1 EKhesariya kwakukho umphathi-butho wamajoni aseRoma ogama linguKorneli. Umkhosi wakhe kwakusithiwa ngowaseItali.
2 Yena nosapho lwakhe babengabantu abamnqulayo bemhlonela uThixo. Wayengumntu onezinwe, ewanceda amaJuda ahlelelekileyo, ethandaza rhoqo kuThixo.
3 Ngenye injika-langa kwisithuba sentsimbi yesithathu, waba nombono, wasibona ngokucacileyo isithunywa sikaThixo singena sisithi kuye: “Korneli!”
4 Wasiqwalasela enoloyiko, wathi: “Yintoni, Nkosi?”Saphendula sathi: “UThixo uyamkele imithandazo nemisebenzi yakho yesisa; akazange wakulibala.
5 Ngoku ke thuma amadoda eJopa, kumntu othile ogama linguSimon Petros,
6 olundwendwe lukaSimon umsuki weemfele, ondlu ingaselwandle.”
7 Sakumka isithunywa eso, uKorneli wabiza izicaka zakhe ezibini, kunye nejoni elalimhlonela uThixo, elalingumlindi wakhe.
8 Wabachazela konke okwakumhlele, waza wabathuma eJopa.
9 Ngomhla olandelayo, xa babesendleleni, besondela eJopa, uPetros uthe emini emaqanda waya kuthandaza phezu kwendlu kwindawo esabuvaranda.
10 Wasuka walamba, wafuna into etyiwayo, kwathi besamlungiselela ukutya wabona umbono.
11 Wabona izulu livulekile, kusihla into engathi lilaphu elikhulu libanjwe ngamasondo omane, lisiza emhlabeni.
12 Kulo kwakukho zonke iintlobo zezidalwa ezingatyiwayo ezizitho zine, ezirhubuluzayo, nezibhabhayo.
13 Weva ilizwi lisithi kuye: “Vuka, xhela utye, Petros.”
14 Waphendula wathi: “Nkosi, ngunotshe lowo! Mna andizange ndiyitye into engatyiwayo.”
15 Laphinda ilizwi elo lavakala kuye lisithi: “Musa ukuthi ayityiwa into athi uThixo iyatyiwa.”
16 Le nto yenzeka kwada kwakathathu, laza ke ilaphu elo lanyuselwa ezulwini.
17 Ngoku asamangalisiweyo yena uPetros ukuba ngaba yintoni na intsingiselo yalo mbono, wona amadoda athunywe nguKorneli ayesede awufumana umkhondo wendlu kaSimon, selemi esangweni.
18 Abuzisa ukuba ngaba akukho mhambi ugama linguSimon Petros na apho.
19 UPetros yena wayesajika-jikana nalo mbono ukuva kwakhe uMoya oyiNgcwele esithi: “Phulaphula, nango amadoda amathathu ekufuna.
20 Phakama uye kuwo la madoda, ungathandabuzi, uhambe nawo, kuba athunywe ndim.”
21 Waya kuwo uPetros, wafika wathi: “Ndim lo nimfunayo. Ngaba nindifuna ngani?”
22 Wona aphendula athi: “Sithunywa yiNkosi yethu uKorneli, oyindoda elungileyo emhlonelayo uThixo, ehlonitshwayo nangamaJuda. Uxelelwe sisithunywa sikaThixo ukuba makakubize uye endlwini yakhe, ukuze eve loo nto uya kumxelela yona.”
23 Wangena nabo endlwini uPetros, baza balalisa apho ngaloo mini.Ngosuku olulandelayo wahamba nawo la madoda kunye namanye amakholwa aseJopa.
24 Ngengomso wagaleleka eKhesariya, apho wafika elindelwe nguKorneli nezizalwana nezihlobo zakhe ezisenyongweni.
25 Xa angenayo uPetros, uKorneli wazikhahlela phambi kwakhe,
26 kodwa uPetros wamphakamisa wathi: “Hayi, ndingumntu nje nam; musa ukwenjenjalo.”
