¹Nenguva iyoyo Herodhe mambo wakatandavadza maoko kuti atambudze avo kubva mukereke.

¹Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.

²Ndokuuraya Jakobho mukoma waJohwani nemunondo.

²He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

³Zvino wakati achiona kuti zvinofadza vaJudha, wakapfuurira mberi akabata Petrowo; zvino aiva mazuva ezvingwa zvisina mbiriso;

³When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread.

⁴akati amubatawo akaisa mutirongo, akamukumikidza kumapoka mana evanhu vana emauto kuti vamurinde, achida kumuisa kuvanhu mushure mepasika.

⁴When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

⁵Naizvozvo Petro wakachengetwa mutirongo; asi munyengetero waiitwa zvikuru nekereke kuna Mwari uchiitirwa iye.

⁵Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.

⁶Zvino Herodhe wakati oda kumubudisa, usiku ihwohwo Petro wakange arere pakati pemauto maviri, akasungwa nemaketani maviri; nevarindi pamberi pemusuwo vakarinda tirongo.

⁶The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.

⁷Zvino tarira, mutumwa waIshe wakamira parutivi, chiedza ndokupenya muchitokisi; zvino akarova Petro parutivi, akamumutsa achiti: Simuka nekukurumidza. Zvino maketani ake akawa pamaoko ake.

⁷And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, “Stand up quickly!” His chains fell off from his hands.

⁸Mutumwa ndokuti kwaari: Zvisunge chiuno, uye sunga manyatera ako. Ndokuita saizvozvo. Zvino akati kwaari: Monera nguvo yako, unditevere.

⁸The angel said to him, “Get dressed and put on your sandals.” He did so. He said to him, “Put on your cloak, and follow me.”

⁹Zvino wakabuda akamutevera; uye asingazivi kuti ichokwadi chinoitwa nemutumwa, asi waifunga kuti unoona chiratidzo.

⁹And he went out and followed him. He didn’t know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.

¹⁰Zvino vakati vapfuura varindi vekutanga nevechipiri, vakasvika pasuwo reutare raipinda muguta; iro rakavazarukira roga; zvino vakabuda, vakapfuura nzira imwe yemumusha, pakarepo mutumwa ndokubva kwaari.

¹⁰When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went out, and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

¹¹Zvino Petro, wakati apengenuka, akati: Zvino ndinoziva zvirokwazvo kuti Ishe watuma mutumwa wake, uye wandisunungura paruoko rwaHerodhe netarisiro yose yevanhu vevaJudha.

¹¹When Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting.”

¹²Zvino wakati arangarira akaenda kumba kwaMaria mai vaJohwani wainzi Mako, vazhinji pavakange vakaungana vachinyengetera.

¹²Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

¹³Zvino Petro wakati agogodza pagonhi resuwo, murandakadzi wakauya kuzoteerera, wainzi Rodha.

¹³When Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.

¹⁴Zvino wakati achiziva inzwi raPetro, haana kuzarura suwo nekuda kwemufaro, asi wakamhanyira mukati akavaudza kuti Petro umire pamberi pesuwo.

¹⁴When she recognized Peter’s voice, she didn’t open the gate for joy, but ran in, and reported that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

¹⁵Asi vakati kwaari: Unopenga. Asi wakaramba achisimbisa kuti zvaiva zvakadaro. Ivo ndokuti: Mutumwa wake.

¹⁵They said to her, “You are crazy!” But she insisted that it was so. They said, “It is his angel.”

¹⁶Asi Petro wakaramba achigogodza; zvino vakati vazarura vakamuona, vakashamisika.

¹⁶But Peter continued knocking. When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.

¹⁷Zvino wakavaninira neruoko kuti vanyarare, akavarondedzera kuti Ishe wakamubudisa sei mutirongo, akati: Pirai kuna Jakobho nekuhama zvinhu izvi. Zvino akabuda akaenda kune imwe nzvimbo.

¹⁷But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, “Tell these things to James, and to the brothers.” Then he departed, and went to another place.

¹⁸Zvino kwakati kwaedza, bongozozo risati riri diki rikavapo pakati pemauto, kuti chii chakawira Petro.

¹⁸Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.

¹⁹Zvino Herodhe wakati amutsvaka akasamuwana, wakabvunzisisa varindi, akaraira kuti vabviswe. Zvino akabva Judhiya akaburukira Kesariya akagarako.

¹⁹When Herod had sought for him, and didn’t find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.

²⁰Zvino Herodhe wakatsamwira zvikuru veTire nevaSidhoni; asi vakauya kwaari nemoyo umwe, vakashamwaridzana naBhurasto mutariri weimba yekurara yamambo, vakakumbira rugare, nekuti nyika yavo yaipiwa chikafu nenyika yamambo.

²⁰Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the king’s personal aide, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.

²¹Zvino nezuva rakatarwa Herodhe wakafuka nguvo dzeumambo, akagara pachigaro chekutonga, akaita nhaurwa kwavari.

²¹On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them.

²²Vanhu ndokudanidzira vachiti: Inzwi raMwari, uye kwete remunhu.

²²The people shouted, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”

²³Zvino pakarepo mutumwa waIshe wakamurova, nekuti haana kupa Mwari rukudzo; ndokudyiwa nehonye, akapera.

²³Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.

²⁴Asi shoko raMwari rakakura rikawanda.

²⁴But the word of God grew and multiplied.

²⁵Zvino Bhanabhasi naSauro vakadzoka vachibva kuJerusarema, vapedzisa basa, vakaenda naJohwaniwo wainzi Mako.

²⁵Barnabas and Saul returned to TR reads “from” instead of “to” Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their service, also taking with them John whose surname was Mark.