12 Festusi wase ufakana imilomo nebeluleki bakhe uphendvula Pawula utsi: “Sewucele kutsi lelicala lendluliselwe kuKhesari, ngako-ke utawuvele uhambe uye kuKhesari.”
Ngempela lulaka lwebantfu lwengeta indvumiso yakho, labasindze elulakeni lwakho bayimvunulo yakho.
Ngubani longakhuluma, ente kwenteke, nangabe Simakadze angakakumiseli kutsi kube njalo?
Tonkhe tive temhlaba titsatfwa njengelite. Wenta njengobe yena atsandza kuwo emandla asezulwini nakuto tive temhlaba. Kute namunye longavimbela sandla sakhe, nome atsi kuye: ‘Sewenteni?’
Sitjele-ke kutsi wena utsini. Kuvunyelwe yini kutsela kuKhesari nome cha?”
Emvakwaloko Pawula watimisela emoyeni wakhe kudzabula eMasedoniya nase-Akhaya aze ayewufika eJerusalema, atsi: “Nangisuka kuletindzawo kufanele ngifike naseRoma.”
Ngebusuku lobulandzelako iNkhosi yema eceleni kwaPawula yatsi: “Mani sibindzi, njengobe ungifakazele nje la eJerusalema, kufanele wente njalo futsi naseRoma.”
Nangabe kukhona lapho ngephule khona umtsetfo, ngenta lokufanele kutsi ngijeziswe ngekufa, angiceli kuphepha ekufeni; kodvwa nalingekho liciniso kulamacala labangibeka wona, kute umuntfu lofanele kunginikela etandleni tabo. Ngicela kuyakwembula ingubo kuKhesari, uMbusi.”
Emvakwemalanga inkhosi Agripha naBhenise bavakashela eKhesariya ngenjongo yekwemukela Festusi.
Kodvwa Pawula wacela kutsi lokutekwa kwelicala lakhe akwendluliselwe ku-Agustusi, uMbusi, lofanele alijube; ngase ngitjela emasotja kutsi amgadze, kuze kufike sikhatsi sekumetfula kuKhesari.”
Agripha wase ukhuluma kuFestusi utsi: “Lendvodza bekufanele ikhululwe, kube beyingakaceli kutsi lelicala layo lendluliselwe kuKhesari.”
Kwatsi sekuncunyiwe kutsi sewelele eTaliyane, base baniketela Pawula naletinye tiboshwa kuJuliyusi, indvuna yembutfo lebekutsiwa ngeweMbusi, Agustusi.
Satsi nasifika eRoma, Pawula wavunyelwa kutsi ahlale yedvwa, wabekwa nelisotja lekumgadza.
Ngukulangatelela nekwetsemba kwami kutsi ngibete emahloni, kepha ngibe nesibindzi, njengobe bengivele nginaso ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi, kutsi Khristu entiwe abe mkhulu emphilweni yami, nome kwenteka ngemphilo yami nome kwenteka ngekufa kwami.