6. YayingooAnas umbingeleli omkhulu, noKayafa, noYohane, noAlesandire, kwanabanye bendlu yombingeleli omkhulu, ababelapho.
7. Babamisa phambi kwabo abathunywa, bababuza bathi: “Niyenze kanjani le nto? Gunya lini eli ninalo? Ligama likabani eli nisebenze ngalo?”
8. UPetros, ezele nguMoya oyiNgcwele, wabaphendula wathi: “Ziphathamandla nani badala,
9. xa namhlanje nisixoxisa ngesenzo esihle sokuphiliswa komntu osisiqhwala,
10. nina ninamaSirayeli ewonke yazini le nto ke: Lo mntu umi apha phambi kwenu ephile qete, uphile ngenxa yegunya legama likaYesu Krestu waseNazarete. Lowo nina nambethelela emnqamlezweni; wamvusa ke yena uThixo.
11. Lo Yesu ngulowo zithi *iziBhalo xa zithetha ngaye:“ ‘Ilitye enalidelayo nina bakhilaba lelona litye lesiseko.’
12. “Usindiso lufumaneka ngaye kuphela, kuba akukho wumbi emhlabeni ogama uThixo alinike uluntu, esingasindiswa ngalo.”
13. Amalungu *eBhunga amangaliswa kukubona ukungafihlisi kukaPetros noYohane, eqonda ukuba bangabantu nje abaqhelekileyo abangenamfundo. Baphawula nokuba babengamahlakani kaYesu.
14. Kodwa babengenandlela yokuphikisana nabo, kuba indoda le yayiphilisiwe yayimi apho kunye noPetros noYohane.
15. Babakhuphela ngaphandle kwendlu leyo yeBhunga, basala bona bexoxa bodwa.
16. Babuzana besithi: “Singawathini la madoda? Wonke ubani apha eJerusalem uyazi ukuba lo mqondiso ungaqhelekanga wenziwe ngawo, sibe ke thina singenako ukuyiphika le nto.
17. Ukuze ke inganwenwi le nto phakathi kwabantu, masibalumkise bangaze bathethe nakubani ngegama likaYesu.”
18. Babangenisa kwakhona, baza babayala ukuba ze bangaphindi bathethe okanye bafundise ngegama likaYesu.
19. UPetros noYohane bona baphendula bathi: “Zahluleleni nina ngokwenu ukuba kulunge kuphi na phambi koThixo; kukho ukwenza intando yenu, kukho nokwenza intando kaThixo.
20. Thina asinakuyeka ukuthetha ngento esiyibone sayiva ngokwethu.”
21. IBhunga labatyityimbisela umnwe, laza labakhulula. Alibanga nakroba lakubohlwaya, ngenxa yokoyika abantu, kuba babedumisa uThixo ngesi senzo.
22. Kaloku le ndoda yaphiliswa ngalo mmangaliso yayingaphezu kwamashumi amane eminyaka ubudala.
23. Bakuba bekhululwe uPetros noYohane babuyela kubahlobo babo, bababalisela okwathethwa kubo ngababingeleli abaziintloko bekunye nabadala.