20 Nangesikhatsi kubulawa Stefano, fakazi wakho, nami matfupha ngangikhona lapho, ngibambisene nalabo babulali bakhe ngekutsi ngibaphatsele timphahla tabo.’
Nani matfupha niyakuvuma kutsi loko lokwentiwa bokhokho benu kulungile; ngobe babulala baphrofethi, nine senakha emadliza abo.
Ngavele ngakwenta loko eJerusalema. Nganikwa baphristi labakhulu emandla neligunya lekubabopha ngibafake ejele bonkhe labangcwele, sasitsi sijubo selicala singaba yintsambo nami ngisisekele ngevoti.
Bonkhe bantfu basijabulela lesincomo sebaphostoli; ngako bakhetsa Stefano, indvodza leyayigcwele kukholwa naMoya Longcwele, naFiliphu, naPhrokhorusi, naNikhano, naThimoni, naPhamenasi, kanye naNikholawusi wase-Antiyokhi, yena-ke abengewetive, kodvwa abephendvukele enkholweni yebuJuda.
bamhudvulela ngephandle kwelidolobha, bamgcoba ngematje. Bofakazi babeka timphahla tabo phansi kutsi tigadvwe lijaha lelalibitwa ngekutsi nguSawula.
Sawula abevumelene nabo kutsi abulawe loStefano. Ngalo lelo langa libandla laseJerusalema lacala lahlupheka ngekutingelwa kabuhlungu. Onkhe emakholwa, ngaphandle kwebaphostoli, asakateka netigodzi tonkhe taseJudiya naseSamariya.
Bayawati umtsetfo waNkulunkulu lotsi bantfu labenta tintfo letinje bafanele kufa, kepha bona abagcini ngekutenta kuphela kodvwa besuka bavumelana nalabo labatentako.
Ngabona kutsi lomfati abesadzakwe yingati yalabangcwele, nengati yalabo labafela kufakaza ngaJesu. Ngatsi nangimbona lomfati, ngamangala kakhulu.
Ngiyati lapho uhlala khona; uhlala lapho Sathane anesihlalo sakhe sebukhosi khona. Libito lami ulibambisisile, awuzange ungihlubuke ngisho namhlazane Antipasi, fakazi wami lowetsembekile, abulawa emkhatsini wenu, lapho kuhlala khona Sathane.