27 UPetros wayethetha noKorneli ekungeneni kwakhe endlwini, apho wafika kubuthelene abantu abaninzi.
28 Uthe kubo uPetros: “Nina ngokwenu nazi kakuhle ukuba umJuda akavumelekile ngokwenkolo yakowabo ukuba andwendwele nokuba abe nento yokwenza neentlanga. Selendibonisile ke kodwa uThixo ukuba mandingathathi bani njengongahlambulukanga.
29 Yiyo loo nto uthe wakundibiza andala. Khawundixelele ke, undibizele ntoni?”
30 Uthe ukuphendula uKorneli: “Ngoku kusemva kweentsuku ezine oko ndandithandaza endlwini yam, malunga neli lixa ngentsimbi yesithathu emva kwemini, kwathi gqi umfo onxibe ezibengezelayo, wema phambi kwam,
31 wathi kum: ‘Korneli, uThixo uyamkele imithandazo yakho, wayikhumbula nemisebenzi yakho yesisa.
32 Ngoko ke thuma umntu eJopa, aye kubiza umntu ogama linguSimon Petros. Ulundwendwe lukaSimon umsuki weemfele, ondlu ingaselwandle.’
33 Ndithumele kwangoko kuwe, nawe ke ulungisile ukuza. Thina sonke sihlangene apha ngenjongo yokudibana noThixo, silindele ukuphulaphula yonke into iNkosi ekuyalele ukuba usixelele yona.”
34 UPetros wathetha wenjenje: “Ngenene ndiyaqonda ngoku ukuba uThixo akamkhethi wabuso bamntu.
35 Nabani na, nokuba ngowaluphi na uhlanga, ukuba uyamhlonela uThixo, esenza okulungileyo, wamkelekile kuye.
36 Niyalwazi udaba awaluthumela kumaSirayeli, evakalisa iindaba ezimnandi zoxolo ngoYesu Krestu, oyiNkosi yabantu bonke.
37 Niyasazi isiganeko esenzekayo kulo lonke elakwaJuda, ukuqalela eGalili, emva kokushumayela kukaYohane ngobhaptizo.
38 Nivile ngoYesu waseNazarete owathanjiswa nguThixo ngoMoya oyiNgcwele waba namandla. Wayehamba kulo lonke, esenza okulungileyo, ebaphilisa bonke ababephantsi kwamandla omtyholi, kuba uThixo wayenaye.
39 Thina singamangqina ako konke awakwenzayo eJerusalem nakwelamaJuda. Bambulala ngokumbethelela emnqamlezweni,
40 waza uThixo wamvusa ekufeni ngosuku lwesithathu.
41 Akazange wabonakala kubantu bonke, koko wabonakala kuthi mangqina awawakhetha kwangaphambili uThixo, thina sasisitya sisela kunye naye emveni kokuba uThixo emvusile ekufeni.
42 Wasigunyazisa ukuba sishumayele ebantwini, singqine ukuba ungulowo uThixo amnyulele ukuba ngumgwebi wabahleliyo nabafileyo.
43 Bâthetha ngaye bonke *abashumayeli besithi wonke umntu ozinikelayo kuye uxolelwa izono zakhe ngamandla egama lakhe.”
44 Esathethanje uPetros, wehla uMoya oyiNgcwele phezu kwabo bonke abo babephulaphule.
45 AmaJuda akholwayo, lawo ayesuke noPetros eJopa, amangaliswa kukuba uThixo ezinike isipho soMoya oyiNgcwele neentlanga,
46 kuba baziva zithetha ngalwimi zimbi, zidumisa uThixo. UPetros wathetha wathi:
47 “Aba bantu bamkele uMoya oyiNgcwele njengoko samamkelayo nathi. Ngenene ke akukho namnye umntu ongalayo ukuba aba bantu babhaptizwe ngamanzi.”
48 UPetros ke ngoko wathi mababhaptizwe egameni likaYesu Krestu. Ke yena bamcela ukuba akhe ahlale nabo iintsukwana.