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

¹And the apostles and the brethren who are in Judea heard that also the nations did receive the word of God,

²Zvino Petro wakati akwira kuJerusarema, vekudzingiswa vakapokana naye,

²and when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision were contending with him,

³vachiti: Wakapinda muvarume vasina kudzingiswa, ukadya navo.

³saying — `Unto men uncircumcised thou didst go in, and didst eat with them!`

⁴Asi Petro atanga wakavarondedzera zvichitevedzana achiti:

⁴And Peter having begun, did expound to them in order saying,

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

⁵`I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw in a trance a vision, a certain vessel coming down, as a great sheet by four corners being let down out of the heaven, and it came unto me;

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

⁶at which having looked stedfastly, I was considering, and I saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of heaven;

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

⁷and I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen, Peter, slay and eat;

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

⁸and I said, Not so, Lord; because anything common or unclean hath at no time entered into my mouth;

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

⁹and a voice did answer me a second time out of the heaven, What God did cleanse, thou — declare not thou common.

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

¹⁰`And this happened thrice, and again was all drawn up to the heaven,

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

¹¹and, lo, immediately, three men stood at the house in which I was, having been sent from Cesarea unto me,

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

¹²and the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting, and these six brethren also went with me, and we did enter into the house of the man,

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

¹³he declared also to us how he saw the messenger in his house standing, and saying to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter,

¹⁴uchakuudza mashoko, auchaponeswa nawo iwe nemhuri yako yose.

¹⁴who shall speak sayings by which thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.

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

¹⁵`And in my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit did fall upon them, even as also upon us in the beginning,

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

¹⁶and I remembered the saying of the Lord, how he said, John indeed did baptize with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit;

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

¹⁷if then the equal gift God did give to them as also to us, having believed upon the Lord Jesus Christ, I — how was I able to withstand God?`

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

¹⁸And they, having heard these things, were silent, and were glorifying God, saying, `Then, indeed, also to the nations did God give the reformation to life.`

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

¹⁹Those, indeed, therefore, having been scattered abroad, from the tribulation that came after Stephen, went through unto Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none except to Jews only;

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

²⁰and there were certain of them men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who having entered into Antioch, were speaking unto the Hellenists, proclaiming good news — the Lord Jesus,

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

²¹and the hand of the Lord was with them, a great number also, having believed, did turn unto the Lord.

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

²²And the account was heard in the ears of the assembly that [is] in Jerusalem concerning them, and they sent forth Barnabas to go through unto Antioch,

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

²³who, having come, and having seen the grace of God, was glad, and was exhorting all with purpose of heart to cleave to the Lord,

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

²⁴because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith, and a great multitude was added to the Lord.

²⁵Bhanabhasi ndokubuda akaenda kuTaso kunotsvaka Sauro.

²⁵And Barnabas went forth to Tarsus, to seek for Saul,

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

²⁶and having found him, he brought him to Antioch, and it came to pass that they a whole year did assemble together in the assembly, and taught a great multitude, the disciples also were divinely called first in Antioch Christians.

²⁷Zvino nemazuva iwayo, vaporofita vakaburukira kuAndiyokia vachibva kuJerusarema.

²⁷And in those days there came from Jerusalem prophets to Antioch,

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

²⁸and one of them, by name Agabus, having stood up, did signify through the Spirit a great dearth is about to be throughout all the world — which also came to pass in the time of Claudius Caesar —

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

²⁹and the disciples, according as any one was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministration to the brethren dwelling in Judea,

³⁰zvavakaitawo, vakatumira kuvakuru neruoko rwaBhanabhasi naSauro.

³⁰which also they did, having sent unto the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.