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

¹Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

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

²As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

³Ipapo vatsanya nekunyengetera nekuisa maoko pamusoro pavo, vakavaendesa.

³And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

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

⁴So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

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

⁵And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.

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

⁶And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:

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

⁷Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.

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

⁸But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

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

⁹Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.

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

¹⁰And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

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

¹¹And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

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

¹²Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.

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

¹³Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.

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

¹⁴But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.

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

¹⁵And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

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

¹⁶Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.

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

¹⁷The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.

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

¹⁸And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.

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

¹⁹And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

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

²⁰And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

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

²¹And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

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

²²And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

²³Pambeu yeuyu sechivimbiso, Mwari wakamutsira Israeri Muponesi Jesu;

²³Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

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

²⁴When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

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

²⁵And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.

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

²⁶Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

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

²⁷For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

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

²⁸And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.

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

²⁹And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.

³⁰Asi Mwari wakamumutsa kuvakafa;

³⁰But God raised him from the dead:

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

³¹And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.

³²Nesu tinoparidza kwamuri mashoko emufaro echivimbiso chakaitwa kumadzibaba,

³²And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,

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

³³God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

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

³⁴And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.

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

³⁵Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

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

³⁶For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

³⁷asi Mwari waakamutsa, haana kuona kuora.

³⁷But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.

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

³⁸Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:

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

³⁹And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

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

⁴⁰Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;

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

⁴¹Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.

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

⁴²And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.

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

⁴³Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

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

⁴⁴And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.

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

⁴⁵But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

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.

⁴⁶Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

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

⁴⁷For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

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

⁴⁸And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

⁴⁹uye shoko raIshe rikaparadzirwa kudunhu rose.

⁴⁹And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.

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

⁵⁰But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.

⁵¹Asi ivo vakavazuzira guruva retsoka dzavo, vakasvika Ikoniyamu.

⁵¹But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.

⁵²Zvino vadzidzi vakazadzwa nemufaro neMweya Mutsvene.

⁵²And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.