¹Zvino zvakaitika kuti, Aporo achiri paKorinde, Pauro wakati agura nemativi ekumusoro, akasvika Efeso; akawana vamwe vadzidzi,

¹It happened that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples.

²akati kwavari: Makagamuchira Mweya Mutsvene kubva zvamakatenda here? vakati kwaari: Kwete, asi hatina kutongonzwa kuti kune Mweya Mutsvene.

²He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They said to him, “No, we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

³Zvino akati kwavari: Ko makabhabhatidzwa mune zvipi? Vakati: Murubhabhatidzo rwaJohwani.

³He said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John’s baptism.”

⁴Zvino Pauro akati: Johwani zvirokwazvo wakabhabhatidza rubhabhatidzo rwekutendeuka, achiti kuvanhu vanofanira kutenda kuna iye unouya shure kwake, iye Kristu Jesu.

⁴Paul said, “John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

⁵Vakati vanzwa, vakabhabhatidzwa muzita raIshe Jesu,

⁵When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

⁶Zvino Pauro wakati aisa maoko pamusoro pavo, Mweya Mutsvene akauya pamusoro pavo, vakataura nendimi, vakaporofita.

⁶When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.

⁷Ivavo varume vose vainge gumi nevaviri.

⁷They were about twelve men in all.

⁸Zvino wakapinda musinagoge, akataura akashinga kwemwedzi mitatu, achiparidza, achipwisa zveushe hwaMwari.

⁸He entered into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning the Kingdom of God.

⁹Asi vamwe vakati vachiomesa moyo vasingatendi, vachitaura zvakaipa pamusoro penzira iyo pamberi pechaunga akabva kwavari, akatsaura vadzidzi, akaparidza zuva rimwe nerimwe muchikoro cheumwe Tairano.

⁹But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

¹⁰Izvozvi zvakaramba zvichiitwa kwemakore maviri, zvekuti vose vakange vagere paAsia vakanzwa shoko raIshe Jesu, vose vaJudha nevaGiriki.

¹⁰This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

¹¹Mwari akaita mabasa esimba asina kujairika nemaoko aPauro,

¹¹God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,

¹²nekudaro micheka yekumeso nemafasikoti zvaibva pamuviri wake, zvaiiswa kuvarwere, hosha dzikabva kwavari, nemweya yetsvina ikabuda kwavari.

¹²so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the evil spirits went out.

¹³Zvino vamwe vaJudha vadzingi vemweya yetsvina vaipota-pota, vakaidza kudana zita raIshe Jesu pamusoro pevaiva nemweya yetsvina, vachiti: Ndinokupikirai naJesu unoparidzwa naPauro.

¹³But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”

¹⁴Zvino vaiva vanakomana vanomwe vaSikevha muJudha mukuru wevapristi vaiita izvi.

¹⁴There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.

¹⁵Mweya wetsvina ukapindura ukati: Jesu ndinomuziva, naPauro ndinoziva maererano naye, asi imwi ndimwi vana ani?

¹⁵The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”

¹⁶Ipapo munhu waiva nemweya wetsvina akavakwakukira, akavakurira, akavakunda, zvekuti vakatiza mumba imomo vasina nguvo, vakuvadzwa.

¹⁶The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

¹⁷Zvino izvi zvikazikamwa kune vose vaJudha nevaGirikiwo vakange vagere paEfeso, kutya kukavawira vose, zita raIshe Jesu rikakudzwa.

¹⁷This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

¹⁸Zvino vazhinji vevakange vatenda vakauya, vakareurura, nekurondedzera mabasa avo.

¹⁸Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.

¹⁹Vazhinji vevaiita zveun'anga, vakaunganidza mabhuku avo pamwe, vakaapisa pamberi pevose; vakaverenga mutengo wawo, vakawana masirivheri zvuru makumi mashanu.

¹⁹Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. They counted their price, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver. The 50,000 pieces of silver here probably referred to 50,000 drachmas. If so, the value of the burned books was equivalent to about 160 man-years of wages for agricultural laborers

²⁰Naizvozvo shoko raIshe rikakura nesimba rikakunda.

²⁰So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.

²¹Izvozvo zvakati zvapera, Pauro akazvipira mumweya kuenda kuJerusarema, kana ambogura nepaMakedhonia neAkaya, achiti: Kana ndaenda ikoko, ndinofanirawo kunoona Roma.

