Kwatsi ebusuku wahlelembisa libutfo lakhe ngeticheme talo. Wawahlasela wawehlula, wawacosha waze wawabeka eHoba, enyakatfo neDamaseko.
Imisebenti yebaPhostoli 9:2 - Siswati 1996 Bible Wafike wacela tincwadzi tekumetfula emasinagogeni emaJuda aseDamaseko, kuze atsi nakakhandza lapho nobe bobani lababalandzeli baleNdlela yeNkhosi, abe nemandla ekubabopha, labadvuna nalabasikati, abatsatse abamikise eJerusalema. |
Kwatsi ebusuku wahlelembisa libutfo lakhe ngeticheme talo. Wawahlasela wawehlula, wawacosha waze wawabeka eHoba, enyakatfo neDamaseko.
Livi lesembulo lelimacondzana neDamaseko: “Buka la, iDamaseko ingeke isaba lidolobha, kodvwa seyitawuba yindvundvuma nje yetindzala.
Macondzana neDamaseko: “IHamathi ne-Aphadi kujabhile, ngobe kuve tindzaba letimbi. Kuphelelwe tinhlitiyo, kugubhutele njengemagagasi elwandle.
Kepha nicaphele bantfu, ngobe bayawunibopha banifake etinkantolo, banibhambabule emasinagogeni abo.
Jesu watsi kuye: “Mine ngiyindlela, neliciniso, nekuphila. Kute longeta kuBabe nakangeti ngami.
Belifundzisiwe ngeNdlela yeNkhosi, ligcwele inshisekelo emoyeni walo; lafundzisa lichaza kahle emaciniso macondzana naJesu, kepha-ke lona belati ngembhabhatiso waJohane kuphela.
Kodvwa labanye kubo baba lukhuni bangete bavuma kukholwa, bakhuluma kabi ngaleNdlela yeNkhosi embikwabo bonkhe bantfu. Wase uyabashiya Pawula wahamba nebafundzi. Onkhe emalanga waba netinkhulumo aphikisana nabo eHholeni yaThiranusi.
Kodvwa naku lengikuvuma kuwe kutsi: Mayelana naleNdlela, lebatsi bona kweduka, ngikhonta Nkulunkulu wabokhokho ngekukholwa konkhe lokusemtsetfweni nalokubhalwe kubaphrofethi,
Kodvwa Feliksi labesayatisisa kahle lendzaba yaleNdlela, kutsetfwa kwalelicala wakugucisa ngekutsi: “Lelicala ngiyawulijuba nasekufike Khenela Lisiyasi.”
Ngavele ngakwenta loko eJerusalema. Nganikwa baphristi labakhulu emandla neligunya lekubabopha ngibafake ejele bonkhe labangcwele, sasitsi sijubo selicala singaba yintsambo nami ngisisekele ngevoti.
“Kwabangelwa nguloko-ke kuya kwami eDamaseko sengitfole emandla neligunya kubaphristi labakhulu.
Kodvwa labanye bantfu lababemphikisa babengemalunga elisinagoge leBantfu Labakhululiwe, lalilemaJuda labephuma eSirene nase-Alekzandriya. Bona nalamanye emaJuda aseSilisiya nase-Asiya bacala baphikisana naStefano.
Yacala yasihlupha sive sakitsi, yaba nelulaka kubokhokho betfu, ibaphoca ngekutsi ibalahlise tinswane tabo, khona phela titewufa.
Futsi seyite lapha eDamaseko ngemandla nangemvume yebaphristi labakhulu kutewubopha bonkhe bantfu lababita libito lakho.”
Bonkhe labamuva bamangala babutana bodvwana batsi: “Akusiyo yini lendvodza lebeyibulala bonkhe lababita lelibito eJerusalema? Khona kantsi nje ayiketi lapha ngalenjongo yekubabopha ibamikise kubaphristi labakhulu yini?”
EDamaseko Lusibalukhulu labengaphansi kwenkhosi Arethasi wagadza lidolobha lonkhe afuna kungibamba angibophe,
Angizange ngenyukele ngisho naseJerusalema kulabo babebaphostoli kucala kunami; kodvwa ngesuka ngekushesha ngaya e-Arabiya, ngase ngiyancandzeka ngiya eDamaseko.