Imisebenzi 25
1 Ngemva kwensuku ezintathu efikile esifundeni uFestasi, wasuka eKhesariya waya eJerusalema
anantaraṁ phīṣṭo nijarājyam āgatya dinatrayāt paraṁ kaisariyāto yirūśālamnagaram āgamat|
2 lapho abaphristi abakhulu labakhokheli bamaJuda bema phambi kwakhe beneka amacala kaPhawuli.
tadā mahāyājako yihūdīyānāṁ pradhānalokāśca tasya samakṣaṁ paulam apāvadanta|
3 Bamcela ngokuphangisa uFestasi, ukuba abenzele umusa, abalethele uPhawuli eJerusalema, ngoba babeceba ukumcathamela bambulale endleleni.
bhavān taṁ yirūśālamam ānetum ājñāpayatviti vinīya te tasmād anugrahaṁ vāñchitavantaḥ|
4 UFestasi waphendula wathi, “UPhawuli uvalelwe eKhesariya, njalo mina ngokwami Ngiya khona masinyane.
yataḥ pathimadhye gopanena paulaṁ hantuṁ tai rghātakā niyuktāḥ| phīṣṭa uttaraṁ dattavān paulaḥ kaisariyāyāṁ sthāsyati punaralpadināt param ahaṁ tatra yāsyāmi|
5 Akuthi abanye abakhokheli bakini bahambe lami bafike bamethese amacala khonale, nxa kukhona akonileyo.”
tatastasya mānuṣasya yadi kaścid aparādhastiṣṭhati tarhi yuṣmākaṁ ye śaknuvanti te mayā saha tatra gatvā tamapavadantu sa etāṁ kathāṁ kathitavān|
6 Esehlale insuku eziyisificaminwembili loba ezilitshumi labo, wehlela eKhesariya, kwathi ngosuku olulandelayo wangenisa inkundla wathi kalethwe uPhawuli phambi kwakhe.
daśadivasebhyo'dhikaṁ vilambya phīṣṭastasmāt kaisariyānagaraṁ gatvā parasmin divase vicārāsana upadiśya paulam ānetum ājñāpayat|
7 Esefikile uPhawuli amaJuda ayebuyile evela eJerusalema ambuthanela, ethula amacala amanengi esabekayo ngaye, kodwa engelabufakazi ngawo.
paule samupasthite sati yirūśālamnagarād āgatā yihūdīyalokāstaṁ caturdiśi saṁveṣṭya tasya viruddhaṁ bahūn mahādoṣān utthāpitavantaḥ kintu teṣāṁ kimapi pramāṇaṁ dātuṁ na śaknuvantaḥ|
8 UPhawuli wasezivikela wathi, “Angenzanga lutho oluphikisa umlayo wamaJuda kumbe ukudumaza ithempeli, kumbe oluphikisa uKhesari.”
tataḥ paulaḥ svasmin uttaramidam uditavān, yihūdīyānāṁ vyavasthāyā mandirasya kaisarasya vā pratikūlaṁ kimapi karmma nāhaṁ kṛtavān|
9 UFestasi wayefuna ukwenzela amaJuda umusa, wathi kuPhawuli, “Uyavuma na ukuya eJerusalema ukuthi ngiyekuthonisela khona amacala la?”
kintu phīṣṭo yihūdīyān santuṣṭān karttum abhilaṣan paulam abhāṣata tvaṁ kiṁ yirūśālamaṁ gatvāsmin abhiyoge mama sākṣād vicārito bhaviṣyasi?
