11 nasekutingelweni, nasekuhluphekeni lokwangehlela e-Antiyokhi, nase-Ikhoniyumi, naseListra; ngacinisela kuko konkhe lokutingelwa, futsi iNkhosi yangikhulula kuko konkhe.
Shangatsi lengilosi leyangiphephisa kuto tonkhe tingoti ingababusisa labafana. Shangatsi bangabitwa ngelibito lami, nangelibito labobabe Abrahama na-Isaka. Shangatsi bangandza, babe banyenti emhlabeni.”
Davide wahlabela kuSimakadze emagama anansi ingoma, ngesikhatsi Simakadze amephula etandleni tato tonkhe titsa takhe nasesandleni saSawula.
Wangikhulula etitseni tami. Wangiphakamisa ngaba ngetulu kwalabo labemelene nami, wangephula kubantfu belutfutfuva.
Lolungile uhlala ajingwe tinhlupheko letinyenti, kodvwa Simakadze umkhulula kuto tonkhe,
Simakadze uyabasita abakhulule, ubephula abasindzise kulababi, ngobe babalekela kuye, abe siphephelo sabo.
Nkulunkulu yena utsi: “Njengobe naku ubambelele kimi ngelutsandvo, ngitamephula ngimbeke endzaweni lephakeme, ngimvikele ngobe alati libito lami.
Ngako-ke ungesabi, ngobe mine nginawe; ungajabhi, ngobe mine nginguNkulunkulu wakho. Ngitakucinisa ngikusite, ngiyakukubamba ngesandla sami sekudla lesilungile.
Ungesabi, wena mphetfu, Jakobe, awu, mntfwanyana, Israyeli, ngobe mine matfupha ngitakusita,” kusho Simakadze, uMhlengi wakho, Longcwele waka-Israyeli.
Nawudzabula ekhatsi emantini, mine ngitawuba nawe; nanawudzabula ekhatsi emifuleni, ingeke ikukhukhule. Nawuhamba udzabula ekhatsi emlilweni, ngeke ushe, emalangabi ngeke akulumekele.
Bayakulwa nawe, kodvwa bangeke bakwehlule, ngobe mine nginawe, futsi ngiyawukwelekelela,” kusho Simakadze.
Uyalamulelana abuye asindzise; wenta tibonakaliso netimangaliso emazulwini kanye nasemhlabeni. Ulamulele Danyela emandleni emabhubesi.”
Bahamba besuka ePhega befika e-Antiyokhi yasePhisidiya. Ngelilanga leliSabatha bangena esinagogeni bahlala phansi.
Lapho emaJuda abona ticuku, aba nemona; aphikisa Pawula kuloko abekusho, ametfuka.
EListra batfolana nendvodza ihleti, beyisishosha kusukela ekutalweni kwayo, yayingazange seyihambe.
ngikhonta iNkhosi ngekutfobeka konkhe, nangetinyembeti, nangekulingwa lengahlangana nako ngemacebo emaJuda.
Kuphikisana kwandza, kwadzimate kwashuba ngemandla kangangekutsi khenela waze wesaba kutsi Pawula bangahle bamdzabule ticucwana. Ngako-ke watfuma emasotja kutsi ewuke aye kulomhlangano efike amtsatse ngendluzula ayemfaka emalawini emasotja.
Ngitawukusindzisa esiveni saka-Israyeli nebetive lengikutfuma kubo.
Kodvwa kuze kube ngulamuhla Nkulunkulu usangisitile. Ngako-ke namanje lo ngime la ngifakaza kubo bonkhe bantfu, labancane nalabakhulu, hhayi lokunye, kodvwa kona loko lokwashiwo baphrofethi naMosi kutsi kuyakwenteka,
Mine ngekwami ngitamkhombisa konkhe lafanele ahlupheke ngako ngelibito lami.”
Ngithandazeleni kutsi ngisindze engotini yalabangakholwa baseJudiya, nekutsi inkonzo yami eJerusalema yemukeleke kahle kulabangcwele,
Njengaloku tinhlupheko taKhristu tisiphetse kangaka, kanjalo-ke nekudvudvuteka kwetfu kuyaphuphuma ngaKhristu.
Litsemba letfu kini lisimile, sati kutsi njengobe nihlanganyela natsi etinhluphekweni, kanjalo niyahlanganyela natsi nasendvudvutweni.
Ngenca yaKhristu-ke, ngiyeneliswa butsakatsaka, netinhlamba, nebulukhuni, nekutingelelwa kuhlushwa kanye netingoti; ngobe nangibutsakatsaka, kulapho ngiba nemandla khona.
Ngikulwile kulwa lokuhle, sengiyicedzile indzima yami, ngibambelele ekukholweni.
INkhosi iyakwati kubakhulula ekulingweni labo labesaba Nkulunkulu; kodvwa labangakalungi ibagcinela kujeziswa ngelilanga lekwehlulelwa,