IZenzo 13

13 ¹Ebandleni lase-Antiyokiya kwakukhona abaprofethi nabafundisi: uBarnaba, uSimeyoni owayethiwa uNigeri, uLukiyu waseKhurene, uManayeni (owayekhuliswe kanye noHerode umbusi), noSawulu.

²Bathi besakhonza iNkosi yethu uJesu, bezila ukudla, uMoya oNgcwele wathi: “Ngahlukaniseleni uBarnaba noSawulu, bawenze umsebenzi engibabizele wona.”

³Khona-ke, sebezilile ukudla bethandaza, babeka izandla zabo phezu kwabo, babathuma.

Izwi likaBaba wethu Lifika eKhupro

⁴Bethunywe nguMoya oNgcwele, behlela eSelukiya, basuka ngomkhumbi baya eKhupro. ⁵Befika eSalami, bashumayela izwi likaBaba wethu emasinagogeni amaJuda. BabenoJohane owayengumsizi wabo. ⁶Sebewele sonke isiqhingi baze bafika ePhafo, bafumana umJuda owayengumthakathi nomprofethi wamanga, ogama lakhe linguBhari-Jesu, ⁷owayenombusi uSergiyu Pawulu, indoda ehlakaniphile. Yabiza uBarnaba noSawulu, ifuna ukuzwa izwi likaBaba wethu. ⁸U-Elima umlumbi—ngoba yilokho okushiwo yigama lakhe—wabaphikisa, ezama ukuphendula umbusi ekukholweni. ⁹Kepha uSawulu, naye owayethiwa uPawulu, egcwele uMoya oNgcwele, wamgqolozela, ¹⁰wathi: “Wena ndodana kaSathane, sitha sakho konke ukulunga, ogcwele yonke inkohliso nobuqili—ngeke yini uyeke ukusonta izindlela eziqondile zikaBaba wethu? ¹¹Manje bheka: isandla sikaBaba wethu siphezu kwakho. Uyoba yimpumputhe, ungaboni ilanga, isikhathi esithile.” Masinyane kwehlela phezu kwakhe inkungu nobumnyama; waphumputha, efuna othile ozomhola ngesandla.

¹²Ebona lokho okwenzekile, umbusi wakholwa, emangele yimfundiso yeNkosi yethu uJesu.

Indaba kaBaba wethu Ishunyayelwa e-Antiyokiya

¹³UPawulu nabangane bakhe basuka ngomkhumbi ePhafo baya ePhega lasePhamfiliya, kodwa uJohane wabashiya wabuyela eJerusalema. ¹⁴Besuka ePhega baqhubeka baya e-Antiyokiya lasePhisidiya. NgeSabatha bangena esinagogeni bahlala phansi. ¹⁵Ngemva kokufundwa koMthetho nabaProfethi, abaholi besinagoge bathumela izwi bathi: “Bazalwane, uma ninezwi lokukhuthaza abantu, khulumani.”

¹⁶UPawulu wasukuma, waqhweba ngesandla sakhe, wathi: “Madoda akwa-Israyeli, nani enesaba uBaba wethu, lalelani. ¹⁷UBaba wethu, uBaba walesi sizwe sakwa-Israyeli, wakhetha okhokho bethu, wabenza baba bakhulu ngesikhathi behlala ezweni laseGibhithe, wabakhipha ngengalo ephakanyisiwe. ¹⁸Futhi cishe iminyaka engamashumi amane wababekezelela ehlane. ¹⁹Esebhubhise izizwe eziyisikhombisa ezweni laseKhanani, wabanika izwe lazo laba yifa labo. ²⁰Lokhu kwathatha cishe iminyaka engamakhulu amane namashumi amahlanu. Khona-ke wabanika abahluleli kwaze kwaba nguSamuweli umprofethi. ²¹Khona-ke bacela inkosi, uBaba wethu wabanika uSawulu indodana kaKishi, indoda yesizwe sakwaBhenjamini, iminyaka engamashumi amane. ²²Esemsusile, wamvusa uDavide waba yinkosi yabo, efakaza ethi: ‘Ngimtholile uDavide indodana kaJese, umuntu ovumelana nenhliziyo yami, oyokwenza konke engikufunayo.’ ²³Enzalweni yalo muntu uBaba wethu ulethile ku-Israyeli uMsindisi, uJesu, njengoba nje ethembisile. ²⁴Ngaphambi kokufika kwakhe, uJohane wayeshumayele umbhapathizo wokuphenduka kubo bonke abantu bakwa-Israyeli. ²⁵UJohane esaqeda umsebenzi wakhe, wathi: ‘Nicabanga ukuthi ngingubani? Angisiye yena. Kodwa bhekani, kukhona oza ngemva kwami—angifanele ukuthukulula izicathulo ezisezinyaweni zakhe.’

