23 Emvakwekuhlala sikhashana lapho wase uyesuka udzabula tigodzi tetifundza taseGalathiya naseFrigiya ahambe akhutsata bonkhe bazalwane.
Bonkhe bomakhelwane babo babasita ngetintfo tesiliva, netegolide, nangetimphahla, nangetifuyo, nangetipho letiligugu kanye nangeminikelo yesihle.
“Ngemnyaka wekucala wekubusa kwaDariyusi umMede, mine-ke ngasukuma, ngema ngakuye ngamvikela.”
Ngako-ke, Mhlonishwa, ngobe ngitifundzisise kahle kusukela ekucaleni letindzaba, ngikubone kufanele kutsi ngikubhalele ngikulandzise kahle ngato.
Noko sengikukhulekele, Simoni, kuze kungehluleki kukholwa kwakho. Nase uphendvukile wabuya kimi, kufanele ucinise nalabanakenu.”
Ingilosi leyayiphuma ezulwini yefika kuye yamcinisa.
Bacinisa emakholwa bawakhutsata ekubambeleleni ekukholweni. Babafundzisa kutsi: “Sifanele sendlule ekuhluphekeni lokunyenti kuze singene embusweni waNkulunkulu.”
BoJudasi naSilasi, lababebaphrofethi ngekwabo, bacoca sikhatsi lesidze nebazalwane babacinisa emadvolo ngekubakhutsata.
Wahamba wadzabula eSiriya naseSilisiya, acinisa emabandla.
Ngako-ke baphuma ejele baya kaLidiya. Bafike babona bazalwane, babakhutsata base bayahamba.
Base badzabula live laseFrigiya nelaseGalathiya, ngobe Moya Longcwele wabalela kushumayela livi leNkhosi eveni lase-Asiya.
Kwatsi ngesikhatsi Apolosi aseseKhorinte, Pawula wahamba wadzabula esifundzeni lesingenhla nelive waze wefika e-Efesu. Wakhandza bafundzi labatsite,
eFrigiya nasePhamfiliya, eGibhithe kanye nasetifundzeni taseLibhiya ngaseSirene, kantsi labanye betfu baphuma eRoma,
Macondzana neminikelo lebutselwa kusita labangcwele, njengobe ngayala emabandla aseGalathiya, yentani njalo nani.
Iphuma kimi nakubo bonkhe bazalwane lenginabo. Iya emabandleni aseGalathiya.
Njengobe sasho, namanje ngiyaphindza ngiyasho ngitsi: Nakukhona lonishumayela lelinye livangeli kunalelo lenalemukela, lowo akabe ngulocalekisiwe.
Kodvwa nome loba butsakatsaka bami baba silingo lesikhulu kini, anizange ningedzelele nome ningangemukeli. Esikhundleni saloko, nangemukela njengesitfunywa saNkulunkulu, kwaba shangatsi nemukela Khristu Jesu.
Kodvwa yala Joshuwa, umcinise umkhutsate, ngobe nguye lotakuhola lesive asewetele ngesheya kwemfula; nguye futsi lotabenta badle lelive lolibonako.’
sase sinitfumelela Thimothi, umzalwane wetfu, lesibambisene naye emsebentini waNkulunkulu wekushumayela liVangeli laKhristu. Samtfumela kutsi atenicinisa anikhutsate ekukholweni kwenu,
Ngako-ke dvudvutanani ngalamavi.
Bazalwane, siyanikhutsata kutsi necwayise emavila, nibanike sibindzi labaphelelwa ngemandla emoyeni, ninakekele lababutsakatsaka, babeketeleleni bonkhe.