UPawulu uTshala iBandla eKorinte
UPawulu wenza amatende no-Akhwila noPrisila, futhi uphikisana nsuku zonke zeSabatha kuze kube yilapho ukuphikiswa kumxosha aye endlini engumakhelwane. Etshelwa embonweni ukuba aqhubeke ekhuluma, uhlala unyaka nesigamu. UGaliyo uyalichitha icala njengengxabano ngamazwi, bese isixuku sishaya uSostene esikhundleni salokho.
18 1Emva kwalokhu, uPawulu wasuka e-Athene waya eKorinte. 2Lapho wafica umJuda ogama lakhe lingu-Akhwila, owazalelwa ePontu, osanda kufika evela e-Italiya nomkakhe uPrisila, ngokuba uKlawudiyu wayeyalile ukuba onke amaJuda aphume eRoma. UPawulu wabavakashela, 3njengoba babenomsebenzi ofanayo, wahlala wasebenza nabo—ngomsebenzi wabo babengabakhi bamatende. 4Ngamasabatha onke wayebonisana esinagogeni, ezama ukuncenga amaJuda namaGriki. 5Kwathi lapho uSilasi noThimothewu befika bevela eMakedoniya, uPawulu wazinikela ngokupheleleyo ezwini, efakazela amaJuda ukuthi uKhristu nguJesu. 6Kwathi lapho bemelana naye bemhlambalaza, wavuthulula izingubo zakhe wathi: “Igazi lenu malibe phezu kwamakhanda enu! Mina ngimsulwa kulo. Kusukela manje ngizakuya kwabezizwe.”
7Wasuka esinagogeni waya endlini kaThithiyu Justu, umkhonzi kaBaba wethu, eyayiseduze nesinagoge. 8UKrispu, umholi wesinagoge, wakholwa eNkosini kanye nendlu yakhe yonke; abaseKorinte abaningi abezwa uPawulu bakholwa babhapathizwa.
9Ngobunye ubusuku iNkosi yathi kuPawulu ngombono: “Ungesabi; qhubeka ukhulume, ungathuli, 10ngokuba nginawe, futhi akekho oyakukuhlasela ukuba akulimaze, ngokuba nginabantu abaningi kuleli dolobha.”
11Ngakho uPawulu wahlala unyaka nezinyanga eziyisithupha, efundisa izwi likaBaba wethu phakathi kwabo.
12Ngesikhathi uGaliyo engumbusi wase-Akhaya, amaJuda abambisana amelana noPawulu amyisa phambi kwenkantolo, 13athi: “Lo muntu uncenga abantu ukuba bakhonze uNkulunkulu ngezindlela eziphambene nomthetho.”
14Kwathi lapho uPawulu esezakukhuluma, uGaliyo wathi kumaJuda: “Uma lokhu bekuyicala elithile elibi noma ubugebengu obuxakile, maJuda, bengiyakuba nesizathu sokunibekezelela. 15Njengoba kuyimpikiswano ngamazwi, ngamagama, nangomthetho wenu siqu, ziqondiseni nina ngokwenu. Mina angiyikwahlulela izindaba ezinjalo. 16Wayesebamukisa phambi kwenkantolo.”
17Ngakho bonke babamba uSostene, umholi wesinagoge, bamshaya phambi kwesihlalo sokwahlulela, kodwa konke lokhu akuzange kumkhathaze uGaliyo.
UPawulu uBuyela e-Antiyokiya
18UPawulu wahlala eKorinte izinsuku eziningi. Wayesevalelisa abazalwane wandiza ngomkhumbi waya eSiriya, ephelekezelwa nguPrisila no-Akhwila. ESenkreya wagunda izinwele zakhe, ngokuba wayegcina isithembiso. a a v18 Ukugunda izinwele zakhe kwakuphawula ukuphela ngokusemthethweni kwesithembiso samaJuda sokuzinikela kuNkulunkulu. 19Bafika e-Efesu, lapho uPawulu ashiya khona uPrisila no-Akhwila, kodwa yena ngokwakhe wangena esinagogeni wabonisana namaJuda. 20Kwathi lapho bemcela ukuba ahlale isikhathi eside, wenqaba. 21Kodwa wahamba, ethi: “Ngizakubuya kini uma uBaba wethu evuma,” wayesesuka ngomkhumbi e-Efesu.
22Efika eKesariya, wenyuka, wabingelela ibandla, wayesehla waya e-Antiyokiya.
23Emva kwesikhathi esithile lapho, wasuka wadabula iGalathiya neFrigiya, eqinisa bonke abafundi. 24UmJuda ogama lakhe lingu-Apholo, owazalelwa e-Aleksandriya, wafika e-Efesu—indoda efundile, enolwazi olujulile ngemiBhalo. 25Wayefundisiwe indlela yeNkosi, futhi, enomoya ovuthayo, wakhuluma wafundisa ngokunembayo ngoJesu—nakuba ayazi kuphela ubhapathizo lukaJohane. 26Wakhuluma ngesibindi esinagogeni. UPrisila no-Akhwila bamuzwa, bamthatha bambeka eceleni, bamchazela indlela kaBaba wethu ngokunembe kakhulu.
27Kwathi lapho u-Apholo efuna ukuwelela e-Akhaya, abazalwane bamkhuthaza babhalela abafundi ukuba bamamukele; esefikile, wabasiza kakhulu labo ababekholiwe ngomusa, 28ngokuba wawaphikisa ngamandla amaJuda obala, ebonisa ngemiBhalo ukuthi uKhristu nguJesu.
