¹Now there were in Antioch, in the assembly which was [there], prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

¹Zvino paivapo paAndiyokiya mukereke vamwe vaporofita nevadzidzisi, Bhanabhasi naSimioniwo wainzi Nigeri, naRukio muKurini, naManaeni wakange arerwa pamwe naHerodhe umwe wevatungamiriri vana, naSauro.

²And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me now Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

²Vakati vachishumira kuna Ishe nekutsanya, Mweya Mutsvene ukati: Nditsaurirei Banabhasi pamwe naSauro pabasa randakavadanira.

³Then, having fasted and prayed, and having laid [their] hands on them, they let [them] go.

³Ipapo vatsanya nekunyengetera nekuisa maoko pamusoro pavo, vakavaendesa.

⁴They therefore, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and thence sailed away to Cyprus.

⁴Naizvozvo zvirokwazvo ivo vakati vatumwa neMweya Mutsvene, vakaburukira Serukia, vakabvapowo vakaenda kuSaipuresi nechikepe.

⁵And being in Salamis, they announced the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John also as [their] attendant.

⁵Zvino vasvika paSarami, vakaparidza shoko raMwari mumasinagoge evaJudha; uye vakange vanaJohwaniwo mubatsiri.

⁶And having passed through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man a magician, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus,

⁶Zvino vakati vagura nemuchiwi kusvikira paPafosi, vakawana imwe n'anga, muporofita wenhema, muJudha, zita rake rainzi Bhari-Jesu.

⁷who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. *He*, having called Barnabas and Saul to [him], desired to hear the word of God.

⁷Wainge ane mutungamiriri Sejiyo Pauro, murume wakachenjera. Iye wakadanira kwaari Bhanabhasi naSauro akatsvaka kunzwa shoko raMwari.

⁸But Elymas the magician (for so his name is by interpretation) opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

⁸Asi Erimasi n'anga, nekuti ndiro zita rake kana zvichishandurwa, akavapikisa, achitsvaka kutsausa mutungamiriri parutendo.

⁹But Saul, who also [is] Paul, filled with [the] Holy Spirit, fixing his eyes upon him,

⁹Asi Sauro, ndiye Paurowo, azadzwa neMweya Mutsvene, uye amutarisisa,

¹⁰said, O full of all deceit and all craft: son of [the] devil, enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou not cease perverting the right paths of [the] Lord?

¹⁰wakati: Iwe uzere nekubiridzira kose nekunyengera kose, mwanakomana wadhiabhorosi, muvengi wekururama kose, haugumi here kutsausa nzira dzakarurama dzaIshe?

¹¹And now behold, [the] Lord's hand [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness; and going about he sought persons who should lead him by the hand.

¹¹Uye ikozvino tarira, ruoko rwaIshe rwuri pamusoro pako, uye uchava bofu, usingaoni zuva kwenguva. Pakarepo mhute nerima zvakamuwira, akatenderera achitsvaka vangamutungamirira neruoko.

¹²Then the proconsul, seeing what had happened, believed, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.

¹²Panguva iyo mutungamiriri wakati aona zvakaitika akatenda, achishamiswa nedzidziso yaIshe.

¹³And having sailed from Paphos, Paul and his company came to Perga of Pamphylia; and John separated from them and returned to Jerusalem.

¹³Zvino Pauro nevaiva naye vakabva Pafosi nechikepe vakasvika paPega muPamufiriya. Asi Johwani wakabva kwavari akadzokera kuJerusarema.

¹⁴But they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia; and entering into the synagogue on the sabbath day they sat down.

¹⁴Asi ivo vakati vagura vachibva paPega, vakasvika kuAndiyokiya muPisidhiya; vakapinda musinagoge nezuva resabata, vakagara pasi.

¹⁵And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation to the people, speak.

¹⁵Zvino shure kwekuverengwa kwemurairo nevaporofita, vakuru vesinagoge vakatumira kwavari, vachiti: Varume hama, kana kune shoko mukati menyu rekuridziro kuvanhu, taurai.

¹⁶And Paul, rising up and making a sign with the hand, said, Israelites, and ye that fear God, hearken.

¹⁶Zvino Pauro wakasimuka, ndokuninira neruoko, akati: Varume vaIsraeri, nemwi munotya Mwari, teererai.

¹⁷The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people in their sojourn in [the] land of Egypt, and with a high arm brought them out of it,

¹⁷Mwari wevanhu urwu rwaIsraeri wakasarudza madzibaba edu, akakudza vanhu vachiri vatorwa munyika yeEgipita, uye neruoko rwakakwirira akavabudisa mairi.

