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IzEnzo Chapter 18

1 Emva kwalokho wamuka e-Athene, wafika eKorinte. 2 Wafumana khona umJuda oth ile ogama lakhe lingu -Akwila, wasePontu ngokuzalwa, owayesanda kufika ephuma e -Italiya, enoPrisila umkakhe , ngenxa yesimemezelo sikaKlawudiyu sokuba bonke abaJuda bamuke eRoma ; weza kubo; 3 lokhu wayemsebenzi munye nabo , wahlala nabo , basebenza. Ngokuba umsebenzi wabo kwakungukuthunga amatende. 4 Washumayela esinagogeni ngamasabatha onke, wazuza abaJuda namaGreki. 5 Kepha sebefikile oSila noThimothewu behla eMakedoniya , uPawulu wakhathalela izwi, wafakaza kubaJuda ukuthi uJesu unguKristu. 6 Kwathi benqaba , behlambalaza, wathintitha izingubo zakhe , wathi kubo : Igazi lenu malibe phezu kwamakhanda enu; mina anginacala; kusukela manje ngizakuya kwabezizwe. 7 Wasuka lapho , weza endlini yomuntu ogama lakhe linguThithiyu Justu , okhonza uNkulunkulu; indlu yakhe yayiseceleni kwesinagoge. 8 Kepha uKrispu umphathi wesinagoge wakholwa yiNkosi kanye nendlu yakhe yonke, nabaningi babaseKorinte balalela, bakholwa, babhapathizwa. 9 INkosi yayisithi kuPawulu ngombono ebusuku : Ungesabi, kepha khuluma, ungathuli, 10 ngokuba mina n ginawe, akakho ozakukusukela , akulimaze, ngokuba nginabantu abaningi kulo muzi. 11 Wahlala khona umnyaka nezinyanga eziyisithupha efundisa izwi likaNkulunkulu phakathi kwabo. 12 Kwathi uGaliyu engumbusi wase -Akhaya, abaJuda bamvukela uPawulu nganhliziyonye, bamyisa phambi kwesihlalo sokwahlulela, 13 bathi: Lo muntu uphendukisa abantu ukuba bakhonze uNkulunkulu ngokuphambene nomthetho. 14 Khona uPawulu esezakuvula umlomo , uGaliyu wathi kubaJuda : O nina baJuda, uma bekuyicala noma ubugebengu obubi , bekufanele nginibekezelele; 15 kodwa uma kungukuphikisana ngamazwi , nangamagama, nangomthetho wakini, ziboneleni nina; mina angithandi ukuba ngumahluleli walezo zinto. 16 Wayesebaxosha esihlalweni sokwahlulela. 17 Khona bonke bambamba uSostene umphathi wesinagoge, bamshaya phambi kwesihlalo sokwahlulela; kodwa uGaliyu akaze anaka lutho lwalokho. 18 Kepha uPawulu esehlale khona izinsuku eziningi , wavalelisa kubazalwane, wamuka ngomkhumbi, waya eSiriya kanye noPrisila no -Akwila, esegundile ikhanda lakhe eKenikreya; ngokuba wayezibophe ngesifungo. 19 Wehlela e -Efesu, wabashiya khona ; kepha yena wangena esinagogeni , washumayela kubaJuda. 20 Kwathi bemncenga ukuba ahlale khona isikhathi esidana, akaze avuma, 21 kepha wavalelisa wathi : Ngizakubuyela futhi kini , uma uNkulunkulu evuma, wayesesuka e-Efesu ngomkhumbi; 22 esefikile eKesariya wakhuphuka wabingelela ibandla; wehlela e-Antiyokiya. Ukuqala kohambo lwesithathu; u-Apholo use-Efesu 23 Esehlale khona isikhathi esithile wamuka wadabula izwe laseGalathiya nelaseFrigiya ngokulandelana, eqinisa bonke abafundi. 24 UmJuda othile ogama lakhe lingu -Apholo, wase-Aleksandriya ngokuzalwa, indoda efundileyo nenamandla emibhalweni, wehlela e-Efesu. 25 Yena wayefundisiwe indlela yeNkosi ; evutha emoyeni wakhuluma , wafundisa ngesineke izindaba eziqo ndene noJesu , azi ukubhapathiza kukaJohane kuphela; 26 yena waqala ukushumayela ngesibindi esinagogeni . Kwathi ukuba bamuzwe o-Akwila noPrisila, bamthatha bamchasisela indlela kaNkulunkulu ngesineke esikhulu. 27 Esethanda ukudlulela e -Akhaya, abazalwane bal obela abafundi bebayala ukuba bamamukele; esefikile wabasiza kakhulu abakholwayo ngomusa, 28 ngokuba waphikisa abaJuda ngamandla phambi kwabantu , ekhomba ngemibhalo ukuthi uJesu unguKristu.