13 Ngalokho-ke, sele kwazeka kibo boke abalindi besigodlo nakiwo woke umuntu bonyana ngibotjhwe ngebanga lakaKrestu.
UPowula wamphendula wathi: “Namkha kumsinyana nanyana kungasinjalo, ngithandaza kuZimu bonyana kungabi nguwe wedwa, kodwana nabo boke abalaleleko namhlanje, sengathi bangaba ngilokhu engingikho, ngaphandle kweenketanezi!”
Kuthe bona basuke lapho bathi komunye nomunye: “Umuntu lo akakenzi ilitho bona angabe abulawe namkha afakwe ngesikhungweni.”
Ngemva kwamalanga amathathu uPowula wabiza abarholi bamaJuda wendawo bona bahlangane. Kwathi bona bahlangane, wathi kibo: “Bafowethu! Nanyana ngingakenzi ilitho elimbi ebantwini bekhethu nemasikweni esawafumana kibobamkhulu, ngabotjhwa ngeJerusalema, nganikelwa emaRomeni.
Kungebangeli ngibawe ukubonana nani, ngikhulumisane nani. Mbala, ngebanga lethemba laka-Israyeli ngibotjhwe ngeenketanezi.”
Iminyaka emibili yoke swana, wahlala endlini ayiqatjhileko, amukela boke abazombona;
Ngebangelo-ke, mina Powula engisibotjhwa sakaKrestu Jesu, esikhundleni senu nina abatjhili,
Yeke, mina sibotjhwa ngebanga leKosi ngiyanincenga bonyana niphile ipilo efanelana nokubizwa kwenu,
engimzenda walo ngibotjhiwe. Thandazani bona ngilitjhumayele ngesibindi njengombana ngifanele.
njengombana ninomtjhikatjhika ofana nalowo enangibona ngiphakathi kwawo, nagadesi nizwa bonyana ngisesenawo.
Kuhle kimi ukuzizwela ngalendlela ngani noke ngombana nginithwele ehliziyweni yami! Iye ngombana nihlanganyele nami emseni kaZimu, ekubotjhweni kwami nekuvikeleni kanye nekuqiniseni ivangeli.
Boke abacwengileko bayanilotjhisa, khulukhulu labo bekumba kaKhesari.
engihlupheka ngalo kufikela lapha ngabotjhwa khona njengeselelesi. Kodwana ilizwi lakaZimu alikabotjhwa lona.