¹⁸and for a time of about forty years he nursed them in the desert.

¹⁸Uye akava nemoyo murefu nemaitiro avo nguva inene makore makumi mana murenje.

¹⁹And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.

¹⁹Zvino wakati aparadza marudzi manomwe munyika yeKanani, akavagovera nyika yavo nemujenya.

²⁰And after these things he gave [them] judges till Samuel the prophet, [to the end of] about four hundred and fifty years.

²⁰Zvino shure kweizvozvo, makore anenge mazana mana nemakumi mashanu, wakavapa vatongi kusvikira kuna Samueri muporofita.

²¹And then they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul, son of Kis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, during forty years.

²¹Uye kubvira ipapo vakakumbira mambo; Mwari ndokuvapa Sauro mwanakaomana waKishi, murume werudzi rwaBenjamini, kwemakore makumi mana.

²²And having removed him he raised up to them David for king, of whom also bearing witness he said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.

²²Zvino wakati amubvisa, wakavamutsira Dhavhidhi kuva mambo, waakapupurirawo akati: Ndawana Dhavhidhi waJese, murume unoenderana nemoyo wangu, uchaita chido changu chose.

²³Of this man's seed according to promise has God brought to Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

²³Pambeu yeuyu sechivimbiso, Mwari wakamutsira Israeri Muponesi Jesu;

²⁴John having proclaimed before the face of his entry [among the people] [the] baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

²⁴iye asati asvika Johwani wakaparidza pakutanga rubhabhatidzo rwekutendeuka kuvanhu vose vaIsraeri.

²⁵And as John was fulfilling his course he said, Whom do ye suppose that I am? *I* am not [he]. But behold, there comes one after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

²⁵Zvino Johwani wakati azadzisa rwendo rwake, akati: Munofunga kuti ndini ani? Ini handisi iye, asi tarirai, shure kwangu unouya, wandisakafanira kusunungura shangu dzetsoka dzake.

²⁶Brethren, sons of Abraham's race, and those who among you fear God, to you has the word of this salvation been sent:

²⁶Varume hama, vana verudzi rwaAbhurahamu, neavo pakati penyu vanotya Mwari, shoko reruponeso urwu ratumirwa kwamuri.

²⁷for those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known him, have fulfilled also the voices of the prophets which are read on every sabbath, [by] judging [him].

²⁷Nekuti avo vanogara muJerusarema nevatungamiriri vavo havana kumuziva uyu, kana manzwi evaporofita anoverengwa zuva resabata rimwe nerimwe vakaazadzisa pakumurasha;

²⁸And having found no cause of death [in him], they begged of Pilate that he might be slain.

²⁸uye kunyange vasina kuwana mhosva yerufu, vakakumbira kuna Pirato kuti aurawe.

²⁹And when they had fulfilled all things written concerning him, they took him down from the cross and put him in a sepulchre;

²⁹Zvino vakati vapedza zvose zvakanyorwa pamusoro pake, vakamuturura pamuti, vakamuradzika muguva.

³⁰but God raised him from among [the] dead,

³⁰Asi Mwari wakamumutsa kuvakafa;

³¹who appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.

³¹iye wakaonekwa mazuva mazhinji neavo vakange vakwira naye kuJerusarema vachibva Garirea, vari zvapupu zvake kuvanhu.

³²And *we* declare unto you the glad tidings of the promise made to the fathers,

³²Nesu tinoparidza kwamuri mashoko emufaro echivimbiso chakaitwa kumadzibaba,

³³that God has fulfilled this to us their children, having raised up Jesus; as it is also written in the second psalm, *Thou* art my Son: this day have *I* begotten thee.

³³kuti Mwari wakazadzisa ichocho kwatiri, isu vana vavo, pakuti wakamutsazve Jesu sezvazvakanyorwawo mupisarema rechipiri kuti: Iwe uri mwanakomana wangu, nhasi ini ndakubereka.

³⁴But that he raised him from among [the] dead, no more to return to corruption, he spoke thus: I will give to you the faithful mercies of David.

³⁴Zvino zvekuti wakamumutsa kuvakafa, asadzokerazve kukuora, wakareva sezvizvi: Ndichakupai maropafadzo matsvene anovimbika aDhavhidhi.

³⁵Wherefore also he says in another, Thou wilt not suffer thy gracious one to see corruption.

