33 Ngasona leso sikhatsi ebusuku wabatsatsa wayawubageza emanceba abo, wase uyabhajatiswa khonapho yena nebendlu yakhe bonkhe.
Nangabe umuntfu ajabulisa Simakadze ngesimilo sakhe, Simakadze ubese wenta titsa takhe tihlalisane kahle naye.
Wababhabhatisa emfuleni iJordane, bavuma tono tabo.
Jesu wase utsi kuye: “Lamuhla seyifikile insindziso kulomuti; ngobe phela lendvodza nayo isitukulwane sa-Abrahama.
Watsi kube abhajatiswe yena nendlu yakhe, wasincenga watsi: “Nangabe niyangibona kutsi ngetsembekile ngempela eNkhosini yami, wotani nitewuhlala endlini kami.” Wasicindzetela saze savuma.
Batsi sebashaywe imivimba leminyenti tase titsi abafakwe ejele, tayala umgcinijele kutsi abagcine kahle, abagadzisise.
Kwatsi ekhatsi nebusuku boPawula naSilasi bathandaza bahlabela tingoma tekudvumisa Nkulunkulu, tiboshwa letinye tatibalalele.
Base bashumayela livi leNkhosi kuye nakubo bonkhe bendlu yakhe.
Labanye lengababhabhatisa bakaStefanasi. Ngaphandle kwalabo angisho kutsi ukhona lomunye lengambhabhatisa.
Ngobe bazalwane, nabitelwa enkhululekweni; kuphela nje ningayisebentisi inkhululeko yenu kunika ematfuba ekwenta sono, kodvwa khontanani ngelutsandvo lomunye kulomunye.
Ngobe kuKhristu Jesu kusoka nekungasoki akunamsebenti, kodvwa kuphela kukholwa lokusebenta ngelutsandvo.
Emanti wona emele umbhabhatiso. Umbhabhatiso awusiwo wekususa insila yemtimba, kodvwa wekucela nembeza lomsulwa kuNkulunkulu. Lombhabhatiso uyanisindzisa ngekuvuka kwaJesu Khristu ekufeni.