Imisebenti yebaPhostoli 9 - Siswati 1996 Bible

Kuphendvuka kwaSawula

¹ Ngaso lesikhatsi Sawula abesachubeka ngekusongela nekubulala bafundzi beNkhosi. Waya kumPhristi Lomkhulu.

² Wafike wacela tincwadzi tekumetfula emasinagogeni emaJuda aseDamaseko, kuze atsi nakakhandza lapho nobe bobani lababalandzeli baleNdlela yeNkhosi, abe nemandla ekubabopha, labadvuna nalabasikati, abatsatse abamikise eJerusalema.

³ Asahamba aya eDamaseko, asasedvute nje nalelo dolobha, kwavela kukhanya lokukhulu esibhakabhakeni, kwambaneka ndzawo tonkhe ngekuphatima kweliso.

⁴ Washayeka phansi, weva livi litsi kuye: “Sawula! Ye Sawula! Ungihluphelani?”

⁵ Waphendvula watsi: “Ungubani, wena Nkhosi?” Livi laphendvula latsi: “NginguJesu, lomhluphako!

⁶ Sukuma-ke uye kulelo dolobha, lapho utawutjelwa khona lokufanele ukwente.”

⁷ Nalamadvodza labehamba naSawula abesamile, abindze ase dvu; abeliva lelivi, kepha akazange ambone lona labekhuluma.

⁸ Sawula wasukuma phansi, wavula emehlo, kodvwa emehlo ehluleka kubona. Ngako base bambamba ngesandla bamhola baze bayawungena naye eDamaseko.

⁹ Kwaphela emalanga lamatsatfu angakwati kubona, ngaleso sikhatsi abengadli anganatsi lutfo.

¹⁰ Kwakukhona umfundzi lapha eDamaseko libito lakhe kungu-Ananiyase. Wabona umbono lapho iNkhosi yatsi kuye: “Ananiyase!” Wasabela watsi: “Ngilapha, Nkhosi.”

¹¹ INkhosi yatsi kuye: “Tilungiselele kuhamba uye eSitaladini Lesicondzile, endlini yaJudasi ucele indvodza yaseThasusi libito layo nguSawula. Uyathandaza.

¹² Ekwembulelweni kwakhe ubone indvodza lengu-Ananiyase ingena ibeka tandla etikwakhe kuze aphindze abone.”

¹³ Kepha Ananiyase waphendvula watsi: “Nkhosi, bantfu labanyenti sebangitjelile ngalendvodza, nangabo bonkhe budlova lebentile kubantfu bakho eJerusalema.

¹⁴ Futsi seyite lapha eDamaseko ngemandla nangemvume yebaphristi labakhulu kutewubopha bonkhe bantfu lababita libito lakho.”

¹⁵ INkhosi yatsi kuye: “Hamba, ngobe lowo muntfu usitja sami lengisikhetsile kutsi siphatse libito lami kubetive nakumakhosi, nakubantfu baka-Israyeli.

¹⁶ Mine ngekwami ngitamkhombisa konkhe lafanele ahlupheke ngako ngelibito lami.”

¹⁷ Ngako-ke Ananiyase wahamba, wangena endlini wabeka tandla etikwaSawula. Watsi: “Mzalwane, Sawula, iNkhosi Jesu lebonakele kuwe endleleni ingitfumile kutsi ubone futsi, ugcwaliswe ngaMoya Longcwele.”

¹⁸ Masinyane kwawa tincwencwe letatifanana nenkhwetfu tisuka emehlweni aSawula, waphindze wabona futsi. Wasukuma wabhajatiswa.

¹⁹ Emvakwekudla waphindze wacina futsi. Sawula wahlala nebafundzi emalangana lambalwa eDamaseko.

Sawula ushumayela eDamaseko

²⁰ Masinyane wacala kushumayela emasinagogeni ngaJesu atsi: “UyiNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu.”

²¹ Bonkhe labamuva bamangala babutana bodvwana batsi: “Akusiyo yini lendvodza lebeyibulala bonkhe lababita lelibito eJerusalema? Khona kantsi nje ayiketi lapha ngalenjongo yekubabopha ibamikise kubaphristi labakhulu yini?”

