UPetru uchaza umbono wakhe “UNkulunkulu ungibonisile (uPetru) ukuba ngingabizi muntu ngokuthi ungcolile noma ungcolile. IzEnzo 10 no-11
uPetru noKorneliyu
1 Kwakukhona eKesariya indoda egama layo linguKorneliyu, induna yekhulu yebutho elalibizwa ngokuthi ibutho lase-Italiya, 2indoda eqotho nemesabayo uNkulunkulu kanye nendlu yayo yonke, yayipha abantu izipho ngomusa, ikhuleka njalo kuNkulunkulu.3 Cishe ngehora lesishiyagalolunye lemini wabona ngokucacile embonweni ingelosi kaNkulunkulu ingena ithi kuye: “Korneliyu.” 4 Wayigqolozela ngokwesaba, wathi: "Kuyini, Nkosi?" Wathi kuye: “Imikhuleko yakho nokwabela kwakho abampofu izipho kwenyukile kwaba yisikhumbuzo phambi kukaNkulunkulu.5 Manje thuma amadoda eJopha ulande uSimoni othiwa uPetru. 6yena ungenisile kuSimoni othile, umshuki wezikhumba, ondlu yakhe ingaselwandle.” 7 Kwathi isimuka ingelosi eyayikhuluma naye, wabiza izinceku zakhe ezimbili nesosha elikholwayo phakathi kwalabo ababemlalele;8 esebalandisile konke, wabathuma eJopha.
Umbono kaPetru
9 Ngakusasa besahamba futhi sebesondela emzini, uPetru wakhuphukela phezu kwendlu cishe ngehora lesithupha.b to pray. 10 Walamba, wafuna ukudla, kwathi besakulungisa, wafikelwa isizungu 11 wabona izulu livulekile, kwehla into enjengelembu elikhulu, lehliselwa emhlabeni ngamachopho alo omane. . . .12 Kulo kwakukhona zonke izinhlobo zezilwane nezilwane ezihuquzelayo nezinyoni zezulu. 13 Kwase kufika izwi kuye, lathi: “Sukuma, Petru; hlaba udle.” 14 Kepha uPetru wathi: “Cha, Nkosi; ngokuba angizange ngidle noma yini eyichilo noma engcolile.” 15 Izwi labuye lafika kuye ngokwesibili, lithi: “Lokho uNkulunkulu akuhlambululileyo, ungasho ukuthi kungcolile.” 16 Lokhu kwenzeka kathathu, futhi le nto yanyuselwa ezulwini ngaso leso sikhathi.
17Kwathi uPetru esasambathekile ngaphakathi ngokuthi ungaba uyini umbono awubonileyo, bheka, amadoda ayethunywe nguKorneliyu, esebuzile indlu kaSimoni, ema esangweni 18 bamemeza bebuza ukuthi uSimoni othiwa uPetru ungenisile yini khona. 19 Kwathi uPetru ezindla ngombono, uMoya wathi kuye: “Bheka, amadoda amathathu ayakufuna.20Sukuma wehle ubaphelezele ungangabazi.c ngoba ngibathumile.” 21 UPetru wehlela kuwo amadoda, wathi: “Yimi enimfunayo; Siyini isizathu sokuza kwakho?” 22 Bathi: “UKorneliyu, induna yekhulu, indoda eqotho nemesabayo uNkulunkulu, efakazelwa kahle esizweni sonke samaJuda, wayalwa yingelosi engcwele ukuba athumele ukuba uze endlini yakhe futhi ezwe lokho onakho. ukusho." 23 Ngakho wabangenisa ukuze babe yizivakashi zakhe.
Ngangomuso wavuka, wahamba nabo, nabanye abazalwane baseJopha bahamba naye. 24 Kwathi ngangomuso bangena eKesariya. UKorneliyu wayebalindile, esebizele ndawonye izihlobo zakhe nabangane bakhe abakhulu. 25 Kwathi uPetru engena, uKorneliyu wamhlangabeza, wawa phansi ezinyaweni zakhe, wakhuleka kuye. 26 Kodwa uPetru wamphakamisa, wathi: “Sukuma; nami ngiyindoda.” 27 Esakhuluma naye wangena, wafumana abantu abaningi babuthene. 28 Wathi kubo.“Nina ngokwenu niyazi ukuthi akuvunyelwe kanjani ngomJuda ukuzihlanganisa noma ukuhambela omunye wesinye isizwe,UNkulunkulu ungibonisile ukuthi ngingasho muntu ngokuthi ungcolile noma ungcolile. 29 Ngakho lapho ngibizwa, ngafika ngaphandle kokuphika. Ngiyabuza-ke ukuthi ungibizeleni.”