²¹Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”

²²Zvino akatumira Makedhonia vaviri vevaimushandira, vanaTimotio naErasto, iye amene akagara Asia kwenguva.

²²Having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.

²³Zvino nenguva iyoyo mhirizhonga isati iri diki ikavapo pamusoro penzira iyo.

²³About that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way.

²⁴Nekuti umwe, wainzi Dhemetrio, mupfuri wesirivheri, waiita zvitembere zvaDhiana zvesirivheri, zvaiuyisa mubairo usati uri muduku kumhizha.

²⁴For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,

²⁵Akadziunganidza pamwe nevamwe vebasa rakadaro, akati: Varume, munoziva kuti nebasa iri tinowana upfumi hwedu.

²⁵whom he gathered together, with the workmen of like occupation, and said, “Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.

²⁶Zvino munoona nekunzwa kuti pasati pari paEfeso chete, asi panenge paAsia yose, Pauro uyu wakagombedzera nekutendesa chaunga, achiti: Zvakaitwa nemaoko havazi vamwari.

²⁶You see and hear, that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands.

²⁷Zvino hahwuzi umhizha hwedu chete huri panjodzi yekuzvidzwa, asi kuti tembere yamwarikadzi mukuru Dhiana ichashoorwa neukuru hwake huchaparadzwa, iye, unonamatwa neAsia yose nenyika yose.

²⁷Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing, and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.”

²⁸Zvino vakati vachizvinzwa vakazara nekutsamwa, vakadanidzira vachiti: Dhiana wevaEfeso mukuru!

²⁸When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

²⁹Guta rose rikazadzwa nenyonganyonga; vakamhanyira nemoyo umwe panzvimbo paitambirwa, vakabata Gayo naArisitako vaMakedhonia vaiperekedza Pauro.

²⁹The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel.

³⁰Zvino Pauro akada kupinda kuchaunga, vadzidzi havana kumutendera.

³⁰When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples didn’t allow him.

³¹Nevamwe vevakuru veAsia, vaiva shamwari dzake, vakatuma shoko kwaari, vachikumbira zvikuru kwaari kuti arege kupinda panzvimbo yekutambira.

³¹Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.

³²Zvino vamwe vakadanidzira chinhu chimwe, vamwe chimwe; nekuti ungano yakange yanyonganiswa, vazhinji vasingazivi zvavakaunganira.

³²Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn’t know why they had come together.

³³Ipapo vakabudisa Arekisandro kunze kwechaunga, vaJudha vachimusundira mberi; zvino Arekisandro akaninira neruoko, achida kuzvidavirira pamberi pevanhu.

³³They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defense to the people.

³⁴Asi pavakaziva kuti iye muJudha, inzwi rimwe rikamuka kune vose, vakadanidzira maawa anenge maviri vachiti: Dhiana wevaEfeso mukuru!

³⁴But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice for a time of about two hours cried out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

³⁵Zvino munyori weguta wakati anyaradza vanhu akati: Varume veEfeso, munhu ndeupi usingazivi kuti guta ravaEfeso ndiro mushumiri wamwarikadzi mukuru Dhiana newechakawa kubva kuna Zeusi.

³⁵When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, “You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?

³⁶Naizvozvo zvinhu izvi zvazvisingagoni kurambwa, maifanira kunyarara musingaiti chinhu nekumhanyirira.

³⁶Seeing then that these things can’t be denied, you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash.

³⁷Nekuti mauya pano nevarume ava, vasati vari makororo etembere kana vamhuri vamwarikadzi wenyu.

³⁷For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.

³⁸Zvino kana Dhemetrio nemhizha dzinaye vane mhosva neumwe munhu, misi yekutonga inochengetedzwa, nevatongi varipo; ngavakwirirane.

³⁸If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.

³⁹Asi kana muchitsvaka chimwe chinhu maererana nepamusoro pezvimwe zvinhu, zvingatemwa paungano iri pamutemo.

³⁹But if you seek anything about other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.

⁴⁰Nekuti tiri munjodzi yekukwirirwa nekuda kwebongozozo zvapasina chikonzero chatingapa rondedzero yenyongano iyi.

⁴⁰For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning this day’s riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn’t be able to give an account of this commotion.”

⁴¹Zvino wakati ataura izvozvo, akaparadza ungano.

⁴¹When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.