19 ngikhonta iNkhosi ngekutfobeka konkhe, nangetinyembeti, nangekulingwa lengahlangana nako ngemacebo emaJuda.
Emehlo ami ageleta tinyembeti, ngobe bantfu abawugcini umtsetfo wakho.
Kodvwa naningalaleli, ngiyawukhala emasitseleni ngenca yeligcabho lenu. Emehlo ami ayawukhala kabuhlungu kabi agobhote tinyembeti, ngobe umhlambi waSimakadze uyawube utfunjiwe.
Kube mane inhloko yami beyisiyalu semanti nemehlo ami abe ngumtfombo wetinyembeti, bengitawukhala busuku nemini, ngenca yekubulawa ngesihluku kwesive sami!
Asasondzela eJerusalema wayibuka wayililela.
Lowo losikhonti sami akangilandzele, lapho ngikhona khona mine nesisebenti sami siyawuba khona. Losikhonti sami uyawutuswa nguBabe.”
Kwatsi kube emaJuda aseThesalonika eve kutsi livi laNkulunkulu belishunyayelwa nguPawula naseBheriya, efika nakhona kutewususa sidvungudvungu.
Kodvwa emaJuda aba nemona ase abutsa tihlophoyi letatitizulela etitaladini atihlanganisa, atsi atisuse umsindvo tihlasele umuti waJasoni, afuna kukhipha boPawula naSilasi abaletse embikwemkhambatsi.
lapho ahlala khona tinyanga letintsatfu. Besalungisela kuya eSiriya ngemkhumbi, nakeva kutsi emaJuda afuna kumbulala, wase ubona kutsi kuncono abuyele emuva ahambe ngaseMasedoniya.
Ngako-ke caphelani nikhumbule kutsi ngetinyembeti letinyenti imini nebusuku benginifundzisa ngamunye ngamunye, kwaze kwaphela iminyaka lemitsatfu.
Kwatsi lapho sekusele kancane kutsi kuphele emalanga lasikhombisa, emaJuda ase-Asiya abona Pawula asethempelini, ase afaka kubantfu umoya wetikhova wekutsi basuse siphitsiphitsi, ambamba,
Ngobe kulobusuku balamuhla ingilosi yaNkulunkulu, lengiwakhe nalengimkhontako, ime eceleni kwami
Lencwadzi iphuma kuPawula, inceku yaKhristu Jesu, nemphostoli lokhetsiwe wabitwa nguNkulunkulu kutsi ashumayele liVangeli.
Nkulunkulu lengimkhonta ngemoya wami wonkhe ngekushumayela liVangeli leNdvodzana yakhe ungufakazi wami wekutsi nginikhumbula kangakanani emithandazweni yami onkhe emalanga.
Khutsalani, ningaphelelwa ngumdlandla, nivutse emoyeni, nikhonte iNkhosi.
Nganibhalela ngisebuhlungwini ngidzabukile enhlitiyweni, tinyembeti tigcwele emehlo, hhayi ngobe ngifuna kunivisa buhlungu, kepha kuze nati kutsi nginitsandza kangakanani.
Akusho noko kwekutsi sinemandla ekwenta lutfo ngekwetfu; kute lokuphuma kitsi, kepha emandla etfu avela kuNkulunkulu,
Kuliciniso kutsi nasifika eMasedoniya, asikutfolanga kuphumula. Satikhandza sisenhluphekweni macala onkhe: Kwakunekulwa ngephandle, kunekwesaba ngekhatsi.
Kungabe kambe ngitincengela kubantfu yini nome kuNkulunkulu? Nome ngetama kujabulisa bantfu yini? Nangabe ngisajabulisa bantfu, bengingeke ngibe sisebenti saKhristu.
Ngako-ke yentani umsebenti wenu ngekujabula, kube sengatsi nisebentela iNkhosi, hhayi bantfu nje.
Phela labanyenti lenganitjela kanyenti ngabo, nanyalo nginitjela ngetinyembeti ngabo ngitsi, sebahamba batitsa tesiphambano saKhristu.
Khumbulani kutsi nikhonta iNkhosi. Nati kutsi niyakwemukeliswa umvuzo welifa kuKhristu.
Ngobe bona ngekwabo babika ngatsi kutsi nasemukela kahle kangakanani, nekutsi naphendvukela kanjani kuNkulunkulu, nashiya tithico tenu, kuze nikhonte Nkulunkulu lophilako nalonguye sibili.
Ngikhumbula tinyembeti takho, bese ngifisa kukubona, khona kujabula kwami kutewuphelela.
Bazalwane bami, nanehlelwa tinhlobonhlobo tetilingo, nibokutsatsa ngekutsi yinjabulo yodvwa,
Ngaloko-ke niyajabula, nome kwanyalo nisadzatjukiswa tilingo letitinhlobonhlobo.
Lencwadzi iphuma kuSimoni Phetro, inceku nemphostoli waJesu Khristu. Iya kini lenemukele kukholwa lokuligugu njengekwetfu. Nikwemukele ngekulunga kwaNkulunkulu neMsindzisi wetfu Jesu Khristu.
Kungako nje basembikwesihlalo sebukhosi saNkulunkulu, bamkhonta imini nebusuku ethempelini lakhe; lowo lohlala esihlalweni sebukhosi uyawubasingatsa ngebukhona bakhe.