Kupomerwa pamberi paFerikisi
Mukurukuri akabhadharwa anoti Pauro idenda uye mutungamiri wevapanduki. Pauro anopindura kuti hapana anogona kuratidza chinhu, uye kuti chaizvo ari kutongwa pamusoro pekumuka kwevakafa. Ferikisi anononoka, anotya apo hurukuro inotendeukira kukutongwa, uye anomuchengeta makore maviri achitarisira chiokomuhomwe.
24 1Shure kwamazuva mashanu muprista mukuru Ananiasi akaburuka navamwe vakuru negweta rainzi Terturo, uye vakapomera Pauro mhosva pamberi pagavhuna. 2Pauro paakadanwa, Terturo akatanga kumupomera achiti, “Kuburikidza nemi tinofarira rugare rukuru, uye kuchinja kwakanaka kwakauya kurudzi urwu nokuona kwenyu mberi, 3izvi tinozvigamuchira munzira dzose nokwose kwose, imi Ferikisi mukuru kwazvo, nokutenda kwose. 4Asi kuti ndirege kukunonotsai zvakare, ndinokumbira kuti mutinzwe nomutsa, namashoko mashoma. 5Takawana munhu uyu ari hosha, achimutsa bongozozo pakati pavaJudha vose munyika yose, uye ari mutungamiri weboka ravaNazareta. 6Akatoedza kusvibisa temberi, saka takamubata. a a v6 Magwaro akare kwazvo haana ndima 7 pano; magwaro akazotevera anowedzera kuti, “Asi mukuru wamauto Risiasi akauya akamutora mumaoko edu nechisimba chikuru,” 8Nokumubvunzisisa pachenyu, munogona kuziva zvose zvatinomupomera.”
9VaJudha vakabatanawo mukumupomera, vachisimbisa kuti zvinhu izvi ndizvo zvakanga zvakaita.
10Gavhuna akamuratidza nechiratidzo kuti ataure. Pauro akapindura akati, “Zvandinoziva kuti makatonga rudzi urwu kwamakore mazhinji, ndinozvidavirira nomufaro. 11Munogona kusimbisa kuti haasi mazuva anopfuura gumi namaviri kubva pandakakwira kundonamata muJerusarema. 12Havana kundiwana ndichipokana nomunhu, kana kumutsa vazhinji—kwete mutemberi, kana mumasinagoge, kana chero papi zvapo muguta. 13Uye havagoni kukuratidzai umbowo hwemhosva dzavari kundipomera iye zvino. 14Asi ndinokubvumirai kuti, ndichitevera Nzira—iyo yavanoti iboka—ndinonamata Mwari wamadzitateguru edu, ndichitenda zvose zvinowirirana noMutemo nezvakanyorwa muVaporofita. 15Ndine tariro muna Baba vedu—iyo vanhu ava vanayowo—yokuti vakarurama navasina kururama vose vachamuka. 16Saka ndinogara ndichishingaira kuchengeta hana yangu yakachena pamberi paBaba vedu nepamberi pavanhu. 17Shure kwamakore akati wandei ndakauya kuzopa zvipo zvorudo kuvarombo vorudzi rwangu, nezvipiriso. 18Mukati maizvozvo, vakandiwana ndanatswa mutemberi—pasina vazhinji, pasina bongozozo. 19Vamwe vaJudha vokuAsia vaifanira kunge vari pano pamberi penyu kuti vapomere, kana vaine chavainacho pamusoro pangu. 20Kana kuti vanhu ava pachavo ngavataure chakaipa chavakawana pandakamira pamberi pedare, 21kunze kwechinhu chimwe ichi chandakadanidzira ndimire pakati pavo, ‘Imhaka yokumuka kwavakafa ndinotongwa nayo pamberi penyu nhasi.’”
22Ferikisi, aiziva Nzira zvakanaka, akamisa kutongwa achiti, “Kana Risiasi mukuru wamauto asvika, ndichagura nyaya yenyu.” 23Akarayira mukuru wezana kuti achengete Pauro asi amupe rusununguko rushoma, asingadzivisi chero shamwari dzake kuti dzimushandire.
24Shure kwamazuva akati, Ferikisi akauya nomudzimai wake Dhurusira, aiva muJudha, akatuma kundodana Pauro, akamunzwa pamusoro pokutenda muna Kristu Jesu. 25Pauro paaitaura nezvokururama, nezvokuzvidzora, uye nezvokutonga kuchauya, Ferikisi akatya akati, “Zvaringana parizvino; enda. Kana ndawana nguva, ndichakudana.” 26Aivawo netariro yokuti Pauro aizomupa mari, saka aigara achimudana achitaura naye.
27Shure kwamakore maviri, Porokio Fesito akatsiva Ferikisi. Achida kufadza vaJudha, Ferikisi akasiya Pauro ari mutorongo.