Pauro Anosima Kereke muKorinde
Pauro anosona matende pamwe naAkwira naPirisira uye anokakavadzana Sabata rimwe nerimwe kusvikira kupikiswa kwamudzinga achienda kuimba yakavakidzana. Audzwa muchiratidzo kuti arambe achitaura, anogara gore rimwe nehafu. Gario anoramba mhosva yacho achiti kupopotedzana pamusoro pemashoko, uye mhomho inorova Sositenesi pachinzvimbo chake.
18 1Shure kwaizvozvi, Pauro akabva kuAtene akaenda kuKorinde. 2Ipapo akawana muJudha ainzi Akwira, aizvarwa kuPonto, achangosvika achibva kuItari pamwe chete nomukadzi wake Pirisira, nokuti Kraudhio akanga arayira vaJudha vose kuti vabude muRoma. Pauro akavashanyira, 3sezvo vaiva nebasa rimwe chete, akagara akashanda navo—vaiva vagadziri vematende. 4Sabata rimwe nerimwe aikurukura musinagogi, achiedza kugombedzera vaJudha navaGiriki. 5Sairasi naTimoti pavakasvika vachibva kuMakedhonia, Pauro akazvipira zvachose kushoko, achipupura kuvaJudha kuti Kristu ndiJesu. 6Pavakamuramba vakamutuka, akazunza nguo dzake akati, “Ropa renyu riri pamisoro yenyu pachenyu! Ini ndakachena pariri. Kubvira zvino ndichaenda kune veDzimwe Ndudzi.”
7Akabva musinagogi akaenda kumba kwaTitio Jasto, ainamata Baba vedu, iri padhuze nesinagogi. 8Kirisipo, mutungamiri wesinagogi, akatenda muna Ishe nemba yake yose; vaKorinde vazhinji vakanzwa Pauro vakatenda vakabhabhatidzwa.
9Humwe usiku Ishe akaudza Pauro muchiratidzo, achiti, “Usatya; ramba uchitaura, usanyarara, 10nokuti ndinewe, uye hapana achakurwisa kuti akukuvadze, nokuti ndine vanhu vazhinji muguta rino.”
11Saka Pauro akagara kwegore nemwedzi mitanhatu, achidzidzisa shoko raBaba vedu pakati pavo.
12Panguva iyo Gario ari mubati weAkaya, vaJudha vakabatana vachirwisa Pauro vakamuuyisa pamberi pedare, 13vachiti, “Munhu uyu ari kugombedzera vanhu kuti vanamate Mwari nenzira dzinopesana nomutemo.”
14Pauro paakanga oda kutaura, Gario akaudza vaJudha akati, “Dai iyi yaiva mhosva yakaipa kana yakashata zvikuru, imi vaJudha, ndaiva nechikonzero chokukuitirai mwoyo murefu. 15Sezvo iyi iri nharo pamusoro pamashoko, mazita, nomutemo wenyu pachenyu, zvigadzirisei imi pachenyu. Ini handitongi nyaya dzakadaro. 16Akavadzinga padare.”
17Saka vose vakabata Sositeni, mutungamiri wesinagogi, vakamurova pamberi pechigaro chokutonga, asi Gario haana kana kumbova nehanya nazvo.
Pauro Anodzokera kuAndiyoki
18Pauro akaramba achigara muKorinde kwamazuva mazhinji akawanda. Zvino akaonekana nehama akakwira chikepe akananga kuSiria, ari pamwe chete naPirisira naAkwira. PaKenikirea akagerwa bvudzi rake, nokuti akanga achiita mhiko. a a v18 Kugera bvudzi rake kwairatidza kupera chaiko kwemhiko yechiJudha yokuzvitsaurira kuna Mwari. 19Vakasvika kuEfeso, Pauro paakasiya Pirisira naAkwira, asi iye akapinda musinagogi akakurukura navaJudha. 20Pavakamukumbira kuti agare kwenguva refu, akaramba. 21Asi akabva, achiti, “Ndichadzoka kwamuri kana Baba vedu vachida,” akakwira chikepe achibva kuEfeso.
22Asvika kuKesariya, akakwira akakwazisa kereke, akazoburuka akaenda kuAndiyoki.
23Shure kwokugara ikoko kwechinguva, akasimuka akapfuura nomuGaratia nomuFirigia, achisimbisa vadzidzi vose. 24MuJudha ainzi Aporo, akazvarwa kuArekizandiria, akasvika kuEfeso—murume aidzidza, aiva neruzivo rukuru rweMagwaro. 25Akanga adzidziswa nzira yaIshe, uye, ane mweya waibvira, akataura akadzidzisa zvakarurama pamusoro paJesu—kunyange aiziva rubhabhatidzo rwaJohani chete. 26Akataura noushingi musinagogi. Pirisira naAkwira vakamunzwa, vakaenda naye parutivi, vakamutsanangurira nzira yaBaba vedu zvakanyanya kururama.
27Aporo paakada kuyambukira kuAkaya, hama dzakamukurudzira dzikanyorera vadzidzi kuti vamugamuchire; asvika, akabatsira zvikuru avo vakanga vatenda nenyasha, 28nokuti akakunda vaJudha nesimba pachena, achiratidza kubva muMagwaro kuti Kristu ndiJesu.