Timoti Anobatana neBasa
Baba vedu vanovadana kuburikidza nechiratidzo chemurume aibva kuMakedhonia. Ridhiya anovhura imba yake; musikana muranda aiita zvekufembera anobviswa mweya wake, uye varidzi vake vanorasikirwa nemari yavo. Varohwa uye vasungwa nengetani, Pauro naSirasi vanoimba pakati pehusiku, kudengenyeka kwenyika kunovhura mikova, uye mutariri wejeri anobhabhatidzwa.
16 1Pauro akaenda kuDhebhe nokuRistra. Ipapo paiva nomudzidzi ainzi Timoti, mwanakomana womukadzi muJudha aitenda, asi baba vake vaiva muGiriki. 2Aipupurirwa zvakanaka nehama dzaiva kuRistra nokuIkoniyamu. 3Pauro aida kuti afambe naye, saka akamutora akamudzingisa, nokuda kwavaJudha vaiva munzvimbo idzodzo, nokuti vose vaiziva kuti baba vake vaiva muGiriki. 4Vachifamba nomumaguta, vakavapa mirayiro yakanga yatemwa navaapositori navakuru vaiva muJerusarema, kuti vaichengete. 5Saka kereke dzakasimbiswa mukutenda, uye dzakawanda pauwandu zuva nezuva.
Baba Vanovadanira kuMakedhonia
6Vakapfuura nomudunhu reFirigiya nereGaratiya, sezvo Mweya Mutsvene wakanga wavadzivisa kuparidza shoko muAzhiya. 7Vakati vasvika kuMisiya, vakaedza kupinda muBhitiniya, asi Mweya waJesu hauna kuvatendera. 8Saka vakapfuura neMisiya, vakaburukira kuTroasi. 9Pauro akaona chiratidzo usiku: murume wokuMakedhonia akamira achimukumbirisa, achiti, “Yambukirai kuMakedhonia mutibatsire.” 10Paakanga aona chiratidzo ichocho, pakarepo takaedza kuenda kuMakedhonia, tichigumisa kuti Baba vedu vakanga vatidana kuti tivaparidzire vhangeri.
Ridhiya Anozarura Mwoyo Wake muFiripi
11Saka takasimuka nechikepe kubva kuTroasi tikananga kuSamotirasi, uye zuva raitevera kuNeapori, 12uye kubva ipapo tikaenda kuFiripi, guta guru redunhu iroro reMakedhonia, raiva koroni yeRoma. Takagara ipapo mazuva akati kuti.
13Nezuva reSabata takabuda kunze kwesuo tikaenda kurwizi, tichifunga kuti paiva nenzvimbo yokunyengetera. Takagara pasi tikataura navakadzi vakanga vaungana ipapo. 14Mumwe mukadzi ainzi Ridhiya, wokuTiyatira, aitengesa machira epepuru uye ainamata Baba vedu, akanga achiteerera. Ishe akazarura mwoyo wake kuti ateerere mashoko aPauro. 15Paakabhabhatidzwa pamwe chete neimba yake, akatikumbirisa achiti, “Kana muchindiona ndakatendeka kuna Ishe, uyai kumba kwangu mugare.” Akatigombedzera.
Vanopfigirwa Mujeri Nokuda kweVhangeri
16Zvino pataienda kunzvimbo yokunyengetera, takasangana nomusikana muranda akanga akabatwa nomweya wokushopera; aiwanisa vatenzi vake pfuma zhinji nokushopera. 17Akatevera Pauro nesu, achidanidzira achiti, “Vanhu ava varanda vaMwari Wokumusorosoro, vari kukuzivisai nzira yoruponeso.” 18Akaita izvi kwamazuva mazhinji. Pauro, atsamwa zvikuru, akatendeuka akati kumweya iwoyo, “Ndinokurayira muzita raJesu Kristu kuti ubude maari.” Ipapo wakabuda pakarepo.
19Vatenzi vake pavakaona kuti tariro yavo yepfuma yapera, vakabata Pauro naSirasi, vakavazvuzvurudzira kumusika pamberi pavatongi. 20Vakati vavasvitsa kuvatongi, vakati, “Vanhu ava vaJudha, vari kunetsa guta redu. 21Vari kudzidzisa tsika dzisina kutenderwa kwatiri isu vaRoma kuti tigamuchire kana kuita.”
22Vazhinji vakabatana pakuvarwisa, uye vatongi vakabvarura nguo dzaPauro naSirasi vakarayira kuti varohwe netsvimbo. 23Vakati vavarova zvikuru, vakavakanda mujeri, vakarayira murindi wejeri kuti avachengete zvakasimba. 24Apiwa murayiro iwoyo, akavapfigira muchitokisi chomukati akasunga tsoka dzavo mumatanda.
25Panenge pakati pousiku Pauro naSirasi vakanyengetera vakaimbira Baba vedu nziyo, vasungwa vachivateerera. 26Pakarepo kwakaita kudengenyeka kwenyika kukuru kwakazungunusa nheyo dzejeri; pakarepo masuo ose akazaruka uye ngetani dzomunhu wose dzakasununguka. 27Murindi wejeri akapepuka, akaona masuo ejeri akazaruka, akavhomora munondo wake achida kuzviuraya, achifunga kuti vasungwa vakanga vatiza. 28Asi Pauro akadanidzira, achiti, “Usazvikuvadza, nokuti tose tiri pano!”
29Murindi wejeri akakumbira mwenje, akamhanyira mukati, akawira pasi achidedera pamberi paPauro naSirasi. 30Ipapo akavabudisira panze akati, “Madzishe, ndinofanira kuitei kuti ndiponeswe?”
31Ivo vakati, “Tenda kuna Ishe Jesu, ugoponeswa, iwe neimba yako.” 32Vakamuudza shoko raIshe iye navose vaiva mumba make. 33Panguva iyoyo yousiku, akavatora akageza maronda avo; ipapo iye neimba yake yose vakabhabhatidzwa pakarepo. 34Akavakwidza mumba make, akavagadzikira zvokudya, akafara kwazvo iye neimba yake yose nokuda kwokutenda kwavakaita muna Baba vedu.
35Asi kwakati kwaedza, vatongi vakatuma mapurisa, vachiti, “Sunungura vanhu avo.”
36Murindi wejeri akaudza Pauro, achiti, “Vatongi vatuma murayiro wokuti musunungurwe. Naizvozvo budai zvino muende norugare.”
37Asi Pauro akati kwavari, “Vakatirova pachena, tisina kutongwa, kunyange tiri vagari veRoma, vakatikanda mujeri. Zvino voda kutibudisa pachivande here? Kwete! Ngavauye ivo pachavo vatibudise.”
38Mapurisa akaudza vatongi mashoko iwaya, ivo vakatya pavakanzwa kuti vaiva vagari veRoma. 39Vakauya, vakakumbira ruregerero, vakavabudisa, vakavakumbira kuti vabve muguta. 40Saka vakabuda mujeri vakaenda kumba kwaRidhiya. Ipapo vakaona hama, vakadzikurudzira, vakaenda.