¹And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God;

¹Zvino vaapositori nehama dzaiva paJudhiya vakanzwa kuti vahedheni vagamuchirawo shoko raMwari.

²and when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision contended with him,

²Zvino Petro wakati akwira kuJerusarema, vekudzingiswa vakapokana naye,

³saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and hast eaten with them.

³vachiti: Wakapinda muvarume vasina kudzingiswa, ukadya navo.

⁴But Peter began and set forth [the matter] to them in order, saying,

⁴Asi Petro atanga wakavarondedzera zvichitevedzana achiti:

⁵I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in an ecstasy I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came even to me:

⁵Ini ndakange ndiri muguta reJopa ndichinyengetera, zvino muchiyeverwa ndakaona chiratidzo, umwe mudziyo wakaburuka, semucheka mukuru unoburuswa kubva kudenga nemakona mana, ndokusvika kwandiri;

⁶on which having fixed mine eyes, I considered, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven.

⁶wandakati ndatarisisa ndacherekedza, zvino ndakaona mhuka dzine makumbo mana dzenyika nezvikara nezvinokambaira neshiri dzedenga.

⁷And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise up, Peter, slay and eat.

⁷Zvino ndakanzwa inzwi richiti kwandiri: Simuka, Petro, baya udye.

⁸And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.

⁸Asi ndakati: Aiwa kwete Ishe; nekuti hakuna chisakachena kana chine tsvina chakatongopinda mumuromo mangu.

⁹And a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common.

⁹Asi inzwi rakandipindura rwechipiri richibva kudenga richiti: Mwari chaachenesa, iwe usati chakasviba.

¹⁰And this took place thrice, and again all was drawn up into heaven;

¹⁰Uye izvi zvakaitika kusvikira katatu, zvose ndokukweverwazve kumusoro kudenga.

¹¹and lo, immediately three men were at the house in which I was, sent to me from Caesarea.

¹¹Zvino tarira, pakarepo varume vatatu vamire pamberi pemba yandakange ndiri, vatumwa kwandiri kubva kuKesariya.

¹²And the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting. And there went with me these six brethren also, and we entered into the house of the man,

¹²Mweya ndokuti kwandiri ndiende navo, ndisingakahadziki chinhu; nehama idzi nhanhatuwo dzakaenda neni, zvino takapinda mumba memurume uyu;

¹³and he related to us how he had seen the angel in his house, standing and saying [to him], Send [men] to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter,

¹³iye akatipira kuti wakaona sei mutumwa amire mumba make, achiti kwaari: Tumira varume kuJopa, ugodana Simoni, unonzi Petro,

¹⁴who shall speak words to thee whereby *thou* shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.

¹⁴uchakuudza mashoko, auchaponeswa nawo iwe nemhuri yako yose.

¹⁵And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them even as upon us also at the beginning.

¹⁵Zvino ndakati ndichatanga kutaura, Mweya Mutsvene wakaburukira pamusoro pavo, sezvazvakaita pamusoro pedu pakutanga.

¹⁶And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John baptised with water, but *ye* shall be baptised with [the] Holy Spirit.

¹⁶Zvino ndakarangarira shoko raIshe, kuti wakataura sei achiti: Johwani zvirokwazvo wakabhabhatidza nemvura, asi imwi muchabhabhatidzwa neMweya Mutsvene.

¹⁷If then God has given them the same gift as also to us when we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who indeed was *I* to be able to forbid God?

¹⁷Naizvozvo kana Mwari avapa chipo chakafanana nechaakapa kwatiriwo, takatenda kuna Ishe Jesu Kristu, ini ndaiva ani waigona kudzivisa Mwari?

¹⁸And when they heard these things they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then indeed God has to the nations also granted repentance to life.

¹⁸Zvino vakati vanzwa zvinhu izvozvi vakanyarara, vakarumbidza Mwari, vachiti: Naizvozvo Mwari wakapawo kuvahedheni kutendeukira kuupenyu.

¹⁹They then who had been scattered abroad through the tribulation that took place on the occasion of Stephen, passed through [the country] to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one but to Jews alone.

¹⁹Zvino avo vakapararira nekushushwa kwakaitika pamusoro paSitefano vakagura kusvikira paFenikia neSaipuresi neAndiyokia, vasingatauri shoko kuna ani asi kuvaJudha chete.

²⁰But there were certain of them, Cyprians and Cyrenians, who entering into Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, announcing the glad tidings of the Lord Jesus.

²⁰Asi kwaiva nevamwe vavo, varume vaSaipuresi nevaSairini vakati vasvika kuAndiyokiya, vakataura kuvaHerenisiti*, vachiparidza mashoko akanaka aIshe Jesu.

²¹And [the] Lord's hand was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

²¹Neruoko rwaIshe rwaiva navo; uye uwandu ukuru hwakatenda hwukatendeukira kuna Ishe.

²²And the report concerning them reached the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go through as far as Antioch:

²²Zvino shoko pamusoro pavo rikanzwikwa munzveve dzekereke yaiva paJerusarema; zvino vakatuma Bhanabhasi kuti agure kunosvika Andiyokiya;

²³who, having arrived and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord;

²³iye asvika ndokuona nyasha dzaMwari akafara, akavakurudzira vose kuti vanamatire Ishe nekuzvipira kwemoyo;

²⁴for he was a good man and full of [the] Holy Spirit and of faith; and a large crowd [of people] were added to the Lord.

²⁴nekuti waiva murume wakanaka, uye azere neMweya Mutsvene uye nekutenda; chaunga chikuru ndokuwedzerwa kuna Ishe.

²⁵And he went away to Tarsus to seek out Saul.

²⁵Bhanabhasi ndokubuda akaenda kuTaso kunotsvaka Sauro.

²⁶And having found [him], he brought him to Antioch. And so it was with them that for a whole year they were gathered together in the assembly and taught a large crowd: and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

²⁶Zvino wakati amuwana akamuuisa kuAndiyokiya. Zvino zvikaitika kuti gore rose vakaungana mukereke vakadzidzisa chaunga chikuru; uye vadzidzi vakatanga kunzi vaKristu paAndiyokia.

²⁷Now in these days prophets went down from Jerusalem to Antioch;

²⁷Zvino nemazuva iwayo, vaporofita vakaburukira kuAndiyokia vachibva kuJerusarema.

²⁸and one from among them, by name Agabus, rose up and signified by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth, which also came to pass under Claudius.

²⁸Zvino kwakasimuka umwe wavo wainzi Agabhusi, ndokuratidza neMweya kuti nzara huru ichavapo panyika yose; yakaitikawo panguva yaKiraudhio Kesari.

²⁹And they determined, according as any one of the disciples was well off, each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea, to minister [to them];

²⁹Uye vadzidzi vakazvipira kuti chero ani paaigona napo, umwe neumwe wavo atume zvinobatsira kuhama dzigere muJudhiya;

³⁰which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

³⁰zvavakaitawo, vakatumira kuvakuru neruoko rwaBhanabhasi naSauro.