Imisebenzi 19
1 Kwasekusithi, uApolosi eseseKorinte, uPawuli wafika eEfesu esedabule indawo eziphakemeyo; wasefica abafundi abathile
karinthanagara āpallasaḥ sthitikāle paula uttarapradeśairāgacchan iphiṣanagaram upasthitavān| tatra katipayaśiṣyān sākṣat prāpya tān apṛcchat,
2 wathi kubo: Lamemukela yini uMoya oNgcwele mhla likholwayo? Basebesithi kuye: Kodwa kasizanga sizwe ngitsho ukuthi kukhona uMoya oNgcwele.
yūyaṁ viśvasya pavitramātmānaṁ prāptā na vā? tataste pratyavadan pavitra ātmā dīyate ityasmābhiḥ śrutamapi nahi|
3 Wasesithi kubo: Pho labhabhathizelwa kukuphi? Basebesithi: Kubhabhathizo lukaJohane.
tadā sā'vadat tarhi yūyaṁ kena majjitā abhavata? te'kathayan yohano majjanena|
4 Kodwa uPawuli wathi: UJohane isibili wabhabhathiza ubhabhathizo lokuphenduka, etshela abantu ukuze bakholwe kulowo oweza emva kwakhe, okuyikuthi, kuKristu Jesu.
tadā paula uktavān itaḥ paraṁ ya upasthāsyati tasmin arthata yīśukhrīṣṭe viśvasitavyamityuktvā yohan manaḥparivarttanasūcakena majjanena jale lokān amajjayat|
5 Lalabo abezwayo babhabhathizwa ebizweni leNkosi uJesu.
tādṛśīṁ kathāṁ śrutvā te prabho ryīśukhrīṣṭasya nāmnā majjitā abhavan|
6 Wathi uPawuli esebeke izandla phezu kwabo, uMoya oyiNgcwele weza phezu kwabo; basebekhuluma ngendimi, baprofetha.
tataḥ paulena teṣāṁ gātreṣu kare'rpite teṣāmupari pavitra ātmāvarūḍhavān, tasmāt te nānādeśīyā bhāṣā bhaviṣyatkathāśca kathitavantaḥ|
7 Njalo wonke amadoda ayengaba litshumi lambili.
te prāyeṇa dvādaśajanā āsan|
8 Wasengena esinagogeni wakhuluma ngesibindi, inyanga ezintathu etshumayela eqinisekisa izinto ngombuso kaNkulunkulu.
paulo bhajanabhavanaṁ gatvā prāyeṇa māsatrayam īśvarasya rājyasya vicāraṁ kṛtvā lokān pravartya sāhasena kathāmakathayat|
9 Kodwa kwathi abanye besiba lukhuni bengakholwa, bekhuluma kubi ngaleyondlela phambi kwabantu, wasuka kubo wehlukanisa abafundi, insuku ngensuku etshumayela esikolo sothile uTiranu.
kintu kaṭhināntaḥkaraṇatvāt kiyanto janā na viśvasya sarvveṣāṁ samakṣam etatpathasya nindāṁ karttuṁ pravṛttāḥ, ataḥ paulasteṣāṁ samīpāt prasthāya śiṣyagaṇaṁ pṛthakkṛtvā pratyahaṁ turānnanāmnaḥ kasyacit janasya pāṭhaśālāyāṁ vicāraṁ kṛtavān|
10 Lalokhu kwenzeka okweminyaka emibili, baze balizwa ilizwi leNkosi uJesu bonke abakhileyo eAsiya, amaJuda kanye lamaGriki.
itthaṁ vatsaradvayaṁ gataṁ tasmād āśiyādeśanivāsinaḥ sarvve yihūdīyā anyadeśīyalokāśca prabho ryīśoḥ kathām aśrauṣan|
11 UNkulunkulu wasesenza imisebenzi yamandla engejwayelekanga ngezandla zikaPawuli,
paulena ca īśvara etādṛśānyadbhutāni karmmāṇi kṛtavān
12 kwaze kwathi lakwabagulayo kwasiwa izifinyo kumbe amafasikoti okuvela emzimbeni wakhe, lezifo zasuka kubo, labomoya ababi baphuma kubo.
