2. baza inxalenye yemali leyo bayifumeneyo bayigcina, eseleyo ke bayizisa *kubathunywa.
3. UPetros wabuza wathi: “Hananiya, kutheni ukuba umyeke uSathana alawule intliziyo yakho, akwenze uxokise uMoya oyiNgcwele ngokugcina inxalenye yemali oyifumeneyo ngomhlaba wakho?
4. Umhlaba wakho ubungowakho phambi kokuba uwuthengise, nemali yawo ibiyeyakho emveni kokuba uwuthengisile. Kungani ke ukuba ufike kwisigqibo sokwenza into enje? Awuxokisanga mntu, uxokise uThixo.”
5. Akuweva loo mazwi uHananiya wawa phantsi, wafa; baza bonke abayivayo loo nto bankwantya luloyiko.
6. Bafika abafana, bawuthatha bawuthandela umzimba wakhe, baya kumngcwaba.
7. Emva kweeyure ezintathu, yafika inkosikazi kaHananiya ingekayiva loo nto ihlileyo.
8. Wabhekisa kuyo uPetros esithi: “Khawutsho, ingaba le yimali epheleleyo eniyizuze ngokuthengisa umhlaba wenu nomyeni wakho?”Yaphendula yathi: “Ewe, iphelele.”
9. Wayibuza wathi uPetros: “Kungani ukuba wena nendoda yakho nidibane ngokuvavanya uMoya weNkosi? Uyabona ke, abafana abavela kungcwaba indoda yakho nâbo emnyango, nawe lo baza kukuthatha bemke nawe.”
10. Ngoko nangoko uSafira wawa ezinyaweni zakhe, wafa. Bangena abafana, bambona ukuba ufile, bamthatha baya kumngcwaba ecaleni komyeni wakhe.
11. Xa lilonke ibandla nabo bonke abayivayo le nto bazaliswa kukunkwantya.
12. *Abathunywa benza imiqondiso nemimangaliso emininzi ebantwini. Bonke abakholwayo babehlangana eVarandeni kaSolomon.