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

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

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

²and according to the custom of Paul, he went in unto them, and for three sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings,

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

³opening and alleging, `That the Christ it behoved to suffer, and to rise again out of the dead, and that this is the Christ — Jesus whom I proclaim to you.`

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

⁴And certain of them did believe, and attached themselves to Paul and to Silas, also of the worshipping Greeks a great multitude, of the principal women also not a few.

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

⁵And the unbelieving Jews, having been moved with envy, and having taken to them of the loungers certain evil men, and having made a crowd, were setting the city in an uproar; having assailed also the house of Jason, they were seeking them to bring [them] to the populace,

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

⁶and not having found them, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the city rulers, calling aloud — `These, having put the world in commotion, are also here present,

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

⁷whom Jason hath received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be king — Jesus.`

⁸Vakavhiringidza vanhu nevatongi veguta pavakanzwa izvi zvinhu.

⁸And they troubled the multitude and the city rulers, hearing these things,

⁹Zvino vakati vatora chibatiso kuna Jasoni nekuvamwe, vakavarega.

⁹and having taking security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

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

¹⁰And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews;

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

¹¹and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness of mind, every day examining the Writings whether those things were so;

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

¹²many, indeed, therefore, of them did believe, and of the honourable Greek women and men not a few.

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

¹³And when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that also in Berea was the word of God declared by Paul, they came thither also, agitating the multitudes;

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

¹⁴and then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul, to go on as it were to the sea, but both Silas and Timothy were remaining there.

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

¹⁵And those conducting Paul, brought him unto Athens, and having received a command unto Silas and Timotheus that with all speed they may come unto him, they departed;

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

¹⁶and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given to idolatry,

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

¹⁷therefore, indeed, he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the worshipping persons, and in the market-place every day with those who met with him.

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.

¹⁸And certain of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers, were meeting together to see him, and some were saying, `What would this seed picker wish to say?` and others, `Of strange demons he doth seem to be an announcer;` because Jesus and the rising again he did proclaim to them as good news,

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

¹⁹having also taken him, unto the Areopagus they brought [him], saying, `Are we able to know what [is] this new teaching that is spoken by thee,

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

²⁰for certain strange things thou dost bring to our ears? we wish, then, to know what these things would wish to be;`

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

²¹and all Athenians, and the strangers sojourning, for nothing else were at leisure but to say something, and to hear some newer thing.

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

²²And Paul, having stood in the midst of the Areopagus, said, `Men, Athenians, in all things I perceive you as over-religious;

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

²³for passing through and contemplating your objects of worship, I found also an erection on which had been inscribed: To God — unknown; whom, therefore — not knowing — ye do worship, this One I announce to you.

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

²⁴`God, who did make the world, and all things in it, this One, of heaven and of earth being Lord, in temples made with hands doth not dwell,

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

²⁵neither by the hands of men is He served — needing anything, He giving to all life, and breath, and all things;

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

²⁶He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth — having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings —

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

²⁷to seek the Lord, if perhaps they did feel after Him and find, — though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us,

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

²⁸for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are offspring.

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

²⁹`Being, therefore, offspring of God, we ought not to think the Godhead to be like to gold, or silver, or stone, graving of art and device of man;

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

³⁰the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

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

³¹because He did set a day in which He is about to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom He did ordain, having given assurance to all, having raised him out of the dead.`

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

³²And having heard of a rising again of the dead, some, indeed, were mocking, but others said, `We will hear thee again concerning this;`

³³Nekudaro Pauro wakabuda pakati pavo.

³³and so Paul went forth from the midst of them,

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

³⁴and certain men having cleaved to him, did believe, among whom [is] also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman, by name Damaris, and others with them.