³⁵Naizvozvo unoti pane imwe nzvimbo: Hamungapi Mutsvene wenyu kuti aone kuora;

³⁶For David indeed, having in his own generation ministered to the will of God, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers and saw corruption.

³⁶nekuti Dhavhidhi, ashumira zano raMwari pazera rake wakarara, uye wakaradzikwa kumadzibaba ake, ndokuona kuora;

³⁷But he whom God raised up did not see corruption.

³⁷asi Mwari waakamutsa, haana kuona kuora.

³⁸Be it known unto you, therefore, brethren, that through this man remission of sins is preached to you,

³⁸Naizvozvo ngazvizikamwe kwamuri, varume hama, kuti neuyu kangamwiro yezvivi inoparidzirwa imwi;

³⁹and from all things from which ye could not be justified in the law of Moses, in him every one that believes is justified.

³⁹uye neuyu vose vanotenda vanonzi havana mhosva pazvinhu zvose zvamakange musingagoni kushaiswa mhosva pazviri nemurairo waMozisi.

⁴⁰See therefore that that which is spoken in the prophets do not come upon [you],

⁴⁰Naizvozvo onai kuti zvirege kuwira pamusoro penyu zvakarehwa muvaporofita, zvinoti:

⁴¹Behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish; for *I* work a work in your days, a work which ye will in no wise believe if one declare it to you.

⁴¹Tarirai, imwi vazvidzi, uye mushamiswe, nekuparara; nekuti ini ndinobata basa pamazuva enyu, basa ramusingatozombotendi, kunyange muchirirondedzerwa nemunhu.

⁴²And as they went out they begged that these words might be spoken to them the ensuing sabbath.

⁴²Zvino pakubuda kwevaJudha musinagoge, vahedheni vakakumbira kuti mashoko awa aparidzwe kwavari pasabata raitevera.

⁴³And the congregation of the synagogue having broken up, many of the Jews and of the worshipping proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

⁴³Zvino vesinagoge vakati vapera, vazhinji vevaJudha nevakatendeukira kuvaJudha vainamata vakatevera Pauro naBhanabhasi; ivo vakataura kwavari, vachivakumbira kuti varambire munyasha dzaMwari.

⁴⁴And on the coming sabbath almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God.

⁴⁴Zvino nesabata rakatevera guta rinenge rose rakaungana kuzonzwa shoko raMwari.

⁴⁵But the Jews, seeing the crowds, were filled with envy, and contradicted the things said by Paul, [contradicting and] speaking injuriously.

⁴⁵Zvino vaJudha vakati vachiona zvaunga vakazadzwa negodo, vakapikisa zvinhu zvakarehwa naPauro, vachipikisa uye vachinyomba.

⁴⁶And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken to you; but, since ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the nations;

⁴⁶Asi Pauro naBhanabhasi vachitaura vakashinga vakati: Zvakange zvakafanira kuti shoko raMwari ritaurirwe kwamuri pakutanga; asi zvamarininira kure, uye mazvitongera kusafanira upenyu hwusingaperi, tarirai, zvino tinotendeukira kuvahedheni.

⁴⁷for thus has the Lord enjoined us: I have set thee for a light of the nations, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the end of the earth.

⁴⁷Nekuti Ishe wakatiraira saizvozvo achiti: Ndakakugadza kuva chiedza chevahedheni, Kuti uve weruponeso kusvikira kumugumo wenyika.

⁴⁸And [those of] the nations, hearing it, rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord, and believed, as many as were ordained to eternal life.

⁴⁸Zvino vahedheni vakati vachinzwa izvi vakafara, uye vakakudza shoko raIshe, neuwandu hwevose vakange vatarirwa upenyu husingaperi vakatenda;

⁴⁹And the word of the Lord was carried through the whole country.

⁴⁹uye shoko raIshe rikaparadzirwa kudunhu rose.

⁵⁰But the Jews excited the women of the upper classes who were worshippers, and the first people of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their coasts.

⁵⁰Asi vaJudha vakamutsa vakadzi vaishumira vaikudzwa, nevarume vakuru veguta, vakamutsira Pauro naBhanabhasi rushusho, vakavadzinga kubva kumiganhu yavo.

⁵¹But they, having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, came to Iconium.

⁵¹Asi ivo vakavazuzira guruva retsoka dzavo, vakasvika Ikoniyamu.

⁵²And the disciples were filled with joy and [the] Holy Spirit.

⁵²Zvino vadzidzi vakazadzwa nemufaro neMweya Mutsvene.