring out of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.
1Kwathi sekufikile usuku lwePhentekoste, bonke babebuthene ndawonye. 2Ngokungazelelwe kwavela ezulwini inhlokomo kwangathi eyokuvunguza komoya onamandla; yona yagcwalisa indlu yonke ababehlezi kuyo. 3Kwase kubonakala kubo izilimi ezahlukeneyo kungathi ezomlilo; zahlala phezu kwalowo nalowo kubo. 4Base begcwala bonke uMoya oNgcwele, baqala ukukhuluma ngezinye izilimi, njengalokho uMoya wabapha ukuphumisela.
5Kepha kwakukhona abaJuda abakhile eJerusalema, amadoda akholwayo, evela ezizweni zonke eziphansi kwezulu; 6kwathi kuzwakele lowo mdumo, uquqaba lwabuthana, lwaphithiza, ngokuba kwaba yilowo nalowo wabezwa bekhuluma ngolimi lwakubo. 7Bethuka, bamangala bathi: “Bheka, bonke laba abakhulumayo abasibo abaseGalile na? 8Yini, pho, ukuba sonke ngabanye sizwe ngolimi lwakithi esazalwa nalo na?