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8 ¹USawule wayekholisiwe kukubulawa kukaStefano. Ngaloo mini kwavela intshutshiso enkulu nxamnye nebandla laseYerusalem, baphangalala bonke bangena kwelakwaYuda nakwelaseSamariya, ngaphandle kwabapostile. ²Amadoda ayemoyika uThixo ammbambela uStefano, amenzela isijwili esikhulu. ³Ke uSawule wayelibhukuqa ibandla, engena indlu ngendlu, erhuqa amadoda nabafazi, ebafaka entolongweni.

UFilipu Uvakalisa ESamariya

⁴Ngoko ke abo baphangalalayo baya bevakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo zelizwi ngeenxa zonke. ⁵UFilipu wehla waya kuwo umzi waseSamariya, wavakalisa uKrestu kubo. ⁶Izihlwele zawaphulaphula ngamxhelo mnye amazwi kaFilipu, zisiva zibona imiqondiso awayenzayo. ⁷Oomoya abangcolileyo baphuma kwabaninzi ababebanjwe ngabo, bekhala ngezwi elikhulu; kwaphiliswa nabaninzi abome imizimba neziqhwala. ⁸Kwabakho ke uvuyo olukhulu kuloo mzi.

⁹Kwaye ke kukho indoda egama linguSimon, eyayikade isenza imilingo kuloo mzi, imangalisa abantu baseSamariya, isithi ingumntu omkhulu. ¹⁰Bonke, bethabathela komncinane base komkhulu, bamphulaphula, besithi: “Lo mntu ungamandla kaThixo, lawo kuthiwa Makhulu.” ¹¹Bamphulaphula ke ngenxa yokuba wayekudala ebamangalisa ngemilingo yakhe. ¹²Kodwa bakholwa kuFilipu evakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo zobukumkani bukaBawo wethu negama likaYesu Krestu, babhaptizwa amadoda nabafazi. ¹³Naye ngokwakhe uSimon wakholwa; wabhaptizwa, wazingisa ukuba kufuphi noFilipu, emangaliswa yimiqondiso nayimisebenzi yamandla emikhulu awayibonayo.

¹⁴Ke kaloku abapostile ababeseYerusalem, bakuva ukuba amaSamariya ebalamkele ilizwi likaBawo wethu, bathuma uPetros noYohane kubo. ¹⁵Bakufika, babathandazela ukuba bamkele uMoya oyiNgcwele; ¹⁶kuba wayengekehli nakomnye wabo uMoya oyiNgcwele; babebhaptizwe kuphela egameni leNkosi uYesu. ¹⁷Bandula ke ukubeka izandla zabo phezu kwabo, bamkela uMoya oyiNgcwele. ¹⁸Wathi uSimon, akubona ukuba uMoya unikwa ngokubekwa kwezandla zabapostile, wabanika imali, ¹⁹esithi: “Ndinikeni nam la mandla, ukuze lowo ndithe ndambeka izandla amkele uMoya oyiNgcwele.” ²⁰Wathi uPetros kuye: “Isilivere yakho mayitshabalale kunye nawe, ngenxa yokuba ucinge ukuba unokusizuza isipho sikaBawo wethu ngemali! ²¹Awunasabelo nasahlulo kule ndawo, kuba intliziyo yakho ayilunganga phambi koBawo wethu. ²²Ngoko ke guquka kobu bubi, uthandaze kuBawo wethu ukuba, ukuba kunokwenzeka, ukuyila kwentliziyo yakho kuxolelwe. ²³Ndikubona utyhefwe bubukrakra, ubotshwe bububi.”

²⁴Waphendula uSimon wathi: “Ndithandazeleni kuThixo, ukuze kungafiki kum nento nenye kwezo nizithethileyo.”

²⁵Ngoko ke, bakuba bengqinile belithethile ilizwi leNkosi yethu uYesu, babuyela eYerusalem, bevakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo kwimizana emininzi yamaSamariya.

UFilipu NomTiyopiya

²⁶Ke kaloku isithunywa sikaBawo wethu sathi kuFilipu: “Vuka uye ngasezantsi, kuloo ndlela eyehlayo isuka eYerusalem isiya eGaza” — indlela eyintlango. ²⁷Wavuka ke wahamba. Nanko umTiyopiya othile oyinyange, umbusi wakwaKandasi, ukumkanikazi wamaTiyopiya, obephethe bonke ubuncwane bakhe, owayeze eYerusalem ukuza kunqula, ^a a v27 UKandasi wayengelogama lomntu, kodwa yayisisihlomelo sobukhosi sokumkanikazi onguninakumkani wobukumkani bakwaKushe, ngasezantsi kweYiputa. ²⁸waye ebuyela, ehleli enqwelweni yakhe yokulwa, efunda uIsaya umprofeti.

²⁹Wathi uMoya oyiNgcwele kuFilipu: “Sondela uyifikelele laa nqwelo yokulwa.”

³⁰Wagidima uFilipu, wamva efunda uIsaya umprofeti, wabuza wathi: “Ngaba uyakuqonda na oko ukufundayo?”

³¹Wathi: “Ndingathini na ukuqonda, ngaphandle kokuba ndikhokelwe ngumntu?” Wacela uFilipu ukuba enyuke ahlale naye. ³²Ke indawo yesibhalo awayeyifunda yayiyile: “Njengegusha wasiwa ekuxhelweni, njengetakane elithe cwaka phambi komchebi walo, kwangokunjalo akawuvula umlomo wakhe. ³³Ekuthotyweni kwakhe, isigwebo samkhatshelwa. Ngubani onokubalisa ngesizukulwana sakhe? Kuba ubomi bakhe bususwa emhlabeni.”

³⁴Lathi inyange kuFilipu: “Khawundixelele, umprofeti utsho ngabani le nto — ngaye ngokwakhe, kusini na ngomnye umntu?”

³⁵UFilipu wawuvula umlomo wakhe, waza eqalela kwesi sibhalo, wamshumayeza iindaba ezilungileyo ngoYesu. ³⁶Behamba ngendlela, bafika emanzini, lathi inyange: “Nanga amanzi! Yintoni endithintelayo ukuba ndibhaptizwe?” ^b b v36 Imibhalo-ngqangi emidala ayinalo ivesi yama-37 apha; iikopi zamva ongeza ithi: “UFilipu wathi, ‘Ukuba uyakholwa ngentliziyo yakho yonke, ungabhaptizwa.’ Waphendula wathi, ‘Ndiyakholwa ukuba uYesu Krestu unguNyana kaThixo.’” ³⁸Wayiyalela inqwelo ukuba ime; behla bobabini baya emanzini, uFilipu nenyange, waza uFilipu wambhaptiza.

³⁹Bakunyuka emanzini, uMoya kaBawo wethu wamhlutha uFilipu; inyange alaphinda lambona, laza lahamba indlela yalo livuya. ⁴⁰UFilipu wazifumana eseAzoto. Wahamba ecanda, evakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo kuyo yonke imizi, wada wafika eKesareya.