Ukupha Umndeni Oswele
Isiphetho esisebenzayo: beka imali eceleni isonto ngalinye yomnikelo waseJerusalema ukuze kungabikho okwenziwa ngokuphuthuma lapho uPawulu efika. Uhlela ukuhlala isikhathi eside ngemuva kweMakedoniya, uncoma uThimothewu nendlu kaStefana, futhi afingqe incwadi — qinani, futhi konke makwenziwe ngothando.
16 1Mayelana nokuqoqa iminikelo yabangcwele: yenzani njengoba ngayala amabandla aseGalathiya. 2Ngosuku lokuqala lwesonto ngalinye, yilowo nalowo kini makabeke eceleni okuthile, aqongelele njengokuba ephumelele, ukuze kungabikho kuqoqa iminikelo lapho ngifika. 3Lapho ngifika, ngiyakuthumela nezincwadi labo enibavumelayo, ukuba bayise isipho senu eJerusalema. 4Uma kufanele nami ngihambe, bayakuhamba nami.
Amacebo KaPawulu Okuvakasha
5Ngiyakuza kini lapho sengidabule eMakedoniya, ngokuba ngidabula eMakedoniya, 6kodwa mhlawumbe ngiyakuhlala nani, ngize ngichithe ubusika, ukuze ningidlulisele endleleni yami, nomaphi lapho ngiya khona. 7Angithandi ukunivakashela ngokudlula nje manje; ngithemba ukuhlala nani isikhathi esithile, uma iNkosi ivuma. 8Kodwa ngiyakuhlala e-Efesu kuze kube yiPhentekoste, 9ngokuba ngivulelwe umnyango obanzi womsebenzi onempumelelo, kanti baningi abaphikisayo.
10Lapho uThimothewu efika, qinisekani ukuthi akanakwesaba phakathi kwenu—wenza umsebenzi weNkosi, njengami. 11Ngakho makungabikho muntu omeyisayo. Mdluliseni ngokuthula ukuba eze kimi, ngokuba ngimlindele kanye nabazalwane.
12Mayelana nomzalwane wethu u-Apholo: ngamncenga kakhulu ukuba eze kini kanye nabazalwane, kodwa wayengathandi nakancane ukuza manje—uyakuza lapho ethola ithuba.
13Lindani, nime niqine ekukholweni, yibani nesibindi, qinani. 14Konke enikwenzayo makwenziwe ngothando.
15Manje ngiyanincenga, bazalwane—niyazi ukuthi abendlu kaStefana babe yizithelo zokuqala zase-Akhaya, bazinikela ekukhonzeni abangcwele, 16zithobeni kubantu abanjalo, nakubo bonke abahlanganyela emsebenzini basebenze kanzima. 17Ngiyajabula ngokufika kukaStefana, noForthunatu, no-Akhayiku, ngokuba benza umsebenzi enaningasekho ngawo, 18ngokuba baqabula umoya wami nowenu. Babongeni abantu abanjalo.
Imikhonzo Evela Emndenini
19Amabandla ase-Asiya ayanibingelela. U-Akhwila noPhrisika, kanye nebandla elisendlini yabo, bayanibingelela kakhulu eNkosini. 20Bonke abazalwane bayanibingelela. Bingelelanani ngokwanga okungcwele.
21Mina Pawulu, ngibhala lo mkhonzo ngesandla sami. 22Uma umuntu engenalo uthando ngeNkosi, makabe ngoqalekisiwe. Nkosi yethu, woza! a a v22 Umthandazo wokuqala kunayo yonke webandla ngesi-Aramu uthi Maranatha—“Nkosi yethu, woza!”—ukukhala ngokulangazela ukuba uJesu abuye. 23Umusa weNkosi uJesu mawube nani. 24Uthando lwami malube nani nonke kuKhristu uJesu. Amen.
