ImiSebenzi Yabaphostoli 1:1-26
1 Endabeni yokuqala engakubhalela yona Thiyofilu, ngakulandisela konke uJesu akwenzayo lakufundisayo+
2 kwaze kwafika ilanga athathwa ngalo,+ esenike abaphostoli ayebakhethile imilayo ekhokhelwa ngumoya ongcwele.+
3 Ngemva kokuhlupheka kwakhe waziveza kubo kanengi futhi lokhu kwaba yibufakazi obuqinileyo+ bokuthi uyaphila. Bambona kanengi phakathi kwensuku ezingu-40 njalo wayekhuluma ngoMbuso kaNkulunkulu.+
4 Ngesikhathi bebuthene wabatshela wathi: “Lingasuki eJerusalema+ kodwa qhubekani lilindele lokho uBaba alithembise khona+ futhi elakuzwa ngami.
5 Phela lanxa uJohane wayebhabhathiza ngamanzi, lina lizabhabhathizwa ngomoya ongcwele+ ezinsukwini eziseduze.”
6 Bathi sebephinde babuthana bambuza bathi: “Nkosi, usuwubuyisela yini umbuso ko-Israyeli khathesi?”+
7 Wathi kubo: “Ayisikho kwenu ukwazi izikhathi kumbe insuku uBaba azimise ngokuthanda kwakhe.+
8 Kodwa lizakwamukela amandla nxa umoya ongcwele ufika kini+ njalo lizakuba ngofakazi+ bami eJerusalema+ lakulo lonke elaseJudiya leSamariya+ kuze kuyefika emaphethelweni omhlaba.”+
9 Wathi esetsho njalo waphakanyiselwa phezulu bekhangele, iyezi lamvala basala bengasamboni.+
10 Besakhangele esibhakabhakeni babona eceleni kwabo sekumi amadoda amabili ayegqoke izembatho ezimhlophe.+
11 Athi kubo: “Madoda aseGalile, limeleni khonapho likhangele esibhakabhakeni? UJesu lo othethwe kini uzakuza ngendlela enjengayonale elimbone ethathwa ngayo esiya esibhakabhakeni.”
12 Ngemva kwalokho babuyela eJerusalema+ besuka entabeni yama-oliva eseduze kweJerusalema. Ukuya khona kungumango wohambo lwangelanga lesabatha.*
13 Bathi befika baqansa baya endlini ephezulu lapho ababehlala khona. Ababelapho kwakunguPhetro, loJohane, loJakhobe, lo-Andreya, loFiliphu, loTomasi, loBhatholomewu, loMathewu, loJakhobe indodana ka-Alifewu, loSimoni otshisekayo kanye loJudasi indodana kaJakhobe.+
14 Bonke babeqhubeka bethandaza belenhloso yinye. Babelabanye abesifazana+ loMariya unina kaJesu kanye labafowabo+ bakaJesu.
15 Ngelinye lamalanga lawo kubuthene abazalwane abangaba ngu-120 bethandaza, uPhetro wasukuma wathi:
16 “Madoda, bafowethu, bekumele ugcwaliseke umbhalo owawuphrofethwe ngumoya ongcwele usebenzisa uDavida, lowo owawumayelana loJudasi+ owakhokhela labo ababopha uJesu.+
17 Laye wayengomunye wethu+ njalo wathola isabelo enkonzweni le.
18 (Ngakho indoda le yathenga insimu ngembadalo eyayithola ngokwenza okungalunganga+ futhi yawa yatshaya phansi ngekhanda, isisu sayo sadubuka, wonke amathumbu ayo achitheka.+
19 Lokhu kwaziwa ngabantu bonke beJerusalema, insimu leyo yaze yabizwa ngokuthi yi-Akhelidama ngolimi lwabo okutsho ukuthi “Insimu yegazi.”)
20 Angithi kubhaliwe ebhukwini lamaHubo ukuthi, ‘Indawo yakhe yokuhlala ayibe lunxiwa, kungabi lomuntu ohlala kuyo,’+ lokuthi, ‘Isikhundla sakhe sokukhokhela kasithathwe ngomunye.’+
21 Ngakho kufanele ukuthi emadodeni ayehamba lathi sikhathi sonke iNkosi uJesu isenza imisebenzi yayo phakathi kwethu,
22 kusukela ibhabhathizwa nguJohane+ kuze kuyefika ilanga eyathathwa ngalo kithi+ isiya ezulwini, enye yamadoda la kumele ibe ngufakazi kanye lathi wokuthi wavuswa kwabafileyo.”+
23 Yikho baqamba ababili, uMathiyasi kanye loJosefa okuthiwa nguBhasabha owayesaziwa langokuthi nguJustu.
24 Basebethandaza bathi: “Awu Jehova,* wena owazi izinhliziyo zabantu bonke,+ tshengisa ukuthi nguphi phakathi kwamadoda la osumkhethile
25 ukuthi abe ngumphostoli futhi amukele inkonzo le uJudasi aphambuka kuyo esesiya kweyakhe indawo.”+
26 Basebesenza inkatho+ yadla uMathiyasi, waseqalisa ukubalwa kanye labaphostoli abangu-11.
