UPawuli eEfesu

19Kwasekusithi, uApolosia eseseKorinteb, uPawuli wafika eEfesuc esedabule indawo eziphakemeyo; wasefica abafundi abathile 2 wathi kubo: Lamemukela yini uMoya oNgcwele mhla likholwayo? Basebesithi kuye: Kodwa kasizanga sizwe ngitsho ukuthi kukhona uMoya oNgcweled. 3 Wasesithi kubo: Pho labhabhathizelwa kukuphi? Basebesithi: Kubhabhathizo lukaJohanee. 4 Kodwa uPawuli wathi: UJohane isibili wabhabhathiza ubhabhathizo lokuphendukaf, etshela abantu ukuze bakholwe kulowo oweza emva kwakhe, okuyikuthi, kuKristu Jesug. 5 Lalabo abezwayo babhabhathizwa ebizweni leNkosi uJesuh. 6 Wathi uPawuli esebeke izandla phezu kwaboi, uMoya oyiNgcwele weza phezu kwabo; basebekhuluma ngendimij, baprofethak. 7 Njalo wonke amadoda ayengaba litshumi lambili.

8 Wasengena esinagogenil wakhuluma ngesibindi, inyanga ezintathum etshumayelan eqinisekisa izinto ngombuso kaNkulunkuluo. 9 Kodwa kwathi abanye besiba lukhuni bengakholwa, bekhuluma kubi ngaleyondlela phambi kwabantup, wasuka kuboq wehlukanisa abafundir, insuku ngensuku etshumayela esikolo sothile uTiranus. 10 Lalokhu kwenzeka okweminyaka emibilit, baze balizwa ilizwi leNkosi uJesu bonke abakhileyo eAsiyau, amaJuda kanye lamaGriki. 11 UNkulunkulu wasesenzav imisebenzi yamandla engejwayelekanga ngezandla zikaPawuliw, 12 kwaze kwathi lakwabagulayo kwasiwa izifinyo kumbe amafasikotix okuvela emzimbeni wakhey, lezifo zasuka kubo, labomoya ababi baphuma kuboz.

13 Kwathi abanye kumihambuma yamaJuda, izanusea, bazama ukubiza ibizo leNkosi uJesu kulabo ababelabomoya ababi, besithi: Siyalifungisa ngoJesu amtshumayelayo uPawulib. 14 Njalo kwakukhona amadodana ayisikhombisa athile kaSikeva umJuda umpristi omkhulu akwenzayo lokhoc. 15 Kodwa umoya omubi waphendula wathi: UJesu ngiyamazi, loPawuli ngiyazi ngaye; kodwa lina lingobani? 16 Lowomuntu okwakukuye umoya omubi waseseqela phezu kwabo, njalo wabehlula, wabanqoba, baze babaleka kuleyondlu benqunu belimele. 17 Lokhu kwasekusaziwa yibo bonke abakhileyo eEfesud amaJuda kanye lamaGriki; lokwesaba kwasekubehlela bonkee; njalo lakhuliswa ibizo leNkosi uJesu. 18 Labanengi balabo abakholwayo beza, bevuma, bememezela izenzo zabof. 19 Labanengi balabo ababesenza amasalamusi baletha ingwalo ndawonye bazitshisa phambi kwabo bonke; basebebala intengo yazo, bathola izinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amahlanu zesilivag. 20 Ngokunjalo ilizwi leNkosi lakhula ngamandla lanqobah.

21 Kwathi lezizinto seziphelile, uPawuli wazimisela emoyenii, esedabulej eMakedoniyak leAkayal, ukuya eJerusalemam, esithi: Emva kokuba kwami lapho, ngimele ukubona iRoma layon. 22 Esethume eMakedoniyao ababili balabo ababemsizap, uTimothiq loErastur, yena wahlala eAsiya okwesikhathis.

Isiphithiphithi sikaDemetriyu

23 Kodwa ngalesosikhathi kwasuka isiphithiphithi esingesincinyanet mayelana laleyondlelau. 24 Ngoba umuntu othile onguDemetriyu ngebizo, umkhandi wesiliva, owenza amathempelana esiliva kaDiyana, waletha kuzingcwethi inzuzo engencinyanev; 25 owabaqoqayo bona, lezisebenzi zezinto ezifananayo, wathi: Madoda, liyazi ukuthi inotho yethu ivela kulumsebenzi. 26 Njalo liyabona liyezwa ukuthi kungeyisikho eEfesuw kuphela, kodwa phose kulo lonke iAsiyax, uPawuli lo uncengile njalo uphambule ixuku elikhulu, esithi kayisibo onkulunkulu abenziwe ngezandlay. 27 Njalo kayisikho lokhu kuphela ukuthi sisengozini yokuthi lolugatsha lomsebenzi lufike ekutheni lungahlonitshwa, kodwa lethempeli likankulunkulukazi omkhulu uDiyana lizathiwa liyinto engesilutho, njalo lobukhulukazi bakhe buzakwehliswa, emkhonzayo yonke iAsiyaz lomhlaba wonkea. 28 Kwathi bekuzwa bagcwala intukuthelo, bamemeza besithi: Mkhulu uDiyana wamaEfesu! 29 Njalo umuzi wonke wagcwala isiphithiphithib; basebetheleka kanyekanye endaweni yokudlalela, bahudulac uGayusid loAristakoe amaMakedoniya, abaphelekezeli bakaPawulif. 30 Kwathi uPawuli efuna ukungena exukwini, abafundi kabamvumelangag. 31 Njalo labanye bababusi beAsiyah, ababengabangane bakhe, bathuma kuye, bemncenga ukuthi angazinikeli endaweni yokudlalela. 32 Ngakho abanye bamemeza okunye labanye okunye; ngoba umhlangano wawusanganisekilei, njalo inengi labo lalingazi ukuthi libuthene lapho ngenxa yani. 33 Basebemusa phambili uAleksandro esuka exukwinij, ngoba amaJuda amqhubela phambili. UAleksandrok waseqhweba ngesandlal, efuna ukuzivikela ebantwinim. 34 Kodwa bathi sebekwazi ukuthi ungumJuda, kwaba lelizwi elilodwa livela kubo bonke okungaba ngamahola amabili limemeza lisithi: Mkhulu uDiyana wamaEfesu!

35 Njalo kwathi umabhalane eselithulisile ixukun wathi: Madoda eEfesu, kanti kukhona yini umuntu ongaziyo ukuthi umuzi weEfesu ungumlondolozi wethempeli likankulunkulukazi omkhulu uDiyana lowento eyawa ivela kuZewusi? 36 Ngakho njengoba lezizinto zingephikwe, kufanele lithuleo, lingenzi lutho ngamawalap. 37 Ngoba lilethe lamadoda, angeyisibo abaphangi bamathempeli langahlambazi unkulunkulukazi wenu. 38 Ngakho uba uDemetriyu lezingcwethi kanye laye belodaba ngomuntu, amalanga okuthonisa amacala ayagcinwa, bakhona lababusiq; kabamangalelaner. 39 Kodwa uba lidinga ulutho ngezinye izinto, kuzalungiswa emhlanganweni osemthethweni1. 40 Ngoba futhi sisengozini yokumangalelwa ngomvukela ngenxa yalamuhlas, kungelambangela esingalandisa ngayo ngalesisiphithiphithi. 41 Njalo esetshilo lokho, wawuchitha umhlangano.