13. Yeza yafika yema ecaleni kwam, yathi: ‘Sawule, mfondini, buya ubone.’ Kanye ngaloo mzuzu avuleka amehlo am, ndaza ndabona.
14. Wathi: ‘UThixo wookhokho bethu ukukhethele ukuba ukwazi ukuthanda kwakhe, ukuze usibone isiCaka sakhe esililungisa, uve ilizwi lakhe lithetha nawe,
15. kuba uya kuba lingqina lakhe, wazise bonke abantu izinto ozibonileyo nozivileyo.
16. Ngoku ke usalindele ntoni? Vuka, ubhaptizwe, zixolelwe izono zakho ngokubiza igama lakhe.’ ”
17. “Ndaphindela kwaseJerusalem, apho ndathi *ndisendlwini kaThixo ndithandaza, ndaba nombono.
18. Ndabona iNkosi isithi kum: ‘Khawuleza umke eJerusalem, kuba abantu balapha abayi kubamkela ubungqina bakho ngam.’
19. Ndathi ke mna: ‘Nkosi, bazi kakuhle ukuba ndandifika ndibabambe abo bazinikele kuwe, ndibabethele apho *ezindlwini zesikhungo.
20. Kanti nangamhla kwakubulawa uStefano, ingqina lakho, nam ndandikho. Ndandihambisana nokugwintwa kwakhe, neempahla zababemgebenga zigcinwe ndim lo.’
21. Yathi kum iNkosi: ‘Hamba, kuba ndiza kukuthuma kude kweleentlanga.’ ”
22. Babemphulaphule abantu uPawulos, kwada kwaza kutsho kule ndawo; basuka ke batsho ngentswahla besithi: “Msuse! Bulala loo nto!”
23. Kwakuthe nzwii yingxolo, bejiwuzisa iimpahla zabo, kuqhuma uthuli.
24. Ingqwayi-ngqwayi yomkhosi wamajoni amaRoma yathi uPawulos makangeniswe enqabeni yawo, akatswe, kuncinwe unobangela wento amxhibe ngayo amaJuda, ukuze angxole kangaka.
25. Kuthe sebembophelele, beza kumkatsa, uPawulos wabhekisa kumphathi-butho owayemi apho, wathi: “Khawutsho, kusemthethweni ukuba ungámbetha ummi ongumRoma engakhanga afunyanwe enetyala?”
26. Umphathi-butho akuyiva le nto, waya kwingqwayi-ngqwayi, wathi: “Uza kuthini ke? Lo mfo ngummi ongumRoma.”
27. Ingqwayi-ngqwayi ke yaya kuPawulos, yathi: “Khawutsho: ungummi ongumRoma wena?” Wavuma uPawulos.
28. Ingqwayi-ngqwayi yaqhuba isithi: “Ndahlawula imali eninzi ukuze ndibe ngummi ongumRoma.”UPawulos wathi ukuphendula: “Kodwa ke mna ndinguye ngokuzalwa.”