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

¹And having journeyed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews.

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

²And according to Paul's custom he went in among them, and on three sabbaths reasoned with them from the scriptures,

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

³opening and laying down that the Christ must have suffered and risen up from among the dead, and that this is the Christ, Jesus whom *I* announce to you.

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

⁴And some of them believed, and joined themselves to Paul and Silas, and of the Greeks who worshipped, 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 having been stirred up to jealousy, and taken to [themselves] certain wicked men of the lowest rabble, and having got a crowd together, set the city in confusion; and having beset the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people;

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

⁶and not having found them, dragged Jason and certain brethren before the politarchs, crying out, These [men] that have set the world in tumult, are come here also,

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

⁷whom Jason has received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying, that there is another king, Jesus.

⁸Vakavhiringidza vanhu nevatongi veguta pavakanzwa izvi zvinhu.

⁸And they troubled the crowd and the politarchs when they heard these things.

⁹Zvino vakati vatora chibatiso kuna Jasoni nekuvamwe, vakavarega.

⁹And having taken security of Jason and the rest, they let them go.

¹⁰Pakarepo hama dzikatuma Pauro naSirasi Bheriya usiku; ivo vakati vachisvika vakapinda musinagoge revaJudha.

¹⁰But the brethren immediately sent away, in the night, Paul and Silas to Berea; who, being arrived, went away 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.

¹¹And these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, receiving the word with all readiness of mind, daily searching the scriptures if these things were so.

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

¹²Therefore many from among them believed, and of Grecian women of the upper classes and men not a few.

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

¹³But when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the word of God was announced in Berea also by Paul, they came there also, stirring up the crowds.

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

¹⁴And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as to the sea; but Silas and Timotheus abode there.

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, having received a commandment to Silas and Timotheus, that they should come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.

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

¹⁶But in Athens, while Paul was waiting for them, his spirit was painfully excited in him seeing the city given up to idolatry.

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

¹⁷He reasoned therefore in the synagogue with the Jews, and those who worshipped, and in the market-place every day with those he met with.

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.

¹⁸But some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers attacked him. And some said, What would this chatterer say? and some, He seems to be an announcer of foreign demons, because he announced the glad tidings of Jesus and the resurrection [to them].

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

¹⁹And having taken hold on him they brought [him] to Areopagus, saying, Might we know what this new doctrine which is spoken by thee [is]?

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

²⁰For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears. We wish therefore to know what these things may mean.

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

²¹Now all [the] Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else than to tell and to hear the news.

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

²²And Paul standing in the midst of Areopagus said, Athenians, in every way I see you given up to demon worship;

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

²³for, passing through and beholding your shrines, I found also an altar on which was inscribed, To the unknown God. Whom therefore ye reverence, not knowing [him], him I announce to you.

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

²⁴The God who has made the world and all things which are in it, *he*, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,

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

²⁵nor is served by men's hands as needing something, himself giving 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 has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, having determined ordained times and the boundaries of their dwelling,

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

²⁷that they may seek God; if indeed they might feel after him and find him, although 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 exist; as also some of the poets amongst you 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 therefore [the] offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, [the] graven form of man's art and imagination.

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

³⁰God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,

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

³¹because he has set a day in which he is going to judge the habitable earth in righteousness by [the] man whom he has appointed, giving the proof [of it] to all [in] having raised him from among [the] dead.

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

³²And when they heard [of the] resurrection of the dead, some mocked, and some said, We will hear thee again also concerning this.

³³Nekudaro Pauro wakabuda pakati pavo.

³³Thus Paul went out of their midst.

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

³⁴But some men joining themselves to him believed; among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman by name Damaris, and others with them.