IZenzo 1

1 ¹Encwadini yami yokuqala, Theyofilu, ngabhala ngakho konke uJesu aqala ukukwenza nokukufundisa, ²kwaze kwaba yilolo suku enyuselwa ngalo, esebanikile imiyalo ngoMoya oNgcwele abaphostoli ayebakhethile. ³Emva kokuhlupheka kwakhe, wazibonakalisa kubo ephila ngobufakazi obuningi, ebonakala kubo izinsuku ezingamashumi amane, ekhuluma ngombuso kaBaba wethu. ^a a v3 Umbuso uJesu afundisa ngawo ngukubusa kukaBaba wethu okungena ezweni — kona kanye lokho kubusa amema ngakho abafundi bakhe ukuba baphile ngaphansi kwakho bakumemezele.

⁴Esahlezi nabo, wabayala ukuba bangasuki eJerusalema kodwa balinde isithembiso sikaBaba—“sona,” wathi, “enasizwa kimina; ⁵ngokuba uJohane wabhapathiza ngamanzi, kodwa emva kwezinsukwana nizobhapathizwa ngoMoya oNgcwele.”

⁶Ngakho, sebebuthene ndawonye, babuza bathi: “Nkosi, uzakuwubuyisela manje umbuso ku-Israyeli na?”

⁷Wathi kubo: “Akusikho okwenu ukwazi izikhathi nezinkathi uBaba azimisele ngegunya lakhe siqu. ⁸Kodwa lapho uMoya oNgcwele usehlele phezu kwenu, niyakwamukela amandla okuba ngofakazi bami—eJerusalema, kulo lonke iJudiya, naseSamariya, kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba.”

⁹Esekushilo lokhu, bebukele, wenyuselwa, ifu lamsitha emehlweni abo. ¹⁰Kuthe besagqolozele ezulwini lapho emuka, kwathi gxumu amadoda amabili egqoke izingubo ezimhlophe eme eceleni kwabo. ¹¹Athi: “Madoda aseGalile, nigqolozeleni esibhakabhakeni na? Lo Jesu osuswe kini wenyuselwa ezulwini, uzakubuya ngendlela efanayo nalena nimbone ngayo emuka.”

Ufakazi Okhethwe Esikhundleni Sakhe

¹²Base bebuyela eJerusalema bevela eNtabeni ethiwa yiNtaba Yeminqumo, eseduze neJerusalema, ibanga elingaba yingxenye yemayela. ¹³Bathi bengena, bakhuphukela ekamelweni eliphezulu lapho ababehlala khona: uPhethro, uJohane, uJakobe, u-Andreya, uFiliphu, uThomase, uBartolomewu, uMathewu, uJakobe indodana ka-Alfewu, uSimoni umShisekeli, noJuda indodana kaJakobe. ¹⁴Bonke laba baphikelela ndawonye emkhulekweni, kanye nabesifazane, noMariya unina kaJesu, nabafowabo.

¹⁵Ngalezo zinsuku uPhethro wasukuma phakathi kwabazalwane (ababengaba yikhulu namashumi amabili sebebonke) wathi: ¹⁶“Bazalwane, kwakumelwe kugcwaliseke umbhalo uMoya oNgcwele owawusho ngaphambili ngomlomo kaDavide mayelana noJuda—owaba ngumholi kulabo ababamba uJesu. ¹⁷ngokuba wayebalwa phakathi kwethu futhi wayabelwa isabelo sakhe kule nkonzo.” ¹⁸(Lo muntu wathenga insimu ngomvuzo wobubi bakhe, wase ewa ngekhanda phansi, waqhekeka phakathi nendawo, zachitheka zonke izibilini zakhe. ¹⁹Lokhu kwaziwa yibo bonke ababehlala eJerusalema, kangangokuba leyo nsimu yaqanjwa ngolimi lwabo ngokuthi i-Akelidama, okungukuthi, iNsimu Yegazi.). ²⁰“Ngokuba kulotshiwe eNcwadini yamaHubo ukuthi: ‘Ikhaya lakhe malibe yihlane, kungabikho ohlala kulo,’ nokuthi, ‘Omunye makathathe isikhundla sakhe.’

²¹Ngakho kumelwe omunye wamadoda ayehamba nathi sonke lesi sikhathi, ngesikhathi iNkosi uJesu engena ephuma phakathi kwethu, ²²kusukela ekubhapathizeni kukaJohane kuze kube yilolo suku asuswa ngalo kithi—omunye walaba makabe ngufakazi kanye nathi wokuvuka kwakhe.”

²³Bamisa ababili—uJosefa othiwa uBarsaba, owayebizwa nangokuthi uJustu, noMatiyasi. ²⁴Bakhuleka bathi: “Wena, Nkosi Jesu, owazi zonke izinhliziyo, sibonise ukuthi ngumuphi kulaba ababili omkhethile, ^b b v24 Abaphostoli bakhuleka kuJesu — yena owakhetha abayishumi nambili bokuqala futhi manje osewazi ukuthi ukhetha bani ukuba athathe isikhundla sikaJuda. Nguye yedwa oyiNkosi yobizo lobuphostoli. ²⁵ukuba athathe isikhundla kule nkonzo nasebuphostolini uJuda ashiya kuso waya endaweni yakhe siqu. ²⁶Base bebenzela inkatho; inkatho yawela kuMatiyasi, wabalwa kanye nabaphostoli abayishumi nanye.” ^c c v26 Ukwenza inkatho kwakuyinkambiso yasendulo — efana nokudonsa utshani — eyayisetshenziselwa ukuvumela uNkulunkulu ukuba anqume umphumela.