IZenzo 4

4 ¹Kuthe uPhethro noJohane besakhuluma nabantu, abapristi, nenduna yethempeli, nabaSadusi beza kubo, ²becasuke kakhulu ngoba babefundisa abantu bememezela uvuko lwabafileyo ngoJesu. ³Babababamba babafaka etilongweni kwaze kwaba ngakusasa, ngokuba kwase kuhlwile. ⁴Kodwa abaningi abalizwayo izwi bakholwa, inani lamadoda lafinyelela cishe ezinkulungwaneni ezinhlanu.

⁵Kuthe ngakusasa kwabuthana ababusi babo, namalunga, nabafundisi bomthetho eJerusalema, ⁶kanye no-Anase umpristi ophakeme, noKhayafase, noJohane, no-Aleksandru, nabo bonke ababengabomndeni wompristi ophakeme. ^a a v6 U-Anase wayekhonzile njengompristi ophakeme eminyakeni edlule futhi wayeseselokhu enethonya elikhulu; uKhayafase wayengumpristi ophakeme osesikhundleni ngaleso sikhathi. ⁷Bababeka phakathi babuza bathi: “Nikwenze ngamaphi amandla noma ngaliphi igama lokhu?”

⁸Khona-ke uPhethro, egcwele uMoya oNgcwele, wathi kubo: “Babusi babantu namalunga, ⁹uma namuhla sibuzwa ngesenzo esihle kumuntu ogulayo, ukuthi welatshwa kanjani. ¹⁰Yazini lokhu, nina nonke nabo bonke abantu bakwa-Israyeli: ngegama likaJesu Khristu waseNazaretha, enambethela, uBaba wethu amvusa kwabafileyo—ngaye lo muntu umi phambi kwenu ephilile. ¹¹Lo Jesu nguye “itshe enalilahla nina bakhi, eseliyinhloko yegumbi.” ^b b v11 Lokhu kucashunwe kumaHubo 118:22. ¹²Insindiso ayikho komunye; alikho elinye igama phansi kwezulu elinikiwe phakathi kwabantu okumelwe sisindiswe ngalo.”

¹³Bathe bebona isibindi sikaPhethro noJohane, beqaphela ukuthi bangamadoda angafundile, avamile, bamangala babo babona ukuthi babe noJesu. ¹⁴Bathe bebona umuntu owelatshwayo emi nabo, baswela okokuphikisa. ¹⁵Ngakho babayala ukuba baphume emkhandlwini, base bebonisana bodwa, ¹⁶bathi: “Sizobenzenjani laba bantu? Kwenzekile isibonakaliso esikhulu ngabo, esisobala kubo bonke abahlala eJerusalema, singeke sikwazi ukusiphika. ¹⁷Kodwa ukuze lokhu kungasabalali kakhulu phakathi kwabantu, masibaxwayise ukuba bangaphindi bakhulume namuntu ngaleli gama.” ¹⁸Bababiza babayala ukuba bangakhulumi noma bangafundisi nakancane egameni likaJesu. ¹⁹UPhethro noJohane baphendula bathi: “Yahlulelani nina ukuthi kulungile yini phambi kukaBaba wethu ukulalela nina kunokulalela yena. ²⁰Ngokuba thina ngeke siyekele ukukhuluma ngalokho esikubonile nesikuzwile.”

²¹Sebebasongele kakhulu, babakhulula, bengatholi indlela yokubajezisa ngenxa yabantu, ngokuba bonke babedumisa uBaba wethu ngenxa yalokho okwenzekile. ²²Ngokuba umuntu owayethole lesi sibonakaliso sokwelashwa wayeneminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amane ubudala.

Umndeni ukhuleka ndawonye

²³Sebekhululiwe, baya kwabakubo babika konke ababekushilo kubo abapristi abakhulu namalunga. ²⁴Bathe bekuzwa lokho, baphakamisa amazwi abo ndawonye kuBaba wethu bathi: “Baba oBusa phezu kwakho konke, wena owenza izulu, nomhlaba, nolwandle, nakho konke okukukho. ²⁵Wena owakhuluma ngoMoya oNgcwele ngomlomo kababa wethu uDavida, inceku yakho, uthi: “Kungani izizwe zathukuthela, nabantu baceba okuyize na?” ²⁶Amakhosi omhlaba azimisa, nababusi babuthana ndawonye bemelene noBaba wethu noGcotshiweyo wakhe.”

²⁷Ngokuba ngempela, kulo muzi, uHerode noPontiyu Pilatu babuthana nabezizwe nabantu bakwa-Israyeli bemelene nenceku yakho engcwele uJesu, owamgcoba, ²⁸ukuba benze konke isandla sakho necebo lakho elalinqumile ngaphambili ukuba kwenzeke. ²⁹Manje, Baba, bona ukusonga kwabo, uvumele izinceku zakho zikhulume izwi lakho ngaso sonke isibindi, ³⁰njengoba welula isandla sakho ukuba welaphe, kwenzeke izibonakaliso nezimangaliso ngegama lenceku yakho engcwele uJesu.

³¹Sebekhulekile, indawo ababebuthene kuyo yazamazama; bonke bagcwala uMoya oNgcwele bakhuluma izwi likaBaba wethu ngesibindi.

Inhliziyo inye, umndeni munye

³²Bonke abakholwayo babenhliziyonye nomphefumulo munye; kwakungekho owayethi okunye kwempahla kungokwakhe, kodwa babenazo zonke izinto ngokuhlanganyela. ³³Ngamandla amakhulu abaphostoli bafakaza ngovuko lweNkosi uJesu, umusa omkhulu waba phezu kwabo bonke. ³⁴Kwakungekho noyedwa phakathi kwabo owayeswele: bonke ababenamasimu noma izindlu bakuthengisa, baletha imali yalokho okuthengisiwe, ³⁵bayibeka ezinyaweni zabaphostoli, yase yabelwa yilowo nalowo ngokweswela kwakhe.

³⁶UJosefa, umLevi waseKhupro, abaphostoli ababemethe nguBarnaba (okuchaza ukuthi iNdodana yenduduzo), ³⁷wathengisa insimu ayenayo, waletha imali, wayibeka ezinyaweni zabaphostoli.