¹Zvino Pauro wakati achitarisisa dare remakurukota akati: Varume hama, ini ndakafamba pamberi paMwari nehana yose yakanaka kusvikira zuva ranhasi.

¹And Paul having earnestly beheld the sanhedrim, said, `Men, brethren, I in all good conscience have lived to God unto this day;`

²Asi mupristi mukuru Ananiasi wakaraira vakange vamire naye kuti vamurove pamuromo.

²and the chief priest Ananias commanded those standing by him to smite him on the mouth,

³Ipapo Pauro akati kwaari: Mwari uchakurova, rusvingo rwakacheneswa; nekuti iwe ugere kuti unditonge nemurairo, asi unoraira kuti ndirohwe zvinopesana nemurairo nhai?

³then Paul said unto him, `God is about to smite thee, thou whitewashed wall, and thou — thou dost sit judging me according to the law, and, violating law, dost order me to be smitten!`

⁴Zvino vakange vamirepo vakati: Unotuka mupristi mukuru waMwari here?

⁴And those who stood by said, `The chief priest of God dost thou revile?`

⁵Pauro ndokuti: Ndanga ndisingazivi, hama, kuti mupristi mukuru; nekuti kwakanyorwa, kuchinzi: Usataura zvakaipa pamusoro pemutungamiriri wevanhu vako.

⁵and Paul said, `I did not know, brethren, that he is chief priest: for it hath been written, Of the ruler of thy people thou shalt not speak evil;`

⁶Zvino Pauro wakati achiona kuti rimwe bandi vaSadhusi rimwe vaFarisi, akadanidzira mudare remakurukota, akati: Varume hama, ini ndiri muFarisi, mwanakomana wevaFarisi, ndotongwa pamusoro petariro yekumuka kwevakafa.

⁶and Paul having known that the one part are Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, cried out in the sanhedrim, `Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee — son of a Pharisee — concerning hope and rising again of dead men I am judged.`

⁷Wakati areva saizvozvo, kupesana kukamuka pakati pevaFarisi nevaSadhusi; chaunga chikakamukana.

⁷And he having spoken this, there came a dissension of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees, and the crowd was divided,

⁸Nekuti vaSadhusi vanoti hapana kumuka kwevakafa, kana mutumwa, kana mweya; asi vaFarisi vanobvuma zviri zviviri.

⁸for Sadducees, indeed, say there is no rising again, nor messenger, nor spirit, but Pharisees confess both.

⁹Zvino bopoto guru rikamuka; vanyori vekudivi revaFarisi vakasimuka vachipikisa zvikuru vachiti: Ngatirege kurwa naMwari, hatiwani chinhu chakaipa kumunhu uyu; asi kana mweya kana mutumwa akataura naye, hatigoni kupikisana naMwari.

⁹And there came a great cry, and the scribes of the Pharisees` part having arisen, were striving, saying, `No evil do we find in this man; and if a spirit spake to him, or a messenger, we may not fight against God;`

¹⁰Zvino kupesana kukuru kwakati kwakamuka, mukuru wechuru akatya kuti Pauro ungabvamburwa kuita zvidimbu navo, akaraira mauto kuti aburuke amubvute pakati pavo, amuise muimba yemauto.

¹⁰and a great dissension having come, the chief captain having been afraid lest Paul may be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiery, having gone down, to take him by force out of the midst of them, and to bring [him] to the castle.

¹¹Zvino usiku hwakatevera, Ishe wakamira naye akati: Tsunga moyo Pauro; nekuti sezvawakapupura pamusoro pangu paJerusarema, saizvozvo zvakafanirawo kupupura paRoma.

¹¹And on the following night, the Lord having stood by him, said, `Take courage, Paul, for as thou didst fully testify the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so it behoveth thee also at Rome to testify.`

¹²Zvino kwakati kwaedza, vamwe vevaJudha vakaita rangano, vakazvisunga nemhiko vachiti havangadyi kana kumwa kusvikira vauraya Pauro.

¹²And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, did anathematize themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink till they may kill Paul;

¹³Zvino vaipfuura makumi mana vakange vaita rangano iyo.

¹³and they were more than forty who made this conspiracy by oath,

¹⁴Ava vakaenda kuvapristi vakuru nevakuru vakati: Tazvisunga nerushambwa rukuru, kuti hatidyi chinhu kusvikira taponda Pauro.

¹⁴who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, `With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves — to taste nothing till we have killed Paul;

¹⁵Naizvozvo ikozvino imwi nedare remakurukota taridzai kumukuru wechuru, kuti amuburusire kwamuri mangwana, sezvinonzi munoda kunyatso-bvunzisisa maererano naye; asi isu asati aswedera, tazvigadzira kumuuraya.

¹⁵now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.`

¹⁶Zvino mwanakomana wehanzvadzi yaPauro akanzwa zvekuvandira kwavo, akaenda akapinda mumba memauto, akaudza Pauro.

¹⁶And the son of Paul`s sister having heard of the lying in wait, having gone and entered into the castle, told Paul,

¹⁷Ipapo Pauro akadanira kwaari umwe wevakuru vezana, akati: Isa jaya iri kumukuru wechuru; nekuti une rimwe shoko raanoda kumuudza.

