¹And having journeyed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews.

¹Zvino vakati vagura nemuAmufipori neAporonia, vakasvika paTesaronika paiva nesinagoge revaJudha;

²And according to Paul's custom he went in among them, and on three sabbaths reasoned with them from the scriptures,

²Zvino setsika yaPauro wakapinda kwavari, masabata matatu akataurirana navo kubva mumagwaro,

³opening and laying down that the Christ must have suffered and risen up from among the dead, and that this is the Christ, Jesus whom *I* announce to you.

³achizarura nekuratidza kuti Kristu waifanira kutambudzika nekumukazve kuvakafa, uye kuti Jesu uyu wandinoparidza kwamuri, ndiye Kristu.

⁴And some of them believed, and joined themselves to Paul and Silas, and of the Greeks who worshipped, a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

⁴Vamwe vavo vakatenda, vakazvibatanidza naPauro naSirasi, nechaunga chikuru chevaGiriki vainamata Mwari, nevakadzi vaikudzwa vasiri vashoma.

⁵But the Jews having been stirred up to jealousy, and taken to [themselves] certain wicked men of the lowest rabble, and having got a crowd together, set the city in confusion; and having beset the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people;

⁵Asi vaJudha vakange vasingatendi vakaita godo, vakatora vamwe varume vakaipa, dzaiva simbe, vakaunganidza chikwata, vakaita mhirizhonga paguta rose; vakawira imba yaJasoni, vachida kuvabudisira kuvanhu.

⁶and not having found them, dragged Jason and certain brethren before the politarchs, crying out, These [men] that have set the world in tumult, are come here also,

⁶Vakati vasingavawani, vakakakatira Jasoni nedzimwe hama kuvatongi veguta, vachidanidzira vachiti: Ava vakapidugura nyika vasvika nepanowo,

⁷whom Jason has received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying, that there is another king, Jesus.

⁷Avo Jasoni vaakagamuchira; ava vose vanoita zvinopesana nezviga zvaKesari vachiti umwe mambo uriko unonzi Jesu.

⁸And they troubled the crowd and the politarchs when they heard these things.

⁸Vakavhiringidza vanhu nevatongi veguta pavakanzwa izvi zvinhu.

⁹And having taken security of Jason and the rest, they let them go.

⁹Zvino vakati vatora chibatiso kuna Jasoni nekuvamwe, vakavarega.

¹⁰But the brethren immediately sent away, in the night, Paul and Silas to Berea; who, being arrived, went away into the synagogue of the Jews.

¹⁰Pakarepo hama dzikatuma Pauro naSirasi Bheriya usiku; ivo vakati vachisvika vakapinda musinagoge revaJudha.

¹¹And these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, receiving the word with all readiness of mind, daily searching the scriptures if these things were so.

¹¹Ava vakange vakanaka kukunda veTesaronika, vakagamuchira shoko nemwoyo wose, vachinzvera magwaro zuva rimwe nerimwe, kana zvinhu izvozvo zvaiva izvo.

¹²Therefore many from among them believed, and of Grecian women of the upper classes and men not a few.

¹²Naizvozvo vazhinji vavo vakatenda, nevakadziwo vaikudzwa vevaGiriki, nevarume vasiri vashoma.

¹³But when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the word of God was announced in Berea also by Paul, they came there also, stirring up the crowds.

¹³Asi vaJudha veTesaronika vakati vachiziva kuti shoko raMwari rinoparidzwa naPauro paBheriya, vakasvikapowo vakamutsa chaunga.

¹⁴And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as to the sea; but Silas and Timotheus abode there.

¹⁴Zvino pakarepo hama dzakatuma Pauro pakarepo seanoenda kugungwa, asi Sirasi naTimotio vakangosarapo.

¹⁵But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and, having received a commandment to Silas and Timotheus, that they should come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.

¹⁵Zvino avo vakaperekedza Pauro vakamusvitsa Atene; vakati varairwa kuna Sirasi naTimotio kuti vakurumidze kuuya kwaari, vakaenda.

¹⁶But in Athens, while Paul was waiting for them, his spirit was painfully excited in him seeing the city given up to idolatry.

¹⁶Zvino Pauro achakavagarira paAtene, mweya wake wakatambudzika maari, achiona guta rizere zvifananidzo.

¹⁷He reasoned therefore in the synagogue with the Jews, and those who worshipped, and in the market-place every day with those he met with.

¹⁷Naizvozvo wakapikisana musinagoge nevaJudha nevanhu vainamata Mwari, nepamusika zuva rimwe nerimwe nevaaisangana navo.

