Inkohliso Phambi koBawo
UAnaniya noSapfira bathengisa umhlaba, bazigcinele inxenye ngasese, bathi yiyo yonke, baza bawa bafa ngenxa yokuxokisa uBawo wethu. Uloyiko lwanda, lo gama izihlwele zisazisa abagulayo bazo. Bebuye bavalelwa baza bakhululwa ebusuku sisithunywa, abapostile bayabethwa, bashiya ibhunga bevuya ngokuba behlazisiwe.
5 1Ke kaloku umntu ogama linguAnaniya, kunye nomkakhe uSapfira, wathengisa ngesahlulo somhlaba. 2Wazigcinela kuye inxenye yemali, umkakhe esazi loo nto, waza wazisa inxenye kuphela, wayibeka ezinyaweni zabapostile. 3Kodwa uPetros wathi: “Ananiya, kutheni na uSathana eyizalisile intliziyo yakho ukuba uxokise uMoya oyiNgcwele, uzigcinele inxenye yexabiso lomhlaba? 4Ibingeyeyakho na ingekathengiswa? Yakuba ithengisiwe, ibingeyoyakho na imali ukuba uyilawule? Kutheni na le nto uyicebe entliziyweni yakho? Akuxokisanga bantu, koko uxokise uBawo wethu.” a a v4 Xa uPetros esithi ukuxokisa uMoya oyiNgcwele kukuxokisa uBawo wethu, ubonisa ukuba uMoya unguThixo ngokupheleleyo — ingengawo amandla nje, kodwa nguMntu wobuThixo.
5Akuweva la mazwi, uAnaniya wawa phantsi, wafa; kwabakho ukoyika okukhulu kubo bonke abakuvileyo oku. 6Basuka ke abafana, bawusongela umzimba wakhe, bamkhupha, bamngcwaba. 7Emva kweeyure ezingathi zintathu, wangena umkakhe, engazi okwenzekileyo. 8UPetros wambuza wathi: “Ndixelele, nithengise ngomhlaba ngako na oku?” Wathi yena: “Ewe, ngako oko.”
9Waza uPetros wathi kuye: “Kutheni na nivumelene ukulinga uMoya kaBawo wethu? Yabona, iinyawo zabo bamngcwabileyo umyeni wakho zisemnyango, baya kukukhupha nawe.”
10Wawa kwaoko ezinyaweni zakhe, wafa. Bangena abafana, bamfumana efile, bamkhupha, bamngcwaba ecaleni kwendoda yakhe. 11Kwafika ukoyika okukhulu phezu kwebandla lonke, naphezu kwabo bonke abeva ezi zinto.
Imiqondiso Nezimanga Ngabapostile
12Kwenzeka imiqondiso emininzi nezimanga phakathi kwabantu ngezandla zabapostile. Baye bonke behlanganisene eVarandeni kaSolomon. 13Kubanye akubangakho namnye owalinga ukuzibandakanya nabo, kodwa abantu babebanika imbeko enkulu. 14Baya besongezwa nangakumbi abakholwayo eNkosini—izihlwele zamadoda nabafazi, 15ngangokude bakhuphele abagulayo ezitratweni, babalalise ezingqengqelweni nakwimandlalo, benethemba lokuba ubuncinane ithunzi likaPetros lingawela phezu kwabathile kubo xa edlula. 16Kweza nezihlwele zivela kwimizi engqonge iJerusalem, zizisa abagulayo nabo bedandathekiswa ngoomoya abangcolileyo, baphiliswa bonke.
Babanjwa, Bakhululwa, Babuya
17Wesuka umbingeleli omkhulu, nabo bonke ababenaye, iqela labaSadusi, bazala likhwele. 18Babamba abapostile, babafaka entolongweni yoluntu. 19Kodwa ebusuku isithunywa sikaBawo wethu savula iingcango zentolongo, sabakhupha, sathi: 20“Hambani, nime etempileni, nithethe ebantwini onke amazwi obu bomi.”
21Bakukuva oko, bangena etempileni ekuseni, baqala ukufundisa. Wathi akufika umbingeleli omkhulu nabo babenaye, bahlanganisa intlanganiso yamatyala—nalo lonke ibandla lamadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli—bathumela entolongweni ukuba babaziswe. 22Kodwa abalindi abafumananga mntu khona ekufikeni kwabo; babuya baxela, bathi: 23“Sifumene intolongo ivaliwe iqiniswe, nabalindi bemi emnyango; kodwa sakuyivula, asifumananga mntu ngaphakathi.”
24Bakukuva oku, umthetheli wabalindi betempile nababingeleli abakhulu baxakwa, bengazi ukuba kophelela phi na le nto. 25Kwafika umntu othile exela, esithi: “Khangelani, amadoda enawafaka entolongweni emi etempileni efundisa abantu!” 26Waza umthetheli namagosa baya, bababuyisa, kungekho kugagamela, besoyika ukuba abantu baya kubagibisela ngamatye. 27Bakuba bebazisile, bababeka phambi kwentlanganiso yamatyala. Waza umbingeleli omkhulu wababuza, 28esithi: “Saniyala ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba ningafundisi ngeli gama, kanti niyizalisile iJerusalem ngemfundiso yenu, nifuna ukusizisela igazi lalo mntu phezu kwethu.”
29Kodwa uPetros nabapostile baphendula bathi: “Simelwe kukumthobela uBawo wethu kunokuthobela abantu. 30UThixo woobawo bethu wamvusa uYesu, enambulala ngokumxhoma emthini. 31UBawo wethu wamphakamisela ngasekunene kwakhe njengoMlawuli noMsindisi, ukuze anike amaSirayeli inguquko noxolelo lwezono. 32Thina singamangqina ezi zinto, kananjalo noMoya oyiNgcwele, uBawo wethu amnike abo bamthobelayo.”
33Bakukuva oku, bavutha ngumsindo, bafuna ukubabulala. 34Kodwa umFarisi othile ogama linguGamaliyeli, umqondisi-mthetho obekekileyo kubo bonke abantu, wema entlanganisweni yamatyala, wayalela ukuba akhutshwe loo madoda okomzuzwana. 35Wathi kubo: “Madoda akwaSirayeli, cingisisani kakuhle ngento eniza kuyenza kula madoda. 36Ngaphambi koku, kwavela uTewuda, ezibanga ukuba ungumntu othile; amadoda angathi angamakhulu amane amlandela. Wabulawa, baza bonke ababemlandela bachithakala, kwaba lilize. 37Emva kwakhe, kwesuka uYuda waseGalili ngexesha lokubalwa kwabantu, watsala abantu emva kwakhe. Naye wafa, baza bonke ababemlandela basasazeka. 38Ngoku ke ndithi kuni: sukani kula madoda, niwayeke. Ukuba eli cebo okanye lo msebenzi uvela ebantwini, uya kutshabalala. 39Kodwa ukuba uvela kuBawo wethu, aniyi kuba nako ukuwubhukuqa; mhlawumbi niya kuzifumanisa nisilwa noBawo wethu.” Baza bakholiswa nguye.
40Bekholisiwe nguye, babizela ngaphakathi abapostile, babetha, babayala ukuba bangathethi egameni likaYesu, baza babakhulula. 41Baphuma ke entlanganisweni, bevuya kuba babalelwe befanele ukuhlazwa ngenxa yegama. 42Imihla ngemihla, etempileni nasezindlwini ngezindlwini, abayekanga ukufundisa nokuvakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo zokuba uKrestu nguYesu.
