UPetru, umphostoli kaJesu Kristu , kwabayizihambi abahlakazekile ePontu , naseGalathiya, naseKhaphadosiya, nase-Asiya, naseBithiniya,

Amabandla ase -Asiya ayakhonza kini . O-Akwila noPriska bakhonza kakhulu kini eNkosini, kanye nebandla elisendlini yabo.

Uyazi lokhu ukuthi bonke abase -Asiya bangifulathele, abaphakathi kwabo ngoFigelu noHermogene.

Ngokuba asithandi, bazalwane, ukuba ningazi ngosizi lwethu olwasehlela e- Asiya ukuthi sasindwa kakhulu impela ngaphezu kwamandla ethu , saze salahlekelwa nayithemba lokuphila.

UJohane kuwo amabandla ayisikhombisa ase -Asiya: Makube kini umusa nokuthula okuvela kuye okhona nowayekhona nozayo , nakoMoya abayisikhombisa abaphambi kwesihlalo sakhe sobukhosi,

Base bedabula izwe laseFrigiya nelaseGalathiya , benqatshelwe nguMoya oNgcwele ukulikhuluma izwi e-Asiya;

Lokho kwenzeka iminyaka emibili , baze balizwa i zwi leNkosi bonke abakhileyo e-Asiya, abaJuda namaGreki.

Wayesethumela eMakedoniya ababili kwabamkhonzayo oThimothewu no - Erastu; yena uqobo wasala isikhathi e-Asiya. Isiphithiphithi sikaDemetriyu

kepha seniyabona, niyezwa futhi ukuthi akukuphela e -Efesu kodwa cishe kulo lonke i-Asiya uPawulu lona udukisile abantu abaningi ngokubancenga , ethi akusibo onkulunkulu labo abenziwe ngezandla.

Ngakho akusikho lokhu kuphela ukuba umsebenzi wethu usengozini yokudelelwa, kodwa nethempeli lonkulunkulukazi omkhulu uDiyana liyakuthiwa aliy into yalutho , nobukhulukazi bakhe sebuzakuphela , yena elimkhonzayo lonke i-Asiya nezwe lonke.

Nabanye bababusi base -Asiya, bengabahlobo bakhe , bathumela kuye , bamncenga ukuba angaze angena esigcawini sokubukela.

Ngokuba uPawulu wayezimisele ukudlula e -Efesu ngomkhumbi ukuze angalibali isikhath i e -Asiya; ngokuba wayekhawulezela ukuba , uma kungenzeka, abe khona eJerusalema ngosuku lwePhentekoste. UPawulu uvalelisa kwabase-Efesu eMilethu

Kwathi esefikile kuye, wathi kuwo: Niyazi nina ukuth i kusukela osukwini lokuqala engafika ngalo e-Asiya nganginjani isikhathi sonke nginani,

Waphelekezelwa nguSophat ru kaPhiru waseBereya , nabaseThesalonika o - Aristarku noSekhundu, noGayu waseDerbe , noThimothewu, nabase-Asiya oThikhiku noTrofimu.

Kwathi sezizakuphela lezo zinsuku eziyisikhombisa , abaJuda base -Asiya bembonile ethempelini, bayaluzisa sonke isixuku, babeka izandla kuye,

abaJuda abathile base-Asiya ababefanele ukuvela phambi kwakho , bangimangalele, uma benotho ngami.

Sangena emkhunjini wase -Adramitiyu obusuzakuya ezindaweni zangase - Asiya, u-Aristarku umMakedoniya waseThesalonika enathi.

AmaParte, namaMede, nama-Elamithi, nabakhile eMesopotamiya , naseJudiya, naseKhaphadosiya, nasePontu, nase-Asiya,

Kwase kusuka abanye besinagoge elithiwa elabaLibertino , nabaseKhurene, nabase-Aleksandriya, nabavela eKhilikhiya nase -Asiya, baphikisana noStefanu;

Khonzani nasebandleni elisendlini yabo. Khonzani ku-Ephenetu, isithandwa sami, ongulibo lwase-Asiya kuKristu.