Umsebenzi Wabathunywa 15 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

15 ¹Kwehla amadoda athile evela kwelakwaYuda, afundisa abazalwana, esithi: “Ukuba anithanga naluswa ngokwesiko likaMoses, aninako ukusindiswa.” ²Bakuba uPawulos noBharnabhas benembambano enkulu nengxoxo nawo, abazalwana bamisa uPawulos noBharnabhas, nabanye abathile kubo, ukuba benyuke baye kubapostile namadoda amakhulu eJerusalem ngenxa yalo mbuzo. ³Bathe bakuba bendululwe libandla, bacanda kwelaseFenike nelaseSamariya, bebalisa ngenguquko yeentlanga, baza bazisa uvuyo olukhulu kubo bonke abazalwana. ⁴Bakufika eJerusalem, bamkelwa libandla, nangabapostile, namadoda amakhulu; baza baxela konke uBawo wethu akwenzayo kunye nabo.

⁵Kodwa kwesuka amakholwa athile aphuma kwiqela labaFarisi, athi: “Kufuneka baluswe, bayalwe ukuba bagcine umthetho kaMoses.” ⁶Baza ke abapostile namadoda amakhulu bahlanganisana ukuba bayihlolisise le ndawo. ⁷Emva kwengxoxo eninzi, wesuka uPetros wema wathi: “Madoda, bazalwana, niyazi ukuba ngemihla yokuqala uBawo wethu wanyula phakathi kwenu ukuba iintlanga zive iindaba ezilungileyo ngomlomo wam, zikholwe. ⁸Waza uBawo wethu, oyaziyo intliziyo, wangqina ngokubanika uMoya oyiNgcwele, kwanjengoko wenjenjalo kuthi. ⁹Akahlulanga phakathi kwethu nabo, ehlambulula iintliziyo zabo ngokholo. ¹⁰Ngoko ke yini na ukuba nilinge uBawo wethu, ngokubeka idyokhwe entanyeni yabafundi, leyo nangooyise nathi singabanga nako ukuthwala? ¹¹Kodwa siyakholwa thina ukuba siya kusindiswa ngobabalo lweNkosi uYesu, njengokuba beya kusindiswa nabo.”

¹²Yathi cwaka yonke inkitha, iphulaphula uBharnabhas noPawulos bebalisa ngemiqondiso nezimanga uBawo wethu azenzayo phakathi kweentlanga ngabo. ¹³Bakuba begqibile ukuthetha, waphendula uYakobi wathi: “Madoda, bazalwana, ndiphulaphuleni. ¹⁴USimon uxelele indlela awathi ngayo uBawo wethu waqala wavelela iintlanga, ethabatha kuzo abantu abaya kuba begama lakhe. ^a a v14 USimon ligama lesiHebhere likaPetros — kwangloo mpostile wathethayo kwivesi 7. ¹⁵Avumelana nako ke namazwi abaprofeti, njengoko kubhaliwe:

¹⁶“‘Emva koku ndiya kubuya, ndiyakhe kwakhona intente kaDavide ewile; ndiya kwakha kwakhona amanxuwa ayo, ndiyibuyise, ^b b v16 Xa uYakobi esithi uBawo wethu uya kuyakha kwakhona “intente kaDavide ewileyo,” ubhekisa kuvuselelo oluzalisekileyo ngoYesu, unyana kaDavide owathenjiswayo, ovulela abantu bazo zonke iintlanga ukuba bangene ekhayeni.

¹⁷ukuze abaseleyo babantu bafune uBawo wethu, neentlanga zonke ezibizwa ngegama lam, utsho uBawo wethu, owenza ezi zinto, ¹⁸ezaziwayo kwaphakade.’

¹⁹Ngoko ke ndithi, masingazikhathazi iintlanga eziguqukela kuBawo wethu, ²⁰koko masibabhalele ukuba bazidele izinto ezinyhashwe zizithixo, nokuhenyuza, nenyama yezinto ezikrwitshiweyo, negazi. ²¹Kuba uMoses uvakaliswa emizini yonke kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana, eleswa ezindlwini zesikhungu isabatha nesabatha.”

Incwadi eya Kubazalwana Beentlanga

²²Bagqiba abapostile, namadoda amakhulu, nebandla lonke, ukuba banyule amadoda phakathi kwabo, bawathume eAntiyoki kunye noPawulos noBharnabhas: uYuda ekuthiwa nguBharsabhas, noSilas, iinkokeli phakathi kwabazalwana. ²³Bathumela le ncwadi ngabo, besithi: “Abapostile, namadoda amakhulu, nabazalwana, kubazalwana beentlanga abaseAntiyoki, naseSiriya, naseKilikiya: Vuyani!

²⁴Ekubeni sivile ukuba bambi abaphuma kuthi banikhathazile ngamazwi, besikhwankqisa iintliziyo zenu, nangona singabanikanga miyalelo injalo, ²⁵sivumelene ngamlomo mnye ukuba sinyule amadoda, siwathume kuni kunye nabo bathandekayo kuthi, uBharnabhas noPawulos. ²⁶Amadoda abuncamileyo ubomi babo ngenxa yegama leNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu. ²⁷Ngoko sithumela uYuda noSilas, abaya kuthi bona ngokwabo banixelele ngomlomo zona kwezo zinto. ²⁸UMoya oyiNgcwele nathi sivumelene ukuba singabeki mthwalo mkhulu ngaphezu kwale nto ifunekayo: ²⁹Delani ukudla okunikelwe kwizithixo, negazi, nenyama yezinto ezikrwitshiweyo, nokuhenyuza. Ukuba nithe nazigcina kwezi zinto, niya kwenza kakuhle. Salani kakuhle.”

³⁰Ngoko ke, bakuba bendululwe, behla baya eAntiyoki, bahlanganisa ibandla, bayinikela incwadi. ³¹Bathe bakuyilesa, bavuya ngenxa yentuthuzelo. ³²Baza uYuda noSilas, ababengabaprofeti nabo ngokwabo, babavuselela babomeleza abazalwana ngamazwi amaninzi. ³³Bakuba behleli khona ixesha, babandulula abazalwana ngoxolo, baya kwabo babathumayo. ^c c v33 Imibhalo-ngqangi yakudala kayinayo ivesi 34 apha; iikopi zamva zongeza ukuthi: “Kodwa uSilas wagqiba ekubeni asale khona.” ³⁵Ke uPawulos noBharnabhas basala eAntiyoki, befundisa bevakalisa ilizwi leNkosi yethu, kunye nabanye abaninzi.

UPawulos noBharnabhas Bayahlukana

³⁶Emva kweentsuku ezithile, uPawulos wathi kuBharnabhas: “Masibuye sivelele abazalwana kuyo yonke imizi esavakalisa kuyo ilizwi leNkosi yethu, sibone ukuba baphila njani na.” ³⁷Ke uBharnabhas wayefuna ukuthabatha uYohane obekuthiwa nguMarko. ³⁸Kodwa uPawulos wayecinga ukuba akulunganga ukuthabatha lowo wabashiya ePamfili, ongazanga ahambe nabo emsebenzini. ³⁹Yaba krakra kangaka ingxabano yabo, baza bahlukana omnye komnye; uBharnabhas wathabatha uMarko, wawela ngenqanawa waya eSipro, ⁴⁰kodwa uPawulos wanyula uSilas, wanduluka, enikelwe ngabazalwana ebabalweni lweNkosi yethu. ⁴¹Waza wacanda kwelaseSiriya nelaseKilikiya, eqinisa amabandla.