¹⁸But some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him. And some said, What would this chatterer say? and some, He seems to be an announcer of foreign demons, because he announced the glad tidings of Jesus and the resurrection [to them].

¹⁸Zvino dzimwe nyanzvi dzekufunga dzevaEpikuro nevaStoiko, dzakaita nharo naye. Vamwe vakati: Uyu muropoti unoda kurevei? Vamwezve vakati: Unenge muparidzi wevamwari vekumwe; nekuti wakavaparidzira Jesu nekumuka kwevakafa.

¹⁹And having taken hold on him they brought [him] to Areopagus, saying, Might we know what this new doctrine which is spoken by thee [is]?

¹⁹Ipapo vakamubata, vakamuisa paAreopago vachiti: Tingaziva here dzidziso iyi itsva, inotaurwa newe?

²⁰For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.

²⁰Nekuti unoreva zvimwe zvinoshamisa panzeve dzedu; naizvozvo tinoda kuziva kuti zvinhu izvi zvii?

²¹Now all [the] Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else than to tell and to hear the news.

²¹Nekuti vose vaAtene nevatorwa vaigarapo, havana kushandisa nguva yavo pane chimwe chinhu asi kunzwa kana kutaura chinhu chitsva.

²²And Paul standing in the midst of Areopagus said, Athenians, in every way I see you given up to demon worship;

²²Zvino Pauro amira pakati peAreopago wakati: Varume veAtene, pazvinhu zvose ndinoona kuti mune chitendero chikuru.

²³for, passing through and beholding your shrines, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, To the unknown God. Whom therefore ye reverence, not knowing [him], him I announce to you.

²³Nekuti ndati ndichipfuura, ndichicherekedza zvinhu zvamunonamata, ndawana aritari ine chinyorwa ichi: KUNA MWARI USINGAZIKAMWI. Naizvozvo iye wamunonamata musingazivi, ndiye wandinokuparidzirai.

²⁴The God who has made the world and all things which are in it, *he*, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,

²⁴Mwari wakaita nyika nezvinhu zvose zviri mairi, iye Ishe wedenga nepasi, haagari mutembere dzakaitwa nemaoko,

²⁵nor is served by men's hands as needing something, himself giving to all life and breath and all things;

²⁵kana kushumirwa nemaoko evanhu, sezvinonzi unoshaiwa chinhu, zvaari iye unopa vose upenyu nekufema nezvinhu zvose;

²⁶and has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, having determined ordained times and the boundaries of their dwelling,

²⁶uye wakaita neropa rimwe marudzi ose evanhu, kuti agare pazviso zvose zvenyika, ambotara nguva dzakagara dzatemwa, nemiganhu yeugaro hwavo;

²⁷that they may seek God; if indeed they might feel after him and find him, although he is not far from each one of us:

²⁷kuti vatsvake Ishe, zvimwe vamutsvangadzire vamuwane, kunyange asiri kure neumwe neumwe wedu.

²⁸for in him we live and move and exist; as also some of the poets amongst you have said, For we are also his offspring.

²⁸Nekuti maari tinorarama uye tinofamba uye tiripo; sezvo vamwe vanyanduri vekwenyu vakati: Nekuti tiri zvizvarwa zvakewo.

²⁹Being therefore [the] offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, [the] graven form of man's art and imagination.

²⁹Zvatiri zvizvarwa zvaMwari, hatifaniri kufunga kuti uMwari hwakafanana nendarama kana sirivheri kana ibwe, zvakavezwa neumhizha kana umhare hwevanhu.

³⁰God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,

³⁰Naizvozvo nguva dzekusaziva Mwari wakarega kurangarira, asi zvino unoraira vanhu ose kose-kose kuti vatendeuke.

³¹because he has set a day in which he is going to judge the habitable earth in righteousness by [the] man whom he has appointed, giving the proof [of it] to all [in] having raised him from among [the] dead.

³¹Nekuti wakatara zuva raachatonga nyika mukururama, nemurume waakagadza; akasimbisa kune vose, pakuti wakamumutsa kuvakafa.

³²And when they heard [of the] resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and some said, We will hear thee again also concerning this.

³²Zvino vakati vanzwa zvekumuka kwevakafa, vamwe vakashora, asi vamwe vakati: Tichazokunzwazve pamusoro paizvozvi,

³³Thus Paul went out of their midst.

³³Nekudaro Pauro wakabuda pakati pavo.

³⁴But some men joining themselves to him believed; among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman by name Damaris, and others with them.

³⁴Asi vamwe varume vakamunamatira, vakatenda; pakati pavo Dhionisio, muAreopago, nemukadzi wainzi Dhamarisi, nevamwe vanavo.