UPawulos Useka iBandla eKorinte
UPawulos usebenza iintente kunye noAkwila noPrisila, aphikisane ngeSabatha nganye, kude ukuchaswa kumqhubele kwindlu elandelayo. Eyalelwa ngombono ukuba aqhubeke ethetha, uhlala unyaka onesiqingatha. UGaliyo ulilahla ityala njengembambano ngamazwi, size isihlwele sibethe uSostene endaweni yoko.
18 1Emveni koko, uPawulos wemka e-Athene waya eKorinte. 2Khona apho wafumana umYuda ogama linguAkwila, owazalelwa ePonto, owayesandula ukufika evela eItali nomkakhe uPrisila, ekubeni uKlawudiyo wayewisele umthetho wokuba onke amaYuda aphume eRoma. UPawulos waya kubo, 3yaye besabelana ngoshishino, wahlala wasebenza nabo—kuba babezizigcwelisi zeentente ngoshishino. 4Ngesabatha ngesabatha wayephikisana nabo endlwini yesikhungu, ezamela ukweyisela amaYuda namaGrike. 5Bakufika uSilas noTimoti bevela kwelaseMakedoni, uPawulos wathinjwa lilizwi, engqinela amaYuda ukuba uKrestu nguYesu. 6Bakumchasa bemnyelisa, wazivuthulula iingubo zakhe, wathi: “Igazi lenu malibe phezu kweentloko zenu! Mna ndihlambulukile kulo. Ukususela ngoku ndiya kuya kweentlanga.”
7Waphuma endlwini yesikhungu, waya endlwini kaTito Yusto, owayenqula uBawo wethu, eyayingakufuphi nendlu yesikhungu. 8UKrispo, intloko yendlu yesikhungu, wakholwa yiNkosi kunye nendlu yakhe yonke; baninzi abaseKorinte abathi bakuva uPawulos bakholwa babhaptizwa.
9Ngobunye ubusuku iNkosi yathi kuPawulos ngombono: “Musa ukoyika; qhubeka uthetha, ungathi tu, 10kuba mna ndinawe, yaye akukho namnye oya kukuhlasela akwenzakalise, kuba ndinabantu abaninzi kulo mzi.”
11Wahlala ke uPawulos umnyaka neenyanga ezintandathu, efundisa ilizwi likaBawo wethu phakathi kwabo.
12Ngethuba uGaliyo wayeyirhuluneli yelaseAkaya, amaYuda avumelana achasa uPawulos, aza amzisa phambi kwenkundla, 13esithi: “Lo mntu weyisela abantu ukuba banqule uThixo ngeendlela ezichasene nomthetho.”
14Xa uPawulos wayeza kuthetha, uGaliyo wathi kumaYuda: “Ukuba bekukho ubugqwetha okanye isenzo esibi, maYuda, bendiya kuba nesizathu sokuninyamezela. 15Kodwa ekubeni le yimbambano ngamazwi, namagama, nangomthetho wenu, ziphaleleni ngokwenu. Mna andiyi kugweba ngezinto ezinjalo.” 16Waza wawagxotha enkundleni.
17Bonke ke bambamba uSostene, intloko yendlu yesikhungu, bambetha phambi kwesihlalo somgwebo; kodwa akukho nanye kwezo zinto eyamxhalabisayo uGaliyo.
UPawulos Ubuyela eAntiyokwe
18UPawulos wahlala eKorinte imihla emininzi engaphezulu. Wandula wababulisa abazalwana waza wawela waya eSiriya, ephelekwa nguPrisila noAkwila. EKenkreya wacheba iinwele zakhe, kuba wagcina isibhambathiso. a a v18 Ukucheba iinwele zakhe kwakuphawula ukuphela ngokusemthethweni kwesibhambathiso samaYuda sokuzahlulela kuThixo. 19Bafika eEfese, apho uPawulos washiya khona uPrisila noAkwila, kodwa yena ngokwakhe wangena endlwini yesikhungu waphikisana namaYuda. 20Bakumcela ukuba ahlale ixesha elide, akavuma. 21Kodwa wemka, esithi: “Ndiya kubuyela kuni ukuba uBawo wethu uyavuma,” waza wawela evela eEfese.
22Efika eKesareya, wenyuka, walibulisa ibandla, wandula wehla waya eAntiyokwe.
23Emva kwexesha elithile apho, wesuka wahamba ecanda kwelaseGalati nakwelaseFrigi, eqinisa bonke abafundi. 24UmYuda ogama linguApolo, owazalelwa eAleksandriya, wafika eEfese—indoda efundileyo, eyaziyo kakuhle izibhalo. 25Wayefundisiwe indlela yeNkosi, waye, umoya wakhe uvuthe, wathetha wafundisa ngokucokisekileyo ngoYesu—nakuba wayesazi ubhaptizo lukaYohane kuphela. 26Wathetha ngenkalipho endlwini yesikhungu. UPrisila noAkwila bamva, bamthabatha bucala, bamcacisela indlela kaBawo wethu ngokucokisekileyo ngakumbi.
27Xa uApolo wayefuna ukuwela esiya eAkaya, abazalwana bamkhuthaza baza babhalela abafundi ukuba bamamkele; efika, wabanceda kakhulu abo babekholiwe ngobabalo, 28kuba wabaphikisa ngamandla amaYuda ekuhleni, ebonakalisa ngezibhalo ukuba uKrestu nguYesu.
