UPawulu uqinisa amakholwa
UPawulu ukhuluma kwedlule phakathi kwamabili, futhi insizwa elele efasiteleni iwa esitezi sesithathu ifile; uPawulu wehla, ayigone, futhi iyaphila. Kamuva, azi ukuthi amaketanga amlindile eJerusalema, utshela abadala base-Efesu ukuba balinde umhlambi kaBaba wethu. Bayakhala ngokuthi ngeke besabubona ubuso bakhe.
20 1Kwathi lapho isiphithiphithi sesidambile, uPawulu wathumela ukubiza abafundi, wabakhuthaza, wabavalelisa, wasuka waya eMakedoniya. 2Esedabule kulezo zindawo, enike amakholwa inkuthazo eningi, wafika eGrisi. 3Wahlala izinyanga ezintathu; kwathi amaJuda esemenzela uzungu lapho esezohamba ngomkhumbi aye eSiriya, wanquma ukubuyela ngaseMakedoniya. 4Wayephelekezelwa nguSophateri indodana kaPhirho waseBheriya, no-Aristarko noSekhundu baseThesalonika, noGayu waseDerbe, noThimothewu, noThikhiko noTrofimu base-Asiya. 5Laba bahamba phambili basilindela eTrowa. 6Thina sasuka ngomkhumbi eFilipi ngemuva kwezinsuku zesinkwa esingenamvubelo, sabafica eTrowa ngezinsuku ezinhlanu, sahlala khona izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.
Insizwa evuswa eTrowa
7Ngosuku lokuqala lwesonto, lapho sibuthene ukuhlephula isinkwa, uPawulu wakhuluma nabo; ngoba ehlose ukuhamba ngakusasa, waqhubeka ekhuluma kwaze kwaba phakathi kwamabili. 8Kwakukhona izibani eziningi egunjini eliphezulu lapho sasibuthene khona. 9Insizwa egama layo lingu-Ewutiko yayihlezi efasiteleni, yangena ebuthongweni obukhulu njengoba uPawulu eqhubeka ekhuluma. Yehlulwa ubuthongo, yawa isuka esitezi sesithathu, yacoshwa isifile. 10UPawulu wehla, waguqa phezu kwayo, wayigona, wathi: “Ningethuki; ukuphila kwayo kusekuyo.”
11Wabuyela phezulu, wahlephula isinkwa, wadla, wakhuluma nabo isikhathi eside, kwaze kwasa, wabe esehamba. 12Bayiletha insizwa ekhaya isaphila, baduduzeka kakhulu.
Uhambo oluya eMilethu
13Thina sahamba phambili ngomkhumbi saya e-Asosi, sihlose ukukhwelisa uPawulu khona; ngoba yena wayekhethe ukuhamba ngezinyawo. 14Kwathi lapho esihlangabeza e-Asosi, samkhwelisa emkhunjini, safika eMithilene. 15Sasuka lapho ngomkhumbi, ngakusasa safika maqondana neKhiyo, ngosuku olulandelayo sema eSamo, kwathi ngolulandelayo safika eMilethu. 16UPawulu wayenqumile ukudlula e-Efesu ngomkhumbi, egwema ukuchitha isikhathi e-Asiya; ngoba wayephuthuma ukufika eJerusalema, uma kungenzeka, ngePhentekoste.
17Esuka eMilethu wathumela e-Efesu, wabiza abadala bebandla ukuba beze kuye. 18Kwathi lapho befika, wathi: “Niyazi ukuthi ngaphila kanjani phakathi kwenu ngaso sonke isikhathi, kusukela osukwini lokuqala engabeka ngalo unyawo e-Asiya, 19ngikhonza iNkosi yethu uJesu ngokuthobeka okuphelele, ngezinyembezi, nangezilingo ezangehlela ngenxa yamacebo amaJuda ayewenza ngami, 20ukuthi angigodlanga lutho olwaluzonisiza, kodwa ngalumemezela ngalufundisa obala nasezindlini ngezindlu, 21ngifakazela kokubili kumaJuda namaGrikhi: ukuphenduka kuBaba wethu nokholo eNkosini yethu uJesu. 22Manje ngiboshiwe nguMoya, ngibheke eJerusalema, ngingazi ukuthi kungilindeleni khona lapho, 23ngaphandle kokuthi uMoya oNgcwele uyangitshela emzini ngamunye ukuthi amaketanga nezinhlupheko kungilindele. 24Kodwa ukuphila kwami angikubheki njengento ebalulekile kimi, futhi angikwenzi igugu lami, kuphela ukuba ngiqede uhambo lwami nenkonzo engayamukela eNkosini yethu uJesu, ngifakazela ivangeli lomusa kaBaba wethu.
25Manje-ke ngiyazi ukuthi akekho kini, phakathi kwenu engahamba ngishumayela umbuso kaBaba wethu, oyophinde abubone ubuso bami. 26Ngakho-ke nginifakazela namuhla ukuthi ngimsulwa egazini labo bonke, a a v26 ‘Ngimsulwa egazini labo bonke’: uPawulu usho ukuthi uma ekhona lapha olahlekile ngokomoya, akungenxa yokuthi akazange axwayiswe nguye — akazange agodle lutho. 27ngokuba angizange ngigweme ukunimemezela yonke injongo kaBaba wethu. 28Ziqapheleni nina nawo wonke umhlambi uMoya oNgcwele anenze abaphathi bawo, ukuba neluse ibandla likaBaba wethu, alithenga ngegazi leNdodana yakhe uqobo. b b v28 IsiGrikhi sifundeka ngokwezwi nezwi sithi “ngegazi lowakhe,” okuthi iFHB ikuhumushe ngokuthi “iNdodana yakhe uqobo” — uBaba wethu walithola ibandla ngenani legazi leNdodana yakhe. UPawulu usho iqiniso elifanayo kwabaseRoma 8:32: uBaba wethu kayigodlanga eyakhe iNdodana kodwa wayinikela ngenxa yethu sonke. 29Ngiyazi ukuthi emva kokuhamba kwami kuyongena phakathi kwenu izimpisi ezinonya, zingawuhawukeli umhlambi. 30Kuyovela amadoda phakathi kwenu, akhuluma izinto ezisontekile, ukuze adonse abafundi babalandele. 31Ngakho qaphani, nikhumbule ukuthi iminyaka emithathu, ubusuku nemini, angiyekanga ukuxwayisa yilowo nalowo kini ngezinyembezi. 32Manje-ke nginiphathisa kuBaba wethu nasezwini lomusa wakhe, elinamandla okunakha nokuninika ifa phakathi kwabo bonke abangcwelisiwe. 33Angizange ngifise isiliva noma igolide noma izingubo zomuntu. 34Nina ngokwenu niyazi ukuthi lezi zandla zasebenzela izidingo zami nezalabo ababe nami. 35Kukho konke nganikhombisa ukuthi, sisebenza kanzima kanjena, kumele sisize ababuthakathaka, sikhumbula amazwi eNkosi yethu uJesu, ukuthi yena ngokwakhe wathi, kubusiseke kakhulu ukupha kunokwamukela.”
36Kwathi esezishilo lezi zinto, waguqa ngamadolo kanye nabo bonke, wakhuleka. 37Bakhala bonke; bamgona uPawulu, bamanga, 38bedabukele kakhulu ngamazwi akhe—okuthi babengeke baphinde babubone ubuso bakhe—bamphelekezela baya emkhunjini.
