17:15 |
Baza abo babehamba naye uPawulos, bamsa eAtene. Kwaye emva kokuba amkele umyalelo kuye ukuba uSilas noTimoti, ukuze beze kuye kamsinya, bahamba. |
17:22 |
Kodwa uPawulos, emi esazulwini seAreyopago, watsho: “Madoda aseAtene, ndiyabona ukuba ezintweni zonke nincamisa kakhulu. |
17:23 |
Kuba njengoko bendidlula ndaza ndazibona izithixo zenu ezingento, Ndafumana nesibingelelo, ekubhalwe kuyo: KUTHIXO ONGAZIWAYO. Ngoko ke, izinto enizinqula ngokungazi, yiyo le nto ndinishumayezayo: |
17:24 |
uThixo yena owenza ihlabathi neento zonke ezikulo, Lowo uyiNkosi yezulu nomhlaba, ongahlali zitempileni zenziwe ngazandla. |
17:25 |
Kananjalo akakhonzwa zizandla zabantu, ngokungathi uswele nantoni na, ngokuba inguye ozinika zonke izinto ubomi, nomphefumlo, nazo zonke ezinye. |
17:26 |
Kwaye uyenzile, ngaphandle kwenye, yonke intsapho yomntu: ukuhlala phezu kobuso behlabathi lonke, ukugqiba kwamaxesha amisiweyo, nemida yokuhlala kwazo, |
17:27 |
ukuze bafune uThixo, ukuba mhlawumbi bangamgqala, mhlawumbi bamfumane, nakuba engekude kuthi sonke ngabanye. |
17:28 |
‘Kuba sihleli kuye, kwaye uhambe, kwaye zibekho.’ Kanye njengokuba ezinye iimbongi zenu zitshilo. ‘Kuba nathi singabentsapho yakhe.’ |
17:29 |
Ngoko ke, ngokuba singabendlu kaThixo, masingagqali ngegolide, nesilivere, namatye anqabileyo, okanye imizobo yobugcisa nengcamango yomntu, ukuba ngummeleli wento eNgcwele. |
17:30 |
Kwaye ngokwenene, uThixo, ejonge phantsi ukuze abone ukungazi kwala maxesha, ngoku ubhengeze ebantwini ukuba wonke umntu makaguquke. |
17:31 |
Kuba umise umhla aza kuligweba ngawo elimiweyo ngobulungisa, ngendoda ayimiseleyo, enikela ukholo kubo bonke, ngokumvusa kwabafileyo. |
17:32 |
Kwaye xa bevile ngoVuko lwabafileyo, kanjalo, abanye babehlekisa, ngelixa abanye besithi, “Siza kukuphulaphula ngale nto kwakhona.” |
17:33 |
Wemka ke uPawulos phakathi kwabo. |
17:34 |
Kodwa ngokwenene, amadoda athile, babambelele kuye, nakholwa. Phakathi kwabo kwakukho noDiyonisiyo waseAreyopago, nenkazana egama linguDamaris, nabanye kunye nabo. |
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