Umsebenzi Wabathunywa 4 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

4 ¹Bathe uPetros noYohane bethetha nabantu, basondela kubo ababingeleli, nomthetheli wetempile, nabaSadusi, ²becaphuke kakhulu ngenxa yokuba babefundisa abantu, bevakalisa ukuvuka kwabafileyo ngoYesu. ³Bababamba, bababeka elugcinweni kwada kwangomso, ngokuba sekungokuhlwa. ⁴Kodwa baninzi abo balivayo ilizwi bakholwa; lafika malunga namawaka amahlanu inani lamadoda.

⁵Ngengomso bahlanganisana eYerusalem abalawuli babo, namadoda amakhulu, nababhali, ⁶benoAnas umbingeleli omkhulu, noKayafa, noYohane, noAleksandire, nabo bonke ababengabendlu yombingeleli omkhulu. ^a a v6 UAnas wayekhe waba ngumbingeleli omkhulu kwiminyaka engaphambili, esaba negunya elikhulu kunene; uKayafa wayengumbingeleli omkhulu osesikhundleni ngelo xesha. ⁷Bababeka phakathi, babuza besithi: “Nikwenze ngaliphi na igunya, nangaliphi na igama le nto?”

⁸Waza uPetros, ezele nguMoya oyiNgcwele, wathi kubo: “Balawuli babantu, namadoda amakhulu, ⁹ukuba namhla siyabuzwa ngenxa yomsebenzi olungileyo kumntu ogulayo, nokuba uphilisiwe njani na, ¹⁰mayaziwe yini nonke nangabantu bonke bakwaSirayeli, ukuba kungegama likaYesu Krestu waseNazarete, lowo nina nambethelela emnqamlezweni, lowo wamvusayo uBawo wethu kwabafileyo—kungaye le ndoda imi phambi kwenu iphilile. ¹¹Lo Yesu “lilitye enalicekisayo nina bakhi, elaba lilitye lembombo.” ^b b v11 Yintetho ethatyathwe kwiNdumiso 118:22. ¹²Usindiso alukho komnye; akukho limbi igama phantsi kwezulu elinikwe phakathi kwabantu, esiya kusindiswa ngalo.”

¹³Bakubona ukungafihlisi kukaPetros noYohane, besazi ukuba ngamadoda angafundanga, aqhelekileyo, bamangaliswa; baza baqonda ukuba bebenoYesu. ¹⁴Bebona indoda ephilisiweyo imi nabo, baba nento yokuphikisa. ¹⁵Baza babayalela ukuba baphume kuloo ntlanganiso yamatyala, bandula ke bacebisana bodwa, ¹⁶besithi: “Siya kuthini na kula madoda? Kuba okunene kwenzeke ngawo umqondiso obalulekileyo, obonakalayo kubo bonke abahlala eYerusalem, singenako ukuwuphika. ¹⁷Kodwa ukuze singabheki ngaphambili phakathi kwabantu, masibawanya, ukuba bangabi saphinda bathethe nabani ngeli gama.” ¹⁸Bababiza, babayalela ukuba bangathethi konke konke, bangafundisi egameni likaYesu. ¹⁹Waphendula uPetros noYohane wathi kubo: “Gwebani nina ukuba kulungile na phambi koBawo wethu ukuniphulaphula nina kunaye. ²⁰Kuba thina asinako ukungazithethi izinto esizibonileyo nesizivileyo.”

²¹Bakuba bebongezelele ukubasongela, bababeka, bengafumani ndlela yakubohlwaya, ngenxa yabantu, kuba bonke babemzukisa uBawo wethu ngenxa yoko kwenzekileyo. ²²Kuba yayingaphezu kweminyaka engamashumi mane ubudala le ndoda yafumana kuyo lo mqondiso wokuphiliswa.

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²³Bakubona bebekiwe, baya kowabo, babaxelela konke ababingeleli abakhulu namadoda amakhulu abakuthethileyo kubo. ²⁴Bathe bakukuva oko, baliphakamisa ndawonye ilizwi labo kuBawo wethu, bathi: “Nkosi, wena wenza izulu, nomhlaba, nolwandle, nezinto zonke ezikuzo. ²⁵Wena wathetha ngoMoya oyiNgcwele ngomlomo kabawo wethu uDavide, umkhonzi wakho, usithi: “Kungani na ukuba iintlanga ziqumbe, nezizwe zicebe ilize?” ²⁶Ookumkani behlabathi bazimisa, nabalawuli bahlanganisana ndawonye, bechasene noBawo wethu nechasene noMthanjiswa wakhe.”

²⁷Kuba okunene, kulo mzi, uHerode noPontiyo Pilato bahlanganisana neentlanga nezizwe zakwaSirayeli, bechasene noYesu, umkhonzi wakho oyiNgcwele, lowo umthambisileyo, ²⁸ukuba benze into ethe isandla sakho necebo lakho lakugqiba ngaphambili ukuba yenzeke. ²⁹Ngoku ke, Bawo, zikhangele izoyikiso zabo, ubanike abakhonzi bakho ukuba balithethe ilizwi lakho ngokungafihlisi konke, ³⁰wena wolule isandla sakho ukuphilisa, ize kwenzeke imiqondiso nezimanga ngegama lomkhonzi wakho oyiNgcwele uYesu.

³¹Bakuba bethandazile, yanyikima indawo ababehlanganisene kuyo; bazaliswa bonke nguMoya oyiNgcwele, balithetha ilizwi likaBawo wethu bengafihlisi.

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³²Bonke ababekholwa babentliziyo-nye nomphefumlo mnye; akubangakho namnye owathi into anayo yeyakhe yedwa, kodwa babenazo zonke izinto ngokufanayo. ³³Ngamandla amakhulu abapostile babengqina ngokuvuka kweNkosi uYesu, labakho phezu kwabo bonke ubabalo olukhulu. ³⁴Akubangakho namnye phakathi kwabo oswelayo; kuba bonke ababenemihlaba nezindlu babezithengisa, beza nemali yeento abezithengisa, ³⁵bayibeke ezinyaweni zabapostile; yaza yabelwa ubani ngamnye ngokokusweleka kwakhe.

³⁶UYosefu, umLevi waseKipro, lowo abapostile bamthiya igama elinguBharnabhas (oko kukuthi uNyana wentuthuzelo), ³⁷wathengisa intsimi ebeyinayo, weza nemali, wayibeka ezinyaweni zabapostile.