Umsebenzi Wabathunywa 28 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

28 ¹Sakuba sifikisiwe ngoxolo, saza sazi ukuba esi siqithi kuthiwa yiMalta. ²Abantu bale ndawo basenzela inceba engaqhelekanga: babasa umlilo, basamkela sonke, kuba kwakuqalise imvula, kubanda. ³Uthe uPawulos akuba eqokelele isantywika seenkuni, wazibeka emlilweni, kwaphuma inyoka evela ebushushwini, yabambelela esandleni sakhe. ⁴Bakusibona esi silwanyana sixhomekile esandleni sakhe, abemi baloo ndawo bathetha omnye nomnye, bathi: “Le ndoda ngumbulali inene; nangona isindile elwandle, uBulungisa abuyi kuyiyekela iphile.” ⁵Kodwa yena wasivuthulula eso silwanyana saya emlilweni, akaba nanto imonzakalisileyo. ⁶Babelindele ukuba adumbe okanye asuke awe afe ngesiquphe. Kodwa bakuba belinde ixesha elide, bebona kungekho nto imbi imehlelayo, batshintsha ingqondo zabo, bathi nguthixo.

⁷Kufuphi naloo ndawo kwakukho imihlaba yentloko yesi siqithi, egama belinguPubliyo, owasamkelayo, wasiphatha ngobubele iintsuku ezintathu. ⁸Uyise kaPubliyo wayelele esifa yicesina nesisu esihambayo. Wangena uPawulos, wathandaza, wambeka izandla, wamphilisa. ⁹Emva koku, abaseleyo abaneenkqwithela kweso siqithi beza, baphiliswa. ¹⁰Basizukisa ngezizukiso ezininzi, sathi ekuhambeni kwethu ngenqanawa, basithwalisa ngazo zonke izinto ebesizidinga.

UPawulos Ufika eRoma

¹¹Emva kweenyanga ezintathu sahamba ngenqanawa yaseAleksandire ebihlale ubusika kweso siqithi, inophawu lwamaWele. ¹²Samisa eSirakuse, sahlala khona iintsuku ezintathu. ¹³Sisuka apho sajikeleza, safika eRegiyo. Ngemini elandelayo kwavuka umoya wasezantsi, saza ngomhla wesibini safika ePutiyoli. ¹⁴Apho safumana khona abazalwana, saza sacengwa ukuba sihlale nabo iintsuku ezisixhenxe; senjenjalo ke ukufika eRoma. ¹⁵Abazalwana abakhoyo apho beva ngathi, beza kusihlangabeza bada bafika eNdaweni yoRhwebo kaApiyo nakwiZindlu zokuPhumla ezinTathu. Akubabona uPawulos, wabulela kuBawo wethu, waza wakhalipha.

UPawulos Uvakalisa Ubukumkani

¹⁶Ekungeneni kwethu eRoma, uPawulos wavunyelwa ukuba ahlale yedwa, kunye nesoldati ebelimgcina.

¹⁷Emva kweentsuku ezintathu wahlanganisa iinkokeli zamaYuda. Bakuba behlangene, wathi kubo: “Bazalwana, nangona ndingenzanga nto ngokuchasene nabantu bakowethu okanye izithethe zoobawo bethu, ndanikelwa njengebanjwa ndivela eYerusalem, ndafakwa ezandleni zamaRoma. ¹⁸Bakuba bendiphengululile, bafuna ukundikhulula, kuba ndingenatyala lafanele ukufa. ¹⁹Bakuphikisa amaYuda, ndanyanzeleka ukubhena kuKesare—nangona ndingenatyala lokumangalela uhlanga lwakowethu. ²⁰Kungoko ndacela ukunibona nokuthetha nani—ndibotshwe ngalo mxokelelwane ngenxa yethemba lamaSirayeli.”

²¹Bathi kuye: “Thina asamkelanga ncwadi zivela kwelakwaYuda ngawe, kungekho namnye umzalwana ofikileyo oye waxela okanye wathetha nto imbi ngawe. ²²Singathanda ukuva into oyicingayo, kuba siyazi ukuba eli qela lithethwa kakubi kuyo yonke indawo.”

²³Bammisela imini, baza beza endlwini yakhe ngobuninzi obukhulu. Ethabathela kusasa esa ngokuhlwa wachaza, engqina ngobukumkani bukaBawo wethu, ezama ukubeyisela ngoYesu evela eMthethweni kaMoses nasebaprofetini. ²⁴Bambi beyiselwa zizinto awazithethayo, kodwa abanye babengakholwa. ²⁵Bengavisisani phakathi kwabo, bemka emva kokuba uPawulos ongeze ilizwi lokugqibela: “Wathetha ngokufanelekileyo uMoya oyiNgcwele koobawo benu ngoIsaya umprofeti, esithi,

²⁶“ ‘Yiya kwaba bantu, uthi: Niya kuva okunene, kodwa aniyi kuqonda; niya kubona okunene, kodwa aniyi kuqiqa.

²⁷Kuba intliziyo yaba bantu ityebile, neendlebe zabo zimattakane ukuva, baza bawavala amehlo abo—hleze babone ngamehlo abo, beve ngeendlebe zabo, baqonde ngentliziyo yabo, baguquke, ndibaphilise.’

²⁸Ngoko yazini: usindiso lukaBawo wethu lwathunyelwa kweentlanga—zona ziya kuphulaphula.” ^a a v28 Imibhalo-ngqangi emdala ayinayo indinyana yama-29 apha; iikopi zamva zongeza oku: “Uthe akuba etshilo, amka amaYuda, exambulisana kakhulu phakathi kwawo.”

³⁰Wahlala iminyaka emibini epheleleyo kwindawo yakhe ayeyiqeshile, wabamkela bonke abesiza kuye, ³¹evakalisa ubukumkani bukaBawo wethu, efundisa ngeNkosi uYesu Krestu, engenaloyiko engathinteleki.