1. EKhesariya kwakukho umphathi-butho wamajoni aseRoma ogama linguKorneli. Umkhosi wakhe kwakusithiwa ngowaseItali.
2. Yena nosapho lwakhe babengabantu abamnqulayo bemhlonela uThixo. Wayengumntu onezinwe, ewanceda amaJuda ahlelelekileyo, ethandaza rhoqo kuThixo.
3. Ngenye injika-langa kwisithuba sentsimbi yesithathu, waba nombono, wasibona ngokucacileyo isithunywa sikaThixo singena sisithi kuye: “Korneli!”
4. Wasiqwalasela enoloyiko, wathi: “Yintoni, Nkosi?”Saphendula sathi: “UThixo uyamkele imithandazo nemisebenzi yakho yesisa; akazange wakulibala.
5. Ngoku ke thuma amadoda eJopa, kumntu othile ogama linguSimon Petros,
6. olundwendwe lukaSimon umsuki weemfele, ondlu ingaselwandle.”