Mabasa 20 - Bhaibhiri Idzva rechiShona

Pauro anobva kuEfeso achienda kuMasedhonia nokuAkaya

¹ Mhirizhonga iyi payakapera, Pauro akadaidza vadzidzi akavakurudzira ndokuvaoneka oenda kuMasedhonia.

² Akapfuura nomunzvimbo idzi achivakurudzira akazosvika kuGirisi,

³ kwaakagara mwedzi mitatu. Pamusana pokuti pakaitwa bangano navaJudha rokumurwisa, panguva yaakanga ava kuda kuenda nechikepe kuSiria, akafunga zvokudzokera nokuMasedhonia.

⁴ Akaperekedzwa naSopeta wokuBherea, mwanakomana waPirusi, kune vokuTesaronika akaperekedzwa naArisitakusi naSekundusi naGayusi wokuDhebhe naTimoti. VokuAsia vakanga vari Tikikusi naTirofimusi.

⁵ Ava vakafanotungamira vakatimirira kuTiroasi.

⁶ Isu takafamba nechikepe kuenda Firipi mushure memazuva echingwa chisina mbiriso. Pashure pamazuva mashanu takasvika kwavari kuTiroasi kwatakagara kwamazuva manomwe.

KuTiroasi Pauro akamutsa Yutikusi ainge afa

⁷ Pazuva rokutanga revhiki, patainge takaungana kuti timedure chingwa, Pauro akataura navo achida kuzosimuka mangwana acho. Akarebesa nhauro yake kusvikira pakati pousiku.

⁸ Makanga muine mwenje yakawanda muimba yapamusoro matakanga takaungana.

⁹ Rimwe jaya rainzi Yutikusi rakanga rakagara pawindo, rakabatwa nehope zvikuru Pauro paakaramba achingotaura. Paakakundwa nehope akaputsikira pasi kubva panhurikidzwa yechitatu vakazomutora iye atofa.

¹⁰ Pauro akadzika akakotamira paari akamugumbatira akati, “Musazvinetse zvenyu achiri mupenyu.”

¹¹ Pauro akakwirazve kuimba yokumusoro akamedura chingwa akadya akataura kusvika kunze kwachena.

¹² Vakatora mukomana voenda naye ari mupenyu zvikavanyaradza zvikuru.

Kubva kwaPauro kuTiroasi achienda kuMiretusi

¹³ Takafanotungamira kuchikepe tikazosimuka nechikepe tichienda kuAsosi tichida kuzotora Pauro muchikepe ikoko, nokuti ndizvo zvaakanga aronga, iye achida kuenda netsoka.

¹⁴ Paakasangana nesu kuAsosi, takamukwidza muchikepe tikaenda kuNitirene.

¹⁵ Takabvapo nechikepe. Mangwana acho takasvika pakatarisana neKiosi. Ramangwana acho takapfuura napaSamosi. Ramangwanawo tikasvika kuMiretusi

¹⁶ nokuti Pauro akanga afunga kuenda nechikepe achipfuura nokuEfesusi kuti arege kupedza nguva ari kuAsia nokukurumidzira kuva kuJerusaremu, kana zvaigoneka pazuva rePendekosti.

Pauro anoonekana navakuru vakuru vokuEfeso

¹⁷ Pauro, ari kuMiretusi akatumira nhume kuEfesusi kundodaidza vakuru vakuru vesangano.

¹⁸ Pavakasvika kwaari akavati, “Imi pachenyu munoziva kuti ndakagara sei pakati penyu nguva dzose kubvira zuva randakatanga kusvika muAsia,

¹⁹ ndichishandira Tenzi nokuzvidukupisa nemisodzi padama nemiedzo zvakandiwira pamusana pamabangano avaJudha.

²⁰ Handina kumbozeza kukutaurirai pachena chose chakanga chiine basa ndichikudzidzisai zviri pachena imba nemba

²¹ ndichipa uchapupu kuna vaJudha nokuna vaGiriki nezvokutendeukira kuna Mwari uye nezvechitendero muna Tenzi wedu Jesu Kristu.

²² Zvino, chionai ndavakuenda kuJerusaremu ndakabatwa naMweya. Handizivi zvichandiwira ikoko,

²³ kusiya kuti Mweya Mutsvene anondiyambira mumaguta ose kuti jeri nenhamo zvakandimirira;

²⁴ asi handiverengi upenyu hwangu sehune maturo kana kuti hwakakosha kwandiri chero ndikapedza chinhanho changu nebasa randakapiwa naTenzi Jesu rokupupurira Shoko Rakanaka renyasha dzaMwari.

²⁵ Zvino, chinzwai, ini ndinoziva kuti imi vandakafamba mukati mavo ndichiparidza umambo uhu, hamuchazoona chiso changu zvakare.

²⁶ Nezvo ndinotaura pachena kwamuri mose nhasi uno kuti ini mhosva handisisina, wafa wafa, wasara wasara

²⁷ nokuti handina kuteta kukutaurirai pachena zvirongwa zvose zvaMwari.

²⁸ Zvingwarirei imi pachenyu nedanga rose ramakaitwa vatariri varo naMweya Mutsvene kuti muchengete sangano raMwari raakawana neropa roMwanakomana wake pachake.

²⁹ Ndinoziva kuti mushure mokuenda kwangu mhumhi dzinorura dzichauya pakati penyu dzisina tsitsi nokuuraya danga.

³⁰ Kunyange mukati menyu iyemi muchamuka varume vachataura zvakatsauka kuti vakwezvere vadzidzi kwavari.

³¹ Naizvozvo chenjerai muchiyeuka kuti kwamakore matatu handina kumbomira siku nesikati, kukupai mazano mumwe nomumwe nemisodzi padama.

³² Zvino ndinokukumikidzai kuna Mwari uye kuShoko renyasha dzake rinokwanisa kukuvakai nokukupai nhaka pakati pavakaitwa vatsvene.

³³ Handina kuchiva sirivha kana ndarama kana hanzu dzomunhu.

³⁴ Imi pachenyu munozviziva kuti maoko aya ndiwo aindishandira pane zvandaida nezvaidikanwa navandaiva navo.

³⁵ Ndakakuratidzai, muna zvose, kuti nokushingaira kudaro munhu anofanira kubatsira vakarukutika, tichiyeuka mazwi aTenzi Jesu zvaakataura achiti, ‘Chikomborero chikuru kupa pane kugamuchira.’ ”

³⁶ Paakapedza kutaura izvi akapfugama akanamata navo vose.

³⁷ Vose vakachema vakambundikirana naPauro vakamutsvoda.

³⁸ Vaisuwiswa zvikuru nezwi raakanga ataura rokuti, “Havachazoona uso hwake zvakare.” Vakamuperekedza kuchikepe.