10 Waphendula uPhawuli wathi, “Khathesi sengisiyakuma phambi kwenkundla kaKhesari, lapho engifanele ukuthonisiswa khona. Kangonanga lutho kumaJuda, njengoba lawe usazi kakuhle.
tataḥ paula uttaraṁ proktavān, yatra mama vicāro bhavituṁ yogyaḥ kaisarasya tatra vicārāsana eva samupasthitosmi; ahaṁ yihūdīyānāṁ kāmapi hāniṁ nākārṣam iti bhavān yathārthato vijānāti|
11 Kodwa, nxa ngilecala lokwenza loba yini efanele ukufa kangali ukubulawa. Kodwa nxa lawomacala engiwetheswa ngamaJuda la engasiqiniso, kakho olelungelo lokunginikela kuwo. Ngilidlulisela kuKhesari!”
kañcidaparādhaṁ kiñcana vadhārhaṁ karmma vā yadyaham akariṣyaṁ tarhi prāṇahananadaṇḍamapi bhoktum udyato'bhaviṣyaṁ, kintu te mama samapavādaṁ kurvvanti sa yadi kalpitamātro bhavati tarhi teṣāṁ kareṣu māṁ samarpayituṁ kasyāpyadhikāro nāsti, kaisarasya nikaṭe mama vicāro bhavatu|
12 UFestasi esehlanganise amakhanda lomphakathi wakhe, wathi, “Usulidlulisele kuKhesari. Uzakuya-ke kuKhesari!”
tadā phīṣṭo mantribhiḥ sārddhaṁ saṁmantrya paulāya kathitavān, kaisarasya nikaṭe kiṁ tava vicāro bhaviṣyati? kaisarasya samīpaṁ gamiṣyasi|
13 Sekuyizinsuku ezimbalwa ngemva kwalokho iNkosi u-Agripha loBhenikhe bafika eKhesariya ukuyaqinisa ubudlelwano laye uFestasi.
kiyaddinebhyaḥ param āgripparājā barṇīkī ca phīṣṭaṁ sākṣāt karttuṁ kaisariyānagaram āgatavantau|
14 Njengoba babezachitha insuku ezinengi khona, uFestasi wakhuluma leNkosi ngendaba kaPhawuli. Wathi, “Kulendoda lapha eyatshiywa nguFelikhe iyisibotshwa.
tadā tau bahudināni tatra sthitau tataḥ phīṣṭastaṁ rājānaṁ paulasya kathāṁ vijñāpya kathayitum ārabhata paulanāmānam ekaṁ bandi phīlikṣo baddhaṁ saṁsthāpya gatavān|
15 Ngathi ngiseJerusalema, abaphristi abakhulu labadala bamaJuda bayimangalela ngamacala athile, bacela ukuthi ibulawe.
yirūśālami mama sthitikāle mahāyājako yihūdīyānāṁ prācīnalokāśca tam apodya tamprati daṇḍājñāṁ prārthayanta|
16 Ngabatshela ukuthi kakusimkhuba wamaRoma ukunikela umuntu engakahlanganiswa labamangaleli bakhe, waphiwa ithuba lokuzivikela kulawo macala abambeka wona.
tatoham ityuttaram avadaṁ yāvad apodito janaḥ svāpavādakān sākṣāt kṛtvā svasmin yo'parādha āropitastasya pratyuttaraṁ dātuṁ suyogaṁ na prāpnoti, tāvatkālaṁ kasyāpi mānuṣasya prāṇanāśājñāpanaṁ romilokānāṁ rīti rnahi|
17 Bathi sebefikile lapha behamba lami, ngahle ngalingenisa icala, kodwa inkundla ngayihlanganisa ngosuku olulandelayo, ngathi indoda leyo kayingeniswe.
tatasteṣvatrāgateṣu parasmin divase'ham avilambaṁ vicārāsana upaviśya taṁ mānuṣam ānetum ājñāpayam|
18 Sebephakamile ukuba bakhulume, kabasambekanga lawomacala engangiwakhumbula.
tadanantaraṁ tasyāpavādakā upasthāya yādṛśam ahaṁ cintitavān tādṛśaṁ kañcana mahāpavādaṁ notthāpya
19 Kodwa, kulezinto ezithile ababephikisana ngazo laye mayelana lenkolo yabo langenye indoda eyafayo ethiwa nguJesu, uPhawuli athi yena iyaphila.
sveṣāṁ mate tathā paulo yaṁ sajīvaṁ vadati tasmin yīśunāmani mṛtajane ca tasya viruddhaṁ kathitavantaḥ|
20 Ngisuke ngadideka ukuthi ngizicubungule njani izindaba ezinjalo; yikho ngimbuzile ukuthi angavuma yini ukuya eJerusalema ayethonisiswa khona ngamacala la.
tatohaṁ tādṛgvicāre saṁśayānaḥ san kathitavān tvaṁ yirūśālamaṁ gatvā kiṁ tatra vicārito bhavitum icchasi?