¹⁷and Paul having called near one of the centurions, said, `This young man lead unto the chief captain, for he hath something to tell him.`

¹⁸Naizvozvo wakamutora, akamuuisa kumukuru wechuru, akati: Pauro musungwa wandidana akakumbira kuti ndiuise jaya iri kwamuri rine shoko rarinoda kutaura kwamuri.

¹⁸He indeed, then, having taken him, brought him unto the chief captain, and saith, `The prisoner Paul, having called me near, asked [me] this young man to bring unto thee, having something to say to thee.`

¹⁹Mutungamiri mukuru akabata ruoko rwaro, akaenda naro parutivi vari vega, akabvunza akati: Chii chaunoda kundiudza?

¹⁹And the chief captain having taken him by the hand, and having withdrawn by themselves, inquired, `What is that which thou hast to tell me?`

²⁰Iye akati: VaJudha vatenderana kukukumbirai kuti muburusire Pauro kudare remakurukota mangwana sevanoda kunyatsomubvunzisisa zvimwe.

²⁰and he said — `The Jews agreed to request thee, that to-morrow to the sanhedrim thou mayest bring down Paul, as being about to enquire something more exactly concerning him;

²¹Naizvozvo musavatendera; nekuti vakamuvandira pakati pavo varume vanopfuura makumi mana vakazvisunga nemhiko, kuti havangadyi kana kumwa, kusvikira vamuuraya; zvino vakagadzirira vachimirira chivimbiso chinobva kwamuri.

²¹thou, therefore, mayest thou not yield to them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who did anathematize themselves — not to eat nor to drink till they kill him, and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from thee.`

²²Naizvozvo mutungamiri mukuru wakaregera jaya richienda ariraira achiti: Usaudza munhu kuti wandizivisa zvinhu izvi.

²²The chief captain, then, indeed, let the young man go, having charged [him] to tell no one, `that these things thou didst shew unto me;`

²³Zvino akadanira kwaari vamwe vakuru vezana vaviri, akati: Gadzirirai mauto mazana maviri afambe kusvikira asvika Kesariya, nevatasvi vemabhiza makumi manomwe, nevemapfumo mazana maviri, kubva paawa rechitatu reusiku;

²³and having called near a certain two of the centurions, he said, `Make ready soldiers two hundred, that they may go on unto Caesarea, and horsemen seventy, and spearmen two hundred, from the third hour of the night;

²⁴muvatsvakire zvipfuwo kuti vatasvise Pauro vagomuuisa zvisina njodzi kumutungamiriri Ferikisi;

²⁴beasts also provide, that, having set Paul on, they may bring him safe unto Felix the governor;`

²⁵akanyora tsamba nenzira iyi:

²⁵he having written a letter after this description:

²⁶Kraudhio Risia, kuna Ferikisi, mutungamiriri changamire, ndinokukwazisai!

²⁶`Claudius Lysias, to the most noble governor Felix, hail:

²⁷Uyu munhu wakabatwa nevaJudha, uye ungadai akaurawa navo, ini ndikasvika nemauto ndikamununura, ndaziva kuti muRoma.

²⁷This man having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them — having come with the soldiery, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman;

²⁸Zvino ndakati ndichida kuziva chikonzero chavaimupomera, ndikamuburusira kudare remakurukota avo;

²⁸and, intending to know the cause for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their sanhedrim,

²⁹ndikawana kuti waipomerwa pamusoro pemashoko emurairo wavo, asi asingapomerwi chinhu chingafanira rufu kana kusungwa.

²⁹whom I found accused concerning questions of their law, and having no accusation worthy of death or bonds;

³⁰Zvino ndakati ndanyeverwa kuti kwakange koda kuva nekuvandirwa kwemunhu uyu nevaJudha, ndikamutumira kwamuri pakarepo, ndikarairawo vanomukwirira kuti vataure pamberi penyu zvavanomupomera. Chisarai.

³⁰and a plot having been intimated to me against this man — about to be of the Jews — at once I sent unto thee, having given command also to the accusers to say the things against him before thee; be strong.`

³¹Zvino mauto sezvaakarairwa akatora Pauro, akamuisa Antipatri usiku.

³¹Then, indeed, the soldiers according to that directed them, having taken up Paul, brought him through the night to Antipatris,

³²Zvino chifume vakarega vatasvi vemabhiza kuti vaende naye, vakadzokera kuimba yemauto.

³²and on the morrow, having suffered the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to the castle;

³³Vaya vakati vasvika Kesariya, vakakumikidza tsamba kumutungamiriri, vakaisawo Pauro pamberi pake.

³³those having entered into Caesarea, and delivered the letter to the governor, did present also Paul to him.

³⁴Zvino mutungamiriri wakati averenga, akabvunza kuti ndewedunhu ripi; zvino wakati anzwa kuti ndeweKirikia,

³⁴And the governor having read [it], and inquired of what province he is, and understood that [he is] from Cilicia;

³⁵akati: Ndichakunzwa kana vanokupomera mhosva vasvikawo; akaraira kuti achengetwe mumba maHerodhe mekutongera.

³⁵`I will hear thee — said he — when thine accusers also may have come;` he also commanded him to be kept in the praetorium of Herod.