IZENZO ZABAPOSTOLI 19 - IsiNdebele 2012 Translation

UPowula e-Efesu

¹ Kuthe u-Apolo asesengeKorinte, uPowula wadabula esifundeni seGalatiya neseFrigiya weza e-Efesu, lapha afumana khona abafundi.

² Wababuza wathi: “Namamukela uMoya oCwengileko lokha naniba makholwa na?” Baphendula bathi: “Awa, akhange besizwe nokuzwa bona kukhona uMoya oCwengileko.”

³ Nje-ke wababuza wathi: “Alo-ke umbhabhadiso enawufumanako ngonjani na?” Baphendula bathi: “Mbhabhadiso kaJwanisi.”

⁴ UPowula wathi: “Umbhabhadiso kaJwanisi gade ungewokuphenduka, atjela abantu bona kufuze bakholwe kiloyo ozako ngemva kwakhe, okutjho uJesu.”

⁵ Kwathi bona bezwe lokho, babhajadiswa ebizweni leKosi uJesu.

⁶ Kuthe uPowula sele abeke izandla phezu kwabo behlelwa nguMoya oCwengileko bakhuluma ngeenlimi bebaphorofida.

⁷ Sele baboke bebalitjhumi nambili.

⁸ UPowula wangena ngesinagogini wakhuluma lapho ngesibindi iinyanga ezintathu aphikisana nabo ngokulinga ukubabonisa umbuso kaZimu.

⁹ Kodwana lokha abanye babo nabathoma ukukhunyalala, bangafuni ukukholwa begodu bakhuluma kumbi ngeNdlela epepeneneni watjhida kibo wathatha nabafundi kanye naye. Imihla ngemihla bekabamba iinkulumo esikolweni sakaTiranusi.

¹⁰ Lokho kwathatha iminyaka emibili, kangangobana zoke izakhamuzi ze-Asiya, amaJuda nabatjhili, zezwa ilizwi leKosi.

Amadodana kaSikeva

¹¹ UZimu wenza imikarisomraro engakajayeleki ngoPowula,

¹² kangangobana iinsagadugu nezambatho ekhe zamthinta zalethwa kwabagulako, ukugula kwabo bekusuka nemimoya emimbi iphuma kibo.

¹³ Namanye amaJuda agade akhamba aqotjha amadimoni, nawo alinga ukusebenzisa ibizo leKosi uJesu phezu kwalabo ebebanemimoya emimbi. Bathi: “Ebizweni lakaJesu, uPowula atjhumayela ngaye, nginiyala bona niphume.”

¹⁴ Abagade benza lokho bekumadodana alikhomba womphristi omkhulu omuJuda okuthiwa nguSikeva.

¹⁵ Kodwana ummoya omumbi wawaphendula wathi kiwo: “Ngiyamazi uJesu begodu ngiyazi ngoPowula, kodwana nina nibobani na?”

¹⁶ Nje-ke indoda enommoya omumbi yabeqela yabahlula ngamandla boke njalo. Baphuma sele babaleka ngendlinapho babhunubhunu begodu banamanceba.

¹⁷ Kuthe lokho nakuzwakala kizo zoke izakhamuzi ze-Efesu okumaJuda nabatjhili, omunye nomunye wehlelwa kukwesaba, ibizo leKosi uJesu ladunyiswa.

¹⁸ Abanengi balabo abakholwako beza bavuma izono ngokudalula imikhuba yabo.

¹⁹ Inengi lalabo egade benza imilingo babutha iincwadi zabo, bazitjhisa phambi kwabantu baqalile. Kuthe nesele kuhlanganiswa inani leencwadi ezatjhako, kwafumaneka bona ziziimpaparwana zesiliva eziziinkulungwana ezimatjhumi amahlanu.

²⁰ Ngendlela leyo ilizwi leKosi lakhula ngamandla, lahlula.

Isiphithiphithi e-Efesu

²¹ Emva kobana sekwenzekile koke lokho, uPowula wazimisela emmoyeni bonyana adabule eMasedoniya ne-Arhaya kobana adundubale adlulele eJerusalema. Wathi: “Emva kobana ngidlulile lapho kufuze ngithekele neRoma.”

