35 watsi: “Licala lakho ngitawulilalela kahle, nase kufike bamangaleli bakho.” Wase uyalisisa kutsi loPawula agcinwe ngekugadvwa esigodlweni saHerodi.
base bamdvonsa ngaletindophi bamkhiphela ngephandle kwalomgodzi. Jeremiya wahlala esibuyeni sabogadzi.
Kwatsi kube kutalwe Jesu eBhetlehema esigodzini saseJudiya ngesikhatsi Herodi ayinkhosi, kwefika tati eJerusalema tiphuma emphumalanga,
Kwatsi Herodi asabonile kutsi tati timyengile, watfukutsela wagcwala kokana, watfumela kutsi akubulawe bonkhe bantfwana labadvuna baseBhetlehema nakuto tonkhe tindzawo tangakhona lababeneminyaka lemibili nome ngephansi, kwaya ngesikhatsi labesibutisise etatini.
Inkhosi Herodi isakuva loko, yakhatsateka kakhulu kanye neJerusalema yonkhe.
Emasotja aLusibalukhulu ase atsatsa Jesu ammikisa esigodlweni saLusibalukhulu. Lonkhe libutfo lemasotja lasondzela lamtungeleta.
Base bayamtsatsa Jesu ekhaya laKhayafase bamyisa ekwehlulelweni, kwakungusekuseni ngeluvivi. EmaJuda wona akazange angene kuleyondlu, ngobe abentela kutigcina angangcoli ngekwemtsetfo, kuze phela alungele kudla Sidlo seliPhasika.
Ngitsite kube ngive kutsi lamanye emaJuda atamlalela endleleni afuna kumbulala, ngase ngincoma kutsi ngimtfumele lapho kuwe masinyane, ngaphindze ngatjela nalabo labambeka licala kutsi bete batewuchaza kahle kuwe, kutsi bambeka licala lani lomuntfu.”
Emvakwemalangana lasihlanu umPhristi Lomkhulu Ananiyase wehlela eKhesariya netibondza tenkholo yemaJuda kanye naThethulusi, ummeli. Befika kuLusibalukhulu Feliksi batewubeka Pawula licala.
Lusibalukhulu nasamkhombile Pawula kutsi akhulume, Pawula watsi: “Ngiyati kutsi bewungumgwebi walesive iminyaka leminyenti, ngako-ke ngiyatfokota kubeka inkhulumo yami yekutivikela la embikwakho.
Kodvwa kwakunemaJuda lambalwa labephuma esifundzeni sase-Asiya lebekufanele nawo abe la embikwakho angibeke emacala,
Kodvwa Feliksi labesayatisisa kahle lendzaba yaleNdlela, kutsetfwa kwalelicala wakugucisa ngekutsi: “Lelicala ngiyawulijuba nasekufike Khenela Lisiyasi.”
Wase utfumela indvuna kutsi igadze Pawula, kodvwa abe nenkhululeko letsite, nekutsi bangani bakhe bangalelwa kutawumsita nome ngani layeswele.
Ngabaphendvula ngekutsi akusiwo umtsetfo wetfu tsine maRoma kutsi silahle umuntfu ngelicala, angakalitfoli litfuba lekubhekana nebamangaleli bakhe buso nebuso atiphendvulele ngaloko labambeka ngako licala.