¹Zvino vakati vachataura kuvanhu, vapristi nemutungamiriri wetembere nevaSadhusi vakavasvikira,

¹And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

²vachishungurudzika nekuti vanodzidzisa vanhu, nekuparidza kumuka kwevakafa munaJesu.

²being distressed on account of their teaching the people and preaching by Jesus the resurrection from among [the] dead;

³Zvino vakaisa maoko pavari ndokuisa mujere kusvikira mangwana; nekuti akange atova madekwani.

³and they laid hands on them, and put them in ward till the morrow; for it was already evening.

⁴Asi vazhinji vevakanzwa shoko vakatenda; neuwandu hwevarume hwaiva zvuru zvinenge zvishanu.

⁴But many of those who had heard the word believed; and the number of the men had become [about] five thousand.

⁵Zvino zvakaitika kuchiidza kuti kwakaungana vakuru, nevatariri, nevanyori vavo paJerusarema,

⁵And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,

⁶naAnasi mupristi mukuru, naKayafasi, naJohwani, naArekizandira, nevose vaiva vehama dzemupristi mukuru.

⁶and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of [the] high priestly family;

⁷Zvino vakati vavamisa pakati, vakabvunza vachiti: Izvi imwi mazviita nesimba ripi kana nezita ripi?

⁷and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have *ye* done this?

⁸Ipapo Petro azedzwe neMweya Mutsvene wakati kwavari: Vatongi vevanhu, nevakuru vaIsraeri;

⁸Then Peter, filled with [the] Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders [of Israel],

⁹kana isu tichibvunzurudzwa nhasi pamusoro pebasa rakanaka kumunhu usina simba, kuti iye waponeswa nei,

⁹if *we* this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed [done] to the infirm man, how *he* has been healed,

¹⁰ngazvizikamwe kwamuri mose, nekuvanhu vose veIsraeri, kuti nezita raJesu Kristu muNazareta, wamakaroverera pamuchinjikwa imwi, Mwari waakamutsa kuvakafa, naye munhu uyu umire pano pamberi penyu apora.

¹⁰be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom *ye* have crucified, whom God has raised from among [the] dead, by *him* this [man] stands here before you sound [in body].

¹¹Uyu ndiye ibwe rakazvidzwa nemwi vavaki, razova musoro wekona.

¹¹*He* is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone.

¹²Uye hakuna ruponeso kune umwezve; nekuti hakuna rimwe zita pasi pedenga rakapiwa pakati pevanhu, ratinofanira kuponeswa naro.

¹²And salvation is in none other, for neither is there another name under heaven which is given among men by which we must be saved.

¹³Zvino vakati vachiona ushingi hwaPetro naJohwani, uye vachinzwisisa kuti vaiva vanhu vasina kudzidza uye vasina ruzivo, vakashamisika; ndokuvaziva kuti vaiva naJesu.

¹³But seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlettered and uninstructed men, they wondered; and they recognised them that they were with Jesus.

¹⁴Asi vachiona munhu wakange aporeswa amire navo, vakashaiwa chavangapikisa.

¹⁴And beholding the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to reply;

¹⁵Zvino vakati vavaraira kuti vabude kunze kwedare remakurukota, vakarangana voga,

¹⁵but having commanded them to go out of the council they conferred with one another,

¹⁶vachiti: Tichaitei kuvanhu ava? Nekuti zviri pachena kune vose vagere Jerusarema kuti chiratidzo chinozikamwa chaitwa navo, uye hatigoni kuzviramba.

¹⁶saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed an evident sign has come to pass through their means is manifest to all that inhabit Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

¹⁷Asi kuti zvirege kunyanya kuparadzirwa pakati pevanhu, ngativayambirei zvikuru kuti varege kuchizotaura nemunhu upi neupi muzita iri.

¹⁷But that it be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name.

¹⁸Vakabva vavadana, vakavaraira kuti varege kutongotaura kana kudzidzisa muzita raJesu.

¹⁸And having called them, they charged [them] not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

¹⁹Asi Petro naJohwani vakapindura vakati kwavari: Gurai, kana zvakarurama pamberi paMwari, kuteerera imwi kupfuura Mwari.

¹⁹But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye;

²⁰Nekuti isu hatigoni kusataura, asi kutaura zvinhu zvatakaona nekunzwa.

