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

¹And there were certain in Antioch, in the assembly there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen also — Herod the tetrarch`s foster-brother — and Saul;

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

²and in their ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, `Separate ye to me both Barnabas and Saul to the work to which I have called them,`

³Ipapo vatsanya nekunyengetera nekuisa maoko pamusoro pavo, vakavaendesa.

³then having fasted, and having prayed, and having laid the hands on them, they sent [them] away.

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

⁴These, indeed, then, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, thence also they sailed to Cyprus,

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

⁵and having come unto Salamis, they declared the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they had also John [as] a ministrant;

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

⁶and having gone through the island unto Paphos, they found a certain magian, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name [is] Bar-Jesus;

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

⁷who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man; this one having called for Barnabas and Saul, did desire to hear the word of God,

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

⁸and there withstood them Elymas the magian — for so is his name interpreted — seeking to pervert the proconsul from the faith.

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

⁹And Saul — who also [is] Paul — having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having looked stedfastly on him,

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

¹⁰said, `O full of all guile, and all profligacy, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting 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, lo, a hand of the Lord [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;` and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead [him] by the hand;

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

¹²then the proconsul having seen what hath come to pass, did believe, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

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

¹³And those about Paul having set sail from Paphos, came to Perga of Pamphylia, and John having departed from them, did turn back to Jerusalem,

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

¹⁴and they having gone through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia, and having gone into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, they 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 of the prophets, the chief men of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, `Men, brethren, if there be a word in you of exhortation unto the people — say on.`

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

¹⁶And Paul having risen, and having beckoned with the hand, said, `Men, Israelites, and those fearing God, hearken:

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

¹⁷the God of this people Israel did choose our fathers, and the people He did exalt in their sojourning in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm did He bring them out of it;

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

¹⁸and about a period of forty years He did suffer their manners in the wilderness,

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

¹⁹and having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He did divide by lot to them their land.

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

²⁰`And after these things, about four hundred and fifty years, He gave judges — till Samuel the prophet;

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

²¹and thereafter they asked for a king, and God did give to them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years;

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

²²and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the [son] of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will.

²³Pambeu yeuyu sechivimbiso, Mwari wakamutsira Israeri Muponesi Jesu;

²³`Of this one`s seed God, according to promise, did raise to Israel a Saviour — Jesus,

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

²⁴John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation 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 was fulfilling the course, he said, Whom me do ye suppose to be? I am not [he], but, lo, he doth come after me, of whom I am not worthy to loose the sandal of [his] feet.

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

²⁶`Men, brethren, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you fearing God, to you was 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 those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their chiefs, this one not having known, also the voices of the prophets, which every sabbath are being read — having judged [him] — did fulfill,

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

²⁸and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain,

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

²⁹and when they did complete all the things written about him, having taken [him] down from the tree, they laid him in a tomb;

³⁰Asi Mwari wakamumutsa kuvakafa;

³⁰and God did raise him out of the dead,

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

³¹and he was seen for many days of those who did come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.

³²Nesu tinoparidza kwamuri mashoko emufaro echivimbiso chakaitwa kumadzibaba,

³²`And we to you do proclaim good news — that the promise 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 in full completed this to us their children, having raised up Jesus, as also in the second Psalm it hath been written, My Son thou art — I to-day have begotten thee.

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

³⁴`And that He did raise him up out of the dead, no more to return to corruption, he hath said thus — I will give to you the faithful kindnesses of David;

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

³⁵wherefore also in another [place] he saith, Thou shalt not give Thy kind One to see corruption,

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

³⁶for David, indeed, his own generation having served by the will of God, did fall asleep, and was added unto his fathers, and saw corruption,

³⁷asi Mwari waakamutsa, haana kuona kuora.

³⁷but he whom God did raise up, did not see corruption.

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

³⁸`Let it therefore be known to you, men, brethren, that through this one to you is the forgiveness of sins declared,

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

³⁹and from all things from which ye were not able in the law of Moses to be declared righteous, in this one every one who is believing is declared righteous;

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

⁴⁰see, therefore, it may not come upon you that hath been spoken in the prophets:

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

⁴¹See, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish, because a work I — I do work in your days, a work in which ye may not believe, though any one may declare [it] to you.`

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

⁴²And having gone forth out of the synagogue of the Jews, the nations were calling upon [them] that on the next sabbath these sayings may be spoken to them,

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

⁴³and the synagogue having been dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes did follow Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were persuading them to remain in the grace of God.

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

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

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

⁴⁵and the Jews having seen the multitudes, were filled with zeal, and did contradict the things spoken by Paul — contradicting and speaking evil.

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.

⁴⁶And speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, `To you it was necessary that first the word of God be spoken, and seeing ye do thrust it away, and do not judge yourselves worthy of the life age-during, lo, we do turn to the nations;

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

⁴⁷for so hath the Lord commanded us: I have set thee for a light of nations — for thy being for salvation unto the end of the earth.`

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

⁴⁸And the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the Lord, and did believe — as many as were appointed to life age-during;

⁴⁹uye shoko raIshe rikaparadzirwa kudunhu rose.

⁴⁹and the word of the Lord was spread abroad through all the region.

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

⁵⁰And the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the first men of the city, and did raise persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and did put them out from their borders;

⁵¹Asi ivo vakavazuzira guruva retsoka dzavo, vakasvika Ikoniyamu.

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

⁵²Zvino vadzidzi vakazadzwa nemufaro neMweya Mutsvene.

⁵²and the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.