21 Kodvwa litfuba lavuleka ngesikhatsi Herodi agubha lusuku lwakhe lwekutalwa. Wenta sibhimbi, wabita bonkhe bantfu besigodlo sakhe, netindvuna takhe temphi, kanye netiphakanyiswa taseGalile.
Esawu wamtondza Jakobe ngenca yesibusiso labesitsatse kuyise, wadzimate watsi enhlitiyweni yakhe: “Emalanga ekulilela babe asayasondzela, emvakwawo Jakobe, umnaketfu, ngitambulala.”
Emvakwemalanga lamatsatfu, Faro wagubha lusuku lwakhe lwekutalwa. Wenta lidzili, wentela tonkhe tisebenti takhe. Umphatsi wetitja kanye nempheki lomkhulu wetinkhwa wabakhipha ejele; babasemkhatsini wetisebenti nabo.
Ngako-ke inkhosi yenta lelikhulu lidzili, yentela Esta netiphatsimandla tayo. Yamemetela lilanga lekuphumula kuto tonkhe tigodzi, yephana ngetipho letinyenti tasebukhosini kubo bonkhe bantfu.
Kwatsi ngenyanga yekucala, yaNisani, ngemnyaka weli-12 wekubusa kwenkhosi Ahashiveroshi, kwentiwa inkatho embikwaHamani yekutfola kutsi kungaba nguliphi lilanga nenyanga lekutsi aphumelelise lelisu lakhe. Ngako kwakhetfwa lilanga leli-13 ku-Adari, inyanga yeli-12.
Ngelilanga lemkhosi wenkhosi yetfu babusi badzakwa liwayini, yona yaselulela baphukuti sandla.
Kwakungumnyaka weli-15 wekubusa kwaThibheriyusi, uMbusi; Phontiyuse Philatu bekanguLusibalukhulu waseJudiya, Herodi ayinkhosi yaseGalile, umnakabo Filiphu bekayinkhosi yesigodzi sase-Ithureya naseTrakhonithisi; Lisaniyasi abeyinkhosi yase-Abilene.
Ngakusasa bo-Agripha naBhenise beta ngekuhlonipheka lokukhulu, bafike bangena ehholweni lenkhulu yekuhlangana bahamba nabokhenela bemphi kanye nemadvodza labebalulekile kulelo dolobha. Festusi wase utfumela emasotja kutsi alandze Pawula.
Ngobe lesikhatsi lesendlulile besenele kutsi nente lokutsandvwa ngemahedeni ngekuphila ngemanyala, nangetinkhanuko, nangekudzakwa, nangekumita, nangemsindvo, nangekukhonta tithico lokungakavumeleki.
Bantfu labahlala emhlabeni bayawukutsakasela kufa kwabo labo bofakazi. Bayawugubha imikhosi, bephane netipho, ngobe phela labaphrofethi lababili bese babahluphile emhlabeni.