¹Zvino Pauro wakati achitarisisa dare remakurukota akati: Varume hama, ini ndakafamba pamberi paMwari nehana yose yakanaka kusvikira zuva ranhasi.

¹And Paul, fixing his eyes on the council, said, Brethren, I have walked in all good conscience with God unto this day.

²Asi mupristi mukuru Ananiasi wakaraira vakange vamire naye kuti vamurove pamuromo.

²But the high priest Ananias ordered those standing by him to smite his mouth.

³Ipapo Pauro akati kwaari: Mwari uchakurova, rusvingo rwakacheneswa; nekuti iwe ugere kuti unditonge nemurairo, asi unoraira kuti ndirohwe zvinopesana nemurairo nhai?

³Then Paul said to him, God will smite thee, whited wall. And *thou*, dost thou sit judging me according to the law, and breaking the law commandest me to be smitten?

⁴Zvino vakange vamirepo vakati: Unotuka mupristi mukuru waMwari here?

⁴And those that stood by said, Dost thou rail against the high priest of God?

⁵Pauro ndokuti: Ndanga ndisingazivi, hama, kuti mupristi mukuru; nekuti kwakanyorwa, kuchinzi: Usataura zvakaipa pamusoro pemutungamiriri wevanhu vako.

⁵And Paul said, I was not conscious, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evilly of the ruler of thy people.

⁶Zvino Pauro wakati achiona kuti rimwe bandi vaSadhusi rimwe vaFarisi, akadanidzira mudare remakurukota, akati: Varume hama, ini ndiri muFarisi, mwanakomana wevaFarisi, ndotongwa pamusoro petariro yekumuka kwevakafa.

⁶But Paul, knowing that the one part [of them] were of the Sadducees and the other of the Pharisees, cried out in the council, Brethren, *I* am a Pharisee, son of Pharisees: *I* am judged concerning the hope and resurrection of [the] dead.

⁷Wakati areva saizvozvo, kupesana kukamuka pakati pevaFarisi nevaSadhusi; chaunga chikakamukana.

⁷And when he had spoken this, there was a tumult of the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the multitude was divided.

⁸Nekuti vaSadhusi vanoti hapana kumuka kwevakafa, kana mutumwa, kana mweya; asi vaFarisi vanobvuma zviri zviviri.

⁸For Sadducees say there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but Pharisees confess both of them.

⁹Zvino bopoto guru rikamuka; vanyori vekudivi revaFarisi vakasimuka vachipikisa zvikuru vachiti: Ngatirege kurwa naMwari, hatiwani chinhu chakaipa kumunhu uyu; asi kana mweya kana mutumwa akataura naye, hatigoni kupikisana naMwari.

⁹And there was a great clamour, and the scribes of the Pharisees' part rising up contended, saying, We find nothing evil in this man; and if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel ...

¹⁰Zvino kupesana kukuru kwakati kwakamuka, mukuru wechuru akatya kuti Pauro ungabvamburwa kuita zvidimbu navo, akaraira mauto kuti aburuke amubvute pakati pavo, amuise muimba yemauto.

¹⁰And a great tumult having arisen, the chiliarch, fearing lest Paul should have been torn in pieces by them, commanded the troop to come down and take him by force from the midst of them, and to bring [him] into the fortress.

¹¹Zvino usiku hwakatevera, Ishe wakamira naye akati: Tsunga moyo Pauro; nekuti sezvawakapupura pamusoro pangu paJerusarema, saizvozvo zvakafanirawo kupupura paRoma.

¹¹But the following night the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good courage; for as thou hast testified the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so thou must bear witness at Rome also.

¹²Zvino kwakati kwaedza, vamwe vevaJudha vakaita rangano, vakazvisunga nemhiko vachiti havangadyi kana kumwa kusvikira vauraya Pauro.

¹²And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.

¹³Zvino vaipfuura makumi mana vakange vaita rangano iyo.

¹³And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath;

¹⁴Ava vakaenda kuvapristi vakuru nevakuru vakati: Tazvisunga nerushambwa rukuru, kuti hatidyi chinhu kusvikira taponda Pauro.

¹⁴and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.

¹⁵Naizvozvo ikozvino imwi nedare remakurukota taridzai kumukuru wechuru, kuti amuburusire kwamuri mangwana, sezvinonzi munoda kunyatso-bvunzisisa maererano naye; asi isu asati aswedera, tazvigadzira kumuuraya.

¹⁵Now therefore do ye with the council make a representation to the chiliarch so that he may bring him down to you, as about to determine more precisely what concerns him, and we, before he draws near, are ready to kill him.

¹⁶Zvino mwanakomana wehanzvadzi yaPauro akanzwa zvekuvandira kwavo, akaenda akapinda mumba memauto, akaudza Pauro.

¹⁶But Paul's sister's son, having heard of the lying in wait, came and entered into the fortress and reported [it] to Paul.

¹⁷Ipapo Pauro akadanira kwaari umwe wevakuru vezana, akati: Isa jaya iri kumukuru wechuru; nekuti une rimwe shoko raanoda kumuudza.