yat paridheye gātramārjanavastre vā tasya dehāt pīḍitalokānām samīpam ānīte te nirāmayā jātā apavitrā bhūtāśca tebhyo bahirgatavantaḥ|
13 Kwathi abanye kumihambuma yamaJuda, izanuse, bazama ukubiza ibizo leNkosi uJesu kulabo ababelabomoya ababi, besithi: Siyalifungisa ngoJesu amtshumayelayo uPawuli.
tadā deśāṭanakāriṇaḥ kiyanto yihūdīyā bhūtāpasāriṇo bhūtagrastanokānāṁ sannidhau prabhe ryīśo rnāma japtvā vākyamidam avadan, yasya kathāṁ paulaḥ pracārayati tasya yīśo rnāmnā yuṣmān ājñāpayāmaḥ|
14 Njalo kwakukhona amadodana ayisikhombisa athile kaSikeva umJuda umpristi omkhulu akwenzayo lokho.
skivanāmno yihūdīyānāṁ pradhānayājakasya saptabhiḥ puttaistathā kṛte sati
15 Kodwa umoya omubi waphendula wathi: UJesu ngiyamazi, loPawuli ngiyazi ngaye; kodwa lina lingobani?
kaścid apavitro bhūtaḥ pratyuditavān, yīśuṁ jānāmi paulañca paricinomi kintu ke yūyaṁ?
16 Lowomuntu okwakukuye umoya omubi waseseqela phezu kwabo, njalo wabehlula, wabanqoba, baze babaleka kuleyondlu benqunu belimele.
ityuktvā sopavitrabhūtagrasto manuṣyo lamphaṁ kṛtvā teṣāmupari patitvā balena tān jitavān, tasmātte nagnāḥ kṣatāṅgāśca santastasmād gehāt palāyanta|
17 Lokhu kwasekusaziwa yibo bonke abakhileyo eEfesu amaJuda kanye lamaGriki; lokwesaba kwasekubehlela bonke; njalo lakhuliswa ibizo leNkosi uJesu.
sā vāg iphiṣanagaranivāsinasaṁ sarvveṣāṁ yihūdīyānāṁ bhinnadeśīyānāṁ lokānāñca śravogocarībhūtā; tataḥ sarvve bhayaṁ gatāḥ prabho ryīśo rnāmno yaśo 'varddhata|
18 Labanengi balabo abakholwayo beza, bevuma, bememezela izenzo zabo.
yeṣāmanekeṣāṁ lokānāṁ pratītirajāyata ta āgatya svaiḥ kṛtāḥ kriyāḥ prakāśarūpeṇāṅgīkṛtavantaḥ|
19 Labanengi balabo ababesenza amasalamusi baletha ingwalo ndawonye bazitshisa phambi kwabo bonke; basebebala intengo yazo, bathola izinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amahlanu zesiliva.
bahavo māyākarmmakāriṇaḥ svasvagranthān ānīya rāśīkṛtya sarvveṣāṁ samakṣam adāhayan, tato gaṇanāṁ kṛtvābudhyanta pañcāyutarūpyamudrāmūlyapustakāni dagdhāni|
20 Ngokunjalo ilizwi leNkosi lakhula ngamandla lanqoba.
itthaṁ prabhoḥ kathā sarvvadeśaṁ vyāpya prabalā jātā|
21 Kwathi lezizinto seziphelile, uPawuli wazimisela emoyeni, esedabule eMakedoniya leAkaya, ukuya eJerusalema, esithi: Emva kokuba kwami lapho, ngimele ukubona iRoma layo.
sarvveṣveteṣu karmmasu sampanneṣu satsu paulo mākidaniyākhāyādeśābhyāṁ yirūśālamaṁ gantuṁ matiṁ kṛtvā kathitavān tatsthānaṁ yātrāyāṁ kṛtāyāṁ satyāṁ mayā romānagaraṁ draṣṭavyaṁ|
22 Esethume eMakedoniya ababili balabo ababemsiza, uTimothi loErastu, yena wahlala eAsiya okwesikhathi.
svānugatalokānāṁ tīmathiyerāstau dvau janau mākidaniyādeśaṁ prati prahitya svayam āśiyādeśe katipayadināni sthitavān|
23 Kodwa ngalesosikhathi kwasuka isiphithiphithi esingesincinyane mayelana laleyondlela.
kintu tasmin samaye mate'smin kalaho jātaḥ|
24 Ngoba umuntu othile onguDemetriyu ngebizo, umkhandi wesiliva, owenza amathempelana esiliva kaDiyana, waletha kuzingcwethi inzuzo engencinyane;
tatkāraṇamidaṁ, arttimīdevyā rūpyamandiranirmmāṇena sarvveṣāṁ śilpināṁ yatheṣṭalābham ajanayat yo dīmītriyanāmā nāḍīndhamaḥ
25 owabaqoqayo bona, lezisebenzi zezinto ezifananayo, wathi: Madoda, liyazi ukuthi inotho yethu ivela kulumsebenzi.
sa tān tatkarmmajīvinaḥ sarvvalokāṁśca samāhūya bhāṣitavān he mahecchā etena mandiranirmmāṇenāsmākaṁ jīvikā bhavati, etad yūyaṁ vittha;
26 Njalo liyabona liyezwa ukuthi kungeyisikho eEfesu kuphela, kodwa phose kulo lonke iAsiya, uPawuli lo uncengile njalo uphambule ixuku elikhulu, esithi kayisibo onkulunkulu abenziwe ngezandla.
kintu hastanirmmiteśvarā īśvarā nahi paulanāmnā kenacijjanena kathāmimāṁ vyāhṛtya kevalephiṣanagare nahi prāyeṇa sarvvasmin āśiyādeśe pravṛttiṁ grāhayitvā bahulokānāṁ śemuṣī parāvarttitā, etad yuṣmābhi rdṛśyate śrūyate ca|
27 Njalo kayisikho lokhu kuphela ukuthi sisengozini yokuthi lolugatsha lomsebenzi lufike ekutheni lungahlonitshwa, kodwa lethempeli likankulunkulukazi omkhulu uDiyana lizathiwa liyinto engesilutho, njalo lobukhulukazi bakhe buzakwehliswa, elimkhonzayo yonke iAsiya lomhlaba wonke.
tenāsmākaṁ vāṇijyasya sarvvathā hāneḥ sambhavanaṁ kevalamiti nahi, āśiyādeśasthai rvā sarvvajagatsthai rlokaiḥ pūjyā yārtimī mahādevī tasyā mandirasyāvajñānasya tasyā aiśvaryyasya nāśasya ca sambhāvanā vidyate|
28 Kwathi bekuzwa bagcwala intukuthelo, bamemeza besithi: Mkhulu uDiyana wamaEfesu!
etādṛśīṁ kathāṁ śrutvā te mahākrodhānvitāḥ santa uccaiḥkāraṁ kathitavanta iphiṣīyānām arttimī devī mahatī bhavati|
29 Njalo umuzi wonke wagcwala isiphithiphithi; basebetheleka kanyekanye endaweni yokudlalela, bahudula uGayusi loAristako amaMakedoniya, abaphelekezeli bakaPawuli.
tataḥ sarvvanagaraṁ kalahena paripūrṇamabhavat, tataḥ paraṁ te mākidanīyagāyāristārkhanāmānau paulasya dvau sahacarau dhṛtvaikacittā raṅgabhūmiṁ javena dhāvitavantaḥ|
30 Kwathi uPawuli efuna ukungena exukwini, abafundi kabamvumelanga.
tataḥ paulo lokānāṁ sannidhiṁ yātum udyatavān kintu śiṣyagaṇastaṁ vāritavān|
31 Njalo labanye bababusi beAsiya, ababengabangane bakhe, bathuma kuye, bemncenga ukuthi angazinikeli endaweni yokudlalela.
paulasyatmīyā āśiyādeśasthāḥ katipayāḥ pradhānalokāstasya samīpaṁ naramekaṁ preṣya tvaṁ raṅgabhūmiṁ māgā iti nyavedayan|
32 Ngakho abanye bamemeza okunye labanye okunye; ngoba umhlangano wawusanganisekile, njalo inengi labo lalingazi ukuthi libuthene lapho ngenxa yani.
tato nānālokānāṁ nānākathākathanāt sabhā vyākulā jātā kiṁ kāraṇād etāvatī janatābhavat etad adhikai rlokai rnājñāyi|
33 Basebemusa phambili uAleksandro esuka exukwini, ngoba amaJuda amqhubela phambili. UAleksandro waseqhweba ngesandla, efuna ukuzivikela ebantwini.
tataḥ paraṁ janatāmadhyād yihūdīyairbahiṣkṛtaḥ sikandaro hastena saṅketaṁ kṛtvā lokebhya uttaraṁ dātumudyatavān,
34 Kodwa bathi sebekwazi ukuthi ungumJuda, kwaba lelizwi elilodwa livela kubo bonke okungaba ngamahola amabili limemeza lisithi: Mkhulu uDiyana wamaEfesu!
kintu sa yihūdīyaloka iti niścite sati iphiṣīyānām arttimī devī mahatīti vākyaṁ prāyeṇa pañca daṇḍān yāvad ekasvareṇa lokanivahaiḥ proktaṁ|
35 Njalo kwathi umabhalane eselithulisile ixuku wathi: Madoda eEfesu, kanti kukhona yini umuntu ongaziyo ukuthi umuzi weEfesu ungumlondolozi wethempeli likankulunkulukazi omkhulu uDiyana lowento eyawa ivela kuZewusi?
tato nagarādhipatistān sthirān kṛtvā kathitavān he iphiṣāyāḥ sarvve lokā ākarṇayata, artimīmahādevyā mahādevāt patitāyāstatpratimāyāśca pūjanama iphiṣanagarasthāḥ sarvve lokāḥ kurvvanti, etat ke na jānanti?
36 Ngakho njengoba lezizinto zingephikwe, kufanele lithule, lingenzi lutho ngamawala.
tasmād etatpratikūlaṁ kepi kathayituṁ na śaknuvanti, iti jñātvā yuṣmābhiḥ susthiratvena sthātavyam avivicya kimapi karmma na karttavyañca|
37 Ngoba lilethe lamadoda, angeyisibo abaphangi bamathempeli langahlambazi unkulunkulukazi wenu.
yān etān manuṣyān yūyamatra samānayata te mandiradravyāpahārakā yuṣmākaṁ devyā nindakāśca na bhavanti|
38 Ngakho uba uDemetriyu lezingcwethi kanye laye belodaba ngomuntu, amalanga okuthonisa amacala ayagcinwa, bakhona lababusi; kabamangalelane.
yadi kañcana prati dīmītriyasya tasya sahāyānāñca kācid āpatti rvidyate tarhi pratinidhilokā vicārasthānañca santi, te tat sthānaṁ gatvā uttarapratyuttare kurvvantu|
39 Kodwa uba lidinga ulutho ngezinye izinto, kuzalungiswa emhlanganweni osemthethweni.
kintu yuṣmākaṁ kācidaparā kathā yadi tiṣṭhati tarhi niyamitāyāṁ sabhāyāṁ tasyā niṣpatti rbhaviṣyati|
40 Ngoba futhi sisengozini yokumangalelwa ngomvukela ngenxa yalamuhla, kungelambangela esingalandisa ngayo ngalesisiphithiphithi.
kintvetasya virodhasyottaraṁ yena dātuṁ śaknum etādṛśasya kasyacit kāraṇasyābhāvād adyatanaghaṭanāheto rājadrohiṇāmivāsmākam abhiyogo bhaviṣyatīti śaṅkā vidyate|
41 Njalo esetshilo lokho, wawuchitha umhlangano.
iti kathayitvā sa sabhāsthalokān visṛṣṭavān|
