Mabasa 17 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

17 ¹Vakati vafamba nomuAmufipori neAporonia, vakasvika kuTesaronika, uko kwaiva nesinagoge ravaJudha. ²Pauro, sezvaaisiita, akapinda kwavari akataurirana navo achibva muMagwaro kwamaSabata matatu. ³Achizarura achitsanangura Magwaro kuti Kristu aifanira kutambudzika uye kumuka kubva kuvakafa, akati, “Jesu uyu wandinoparidza kwamuri ndiye Kristu.” ⁴Vamwe vavo vakatendeswa vakabatana naPauro naSirasi, pamwe chete navaGiriki vazhinji kwazvo vaishumira Mwari, nevakadzi vazhinji vaikudzwa. ⁵Asi vaJudha vakaita godo, vakaunganidza varume vakaipa vaibva padare rokutengeserana, vakaita boka revanhu, vakakanganisa guta. Vakarwisa imba yaJasoni, vachitsvaka kuvabudisira kuvanhu vazhinji. ⁶Pavakavashaya, vakakwevera Jasoni nedzimwe hama pamberi pavakuru veguta, vachidanidzira vachiti, “Varume ava vakapidigura nyika vauyawo kuno, ⁷Jasoni akavagamuchira. Vose vanopesana nemirayiro yaKesari, vachiti kune mumwe mambo—Jesu. ⁸Naizvozvo vakamutsa vanhu vazhinji navakuru veguta vakanzwa zvinhu izvi.” ⁹Zvino vakati vatora rubhadharo kubva kuna Jasoni nevamwe vose, vakavaregedza vakaenda.

VaBheriya Vanonzvera Magwaro

¹⁰Pakarepo hama dzakaendesa Pauro naSirasi usiku kuBheriya; vakati vasvika vakapinda musinagoge ravaJudha. ¹¹VaJudha ava vakanga vane mwoyo wakazaruka kupfuura vaya vomuTesaronika, vakagamuchira shoko nomwoyo wose vachinzvera Magwaro zuva nezuva kuti vaone kana zvinhu izvi zvaiva zvechokwadi. ¹²Naizvozvo vazhinji vavo vakatenda, pamwe chete nevakadzi vazhinji vechiGiriki vaikudzwa nevarume. ¹³VaJudha vomuTesaronika pavakanzwa kuti Pauro akanga achiparidzawo shoko raBaba vedu muBheriya, vakaendawo ikoko, vachinyonganisa nokumutsa vanhu vazhinji. ¹⁴Pakarepo hama dzakaendesa Pauro kugungwa, asi Sirasi naTimoti vakasara ikoko. ¹⁵Vaya vaiperekedza Pauro vakamusvitsa kuAtene, vakabva vaenda vaine murayiro kuna Sirasi naTimoti wokuti vakurumidze kumutevera.

Pauro Anosvika muAtene

¹⁶Pauro paakanga akavamirira muAtene, mweya wake wakatsamwa mukati make, achiona guta rakazara nezvifananidzo. ¹⁷Naizvozvo akataurirana navo musinagoge nevaJudha nevaishumira Mwari, uye zuva nezuva padare rokutengeserana naani naani aivepo. ¹⁸Vamwe vanhu vamazano veEpikuro nevamaStoiki vakataurirana nayewo. Vamwe vakabvunza vachiti, “Chiikonyi chinoda kutaurwa nechimbwanyuku ichi?” Vamwe vakati, “Anenge anoparidza vamwari vokumwe”—nokuti akaparidza shoko rakanaka raJesu nerokumuka.

¹⁹Vakamutora vakamuendesa kuAreopago, vachibvunza vachiti, “Tingaziva here kuti idzidziso itsva iyi yauri kuzivisa ndeyeiko? ^a a v19 Areopago, kana kuti “Chikomo chaMarisi,” raiva chikomo chamatombo muAtene uko kwaisangana dare reguta kuti riongorore pfungwa nedzidziso itsva. ²⁰Nokuti unounza zvinhu zvinoshamisa kunzeve dzedu, naizvozvo tinoda kuziva kuti zvinorevei.” ²¹Zvino vaAtene vose nevatorwa vaigaramo vaingopedza nguva yavo vachingotaura kana kunzwa chimwe chinhu chitsva.

²²Pauro akamira pakati peAreopago akati, “Imi vaAtene, ndinoona kuti munotya vamwari zvikuru kwazvo munzira dzose. ²³Nokuti pandakanga ndichipfuura ndichinzvera zvinhu zvenyu zvinoyera, ndakawana aritari yakanyorwa kuti: ‘Kuna mwari asingazivikanwi.’ Icho chamunoshumira musingazivi, ndini ndinochiparidza kwamuri. ²⁴Baba vedu, vakaita nyika nezvinhu zvose zviri mairi, zvavari Changamire wokudenga nenyika, havagari mutembere dzakavakwa namaoko, ^b b v24 Pauro anoudza vaAtene vaisiziva Mwari kuti “mwari asingazivikanwi” wavanoshumira ndiBaba vedu zvechokwadi — Musiki wezvinhu zvose, vasingagoni kuchengetwa mune imwe tembere. ²⁵uye havashumirwi namaoko avanhu, sokunge kuti vane chavanoshaya—ivo pachavo vanopa munhu wose upenyu, mweya wokufema, nezvinhu zvose. ²⁶Kubva kumunhu mumwe chete vakaita kuti ndudzi dzose dzavanhu dzigare pamusoro penyika yose, vachitara nguva dzavo dzakatarwa nemiganhu yenyika dzavo, ²⁷kuti vatsvake Baba vedu, zvimwe vavasvitse maoko vavawane—kunyange zvazvo vasiri kure nomumwe nomumwe wedu, ²⁸nokuti ‘Maari tinorarama, tinofamba, uye tiripo’; sezvakambotaurwa nevamwe vavadetembi venyu, vachiti, ‘Nesuwo tiri vorudzi rwavo.’ ²⁹Naizvozvo zvatiri vana vaBaba vedu, hatifaniri kufunga kuti umwari hwakaita segoridhe, sirivha, kana ibwe—mufananidzo wakaumbwa noruzivo rwavanhu nokufunga kwavo. ³⁰Nguva dzokusaziva Baba vedu vakadziregerera, asi zvino vanorayira vanhu vose kwose kwose kuti vatendeuke. ³¹Vakatara zuva rokutonga nyika zvakarurama, kuburikidza nomunhu wavakagadza—vachizvisimbisa kuvanhu vose nokumumutsa kubva kuvakafa.” ^c c v31 Munhu wakagadzwa naBaba vedu kuti atonge nyika ndiJesu; chisimbiso chaBaba vedu kumunhu wose ndechokuti vakamutsa Jesu kubva kuvakafa.

³²Vakati vanzwa zvokumuka kwevakafa, vamwe vakaseka; vamwe vakati, “Tichakunzwazve pamusoro peizvi.” ³³Naizvozvo Pauro akabva kwavari. ³⁴Asi vamwe varume vakabatana naye vakatenda, kusanganisira Dhionisio muAreopago, nomukadzi ainzi Dhamarisi, nevamwewo.