30 UKorneliyu wathi: “Ezinsukwini ezine ezedlule, cishe ngaleli hora, bengikhuleka endlini yami ngehora lesishiyagalolunye,d bheka, indoda yema phambi kwami yembethe ingubo ekhanyayo 31wathi: 'Korneliyu, umkhuleko wakho uzwakele, nomusa wakho womusa ukhunjulwe phambi kukaNkulunkulu. 32Ngakho-ke thumela eJopha ubize uSimoni othiwa uPetru. ungenisile endlini kaSimoni umshuki wezikhumba ngaselwandle.' 33 Ngakho-ke ngathumela kuwe masinyane, futhi wenze kahle ngokufika. Manje-ke silapha sonke phambi kukaNkulunkulu ukuzwa konke okuyale ngakho uJehova.
Abezizwe Yizwa Izindaba Ezinhle
34 Ngakho uPetru wavula umlomo wakhe wathi: “Nempela ngiyaqonda ukuthi uNkulunkulu akakhethi—cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_35kodwa ezizweni zonke omesabayo enze ukulunga uyamukeleka kuye. 36Ngokuqondene nezwi alithumela ku-Israyeli eshumayela ivangeli lokuthula ngoJesu Kristu oyiNkosi yabo bonke—cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_37Nina ngokwenu niyakwazi okwenzeka kulo lonke elaseJudiya, kusukela eGalile ngemva kobhapathizo uJohane alushumayelayo: 38ukuthi uNkulunkulu wamgcoba kanjani uJesu waseNazaretha ngoMoya oNgcwele nangamandla. Wahamba enza okuhle, ephulukisa bonke ababecindezelwe nguSathane, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wayenaye. 39 Thina singofakazi bakho konke akwenzayo ezweni lamaJuda naseJerusalema. Bambulala ngokumphanyeka esihlahleni, 40 kodwa uNkulunkulu wamvusa ngosuku lwesithathu, wamenza wabonakala, 41hhayi kubo bonke abantu, kodwa kithina esasikhethwe uNkulunkulu ukuba sibe ngofakazi bakhe, esadla futhi siphuza kanye naye ngemva kokuvuka kwakhe kwabafileyo. 42 Wasiyala ukuba sishumayele kubantu, sifakaze ukuthi nguye omiswe nguNkulunkulu ukuba abe ngumahluleli wabaphilayo nabafileyo. 43 Ngaye bonke abaprofethi bafakaza ngaye ukuthi wonke okholwa kuye uyakwamukela ukuthethelelwa kwezono ngegama lakhe.”
UMoya Ongcwele Wehlela Kwabezizwe
44 Kwathi uPetru esasho lezizinto, uMoya oNgcwele wehlela phezu kwabo bonke ababelizwa izwi. 45 Amakholwa asokiweyo abeze noPetru amangala, ngokuba isipho sikaMoya oNgcwele sathululwa naphezu kwabezizwe. 46 Ngoba babezwa bekhuluma ngezilimi futhi bedumisa uNkulunkulu. Khona-ke uPetru wamemezela, 47“Ukhona yini ongagodla amanzi ukuba abhapathize laba abamamukele uMoya oNgcwele njengathi na?” 48Futhi wayala ukuba babhapathizwe egameni likaJesu Kristu. Base bemcela ukuba ahlale izinsuku ezithile.
UPetru Uchaza Izenzo Zakhe
11 Abaphostoli namakholwa kulo lonke elaseJudiya bezwa ukuthi nabezizwe balamukele izwi likaNkulunkulu. 2 Kwathi uPetru ekhuphukela eJerusalema, amakholwa asokiwe amsola, 3 athi: “Ungene endlini yamadoda angasokile, wadla nabo.
