IzEnzo 6 - IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE

Amadoda ayisikhombisa akhethwa ukuba aphathe abampofu

¹ Kwathi ngaleyo mihla abafundi sebanda, kwavela ukukhonona kubaJuda abakhuluma isiGreki ngamaHeberu ngokuthi abafelokazi bakubo bayancishwa ekwabelweni kwemihla ngemihla.

² Abayishumi nambili base bebiza ibandla labafundi, bathi: “Akukuhle ukuba thina sishiye izwi likaNkulunkulu, sikhonze ematafuleni.

³ Funani-ke phakathi kwenu bazalwane amadoda ayisikhombisa anodumo oluhle, agcwele uMoya nokuhlakanipha, esingawamisela lowo msebenzi.

⁴ Kepha thina sizakuqinisela ekukhulekeni nasenkonzweni yezwi.”

⁵ Leli zwi laba lihle kulo lonke ibandla; base bekhetha uStefanu, umuntu owayegcwele ukukholwa noMoya oNgcwele, noFiliphu, noProkhoro, noNikanori, noThimoni, noPharmena, noNikolawu, iproselite* lase-Antiyokiya,

⁶ babamisa phambi kwabaphostoli; bakhuleka, babeka izandla phezu kwabo.

⁷ Izwi likaNkulunkulu landa, umumo wabafundi wakhula eJerusalema, nesixuku esikhulu sabapristi salalela inkolo.

UStefanu umangalelwa emphakathini

⁸ Kepha uStefanu egcwele umusa namandla wenza izimangaliso nezibonakaliso ezinkulu phakathi kwabantu.

⁹ Kwase kusuka abanye besinagoge* elithiwa elabaLibertino, nabaseKhurene, nabase-Aleksandriya, nabavela eKhilikhiya nase-Asiya, baphikisana noStefanu;

¹⁰ kepha babengenamandla okumelana nokuhlakanipha noMoya ayekhuluma ngakho.

¹¹ Khona bathenga amadoda athi: “Simzwile ekhuluma amazwi enhlamba ngoMose nangoNkulunkulu,”

¹² bavusa abantu namalunga nababhali, bamvukela, bambamba, bamyisa emphakathini;

¹³ bamisa ofakazi bamanga abathi: “Lo muntu akayeki ukukhuluma amazwi ngale ndawo engcwele nangomthetho;

¹⁴ ngokuba simzwile ethi uJesu lo waseNazaretha uzakuchitha le ndawo, aguqule imithetho asinika yona uMose.”

¹⁵ Kwathi bemgqolozela bonke ababehlezi emphakathini, babona ubuso bakhe kungathi ubuso bengelosi.