UPawuli uziphendulela phambi kukaFestusi loAgripha

26UAgripha wasesithi kuPawuli: Uvunyelwe ukuzikhulumela. UPawuli waseselula isandla, waziphendulela wathia: 2 Kukho konke engimangalelwa ngakho ngamaJudab, nkosi Agripha, ngizizwa ngithokoza ukuthi sengingaziphendulela phambi kwakho lamuhlac; 3 ikakhulu ngikwazi uyisazi sawo wonke amasiko lokuphikisana phakathi kwamaJudad; ngakho ngiyakuncenga, ukuthi ungizwe ngesineke. 4 Ngakho ukuhamba kwami konke kusukela ebutsheni, okwakuqala esizweni sakithi eJerusalema, wonke amaJuda ayakwazi, 5 ayangazi phambili kusukela ekuqalenie, uba bethanda ukufakazaf, ukuthi ngendlela eqinileyog yehlelo lokukhonza kwakithih ngaphila ngingumFarisii. 6 Lakhathesi ngimi ngithonisiswa ngenxa yethembaj lesithembiso esenziwa nguNkulunkulu kubobabak, 7 ezithemba ukufinyelela kuso izizwe zakithi ezilitshumi lambilil, zikhonzam ngesineke ebusuku leminin; engimangalelwe ngalelithembao, nkosi Agripha, ngamaJudap. 8 Kungani kukhunjulwa ukuthi kuyinto engakholekiyo kini, nxa uNkulunkulu evusa abafileyo? 9 Ngakho lami ngokwami ngangicabanga ukuthi ngangifanele ukwenza izinto ezinengi eziphambene lebizo likaJesu weNazarethaq; 10 lami engakwenza eJerusalemar, njalo mina ngavalela abanengi kwabangcwele entolongwenis, sengemukele amandla avela kubapristi abakhulut; lalapho bebulawa ngakukhethau ngimelene labo. 11 Lemasinagogeni wonke ngabajezisa kanengi, ngababamba ngamandla ukuthi bahlambazev; njalo ngahlanya kakhulu ngabow, ngabazingela baze bafika emizini yabezizwe. 12 Okungazox lami ngisiya eDamaseko ngamandla langokuthunywa ngabapristi abakhulu, 13 emini enkulu, nkosi, ngabona endleleni ukukhanya kuvela ezulwini, kudlula ukukhanya kwelanga, kwakhanya kwangizingelezela lalabo ababehamba lamiy. 14 Kwathi sonke sesiwele phansi emhlabathini, ngezwa ilizwi likhuluma lami lisithi ngolimi lwesiHebheru: Sawuli, Sawuli, ungizingelelani? Kulukhuni kuwe ukukhahlelana lezincijoz. 15 Mina ngasengisithi: Ungubani, Nkosi? Wasesithi: Mina nginguJesu omzingelayo. 16 Kodwa sukuma, njalo ume ngenyawo zakho; ngoba ngibonakelele lokho kuwe, ukuthi ngikumisea ube yisikhonzib lomfakazi wezinto ozibonileyo, kanye lengizazibonakalisa ngazo kuwec, 17 ngikophula ebantwini lakwabezizwe, engikuthuma kubo khathesid, 18 ukuvula amehlo aboe, lokubaphendula emnyameni baye ekukhanyenif, lemandleni kaSathane baye kuNkulunkulug, ukuze bemukeliswe uthethelelo lwezonoh, lelifa phakathi kwabangcwelisiweyo ngokholo olukimii. 19 Ngakho, nkosi Agripha, kangalanga ukulalela umbono wezulwini; 20 kodwa ngatshumayela kuqala kwabaseDamasekoj labeJerusalemak, lakulo lonke ilizwe leJudiyal, lakwabezizwe, ukuze baphendukem, babuyele kuNkulunkulun, benze imisebenzi efanele ukuphendukao. 21 Ngenxa yalezizinto amaJuda angibamba ethempelini, azama ukungibulalap. 22 Ngakho ngizuzile usizo oluvela kuNkulunkulu, kuze kube lamuhla ngimi ngifakaza kubo bonke abancinyane labakhuluq, ngingakhulumi lutho ngaphandle kwalezozinto abazikhulumayo abaprofethir loMozisis ukuthi zizakwenzeka, 23 ukuthi uKristu umele ukuhluphekat, lokuthi engowokuqala ekuvukeni kwabafileyou uzatshumayela ukukhanya kulababantu lakwabezizwev.

24 Kwathi esaziphendulela lezizintow, uFestusi wathi ngelizwi elikhulu: Uyahlanya, Pawulix; ukufunda okunengi kuyakuhlanyisay. 25 Kodwa wathi: Kangihlanyiza, mhlekazi Festusib, kodwa ngimemezela amazwi aliqiniso laqondileyoc. 26 Ngoba inkosi iyazi ngalezizinto, engikhuluma ngesibindi lakuyod; ngoba ngiqinisekile ukuthi akukho okunye kwalezizinto okufihlakeleyo kuyo; ngoba lokhu kakwenziwanga engonsini. 27 Nkosi Agripha, uyakholwa abaprofethi yini? Ngiyazi ukuthi uyakholwa. 28 UAgripha wasesithi kuPawuli: Usuphose wangiqinisekisa ukuthi ngibe ngumKristue. 29 UPawuli wasesithi: Bengingafisa kuNkulunkulu ukuthi, loba ngokulutshwana loba ngokunengi kungabi nguwe wedwa, kodwa labo bonke abangizwayo lamuhla, babe ngabanje njengoba nginjalo lami, ngaphandle kwalezizibophof. 30 Kwathi esekhulume lezizinto, yasukuma inkosi, lombusig, loBernikeh, lalabo ababehlezi laboi; 31 kwathi sebephumile bakhulumisana, besithi: Lumuntu kenzi lutho olufanele ukufa kumbe ukubotshwaj. 32 UAgripha wasesithi kuFestusi: Lumuntu ubengakhululwak, uba ebengalidluliselanga kuKesaril.