19 Ningithandazele nami, khona ngitewuphiwa livi, ngitsi nangivula umlomo wami ngiyishumayele ngaso sonkhe sibindzi imfihlakalo yeliVangeli.
Kepha boPawula naBhanabasi bakhuluma ngesibindzi batsi: “Bekufanele kutsi livi leNkhosi likhulunywe kini kucala. Kepha njengobe ningalifuni, ningaticabangeli nine kutsi nifanelwe kuphila kwaphakadze, bhekani-ke sesiyanishiya siya kubetive.
Baphostoli bahlala lapho sikhatsi lesidze. Bakhuluma ngesibindzi ngeNkhosi, leyafakaza kutsi inshumayelo yabo ngemusa wayo iliciniso, ibanika emandla ekwenta tibonakaliso netimangaliso ngetandla tabo.
Lo-Apolosi wacala kushumayela ngesibindzi esinagogeni kwatsi kube Phrisila na-Akhwila bamuve, bamtsatsa bamyisa ekhaya bafike bamchazela kahle ngeNdlela yaNkulunkulu.
Kwaphela tinyanga letintsatfu seloku Pawula ahle aya esinagogeni abashumayela ngesibindzi ngembuso waNkulunkulu aphikisana nabo etama kubavumisa.
Bonkhe bagcwaliswa ngaMoya Longcwele; base bakhuluma ngaletinye tilimi, njengobe Moya wabapha kuphumisela.
Abeshumayela ngembuso waNkulunkulu, afundzisa ngeNkhosi Jesu Khristu akhuluma ngesibindzi nangekukhululeka lokukhulu.
Emalunga aleLiqoqo letiphatsimandla amangala kubona sibindzi saboPhetro naJohane, nekubona kutsi babebantfukatana nje labebangakafundzi. Bavele babona kutsi babehamba naJesu.
“Manje-ke, Nkhosi, ake ubukisise lokusesabisa kwabo bese uyasivumela, tsine tinceku takho, kutsi sikhulume livi lakho ngaso sonkhe sibindzi.
Nabacedza kuthandaza, lendzawo babehlangene kuyo yatanyatanyiswa. Bonkhe bagcwaliswa ngaMoya Longcwele, bacala bakhuluma livi laNkulunkulu ngesibindzi.
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.
Wakhuluma waphikisana nemaJuda labekhuluma siGriki; kodvwa abefuna kumbulala.
Ngiyanincenga, bazalwane, ngeNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu nangelutsandvo lwaMoya kutsi nilwe kanye nami ekungikhulekeleni kwenu, kuNkulunkulu.
Asimdvumise Nkulunkulu! Nguye lonemandla ekunicinisa ngeliVangeli lami nangetinshumayelo ngaJesu Khristu, ngekwesembulo semfihlakalo yeliciniso lelalifihlakele kusukela phakadze,
kutsi nicetjiswe ngetindlela tonkhe kuye, ekukhulumeni konkhe naselwatini lonkhe.
Kodvwa sikhuluma inhlakanipho yaNkulunkulu leyimfihlo lefihlekile, Nkulunkulu layimisa umhlaba ungakasekelwa, kutsi ibe ludvumo lwetfu.
Kufanele satiwe kutsi sitikhonti taKhristu nebaphatsi betimfihlakalo taNkulunkulu.
njengaloku nani nisiphasa ngekusikhulekela, khona kutewutsi labanyenti basibongele kuNkulunkulu ngesibusiso lesisiphiwe.
Ngulelo litsemba letfu, ngiko nje sikhuluma ngesibindzi.
Sikhuluma kini, nine baseKhorinte, inhlitiyo yetfu ivulekele kini.
Nginesibindzi lesikhulu kini; ngitigcabha kakhulu ngani. Kuko konkhe lokuhlupheka kwetfu ngiva nginendvudvuto, nenjabulo yami iyaphuphuma.
Njengobe nenta kahle kakhulu kuko konkhe: ekukholweni, nasekukhulumeni, naselwatini, nasekukhutsaleni konkhe, naselutsandvweni lwenu lese siluvutsele kini, nibovele nente kahle kakhulu nakulomusa wekwephana.
Nkulunkulu wakubona kufanele kutsi asatise imfihlakalo yentsandvo yakhe, labeyimisile ngaKhristu kwasekucaleni.
Ngaphiwa nekutsi ngibakhanyisele bonkhe bantfu kutsi lisebenta njani lisu lemfihlakalo, lebeyifihlakele kwaphakadze kuNkulunkulu lowadala tintfo tonkhe,
Loko ngikwentela kutsi tinhlitiyo tabo tikhutsateke tidvudvuteke, bahlanganiswe babe munye elutsandweni, babe nekuciniseka konkhe kwekwati lokuphelele, bayati kahle imfihlakalo yaNkulunkulu lenguKhristu.
Nisikhulekele natsi kuNkulunkulu, kutsi asinike ematfuba ekushumayela livi lakhe, sitekwati kukhuluma imfihlakalo yaKhristu, mine lengisiboshwa ngenca yayo.
Kodvwa nome sase sihlushiwe satselwa ngelihlazo eFiliphi, njengobe nani nati, saba nesibindzi kuNkulunkulu wetfu kutsi sishumayele kini liVangeli laNkulunkulu sibhekene nebulukhuni lobukhulu.
Bazalwane, sikhulekeleni.
Kwekugcina-ke, bazalwane, sithandazeleni, kuze kutsi livi leNkhosi lichubeke landze ngekushesha, lemukeleke ngeludvumo, njengobe kwaba njalo nakini.
Siyavuma kutsi yinkhulu kakhulu imfihlakalo yenkholo yetfu yekutsi: Wabonakaliswa angumuntfu, wafakazelwa nguMoya, wabonwa tingilosi, washunyayelwa kubetive, wakholeka emhlabeni, wenyukela enkhatimulweni.
Lokunye-ke kutsi ungilungiselele indzawo yekuhlala, ngobe ngiyetsemba kutsi imithandazo yenu itawuphendvuleka, Nkulunkulu angisite ngite lapho kini.
Sithandazeleni, ngobe sineliciniso kutsi nembeza wetfu umsulwa, sifisa kwenta lokulungile kuko konkhe ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi.