¹Zvino akasvika paDhebhe neRistra; zvino tarira, ipapo paiva neumwe mudzidzi, wainzi Timotio, mwanakomana weumwe mukadzi muJudhakadzi waitenda; asi baba vake vaiva muGiriki.

¹And he came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, by name Timotheus, son of a Jewish believing woman, but [the] father a Greek,

²Iye waipupurwa nezvake zvakanaka nehama dzepaRistra neIkoniyamu.

²who had a [good] testimony of the brethren in Lystra and Iconium.

³Iye Pauro wakada kuti abude naye, akamutora akamudzingisa nekuda kwevaJudha vaiva kunzvimbo idzo; nekuti vose vakange vachiziva kuti baba vake muGiriki.

³Him would Paul have go forth with him, and took [him and] circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew his father that he was a Greek.

⁴Zvino vakati vachipfuura nemumaguta, vakavakumikidza zviga kuti vachengete, zvakatemwa nevaapositori nevakuru vepaJerusarema.

⁴And as they passed through the cities they instructed them to observe the decrees determined on by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.

⁵Naizvozvo kereke dzakasimbiswa parutendo, dzikawedzera pauwandu zuva rimwe nerimwe.

⁵The assemblies therefore were confirmed in the faith, and increased in number every day.

⁶Zvino vakati vagura Frigia nedunhu reGaratia, vadziviswa neMweya Mutsvene kuparidza shoko paAsia.

⁶And having passed through Phrygia and the Galatian country, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,

⁷Zvino vakati vasvika pakatarisana neMisia, vakaidza kuenda Bhitinia, asi Mweya haana kuvatendera.

⁷having come down to Mysia, they attempted to go to Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;

⁸Vakati vapfuura Misia vakaburukira Troasi.

⁸and having passed by Mysia they descended to Troas.

⁹Chiratidzo chikaonekwa kuna Pauro usiku; umwe murume weMakedhonia wakange amire achimukumbira zvikuru achiti: Yambukira Makedhonia, utibatsire.

⁹And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: There was a certain Macedonian man, standing and beseeching him, and saying, Pass over into Macedonia and help us.

¹⁰Zvino wakati aona chiratidzo, pakarepo tikatsvaka kubuda tiende Makedhonia, tapedza tichiti zvirokwazvo Mwari watidana kunoparidza evhangeri kwavari.

¹⁰And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go forth to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to announce to them the glad tidings.

¹¹Naizvozvo takabva Troasi nechikepe, tikaruramira Samotirasi; fumewo kuNeapori;

¹¹Having sailed therefore away from Troas, we went in a straight course to Samothracia, and on the morrow to Neapolis,

¹²tikabvapo, tikaenda kuFiripi, rinova ndiro guta guru redunhu reMakedhonia, raitongwa neimwe nyika; tikagara mamwe mazuva muguta iro.

¹²and thence to Philippi, which is [the] first city of that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we were staying in that city certain days.

¹³Nezuva resabata tikabuda kunze kweguta kurutivi rwerwizi, paifanira kuitirwa munyengetero; tikagara pasi, tikataura nevakadzi vakange vaunganapo.

¹³And on the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where it was the custom for prayer to be, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had assembled.

¹⁴Zvino umwe mukadzi wainzi Ridhiya, mutengesi wezvine ruvara rwehute, weguta reTiatira, wainamata Mwari, akatinzwa; moyo wake Ishe waakazarurwa kuti ateerere zvinhu zvaitaurwa naPauro.

¹⁴And a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard; whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the things spoken by Paul.

¹⁵Zvino wakati abhabhatidzwa, neimba yake, akakumbira; achiti: Kana maona kuti ndinotenda kuna Ishe, pindai mumba mangu mugare. Akatikumbirisa.

¹⁵And when she had been baptised and her house, she besought [us], saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and abide [there]. And she constrained us.

¹⁶Zvino zvakaitika pataipinda kunonyengetera, umwe musikana waiva nemweya wokuuka akasangana nesu, waiwanira vatenzi vake mibairo mizhinji nekuuka.

¹⁶And it came to pass as we were going to prayer that a certain female slave, having a spirit of Python, met us, who brought much profit to her masters by prophesying.

¹⁷Iye akatevera Pauro nesu achidanidzira achiti: Vanhu ava varanda vaMwari Wekumusoro-soro, vanotiparidzira nzira yeruponeso.

¹⁷She, having followed Paul and us, cried saying, These men are bondmen of the Most High God, who announce to you [the] way of salvation.

¹⁸Izvi wakazviita mazuva mazhinji. Asi Pauro arwadziwa, akatendeuka, akati kumweya: Ndinokuraira muzita raJesu Kristu kuti ubude kwaari. Ukabuda nenguva iyoyo.

¹⁸And this she did many days. And Paul, being distressed, turned, and said to the spirit, I enjoin thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out the same hour.

¹⁹Zvino vatenzi vake vakati vachiona kuti tariro yemibairo yavo yaenda, vakabata Pauro naSirasi, vakavakakatira kudare pamberi pevatongi,

¹⁹And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gains was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, dragged [them] into the market before the magistrates;

²⁰akati avauisa kuvatongi, vakati: Vanhu ava vaJudha vanopesanisa guta redu zvikuru,

²⁰and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews,

²¹vachiparidza tsika dzisiri pamutemo kwatiri kugamuchira kana kutevedza, tiri vaRoma.

²¹and announce customs which it is not lawful for us to receive nor practise, being Romans.

²²Zvino chaunga chikavamukira pamwe, vatongi vakavabvarurira nguvo dzavo, vakaraira kuti varohwe netsvimbo.

²²And the crowd rose up too against them; and the praetors, having torn off their clothes, commanded to scourge [them].

²³Zvino vakati vaisa mavanga mazhinji pamusoro pavo, vakavakanda mutirongo, vakaraira murindi wetirongo kuti avachengete kwazvo.

²³And having laid many stripes upon them they cast [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely;

²⁴Iye wakati agamuchira murairo wakadaro, akavaisa mutirongo yemukati, akasimbisa makumbo avo mumatanda.

²⁴who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet to the stocks.

²⁵Zvino panenge pakati peusiku, Pauro naSirasi vakange vachinyengetera nekuimba nziyo kuna Mwari; vasungwa vakavanzwa.

²⁵And at midnight Paul and Silas, in praying, were praising God with singing, and the prisoners listened to them.

²⁶Pakarepo kukavapo kudengenyeka kwenyika kukuru zvekuti nheyo dzetirongo dzakazununguswa; pakarepo mikova yose ikazarurwa, nezvisungo zvevose zvikasununguka.

²⁶And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison shook, and all the doors were immediately opened, and the bonds of all loosed.

²⁷Ipapo murindi wetirongo akapepuka pahope, achiona mikova yetirongo yakazaruka, akavhomora munondo wake, akada kuzviuraya, achifunga kuti vasungwa vatiza.

²⁷And the jailor being awakened out of his sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison opened, having drawn a sword was going to kill himself, thinking the prisoners had fled.

²⁸Ipapo Pauro akadanidzira nenzwi guru, achiti: Usazvikuvadza; nekuti tiri muno tose.

²⁸But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm, for we are all here.

²⁹Zvino wakati akumbira mwenje akasvetukiramo, ndokusvika achibvunda ndokuwira pasi pamberi paPauro naSirasi,

²⁹And having asked for lights, he rushed in, and, trembling, fell down before Paul and Silas.

³⁰akavabudisira kunze akati: Madzishe, ndinofanira kuitei kuti ndiponeswe?

³⁰And leading them out said, Sirs, what must I do that I may be saved?

³¹Ivo vakati: Tenda kuna Ishe Jesu Kristu, zvino uchaponeswa iwe nemhuri yako.

³¹And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.

³²Vakataura kwaari shoko raMwari nekuna vose vaiva mumba make.

³²And they spoke to him the word of the Lord, with all that were in his house.

³³Akavatora nenguva iyoyo yeusiku, akasuka mavanga, ndokubhabhatidzwa iye nevose vake pakarepo.

³³And he took them the same hour of the night and washed [them] from their stripes; and was baptised, he and all his straightway.

³⁴Zvino wakati aenda navo mumba make ndokuisa tafura yechikafu pamberi pavo, akafara zvikuru, nemhuri yake yose achitenda kuna Mwari.

³⁴And having brought them into his house he laid the table [for them], and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God.

³⁵Zvino kwakati kwaedza, vatongi vakatuma mapurisa vachiti: Regai vanhu vaya vaende.

³⁵And when it was day, the praetors sent the lictors, saying, Let those men go.

³⁶Murindi wetirongo akaudza Pauro mashoko iwayo, achiti: Vatongi vatuma shoko kuti musunungurwe; naizvozvo budai zvino muende nerugare.

³⁶And the jailor reported these words to Paul: The praetors have sent that ye may be let go. Now therefore go out and depart in peace.

³⁷Asi Pauro wakati kwavari: Vakatirova pachena tisina kubatwa mhoswa isu tiri vaRoma, vakatiisa mutirongo; ikozvino veda kutibudisa chinyararire here? Haiwa, kwete! Ngavauye vamene vatibudise.

³⁷But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly uncondemned, us who are Romans, they have cast us into prison, and now they thrust us out secretly? no, indeed, but let them come themselves and bring us out.

³⁸Mapurisa akaudza vatongi mashoko iwayo; vakatya pavakanzwa kuti vaRoma,

³⁸And the lictors reported these words to the praetors. And they were afraid when they heard they were Romans.

³⁹vakasvika vakavakumbira, vakavabudisa ndokukumbira kuti vabve muguta.

³⁹And they came and besought them, and having brought them out, asked them to go out of the city.

⁴⁰Zvino vakabuda mutirongo, vakapinda kwaRidhia; vakati vaona hama, vakavanyaradza ndokuenda.

⁴⁰And having gone out of the prison, they came to Lydia; and having seen the brethren, they exhorted them and went away.