Mabasa 17 - Baiberi Magwaro Matȿene aMŋari 1949 (Doke)

Pauro naSirasi paTesaronika.

¹ Ɀino ʋakati ʋagura neAmfipori neAporonia, ʋakaȿika paTesaronika paiʋa nesinagoge raʋaJuda.

² Ɀino Pauro, seɀaaisiita, akapinda kwaʋari; akataurirana naʋo ɀapaMagwaro masaɓata matatu,

³ aciʋazarurira nokuʋaziʋisa, kuti Kristu waifanira kutambudzika nokumuka kuʋakafa, ʋuye kuti Jesu uyu, wandinokuparidzirai, ndiye Kristu.

⁴ Ʋamŋe ʋaʋo ʋakatendiswa, ʋakateʋera Pauro naSirasi, naʋazhinji ʋaʋaGiriki, ʋainamata Mŋari, naʋakadzi ʋaikudzwa ʋazhinji.

⁵ Asi ʋaJuda ʋaiʋa negoɗo, ʋakatora ʋamŋe ʋarume ʋakaipa, dzaiʋa simbe, ʋakaʋuŋganidza ʋanhu ʋazhinji, ʋakakaŋganisa guta; ʋakawira imba yaJasoni, ʋaciɗa kuʋaɓuɗisira kuʋanhu.

⁶ Ʋakati ʋaciʋashaiwa, ʋakakakatira Jasoni nedzimŋe hama pamberi paʋaɓati ʋeguta, ʋakaɗana, ʋaciti: Aʋa ʋakakaŋganisa nyika yose, ʋakaȿika napano ʋo,

⁷ Jasoni akaʋagamucira; aʋa ʋose ʋanoita ɀinopesana neɀireʋo ɀaKesari, ʋaciti, mumŋe mambo uri’ko, unonzi Jesu.

⁸ Ʋakapesanisa ʋanhu naʋaɓati ʋeguta, ʋacinzwa iɀoɀo.

⁹ Ɀino, ʋakati ʋatora ruɓatso kunaJasoni naʋamŋe, ʋakaʋarega.

Pauro naSirasi paBerea.

¹⁰ Pakarepo hama dzikatuma Pauro naSirasi Berea ʋusiku. Iʋo ʋakati ʋaciȿika’po, ʋakapinda musinagoge raʋaJuda.

¹¹ Aʋa ʋakaŋga ʋakanaka kukunda ʋeTesaronika, ʋakagamucira shoko nomŋoyo wose, ʋacinɀera Magwaro zuʋa rimŋe nerimŋe, kana ɀinhu iɀoɀo ɀiri iɀo.

¹² Naiɀoɀo ʋazhinji ʋaʋo ʋakatenda, naʋakadzi ʋaikudzwa ʋaʋaGiriki, naʋarume ʋazhinji.

¹³ Asi ʋaJuda ʋeTesaronika, ʋakati ʋacinzwa kuti shoko raMŋari roparidzwa naPauro paBerea, ʋakaȿika ʋo ipapo, ʋakamutsa nokupesanisa ʋazhinji.

¹⁴ Ipapo hama dzakatuma Pauro pakarepo kuȿikira kuguŋgwa, asi Sirasi naTimotio ʋakasara’po.

¹⁵ Ɀino aʋo ʋakaperekedza Pauro, ʋakamuȿitsa Atene; ʋakati ʋarairwa kuʋudza Sirasi naTimotio, kuti ʋakurumidze kuʋuya kwaari, ʋakabva.

Pauro paAtene.

¹⁶ Ɀino Pauro, acakaʋagarira paAtene, akanzwa shuŋgu pamŋoyo, aciʋona kuti guta rizere neɀifananidzo.

¹⁷ Naiɀoɀo akataurirana musinagoge naʋaJuda, naʋainamata Mŋari, napaɗare zuʋa rimŋe nerimŋe, naʋaakasoŋgana naʋo.

¹⁸ Ɀino ʋamŋe ʋakacenjera ʋaʋaEpikuro naʋaStoiko, ʋakaita nharo naye; ʋamŋe ʋakati: Ko uyu mutauri weɀisinamaturo unoɗa kureʋeiko? Ʋamŋe ɀe ʋakati: Uneŋge muparidzi waʋamŋari ʋasiŋgazikanwi; nokuti wakaʋaparidzira Jesu nokumuka kwaʋakafa.

¹⁹ Ipapo ʋakamuɓata, ʋakamuisa paAreopago, ʋakati: Ŋgatinzwe ʋo kuti kudzidzisa uku kutȿa, kunotaurwa newe, ndokweiko?

²⁰ Nokuti unoreʋa ɀimŋe ɀinoshamisa panzeʋe dzeɗu; naiɀoɀo tinoɗa kunzwa, kuti ɀinhu iɀi ndeɀeiko?

²¹ (Ɀino ʋaAtene ʋose, naʋatorwa ʋaigara’po, ʋaiŋgofarira cinhu cimŋe cete, kutaura kana kunzwa cinhu citȿa.)

²² Ɀino Pauro, amire pakati peAreopago, akati: Imi ʋarume ʋeAtene, paɀinhu ɀose ndinoʋona kuti munonamata ɀikuru.

²³ Nokuti ndakati ndicipfuʋura, ndicicerekedza ɀamunonamata, ndakawana ʋo artari yakanyorwa: KUNAMŊARI USIŊGAZIKANWI. Ɀino camunonamata musiŋgaciziʋi, ndico candinokuparidzirai.

²⁴ Mŋari wakasika nyika neɀose ɀiri mairi, iye Tenzi weɗeŋga napasi, haagari mutembere dzakaitwa namaʋoko.

²⁵ Haashumirwi namaʋoko aʋanhu, saaciŋge acishaiwa cinhu, ɀaari iye amene unopa ʋose ʋupenyu, nokufema, neɀose;

²⁶ wakaita marudzi ose aʋanhu, acibva kunomumŋe cete, kuti agare pose panyika; ambotara ŋguʋa dzaʋakatemerwa, nemiganhu yokugara kwaʋo;

²⁷ kuti ʋatȿake Mŋari, ɀimŋe ʋamutȿaŋgadzire, ʋamuwane, kunyaŋge asiri kure nomumŋe nomumŋe weɗu.

²⁸ Nokuti maari tinoʋupenyu, tinofamba, tiri’po; seɀaʋakareʋa ʋamŋe ʋanyori ʋenziyo ʋokwenyu, ʋaciti: Nokuti tiri rudzi rwake ʋo.

²⁹ Ɀatiri rudzi rwaMŋari, hatifaniri kuti ʋuMŋari bgakafanana nendarama, kana sirveri, kana ibge, ɀakaʋezwa noʋumhizha kana kucenjera kwomunhu.

³⁰ Naiɀoɀo Mŋari wakarega hake kuraŋgarira ŋguʋa dzokusaziʋa; asi ɀino unoraira ʋanhu ʋose kwose‐kwose kuti ʋatendeʋuke.

³¹ Nokuti wakatara zuʋa, raacatoŋga nyika naro nokururama, nomurume waakagadza; akasimbisa shoko iro kunaʋose, pakumumutsa kuʋakafa.

³² Ɀino ʋakati ʋacinzwa ɀokumuka kwaʋakafa, ʋamŋe ʋakaseka, asi ʋamŋe ʋakati: Ticazokunzwa ɀe pamsoro paiɀoɀi.

³³ Naiɀoɀo Pauro akaɓuɗa pakati paʋo.

³⁴ Asi ʋamŋe ʋarume ʋakamunamatira, ʋakatenda; pakati paʋo kwaiʋa naDionisio, muAreopago, nomukadzi wainzi Damari, naʋamŋe pamŋe cete naʋo.