Emangalelwa Phambi KukaFeliki
Isikhulumi esiqashiwe sibiza uPawulu ngokuthi uyisifo nomholi wabavukeli. UPawulu uphendula ngokuthi akekho ongafakazela lutho, nokuthi empeleni uqulelwa icala ngenxa yovuko. UFeliksi uyalibazisa, uyesaba lapho inkulumo iphendukela ekwahluleleni, futhi umgcina iminyaka emibili ethemba ukufumbathiswa.
24 1Emva kwezinsuku ezinhlanu umpristi ophakeme u-Ananiya wehla namanye amalunga nommeli, uTertulu, bammangalela uPawulu phambi kombusi. 2Lapho uPawulu ebizwa, uTertulu waqala icala lakhe wathi: “Ngawe sijabulela ukuthula okukhulu, nezinguquko zifikile kulesi sizwe ngokubona kwakho kusengaphambili, 3lokhu sikwamukela ngayo yonke indlela nakuyo yonke indawo, Feliki ohloniphekile kunabo bonke, ngokubonga konke. 4Kodwa ukuze ngingakubambezeli kakhulu, ngiyakucela ukuba usizwe ngomusa, ngamazwi ambalwa. 5Lo muntu simfumene eyisifo, evusa iziyaluyalu phakathi kwawo wonke amaJuda emhlabeni wonke, engumholi wehlelo lamaNazaretha. 6Waze wazama ukungcolisa ithempeli, ngakho sambamba. a a v6 Imibhalo yakudala kakhulu ayinalo ivesi 7 lapha; amakhophi angemuva anezela: “Kodwa umlawuli uLisiya wafika wamkhipha ngamandla amakhulu ezandleni zethu,” 8Ngokumhlola wena ngokwakho, ungakwazi ukufunda konke esimmangalela ngakho.”
9AmaJuda nawo ahlanganyela ekumhlaseleni, egcizelela ukuthi lezi zinto zinjalo.
10Umbusi wamqhweba ukuba akhulume. UPawulu waphendula wathi: “Njengoba ngazi ukuthi usahlulele lesi sizwe iminyaka eminingi, ngizivikela ngokuthokoza. 11Ungakuqinisekisa ukuthi akudluli izinsuku eziyishumi nambili selokhu ngenyukela ukuyokhuleka eJerusalema. 12Abangitholanga ngiphikisana namuntu noma ngivusa isixuku—hhayi ethempelini, nasemasinagogeni, nakunoma yiphi indawo edolobheni. 13Futhi abakwazi ukukufakazela amacala abangethwesa wona manje. 14Kodwa ngiyavuma kuwe: ngilandela iNdlela—abayibiza ngokuthi yihlelo—ngikhonza uNkulunkulu wokhokho bethu, ngikholwa konke okuvumelana noMthetho nokulotshiwe kubaProfethi. 15Nginethemba kuBaba wethu—lelo nala madoda analo—lokuthi abalungileyo nabangalungile bayakuvuka ngokufanayo. 16Ngakho ngihlala ngizikhandla ukugcina unembeza wami uhlanzekile phambi kukaBaba wethu naphambi kwabantu. 17Emva kweminyaka ethile ngeza ngiphethe izipho zesihawu zabampofu besizwe sakithi, neminikelo. 18Phakathi kwalokhu, bangifica sengihlanjululiwe ethempelini—kungekho sixuku, kungekho siyaluyalu. 19Amanye amaJuda avela e-Asiya kufanele abe lapha phambi kwakho ukuze angimangalele, uma enalutho ngami. 20Noma lawa madoda ngokwawo mawasho ukuthi yiliphi icala abalitholayo lapho ngimi phambi komkhandlu, 21ngaphandle kwale nto eyodwa engayimemeza ngimi phakathi kwawo: ‘Kungenxa yokuvuka kwabafileyo ukuthi ngiyahlulelwa phambi kwenu namuhla.’”
22UFeliki, owayeyazi kahle iNdlela, wayihlehlisa inkulumo-mpikiswano wathi: “Lapho uLisiya umlawuli efika, ngiyakunquma icala lakho.” 23Wayala induna yekhulu ukuba ilinde uPawulu kodwa imvumele inkululeko ethile, ingenqabeli muntu kubangani bakhe ukumsiza.
24Emva kwezinsuku ezithile, uFeliki weza nomkakhe uDrusila, engumJudakazi, wathumela ukuba kulandwe uPawulu, wamuzwa ngokholo kuKhristu uJesu. 25Lapho uPawulu ekhuluma ngokulunga, nokuzithiba, nokwahlulelwa okuzayo, uFeliki wesaba wathi: “Kwanele okwamanje; hamba. Lapho ngithola ithuba, ngiyakukubiza.” 26Wayethemba futhi ukuthi uPawulu wayezakumnika imali, ngakho wayevame ukuthumela ukuba kulandwe yena akhulume naye.
27Emva kweminyaka emibili, uPorikiyu Festu wathatha isikhundla sikaFeliki. Efuna ukwenela amaJuda, uFeliki washiya uPawulu esentolongweni.
