¹Rondedzero yekutanga ndakaiita, haiwa Teofiro, pamusoro pezvose Jesu zvaakatanga kuti kuita akati kudzidzisa,

¹The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

²kusvikira zuva raakakwidzwa, amboraira neMweya Mutsvene kuvaapositori vaakange asarudza;

²until the day in which he was received up, after that he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

³vaakazviratidzawo kwavari ari mupenyu shure kwekutambudzika kwake neuchapupu uzhinji hunopwisa, achionekwa navo mazuva makumi mana, achitaura zvinhu zvoushe hwaMwari.

³To whom he also showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God:

⁴Zvino aungana navo, akavaraira kuti varege kubva muJerusarema asi vamirire chivimbiso chaBaba, chamakanzwa neni;

⁴and, being assembled together with them, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, [said he], ye heard from me:

⁵nekuti Johwani zvirokwazvo wakabhabhatidza nemvura, asi imwi muchabhabhatidzwa neMweya Mutsvene kusati kwapfuura mazuva awa mazhinji.

⁵For John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence.

⁶Naizvozvo ivo vakati vaungana vakamubvunza vachiti: Ishe, muchadzosera ushe kuIsraeri nenguva ino here?

⁶They therefore, when they were come together, asked him, saying, Lord, dost thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?

⁷Zvino akati kwavari: Hazvisi zvenyu kuziva nguva kana misi Baba yavakatara nesimba ravo romene;

⁷And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within His own authority.

⁸asi muchagamuchira simba, Mweya Mutsvene asvika pamusoro penyu; uye muchava zvapupu zvangu zvose paJerusarema nemuJudhiya mose nemuSamaria, kusvikira kumugumo wenyika.

⁸But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

⁹Zvino wakati areva zvinhu izvi, akakwidzwa vakatarira, negore rikamubvisa pameso avo.

⁹And when he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

¹⁰Zvino vachakatarisisa kudenga, achikwira, tarira, varume vaviri vakamira navo nenguvo chena;

¹⁰And while they were looking stedfastly into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

¹¹ivowo vakati: Varume veGarirea, makamirirei makatarisisa kudenga? Iyeyu Jesu, unobviswa kwamuri achikwidzwa kudenga, uchauya saizvozvo sezvamunomuona achienda kudenga.

¹¹who also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye looking into heaven? this Jesus, who was received up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye beheld him going into heaven.

¹²Zvino vakadzokera kuJerusarema vachibva pagomo rinonzi reMiorivhi riri pedo neJerusarema, chinhambwe cherwendo rwesabata.

¹²Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is nigh unto Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey off.

¹³Vakati vapinda, vakakwira muimba yepamusoro apo paigara vose Petro naJakobho naJohwani naAndiriya, Firipi naTomasi, Bhatironomiyo naMatewu, Jakobho waArifio naSimoni muZiroti, naJudhasi waJakobho.

¹³And when they were come in, they went up into the upper chamber, where they were abiding; both Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas [the son] of James.

¹⁴Ava vose vakatsungirira nemoyo umwe mumunyengetero nemukumbiro, pamwe nevakadzi, naMaria mai vaJesu, uye nevanin'ina vake.

¹⁴These all with one accord continued stedfastly in prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

¹⁵Zvino mumazuva iwayo Petro wakasimuka pakati pevadzidzi akati (kwaiva nechaunga nevanhu pamwe vanenge zana nemakumi maviri):

¹⁵And in these days Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren, and said (and there was a multitude of persons [gathered] together, about a hundred and twenty),

¹⁶Varume hama, zvakafanira kuti rugwaro urwu rwuzadziswe, Mweya Mutsvene zvawakagara wataura nemuromo waDhavhidhi pamusoro paJudhasi, wakange ari mutungamiriri wevaya vakabata Jesu,

¹⁶Brethren, it was needful that the Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spake before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to them that took Jesus.

¹⁷nekuti wakange achiverengwa pamwe nesu, akagamuchira mugove weushumiri uhwu.

¹⁷For he was numbered among us, and received his portion in this ministry.

¹⁸Zvino uyu wakawana munda nemubairo wezvakaipa, akawa nemusoro, akaparuka nepakati, ura hwake hwese hukabvajukira kunze.

¹⁸(Now this man obtained a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

¹⁹Zvikanzwikwa kuvagari vose paJerusarema, kusvikira munda uyo watumidzwa nerurimi rwavo pachavo kuti Akeridhama, ndiko kuti: Munda weropa.

¹⁹And it became known to all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch that in their language that field was called Akeldama, that is, The field of blood.)

²⁰Nekuti zvakanyorwa mubhuku reMapisarema zvichinzi: Musha wake ngauve dongo, uye kurege kuva neunogara mauri; uye: Utariri hwake, umwe ngaatore.

²⁰For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be made desolate, And let no man dwell therein: and, His office let another take.

²¹Naizvozvo zvakafanira pavarume ava vaifamba nesu nguva yose, apo Ishe Jesu vaipinda nekubuda pakati pedu,

²¹Of the men therefore that have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us,

²²kutanga parubhabhatidzo rwaJohwani, kusvikira pazuva raakwidzwa kubva kwatiri, umwe wavo ngaave chapupu pamwe nesu chekumuka kwake.

²²beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us, of these must one become a witness with us of his resurrection.

²³Zvino vakamisa vaviri: Josefa wainzi Bhasabhasi, wakatumidzwawo Jusito, naMatiasi.

²³And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

²⁴Vakanyengetera vachiti: Imwi Ishe, imwi munoziva moyo yevose, taridzai umwe pavaviri ava wamasarudza,

²⁴And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show of these two the one whom thou hast chosen,

²⁵kugamuchira mugove paushumiri nevuapositori uhu, Judhasi hwaakatsauka pahuri, kuti aende panzvimbo yake pachake.

²⁵to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.

²⁶Zvino vakavapa mujenya yavo, mujenya ukawira pana Matiasi; akaverengwa pamwe nevaapositori vanegumi neumwe.

²⁶And they gave lots for them; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.