4 Kusukela ekuqaleni, uPetru wabalandisa yonke indaba: 5 “Ngangisedolobheni laseJopha ngithandaza, ngase ngibanjwe ubuthongo ngabona umbono. Ngabona okuthile okunjengendwangu enkulu yehliswa ezulwini ngamachopho ayo omane, yehlela lapho ngangikhona. 6 Ngabheka kuwo, ngabona izilwane zomhlaba ezinezinyawo ezine, izilo zasendle, ezihuquzelayo nezinyoni. 7 Ngasengisizwa ilizwi lisithi kimi: Sukuma, Petro; Bulala udle.'
8 “Ngaphendula ngathi: ‘Qha, Nkosi! Akukaze kungene lutho olungcolile noma olungcolile emlonyeni wami.'
9 “Izwi lakhuluma ngokwesibili livela ezulwini, lathi: ‘Ungasho lutho uNkulunkulu aluhlambululeyo ngokuthi lungcolile; 10 Lokhu kwenzeka kathathu, kwabuye kwadonselwa ezulwini.
11 “Ngaso leso sikhathi amadoda amathathu ayethunywe kimi evela eKhesariya ema endlini engangihlala kuyo. 12 UMoya wangitshela ukuthi ngingangabazi ukuhamba labo. Laba bazalwane abayisithupha bahamba nami, sangena endlini yalowo muntu. 13 Yasibikela ukuthi yayibone ingilosi ibonakala endlini yayo ithi, ‘Thumela eJopha ukuthi ubize uSimoni othiwa nguPhetro. 14 Uzakubikela isigijimi esizakusindiswa ngaso wena lendlu yakho yonke.
15 “Kwathi ngisaqala ukukhuluma, uMoya oNgcwele wehlela phezu kwabo, njengokuba wehlela kithi ekuqaleni. 16 Ngakhumbula ukuthi iNkosi yayishilo ukuthi: ‘UJohane wabhapathizaa] ngamanzi, kodwa nina nizakubhapathizwa [b] uMoya oNgcwele.' 17 Ngakho-ke, uma uNkulunkulu ebanikile isipho esifana naso asipha sona thina esakholwa yiNkosi uJesu Kristu, mina bengingubani ukuba ngime phambi kukaNkulunkulu na?
18 Bathi bekuzwa lokho kabazange baphinde baphikise, badumisa uNkulunkulu, besithi: “Kanjalo labezizwe uNkulunkulu unikile ukuphendukela ekuphileni.”
IBandla lase-Antiyokiya
19 Labo ababehlakazekile ngokushushiswa okwaqala ekubulaweni kukaStefanu badabula baze bafika eFenike, naseKhupro nase-Antiyokiya, beshumayela izwi kumaJuda kuphela. 20 Nokho, abanye kubo, amadoda aseKhupro naseKhurene, baya e-Antiyokiya futhi baqala ukukhuluma namaGreki, beshumayela izindaba ezinhle zeNkosi uJesu. 21 Isandla seNkosi sasinabo, futhi isixuku esikhulu sabantu sakholwa saphendukela eNkosini.
22 Indaba yalokhu yafika ebandleni laseJerusalema, basebethuma uBarnabasi eAntiyoki. 23 Lapho efika futhi ebona umusa kaNkulunkulu owenziwe, wajabula futhi wabakhuthaza bonke ukuba bahlale bethembekile eNkosini ngezinhliziyo zabo zonke. 24 Wayeyindoda elungile, egcwele uMoya oNgcwele nokukholwa, kwasilethwa eNkosini abantu abaningi.
25 UBarnabasi wasesiya eTarsu ukuyadinga uSawuli, 26 kwathi esemtholile, wamletha eAntiyokhi. Ngakho umnyaka wonke uBarnabasi loSawuli bahlangana lebandla bafundisa amaxuku amakhulu. Abafundi baqala ukubizwa ngokuthi amaKristu e-Antiyokiya.
27 Ngaleso sikhathi abanye abaprofethi behla bevela eJerusalema beza e-Antiyokiya. 28 Kwasukuma omunye wabo, ogama lakhe lingu-Agabu, wabikezela ngoMoya ukuthi kuzoba nendlala enkulu ezweni lonke. (Lokhu kwenzeka ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaKlawudiyu.) 29 Abafundi banquma ukusiza abazalwane abahlala eJudiya ngokwamandla abo. 30 Bakwenza lokho, bathumela isipho sabo emalungeni ngoBarnaba noSawulu.