| 1:1 |
Ngokuqinisekileyo, Owu Tiyofilo, Ndayibhala intetho yokuqala ngayo yonke into awayenzayo uYesu nayifundisayo, |
| 1:2 |
beyalela abaPostile, awamnyulayo ke ngoMoya oyiNgcwele, kwada kwayimini yokunyuswa kwakhe. |
| 1:3 |
naye wazibonakalisa ephilile kubo, emva koKuthanda kwakhe, Wabonakala kubo imihla emashumi mane, ethetha ngobukumkani bukaThixo, ecacisa okuninzi. |
| 1:4 |
Kwaye ukutya kunye nabo, wabathethela ngelithi, mabangamki eYerusalem, kodwa balindele idinga likaBawo, “Eniyivileyo ngayo," uthe, “Okuphuma emlonyeni wam. |
| 1:5 |
KuYohane, kanjalo, babhaptizwe ngamanzi, kodwa niya kubhaptizwa ngoMoya oyiNgcwele, hayi iintsuku ezininzi ukusukela ngoku.” |
| 1:6 |
Ngoko ke, abo babehlanganisene ndawonye bambuza, esithi, “Nkosi, Eli lixesha lokuba ububuyisele ubukumkani bakwaSirayeli?” |
| 1:7 |
Uthe ke yena kubo: “Asikokwakho ukwazi amaxesha okanye amaxesha, athe uYise wayimisa ngelakhe igunya. |
| 1:8 |
Niya kwamkela ke amandla oMoya oyiNgcwele;, edlula phezu kwakho, nibe ngamangqina am eYerusalem, nakulo lonke elakwaYuda nelaseSamariya, kude kuse eziphelweni zehlabathi.” |
| 1:9 |
Akuba ezithethile ezi zinto, ngoxa babebukele, waphakanyiswa, lasuka ilifu lamsusa emehlweni abo. |
| 1:10 |
Kwaye ngoxa babembone enyukela ezulwini, khangela, amadoda amabini emi ngakubo eneengubo ezimhlophe. |
| 1:11 |
Bathi ke bona: “Madoda aseGalili, Yini na ukuba ume apha ujonge ezulwini?? NguYesu lo, lowo unyusiweyo kuni wasiwa emazulwini, uya kubuya kanye ngale ndlela umbone enyukela ngayo ezulwini. |
| 1:12 |
Emva koko babuyela eYerusalem bevela entabeni, leyo kuthiwa yiminquma, esecaleni kweYerusalem, phakathi kohambo lweSabatha. |
| 1:13 |
Bakuba bengenile ke ententeni, benyuka baya endaweni abekuyo uPetros noYohane, UYakobi noAndreya, uFilipu noTomas, UBhartolomeyu noMateyu, uYakobi ka-Alfeyu noSimon umZeloti, noYuda kaYakobi, bahlala. |
| 1:14 |
Bonke aba babezingisa ngamxhelo mnye ekuthandazeni kunye nabafazi, kunye noMariya, unina kaYesu, kunye nabazalwana bakhe. |
| 1:15 |
Ngaloo mihla, UPetros, ephakama phakathi kwabazalwana, watsho (ngoku indimbane yamadoda iyonke yayimalunga nekhulu elinamashumi amabini): |
| 1:16 |
“Abazalwana abadumileyo, iSibhalo simelwe kukuzaliseka, awathi uMoya oyiNgcwele wayixela kwangaphambili ngomlomo kaDavide ngoYudas, owayeyinkokeli yabo bambamba uYesu. |
| 1:17 |
Wayebalelwe phakathi kwethu, waza wanyulwa ngeqashiso kulo msebenzi. |
| 1:18 |
Ngokuqinisekileyo lo mntu ubenelifa lomvuzo wobugwenxa, kwaye, sele exhonyiwe, wagqabhuka phakathi, zaphalala zonke izibilini zakhe. |
| 1:19 |
Kwazeka oko kubo bonke abemi baseYerusalem, ukuze le ntsimi ibizwe ngolwimi lwabo, Akeldama, yiyo i, ‘Intsimi Yegazi.’ |
| 1:20 |
kuba kubhaliwe encwadini yeeNdumiso;: ‘Indawo yabo yokuhlala mayibe senkangala yaye kwanga kungabikho bani uhleliyo kuyo,’ nokuthi ‘Ubufundisi bakhe makathabathe omnye. |
| 1:21 |
Ngoko ke, kuyimfuneko ukuba, siphuma kula madoda abehlanganisene nathi ngalo lonke ixesha iNkosi uYesu, ibingena iphuma phakathi kwethu, |
| 1:22 |
eqalela elubhaptizweni lukaYohane, kwada kwayimini awanyuswa ngayo kuthi, omnye waba makabe lingqina kunye nathi ngoVuko lwakhe.” |
| 1:23 |
Bamisa ke ababini: uYosefu, ekuthiwa nguBharsabhas, owayenefani enguYusto, kunye noMatiya. |
| 1:24 |
Nokuthandaza, bathe: “Ngamana, Owu Nkosi, oyaziyo intliziyo yomntu wonke, chaza ukuba yeyiphi kwezi zibini oyikhethileyo, |
| 1:25 |
ukuba athabathe indawo kolu lungiselelo nobupostile, apho uYudas waphumelela, ukuze aye endaweni yakhe.” |
| 1:26 |
Bawisa amaqashiso ngabo, laphuma iqashiso noMatiya. Kwaye wabalelwa kunye nabapostile abalishumi elinanye. |