²² Yeke wathumela abasizi bakhe ababili uThimothi no-Erasitusi eMasedoniya, yena wahlala isikhathi eside e-Asiya.

²³ Ngesikhatheso kwavuka isiphithiphithi esikhulu mayelana neNdlela.

²⁴ Indoda ethileko ekuthiwa nguDemetriyusi, ebumba imifanekiso ngesiliva neyakha amathempedlana wesiliva ka-Aritemisi, yangenisa inzuzo ekulu kibososino.

²⁵ Yababizela ndawonye kanye nabanye abanomsebenzi ofana newabo, yathi kibo: “Madoda, niyazi bona umnotho wethu uphuma emsebenzini lo.

²⁶ Manje nani niyabona beniyazizwela ngokwenu bona akusinge-Efesu kwaphela kodwana pheze i-Asiya loke, uPowula lo udukise abanengi ngokubatjela bona abozimu abenziwe ngezandla, akusibo abozimu bamambala.

²⁷ Nje-ke sekukhona ingozi ekulu, ingasi kwaphela bona lirhwebo lethu elizakulahlekelwa libizo lalo elihle, kodwana nokobana nethempeli lakazimukazi omkhulu u-Aritemisi lizokunyazwa begodu uzimukazi ngokwakhe, olotjhwa esifundeni se-Asiya nephasini loke, uzokululazeka isithunzi sakhe sobundlovukazi!”

²⁸ Kuthe bona bezwe lokho, bathukuthela bebarhuwelela, bathi: “Mkhulu u-Aritemisi we-Efesu!”

²⁹ Idorobho loke lazala ihlangahlangano, abantu badosa uGayusi no-Aristarirhusi okumaMasedoniya amabili agade akhamba noPowula, babasa ngendaweni yomboniso.

³⁰ UPowula wafuna ukungena hlangana nesiqubuthu, kodwana abafundi bamalela.

³¹ Ngitjho neenkhulu zesifunda se-Asiya egade zibangani bakhe zathumela umlayezo zimncenga bona angalibhadi ngendaweni yomboniso.

³² Isiqubuthu besihlangahlangene: Abanye barhuwelela lokhu, abanye barhuwelela okhunye ngombana inengi labo belingazi bona kuhlangenwe ngani.

³³ Abanye besiqubuthu barhuwelela imiyalo ku-Alekzandra ngombana nguye amaJuda ebegade amsunduzele phambili. Nje-ke yena waphakamisa isandla alinga ukuzivikela ebantwini.

³⁴ Kodwana kuthe bonyana balemuke bona umuJuda, barhuwelela boke okufanako ama-awara amabili bathi: “Omkhulu ngu-Aritemisi wama-Efesu!”

³⁵ Kodwana kuthe lokha usosiba wedorobho nasele athulise isiqubuthu, wathi: “Zakhamuzi ze-Efesu! Angithi woke uyazi bona idorobho le-Efesu lilibulungelo lethempeli laka-Aritemisi omkhulu nesithombe esakhithika sivela ezulwini.

³⁶ Yeke njengombana lokhu kuliqiniso elingaphikekiko nje, kumele nithule, ningenzi itshurhutshurhu.

³⁷ Nilethe amadoda la lapha, okungasiwo abadlelezeli bethempeli namkha abaphoqi bakazimukazi wethu.

³⁸ “Ngalokho nangabe uDemetriyusi nabososino abanaye banesililo nanoma ngobani, iinkundla zokugwebela zivulekile nabagwebi bakhona; abalethe iimangalo lapho.

³⁹ Kodwana nangabe kukhona enikufunako ngaphezu kwalokho enithanda ukukwazi, kufuze ilungiswe embizweni yezakhamuzi yangokomthetho.

⁴⁰ Nakungasinjalo sisengozini yokumangalelwa ngokuguruzela namhlanje ngombana asikho isizathu esingazilandulela ngaso ngesiphithiphithesi.”

⁴¹ Emva kokutjho lokhu, waqeda umhlangano.