¹Shure kwezvinhu izvi, Pauro wakabva Atene akasvika Korinde;

¹After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;

²akawana umwe muJudha wainzi Akwira nezita, wePonto, achibva Itaria, naPrisira mukadzi wake; nekuti Kraudhio wakange araira kuti vaJudha vose vabve Roma, akaenda kwavari;

²And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.

³zvino zvaakange ari webasa rimwe navo, wakagara navo vachibata; nekuti vaiva vagadziri vematende pabasa ravo.

³And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

⁴sabata rimwe nerimwe waiparidza musinagoge, achikumbirisa vaJudha nevaGiriki.

⁴And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

⁵Zvino Sirasi naTimotio vakati vachiburuka kubva Makedhonia, Pauro akamanikidzwa mumweya, akapupura kuvaJudha kwazvo kuti Jesu ndiye Kristu.

⁵And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.

⁶Zvino vakati vachimupikisa nekunyomba, akazuza nguvo, akati kwavari: Ropa renyu ngarive pamusoro penyu; ini ndakachena; kubva zvino ndichaenda kuvahedheni.

⁶And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean; from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

⁷Akabva ipapo akapinda mumba meumwe, wainzi Justo, wainamata Mwari, imba yake yaiva pedo nesinagoge.

⁷And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.

⁸NaKrispo mutungamiriri mukuru wesinagoge akatenda kuna Ishe neimba yake yose; nevazhinji vevaKorinde vakanzwa vakatenda uye vakabhabhatidzwa.

⁸And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

⁹Zvino Ishe akataura kuna Pauro usiku nechiratidzo: Usatya, asi taura uye usanyarara;

⁹Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:

¹⁰nekuti ini ndinewe, hapana munhu ungakumukira kuti akukuvadze; nekuti ndine vanhu vazhinji muguta rino.

¹⁰For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.

¹¹Akagara gore nemwedzi mitanhatu, achidzidzisa shoko raMwari pakati pavo.

¹¹And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

¹²Zvino Gario wakati ava mutungamiriri weAkaya, vaJudha vakamukira Pauro nemoyo umwe, vakamuuisa pachigaro chekutonga,

¹²And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,

¹³vachiti: Uyu unogombedzera vanhu kunamata Mwari zvinopesana nemurairo.

¹³Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

¹⁴Zvino Pauro wakati oda kushamisa muromo, Gario akati kuvaJudha: Dai yaiva mhosva yezvisakarurama kana kunyengera kwakaipa, imwi maJudha ndaifanira kuva nemoyo murefu kwamuri;

¹⁴And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

¹⁵asi kana dziri nharo pamusoro pemashoko nemazita nemurairo wenyu, zvionerei imwi; nekuti ini handidi kuva mutongi waizvozvo.

¹⁵But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.

¹⁶Akavadzinga pachigaro chekutonga.

¹⁶And he drave them from the judgment seat.

¹⁷Zvino vaGiriki vose vakabata Sositeni mutungamiriri wesinagoge, vakamurova pamberi pechigaro chekutonga. Asi Gario haana kuva nehanya nechinhu chimwe cheizvozvo.

¹⁷Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

¹⁸Pauro wakati agara mazuva mazhinji, akawonekana nehama, akabvapo nechikepe akaenda Siria, anaPrisira naAkwira, aveura musoro paKenikirea, nekuti wakange ane mhiko.

¹⁸And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.

¹⁹Zvino wakasvika Efeso, akavasiyapo; asi iye amene akapinda musinagoge akataurirana nevaJudha.

¹⁹And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

²⁰Zvino vakati vachimukumbira kugara navo nguva refu, haana rutendo;

²⁰When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;

²¹asi wakavaoneka achiti: Ndinofanira nenzira dzose kuchengetedza mutambo uyu unouya muJerusarema; asi ndichadzokerazve kwamuri, kana Mwari achida, akabva paEfeso nechikepe.

²¹But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.

²²Zvino wakati asvika Kesariya akakwira akakwazisa kereke, akaburukira Andiyokiya.

²²And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.

²³Wakati ambopedza nguva, akabva, akagura nedunhu reGaratia neFrigia achitevedzanisa, achisimbisa vadzidzi vose.

²³And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.

²⁴Zvino umwe muJudha wainzi Aporo, muArekisandira nekuzvarwa, murume nyanzvi yekutaura, ane simba pamagwaro, wakasvika paEfeso;

²⁴And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.

²⁵Uyu wakange adzidziswa nzira yaIshe, waishingaira mumweya, achitaura nekunyatsodzidzisa zvinhu zvaIshe, achiziva rubhabhatidzo rwaJohwani chete.

²⁵This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.

²⁶Iye akatanga kutaura asingatyi musinagoge. Zvino Prisira naAkwira vakati vamunzwa, vakamutora, vakanyatsomududzira nzira yaMwari nemazvo.

²⁶And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

²⁷Zvino wakati achida kuyambukira Akaya, hama dzakanyora dzichisimbisa vadzidzi kuti vamugamuchire; iye wakati achisvika, akabatsira zvikuru ivo vakatenda nenyasha.

²⁷And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

²⁸Nekuti wakapikisa vaJudha nesimba pachena akakunda, achiratidza nemagwaro, kuti Jesu ndiyeKristu.

²⁸For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.