Umsebenzi Wabathunywa 13 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

13 ¹Ebandleni laseAntiyokwe kwakukho abaprofeti nabafundisi: uBharnabhas, noSimon ekwakuthiwa nguNigere, noLukiyo waseKirene, noManayen (owayekhulele kunye noHerode umphathi-sithili), noSawule.

²Kwathi bekhonza iNkosi yethu uYesu bezila ukudla, uMoya oyiNgcwele wathi: “Ndahluleleni uBharnabhas noSawule, ukuze bawenze umsebenzi endibabizele wona.”

³Baza, bakuba bezilile ukudla bethandaza, babeka izandla zabo phezu kwabo, babandulula.

Ilizwi likaBawo wethu lifika eKripro

⁴Bathunywa nguMoya oyiNgcwele, behla baya eSelukiya, baza basinga ngenqanawa eKripro. ⁵Bakufika eSalami, balivakalisa ilizwi likaBawo wethu ezindlwini zesikhungu zamaYuda. BabenoYohane engumncedi wabo. ⁶Bakuba bewele sonke eso siqithi bada bafika ePafo, bafumana umkhwetshubi ongumYuda, umprofeti wobuxoki, ogama linguBhari-Yesu, ⁷owayenomlawuli wesithili, uSergiyo Pawulos, indoda enengqondo. Wabiza uBharnabhas noSawule, efuna ukuliva ilizwi likaBawo wethu. ⁸UElima umkhwetshubi — kuba litsho loo nto igama lakhe — wabachasa, ezama ukumtyekisa umlawuli wesithili ekukholweni. ⁹Kodwa uSawule, owayekwabizwa ngokuba nguPawulos, ezele nguMoya oyiNgcwele, wamgqala, ¹⁰wathi: “Wena nyana kaMtyholi, lutshaba lwabo bonke ubulungisa, uzele yiyo yonke inkohliso namaqhinga — akuyi kuze uyeke na ukuyijija imendo ethe tye kaBawo wethu? ¹¹Khangela ngoku: isandla sikaBawo wethu siphezu kwakho. Uya kuba yimfama, ungabi nako ukulibona ilanga, okwexeshana.” Kwaoko kwehla phezu kwakhe inkungu nobumnyama; waye ephenyaphenya, efuna umntu omkhokelayo ngesandla.

¹²Ebona oko kwenzekileyo, umlawuli wesithili wakholwa, emangaliswa kukufundisa kweNkosi yethu uYesu.

Ibali likaBawo wethu livakaliswa eAntiyokwe

¹³UPawulos nabahamba naye basinga ngenqanawa, besuka ePafo besiya ePerga yakwaPamfili, kodwa uYohane wabashiya, wabuyela eYerusalem. ¹⁴Besuka ePerga, baqhubela phambili baya eAntiyokwe yakwaPisidiya. Ngesabatha bangena endlwini yesikhungu, bahlala phantsi. ¹⁵Emveni kokulesa uMthetho nabaProfeti, abaphathi bendlu yesikhungu bathumela ilizwi, besithi: “Bazalwana, ukuba ninelizwi lenkuthazo ebantwini, khanithethe.”

¹⁶Wesuka wema uPawulos, wawangawangisa isandla sakhe, wathi: “Madoda akwaSirayeli, nani boyika uBawo wethu, phulaphulani. ¹⁷UBawo wethu, uBawo waba bantu bakwaSirayeli, wanyula oobawo bethu, wabenza baba baninzi ngexesha lokuphambukela kwabo ezweni laseYiputa, waza wabakhupha ngengalo ephakamileyo. ¹⁸Waza malunga neminyaka engamashumi amane wabanyamezela entlango. ¹⁹Akuba etshabalalise iintlanga ezisixhenxe kwelaseKanan, wabanika ilizwe lazo laba lilifa labo. ²⁰Oku kwathabatha malunga neminyaka engamakhulu amane anamanci mahlanu. Wandula ukubanika abagwebi, kwada kwafika uSamuweli umprofeti. ²¹Baza bacela ukumkani, waza uBawo wethu wabanika uSawule unyana kaKishe, indoda yesizwe sakwaBhenjamin, iminyaka engamashumi amane. ²²Akuba emsusile, wavusa uDavide ukuba abe ngukumkani wabo, engqina esithi: ‘Ndimfumene uDavide unyana kaYese, indoda engqinelana nentliziyo yam, eya kukwenza konke endikufunayo.’ ²³Enzalweni yale ndoda, uBawo wethu umzisele amaSirayeli uMsindisi, uYesu, njengoko wathembisayo. ²⁴Phambi kokuza kwakhe, uYohane wayelivakalisile ubhaptizo lwenguquko kubo bonke abantu bakwaSirayeli. ²⁵Akubon' ukuba uYohane uyawufeza umsebenzi wakhe, wathi: ‘Nicinga ukuba ndingubani na mna? Andinguye. Kodwa khangelani, kuza lowo emva kwam — endingafanelekileyo ukuba ndikhulule iimbadada ezisezinyaweni zakhe.’

