Act 16 | Ndebele | STEP | Wasefika eDerbe leListra ; njalo khangela, kwakukhona lapho umfundi othile, uTimothi ngebizo , indodana yowesifazana othile ongumJudakazi okholwayo, kodwa uyise wayengumGriki ;

1 Wasefika eDerbe ^a leListra ^b; njalo khangela, kwakukhona lapho umfundi othile, uTimothi ngebizo ^c, indodana yowesifazana othile ongumJudakazi okholwayo, kodwa uyise wayengumGriki ^d; 2 owayenconywa ngabazalwane ^e eListra ^f leIkoniyuma ^g. 3 Lo uPawuli wathanda ukuthi aphume laye, wasemthatha wamsoka ^h, ngenxa yamaJuda ayekhona kulezondawo; ngoba wonke ayemazi uyise, ukuthi wayengumGriki ⁱ. 4 Njalo bedabula imizi, babanika izimiso ukuzilondoloza ^j ezamiswa ngabaphostoli ^k labadala ababeseJerusalema ^l. 5 Ngakho amabandla aqiniswa ekholweni, njalo anda ngenani insuku ngensuku ^m.

UPawuli uchaphela eMakedoniya

6 Sebedabule eFrigiya ⁿ lelizwe leGalathiya ^o, balelwa nguMoya oNgcwele ukukhuluma ilizwi eAsiya ^p, 7 sebefikile ngaseMisiya bazama ukuya eBithiniya ^q; kodwa uMoya kabavumelanga; 8 basebeyiceza iMisiya behlela eTrowasi ^r. 9 Kwasekubonakala umbono kuPawuli ebusuku ^s; indoda ethile umMakedoniya yayimi ^t, imncenga isithi: Chaphela eMakedoniya, usisize. 10 Kwathi esewubonile umbono ^u, sahle sazama ukusuka siye ^v eMakedoniya ^w, siphetha sisithi iNkosi isibizele ukutshumayela ivangeli kubo ^x.

UPawuli utshumayela eFiliphi

11 Ngakho sasuka eTrowasi ^y ngomkhumbi, saqonda eSamotrake, langolulandelayo eNeyapholi ^z, 12 sasuka lapho saya eFiliphi ^aa, engumuzi wokuqala wesigaba seMakedoniya ^ab, esibuswa ngelinye ilizwe; kulowomuzi sasesihlala insuku ezithile ^ac. 13 Njalo ngosuku lwesabatha saphumela ngaphandle komuzi eceleni komfula, lapho okwakufanele kwenzelwe umkhuleko khona; sasesihlala phansi sakhuluma labesifazana ababebuthene ndawonye. 14 Lowesifazana othile uLidiya ngebizo, ongumthengisikazi wamalembu ayibubende owemzini weTiyathira ^ad, ekhonza uNkulunkulu ^ae, wezwa, onhliziyo yakhe iNkosi yayivula, ukuthi alalele okwakhulunywa nguPawuli ^af. 15 Kuthe esebhabhathiziwe, lendlu yakhe ^ag, wasincenga esithi: Uba libonile ukuthi ngithembekile eNkosini, wozani endlini yami, lihlale khona ^ah. Wasesicindezela ^ai.

