UBaba Wethu Wamukela Abezizwe
UPhethro uyagxekwa ngokudla namadoda angasokile, ngakho ulandisa umbono isinyathelo ngesinyathelo — uBaba wethu wabahlanza — futhi ukuphikisa kuyaphela. E-Antiyokiya amakholwa akhuluma namaGreki futhi. UBarnaba uyolanda uSawulu, bafundisa unyaka wonke, futhi igama elithi amaKhristu laqanjwa khona lapho.
11 1Abaphostoli nabazalwane abaseJudiya bezwa ukuthi nabezizwe balamukelile izwi likaBaba wethu. 2Ngakho uPhethro esenyukele eJerusalema, labo abangabasoka bamsola, 3bathi: “Uvakashele amadoda angasokile wadla nawo.”
4Kodwa uPhethro wabachazela ngokulandelana kwakho: 5Ngithe ngisathandaza emzini waseJopha, ngathwala uvalo lokubona umbono: into enkulu efana nelembu, yehliswa phansi ivela ezulwini ngamagumbi ayo omane, yafika kimi. 6Ngayigqolozela, ngabona izilwane ezinezinyawo ezine, nezilwane zasendle, nezilwane ezinwabuzelayo, nezinyoni zezulu.
7Ngase ngizwa izwi lithi kimi: “Vuka, Phethro; hlaba udle.”
8Kodwa ngathi: “Lutho neze, Nkosi; ngokuba akukho lutho olungcolileyo noma olungahlanzekileyo olwake lwangena emlonyeni wami.”
9Kodwa izwi laphendula okwesibili livela ezulwini: “Lokho uBaba wethu akuhlanzileyo, ungakubizi ngokuthi kungcolile.” 10Lokhu kwenzeka kathathu, konke kwabuye kwadonselwa phezulu ezulwini. 11Khona lapho amadoda amathathu, ayethunyelwe kimi evela eKhesariya, afika endlini esasihlala kuyo. 12UMoya wangitshela ukuba ngihambe nawo, ngingenzi mahluko. Nalaba bazalwane abayisithupha bahamba nami, sase singena endlini yalowo muntu.
13Wasitshela ukuthi uyibone kanjani ingelosi imi endlini yakhe ithi: “Thumela eJopha, ubize uSimoni othiwa nguPhethro; 14uyakukhuluma kuwe amazwi oyakusindiswa ngawo, wena nendlu yakho yonke.” 15Kwathi ngiqala ukukhuluma, uMoya oNgcwele wehlela phezu kwabo njengakithi ekuqaleni.
16Ngase ngikhumbula lokho okwashiwo yiNkosi yethu uJesu: “UJohane wabhabhadisa ngamanzi, kodwa nina niyakubhabhadiswa ngoMoya oNgcwele.” 17Uma uBaba wethu wabanika sona lesi sipho asinika sona thina esakholwa eNkosini uJesu Khristu, pho bengingubani mina ukuba ngivimbele uBaba wethu?
18Bekuzwa lokhu, bathula, badumisa uBaba wethu, bathi: “Ngempela uBaba wethu unike nabezizwe ukuphenduka okuholela ekuphileni.”
Umndeni KaBaba Wethu Uyakhula E-Antiyokiya
19Labo ababehlakazwe ukuzingelwa okwenzeka ngenxa kaStefanu bafika kude kuze kufike eFenike, naseKhupro, nase-Antiyokiya, bekhuluma izwi kungekho muntu ngaphandle kwamaJuda. 20Kodwa abanye babo—amadoda avela eKhupro naseKhureni—bafika e-Antiyokiya bakhuluma nakumaHeleni, bememezela izindaba ezinhle ngeNkosi uJesu. a a v20 AmaHeleni: abantu abakhuluma isiGreki, cishe abangabezizwe kulesi simo. 21Isandla seNkosi yethu uJesu sasinabo, abaningi bakholwa baphendukela eNkosini. 22Ibandla eliseJerusalema lezwa ngalokhu, lathuma uBarnaba e-Antiyokiya. 23Efika, wabona umusa kaBaba wethu, wathokoza, ebakhuthaza bonke ukuba bahlale beqotho eNkosini ngezinhliziyo eziqinileyo. 24Ngokuba wayengumuntu olungileyo, egcwele uMoya oNgcwele nokukholwa, isixuku esikhulu sanezelwa eNkosini.
25Ngakho uBarnaba waya eTarsu ukuyofuna uSawulu, 26emtholile, wamletha e-Antiyokiya. Unyaka wonke bahlangana nebandla bafundisa isixuku esikhulu, kwathi e-Antiyokiya abafundi baqala ukubizwa ngokuthi amaKhristu. b b v26 Igama elithi amaKhristu lisho "labo abangabakaKhristu" — okokuqala abalandeli bakaJesu bebizwa ngegama lakhe.
27Ngalezo zinsuku kwehla abaprofethi bevela eJerusalema beza e-Antiyokiya. 28Omunye wabo, ogama lakhe linguAgabu, wasukuma waprofetha ngoMoya ukuthi kwakuyokuba khona indlala enkulu emhlabeni wonke—kwenzeka ezinsukwini zikaKlawudiyu. 29Abafundi banquma, ngamunye ngokwamandla akhe, ukuba bathumele usizo kubazalwane abahlala eJudiya. 30Benza kanjalo, bekuthumela kubadala ngesandla sikaBarnaba noSawulu.