²⁶“Bazalwana, nyana bosapho luka-Abraham, nani phakathi kwenu boyika uBawo wethu: eli lizwi losindiso lithunyelwe kuthi. ²⁷Abemi baseYerusalem nabaphathi babo abamnakananga, abawaqonda namazwi abaprofeti aleswayo isabatha ngesabatha — bakubon' ukuba bamgwebela ukufa, bawazalisekisa kanye loo mazwi. ²⁸Nangona bengafumananga sizathu sokufa, bacela uPilato ukuba abulawe. ²⁹Bakuba bezigqibile zonke izinto ezibhaliweyo ngaye, bamthula emthini, bambeka engcwabeni. ³⁰Kodwa uBawo wethu wamvusa kwabafileyo, ³¹waza imihla emininzi wabonakala kubo abenyuka naye besuka eGalili besiya eYerusalem, abangoku bangamangqina akhe ebantwini. ³²Yaye thina sinishumayeza iindaba ezilungileyo zokuba, oko uBawo wethu wakuthembisa oobawo bethu,

³³ukuzalisekisile kuthi, thina bantwana babo, ngokuvusa uYesu, njengoko kubhaliwe nakwindumiso yesibini: ‘UnguNyana wam wena; namhlanje ndikuzele.’

³⁴Ke ngokubhekisele kuloo nto yokuba wamvusa kwabafileyo, ukuze angabuyi abole kwakhona, wathi: ‘Ndiya kuninika iintsikelelo ezingcwele neziqinisekileyo ezathenjiswa uDavide.’ ³⁵Ngenxa yoko ukwatsho nakwenye indumiso: ‘Akuyi kumvumela oyiNgcwele wakho ukuba abone ukubola.’ ³⁶Kuba uDavide, akuba ekhonze injongo kaBawo wethu kwisizukulwana sakhe, walala, wabekwa kunye noobawo bakhe, waza wabona ukubola, ³⁷kodwa lowo wavuswa nguBawo wethu akazange abone ukubola. ³⁸Ngoko yazini oku, bazalwana — ngayo le ndoda uxolelo lwezono luvakaliswa kuni, ³⁹ngaye, wonke umntu okholwayo ukhululwa kuyo yonke into umthetho kaMoses obungenako ukunikhulula kuyo. ⁴⁰Lumkani ke, ukuze kungehli phezu kwenu oko kuthethiweyo kubaProfeti: ⁴¹‘Khangelani, nina bagxeki, mangaliswani nitshabalale; kuba ndenza umsebenzi ngemihla yenu, umsebenzi eningasayi kuwukholelwa, nokuba ubani ethe wawubalisela kuni.’”

⁴²Bakuphuma ooPawulos noBharnabhas, bababongoza abantu ukuba baphinde bathethe ngezi zinto ngesabatha ezayo. ⁴³Yakuphela intlanganiso yendlu yesikhungu, amaYuda amaninzi nabangeni ebuYudeni abangamalungisa balandela ooPawulos noBharnabhas, ababathetha nabo, bababongoza ukuba baqhubeke ebabalweni lukaBawo wethu.

⁴⁴Ngesabatha elandelayo waphantse wonke umzi wahlangana ukuze uve ilizwi leNkosi yethu uYesu. ⁴⁵Akuzibona izihlwele amaYuda, azele ngumona, aphikisa amazwi kaPawulos, emnyelisa.

⁴⁶OoPawulos noBharnabhas bathetha ngenkalipho, bathi: “Belimelwe kukuba lithethwe kuni kuqala ilizwi likaBawo wethu. Ekubeni nilikhaba nje, nizigweba ningabafanelwe bubomi obungenasiphelo, khangelani—thina sijikela kweentlanga.”

⁴⁷Kuba uBawo wethu wasiwisela umthetho, wathi: “Ndikumisile ukuba ube sisikhanyiso kweentlanga, ukuze usizise usindiso kude kuse eziphelweni zomhlaba.”

⁴⁸Zakuva oku iintlanga, zavuya, zalidumisa ilizwi leNkosi yethu uYesu; baza bakholwa bonke ababemiselwe ebomini obungenasiphelo. ⁴⁹Laza ke ilizwi leNkosi yethu uYesu lanwenwela kulo lonke elo lizwe. ⁵⁰Kodwa amaYuda abaxhokonxa abafazi abangamalungisa, abahlonitshwayo, namadoda ayinkulu omzi, avuselela intshutshiso ngakooPawulos noBharnabhas, abagxotha emdeni wawo. ⁵¹Bawuvuthulula ke uthuli lweenyawo zabo ngakubo, baya eKoniyam. ⁵²Bazaliswa ke abafundi luvuyo nanguMoya oyiNgcwele.