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IzEnzo 19

¹Kwathi u-Apholo eseKorinte, uPawulu esedabule izwe eliphezulu, wafika e-Efesu;

²Wathi kubo: “Namukele uMoya oNgcwele selokhu nakholwa na? Base bethi kuye: “Asikaze sizwe ukuthi kukhona uMoya oNgcwele.”

³Wathi kubo: Pho nabhabhathizwa kuyiphi na? Basebesithi: Kubhabhathizo lukaJohane.

⁴UPawuli wasesithi: UJohane wabhabhathiza umbhabhathizo wokuphenduka, esithi ebantwini ukuthi bakholwe kuye ozayo emva kwakhe, onguKristu Jesu.

⁵Kwathi ukuzwa lokho, babhapathizwa egameni leNkosi uJesu.

⁶UPawuli esebeke izandla phezu kwabo, uMoya oNgcwele wehlela phezu kwabo; bakhuluma ngezilimi, baprofetha.

⁷Amadoda onke ayengaba ishumi nambili.

⁸Wayesengena esinagogeni, wakhuluma ngesibindi izinyanga ezintathu, ekhuluma eqinisekisa ngombuso kaNkulunkulu.

⁹Kodwa kwathi abanye bezenza lukhuni bengakholwa, bekhuluma kubi ngaleyoNdlela phambi kwexuku, wasuka kubo, wehlukanisa abafundi, ekhuluma insuku ngensuku esikolo sikaTiranu.

¹⁰Lokho kwenzeka iminyaka emibili; kangangokuthi bonke abakhileyo e-Asiya balizwa izwi leNkosi, amaJuda namaGreki.

¹¹UNkulunkulu wenza imisebenzi yamandla emangalisayo ngezandla zikaPawuli.

¹²Kwaze kwathathwa amaduku nezigqoko emzimbeni wakhe kwabagulayo, izifo zasuka kubo, namademoni aphuma kubo.

¹³Abathile kubaJuda abakhipha imimoya emibi ababezulazula bazama ukubiza igama leNkosi uJesu phezu kwababenamademoni, bathi: “Siyanifungisa uJesu amshumayelayo uPawulu.

¹⁴Kwakukhona amadodana ayisikhombisa kaSkeva umJuda nompristi omkhulu, ayekwenza lokho.

¹⁵Umoya omubi waphendula wathi: UJesu ngiyamazi, noPawulu ngiyamazi; kodwa nina ningobani?

¹⁶Umuntu okuye umoya omubi weqela phezu kwabo, wabanqoba, wabahlula, baze babaleka kuleyondlu benqunu, belimele.

¹⁷Lokho kwaziwa yibo bonke abakhileyo e-Efesu abaJuda namaGreki; ukwesaba kwabehlela bonke, ladunyiswa igama leNkosi uJesu.

¹⁸Nabaningi abakholwayo beza, bazivuma, babika izenzo zabo.

¹⁹Abaningi kwababenza imilingo babuthela ndawonye izincwadi zabo, bazishisa phambi kwabo bonke; babala intengo yazo, bathola izinhlamvu zesiliva eziyizinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisihlanu.

²⁰Kanjalo izwi likaNkulunkulu landa ngamandla, lanqoba.

²¹Kwathi seziphelile lezi zinto, uPawulu wazimisela emoyeni, esedabulile iMakedoniya ne-Akhaya, ukuya eJerusalema, wathi: “Emva kokufika kwami khona ngimelwe ukubona neRoma.

²²Wathuma eMakedoniya ababili kwabamkhonzayo, uThimothewu no-Erastu; kepha yena wahlala isikhathi e-Asiya.

²³Ngalesosikhathi kwavela isiphithiphithi esingesincinyane mayelana laleyoNdlela.

²⁴Ngokuba umuntu othile ogama lakhe linguDemetriyu, umkhandi wesiliva, owenza amathempelana esiliva kaDiyana, wayeletha izingcweti inzuzo enkulu;

²⁵Wababizela ndawonye kanye nezisebenzi zaleyo misebenzi, wathi: “Madoda, niyazi nina ukuthi ingcebo yethu kulo msebenzi.

²⁶Futhi niyabona, niyezwa, ukuthi kungesikho e-Efesu kuphela, kodwa cishe kulo lonke elase-Asiya, uPawuli lo udukise abantu abaningi, waphambukisa, wathi abasibo onkulunkulu abenziwe ngezandla;

²⁷Ngakho kayisikho lokhu kuphela umsebenzi wethu osengozini yokudelelwa; kodwa nokuba ithempeli likankulunkulukazi omkhulu uDiyana liyakuchithwa, nobukhosi bakhe buchithwe, okhulekelwa yi-Asiya yonke nomhlaba wonke.

²⁸Sebezwile lawa mazwi bagcwala ulaka, bamemeza bathi: “Mkhulu uDiyana wabase-Efesu!

²⁹Umuzi wonke wagcwala isiphithiphithi, baphuthuma enkundleni yemidlalo nganhliziyonye babamba uGayu no-Aristarku abaseMakedoniya ababehamba noPawulu.

³⁰Kwathi uPawulu esefuna ukungena esixukwini, abafundi abamvumelanga.

³¹Abanye bababusi base-Asiya, ababengabangane bakhe, bathumela kuye, bemncenga ukuba angazinikeli enkundleni yemidlalo.

³²Ngakho abanye bamemeza okunye labanye okunye, ngoba umhlangano waphithizela; abaningi babengazi ukuthi babebuthene ngani.

³³Basebekhipha uAleksandro exukwini, abaJuda bamqhubela phambili. U-Aleksandru waqhweba ngesandla, efuna ukuziphendulela kubantu.

³⁴Kodwa sebekwazi ukuthi ungumJuda, bonke ngazwi linye bamemeza kungathi amahola amabili, Mkhulu uDiyana wabaseEfesu!

³⁵Kwathi umabhalane esezithulisile izixuku, wathi: Madoda ase-Efesu, ngumuphi umuntu ongazi ukuthi umuzi wabase-Efesu ungumkhulekeli kankulunkulukazi omkhulu uDiyana nowesithombe esawa kuJupiter?

³⁶Ngakho njengoba lezizinto zingephikwe, kufanele nithule, ningenzi lutho ngamawala.

³⁷Ngokuba nilethile lawa madoda, angesibo abaphangi bamabandla, nabangabahlambalazi unkulunkulukazi wenu.

³⁸Ngakho-ke uma uDemetriyu nezingcweti ezikanye naye benendaba nomuntu, umthetho uvuliwe, bakhona nababusi; mabamangalelane.

³⁹Kepha uma nibuza utho ngezinye izinto, luyakunqunywa emhlanganweni osemthethweni.

⁴⁰Ngoba sisengozini yokumangalelwa ngesiyaluyalu salamuhla, kungekho sizathu esingalandisa ngaso ngalo mbuthano.

⁴¹Eseshilo lokho walichitha ibandla.