16 But get up and stand on your feet, because for this reason I have appeared to you, to appoint you a servant and witness both to the things in which you saw me and to the things in which I will appear to you, 17 rescuing you from the people and from the Gentiles to whom I am sending you, 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
16 Kepha sukuma ume ngezinyawo zakho, ngokuba ngibonakele kuwe ngenxa yalokhu ukuba ngikubeke, ube yisikhonzi nofakazi wezinto ongibone ngazo, nakulabo engizakubonakala kuwe ngabo 17 ngikukhulula kubantu bakho nakwabezizwe - engikuthumela kubo 18 ukuvula amehlo abo, ukuze baphenduke ebumnyameni baye ekukhanyeni nasemandleni kaSathane beze kuNkulunkulu, ukuze bamukele ukuthethelelwa kwezono nendawo phakathi kwalabo abangcwelisiwe ngokukholwa kimi. '