UPawuli labanye bemukelwa kuhle ngamaMelitha

28Kwathi sebesindile, basebesizwa ukuthia isihlenge sithiwa yiMelithab. 2 Labalelolizwec basiphatha ngomusad ongandangae; ngoba babasa umlilo, basemukela sonke, ngenxa yezulu elaseliqalisile, langenxa yomqando. 3 UPawuli wasetheza umnyaba wenkuni, wazibeka emlilweni, kwaphuma inyoka ngenxa yokutshisa, yanamathela esandleni sakhe. 4 Kwathi abalelolizwe bebona isilo silenga esandleni sakhef, bakhulumisana besithi: Isibili lumuntu ungumbulali, othi esindile olwandleg, ukulunga kakuvumi ukuthi aphileh. 5 Yena-ke wasithintithela emlilweni isilo, akaze ehlelwa yibubii. 6 Basebelindela ukuthi uzavuvuka lokuthi awele phansi ahle afe; kwathi sebelinde isikhathi eside, basebebona ukuthi kakulalutho olubi olwenzakala kuyej, baphendula imicabango yabo bathi ungunkulunkuluk.

UPawuli usilisa isigulane

7 Kubomakhelwane baleyondawo kwakulamasimu esikhulu sesihlenge, uPubliyo ngebizol; owasemukela wasingenisa kuhle insuku ezintathu. 8 Kwasekusithi uyise kaPubliyo wayelele ebanjwe luqhuqho lesisu segazi; angena kuye uPawuli, wakhulekam, wabeka izandla phezu kwakhe, wamsilisan. 9 Ngakho lokho sekwenzakele, beza labanye ababesesihlengeni ababelezifo basebesiliswa; 10 abasidumisa langodumo olunengi, njalo mhla sisukayo ngomkhumbi, basethesa izinto ezidingekayoo.

UPawuli ufika eRoma

11 Kwathi emva kwenyanga ezintathu sasuka ngomkhumbi weAleksandriyap, owawuhlezi ebusika esihlengeni, ulophawu oluthiwa ngoDiyosikuroyi*. 12 Sasesifika eSirakhuse sahlala insuku ezintathu; 13 sasuka lapho sahamba ngokubhoda sayafika eRegiyuma, sekudlule usuku olulodwa kwafika umoya weningizimu, safika ePuthiyoli ngosuku lwesibili; 14 lapho esafica khona abazalwaneq, sacelwa ukuhlala labo insuku eziyisikhombisa; ngokunjalo saya-ke eRoma. 15 Njalo besuka lapho abazalwane sebezwile izinto ngathir, beza ukusihlangabeza baze bafika eApiyi Foruma leNdlini zeZihambi eziNtathu; okwathi uPawuli ebabona, wabonga uNkulunkulu, wema isibindi. 16 Sathi sesifike eRoma, induna yekhulu yanikela izibotshwa enduneni yabalindi; kodwa uPawuli wavunyelwa ukuhlala yedwa, lowebutho omlindayos.

17 Kwasekusithi emva kwensuku ezintathut uPawuli wabizela ndawonye labo abangabakhulu bamaJudau; sebebuthene, wathi kubo: Madoda bazalwane, mina kangenzanga lutho oluphambene lesizwev kumbe lamasiko abobabaw, ngiyisibotshwa ngivela eJerusalema nganikelwa ezandleni zamaRomax; 18 wona esengihloliley afuna ukungikhululaz, ngoba kungekho kimi cala elifanele ukufaa. 19 Kodwa amaJuda ala, ngacindezeleka ukulidlulisela kuKesarib, kungeyisikho ukuthi ngilolutho olokumangalela isizwe sakithi. 20 Ngakho ngenxa yalesisizatho ngilibizele lapha ukuthi ngilibone ngikhulume lani; ngoba ngenxa yethembac likaIsrayeli ngizingelezelwed ngaleliketanee. 21 Basebesithi kuye: Thina kasemukelanga izincwadi ngawe ezivela eJudiya, futhi loba ngubani wabazalwane, esefikile, kabikanga kumbe akhulume lutho olubi ngawe. 22 Kodwa sifisa ukuzwa izinto ozinakanayo wena; ngoba mayelana lalobububhazukaf siyazi ukuthi buyaphikiswa endaweni zonkeg.

23 Njalo kwathi sebemmisele usuku, abanengi beza kuye endlini yezihambi; owabachasiselah wafakazai umbuso kaNkulunkuluj, ebancenga ngezinto zikaJesukl, ethathela emlayweni kaMozisi kanye labaprofethi, kusukela ekuseni kakhulu kwaze kwaba kusihlwam. 24 Abanye basebekholwa izinto azitshoyo, kodwa abanye kabakholwangan. 25 Kwasekusithi bengavumelani bodwa basuka bahamba, uPawuli esekhulume ilizwi laba linye lokuthi: Wayekhulume kuhle uMoya oyiNgcwele ngoIsaya umprofethi kubobaba bethu, 26 esithi: Hamba uye kulesisizwe ubususithi: Ngokuzwa lizakuzwa, njalo kalisoze liqedisise; lokubona lizabona, njalo kalisoze libonisise. 27 Ngoba inhliziyo yalesisizwe seyaba buthundu, njalo bezwa kanzima ngendlebe, lamehlo abo bawacimezile; hlezi babone ngamehlo, njalo bezwe ngendlebe, futhi baqedisise ngenhliziyo, njalo baphenduke, besengibasilisao. 28 Ngakho kakwaziwe kini, ukuthi usindiso lukaNkulunkulup luyathunyelwa kwabezizwe, bona-ke bazakuzwaq. 29 Njalo kwathi esetshilo lezizinto, amaJuda asuka, elokuphikisana okukhulu phakathi kwawor.

30 UPawuli wasehlala iminyaka emibili egcweleyo endlini yakhe uqobo ayeyiqhatshile, wemukela bonke abangena kuyes, 31 watshumayela umbuso kaNkulunkulu, njalo wafundisa ngeNkosi uJesu Kristut, ngaso sonke isibindi, engelakuvinjelwau.