UBawo wethu uthulula uMoya wakhe
Umoya, umlilo, nabahlobo bakaYesu ngesiquphe bethetha iilwimi abangazange bazifunde, njengoko uBawo wethu ethulula uMoya wakhe. Iindwendwe ziva ulwimi lwazo; abanye bacinga ukuba banxilile. UPetros uyicacisa ngoYoweli noDavide, kubhaptizwa amawaka amathathu, baza baqala ukwabelana ngako konke abanako.
2 1Kwathi yakufika imini yePentekoste, babehlangene bonke kwindawo enye. a a v1 IPentekoste yayingumthendeleko weeveki wamaYuda, owawubhiyozelwa emva kweentsuku ezingamashumi mahlanu kwipasika. 2Ngesiquphe kwavakala isandi esinjengomoya ovuthuza ngamandla, siphuma ezulwini, saza sayizalisa yonke indlu ababehleli kuyo. 3Kwabonakala ngathi ziilwimi zomlilo ezahlukeneyo, zaza zahlala phezu komnye nomnye wabo. 4Bonke bazaliswa nguMoya oyiNgcwele, baza baqala ukuthetha ngezinye iilwimi, njengoko uMoya wayebanika amazwi okuwathetha.
5Ngelo xesha kwakuhleli eYerusalem amaYuda azinikele, evela kuzo zonke iintlanga ezingaphantsi kwezulu. 6Kwathi sakuvakala esi sandi, kwahlangana isihlwele, sadideka, kuba ngamnye ebeweva bethetha ngolwimi lwakhe. 7Bamangaliswa bakhwankqiswa, besithi: “AbangemaGalili na bonke aba bathethayo? 8Kutheni na ke ngamnye wethu abeva ngolwimi lwakhe lwokuzalwa? 9AmaParti, namaMedi, nama-Elam; nabo bahlala eMesopotamiya, kwelakwaYuda naseKapadokiya, ePonto nakwelaseAsiya, 10eFrigiya, nasePamfiliya, eYiputa, nakwimimandla yaseLibhiya ekufuphi neKirene; neendwendwe ezivela eRoma, amaYuda nabaguqukeli ebuYudeni; 11amaKrete nama-Arabhi—siyabeva besixelela ngeelwimi zethu imisebenzi emikhulu kaBawo wethu!” 12Bamangaliswa bonke badideka, besithi omnye komnye: “Yintoni na le nto?” 13Kodwa abanye babhija besithi: “Bazele yiwayini emnandi.”
UPetros uvakalisa iNkosi evukileyo
14Kodwa uPetros wema kunye nabalishumi elinamnye, waliphakamisa ilizwi lakhe, wavakalisa kubo: “Madoda akwaYuda, nani nonke eniseYerusalem—yazini oku niphulaphule ngenyameko amazwi am. 15Aba bantu abanxilanga, njengoko nicinga nje, kuba kuselilixa lesithoba kuphela kusasa. b b v15 Ilixa lesithathu lemini laliphantse laba yintsimbi yesithoba kusasa—kwakusekuseni kakhulu kunokuba kubekho ukunxila isihlwele ebesicinga ngako. 16Hayi, le yinto eyathethwa ngomprofeti uYoweli:
17‘Kothi ke ngemihla yokugqibela, utsho uBawo wethu, ndiya kuwuthulula uMoya wam phezu kwabantu bonke; oonyana benu neentombi zenu baya kuprofeta, amadodana enu aya kubona imibono, namadoda enu amakhulu aya kuphupha amaphupha. 18Kwanakubakhonzi bam nakubakhonzikazi bam ngaloo mihla ndiya kuwuthulula uMoya wam, baze baprofete. 19Ndiya kubonakalisa izimanga emazulwini phezulu, nemiqondiso emhlabeni phantsi—igazi nomlilo nenkungu yomsi. 20Ilanga liya kujika libe bubumnyama, inyanga ibe ligazi, phambi kokuba ifike imini enkulu nezukileyo yeNkosi. 21Bonke ke abo balibiza igama leNkosi baya kusindiswa.’”