21 Kuthe uPhawuli esethe ucela icala lakhe limiswe liyoqunywa nguMbusi oMkhulu, ngathi kagcinwe entolongweni ngize ngimdlulisele kuKhesari.”
tadā paulo mahārājasya nikaṭe vicārito bhavituṁ prārthayata, tasmād yāvatkālaṁ taṁ kaisarasya samīpaṁ preṣayituṁ na śaknomi tāvatkālaṁ tamatra sthāpayitum ādiṣṭavān|
22 U-Agripha wasesithi kuFestasi, “Ngifuna ukuthi kengiyizwe mina ngokwami indoda leyo.” Waphendula wathi, “Uzayizwa kusasa.”
tata āgrippaḥ phīṣṭam uktavān, ahamapi tasya mānuṣasya kathāṁ śrotum abhilaṣāmi| tadā phīṣṭo vyāharat śvastadīyāṁ kathāṁ tvaṁ śroṣyasi|
23 Kusisa u-Agripha loBhenikhe bafika ngodumo olukhulu bangena emthethwandaba lezikhulu zakhona ezaziwayo kanye labakhokheli bedolobho. UFestasi wathi uPhawuli kalethwe.
parasmin divase āgrippo barṇīkī ca mahāsamāgamaṁ kṛtvā pradhānavāhinīpatibhi rnagarasthapradhānalokaiśca saha militvā rājagṛhamāgatya samupasthitau tadā phīṣṭasyājñayā paula ānīto'bhavat|
24 UFestasi wasesithi, “Nkosi Agripha, lani lonke elikhona lathi lapha, liyayibona indoda le! Sonke isizwe samaJuda eJerusalema lakhona lapha eKhesariya senza isikhalazo kimi bememeza ukuthi kayisafanelanga ukuthi ibe ilokhu iphila.
tadā phīṣṭaḥ kathitavān he rājan āgrippa he upasthitāḥ sarvve lokā yirūśālamnagare yihūdīyalokasamūho yasmin mānuṣe mama samīpe nivedanaṁ kṛtvā proccaiḥ kathāmimāṁ kathitavān punaralpakālamapi tasya jīvanaṁ nocitaṁ tametaṁ mānuṣaṁ paśyata|
25 Ngafumana ukuthi kwakungelalutho alwenzayo olufanele ukufa, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi wacela ukudluliselwa kuMbusi oMkhulu, ngakhetha ukuthi ngimdlulisele eRoma.
kintveṣa janaḥ prāṇanāśarhaṁ kimapi karmma na kṛtavān ityajānāṁ tathāpi sa mahārājasya sannidhau vicārito bhavituṁ prārthayata tasmāt tasya samīpaṁ taṁ preṣayituṁ matimakaravam|
26 Kodwa kakulalutho olubambekayo engizalulobela uMhlekazi ngaye. Ngakho sengimlethe lapha phambi kwenu lonke, ikakhulu phambi kwakho wena Nkosi Agripha, ukuze kuthi ngemva kokumhlola hlezi ngithole ulutho engingaluloba.
kintu śrīyuktasya samīpam etasmin kiṁ lekhanīyam ityasya kasyacin nirṇayasya na jātatvād etasya vicāre sati yathāhaṁ lekhituṁ kiñcana niścitaṁ prāpnomi tadarthaṁ yuṣmākaṁ samakṣaṁ viśeṣato he āgripparāja bhavataḥ samakṣam etam ānaye|
27 Ngibona kungaba liphutha elikhulu ukuthumela isibotshwa ngingacacanga ngamacala esiwetheswayo.”
yato bandipreṣaṇasamaye tasyābhiyogasya kiñcidalekhanam aham ayuktaṁ jānāmi|
