Mabasa 6

¹Zvino namazuva iwayo, vadzidzi vachiwanda, vaJudha, vaitaura chiGiriki, vakanyunyutira vaHebheru, nokuti chirikadzi dzavo dzaidarikwa pakugoverwa kwomusi mumwe nomumwe.And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

²Zvino vanegumi navaviri vakadana vadzidzi vazhinji, vakati: Hakuzakafanira kuti isu tirege shoko raMwari, tishumire pamatafura.Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.

³Zvino hama dzangu, sanangurai pakati penyu varume vanomwe, vanopupurirwa zvakanaka, vazere noMweya Mutsvene novuchenjeri, vatingaisa pabasa iri.Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

⁴Asi isu tichatsungirira pakunyengetera napabasa reshoko.But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

⁵Shoko iri rikafadza vazhinji vose, vakasanangura Stefano, murume wakanga azere nokutenda noMweya Mutsvene, naFiripo, naProkoro, Nikanori, naTimoni, naPamenasi, naNikorasi, muproserite weAntiokia.And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

⁶Vakavaisa pamberi pavaapostora; vakanyengetera, vakaisa mavoko pamusoro pavo.Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

⁷Shoko raMwari rikakura, vadzidzi vakawanda zvikuru paJerusarema; navaPirisita vazhinji vakagamuchira kutenda.And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

⁸Zvino Stefano, azere nenyasha nesimba, akaita zvinoshamisa nezviratidzo zvikuru pakati pavanhu.And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.

⁹Ipapo vamwe vavo, vaiva vesinagoge rainzi ravasununguki, navaKureni, navaAreksandira, naveKirikia, neveAsia, vakasimuka vakaita nharo naStefano.Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.

¹⁰Asi vakanga vasingagoni kukunda kuchenjera kwake, noMweya waitaura naye.And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.

¹¹Ipapo vakamutsa varume, vaiti: Takamunzwa achitaura mashoko anomhura Mosesi naMwari.Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

¹²Vakakurudzira vanhu, navakuru, vakamuisa kumakurukota.And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

¹³vakaisapo zvapupu zvenhema, zvaiti: Munhu uyu haaregi kutaura mashoko anomhura imba iyi tsvene nomurairo.And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

¹⁴Nokuti takamunzwa achiti: Uyu Jesu weNazareta uchaparadza nzvimbo iyi nokushandura tsika dzatakapiwa naMosesi.For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.

¹⁵Zvino vose vakanga vagere pamakurukota, vakamutarisisa, vakavona chiso chake chakaita sechiso chomutumwa.And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.