¹Zvino paivapo paAndiyokiya mukereke vamwe vaporofita nevadzidzisi, Bhanabhasi naSimioniwo wainzi Nigeri, naRukio muKurini, naManaeni wakange arerwa pamwe naHerodhe umwe wevatungamiriri vana, naSauro.

¹Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

²Vakati vachishumira kuna Ishe nekutsanya, Mweya Mutsvene ukati: Nditsaurirei Banabhasi pamwe naSauro pabasa randakavadanira.

²As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”

³Ipapo vatsanya nekunyengetera nekuisa maoko pamusoro pavo, vakavaendesa.

³Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

⁴Naizvozvo zvirokwazvo ivo vakati vatumwa neMweya Mutsvene, vakaburukira Serukia, vakabvapowo vakaenda kuSaipuresi nechikepe.

⁴So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.

⁵Zvino vasvika paSarami, vakaparidza shoko raMwari mumasinagoge evaJudha; uye vakange vanaJohwaniwo mubatsiri.

⁵When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They had also John as their attendant.

⁶Zvino vakati vagura nemuchiwi kusvikira paPafosi, vakawana imwe n'anga, muporofita wenhema, muJudha, zita rake rainzi Bhari-Jesu.

⁶When they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar Jesus,

⁷Wainge ane mutungamiriri Sejiyo Pauro, murume wakachenjera. Iye wakadanira kwaari Bhanabhasi naSauro akatsvaka kunzwa shoko raMwari.

⁷who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.

⁸Asi Erimasi n'anga, nekuti ndiro zita rake kana zvichishandurwa, akavapikisa, achitsvaka kutsausa mutungamiriri parutendo.

⁸But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.

⁹Asi Sauro, ndiye Paurowo, azadzwa neMweya Mutsvene, uye amutarisisa,

⁹But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him,

¹⁰wakati: Iwe uzere nekubiridzira kose nekunyengera kose, mwanakomana wadhiabhorosi, muvengi wekururama kose, haugumi here kutsausa nzira dzakarurama dzaIshe?

¹⁰and said, “Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

¹¹Uye ikozvino tarira, ruoko rwaIshe rwuri pamusoro pako, uye uchava bofu, usingaoni zuva kwenguva. Pakarepo mhute nerima zvakamuwira, akatenderera achitsvaka vangamutungamirira neruoko.

¹¹Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!” Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

¹²Panguva iyo mutungamiriri wakati aona zvakaitika akatenda, achishamiswa nedzidziso yaIshe.

¹²Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

¹³Zvino Pauro nevaiva naye vakabva Pafosi nechikepe vakasvika paPega muPamufiriya. Asi Johwani wakabva kwavari akadzokera kuJerusarema.

¹³Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia. John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.

¹⁴Asi ivo vakati vagura vachibva paPega, vakasvika kuAndiyokiya muPisidhiya; vakapinda musinagoge nezuva resabata, vakagara pasi.

¹⁴But they, passing on from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia. They went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down.

¹⁵Zvino shure kwekuverengwa kwemurairo nevaporofita, vakuru vesinagoge vakatumira kwavari, vachiti: Varume hama, kana kune shoko mukati menyu rekuridziro kuvanhu, taurai.

¹⁵After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak.”

¹⁶Zvino Pauro wakasimuka, ndokuninira neruoko, akati: Varume vaIsraeri, nemwi munotya Mwari, teererai.

¹⁶Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.

¹⁷Mwari wevanhu urwu rwaIsraeri wakasarudza madzibaba edu, akakudza vanhu vachiri vatorwa munyika yeEgipita, uye neruoko rwakakwirira akavabudisa mairi.

¹⁷The God of this people TR, NU add “Israel” chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm, he led them out of it.

¹⁸Uye akava nemoyo murefu nemaitiro avo nguva inene makore makumi mana murenje.

¹⁸For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.

¹⁹Zvino wakati aparadza marudzi manomwe munyika yeKanani, akavagovera nyika yavo nemujenya.

¹⁹When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred fifty years.

²⁰Zvino shure kweizvozvo, makore anenge mazana mana nemakumi mashanu, wakavapa vatongi kusvikira kuna Samueri muporofita.

²⁰After these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

²¹Uye kubvira ipapo vakakumbira mambo; Mwari ndokuvapa Sauro mwanakaomana waKishi, murume werudzi rwaBenjamini, kwemakore makumi mana.

²¹Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

²²Zvino wakati amubvisa, wakavamutsira Dhavhidhi kuva mambo, waakapupurirawo akati: Ndawana Dhavhidhi waJese, murume unoenderana nemoyo wangu, uchaita chido changu chose.

²²When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’

²³Pambeu yeuyu sechivimbiso, Mwari wakamutsira Israeri Muponesi Jesu;

²³From this man’s seed, God has brought salvation TR, NU read “a Savior, Jesus” instead of “salvation” to Israel according to his promise,

²⁴iye asati asvika Johwani wakaparidza pakutanga rubhabhatidzo rwekutendeuka kuvanhu vose vaIsraeri.

²⁴before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel. TR, NU read “to all the people of Israel” instead of “to Israel”

²⁵Zvino Johwani wakati azadzisa rwendo rwake, akati: Munofunga kuti ndini ani? Ini handisi iye, asi tarirai, shure kwangu unouya, wandisakafanira kusunungura shangu dzetsoka dzake.

²⁵As John was fulfilling his course, he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, one comes after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’

²⁶Varume hama, vana verudzi rwaAbhurahamu, neavo pakati penyu vanotya Mwari, shoko reruponeso urwu ratumirwa kwamuri.

