Mabasa Avapostori
14:1 Zvino zvakaitika paIkoniyamu, kuti vakaenda vari vaviri pamwe
sinagoge revaJudha vakataura zvokuti chaunga chikuru chevaJudha
vaJudha navaGirikiwo vakatenda.
14:2 Asi vaJudha vasingatendi vakamutsa nekumutsa pfungwa dzevahedheni
zvakaipa zvakaitirwa hama.
14:3 Naizvozvo vakagara nguva refu vachitaura vasingatyi muna Ishe iye wakapa
uchapupu hweshoko renyasha dzake, uye akapa kune zviratidzo nezvishamiso
zviitwe nemaoko avo.
14:4 Asi chaunga cheguta chakapesana, vamwe vakatsigira vaJudha.
uye vamwe navapostori.
14:5 Zvino kwakati kurwiswa kukavapo vose vahedheni nekwavahedheni
vaJudha navatongi vavo, kuti vavaitire zvakaipa, nokuvataka namabwe;
14:6 Asi vakazviziva, vakatizira kuRistra neDhebhe, maguta eguta
Rikaonia, nekudunhu rakapoteredza;
14:7 uye ipapo vakaparidza evhangeri.
14:8 Zvino paRistra pakanga pagere mumwe murume, wakanga asina simba patsoka dzake, ari munhu ane simba
chirema kubva padumbu ramai vake, asina kutongofamba.
9 Uyo wakanzwa Pauro achitaura; iye akamutarisisa, akacherekedza
kuti aiva nokutenda kuti aporeswe.
14:10 akati nenzwi guru: Simuka, uti tasa netsoka dzako. Ipapo akakwakuka uye
akafamba.
14:11 Zvino vanhu vakati vachiona zvakanga zvaitwa naPauro, vakasimudza manzwi avo.
vachiti nerurimi rwechiRikaonia: Vamwari vaburukira kwatiri mudunhu
kufanana nevanhu.
14:12 Bhanabhasi vakatumidza Zeusi; uye Pauro, Mercurius, nokuti akanga ari
mutauri mukuru.
14:13 Ipapo mupristi waJupiter, akanga ari pamberi peguta ravo, akauya nenzombe
nezvishongo kumasuwo, vachida kubayira pamwe chete navo
vanhu.
14:14 Vaapostora Bhanabhasi naPauro vakati vazvinzwa, vakabvarura zvinhu zvavo
akapfeka nguo, akamhanyira pakati pavanhu achidanidzira.
14:15 ndokuti: Varume, munoitirei zvinhu izvi? Nesuwo tiri varume vakafanana
anoshuva kwamuri, achiparidza kwamuri kuti mubve pane izvozvi
zvisina maturo kuna Mwari mupenyu, wakaita denga nenyika negungwa;
nezvinhu zvose zviri mariri.
14:16 Iye panguva dzakapfuura wakatendera vahedheni vose kufamba nenzira dzavo.
14:17 Zvakadaro haana kusiya pasina uchapupu, pakuti wakaita zvakanaka.
akatipa mvura kubva kudenga, nenguva dzezvibereko, achizadza moyo yedu
nekudya uye nomufaro.
14:18 Zvino vachitaura zvinhu izvi, zvairema kwazvo kugumisa zvaunga nazvo
havana kubayira kwavari.
14:19 Zvino kwakasvika vamwe vaJudha vachibva Andiyokiya neIkoniyamu, ivo
vakagombedzera chaunga, vakataka Pauro namabwe, vakamukwevera kunze kweguta;
achifunga kuti akanga afa.
14:20 Asi vadzidzi vakati vamuunganira, akasimuka, akaswedera
muguta; zvino chifume akasimuka naBhanabhasi akaenda kuDhebhe.
14:21 Zvino vakati vaparidza evhangeri kuguta iro, uye vadzidzisa vazhinji.
vakadzokerazve kuRistra, Ikoniamu, Antiokia;
14:22 vachisimbisa mweya yevadzidzi, uye vachivakurudzira kuti vagare
nokutenda, uye kuti tinofanira kupinda mukutambudzika kukuru
umambo hwaMwari.
14:23 Zvino vakati vavagadzira vakuru pakereke imwe neimwe, vanyengetera
nokutsanya, vakavakumikidza kuna Ishe, wavaitenda kwaari.
14:24 Zvino vakati vagura nePisidhiya, vakasvika Pamufiriya.
14:25 Zvino vakati vaparidza shoko paPega, vakadzika vakaenda
Attalia:
14:26 vakabvapo nechikepe vakaenda kuAndiyokiya, kwavakanga varairwa
nyasha dzaMwari pabasa ravakapedzisa.
14:27 Vakati vasvika vakaunganidza kereke
akarondedzera zvose zvakanga zvaitwa naMwari kubudikidza navo, uye kuti akanga azarura sei mukova
mukova wokutenda kuvaHedheni.
14:28 Ipapo vakagarapo nguva refu nevadzidzi.