22“Madoda akwaSirayeli, waphulaphuleni la mazwi: uYesu waseNazarete—indoda awayingqinela kuni uBawo wethu ngemimangaliso, nangezimanga, nangemiqondiso awayenzayo uBawo wethu ngaye phakathi kwenu, njengoko nani ngokwenu nikwazi oku. 23Le ndoda, enikelwe ngokwecebo elimisiweyo nangokwazi kwangaphambili kukaBawo wethu, nayibethelela emnqamlezweni nayibulala ngezandla zamadoda angenamthetho. 24Kodwa uBawo wethu wamvusa, wamkhulula kwiinimba zokufa, kuba ukufa kwakungenako ukumbamba. 25Kaloku uDavide uthi ngaye: ‘Ndabona uBawo wethu esoloko ephambi kwam, kuba ungasekunene kwam, ukuze ndingashukunyiswa.’ 26Ngenxa yoko intliziyo yam yavuya nolwimi lwam lwagcoba; ngaphezu koko, umzimba wam nawo uya kuphumla ethembeni. 27Kuba akuyi kuwushiya umphefumlo wam kwelabafileyo, ungavumi ukuba oyiNgcwele wakho abone ukonakala. 28Undibonisile iindlela zobomi; uya kundizalisa ngemihlali phambi kwakho.”
29“Bazalwana, ndingatsho kuni ngokuphandle: ukhokho wethu uDavide wafa, wangcwatywa, nengcwaba lakhe lisekho phakathi kwethu nanamhla oku. 30Ekubeni wayengumprofeti, wayesazi ukuba uBawo wethu wayefunge isifungo sokuhlalisa omnye wenzala yakhe etroneni yakhe, 31wakubona kwangaphambili, wathetha ngokuvuka kukaKrestu, ukuba akashiywanga kwelabafileyo, nomzimba wakhe awubonanga ukonakala. 32Lo Yesu uBawo wethu wamvusa, size thina sonke sibe ngamangqina oko. 33Ngoko ke, ephakanyiselwe ngasekunene kukaBawo wethu, ewamkele kuBawo uMoya oyiNgcwele owayethenjisiwe, uthulule oku nikubonayo nenikuvayo ngoku.
34Kaloku uDavide akazange enyuke aye ezulwini, kodwa yena ngokwakhe uthi: “UBawo wethu wathi eNkosini yam: ‘Hlala ngasekunene kwam, 35ndide iintshaba zakho ndizenze isihlalo seenyawo zakho.’”
36“Ngoko ke yonke indlu kaSirayeli mayazi ngokuqinisekileyo: uBawo wethu umenze lo Yesu, enambethelela emnqamlezweni, waba yiNkosi noKrestu.”
37Bakuba behlatyiwe entliziyweni koku, babuza kuPetros nakwabanye abapostile: “Bazalwana, sothini na?”
38Wathi uPetros kubo: “Guqukani, nibhaptizwe elowo nalowo wenu egameni likaYesu Krestu, ukuze kuxolelwe izono zenu, nize namkele isipho soMoya oyiNgcwele. 39Kuba idinga lelenu, nelabantwana benu, nelabo bonke bakude—bonke abo uBawo wethu oyiNkosi aya kubabizela kuye.” 40Ngamanye amazwi amaninzi waqononondisa wababongoza, esithi: “Zisindiseni kwesi sizukulwana sonakeleyo.” 41Ngoko ke abo balamkelayo ilizwi lakhe babhaptizwa, baza bongezelelwa abantu abamalunga namawaka amathathu ngaloo mini.
Ukuphila njengentsapho kaBawo
42Bazinikela ekufundiseni kwabapostile nasebudlelaneni obunzulu, ekuqhekezeni kwesonka nasemithandazweni. 43Kwabafikela uloyiko bonke abantu, kwaza kwenziwa izimanga ezininzi nemiqondiso ngabapostile. 44Bonke abo bakholwayo babekunye, izinto zonke zibe zezabo bonke. 45Babethengisa iindawo zabo nempahla yabo, babeyaba imali kubo bonke, njengokweemfuno zomntu ngamnye. 46Yonke imihla, bezinikele kunye etempileni, beqhekeza isonka indlu ngendlu, babesabelana ngokudla ngeentliziyo ezivuyayo nezinyanisekileyo, 47bemdumisa uBawo wethu, bethandwa ngabantu bonke. INkosi yayimana isongeza kubo imihla ngemihla abo basindiswayo.