²² Kodvwa Sawula wachubeka kushumayela ngemandla wawadzidza nemaJuda labehlala eDamaseko, awakhombisa ngalokusebaleni kutsi Jesu unguKhristu.

²³ Emvakwemalanga lamanyenti, emaJuda ahlangana enta lisu lekumbulala.

²⁴ Kodvwa Sawula weva ngalelisu labo kutsi bamlindza imini nebusuku emagedeni elidolobha kuze bambulale.

²⁵ Kodvwa balandzeli bakhe Sawula bamtsatsa ebusuku bamehlisa ngelibhasikidi elubondzeni lwelidolobha.

Sawula eJerusalema

²⁶ Sawula waya eJerusalema wetama kutihlanganisa nebafundzi, kodvwa abazange bamkholwe lokutsi abesangumfundzi, bonkhe babemesaba.

²⁷ Noko Bhanabasi wamsita ngekutsi amtsatse amyise kubaphostoli. Wafike wabachazela kutsi Sawula wayibona kanjani iNkhosi endleleni, nekutsi iNkhosi yakhuluma naye. Wabatjela futsi nekutsi Sawula washumayela kanjani ngesibindzi ngelibito laJesu eDamaseko.

²⁸ Ngako-ke Sawula wahlanganyela kanye nabo behla benyuka nelidolobha lonkhe laseJerusalema, bashumayela ngesibindzi ngelibito leNkhosi.

²⁹ Wakhuluma waphikisana nemaJuda labekhuluma siGriki; kodvwa abefuna kumbulala.

³⁰ Kwatsi bazalwane nabakhandza tintfo time kanje, bamtsatsa Sawula bamyisa eKhesariya bamtfumela eThasusi.

³¹ Ngako-ke libandla kulo lonkhe laseJudiya naseGalile naseSamariya laba nesikhatsi sekuthula. Lakhiwa, lakhula ngebunyenti ngekusitwa nguMoya Longcwele liphila imphilo yekwesaba iNkhosi.

Phetro eLida naseJopha

³² Phetro asahambahamba emkhatsini wabo bonkhe, waze wehlela kulabangcwele lababehlala eLida.

³³ Kulapho akhandza khona indvodza leyayingu-Ayeneyasi, leyayife luhlangotsi ingakwati nekuvuka embhedzeni iminyaka lesiphohlongo.

³⁴ Phetro watsi kuye: “Ayeneyasi, Jesu Khristu uyakuphilisa. Sukuma ugcebe umbhedze wakho!” Ayeneyasi wasukuma ngekushesha.

³⁵ Bonkhe bantfu lababehlala eLida nasesigodzini saseSharoni bambona, baphendvukela eNkhosini.

³⁶ EJopha kwakunemfati labelikholwa anguThabitha. Libito lakhe ngesiGriki kwakunguDokhasi, (lokusho kutsi “inyamatane”), abecitsa sonkhe sikhatsi sakhe ngekwenta lokuhle ngekusita timphuya.

³⁷ Ngaso leso sikhatsi wagula, wafa. Sidvumbu sakhe basigeza basilalisa endlini esitezi.

³⁸ IJopha yayisedvute naseLida, kwatsi bafundzi nabeva kutsi Phetro abeseLida, batfumela emadvodza lamabili nemlayeto lotsi: “Sicela unonophe ute lapha kitsi.”

³⁹ Ngako Phetro watilungisela wahamba nabo. Nasafikile bamtsatsa bamyisa kulendlu leyayisesitezi. Bonkhe bafelokati bamsingatsa, bakhala bamkhombisa emahembe nemajazi labentiwe nguDokhasi asengakafi.

⁴⁰ Phetro wabakhiphela ngephandle bonkhe labantfu, waguca phansi wathandaza; wase ugucukela kulesidvumbu watsi: “Thabitha, sukuma!” Thabitha wavula emehlo, watsi kube abone Phetro wahlala ngetibunu.

⁴¹ Phetro wambamba ngesandla wamsukumisa. Wase ubita emakholwa nebafelokati, wabanika yena asaphilile.

⁴² Lendzaba yasakateka neJopha yonkhe, bantfu labanyenti bakholwa eNkhosini.

⁴³ Phetro wahlala eJopha emalanga lamanyenti nemshuki wetikhumba labenguSimoni.