7 nadzimate naba sibonelo kubo bonkhe labakholwako eMasedoniya nase-Akhaya.
Sebefikile eJerusalema baya bangena endlini leyayisetulu lapho babengenise khona. BekuboPhetro, naJohane, naJakobe, na-Andreya, naFiliphu, naTomase, naBhatalomewu, naMatewu, naJakobe, umsa wa-Alfiyose, naSimoni labekatiwa ngekutsi ngumZelothi kanye naJudasi, umsa waJakobe.
Sesuka lapho saya eFiliphi, lidolobha lelisesifundzeni sekucala saseMasedoniya, lelingephansi kwembuso wemaRoma. Sahlala emalanga lambalwa kulelo dolobha.
Emvakwaloko Pawula wesuka e-Athene waya eKhorinte.
Kwatsi ngesikhatsi kuphetse Galiyo e-Akhaya, onkhe emaJuda ase ahlanganyela Pawula ambamba amyisa enkantolo,
Emvakwaloko Pawula watimisela emoyeni wakhe kudzabula eMasedoniya nase-Akhaya aze ayewufika eJerusalema, atsi: “Nangisuka kuletindzawo kufanele ngifike naseRoma.”
Ngobe kwaba kuhle kubaseMasedoniya nebase-Akhaya kutsi banikelele labangcwele labamphofu baseJerusalema.
Lencwadzi iphuma kuPawula, umphostoli waKhristu Jesu ngekwentsandvo yaNkulunkulu, nakuThimothi, umzalwane. Iya ebandleni laNkulunkulu leliseKhorinte, nakubo bonkhe labangcwele labakulo lonkhe lase-Akhaya.
Ngiyati kutsi nitimisele kangakanani kusita. Ngiko loko lengiyaye ngitigcabhe ngako kubaseMasedoniya, ngibatjela kutsi base-Akhaya bese bavele bakulungele kunikela khona nyakenye. Inshisekelo yenu ibavusele umdlandla labanyenti.
Ngobe kuvakala kwelivi leNkhosi lokwachamuka lapho kini akuvakalanga eMasedoniya nase-Akhaya kuphela, kodvwa kukholwa kwenu nguNkulunkulu sekuvakele kuto tonkhe tindzawo, ngako-ke asinasidzingo sekulandzisa ngako.
Empeleni loko senikubonakalisile kubo bonkhe bazalwane labaseMasedoniya. Kodvwa siyanikhutsata, bazalwane, kutsi chubekani nikwente loko.
Ungavumi kutsi busha bakho bedzeleleke kubantfu. Kodvwa bani sibonelo kulabakholwako; ube sibonelo ngekukhuluma, nangesimilo, nangelutsandvo, nangekukholwa, nangekuba msulwa.
Wena-ke ube sibonelo lesihle ngato tonkhe tindlela. Ufundzise ngebucotfo nangekutimisela,
Ningatenti emakhosi etikwalabo lenibaphetse, kodvwa nibe tibonelo letinhle emhlambini leniwelusile.