IZenzo 2

2 ¹Kwathi lapho selufikile usuku lwePhentekoste, babehlangene ndawonye bonke endaweni inye. ^a a v1 IPhentekoste kwakuwuMkhosi wamaSonto wamaJuda, owawugujwa ngezinsuku ezingamashumi amahlanu ngemva kwePhasika. ²Kwathi masinyane kwavela ezulwini umsindo onjengomoya onamandla ohushuzelayo, wagcwala yonke indlu ababehlezi kuyo. ³Kwabonakala okwakubukeka kungathi izilimi zomlilo ezihlukanisiweyo, zahlala phezu komunye nomunye wabo. ⁴Bonke bagcwaliswa nguMoya oNgcwele, baqala ukukhuluma ngezinye izilimi, njengalokho uMoya wayebanika amazwi okuwakhuluma.

⁵Ngaleso sikhathi kwakuhlala eJerusalema amaJuda aqotho, evela kuzo zonke izizwe ezingaphansi kwezulu. ⁶Kwathi lapho sekuzwakala lo msindo, kwabuthana isixuku, sadideka, ngokuba yilowo nalowo wayebezwa bekhuluma ngolimi lwakhe. ⁷Bamangala bebabaza, bathi: “Angithi bonke laba abakhulumayo bangabaseGalile na? ⁸Pho kwenzeka kanjani ukuba yilowo nalowo kithi abezwe ngolimi lwakhe azalwa nalo na? ⁹AmaPhariya, amaMede, nama-Elamu; nalabo abahlala eMesophothamiya, eJudiya naseKhaphadosiya, ePhontu nase-Asiya, ¹⁰eFrigiya, ePhamfiliya, eGibhithe, nezingxenye zaseLibhiya eziseduze neKhurene; nezivakashi ezivela eRoma, amaJuda nalabo abaphendukele enkolweni yamaJuda; ¹¹amaKrethe nama-Arabu—sibezwa bekhuluma ngezilimi zethu imisebenzi emikhulu kaBaba wethu!” ¹²Bonke bamangala badideka, bekhuluma omunye komunye bethi: “Kusho ukuthini lokhu na?” ¹³Kodwa abanye babhinqa bathi: “Bagcwele iwayini elimnandi.”

UPhethro umemezela iNkosi evukile

¹⁴Kodwa uPhethro wasukuma kanye nabalishumi nanye, waphakamisa izwi lakhe, wamemezela kubo wathi: “Madoda aseJudiya, nani nonke enihlala eJerusalema—kwazini lokhu futhi nilalele kahle amazwi ami. ¹⁵Laba bantu abadakiwe njengokuba nicabanga, ngokuba lisesekuseni, kusengehora lesishiyagalolunye nje. ^b b v15 Ihora lesithathu losuku lalicishe libe sehoreni lesishiyagalolunye ekuseni—okwakusesekuseni kakhulu kunokuba kube khona ukudakwa isixuku esasikucabanga. ¹⁶Cha, yilokhu okwakhulunywa ngomprofethi uJoweli:

¹⁷‘Kuyakuthi ezinsukwini zokugcina, kusho uBaba wethu, ngiyakuthulula uMoya wami phezu kwabo bonke abantu; amadodana enu namadodakazi enu ayakuprofetha, izinsizwa zenu ziyakubona imibono, namaxhegu enu ayakuphupha amaphupho. ¹⁸Yebo, naphezu kwezinceku zami nezincekukazi zami ngalezo zinsuku ngiyakuthulula uMoya wami, zona ziyakuprofetha. ¹⁹Ngiyakubonakalisa izimangaliso ezulwini phezulu, nezibonakaliso emhlabeni phansi—igazi nomlilo nentuthu ethunqayo. ²⁰Ilanga liyakuphenduka libe ubumnyama, nenyanga ibe yigazi, ngaphambi kokufika kosuku olukhulu nolukhazimulayo lweNkosi. ²¹Kuyakuthi wonke umuntu obiza igama leNkosi uyakusindiswa.’”

