¹ Ngaleso sikhathi uHero de inkosi welula izandla ukuba ahluphe abathile bebandla. ² Wabulala uJakobe umfowabo kaJohane ngenkemba. ³ Esebonile ukuthi lokhu kuyabathokozisa abaJuda , waqhubeka wambamba noPetru. Kwakuyizinsuku zezinkwa ezingenamvubelo. ⁴ Wambamba, wamfaka etilongweni , wamnikela emaviyweni amane , yilelo nalelo linamabutho amane , ukuba amlinde , ehlose ukumkhuphulela ebantwini emva kwePhasika. ⁵ Ngakho-ke uPetru wagcinwa etilongweni; kepha ibandla lamkhulekela ngesineke kuNkulunkulu. ⁶ Kwathi mhla uHerode ebezakumphumisa , ngalobo busuku uPetru wayelele phakathi kwamabutho amabili , eboshiwe ngamaketanga amabili , nabalindi phambi komnyango begcina itilongo. ⁷ Bheka, yafika ingelosi yeNkosi , kwakhanya ukukhanya etilongweni , yamshaya uPetru ohlangothini , yamvusa ithi : Shesha usuk ume. Ayesewa amaketanga ezandleni zakhe. ⁸ Ingelosi yathi kuye: Gqoka, ufake izicathulo zakho. Wenze njalo. Yathi kuye: Yembatha ingubo yakho, ungilandele. ⁹ Waphuma, wayilandela; wayengazi ukuthi kuyiqiniso okwenziwa yingelosi , kodwa wayethi ubona umbono. ¹⁰ Sebedlulile kubalindi bokuqala nabesibili bafika esangweni lensimbi eliya emzini, labavulekela ngokwalo , baphuma, badlula isitaladi saba sinye ; ingelosi yayisimshiya masinyane. ¹¹ UPetru esesangulukile wathi : Manje sengiyazi ngeqiniso ukuthi iNkosi ithumile ingelosi yayo , yangikhulula esandleni sikaHerode nakukho konke okubhekwe yisizwe sabaJuda. ¹² Sekumkhanyele lokho , wafika endlini kaMariya unina kaJohane othiwa uMarku, lapho bebebuthene khona abaningi bekhuleka. ¹³ Esengqongqotha esivalweni sesango , yeza intombazana ukusabela , egama layo linguRoda; ¹⁴ isilizwile izwi likaPetru ayivulanga esangweni ngenxa yokuthokoza, kepha yagijima yabika ukuthi uPetru umi ngasesangweni. ¹⁵ Kodwa bathi kuyo : Uyahlanya. Yona yaqinisa yathi : Hhayi, kunjalo. Bona bathi: Yingelosi yakhe. ¹⁶ Kepha uPetru waqinisa wangqongqotha ; sebevulile babona ukuthi nguye , bamangala. ¹⁷ Wayesebaqhweba ngesandla ukuba bathule , wabalandisa ukuthi iNkosi imkhiphe kanjani etilongweni , wathi: Bikelani uJakobe nabazalwane lokhu . Wayesephuma, waya kwenye indawo. ¹⁸ Sekusile, kwaba khona ukunyakaza okukhulu phakathi kwamabutho kokuthi uPetru wehlelwe yini. ¹⁹ UHerode esemfunile engamfumananga , wabuzisisa abalindi, wayala ukuba babulawe. Wayesehla eJudiya, waya eKesariya, wahlala khona. Ukufa kukaHerode ²⁰ Kepha wayebathukuthelele abaseTire nabaseSidoni ; kodwa beza kuye nganhliziyonye; sebemvumisile uBlastu induna yendlu yenkosi , bacela ukuthula, ngokuba izwe lakubo lalifunzwa ngelenkosi. ²¹ Ngosuku olumisiweyo uHerode wembatha ingubo yobukhosi , wahlala esihlalweni, wakhuluma kubantu. ²² Abantu bamemeza bathi: Yizwi likaNkulunkulu, akusilo elomuntu. ²³ Kepha ingelosi yeNkosi yamshaya khona lapho , ngokuba enganikanga uNkulunkulu udumo; wadliwa yizimpethu, wafa. ²⁴ Kodwa izwi likaNkulunkulu lakhula, landa. ²⁵ Kepha oBarnaba noSawulu babuya eJerusalema sebeqede ukukhonza kwabo, behamba benoJohane othiwa uMarku.