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

¹Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:

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

²and Paul, as his custom was, went in unto them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

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

³opening and alleging that it behooved the Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom, [said he,] I proclaim unto you, is the Christ.

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

⁴And some of them were persuaded, and consorted with Paul and Silas, and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women 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.

⁵But the Jews, being moved with jealousy, took unto them certain vile fellows of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city on an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them forth to the people.

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

⁶And when they found them not, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;

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

⁷whom Jason hath received: and these all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, [one] Jesus.

⁸Vakavhiringidza vanhu nevatongi veguta pavakanzwa izvi zvinhu.

⁸And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

⁹Zvino vakati vatora chibatiso kuna Jasoni nekuvamwe, vakavarega.

⁹And when they had taken 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 sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

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

¹¹Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

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

¹²Many of them therefore believed; also of the Greek women of honorable estate, and of men, not a few.

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

¹³But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed of Paul at Beroea also, they came thither likewise, stirring up and troubling the multitudes.

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

¹⁴And then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul to go as far as to the sea: and Silas and Timothy abode there still.

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

¹⁵But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timothy that they should come to him with all speed, they departed.

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

¹⁶Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols.

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

¹⁷So he reasoned in the synagogue with Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with them that met 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 also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

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

¹⁹And they took hold of him, and brought him unto the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by thee?

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

²⁰For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

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

²¹(Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.)

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

²²And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, in all things, I perceive that ye are very religious.

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

²³For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore ye worship in ignorance, this I set forth unto you.

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

²⁴The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

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

²⁵neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth 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;

²⁶and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined [their] appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;

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

²⁷that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though 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 have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

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

²⁹Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.

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

³⁰The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:

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

³¹inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

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

³²Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, We will hear thee concerning this yet again.

³³Nekudaro Pauro wakabuda pakati pavo.

³³Thus Paul went out from among them.

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

³⁴But certain men clave unto him, and believed: among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.