7 Wesuka lapho wayawuhlala endlini yalomunye umuntfu bekutsiwa nguThithiyusi Justusi, sikhonti saNkulunkulu, indlu yakhe yayisedvute nelisinagoge.
Siyati kutsi Nkulunkulu akativa toni; kodvwa nangabe umuntfu amesaba Nkulunkulu, ente intsandvo yakhe, lowo uyamuva.
Abekholwa, amesaba Nkulunkulu yena nendlu yakhe abesita labanyenti labamphofu bemaJuda, ahlala emkhulekweni ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi.
Baphendvula batsi: “Khoneliyuse, indvuna yelibutfo, usitfumile. Uyindvodza lelungile naleyesaba Nkulunkulu, futsi uhlonishwa ngiso sonkhe sive semaJuda. Watjelwa yingilosi lengcwele kutsi akumeme ute emtini wakhe, kuze atewuva emavi akho.”
Batsi boPawula naBhanabasi nabaphuma esinagogeni, bantfu babacela kutsi babuye ngeliSabatha lelilandzelako batewubatjela ngalokunyenti kwaleto tintfo.
Bantfu sebahambile emhlanganweni, boPawula naBhanabasi balandzelwa ngemaJuda lamanyenti nalabanye labanyenti lababephendvukele enkholweni yemaJuda. Baphostoli bakhuluma kubo babakhutsata kutsi bachubeke baphile emseni waNkulunkulu.
Kodvwa emaJuda afaka umoya wetikhova ebafatini lababehloniphekile lababephendvukele enkholweni yebuJuda nasemadvodzeni labesembili kulelo dolobha. Bacala bahlupha boPawula naBhanabasi, babacosha kuleyo ndzawo yakubo.
Lomunye walabo lowasilalela nguLidiya, waseThiyathira, umtsengisi wetingubo letibukhwebeletane; abengumfati losikhonti saNkulunkulu. INkhosi yavula inhlitiyo yakhe kuze eve emukele loko lokwakukhulunywa nguPawula.
Labanye babo bakholwa base batihlanganisa naboPawula naSilasi, njengobe kwenta sicuku lesikhulu semaGriki labesaba Nkulunkulu, kanye nalabasikati labanyenti lababehloniphekile.
Uyanihambisa naJesu lowatiwa ngekutsi nguJustusi, labo-ke ngibo bodvwa lababekusoka labasebentela umbuso waNkulunkulu kanye nami, sebayindvudvuto lenkhulu kimi.