²²“Madoda akwa-Israyeli, zwanini la mazwi: uJesu waseNazaretha—indoda uBaba wethu ayifakazela kini ngemimangaliso nangezimanga nangezibonakaliso uBaba wethu azenza ngaye phakathi kwenu, njengoba nani nazi. ²³Lo muntu, owanikelwa ngecebo elimisiwe likaBaba wethu nangokwazi kwakhe kusengaphambili, nambethela esiphambanweni nambulala ngezandla zabantu abangenamthetho. ²⁴Kodwa uBaba wethu wamvusa, wamkhulula ebuhlungwini bokufa, ngokuba ukufa kwakungeke kumbambe. ²⁵Ngokuba uDavide uthi ngaye: ‘Ngabona uBaba wethu njalo phambi kwami, ngokuba usesandleni sami sokunene, ngakho angiyikunyakaziswa.’ ²⁶Ngakho-ke inhliziyo yami yajabula, nolimi lwami lwethaba; ngaphezu kwalokho, umzimba wami nawo uyakuphumula ethembeni. ²⁷Ngokuba awuyikuwulahla umphefumulo wami ethuneni, futhi awuyikuvumela oNgcwele wakho ukuba abone ukubola. ²⁸Wena ungazisile izindlela zokuphila; uyakungigcwalisa ngenjabulo ebukhoneni bakho.”

²⁹“Bazalwane, nginganitshela ngokusobala ukuthi ukhokho wethu uDavide wafa, wembelwa, nethuna lakhe lisekhona kithi kuze kube namuhla. ³⁰Njengoba ayengumprofethi, futhi azi ukuthi uBaba wethu wayemfungele isifungo sokuba ahlalise omunye wabenzalo yakhe esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi, ³¹wakubona kusengaphambili wakhuluma ngokuvuka kukaKhristu, ukuthi akazange ashiywe ethuneni, nomzimba wakhe awubonanga ukubola. ³²Lo Jesu uBaba wethu wamvusa, thina sonke singofakazi balokhu. ³³Ngakho, esephakanyiselwe esandleni sokunene sikaBaba wethu, esewamukele kuBaba uMoya oNgcwele owayethenjisiwe, wathulula lokhu enikubonayo nenikuzwayo manje.

³⁴Ngokuba uDavide akazange enyukele ezulwini, kodwa yena uqobo uthi: ‘UBaba wethu wathi eNkosini yami: “Hlala ngakwesokunene sami, ³⁵ngize ngenze izitha zakho zibe yisenabelo sezinyawo zakho.”’”

³⁶“Ngakho umuzi wonke wakwa-Israyeli mawazi ngokuqinisekileyo ukuthi uBaba wethu wamenza lo Jesu enambethela waba yiNkosi noKhristu.”

³⁷Kwathi lapho bekuzwa lokhu, bahlabeka enhliziyweni, babuza uPhethro nabanye abaphostoli bathi: “Bazalwane, senzeni na?”

³⁸UPhethro wathi kubo: “Phendukani, yilowo nalowo kini abhapathizwe egameni likaJesu Khristu kube ngukuthethelelwa kwezono zenu, khona niyakwamukela isipho sikaMoya oNgcwele. ³⁹Ngokuba isithembiso singesenu, nesabantwana benu, nesabo bonke abakude—bonke labo uBaba wethu uMbusi ayakubabiza ukuba beze kuye.” ⁴⁰Ngamanye amazwi amaningi wabaqwashisa wabancenga, wathi: “Zisindiseni kulesi sizukulwane esonakele.” ⁴¹Ngakho labo abalamukela izwi lakhe babhapathizwa, kwathi ngalolo suku kwenezelwa abantu abangaba zinkulungwane ezintathu.

Ukuphila njengomndeni kaBaba

⁴²Baqhubeka bezinikele ekufundiseni kwabaphostoli nasebudlelwaneni obujulileyo, nasekuhlephuleni isinkwa nasemikhulekweni. ⁴³Ukwesaba kwehlela phezu kwabo bonke, kwenziwa izimangaliso eziningi nezibonakaliso ngabaphostoli. ⁴⁴Bonke abakholwayo babehlangene ndawonye, izinto zonke bezabelana ngazo. ⁴⁵Bathengisa izimpahla zabo nemfuyo yabo, bakwabela bonke njengokudinga kwalowo nalowo. ⁴⁶Imihla ngemihla babezinikela ndawonye ethempelini, behlephula isinkwa izindlu ngezindlu, babelana ngokudla ngenjabulo nangobuqotho benhliziyo, ⁴⁷bedumisa uBaba wethu, benomusa phakathi kwabantu bonke. INkosi yayenezela kubo imihla ngemihla labo abasindiswayo.