11 Kodvwa ngesikhatsi nakufika Khefase e-Antiyokhi ngaphikisana naye embikwebazalwane, ngenca yesento sakhe lesibi.
“Tilungiselele! Sukuma ukhulume kubo konkhe loko lengikutfume kona. Ungabesabi, ngobe ngingahle ngikwetfuse lapha embikwabo.
Kepha Jona wesuka wacondza eThashishi. Wehlela eJopha, lapho afike wakhokha imali yekwekhwela, wagibela umkhumbi, waya eThashishi, abalekela Simakadze.
Kodvwa Nkulunkulu watsi kuJona: “Unalungelo lini lekutfukutselela lomhlafutfo?” Yena-ke watsi: “Ngenta kahle kutsi ngitfukutsele; ngitfukutsele kutsi angife ngitsi saka!”
Kodvwa Simakadze wabatsetsisa boMosi na-Aroni, watsi: “Njengobe ningakangikholwa kangangekutsi nize ningingcwelise, ningihloniphe embikwalesive sema-Israyeli, anisenawusihola lesive nize nisifikise eveni lengisiphe lona.”
Jesu wagucuka watsi kuPhetro: “Suka kimi, Sathane! Usitsikameti kimi, ngobe awukuboni lokukwaNkulunkulu, kodvwa ubona kwebantfu!”
Wamyisa kuJesu, Jesu wambuka, watsi: “Wena unguSimoni, umsa waJohane. Libito lakho sekutaba nguKhefase.” (Lelibito lisho kutsi: “Phetro, lidvwala.”)
Emakholwa, labesakatwe kuhlushwa lokwalandzela kubulawa kwaStefano, ahamba aze efika eFenisiya naseSiphrosi nase-Antiyokhi, atjela emaJuda kuphela ngalelivi leNkhosi.
Labanye babo babengemadvodza aseSiphrosi naseSirene labatsi nabefika e-Antiyokhi batjela nebetive livi leNkhosi, babashumayela liVangeli lekutsi Jesu yiNkhosi.
Tindzaba ngaloko tefika ebandleni laseJerusalema, ngako-ke batfumela Bhanabasi e-Antiyokhi.
Ngaleso sikhatsi labanye baphrofethi behla besuka eJerusalema baya e-Antiyokhi.
Lamanye emadvodza laphuma eJudiya aya e-Antiyokhi acala afundzisa bazalwane atsi: “Ningeke nisindziswe naningakasoki njengekusho kwelisiko laMosi.”
Kepha lamanye emakholwa elicembu lebaFarisi asukuma atsi: “Kufanele basoke, batjelwe kutsi bagcine umtsetfo waMosi.”
Ngitsi angisiye lodzelelekile kunalabaphostoli lababonakala bagcame kakhulu.
Ngibe silima! Ngiphocelelwe ngini kulobulima, ngobe bekufanele nginconywe ngini. Empeleni angikedzeleleki kunabo bonkhe labaphostoli labagcamile, nome ngingasibani nje.
Ngako kusukela nyalo asiseyikwati muntfu ngekwenyama. Nome sake samati Khristu ngekwenyama nyalo asisamati kanjalo.
Emvakweminyaka lemitsatfu ngenyuka ngayawubonana naKhefase eJerusalema; ngefika ngahlala naye emalanga lali-15.
Kodvwa ngatsi kube ngibone kutsi abasahambi khona ecinisweni leliVangeli, ngavele ngamtjela Phetro embikwabo bonkhe ngatsi: “Nangabe wena longumJuda, uphila njengebetive, hhayi njengemJuda, pho, yini ubacindzetele betive kutsi abaphile njengemaJuda?”
Noko asibanikanga ngisho nalelincane nje litfutjana lekubatfobela, kuze kutsi liciniso leliVangeli libe kini njalo.
Kodvwa esikhundleni saloko babona kutsi ngiphatsiswe liVangeli kutsi ngilishumayele kubetive, njengobe naPhetro aphatsiswa liVangeli kutsi alishumayele kumaJuda.
Batsi kube boJakobe, naPhetro, naJohane, labebatiwa ngekutsi batinsika, babone umusa lengiwuphiwe banika tsine naBhanabasi sandla sekudla sebudlelwane kutsi siye kubetive, bona baye kumaJuda.
Labo labonako ubasole ubekhute embikwabo bonkhe, khona nalabo labanye batewuhlala ngekwesaba.
Ngobe sonkhe siphosisa ngetindlela letinyenti; nakukhona longaphosisi ngekukhuluma, lowo uphelele ngempela, ngobe uyakwati kubamba ngisho nemtimba wakhe wonkhe shangatsi ngematomu.
Batsandzekako bami, bengitimisele kutsi nginibhalele ngikhulume ngalensindziso lesihlanganyele kuyo. Kodvwa ngibone kunesidzingo lesimatima sekutsi nginibhalele nginikhutsate kutsi nilwele kukholwa lokuphiwe bantfu baNkulunkulu kwaba kanye kwenela, sonkhe tsine lesibakhe.