Ukubotshwa kukaPawuli

16 Kwasekusithi sisiya emkhulekweni ^aj, intombazana eyisigqili elomoya ^ak wokuhlahlula ^{▼▼ wokuhlahlula: Gr. kaNhlathu.
,} ^am yahlangana lathi, eyayizuzela amakhosi ayo inzuzo enengi ngokuvumisa ^an. 17 Lo walandela uPawuli lathi, ememeza esithi: Lababantu bazinceku ^ao zikaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, ezisitshumayeza indlela yosindiso ^ap. 18 Lalokhu yakwenza insuku ezinengi. Kwathi uPawuli ^aq esenengiwe ^ar, watshibilika, wathi kumoya: Ngiyakulaya ngebizo likaJesu Kristu ukuthi uphume kuyo ^as. Wasephuma ngalesosikhathi ^at. 19 Amakhosi akhe esebonile ^au ukuthi ithemba lenzuzo yabo seliphumile ^av, abamba uPawuli loSilasi ^aw, abadonsela emdangeni phambi kwababusi ^ax, 20 esebalethile ezinduneni athi ^ay: Lababantu badunga umuzi wethu ^az, bengamaJuda, 21 batshumayela imikhuba esingavunyelwa ukuyemukela siyenze ^ba, singamaRoma ^bb. 22 Lexuku labelekelela, lenduna zabadabulela izembatho zabo ^bc zalaya ukuthi babatshaye ngenduku ^bd. 23 Sebebatshayile imivimvinya eminengi babaphosela entolongweni ^be, balaya umlindintolongo ukuthi abalondoloze abaqinise ^bf; 24 yena, emukele umlayo onjalo, wabaphosela entolongweni ephakathi ^bg, waseqinisa inyawo zabo esigodweni ^bh.

Ukuphenduka komlindintolongo

25 Kwathi sekungaba phakathi kobusuku ^bi uPawuli loSilasi babekhuleka ^bj behlabela amahubo endumiso kuNkulunkulu, lezibotshwa zazibezwa; 26 njalo kwahle kwaba khona ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu, kwaze kwanyikinyeka izisekelo zentolongo ^bk; kwahle kwavulwa iminyango yonke, kwathukululwa izibopho zabo bonke ^bl. 27 Kwathi umlindintolongo ^bm ephaphama, esebona iminyango yentolongo ivulekile, wakhokha inkemba, ezimisele ukuzibulala, ecabanga ukuthi izibotshwa zibalekile. 28 Kodwa uPawuli wamemeza ngelizwi elikhulu esithi: Ungazilimazi; ngoba silapha sonke. 29 Wasecela isibane waphoseka phakathi, njalo wasethuthumela ^bn wawela phansi phambi kukaPawuli ^bo loSilasi ^bp, 30 njalo esebakhuphela phandle wathi: Makhosi, kumele ngenzeni ukuze ngisindiswe ^bq? 31 Basebesithi: Kholwa eNkosini uJesu Kristu, njalo uzasindiswa wena ^br lendlu yakho ^bs. 32 Basebekhuluma kuye ilizwi leNkosi, lakulabo bonke ababesendlini yakhe ^bt. 33 Wasebathatha ngalelohola lobusuku wabagezisa amanxeba ^bu, njalo wahle wabhabhathizwa ^bv yena labakhe bonke ^bw. 34 Wasebasa endlini yakhe wabeka itafula lokudla phambi kwabo, wasethokoza lendlu yakhe yonke, ekholwa kuNkulunkulu ^bx. 35 Kwathi sekusile, induna zathuma amapholisa ^by zisithi: Khulula labobantu. 36 Umlindintolongo wasebikela uPawuli lamazwi ^bz esithi: Induna zithumele, ukuthi likhululwe ^ca; ngakho phumani khathesi lihambe ngokuthula ^cb. 37 Kodwa uPawuli wathi kuwo: Basitshayile obala singalahlwanga licala ^cc, singamaRoma ^cd, basebesiphosela entolongweni, njalo khathesi ngensitha sebesiphosela phandle yini? Hatshi bo! Kodwa kumele beze bona basikhuphe. 38 Amapholisa azibikela izinduna lamazwi ^ce; zasezisesaba ^cf zisizwa ukuthi bangamaRoma, 39 njalo zeza zabancenga, njalo zabakhupha ^cg zabacela ukuthi baphume emzini ^ch. 40 Basebephuma entolongweni bangena koLidiya ^ci; kwathi sebebabonile abazalwane ^cj, babaduduza, basuka bahamba ^ck.