Umsebenzi Wabathunywa 25 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

25 ¹Ke kaloku, emva kweentsuku ezintathu uFestu efikile kwelo phondo, wenyuka waya eYerusalem evela eKesareya. ²Khona apho ababingeleli abakhulu neenkokeli zamaYuda bambeka ityala labo ngokuchasene noPawulos, bemmele, ³becela ububele kuye ngokuchasene naye—ukuba ambize uPawulos eze eYerusalem. Babemise abalaleli endleleni ukuba bambulale. ⁴Waphendula uFestu esithi uPawulos ugcinwe eKesareya, naye uqobo uza kuhamba kungekudala. ⁵Wathi: “Ngoko ke, abo baphakathi kwenu banako mabehle nam, bayimangalele le ndoda, ukuba ikho into engalunganga ngayo.”

⁶UFestu wahlala nabo iintsuku ezingadlulanga kwezisibhozo okanye ezilishumi, waza wehla waya eKesareya. Ngengomso wahlala esihlalweni sokugweba, wawisa umthetho ukuba angeniswe uPawulos. ⁷Akufika uPawulos, amaYuda avela eYerusalem amrhawula, ephethe izityholo ezininzi ezinzima ayengenako ukuzingqina. ⁸UPawulos waziphendulela esithi: “Andonanga nto ngokuchasene nomthetho wamaYuda, netempile, nokuba nguKesare.”

⁹Kodwa uFestu, efuna ukukholisa amaYuda, wambuza uPawulos esithi: “Uyavuma na ukunyuka uye eYerusalem, ugwetyelwe khona ityala phambi kwam ngezi zityholo?”

¹⁰UPawulos wathi: “Ndimi phambi kwenkundla kaKesare, apho ndimelwe kukugwetyelwa khona. Andonanga nto kumaYuda, njengoko nawe ngokwakho usaziyo kakuhle. ¹¹Ukuba ndonile, ndenze into endifanele ukufa ngayo, andali ukufa. Kodwa ukuba izityholo zala madoda ngam azinasiseko, akukho mntu unako ukundinikela kuwo. Ndibhenela kuKesare.”

¹²Emva kokubhunga neqela labacebisi bakhe, uFestu waphendula wathi: “Ubhene kuKesare; uya kuya kuKesare.”

¹³Emva kweentsuku ezithile, ukumkani uAgripa noBhernike beza eKesareya bambulisa uFestu. ¹⁴Bakuba bahlala khona iintsuku ezininzi, uFestu wabeka ityala likaPawulos phambi kokumkani esithi: “Kukho umntu owashiywa apha nguFeliks eyibanjwa. ¹⁵Ndakubon' ukuba ndiseYerusalem, ababingeleli abakhulu namadoda amakhulu amaYuda bamngenisa ityala, becela kum ukuba agwetywe. ¹⁶Ndabaxelela ukuba asilosiko lamaRoma ukunikela nabani na phambi kokuba ommangalelweyo abe nokujongana nabammangalelayo ngokwakhe, afumane ithuba lokuziphendulela ngesityholo eso. ¹⁷Ngoko ke, bakuhlanganisana apha, andizilazilanga nto—ngengomso ndahlala esihlalweni sokugweba, ndawisa umthetho ukuba angeniswe loo mntu. ¹⁸Bakuma abammangaleli bakhe, abazange baphakamise nasinye kwizityholo ezimbi ebendizilindele. ¹⁹Endaweni yoko, baye neembambano ezithile naye ngonqulo lwabo, nangendoda efileyo egama linguYesu, uPawulos ebesithi usaphila. ²⁰Ndathi, ndithandabuza ngendlela yokuwuphanda lo mcimbi, ndambuza ukuba uyavuma na ukuya eYerusalem, axoxelwe khona ityala ngezi zinto. ²¹Kodwa ngenxa yokuba uPawulos ebhene ukuba agcinwe de kugqibe uMlawuli omkhulu, ndawisa umthetho ukuba agcinwe ndide ndimthumele kuKesare.”

²²UAgripa wathi kuFestu: “Nam ngokwam bendinqwenela ukumva lo mntu.” “Ngomso,” watsho uFestu, “uya kumva.”

UPawulos Umi Phambi koAgripa noBhernike

²³Ngengomso uAgripa noBhernike bafika ngobungangamsha obukhulu, bangena egumbini kunye nabathetheli bemikhosi namadoda abalulekileyo omzi. Ngomthetho kaFestu, wangeniswa uPawulos. ²⁴Wathi uFestu: “Kumkani Agripa, nani nonke enikho apha nathi—niyayibona le ndoda. Lonke ibandla lamaYuda landibongoza ngayo, naseYerusalem nalapha, limemeza lisithi akamelwe kukuba saphila. ²⁵Kodwa ndakuba ndingafumani nto ifanele ukufa, ekubeni naye ngokwakhe ebhene kuMlawuli omkhulu, ndagqiba kwelokuba ndimthumele kuye. ²⁶Andinanto eqinisekileyo endingayibhalela inkosi yam ngaye, ngoko ke ndimzise phambi kwenu nonke, ngokukodwa phambi kwakho, kumkani Agripa, ukuze emva koku kuphengululwa ndibe nento endingayibhala. ²⁷Kuba kubonakala kungekho ngqiqo kum ukuthumela ibanjwa ndingazichazanga izityholo ezibekwa ngalo.”