Mabasa 20 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

20 ¹Mushure mokunge bongozozo rapera, Pauro akatuma shoko kuvadzidzi, akavakurudzira, akavaonekera, akabva aenda kuMakedhoniya. ²Paakanga apfuura nomumatunhu iwayo uye akurudzira vatendi zvikuru, akasvika kuGirisi. ³Akagara mwedzi mitatu; vaJudha pavakamurangira zano paakanga oda kukwira chikepe kuenda kuSiriya, akafunga kudzokera nokuMakedhoniya. ⁴Sopatro mwanakomana waPiro weBheriya, Arisitako naSekundo veTesaronika, Gayo weDhebhe, Timoti, naTikiko naTrofimo veAsia vakafamba naye. ⁵Ava vakatungamira mberi vakatimirira paTroasi. ⁶Isu takakwira chikepe kubva paFiripi mushure mamazuva eChingwa Chisina Mbiriso, tikasvika kwavari paTroasi mumazuva mashanu, tikagara ikoko mazuva manomwe.

Jaya Rinomutswa paTroasi

⁷Pazuva rokutanga revhiki, patakaungana kuti timedure chingwa, Pauro akataura navo; achironga kuenda zuva raitevera, akaramba achitaura kusvikira pakati pousiku. ⁸Maiva nemwenje mizhinji mukamuri rapamusoro matakanga taungana. ⁹Rimwe jaya rainzi Yutiko rakanga rakagara pahwindo, richinyura muhope huru Pauro paairamba achitaura. Rakakundwa nehope, rikawa richibva panhurikidzwa yechitatu, rikanhongwa rafa. ¹⁰Pauro akaburuka, akakotama pamusoro paro, akaribata mumaoko akati, “Musavhunduka; upenyu hwaro huri maari.”

¹¹Akakwira zvakare, akamedura chingwa, akadya, akataura navo kwenguva refu, kusvikira kwoedza, akabva aenda. ¹²Vakauya nejaya kumba riri mupenyu, vakanyaradzwa zvikuru.

Rwendo Rwokuenda kuMireto

¹³Isu takatungamira mberi nechikepe kuenda kuAsosi, tichironga kukwidza Pauro muchikepe; iye akanga asarudza kufamba netsoka. ¹⁴Zvino paakasangana nesu paAsosi, takamukwidza muchikepe tikasvika kuMitirene. ¹⁵Takakwira chikepe kubvapo, tikasvika pakatarisana neKiyo zuva raitevera, tikamira paSamo zuva rakatevera, tikasvika kuMireto zuva raizotevera. ¹⁶Pauro akanga afunga kupfuura neEfeso nechikepe, achinzvenga kupedza nguva muAsia; akanga achikurumidza kuti asvike kuJerusarema, kana zvichibvira, pazuva rePentekosti.

¹⁷Ari paMireto akatumira shoko kuEfeso achidana vakuru vekereke kuti vauye kwaari. ¹⁸Pavakasvika, akati, “Munoziva kuti ndakararama sei pakati penyu nguva yose, kubva pazuva rokutanga randakatsika muAsia, ¹⁹ndichishumira Ishe wedu Jesu nokuzvininipisa kuzere, nemisodzi, nemiedzo yakaunzwa nemazano evaJudha avakandirangira, ²⁰kuti handina kuvanza chinhu chaizokubatsirai, asi ndakachiparidza ndikakudzidzisai pachena uye paimba neimba, ²¹ndichipupura kuvaJudha nokuvaGiriki: kutendeuka kuna Baba vedu nokutenda muna Ishe wedu Jesu. ²²Zvino ndakasungwa noMweya, ndava kuenda kuJerusarema, ndisingazivi zvichandimirira ikoko, ²³kunze kwokuti Mweya Mutsvene unondiudza muguta rimwe nerimwe kuti ngetani nematambudziko zvakandimirira. ²⁴Asi handikoshesi upenyu hwangu, uye handihuchengeteri ini, kunze kwokuti ndipedze rwendo rwangu noushumiri hwandakagamuchira kuna Ishe wedu Jesu, ndichipupura vhangeri renyasha dzaBaba vedu.

²⁵Zvino ndinoziva kuti hakuna kana mumwe wenyu pakati penyu pandakafamba ndichiparidza umambo hwaBaba vedu achazoona chiso changu zvakare. ²⁶Naizvozvo ndinokupupurirai nhasi kuti handina mhosva yeropa ravose, ^a a v26 'Handina mhosva yeropa ravose': Pauro ari kutaura kuti kana paine munhu pano akarasika mumweya, hazvisi nokuda kwokushaya yambiro kubva kwaari — haana kuvanza chinhu. ²⁷nokuti handina kurega kukuziviswai chinangwa chose chaBaba vedu. ²⁸Zvichenjererei imi pachenyu neboka rose ramakaitwa vatariri varo noMweya Mutsvene, kuti mufudze kereke yaBaba vedu, yavakatenga neropa roMwanakomana wavo chaiye. ^b b v28 ChiGiriki chinoverengeka chaizvoizvo kuti “neropa rowake chaiye,” uko kunoshandurwa neFHB kuti “Mwanakomana wavo chaiye” — Baba vedu vakawana kereke nomutengo weropa roMwanakomana wavo. Pauro anoreva chokwadi chimwe chetecho muna VaRoma 8:32: Baba vedu havana kurega Mwanakomana wavo chaiye asi vakamupa nokuda kwedu tose. ²⁹Ndinoziva kuti mushure mokuenda kwangu, mhumhi dzine utsinye dzichapinda pakati penyu, dzisingaregi boka. ³⁰Varume vanobva pakati penyu vachamuka, vachitaura zvinhu zvakakombama, kuti vakweve vadzidzi vavatevere. ³¹Saka rindai, muchirangarira kuti kwamakore matatu, usiku namasikati, handina kumbomira kuyambira mumwe nomumwe wenyu nemisodzi. ³²Zvino ndinokukumikidzai kuna Baba vedu neshoko renyasha dzavo, rinogona kukuvakai nokukupai nhaka pakati pavose vakaitwa vatsvene. ³³Handina kuchiva sirivha kana goridhe kana nguo zvomunhu. ³⁴Imi pachenyu munoziva kuti maoko aya akariritira zvandaishayiwa nezvaavo vaiva neni. ³⁵Pazvinhu zvose ndakakuratidzai kuti, tichishanda nesimba nenzira iyi, tinofanira kubatsira vasina simba, tichirangarira mashoko aIshe wedu Jesu, iye amene zvaakati, Kwakakomborerwa kupa kupfuura kugamuchira.”

³⁶Zvino akati areva zvinhu izvi, akapfugama pamwe chete navo vose akanyengetera. ³⁷Vose vakachema; vakambundikira Pauro vakamutsvoda, ³⁸vachishungurudzwa zvikuru nemashoko ake—okuti vakanga vasingazoonizve chiso chake—vakamuperekedza kusvikira kuchikepe.