Mabasa 18

¹Shure kwaizvozvo, Pauro wakabva Atene, akasvika Korinte;After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;

²akawana mumwe muJudha, wainzi Akwira, chizvagwa chePonto, achangobva Itaria, naPrisira mukadzi wake; (nokuti Kraudio wakanga araira kuti vaJudha vose vabve Roma); akaenda kwavari;And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.

³zvino zvaakanga anebasa rimwe navo, akagara navo vachibata; nokuti basa ravo raiva rokuita matende.And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

⁴Sabata rimwe nerimwe akataurirana navo musinagoge, akaidza kugombedzera vaJudha navaGiriki.And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

⁵Zvino Sirasi naTimotio vakati va chizoburuka vachibva Makedhonia, Pauro akamanikidzwa neshoko, achipupurira vaJudha kwazvo kuti Jesu ndiye Kristu.And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.

⁶Zvino vakati vachimudzivisa, nokumutuka, akazuza nguvo dzake, akati kwavari: Ropa renyu ngarive pamusoro penyu; ini ndakachena, kubva zvino ndichaenda kuvahedheni.And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

⁷Akabvapo, akapinda mumba momumwe, wainzi Tito Justo, wainamata Mwari, imba yake yaiva pedo nesinagoge.And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man’s house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.

⁸NaKrispo, mukuru wesinagoge. Akatenda kunaShe naveimba yake yose; navazhinji veKorinte vakanzwa, vakatenda, vakabhabhatidzwa.And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

⁹Zvino Ishe akati kunaPauro vusiku nechiratidzo: Usatya hako, asi taura, usanyarara;Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:

¹⁰nokuti ini ndinewe; hapanomunhu ungakumukira akakuitira zvakaipa, nokuti ndinavanhu vazhinji muguta rino.For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.

¹¹Akagarapo gore rimwe nemwedzi mitanhatu, achidzidzisa shoko raMwari pakati pavo.And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

¹²Zvino Gario wakati ava mubati weAkaya, vaJudha vakamukira Pauro nomwoyo mumwe, vakavuya naye pachigaro chokutonga,And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,

¹³vachiti: Uyu unogombedzera vanhu kuti vanamate Mwari nenzira isingatenderwi nomurairo.Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

¹⁴Zvino Pauro wakati odakushamisa muromo wake, Gario akati kuvaJudha: Dai yaiva mhosva yezvisakarurama, kana kutadza kwakaipa, ndaifanira kuva nomoyo murefu kwamuri, imi vaJudhaAnd when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

¹⁵Asi kana dziri nharo pamusoro pamashoko namazita nomurairo wenyu, tambai henyu imi mhosva iyo; ini handidi kuva mutongi waizvozvo.But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.

¹⁶Akavadzinga pachigaro chokutonga.And he drave them from the judgment seat.

¹⁷Zvino vose vakabata Sosteni, mukuru wesinagoge, vakamurova pamberi pechigaro chokutonga; asi Gario haana kuva nehanya nechinhu chimwe chaizvozvo.Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

¹⁸Pauro wakati agarapo mazuva mazhinji, akawonekana nehama, akabvapo, akaenda Siria nechikepe, anaPrisira naAkwira, avevura musoro wake paKenkrea, nokuti wakanga apika.And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.

¹⁹Vakasvika Efeso, akavasiyapo; asi iye amene wakapinda musinagoge, akataurirana navaJudha.And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

²⁰Zvino vakati vachikumbira kuti agare navo nguva refu, haana kutenda;When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;

²¹akawonekana navo, achiti: Ndinofanira chose kuchengeta mutambo uyu unoitwa muJerusarema. Ndichadzokera zve kwamuri, kana Mwari achida, akabva paEfeso nechikepe.But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.

²²Wakati asvika Kesaria, akakwira kundokwazisa kereke, akaburukira Antiokia.And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.

²³Wakati agarapo nguva, akabva, akagura nenyika dzeGaratia neFrigia achidzitevedzanisa, achisimbisa vadzidzi vose.And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.

²⁴Zvino mumwe muJudha wainzi Aporo, worudzi rwapaArekasandira, murume wakanga akadzidza zvikuru, wakasvika Efeso; wakanga anesimba pamagwaro.And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.

²⁵Uyu wakanga adzidziswa nzira yaShe, akashingaira nomweya, achitaura nokunatsodzidzisa zvaJesu, achiziva rubhabhatidzo rwaJohane bedzi.This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.

²⁶Iye akatanga kutaura musinagoge asingatyi. Zvino Prisira naAkwira vakati vamunzwa, vakamutora, vakanatsomududzira nzira yaMwari.And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

²⁷Zvino wakati achida kuyambukira Akaya, hama dzikamusimbisa, vakanyorera vadzidzi kuti vamugamuchire. Zvino wakati asvika, akabatsira zvikuru ivo vakatenda nenyasha.And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

²⁸Nokuti wakakunda vaJudha nesimba pachena, achiratidza naMagwaro, kuti Jesu ndiyeKristu.For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.