²⁶Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.

²⁷Nekuti avo vanogara muJerusarema nevatungamiriri vavo havana kumuziva uyu, kana manzwi evaporofita anoverengwa zuva resabata rimwe nerimwe vakaazadzisa pakumurasha;

²⁷For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn’t know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

²⁸uye kunyange vasina kuwana mhosva yerufu, vakakumbira kuna Pirato kuti aurawe.

²⁸Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.

²⁹Zvino vakati vapedza zvose zvakanyorwa pamusoro pake, vakamuturura pamuti, vakamuradzika muguva.

²⁹When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.

³⁰Asi Mwari wakamumutsa kuvakafa;

³⁰But God raised him from the dead,

³¹iye wakaonekwa mazuva mazhinji neavo vakange vakwira naye kuJerusarema vachibva Garirea, vari zvapupu zvake kuvanhu.

³¹and he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.

³²Nesu tinoparidza kwamuri mashoko emufaro echivimbiso chakaitwa kumadzibaba,

³²We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,

³³kuti Mwari wakazadzisa ichocho kwatiri, isu vana vavo, pakuti wakamutsazve Jesu sezvazvakanyorwawo mupisarema rechipiri kuti: Iwe uri mwanakomana wangu, nhasi ini ndakubereka.

³³that God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your father.’ Psalm 2:7

³⁴Zvino zvekuti wakamumutsa kuvakafa, asadzokerazve kukuora, wakareva sezvizvi: Ndichakupai maropafadzo matsvene anovimbika aDhavhidhi.

³⁴“Concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’ Isaiah 55:3

³⁵Naizvozvo unoti pane imwe nzvimbo: Hamungapi Mutsvene wenyu kuti aone kuora;

³⁵Therefore he says also in another psalm, ‘You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.’ Psalm 16:10

³⁶nekuti Dhavhidhi, ashumira zano raMwari pazera rake wakarara, uye wakaradzikwa kumadzibaba ake, ndokuona kuora;

³⁶For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.

³⁷asi Mwari waakamutsa, haana kuona kuora.

³⁷But he whom God raised up saw no decay.

³⁸Naizvozvo ngazvizikamwe kwamuri, varume hama, kuti neuyu kangamwiro yezvivi inoparidzirwa imwi;

³⁸Be it known to you therefore, brothers The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” , that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins,

³⁹uye neuyu vose vanotenda vanonzi havana mhosva pazvinhu zvose zvamakange musingagoni kushaiswa mhosva pazviri nemurairo waMozisi.

³⁹and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

⁴⁰Naizvozvo onai kuti zvirege kuwira pamusoro penyu zvakarehwa muvaporofita, zvinoti:

⁴⁰Beware therefore, lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets:

⁴¹Tarirai, imwi vazvidzi, uye mushamiswe, nekuparara; nekuti ini ndinobata basa pamazuva enyu, basa ramusingatozombotendi, kunyange muchirirondedzerwa nemunhu.

⁴¹‘Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which you will in no way believe, if one declares it to you.’” Habakkuk 1:5

⁴²Zvino pakubuda kwevaJudha musinagoge, vahedheni vakakumbira kuti mashoko awa aparidzwe kwavari pasabata raitevera.

⁴²So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.

⁴³Zvino vesinagoge vakati vapera, vazhinji vevaJudha nevakatendeukira kuvaJudha vainamata vakatevera Pauro naBhanabhasi; ivo vakataura kwavari, vachivakumbira kuti varambire munyasha dzaMwari.

⁴³Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

⁴⁴Zvino nesabata rakatevera guta rinenge rose rakaungana kuzonzwa shoko raMwari.

⁴⁴The next Sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God.

⁴⁵Zvino vaJudha vakati vachiona zvaunga vakazadzwa negodo, vakapikisa zvinhu zvakarehwa naPauro, vachipikisa uye vachinyomba.

⁴⁵But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.

⁴⁶Asi Pauro naBhanabhasi vachitaura vakashinga vakati: Zvakange zvakafanira kuti shoko raMwari ritaurirwe kwamuri pakutanga; asi zvamarininira kure, uye mazvitongera kusafanira upenyu hwusingaperi, tarirai, zvino tinotendeukira kuvahedheni.

⁴⁶Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

⁴⁷Nekuti Ishe wakatiraira saizvozvo achiti: Ndakakugadza kuva chiedza chevahedheni, Kuti uve weruponeso kusvikira kumugumo wenyika.

⁴⁷For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’” Isaiah 49:6

⁴⁸Zvino vahedheni vakati vachinzwa izvi vakafara, uye vakakudza shoko raIshe, neuwandu hwevose vakange vatarirwa upenyu husingaperi vakatenda;

⁴⁸As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

⁴⁹uye shoko raIshe rikaparadzirwa kudunhu rose.

⁴⁹The Lord’s word was spread abroad throughout all the region.

⁵⁰Asi vaJudha vakamutsa vakadzi vaishumira vaikudzwa, nevarume vakuru veguta, vakamutsira Pauro naBhanabhasi rushusho, vakavadzinga kubva kumiganhu yavo.

⁵⁰But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.

⁵¹Asi ivo vakavazuzira guruva retsoka dzavo, vakasvika Ikoniyamu.

⁵¹But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium.

⁵²Zvino vadzidzi vakazadzwa nemufaro neMweya Mutsvene.

⁵²The disciples were filled with joy with the Holy Spirit.