Umsebenzi Wabathunywa 1 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

1 ¹Kwincwadi yam yokuqala, Teyofilu, ndabhala ngazo zonke izinto uYesu awaqala ukuzenza nokuzifundisa, ²kwada kwayimini awathatyathwa ngayo waya phezulu, emva kokubanika imiyalelo ngoMoya oyiNgcwele abapostile awayebanyule. ³Emva kokubandezeleka kwakhe, wazibonakalalisa kubo ephila ngobungqina obuninzi, ebonakala kubo iimini ezingamashumi mane, ethetha ngobukumkani bukaBawo wethu. ^a a v3 Ubukumkani awabufundisayo uYesu bulawulo lukaBawo wethu olungena ehlabathini — kwalolo lawulo awamema abafundi bakhe ukuba baphile phantsi kwalo balivakalise.

⁴Wathi esahlala nabo, wabawisela umthetho wokuba bangemki eYerusalem, koko balinde idinga likaBawo—“elo,” watsho, “naliva kum; ⁵kuba uYohane wabhaptiza ngamanzi, kodwa kungekudala niya kubhaptizwa ngoMoya oyiNgcwele.”

⁶Ngoko, behlanganisene ndawonye, babuza bathi: “Nkosi, uza kubuyisela ubukumkani kuSirayeli ngoku na?”

⁷Wathi kubo: “Akuyonto yenu ukwazi amaxesha namathuba lawo awawamiselayo uBawo ngegunya lakhe. ⁸Kodwa xa uMoya oyiNgcwele uhlela phezu kwenu, niya kuzuza amandla okuba ningamangqina am—eYerusalem, kulo lonke elakwaYuda, eSamari, nasesiphelweni sehlabathi.”

⁹Emva kokuba ethethe ezi zinto, besabukele, waphakanyiswa, laza ilifu lamsusa emehlweni abo. ¹⁰Bathe besajonge ezulwini xa esemka, ngesiquphe kwema amadoda amabini enxibe izambatho ezimhlophe ngakubo. ¹¹Athi: “MaGalili, nijongelani esibhakabhakeni? Lo Yesu, osukileyo kuni waya ezulwini, uya kubuya ngendlela kanye enambona esemka ngayo.”

Kunyulwa Ingqina Endaweni Yakhe

¹²Baza babuyela eYerusalem bevela entabeni ekuthiwa yiOliveti, ekufuphi neYerusalem, malunga nesiqingatha semayile ukusuka khona. ¹³Bathi bakungena, benyuka baya egumbini eliphezulu apho babehleli khona: uPetros, uYohane, uYakobi, uAndreya, uFilipu, uTomas, uBhartolomeyu, uMateyu, uYakobi ka-Alifeyu, uSimon umKanan, noYuda kaYakobi. ¹⁴Bonke aba babezingisa ndawonye emthandazweni, kunye nabafazi, noMariya unina kaYesu, nabazalwana bakhe.

¹⁵Ngaloo mihla uPetros wesuka wema phakathi kwabazalwana (ababemalunga nekhulu elinamashumi amabini bebonke) wathi: ¹⁶“Bazalwana, isibhalo awasithethayo ngenxa engaphambili uMoya oyiNgcwele ngomlomo kaDavide ngoYuda—owaba sisikhokelo kwabo bambambayo uYesu—besimelwe kukuzaliseka. ¹⁷Kuba wayebalelwe phakathi kwethu, waza wabelwa isabelo sakhe kobu bulungiseleli.” ¹⁸(Le ndoda yathenga intsimi ngomvuzo wokungalungisi kwayo, yaza yawa ngentloko phambili, yaqhekeka esazulwini sayo, zaza zaphalala zonke izibilini zayo. ¹⁹Oku kwaziwa ngulowo nalowo owayehleli eYerusalem, yaza intsimi leyo yathiywa ngolwimi lwabo ngokuba yiAkeldama, oko kukuthi, iNtsimi yeGazi.). ²⁰“Kuba kubhaliwe eNcwadini yeNdumiso: ‘Umzi wakhe mawube senkangala, kungabikho bani uhlala kuwo,’ kananjalo: ‘Isikhundla sakhe masithatyathwe ngomnye.’

²¹Ngoko ke, omnye wamadoda ababehamba kunye nathi ngexesha lonke iNkosi uYesu ingena iphinde iphume phakathi kwethu, ²²ethabathela ebhaptizweni lukaYohane kwada kwayimini awathatyathwa ngayo esuka kuthi—omnye wabo umelwe kukuba abe lingqina lovuko lwakhe kunye nathi.”

²³Baza bamisa ababini—uYosefu ekuthiwa nguBarsabhas, lowo ekuthiwa kananjalo nguYusto, noMatiya. ²⁴Bathandaza bathi: “Wena, Nkosi Yesu, owazi iintliziyo zabo bonke, bonakalisa ukuba nguwuphi kwaba babini omnyulileyo, ^b b v24 Abapostile bathandaza kuYesu — lowo wanyula aBalishumi elinababini bokuqala, nothi ngoku azi ukuba ngubani amnyulayo ukuba angene endaweni kaYuda. Nguye yedwa oyiNkosi yobizo lobupostile. ²⁵ukuba athabathe indawo kobu bulungiseleli nobupostile, awabushiyayo uYuda ukuze aye kweyakhe indawo. ²⁶Babawisela amaqashiso; iqashiso laphuma noMatiya, waza wabalelwa kunye nabapostile abalishumi elinamnye.” ^c c v26 Ukwenza amaqashiso yayisisiko samandulo — esifana nokutsala iindiza — esasisetyenziswa ukuvumela uThixo ukuba agqibe isiphumo.