m17:3, 18:28
s16:14, 13:43
x23:11, 27:23,24
ai23:29, 25:19
bk18:27, 11:26
bp18:26, 23:15,20, 24:22
bv18:26, 23:15,20, 24:22
cc18:5, 17:3, 9:22

Acts 18

UPawuli useKorinte leEfesu

1Emva kwalezizinto uPawuli wasuka eAtene weza eKorinte a. 2Wasefica umJuda othile uAkwila b ngebizo, owePontusi ngokuzalwa c, owayesanda ukufika evela eIthaliya, loPrisila umkakhe d (ngenxa yokulaya kukaKlawudiyosi e kokuthi wonke amaJuda kawasuke eRoma), waya kubo; 3njalo ngoba babelomsebenzi ofananayo, wahlala kubo wasebenza f; ngoba babengabenzi bamathente ngomsebenzi. 4Wasekhulumisana labo g esinagogeni amasabatha wonke h, wancenga amaJuda lamaGriki. 5Kwathi uSilasi loTimothi i sebehlile bevela eMakedoniya j, uPawuli wacindezelwa nguMoya k, efakaza kumaJuda l ukuthi uJesu unguKristu m. 6Kwathi emelana laye ehlambaza n, wathintitha izembatho o, wathi kuwo: Igazi lenu kalibe phezu kwekhanda lenu p; mina ngimsulwa q; kusukela khathesi ngizakuya kwabezizwe r. 7Wasesuka lapho waya endlini yomunye obizo lakhe nguJustusi, okhonza uNkulunkulu, ondlu yakhe yayiseduze lesinagoge s. 8Kodwa uKrispusi t umphathi wesinagoge wakholwa eNkosini u lendlu yakhe yonke v; labanengi kwabeKorinte balalela bakholwa babhabhathizwa w. 9INkosi yasisithi kuPawuli ebusuku x ngombono y: Ungesabi, kodwa khuluma njalo ungathuli; 10ngoba mina ngilawe z, njalo kakho ozakuhlasela ukukwenzela okubi; ngoba ngilabantu abanengi kulumuzi. 11Njalo wahlala umnyaka lenyanga eziyisithupha, efundisa ilizwi likaNkulunkulu phakathi kwabo.

12Kwathi uGaliyo engumbusi aa weAkaya ab, amaJuda amvukela uPawuli nganhliziyonye, amusa ac phambi kwesihlalo sokwahlulela ad, 13esithi: Lo uncenga abantu ukuthi bakhonze uNkulunkulu ngokuphambene lomlayo ae. 14Kodwa kwathi uPawuli esezavula umlomo af, uGaliyo wathi kumaJuda: Ngakho uba bekulento engalunganga kumbe inkohliso embi ag, maJuda, ngesizatho bengizalibekezelela ah; 15kodwa uba kuyikuphikisana ngelizwi lamabizo ai, lomlayo phakathi kwenu aj, ziboneleni lina; ngoba mina kangithandi ukuba ngumahluleli walezizinto. 16Wasewaxotsha esihlalweni sokwahlulela ak. 17Wonke amaGriki asebamba uSostenesi al umphathi wesinagoge am, amtshaya phambi kwesihlalo sokwahlulela an. Njalo uGaliyo kaze azinanza lezizinto.

18Kwathi uPawuli esahlezi insuku ezinengi, wavalelisa abazalwane ao, wasuka ngomkhumbi waya eSiriya ap, loPrisila aq loAkwila ar kanye laye, esephuce ikhanda as eKenikreya at, ngoba wayelesifungo au. 19Sebefikile eEfesu av, wasebatshiya khona; kodwa yena engena esinagogeni aw wakhulumisana lamaJuda ax. 20Sebemcelile ukuthi ahlale isikhathi esidanyana labo, kavumanga; 21kodwa wabavalelisa ay esithi: Kufanele isibili az ukuthi ngigcine eJerusalema umkhosi ozayo ba; kodwa ngizabuyela kini njalo, uba uNkulunkulu evuma bb. Wasuka eEfesu ngomkhumbi bc, 22njalo esefikile eKesariya bd, wenyuka wabingelela ibandla be; wehlela eAntiyoki bf.

Uhambo lwesithathu lukaPawuli. UApolo eEfesu

23Njalo esechithe isikhathi esithile, wasuka, wadabula ngokulandelana ilizwe leGalathiya bg leFrigiya bh, eqinisa bonke bi , bj abafundi bk.

24Njalo umJuda othile, uApolosi ngebizo bl, umAleksandriya bm ngokuzalwa, eyindoda eyisikhulumi, wafika eEfesu bn, elamandla emibhalweni. 25Lo wayefundisiwe indlela yeNkosi, njalo evutha emoyeni bo wakhuluma wafundisa ngokukhuthala izinto ezimayelana leNkosi bp, esazi ubhabhathizo lukaJohane kuphela bq; 26lo waseqala ukukhuluma ngesibindi esinagogeni br. Kwathi sebemzwile uPrisila loAkwila bs, bamthathela kubo, bamchasisela bt indlela kaNkulunkulu bu ngokuqonda okukhulu bv. 27Kwathi esethanda ukuchaphela eAkaya bw, abazalwane bemkhuthaza babhalela abafundi ukuthi bamemukele bx; okwathi esefikile wabasiza kakhulu abakholwa ngomusa by; 28ngoba waphikisa ngamandla bz wawehlula ngokupheleleyo obala amaJuda ca, etshengisa ngemibhalo cb ukuthi uKristu unguJesu cc.

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