IZenzo 8:26-35

Ingelosi yeNkosi yakhuluma kuFiliphu, yathi: “Suka uye ngaseningizimu, endleleni ephuma eJerusalema yehlele eGaza, le ndawo iyihlane.” Wasuka-ke wahamba. Wase ebona indoda yase-Etopiya, umthenwa, isikhulu sikaKhandakhe, indlovukazi yase-Etopiya, eyayengamele yonke ingcebo yendlovukazi. Yayikade ize eJerusalema ukuzokhuleka. Isibuyela emuva, yayihleli enqoleni yayo, ifunda umphrofethi u-Izaya. UMoya wathi kuFiliphu. “Sondela, uhambisane nale nqola.” UFiliphu wagijima wasondela kuyo, wayizwa ifunda umphrofethi u-Izaya, wayesethi kuyo: “Uyakuqonda yini lokho okufundayo na?” Yona yathi: “Ngingakuqonda kanjani, uma kungekho ongichasisela khona?” Yayisimnxusa uFiliphu ukuba agibele enqoleni ahlale nayo. Kepha isahlukwana sombhalo eyayisifunda yilesi esithi: “Njengewundlu liyiswa ekuhlatshweni, nanjengemvu ithule phambi komgundi wayo, akawuvulanga umlomo wakhe. Ekudunyazweni kwayo, ukwehlulelwa kwakhe kwasuswa. Ngubani oyakulanda ngesizukulwane sakhe na? Ngokuba ukuphila kwakhe kuyasuswa emhlabeni.” Umthenwa wathi kuFiliphu: “Ngiyacela, umphrofethi ukukhuluma ngobani lokhu? Ngabe uzisho yena noma ukhuluma ngomunye na?” UFiliphu wakhuluma naye, eqala kulowo mbhalo; wamshumayeza ivangeli ngoJesu.