¹⁷And Paul, having called one of the centurions, said, Take this youth to the chiliarch, for he has something to report to him.

¹⁸Naizvozvo wakamutora, akamuuisa kumukuru wechuru, akati: Pauro musungwa wandidana akakumbira kuti ndiuise jaya iri kwamuri rine shoko rarinoda kutaura kwamuri.

¹⁸He therefore, having taken him with [him], led him to the chiliarch, and says, The prisoner Paul called me to [him] and asked me to lead this youth to thee, who has something to say to thee.

¹⁹Mutungamiri mukuru akabata ruoko rwaro, akaenda naro parutivi vari vega, akabvunza akati: Chii chaunoda kundiudza?

¹⁹And the chiliarch having taken him by the hand, and having gone apart in private, inquired, What is it that thou hast to report to me?

²⁰Iye akati: VaJudha vatenderana kukukumbirai kuti muburusire Pauro kudare remakurukota mangwana sevanoda kunyatsomubvunzisisa zvimwe.

²⁰And he said, The Jews have agreed together to make a request to thee, that thou mayest bring Paul down to-morrow into the council, as about to inquire something more precise concerning him.

²¹Naizvozvo musavatendera; nekuti vakamuvandira pakati pavo varume vanopfuura makumi mana vakazvisunga nemhiko, kuti havangadyi kana kumwa, kusvikira vamuuraya; zvino vakagadzirira vachimirira chivimbiso chinobva kwamuri.

²¹Do not thou then be persuaded by them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have put themselves under a curse neither to eat nor drink till they kill him; and now they are ready waiting the promise from thee.

²²Naizvozvo mutungamiri mukuru wakaregera jaya richienda ariraira achiti: Usaudza munhu kuti wandizivisa zvinhu izvi.

²²The chiliarch then dismissed the youth, commanding [him], Utter to no one that thou hast represented these things to me.

²³Zvino akadanira kwaari vamwe vakuru vezana vaviri, akati: Gadzirirai mauto mazana maviri afambe kusvikira asvika Kesariya, nevatasvi vemabhiza makumi manomwe, nevemapfumo mazana maviri, kubva paawa rechitatu reusiku;

²³And having called to [him] certain two of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred light-armed footmen, for the third hour of the night.

²⁴muvatsvakire zvipfuwo kuti vatasvise Pauro vagomuuisa zvisina njodzi kumutungamiriri Ferikisi;

²⁴And [he ordered them] to provide beasts, that they might set Paul on them and carry [him] safe through to Felix the governor,

²⁵akanyora tsamba nenzira iyi:

²⁵having written a letter, couched in this form:

²⁶Kraudhio Risia, kuna Ferikisi, mutungamiriri changamire, ndinokukwazisai!

²⁶Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix, greeting.

²⁷Uyu munhu wakabatwa nevaJudha, uye ungadai akaurawa navo, ini ndikasvika nemauto ndikamununura, ndaziva kuti muRoma.

²⁷This man, having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them, I came up with the military and took out [of their hands], having learned that he was a Roman.

²⁸Zvino ndakati ndichida kuziva chikonzero chavaimupomera, ndikamuburusira kudare remakurukota avo;

²⁸And desiring to know the charge on which they accused him, I brought him down to their council;

²⁹ndikawana kuti waipomerwa pamusoro pemashoko emurairo wavo, asi asingapomerwi chinhu chingafanira rufu kana kusungwa.

²⁹whom I found to be accused of questions of their law, but to have no charge laid against him [making him] worthy of death or of bonds.

³⁰Zvino ndakati ndanyeverwa kuti kwakange koda kuva nekuvandirwa kwemunhu uyu nevaJudha, ndikamutumira kwamuri pakarepo, ndikarairawo vanomukwirira kuti vataure pamberi penyu zvavanomupomera. Chisarai.

³⁰But having received information of a plot about to be put in execution against the man [by the Jews], I have immediately sent him to thee, commanding also his accusers to say before thee the things that are against him. [Farewell.]

³¹Zvino mauto sezvaakarairwa akatora Pauro, akamuisa Antipatri usiku.

³¹The soldiers therefore, according to what was ordered them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris,

³²Zvino chifume vakarega vatasvi vemabhiza kuti vaende naye, vakadzokera kuimba yemauto.

³²and on the morrow, having left the horsemen to go with him, returned to the fortress.

³³Vaya vakati vasvika Kesariya, vakakumikidza tsamba kumutungamiriri, vakaisawo Pauro pamberi pake.

³³And these, having entered into Caesarea, and given up the letter to the governor, presented Paul also to him.

³⁴Zvino mutungamiriri wakati averenga, akabvunza kuti ndewedunhu ripi; zvino wakati anzwa kuti ndeweKirikia,

³⁴And having read [it], and asked of what eparchy he was, and learned that [he was] of Cilicia,

³⁵akati: Ndichakunzwa kana vanokupomera mhosva vasvikawo; akaraira kuti achengetwe mumba maHerodhe mekutongera.

³⁵he said, I will hear thee fully when thine accusers also are arrived. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's praetorium.