3 Ngangihleti nani nginebutsakatsaka nekwesaba nekutfutfumela lokukhulu.
Ngalelo langa baseGibhithe bayawuba njengebafati. Bayawutfutfumela ngenca yekwesaba ingalo yaSimakadze longuSomandla leyawube iphakanyiselwe kumelana nabo.
BoPawula bahamba badzabula emadolobheni ase-Amfipholisi nase-Apholoniya, bangena eThesalonika lapho bekunelisinagoge lemaJuda khona.
Emvakwaloko Pawula wesuka e-Athene waya eKhorinte.
Kwatsi ngesikhatsi kuphetse Galiyo e-Akhaya, onkhe emaJuda ase ahlanganyela Pawula ambamba amyisa enkantolo,
Batsi nabamphikisa bangavumelani naye bametfuka, watsintsitsa lutfuli etingutjeni takhe wase utsi kubo: “Ingati yenu ayibesemahlombe enu, mine sengite licala. Kusukela nyalo sengitakuya kubetive.”
Mine, Pawula matfupha, ngiyanincenga ngebumnene nangebubele baKhristu. Nginguye yena loPawula lenimtsatsa ngekutsi uyatikhobosa nasemkhatsini wenu, kodvwa abe nesibindzi kini nangekho embikwenu.
Labanye batsi: “Tincwadzi takhe tinemandla nesisindvo, kodvwa bukhona bakhe abunasitfunti, nenkhulumo yakhe imalula.”
Ngobe wabetselwa ebutsakatsakeni, kodvwa sewuphila ngemandla aNkulunkulu. Sibutsakatsaka kuye, kodvwa sitawuphila kanye naye ngemandla aNkulunkulu, kuze sikwati kunisita.
Ngobe tsine siyajabula nangabe nine nicinile nome tsine sibutsakatsaka. Sithandazela kutsi nine nipheleliswe kuKhristu.
Nkulunkulu ngemusa wakhe wasiniketa lenkonzo; ngiko nje singadzinwa.
Ngako-ke asidzinwa; nome lingephandle letfu libhubha, kodvwa lingekhatsi lentiwa libe lisha imihla ngemihla.
Esikhundleni saloko konkhe lesikwentako sikwenta sikhombisa kutsi sitisebenti taNkulunkulu ngekutsi konkhe sikumele: ngekucinisela lokukhulu ekuhlushweni, nasebulukhunini, nasekugongonyekeni,
Inhlitiyo yakhe seyinamatsele kini, ngobe phela ukhumbula inhlonipho yenu, nekutsi namemukela ngekwesaba nangekutfutfumela.
Kuliciniso kutsi nasifika eMasedoniya, asikutfolanga kuphumula. Satikhandza sisenhluphekweni macala onkhe: Kwakunekulwa ngephandle, kunekwesaba ngekhatsi.
Tisebenti, labangemakhosi enu ngekwelive, bahlonipheni ngekwesaba nangekutfutfumela; loko nikwente ngebucotfo benhlitiyo yenu, kungatsi nentela Khristu.