²⁶“Bazalwane, madodana omndeni ka-Abhrahama, nalabo phakathi kwenu abesaba uBaba wethu: lesi sigijimi sensindiso sithunyelwe kithi. ²⁷Abantu baseJerusalema nabaholi babo abamazanga, futhi abawaqondanga amazwi abaprofethi afundwa ngaso sonke iSabatha—bemlahla, bawagcwalisa kanye lawo mazwi. ²⁸Nakuba bengatholanga sizathu sokuba abulawe, bacela uPilatu ukuba abulawe. ²⁹Sebeqedile konke okwakulotshiwe ngaye, bamethula esihlahleni, bambeka ethuneni. ³⁰Kodwa uBaba wethu wamvusa kwabafileyo, ³¹izinsuku eziningi wabonakala kulabo ababekhuphuke naye besuka eGalile beya eJerusalema, manje abangofakazi bakhe ebantwini. ³²Nathi sinilethela izindaba ezinhle: lokho uBaba wethu akuthembisa okhokho bethu.

³³Ukugcwalisile lokhu kithi, abantwana babo, ngokuvusa uJesu, njengoba nje kulotshiwe eHubweni lesibili: ‘Wena uyiNdodana yami; namuhla ngikuzele.’

³⁴Mayelana nokuthi wamvusa kwabafileyo, ukuze angabe esabola, wathi: ‘Ngiyokunika izibusiso ezingcwele neziqinisekileyo ezathenjiswa uDavide.’ ³⁵Ngakho uthi futhi kwelinye iHubo: ‘Ngeke uvumele oNgcwele wakho abone ukubola.’ ³⁶Ngokuba uDavide, esekhonze injongo kaBaba wethu esizukulwaneni sakhe, walala, wabekwa nokhokho bakhe, wabona ukubola, ³⁷kodwa lowo uBaba wethu amvusayo akabonanga ukubola. ³⁸Ngakho yazini lokhu, bazalwane—ngalo muntu kushunyayelwa kini ukuthethelelwa kwezono, ³⁹ngaye, wonke umuntu okholwayo ukhululwa kukho konke umthetho kaMose owawungenakunikhulula kukho. ⁴⁰Ngakho qaphelani, ukuze lokho okushiwo kubaProfethi kungenzeki kini: ⁴¹‘Bhekani, nina baklolodayo, mangalani niphele; ngokuba ngenza umsebenzi ezinsukwini zenu, umsebenzi eningasoze nawukholwa, noma umuntu enganitshela wona.’”

⁴²Lapho uPawulu noBarnaba bephuma, abantu babancenga ukuba baphinde bakhulume ngalezi zinto ngeSabatha elizayo. ⁴³Kwathi umhlangano wesinagoge usuphelile, amaJuda amaningi namaproselithe azinikele kwobuJuda alandela uPawulu noBarnaba, abakhuluma nawo bewakhuthaza ukuba aqhubeke emseni kaBaba wethu.

⁴⁴NgeSabatha elilandelayo cishe lonke idolobha labuthana ukuzwa izwi leNkosi yethu uJesu. ⁴⁵Kwathi amaJuda ebona izixuku, agcwala umona, aphikisa amazwi kaPawulu, emthuka.

⁴⁶UPawulu noBarnaba bakhuluma ngesibindi: “Izwi likaBaba wethu bekumele likhulunywe kini kuqala. Njengoba nilenqaba, nizahlulela ningafanelwe ukuphila okuphakade, bhekani—siphendukela kwabezizwe.”

⁴⁷Ngokuba uBaba wethu usiyalile: “Ngikwenze waba ukukhanya kwezizwe, ukuba ulethe insindiso emikhawulweni yomhlaba.”

⁴⁸Bezwa lokhu, abezizwe bajabula bakhazimulisa izwi leNkosi yethu uJesu; bonke ababemiselwe ukuphila okuphakade bakholwa. ⁴⁹Izwi leNkosi yethu uJesu lasakazeka kulo lonke lelo zwe. ⁵⁰Kodwa amaJuda avusa abesifazane abazinikele abahlonishwayo namadoda aphambili edolobha, avusa ukushushiswa kuPawulu noBarnaba, abaxosha ezweni labo. ⁵¹Ngakho bathintitha uthuli lwezinyawo zabo lubheke kubo, baya e-Ikoniyu. ⁵²Abafundi bagcwala injabulo noMoya oNgcwele.