21 Bonke ababemva, babemangaliswa, bebuza besithi: “Ngaba le ndoda asiyiyo na leya yayibatshutshisa eJerusalem bonke abathetha ngeli gama? Kanene, andithi nangoku ilapha nje, izele ukuze ibambe abantu, ibase kubabingeleli abaziintloko?”
22 Kodwa intshumayelo kaSawule yaya ikhula emandleni, neengxoxo zakhe ezibonisa ukuba uYesu *unguKrestu, zabetha asikwa imilomo amaJuda aseDamasko.
23 Kwakuba kudlule iintsuku ezininzi amaJuda ahlanganisana, afutha amacebo okumbulala uSawule;
24 kodwa eli yelenqe waliva uSawule. Imini nobusuku babemlinda emasangweni edolophu, khon' ukuze bambulale.
25 Ngabusuku buthile abalandeli bakaYesu bamthatha uSawule, bamthoba ngengobozi eludongeni.
26 USawule waya eJerusalem, wazama ukuzibandakanya nabalandeli bakaYesu. Kodwa bonke babemoyika, bengakholwa ukuba naye ungumlandeli kaYesu.
27 Wada wancedwa nguBharnabha owamthathayo, wamsa *kubathunywa, wabachazela indlela awabonana ngayo neNkosi, nento eyathethwayo yiNkosi kuye. Wababalisela nangokulishumayela kukaSawule ngesibindi igama likaYesu eDamasko.