21 kodvwa nasabavalelisa watsi: “Ngitawubuye ngite kini, Nkulunkulu nakavuma.” Wantjweza ngemkhumbi losuka e-Efesu.
Yena wachubeka libangana, wawa phansi ngebuso, athandaza atsi: “Babe, nakungenteka, yendlulise kimi lendzebe yelusizi. Kepha hhayi ngekufisa kwami, kodvwa kuye ngentsandvo yakho.”
Watsi nasabahambisile, wenyukela entsabeni wayawukhuleka.
Lenye indvodza yatsi: “Ngitakulandzela, Nkhosi, kodvwa asewungivumele sengiyewuvalelisa likhaya lami.”
Ningakudli kudla lokungcoliswe ngekunikelwa etithicweni, ningayidli ingati, ningadli lokucumbelene; nibalekele bugwadla. Niyawube nente kahle naniyigcinile lemiyalo. Salani kahle.”
Batsi nabefika e-Efesu, wabashiya lapho boPhrisila na-Akhwila, yena waya wangena esinagogeni waphendvulana nemaJuda.
Batsi bayamcela kutsi asahlale nabo sikhashana lesidze wala,
Kwefika liJuda e-Efesu, libito lalo kungu-Apolosi, kungelekudzabuka e-Alekzandriya. Belikwati kukhuluma futsi liyati kakhulu imiBhalo.
Kwatsi ngesikhatsi Apolosi aseseKhorinte, Pawula wahamba wadzabula esifundzeni lesingenhla nelive waze wefika e-Efesu. Wakhandza bafundzi labatsite,
Onkhe emaJuda nebaletinye tive lababehlala e-Efesu nabeva loko, besaba kakhulu, kwatsi libito leNkhosi Jesu ladvunyiswa kakhulu.
Emvakwaloko Pawula watimisela emoyeni wakhe kudzabula eMasedoniya nase-Akhaya aze ayewufika eJerusalema, atsi: “Nangisuka kuletindzawo kufanele ngifike naseRoma.”
Pawula bekemise kutsi ufuna kuya e-Efesu, kuze angacitsi sikhatsi eveni lase-Asiya. Bekajake kutsi efike eJerusalema ngelilanga lePhentekhoste nakwenteka.
Sehluleka kumvimbela, sase siyamyekela satsi: “Akwenteke intsandvo yeNkhosi!”
Bakusho loko ngobe babebone Trofimusi wase-Efesu ahamba naPawula kulo lelidolobha, base bacabanga kutsi ungene naye kulelithempeli.
Sonkhe sikhatsi emikhulekweni yami ngincusa kutsi Nkulunkulu, ngentsandvo yakhe, awente ematfuba ekutsi nginivakashele nome nini.
kuze kutsi ngite kini ngentsandvo yaNkulunkulu nangenjabulo ngitewuphumula kanye nani.
Nangabe e-Efesu ngalwa nalokutsiwa tilwane, kungisita ngani loko? Nangabe labafile abavuswa: “Kuncono sidle sinatse, ngobe kusasa sitawufa.”
Angeke nginibone kwamanje ngisetakwendlula, ngobe ngifuna kufike ngihlale lapho kini sikhatsi, iNkhosi nayivuma.
Kepha ngitawuhlala e-Efesu, kudzimate kufike lilanga lePhentekhoste.
Kodvwa ngitawufika lapho kini masinyane, iNkhosi nayivuma, ngitetibonela, hhayi emavi alabo labatikhukhumetako, kodvwa emandla abo.
Kwekugcina-ke bazalwane, ngitsi: Salani kahle. Lungisani imihambo yenu, netsabele kwemukela imiyalo, nivumelane, nihlalisane ngekuthula, khona Nkulunkulu wekuthula newelutsandvo atewuba nani.
Lencwadzi iphuma kuPawula, longumphostoli waKhristu Jesu ngekwentsandvo yaNkulunkulu. Iya kulabangcwele labase-Efesu labakholwa nguKhristu Jesu ngekwetsembeka.
“Njalo nje ngenyanga ya-Abibi nibowugcina niwugubhe uMkhosi weliPhasika laSimakadze Nkulunkulu wenu, ngobe ngayo lenyanga wanikhipha ebusuku eGibhithe.
Loku siyawukwenta, nakuvuma Nkulunkulu.
Esikhundleni saloko ngabe nitsi: “INkhosi nayivuma, sitawuphila sente loku nalokwa.”
Ngobe kuncono kuhlupheka ngekwenta lokuhle, nakuyintsandvo yaNkulunkulu, kunekuhlupheka ngekwenta lokubi.
litsi: “Bhala encwadzini loko lokubonako, bese uyitfumela emabandleni lasikhombisa: lase-Efesu, nelaseSmuna, nelasePhegamu, nelaseThiyathira, nelaseSadesi, nelaseFiladelfiya, nelaseLawodisiya.”
“Bhalela ingilosi yelibandla lase-Efesu utsi: “ ‘Nali livi leliphuma kuye lophetse tinkhanyeti letisikhombisa esandleni sakhe sangesekudla, lohamba emkhatsini wetibane letisikhombisa tegolide, utsi: