Imisebenzi 24
1 Kwathi emva kwensuku ezinhlanu uAnaniya umpristi omkhulu wehla labadala lomkhulumeli othile uTertulo, abamangalela uPawuli kumbusi.
Gakapiteje mobha nng'ano, Bhakulungwa Bhaabhishila a Anania gubhaelelenje kukopoka ku Kaishalia na bhanangulungwa bhananji na nkubheleketa jumo lina lyakwe Tetulo. Gubhaajendelenje bhakulungwa bha shilambo bhala gubhaalugulenje ga a Pauli.
2 Kwathi esebiziwe, uTertulo waqala ukumcala esithi: Ukuthula okukhulu sikuzuzile ngawe, lemisebenzi emihle yenzakele kulesisizwe ngokunakekela kwakho,
A Pauli gubhashemilwe na bhakulungwa a Pelikishi, a Tetulo gubhatandwibhe kwaalugula bhalinkuti. “Mmakulungwa a Pelikishi, kwa longoya kwenu ukoto, ulele unalonjeya na nnapanganya ya mmbone kubhandu bhetu.
3 ngazo zonke indlela lakuzo zonke indawo siyakwemukela, mhlekazi Felike, ngakho konke ukubonga.
Bhai, tunakuliposhela lyene lilobheli kila mmbali na kwa mobha gowe kwa kwiinonyela akuno tulipunda kuntendela eja.
4 Kodwa ukuze ngingakubambeleli kakhulu, ngiyakuncenga ukuthi ngomusa wakho usizwe ngokufitshane.
Ikabheje, ngunantotoye kwa kubheleketeya, tunakunnjuga ntupilikanishiye kwa uguja gwenu malobhe getu.
5 Ngoba lindoda siyifice iyinkathazo, njalo ingeyenza umvukela phakathi kwamaJuda wonke emhlabeni jikelele, lomkhokheliqembu wobubhazuka bamaNazaretha;
Tushing'amula kuti aju munduju jwa jogoya kwa kaje. Jwalakwe anakumbuya nnjasha munkumbi gwa Bhayaudi kila mmbali pa shilambolyo na kabhili ni kalongolele nkulu jwa shikundi sha dini sha Bhanashaleti.
6 eyake yazama lokungcolisa ithempeli; esike sayibamba sithanda ukuyehlulela ngokomlayo wethu,
Na kabhili ashinkulinga kulitukana liekalu, gutunkamwile.”
7 kodwa kwafika uLisiya induna enkulu wamthatha ngodlakela olukhulu ezandleni zethu,
Ikabheje a Lushiani bhakulungwa bha manjola gubhaishe kutupokonyola kwa mashili ga punda mmakono getu.
8 elaya abamangaleli bakhe ukuthi beze kuwe; ongathi, ngokumbuzisisa wena uqobo, ungaba lakho ukwazi kuye ngazo zonke izinto thina esimmangalela ngazo.
Kungai gubhaalajilenje bhakunnugulanga jwene munduju bhajiyangane kungwenu mmwe. Monaga mpingaga mummuye mmayene shimumanye kuti yowe itukunnugulai ya kweli.
9 LamaJuda lawo avuma, esithi lezizinto zinjalo.
Na bhalabhonji Bhayaudi gubhatajilenje shionde kuti malobhe gowe ga kweli.
10 UPawuli wasephendula, umbusi esemqhwebile ukuthi akhulume, wathi: Ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi sekuyiminyaka eminengi ungumahluleli phezu kwalesisizwe, ngiyaziphendulela ngesibindi esikhulu ngezinto zami,
Bhai, bhakulungwa bha shilambo bhakaalanguleje nkono nkupinga bhabhelekete, a Pauli gubhashite, “Pabha nimumanyi kuti mmwe nshibha mmaukumula bha sheshino shilambo shino kwa yaka yaigwinji inanonyela melekete namwene nkwitapula.
11 njengoba ungakubona ukuthi kakukadluli insuku ezilitshumi lambili, lokhu ngenyukele eJerusalema ukukhuleka;
Mmayene mmumanyi kuti gakanabhepita mobha likumi na gabhili tandubhila punyombweshe ku Yelushalemu kukwatindibhalila a Nnungu.
12 njalo kabangificanga ethempelini ngiphikisana lomuntu loba ngivusa isiphithiphithi exukwini, loba emasinagogeni, loba emzini.
Abha bhandunjibha bhangamonanga nne nniekalu ngulitaukangana naka mundu jojowe. Bhangang'imananga niliikwiya bhandu kutenda nnjasha nniekalu, wala mmashinagogi, wala popowe pala nshilambomo.
13 Futhi bangeke baqinise ngezinto abangimangalela ngazo khathesi.
Na wala bhakaakombolanga kong'ondela ibhanugulangai.
14 Kodwa ngiyavuma kuwe lokhu, ukuthi ngendlela abayibiza ngokuthi yibubhazuka, ngokunjalo ngiyamkhonza uNkulunkulu wabobaba, ngikholwa konke okulotshiweyo emlayweni lakubaprofethi;
Ikabhe shingukunda kungwenu mmwe ashino. Nne ngunakwaatindibhalila a Nnungu bha ashinakulubhetu kwa kulupalila mpanda gubhakuushemanga bhanganyanjibha kuti shikundi sha dini ja unami. Ngunakulupalila yowe ijandikwe mwiitabhu ya shalia ja a Musha na itabhu ya ashinkulondola bha a Nnungu.
15 ngilethemba kuNkulunkulu, abalilindeleyo labo uqobo lwabo, elokuthi kuzakuba khona ukuvuka kwabafileyo, okwabalungileyo kanye labangalunganga.
Nne ngunakwaakulupalila a Nnungu, na malinga bhanganyibha bhakwetenje ngulupai jojo, ja kuti bhanguja na bhaalebhanga, shibhayukanje.
16 Njalo kulokho mina ngiyazama, ukuthi ngibe lesazela esingelacala phambi kukaNkulunkulu labantu isikhathi sonke.
Kwa nneyo mobha gowe ngunakwiobhelesheya kutenda kila shingukombola sha uguja kwa a Nnungu na ku bhandunji.
17 Kwathi emva kweminyaka eminengi ngafika ukuletha izipho zomusa esizweni sakithi leminikelo;
“Ngatameje kwataliya kwa yaka yaigwinji, gumbite ku Yelushalemu ngaajangutilanje bhashilambo ajangunji na ngashoye mbepei.
18 ngikulezizinto amaJuda athile avela eAsiya angifica ethempelini ngihlanjululwe, kungekho ixuku loba isiphithiphithi;
Gubhang'imenenje nniekalu ngulitenda genego, nguli niikonjeleye kwa a Nnungu. Lukapaaliji lugwinjili lwa bhandu wala ya nnjasha.
19 afanele ukuba khona lapha phambi kwakho angicale uba elolutho ngami;
Ikabheje bhapalinji Bhayaudi bhananji bhakopokengene ku Ashia, bhanganyabho ni bhapinjikwangaga kubha apano bhanugulanje monaga shipali shoshowe sha nugula kwenu mmwe.
20 kumbe bona ngokwabo kabatsho, ukuthi baficani okungalunganga kimi, mhla ngimi phambi komphakathi,
Eu, ashaayene pebha bhalugulanje shinebhile nne shibhashibhweninji punajimi pa lukumbi lwabhonji,
21 ngaphandle kwalelolizwi elilodwa, engalimemeza ngimi phakathi kwabo ngisithi: Ngokuvuka kwabafileyo mina ngiyehlulelwa yini lamuhla.
ikabhe ngajimeje pakati jabhonji ga bheleketa shindu shimo, ‘Nnang'ukumulanga lelo juno ga ligongo lya kulupalila kuti bhawilenje shibhayuywanje!’”
22 Kwathi uFelike wabadlulisela phambili, esezwile lezizinto esazi ngokupheleleyo izinto ngaleyondlela, esithi: Nxa uLisiya induna enkulu isiyehlile, ngizayihlolisisa indaba yenu;
Penepo a Pelikishi pabha bhajimanyi ukoto ngani ja gwene mpanda gula, gubhaunishile malobhe gala bhalinkuti, “Shimaliye malobhe genunji pushibhaishe bhakulungwa bha bhakomana ngondo a Lishiashi.”
23 waselaya induna yekhulu ukuthi agcinwe uPawuli, lokuthi abe lenkululeko, njalo kungalelwa muntu wakibo ukumncedisa kumbe ukuza kuye.
Kungai gubhannajile nkulungwa jwa manjola abhabhishe a Pauli muulinda, ikabheje guna bhanaaibhilile kukopoka palanga na ashaabhwiga ajabhonji wala bhanalimbiywanje kwaapa ibhapinga.
24 Kwathi emva kwensuku ezithile, uFelike weza loDrusila umkakhe engumJudakazi, wathumela ukubiza uPawuli, wamuzwa mayelana lokholo kuKristu.
Gakapiteje mobha gashoko, a Pelikishi gubhaishe na akongobhabho a Dulushila bhaaliji Bhayaudi. Gubhalajile a Pauli bhashemwe, gubhaapilikanishiye bhalibheleketa ngani ja kwaakulupalila a Yeshu Kilishitu.
25 Kwathi esakhuluma ngokulunga langokuzithiba langokwahlulela okuzayo, uFelike watshaywa luvalo waphendula wathi: Hamba okwakhathesi; nxa sengizuze ithuba elihle ngizakubizela kimi;
Ikabheje a Pauli bhakatandubheje kubheleketa ga uguja na gangakwebhela indu na kuti shilijiye ika lyubha lya ukumu, a Pelikishi gubhajogwepe, gubhashite, “Nnaino nnjende, mbataga malanga shininsheme.”
26 njalo ngesikhathi esifananayo wayethemba futhi ukuthi uzanikwa imali nguPawuli, ukuze amkhulule; ngakho wayehlezi embizela kuye ekhuluma laye.
Na kabhili pubhaganishiyaga kuti shibhapegwe ela na a Pauli. Kwa nneyo gubhapundile kwashemashema a Pauli kuukunguluka nabho.
27 Kodwa sekugcwaliseke iminyaka emibili, uFelike wemukela omlandelayo uPorkiyu uFestusi; uFelike efisa ukuthokozisa amaJuda wamtshiya uPawuli ebotshiwe.
Ikapiteje yaka ibhili, a Poshiashi Peshito gubhatolile shitengu sha upalume gwa shilambo. Na nkupinga kuikonjeleya ku Bhayaudi, gubhaaleshile a Pauli bhali bhatabhilwepe.
