UHamani wayesethi enkosini u-Ahasheveroshi: “Kukhona isizwe esithile esihlakazakele kuzo zonke izifundazwe zombuso wakho, sinemithetho eyehlukile kweyezizwe zonke. Siyishaya indiva imithetho yombuso wakho. Akulungile ukuba inkosi isiyeke siqhubeke.
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UHamani wayesethi enkosini u-Ahasheveroshi: “Kukhona isizwe esithile esihlakazakele kuzo zonke izifundazwe zombuso wakho, sinemithetho eyehlukile kweyezizwe zonke. Siyishaya indiva imithetho yombuso wakho. Akulungile ukuba inkosi isiyeke siqhubeke.
“ ‘Kepha ngiyakushiya insali, abaphunyuke enkembeni ngiyakubahlakazela ezizweni nasemazweni.
Nina ngiyakunihlakazela phakathi kwezizwe, ngithumele inkemba emva kwenu, izwe lakini liyakuba yincithakalo, nemizi yenu ibe ngamabibi.
Nanka amagama abaphostoli abali-12: owokuqala nguSimoni okuthiwa nguPhethro, u-Andreya umfowabo, uJakobe noJohane umfowabo, amadodana kaZebedewu,
Ukuba lezo zinsuku bezingafinyezwanga, bekungesindiswe muntu, kodwa ngenxa yabakhethiweyo ziyakufinyezwa.”
Kwathi ehamba ngasolwandle iGalile, wabona izelamani ezimbili, uSimoni okuthiwa nguPhethro no-Andreya umfowabo, bephonsa inetha olwandle, ngokuba babengabadobi.
UNkulunkulu akayukubenzela yini ubulungiswa abakhethiweyo bakhe, abakhala kuye imini nobusuku, ababekezelele na?
kungesona isizwe nje kuphela, kodwa ukuba aqoqele ndawonye abantwana bakaNkulunkulu abahlakazekileyo, babe munye.
Ngakho-ke abaJuda babuzana bodwa, bathi: “Uzakuya kuphi lo muntu lapho singeke samthola khona na? Ngabe uzakuya kwabahlakazekele kumaGriki, ayofundisa amaGriki na?
Wafumana lapho umJuda othile, ogama lakhe ngu-Akhwila odabuka ePhontu, owayesanda kufika evela e-Ithaliya, nomkakhe uPhrisila, ngenxa yesimemezelo sikaKlawudiyu sokuba bonke abaJuda baphume baphele eRoma; naye-ke weza kubona.
Kwathi esehlale khona isikhathi esithile, wahamba, wadabula eGalathiya naseFrigiya ngokulandelana, eqinisa bonke abafundi.
Lokho kwenzeka iminyaka emibili, kwaze kwathi bonke abakhile e-Asiya balizwa izwi leNkosi, abaJuda namaGriki.
Kepha kwasuka abanye besinagoge elibizwa ngokuthi elabaLibherithino, nabaseKhurene, abase-Aleksandriya nababevela eKhilikhiya nase-Asiya, baphikisana noStefani.
Ayakhonza kini amabandla ase-Asiya. U-Akhwila, uPhriska kanye nebandla elisendlini yabo, bayakhonza kakhulu kini eNkosini.
Bazalwane, asithandi ukuba ningazi ngosizi lwethu olwasehlela e-Asiya, ukuthi sabhekana nobunzima obungaphezu kwamandla ethu, saze salahlekelwa nayithemba lokuphila.
ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi naningenaye uKhristu, ningaphandle komphakathi wabakwa-Israyeli, ningabafokazi ezivumelwaneni zesithembiso, ningenathemba, futhi ningenaNkulunkulu emhlabeni.
Ngakho-ke aniseyibo abafokazi nezihambi, kodwa seniyizakhamuzi kanye nabangcwele, ningabendlu kaNkulunkulu,
“USimakade uyakukuhlakazela ezizweni zonke, kusukela kolunye uhlangothi lomhlaba kuze kufike kolunye, uyokhonza lapho abanye onkulunkulu bemithi namatshe ongabaziyo, wena nokhokho bakho.
USimakade uyakunihlakazela ezizweni, nisale niyingcosana phakathi kwabezizwe, lapho uSimakade eyakunixoshela khona.
Uyazi ukuthi bonke abase-Asiya bangihlamukile, kubo kukhona uFilegu noHermogene.
Bonke laba bafa bekholiwe, bengazamukeliswanga izithembiso, kodwa bezibonile, bazithakasela zikude, bevumile ukuthi bangabafokazi nezihambi emhlabeni.
Mina Jakobe, inceku kaNkulunkulu neyeNkosi uJesu Khristu, kuzo zonke izizwana ezili-12 ezihlakazekileyo, ngiyabingelela.
Bathandekayo, ngiyanincenga njengabafokazi nezihambi ukuba nidede ezinkanukweni zenyama ezilwa nomphefumulo.
USimoni Phethro, inceku nomphostoli kaJesu Khristu, kulabo abemukele ukukholwa okuyigugu kanye nathi, ngokulunga kukaNkulunkulu wethu noMsindisi uJesu Khristu:
lithi: “Lokhu okubonayo kulobe encwadini, ukuthumelele emabandleni ayisikhombisa: e-Efesu, eSimirna, ePhergamu, eThiyathira, eSardesi, eFiladelfiya naseLawodikheya.”