16 “Madoda, bafowethu, bekumele ugcwaliseke umbhalo owawuphrofethwe ngumoya ongcwele usebenzisa uDavida, lowo owawumayelana loJudasi+ owakhokhela labo ababopha uJesu.+ 17 Laye wayengomunye wethu+ njalo wathola isabelo enkonzweni le. 18 (Ngakho indoda le yathenga insimu ngembadalo eyayithola ngokwenza okungalunganga+ futhi yawa yatshaya phansi ngekhanda, isisu sayo sadubuka, wonke amathumbu ayo achitheka.+ 19 Lokhu kwaziwa ngabantu bonke beJerusalema, insimu leyo yaze yabizwa ngokuthi yi-Akhelidama ngolimi lwabo okutsho ukuthi “Insimu yegazi.”) 20 Angithi kubhaliwe ebhukwini lamaHubo ukuthi, ‘Indawo yakhe yokuhlala ayibe lunxiwa, kungabi lomuntu ohlala kuyo,’+ lokuthi, ‘Isikhundla sakhe sokukhokhela kasithathwe ngomunye.’+