2 Akutsho, umbingeleli omkhulu uHananiya wayalela ukuba uPawulos ampakazwe emlonyeni ngabo babekufuphi naye.
3 Waphendula uPawulos wathi: “UThixo uya kukubetha, ludongandini luvetiweyo; uchophele ukundigweba ngokomthetho, kodwa kwawena uyawaphula umthetho, uthi mandibethwe!”
4 Amadoda awayekufuphi noPawulos athi kuye: “Ngumbingeleli omkhulu kaThixo lo umthukayo!”
5 UPawulos wathi: “Hayi, mawethu, bendingamazi ukuba ungumbingeleli omkhulu. Kaloku *iziBhalo zithi: ‘Ungàthethi kakubi ngomlawuli wabantu bakho.’”
6 Akuqonda uPawulos ukuba kweli qela kukho *abaSadusi kwakunye *nabaFarasi, wabhekisa eBhungeni apho, wathi: “Mawethu, mna ndingumFarasi ongunyana womFarasi. Ndisematyaleni nje kungenxa yokuba ndinethemba lokuba abafileyo baya kuvuka.”
7 Akutsho abaFarasi nabaSadusi baxabana bodwa, baza bahlukana kubini.
8 Kaloku bona abaSadusi bathi abantu abayi kuvuka ekufeni, bakwathi akukho zithunywa zezulu, akukho namimoya, kodwa abaFarasi bona bayakholelewa kwezi zinto zontathu.