¹Shure kwezvinhu izvi, Pauro wakabva Atene akasvika Korinde;

¹After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.

²akawana umwe muJudha wainzi Akwira nezita, wePonto, achibva Itaria, naPrisira mukadzi wake; nekuti Kraudhio wakange araira kuti vaJudha vose vabve Roma, akaenda kwavari;

²He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,

³zvino zvaakange ari webasa rimwe navo, wakagara navo vachibata; nekuti vaiva vagadziri vematende pabasa ravo.

³and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

⁴sabata rimwe nerimwe waiparidza musinagoge, achikumbirisa vaJudha nevaGiriki.

⁴He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

⁵Zvino Sirasi naTimotio vakati vachiburuka kubva Makedhonia, Pauro akamanikidzwa mumweya, akapupura kuvaJudha kwazvo kuti Jesu ndiye Kristu.

⁵But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

⁶Zvino vakati vachimupikisa nekunyomba, akazuza nguvo, akati kwavari: Ropa renyu ngarive pamusoro penyu; ini ndakachena; kubva zvino ndichaenda kuvahedheni.

⁶When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!”

⁷Akabva ipapo akapinda mumba meumwe, wainzi Justo, wainamata Mwari, imba yake yaiva pedo nesinagoge.

⁷He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

⁸NaKrispo mutungamiriri mukuru wesinagoge akatenda kuna Ishe neimba yake yose; nevazhinji vevaKorinde vakanzwa vakatenda uye vakabhabhatidzwa.

⁸Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.

⁹Zvino Ishe akataura kuna Pauro usiku nechiratidzo: Usatya, asi taura uye usanyarara;

⁹The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;

¹⁰nekuti ini ndinewe, hapana munhu ungakumukira kuti akukuvadze; nekuti ndine vanhu vazhinji muguta rino.

¹⁰ for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”

¹¹Akagara gore nemwedzi mitanhatu, achidzidzisa shoko raMwari pakati pavo.

¹¹He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

¹²Zvino Gario wakati ava mutungamiriri weAkaya, vaJudha vakamukira Pauro nemoyo umwe, vakamuuisa pachigaro chekutonga,

¹²But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

¹³vachiti: Uyu unogombedzera vanhu kunamata Mwari zvinopesana nemurairo.

¹³saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”

¹⁴Zvino Pauro wakati oda kushamisa muromo, Gario akati kuvaJudha: Dai yaiva mhosva yezvisakarurama kana kunyengera kwakaipa, imwi maJudha ndaifanira kuva nemoyo murefu kwamuri;

¹⁴But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;

¹⁵asi kana dziri nharo pamusoro pemashoko nemazita nemurairo wenyu, zvionerei imwi; nekuti ini handidi kuva mutongi waizvozvo.

¹⁵but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don’t want to be a judge of these matters.”

¹⁶Akavadzinga pachigaro chekutonga.

¹⁶He drove them from the judgment seat.

¹⁷Zvino vaGiriki vose vakabata Sositeni mutungamiriri wesinagoge, vakamurova pamberi pechigaro chekutonga. Asi Gario haana kuva nehanya nechinhu chimwe cheizvozvo.

¹⁷Then all the Greeks laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn’t care about any of these things.

¹⁸Pauro wakati agara mazuva mazhinji, akawonekana nehama, akabvapo nechikepe akaenda Siria, anaPrisira naAkwira, aveura musoro paKenikirea, nekuti wakange ane mhiko.

¹⁸Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.

¹⁹Zvino wakasvika Efeso, akavasiyapo; asi iye amene akapinda musinagoge akataurirana nevaJudha.

¹⁹He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

²⁰Zvino vakati vachimukumbira kugara navo nguva refu, haana rutendo;

²⁰When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined;

²¹asi wakavaoneka achiti: Ndinofanira nenzira dzose kuchengetedza mutambo uyu unouya muJerusarema; asi ndichadzokerazve kwamuri, kana Mwari achida, akabva paEfeso nechikepe.

²¹but taking his leave of them, and saying, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills,” he set sail from Ephesus.

²²Zvino wakati asvika Kesariya akakwira akakwazisa kereke, akaburukira Andiyokiya.

²²When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch.

²³Wakati ambopedza nguva, akabva, akagura nedunhu reGaratia neFrigia achitevedzanisa, achisimbisa vadzidzi vose.

²³Having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.

²⁴Zvino umwe muJudha wainzi Aporo, muArekisandira nekuzvarwa, murume nyanzvi yekutaura, ane simba pamagwaro, wakasvika paEfeso;

²⁴Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.

²⁵Uyu wakange adzidziswa nzira yaIshe, waishingaira mumweya, achitaura nekunyatsodzidzisa zvinhu zvaIshe, achiziva rubhabhatidzo rwaJohwani chete.

²⁵This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

²⁶Iye akatanga kutaura asingatyi musinagoge. Zvino Prisira naAkwira vakati vamunzwa, vakamutora, vakanyatsomududzira nzira yaMwari nemazvo.

²⁶He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

²⁷Zvino wakati achida kuyambukira Akaya, hama dzakanyora dzichisimbisa vadzidzi kuti vamugamuchire; iye wakati achisvika, akabatsira zvikuru ivo vakatenda nenyasha.

²⁷When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;

²⁸Nekuti wakapikisa vaJudha nesimba pachena akakunda, achiratidza nemagwaro, kuti Jesu ndiyeKristu.

²⁸for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.