IZenzo 3

3 ¹Cishe ngehora lesithathu ntambama, ihora lomkhuleko, uPhethro noJohane babenyukela ethempelini. ²Kwakukhona indoda eyayiyisishosha kusukela ekuzalweni kwayo, eyayithwalwa ibekwe nsuku zonke esangweni lethempeli elibizwa ngokuthi eliHle, ukuze iphanze kulabo abangena ethempelini. ³Yathi ibona uPhethro noJohane sebezongena ethempelini, yabacela imali. ⁴UPhethro wayigqolozela kanye noJohane, wathi: “Sibheke.” ⁵Yabagqolozela, ilindele ukwamukela okuthile kubo. ⁶UPhethro wathi: “Anginasiliva negolide, kodwa ngikunika lokho enginakho: egameni likaJesu Khristu waseNazaretha, vuka uhambe.” ⁷Wayibamba ngesandla sayo sokudla, wayivusa; masinyane izinyawo zayo namaqakala ayo aba namandla. ⁸Yagxuma yema, yaqala ukuhamba, yangena ethempelini kanye nabo, ihamba, igxuma, idumisa uBaba wethu. ⁹Bonke abantu bayibona ihamba idumisa uBaba wethu. ¹⁰Bayibona ukuthi yiyona eyayihlala iphanza eSangweni eliHle lethempeli, bagcwala ukumangala nokwethuka ngalokho okwakwenzekile kuyo.

UPhethro Umemezela Inceku kaBaba wethu

¹¹Ngesikhathi ibambelele kuPhethro noJohane, bonke abantu bagijimela kubo evulandini elibizwa ngokuthi elikaSolomoni, bemangele kakhulu. ¹²Ebona lokhu, uPhethro wathi kubantu: “Madoda akwa-Israyeli, kungani lokhu kunimangalisa? Kungani nisigqolozela, kungathi siyenze ukuba ihambe ngamandla ethu noma ngokumesaba kwethu uNkulunkulu? ¹³UNkulunkulu ka-Abhrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe, uNkulunkulu wobaba bethu, wayikhazimulisa inceku yakhe uJesu, enamnikela nenamphika phambi kukaPilatu, ngesikhathi uPilatu enqume ukumkhulula. ¹⁴Kodwa naphika oNgcwele noLungileyo, nacela ukuba niphiwe umbulali. ¹⁵Nabulala uMsunguli wokuphila; uBaba wethu wamvusa kwabafileyo. Thina singofakazi balokhu. ¹⁶Igama lakhe, ngokukholwa egameni lakhe, lenze ukuba le ndoda ibe namandla—yona kanye le ndoda eniyibonayo neniyaziyo. Ukukholwa kuJesu kuyinike le mpilo ephelele phambi kwenu nonke.

¹⁷“Manje-ke, bazalwane, ngiyazi ukuthi nenza ngokungazi, njengoba benza kanjalo nababusi benu. ¹⁸Kodwa uBaba wethu wagcwalisa lokho akubikezela ngabaphrofethi bonke, ukuthi uKhristu wakhe wayezohlupheka. ¹⁹Ngakho-ke phendukani, niguquke, ukuze izono zenu zesulwe, ²⁰ukuze kufike izikhathi zokuqabuleka ezivela ebukhoneni bukaBaba wethu, nokuthi athumele uKhristu omiselwe nina, uJesu, ²¹okumele izulu limamukele kuze kufike isikhathi sokubuyiselwa kwazo zonke izinto, uBaba wethu akhuluma ngazo ngomlomo wabaphrofethi bakhe abangcwele kwasendulo. ²²UMose wathi: ‘UBaba wenu uyakunivusela umphrofethi onjengami, ophuma kubafowenu. Nizomlalela kukho konke azonitshela khona.’ ²³Wonke umuntu ongezukumlalela lowo mphrofethi uyakubhujiswa nya, asuswe phakathi kwabantu.’ ²⁴Bonke abaphrofethi abakhuluma, kusukela kuSamuweli kuye phambili, nabo bazimemezela lezi zinsuku. ²⁵Nina ningamadodana abaphrofethi nawesivumelwano uBaba wethu asenza noyihlo, ethi ku-Abhrahama: ‘Ngenzalo yakho yonke imindeni yomhlaba iyakubusiswa.’ ²⁶UBaba wethu wayivusa inceku yakhe wayithumela kini kuqala, ukuba inibusise ngokuphendula yilowo nalowo wenu ezenzweni zakhe ezimbi.”