Abasixhenxe Abanyulelwa Ukukhonza
Abahlolokazi abathetha isiGrike bashiywa ekwabelweni kokudla kwemihla ngemihla, saye isikhalazo siyinyaniso. Abalishumi elinababini banikela umsebenzi kumadoda asixhenxe athenjiweyo ukuze ilizwi likaBawo wethu lingayeki. Omnye wabo, uStefano, uphikisa ngobuchule kangangokuba abachasi babo baqeshe amaxoki.
6 1Ngaloo mihla, bakubon' ukuba banda abafundi, amaYuda athetha isiGrike awakrokrela amaHebhere, ngokuba abahlolokazi bawo babeshiywa ekwabelweni kokudla kwemihla ngemihla. a a v1 AmaYuda athetha isiGrike ayengengabeentlanga, koko ayengamakholwa angamaYuda awayethetha isiGrike nawayekhulele kwisiko lesiGrike, kungekhona olwesi-Aramiki — umahluko owavelisa oku kushiywa okuchazwe apha. 2Base abalishumi elinababini bawabiza ndawonye onke amafundi, bathi: “Akufanelekile ukuba sishiye ilizwi likaBawo wethu, silungiselele ezitafileni. 3Ngoko ke, bazalwana, zinyuleleni phakathi kwenu amadoda asixhenxe, ahlonitshwayo, azele nguMoya oyiNgcwele nabobulumko, esiya kuwamisela kulo msebenzi. 4Thina ke sozinikela ekuthandazeni nasekulungiseleleni ilizwi.”
5Lalunga eli zwi phambi kwebandla lonke, bakhetha uStefano—indoda ezele lukholo nanguMoya oyiNgcwele—kwanoFilipu, noProkoro, noNikanore, noTimon, noParmena, noNikolawo, oguqukele kuYuda owaseAntiyokwe. 6Bamisa la madoda phambi kwabapostile, baza bona bathandaza, bacinezela izandla zabo phezu kwawo.
7Lathi landa ilizwi likaBawo wethu, banda kunene abafundi eYerusalem; inkitha enkulu yababingeleli yalulamela ukholo.
UStefano Ubanjwa Ziintshaba Zakhe
8Ke kaloku uStefano, ezele lubabalo nangamandla, wayesenza izimanga ezikhulu nemiqondiso phakathi kwabantu. 9Besuka abathile kuloo nto kuthiwa yiNdlu yeSikhungu yamaKhululwa—amaKireni, namaAleksandire, namadoda aseKilikiya naseAsiya—ukuze baphikisane noStefano. 10Kodwa ababa nako ukuma phambi kobulumko noMoya awayethetha ngawo. 11Baza ngenkohliso bafundisa amadoda ukuba athi: “Sivile ethetha amazwi anyelisa uMoses noThixo.” 12Baxhokonxa abantu, namadoda amakhulu, nababhali; beza kuye, bambamba, bamrholela entlanganisweni yamatyala. 13Bazisa amangqina abuxoki, bathi: “Lo mntu akayeki ukuthetha nxamnye nale ndawo ingcwele nomthetho. 14Kuba sivile esithi lo Yesu waseNazarete uya kuyichitha le ndawo, aguqule namasiko awasinikela wona uMoses.” 15Bonke ababehleli entlanganisweni yamatyala bamjonga, bona ubuso bakhe bunjengobuso besithunywa sezulu.
