¹Shure kwezvinhu izvi, Pauro wakabva Atene akasvika Korinde;

¹After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.

²akawana umwe muJudha wainzi Akwira nezita, wePonto, achibva Itaria, naPrisira mukadzi wake; nekuti Kraudhio wakange araira kuti vaJudha vose vabve Roma, akaenda kwavari;

²And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome: and he came unto them;

³zvino zvaakange ari webasa rimwe navo, wakagara navo vachibata; nekuti vaiva vagadziri vematende pabasa ravo.

³and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought, for by their trade they were tentmakers.

⁴sabata rimwe nerimwe waiparidza musinagoge, achikumbirisa vaJudha nevaGiriki.

⁴And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

⁵Zvino Sirasi naTimotio vakati vachiburuka kubva Makedhonia, Pauro akamanikidzwa mumweya, akapupura kuvaJudha kwazvo kuti Jesu ndiye Kristu.

⁵But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was constrained by the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

⁶Zvino vakati vachimupikisa nekunyomba, akazuza nguvo, akati kwavari: Ropa renyu ngarive pamusoro penyu; ini ndakachena; kubva zvino ndichaenda kuvahedheni.

⁶And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed, he shook out his raiment and said unto them, Your blood [be] upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

⁷Akabva ipapo akapinda mumba meumwe, wainzi Justo, wainamata Mwari, imba yake yaiva pedo nesinagoge.

⁷And he departed thence, and went into the house of a certain man named Titus Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.

⁸NaKrispo mutungamiriri mukuru wesinagoge akatenda kuna Ishe neimba yake yose; nevazhinji vevaKorinde vakanzwa vakatenda uye vakabhabhatidzwa.

⁸And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

⁹Zvino Ishe akataura kuna Pauro usiku nechiratidzo: Usatya, asi taura uye usanyarara;

⁹And the Lord said unto Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak and hold not thy peace:

¹⁰nekuti ini ndinewe, hapana munhu ungakumukira kuti akukuvadze; nekuti ndine vanhu vazhinji muguta rino.

¹⁰for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for I have much people in this city.

¹¹Akagara gore nemwedzi mitanhatu, achidzidzisa shoko raMwari pakati pavo.

¹¹And he dwelt [there] a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

¹²Zvino Gario wakati ava mutungamiriri weAkaya, vaJudha vakamukira Pauro nemoyo umwe, vakamuuisa pachigaro chekutonga,

¹²But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat,

¹³vachiti: Uyu unogombedzera vanhu kunamata Mwari zvinopesana nemurairo.

¹³saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

¹⁴Zvino Pauro wakati oda kushamisa muromo, Gario akati kuvaJudha: Dai yaiva mhosva yezvisakarurama kana kunyengera kwakaipa, imwi maJudha ndaifanira kuva nemoyo murefu kwamuri;

¹⁴But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked villany, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

¹⁵asi kana dziri nharo pamusoro pemashoko nemazita nemurairo wenyu, zvionerei imwi; nekuti ini handidi kuva mutongi waizvozvo.

¹⁵but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; I am not minded to be a judge of these matters.

¹⁶Akavadzinga pachigaro chekutonga.

¹⁶And he drove them from the judgment-seat.

¹⁷Zvino vaGiriki vose vakabata Sositeni mutungamiriri wesinagoge, vakamurova pamberi pechigaro chekutonga. Asi Gario haana kuva nehanya nechinhu chimwe cheizvozvo.

¹⁷And they all laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of these things.

¹⁸Pauro wakati agara mazuva mazhinji, akawonekana nehama, akabvapo nechikepe akaenda Siria, anaPrisira naAkwira, aveura musoro paKenikirea, nekuti wakange ane mhiko.

¹⁸And Paul, having tarried after this yet many days, took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila: having shorn his head in Cenchreae; for he had a vow.

¹⁹Zvino wakasvika Efeso, akavasiyapo; asi iye amene akapinda musinagoge akataurirana nevaJudha.

¹⁹And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

²⁰Zvino vakati vachimukumbira kugara navo nguva refu, haana rutendo;

²⁰And when they asked him to abide a longer time, he consented not;

²¹asi wakavaoneka achiti: Ndinofanira nenzira dzose kuchengetedza mutambo uyu unouya muJerusarema; asi ndichadzokerazve kwamuri, kana Mwari achida, akabva paEfeso nechikepe.

²¹but taking his leave of them, and saying, I will return again unto you if God will, he set sail from Ephesus.

²²Zvino wakati asvika Kesariya akakwira akakwazisa kereke, akaburukira Andiyokiya.

²²And when he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and saluted the church, and went down to Antioch.

²³Wakati ambopedza nguva, akabva, akagura nedunhu reGaratia neFrigia achitevedzanisa, achisimbisa vadzidzi vose.

²³And having spent some time [there], he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.

²⁴Zvino umwe muJudha wainzi Aporo, muArekisandira nekuzvarwa, murume nyanzvi yekutaura, ane simba pamagwaro, wakasvika paEfeso;

²⁴Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the scriptures.

²⁵Uyu wakange adzidziswa nzira yaIshe, waishingaira mumweya, achitaura nekunyatsodzidzisa zvinhu zvaIshe, achiziva rubhabhatidzo rwaJohwani chete.

²⁵This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John:

²⁶Iye akatanga kutaura asingatyi musinagoge. Zvino Prisira naAkwira vakati vamunzwa, vakamutora, vakanyatsomududzira nzira yaMwari nemazvo.

²⁶and he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more accurately.

²⁷Zvino wakati achida kuyambukira Akaya, hama dzakanyora dzichisimbisa vadzidzi kuti vamugamuchire; iye wakati achisvika, akabatsira zvikuru ivo vakatenda nenyasha.

²⁷And when he was minded to pass over into Achaia, the brethren encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him: and when he was come, he helped them much that had believed through grace;

²⁸Nekuti wakapikisa vaJudha nesimba pachena akakunda, achiratidza nemagwaro, kuti Jesu ndiyeKristu.

²⁸for he powerfully confuted the Jews, [and that] publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.