²⁰for as for us *we* cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.

²¹Zvino vakati vawedzera kuvavhundudzira, vakavaregedza, vasingawani chinhu kuti vangavaranga sei nekuda kwevanhu; nekuti vose vairumbidza Mwari pamusoro pezvakaitika.

²¹But they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no way how they might punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God for what had taken place;

²²Nekuti munhu wakange apfuura makore makumi mana wakange aitirwa chiratidzo ichi cheurapi.

²²for the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was above forty years old.

²³Vakati varegedzwa vakaenda kune vekwavo, vakanopira zvose vapristi vakuru nevakuru zvavakange vataura kwavari.

²³And having been let go, they came to their own [company], and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

²⁴Zvino ivo vakati vanzwa vakasimudzira inzwi kuna Mwari nemoyo umwe, vakati: Tenzi, imwi Mwari makaita denga nenyika negungwa nezvose zviri mazviri;

²⁴And they, having heard [it], lifted up [their] voice with one accord to God, and said, Lord, *thou* art the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;

²⁵makareva nemuromo waDhavhidhi, muranda wenyu muchiti: Nemhaka yei vahedheni vachiita bongozozo, nevanhu vachifunga zvisina maturo?

²⁵who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have [the] nations raged haughtily and [the] peoples meditated vain things?

²⁶Madzimambo enyika akasimuka, nevatungamiriri vakaungana pamwechete kumirisana naIshe nekumirisana naKristu wake.

²⁶The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.

²⁷Nekuti zvirokwazvo vakaungana vakamirisana neMwanakomana wenyu mutsvene Jesu, wamakazodza, vose Herodhe naPondiyo Pirato pamwe nevahedheni, nevanhu vekwaIsraeri,

²⁷For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with [the] nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city

²⁸kuti vaite zvose ruoko rwenyu nezano renyu zvamakagara matema kuti zviitike.

²⁸to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had determined before should come to pass.

²⁹Uye ikozvino Ishe, tarirai kuvhundudzira kwavo, mupe varanda venyu kuti vataure shoko renyu neushingi hwose,

²⁹And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and give to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word,

³⁰pakuti mutandavadze ruoko rwenyu pakuporesa, nezviratidzo nezvishamiso zviitwe nezita reMwanakomana wenyu mutsvene Jesu.

³⁰in that thou stretchest out thy hand to heal, and that signs and wonders take place through the name of thy holy servant Jesus.

³¹Zvino vakati vanyengetera nzvimbo yavakange vakaungana pairi yakazununguswa; zvino vakazadzwa vose neMweya Mutsvene, ndokutaura shoko raMwari neushingi.

³¹And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness.

³²Zvino chaunga chevaitenda chaiva nemoyo nemweya umwe; uye kwakange kusina umwe waiti chimwe chezvaaiva nazvo ndechake, asi vakaita zvinhu zvose zvavo vose.

³²And the heart and soul of the multitude of those that had believed were one, and not one said that anything of what he possessed was his own, but all things were common to them;

³³Uye nesimba guru vaapositori vakapa uchapupu hwekumuka kuvakafa kwaIshe Jesu; nenyasha huru dzikava pamusoro pavo vose.

³³and with great power did the apostles give witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

³⁴Nekuti pakange pasina umwe pakati pavo waishaiwa, nekuti vose vaiva vene veminda kana dzimba, vakazvitengesa, vakauisa mutengo wezvinhu zvakatengeswa,

³⁴For neither was there any one in want among them; for as many as were owners of lands or houses, selling them, brought the price of what was sold

³⁵vakaisa patsoka dzevaapositori; uye zvikagoverwa kune umwe neumwe zvichienderana nekushaiwa kwaaiva nako.

³⁵and laid it at the feet of the apostles; and distribution was made to each according as any one might have need.

³⁶NaJose, wakatumidzwa nevaapositori Bhanabhasi, ndokuti Mwanakomana wenyaradzo, kana zvichishandurwa, muRevhi weSaipuresi parudzi,

³⁶And Joseph, who had been surnamed Barnabas by the apostles (which is, being interpreted, Son of consolation), a Levite, Cyprian by birth,

³⁷ane munda, wakatengesa, akauisa mari akaisa patsoka dzevaapositori.

³⁷being possessed of land, having sold [it], brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles.