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18 Ngemva kwalokho wahamba e-Athene wafika eKorinte. 2 Wathola umJuda ogama lakhe lingu-Akhwila, + ongowokuzalwa ePhontu, owayesanda kufika evela e-Italiya ehamba noPrisila umkakhe, ngenxa yokuthi uKlawudiyu wayeyale wonke amaJuda ukuba ahambe eRoma. Ngakho waya kubo, 3 ngenxa yokuthi babenza umsebenzi ofanayo, wahlala emzini wabo, wasebenza nabo, + umsebenzi wabo kwakuwukwenza amatende. 4 Wayenikeza inkulumo* esinagogeni + masabatha onke + futhi ethonya amaJuda namaGreki.
5 Lapho uSila + noThimothewu + befika bevela eMakedoniya, uPawulu waba matasa kakhulu ngezwi likaNkulunkulu, efakaza kumaJuda ukuze abonise ukuthi uJesu unguKristu. + 6 Kodwa ayelokhu emphikisa uPawulu futhi emhlambalaza, wathintitha izingubo zakhe + wathi kuwo: “Igazi lenu malibe semakhanda enu. + Ngimsulwa. + Kusukela manje kuqhubeke ngizoya kubantu bezizwe.” + 7 Ngakho wasuka lapho* wangena endlini yomuntu ogama lakhe linguThithiyu Justu, isikhonzi sikaNkulunkulu, esasinendlu eceleni kwesinagoge. 8 Kodwa uKrispu, + isikhulu esengamele sesinagoge, wakholwa yiNkosi, kanye nawo wonke umndeni wakhe. Abaningi kwabaseKorinte abezwa izindaba ezinhle, bakholwa futhi babhapathizwa. 9 Ngaphezu kwalokho, ebusuku iNkosi yathi kuPawulu ngombono: “Ungesabi, kodwa qhubeka ukhuluma, ungathuli, 10 ngoba nginawe, + akekho umuntu ozokuhlasela akulimaze; ngoba nginabantu abaningi kuleli dolobha.” 11 Ngakho wahlala lapho unyaka nezinyanga eziyisithupha, efundisa izwi likaNkulunkulu phakathi kwabo.
12 Ngesikhathi uGaliyu engumphathi-sifundazwe* wase-Akhaya, amaJuda abambisana ahlasela uPawulu amyisa esihlalweni sokwahlulela, 13 ethi: “Lo muntu ugqugquzela abantu ukuba bakhonze uNkulunkulu ngendlela ephambene nomthetho.” 14 Kodwa lapho uPawulu esezokhuluma, uGaliyu wathi kumaJuda: “Ukube ngempela bekuwububi obuthile noma icala elibi, maJuda, bekuyofaneleka ukuba nginilalele ngesineke. 15 Kodwa uma niphikisana ngenkulumo nangamagama nangomthetho wenu, + ziboneleni nina. Angifisi ukuba umahluleli walezi zinto.” 16 Ngemva kwalokho wawaxosha esihlalweni sokwahlulela. 17 Ngakho wonke abamba uSostene, + isikhulu esengamele sesinagoge, amshaya phambi kwesihlalo sokwahlulela. Kodwa uGaliyu akenzanga lutho nhlobo ngalezi zinto.
18 Nokho, ngemva kokuhlala izinsuku eziningana, uPawulu wavalelisa kubazalwane wayesehamba ngomkhumbi waya eSiriya, ehamba noPrisila no-Akhwila. Wayegunde izinwele zakhe zaba mfushane eKenikreya, + ngoba wayenze isifungo. 19 Bafika e-Efesu, wabashiya lapho; kodwa yena wangena esinagogeni wabonisana namaJuda. + 20 Nakuba ayelokhu emcela ukuba ahlale isikhathi eside, akavumanga, 21 kodwa wavalelisa, wathi kuwo: “Ngiyophinde ngibuyele kini uma uJehova* ethanda.” Wahamba ngomkhumbi esuka e-Efesu 22 wehlela eKhesariya. Wakhuphuka* wabingelela ibandla, wayesehlela e-Antiyokiya. +
23 Ngemva kokuchitha isikhathi esithile lapho, wasuka waya ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene kulo lonke izwe laseGalathiya nelaseFrigiya, + eqinisa bonke abafundi. +
24 UmJuda othile ogama lakhe lingu-Apholo, + ongowokuzalwa e-Aleksandriya, wafika e-Efesu; wayeyindoda eqephuzayo eyayinolwazi oluhle lwemiBhalo. 25 Lo muntu wayefundiswe* indlela kaJehova* futhi evutha emoyeni, wayezikhuluma futhi ezifundisa ngokunembile izinto eziphathelene noJesu, kodwa wayejwayelene nobhapathizo lukaJohane kuphela. 26 Wakhuluma ngesibindi esinagogeni, lapho uPrisila no-Akhwila + bemuzwa, bamthatha base bemchazela indlela kaNkulunkulu ngokunembe nakakhulu. 27 Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngenxa yokuthi wayefuna ukuwelela e-Akhaya, abazalwane babhalela abafundi, bebanxusa ukuba bamamukele ngomusa. Ngakho lapho efika khona, wabasiza kakhulu labo ababekholwe ngenxa yomusa omkhulu kaNkulunkulu; 28 ngoba wabonisa ngentshiseko ukuthi amaJuda ayenephutha futhi wakwenza obala lokho, ebonisa ngemiBhalo ukuthi uJesu unguKristu. +