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3 Nje-ke uPitrosi noJwanisi bebakhuphukela ethempelini ngesikhathi sokuthandaza, pheze ngesimbi yesithathu ntambama,* 2 begodu bekunabantu ebebaguge indoda ethileko eyabelethwa isirhole. Qobe langa bebayibeka ethempelini eduze nesango elibizwa ngokuthi liSango eLihle, bona ibawe izipho kilabo abangena ngethempelini. 3 Nayibona uPitrosi noJwanisi bazokungena ngethempelini, yababawa izipho. 4 Kodwana uPitrosi noJwanisi, bayiqala ngokunqophileko, bathi: “Siqala.” 5 Yabaqala, ilindele ukufumana okuthileko kibo. 6 UPitrosi wathi: “Isiliva negolide anginalo kodwana enginakho ngilokho engizokupha khona. Egameni lakaJesu Krestu umNazaretha, sikima ukhambe!”+ 7 Wayibamba ngesandla sangesidleni, wayisikimisa.+ Khonokho iinyawo neengogoriyana zayo zaqina;+ 8 yeqayeqa ngeenyawo zayo,+ yathoma ukukhamba, yaya nabo ethempelini, ikhamba begodu yeqayeqa idumisa uZimu. 9 Abantu boke bayibona ikhamba, idumisa uZimu. 10 Bakhumbula ukuthi yindoda leya egade ithanda ukuhlala ilindele izipho eSangweni eLihle lethempeli,+ barareka khulu begodu bathaba ngalokho okwenzeke kiyo.
11 Indoda le nayisabambelele kuPitrosi noJwanisi, abantu boke bagijimela kibo endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi maThuri kaSolomoni,+ barareke kwamambala. 12 UPitrosi nakabona lokhu, wathi ebantwini: “Bantu bakwa-Israyeli, kubayini nirarwe ngilokhu, kubayini nisirhudulele amehlo ngasuthi simenze wakhamba ngamandlethu namkha ngokuzinikela kwethu kuZimu? 13 UZimu ka-Abrahama, u-Isaka noJakopo,+ uZimu wabokhokho bethu, uphazimulise iNcekwakhe,+ uJesu,+ loyo enamthengisa+ benamlandula phambi kwakaPilatu, ngitjho nalokha aqunte ukumtjhaphulula. 14 Kwamambala, nilandule ocwengileko nolungileko, nabawa ukunikelwa indoda ebeyimbulali,+ 15 nabulala uMjameli omKhulu wokuphila.+ Kodwana uZimu wamvusa kwabafileko, ngilokho esikufakazelako.+ 16 Ngegama lakhe, nangokukholelwa kwethu egameni lakhe, indoda eniyibonako neniyaziko le yenziwe yaqina. Ukukholwa kwayo kuyenze yaphila kuhle phambi kwenu noke. 17 Nje-ke bafowethu, ngiyazi ukuthi nenze lokhu ngokungazi,+ njengombana kwenze nababusi benu.+ 18 Kodwana ngendlela le uZimu uzalise izinto azibikezela ngaphambili ngemilomo yabo boke abaphorofidi, ukuthi uKrestu wakhe uzokutlhaga.+
19 “Tjhugulukani,+ nibuye+ bona izono zenu zisulwe,+ khona kuzakuthi iinkhathi zokuvuseleleka zivele kuJehova* ngokwakhe 20 begodu yena anithumele uKrestu anikhethele yena, uJesu. 21 Izulu kufuze limamukele bekube sikhathi sokubuyiselwa kwazo zoke izinto uZimu azikhuluma ngomlomo wabaphorofidi bakhe abacwengileko bekadeni. 22 Eqinisweni, uMosi wathi: ‘UJehova* uZimu uzonivusela umphorofidi onjengami+ hlangana nabafowenu. Kufuze nilalele koke anitjela khona.+ 23 Kwamambala nanyana ngubani ongalaleli umPhorofidi loyo, uzokutjhatjalaliswa ngokupheleleko phakathi kwabantu.’+ 24 Boke abaphorofidi kusukela kuSamyela nalabo abamlandeleko, njengombana babanengi abakhulumileko, nabo bafakaze ngokukhanyako ngamalanga la.+ 25 Nimadodana wabaphorofidi newesivumelwano uZimu asenza nabokhokho benu,+ nakathi ku-Abrahama: ‘Ngesizukulwana sakho yoke imindeni yephasi izokubusiswa.’+ 26 Ngemva kokuvusa iNcekwakhe, uZimu wathoma ngokuyithumela kini+ bona inibusise ngokwenza ngamunye wenu asuke ezenzweni ezimbi.”