Mabasa 27 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

27 ¹Pakazotemwa kuti tiende neNgarava kuItari, vakaisa Pauro navamwe vasungwa mumaoko omukuru wezana ainzi Juriasi, weboka rehondo yaMambo. ²Takakwira ngarava yaibva kuAdiramitiumu yakanga ichizoenda kuzviteshi zviri pamahombekombe eAsia, tikasimuka. Aristako, muMakedhonia aibva kuTesaronika, aiva nesu. ³Chifume chamangwana takasvika kuSidhoni. Juriasi akabata Pauro nounyoro, akamutendera kuti aende kushamwari dzake kuti anochengetwa. ⁴Takabva ipapo tikapinda mugungwa, tikafamba nerutivi rweSaipuresi rwakavanda, nokuti mhepo yaitipikisa. ⁵Takati tayambuka gungwa rakatarisana neKirikia nePamufiria, tikasvika kuMira riri muRikia. ⁶Ipapo mukuru wezana akawana ngarava yeArekizandiria yakanga ichienda kuItari, akatikwidza mairi. ⁷Takafamba zvishoma nezvishoma kwamazuva mazhinji, tikasvika kuKinidho nokunetseka. Zvino mhepo zvayaitidzivisa, takafamba nerutivi rweKirete rwakavanda, pedyo neSarimone. ⁸Takafamba zvatinokwanisa pamhenderekedzo, tikasvika kunzvimbo inonzi Mazororo Akanaka, iri pedyo neguta reRasea.

⁹Nguva zhinji yakanga yapera, uye kunyange Kutsanya kwakanga kwatopfuura, zvokuti kufamba nengarava kwakanga kwava nengozi. Saka Pauro akavayambira, achiti, ^a a v9 “Kutsanya” kwaiva Zuva reKuyananisa, mumwaka wamatsutso — kwakati kwapfuura, mwaka wokufamba mugungwa zvakachengeteka wakanga watopera. ¹⁰“Varume, ndinoona kuti rwendo urwu ruchauya nenjodzi nokurasikirwa kukuru, kwete kumutoro nokungarava chete, asiwo kuupenyu hwedu.” ¹¹Asi mukuru wezana akatenda muchairi wengarava nomuridzi wengarava kupfuura mashoko aPauro. ¹²Zvino chiteshi zvachakanga chisina kukodzera kupedza chando, vazhinji vakasarudza kuti vaenderere mberi, vachitarisira kuti zvimwe vangasvika kuFenikisi, chiteshi cheKirete chakatarira kumaodzanyemba-madokero nokuchamhembe-madokero, kuti vanopedza chando ikoko.

Dutu Pagungwa

¹³Mhepo yaibva kumaodzanyemba yakati ichivhuvhuta zvinyoronyoro, vakafunga kuti vakanga vawana zvavaida, vakasimudza zvidzikiso vakafamba vari pedyo nemahombekombe eKirete. ¹⁴Asi pasina kupera nguva, dutu rine simba rainzi Chamhembe-Mabvazuva rakavhuvhutira pasi richibva pachitsuwa. ¹⁵Ngarava yakabatwa, ikakoniwa kutarisana nemhepo, saka takarega ikatakurwa nemhepo. ¹⁶Takati tichifamba takavanda pasi pechitsuwa chiduku chainzi Kaudha, takakwanisa nokunetseka kuchengetedza igwa duku rengarava. ¹⁷Vakati variisa mukati, vakashandisa mabote kusunga nokusimbisa muviri wengarava. Vachitya kuti vangangomiswa pajecha reSitisi, vakadzikisa chidzikiso chomugungwa, vakaramba vachitakurwa nemhepo. ^b b v17 Sitisi yaiva nzvimbo yaizivikanwa zvakaipa yejecha raishanduka-shanduka pedyo nemahombekombe okuchamhembe kweAfurika, yaityiwa zvikuru nevafambisi vengarava vekare. ¹⁸Dutu rakatirova nehasha zvokuti chifume chamangwana vakatanga kurasira mutoro mugungwa. ¹⁹Pazuva rechitatu, vakarasira nhumbi dzengarava mugungwa namaoko avo. ²⁰Kwamazuva mazhinji zuva nenyeredzi hazvina kuoneka, uye dutu rine simba rakaramba richivhuvhuta, zvokuti pakupedzisira takarasa tariro yose yokuti tichaponeswa.

²¹Vakati vagara nguva refu vasingadyi, Pauro akamira pakati pavo akati, “Varume, maifanira kunditeerera mukasabva kuKirete nengarava; dai makadaro mwaizozviponesa panjodzi iyi nokurasikirwa uku. ²²Zvino ndinokukurudzirai kuti murambe makashinga: hakuna mumwe wenyu acharasikirwa noupenyu hwake, asi ngarava chete ndiyo ichaparara. ²³Nezuro usiku mutumwa waBaba vedu—ivo vandiri wavo navandinoshumira—akamira parutivi pangu, ^c c v23 Pauro haasi kudoma mwari ari kure, asi Baba vaari wavo — kunyange ari mungarava iri kunyura, iye mwanakomana ari pakuchengetwa naBaba vake. ²⁴akati, ‘Usatya, Pauro. Unofanira kumira pamberi paKesari, uye tarira—Baba vedu vakupa upenyu hwavose vari kufamba newe.’ ²⁵Saka tsungai mwoyo, varume—ndinovimba naBaba vedu: zvichaitika sezvandakaudzwa. ²⁶Asi tinofanira kumiswa pane chimwe chitsuwa.”

Kuputsika kweNgarava

²⁷Pausiku hwechigumi nehuna, tichiri kutakurwa tichiyambuka Gungwa reAdhiriya, vafambisi vengarava vakanzwa pakati pousiku kuti nyika yakanga yoswedera. ²⁸Vakayera udzamu vakawana mafiti zana namakumi maviri; vakati vaenda mberi zvishoma, vakayerazve vakawana mafiti makumi mapfumbamwe. ^d d v28 ChiGiriki chinoyera mafatomu makumi maviri kozoti gumi namashanu — udzamu hwaiderera nokukurumidza hwakayambira vafambisi vengarava kuti nyika yakanga yava pedyo zvinotyisa. ²⁹Vachitya kuti vangarovana namatombo, vakadzikisa zvidzikiso zvina kumashure kwengarava, vakanyengetera kuti kuedze. ³⁰Vafambisi vengarava vakaedza kutiza mungarava, vachidzikisa igwa duku mugungwa, vachinyepedzera kuti vari kudzikisa zvidzikiso vachibva kumberi kwengarava. ³¹Pauro akaudza mukuru wezana navarwi, achiti, “Kana varume ava vakasagara mungarava, imi hamungaponeswi.” ³²Saka varwi vakacheka mabote akanga akabata igwa duku, vakarirega richitakurwa nemvura.

³³Kwakati koda kuedza, Pauro akakurudzira munhu wose kuti adye, achiti, “Nhasi izuva rechigumi nehuna mamirira muchishushikana, musingadyi, musina kudya chinhu. ³⁴Saka ndinokukurudzirai kuti mudye—izvi ndezvoupenyu hwenyu. Hakuna bvudzi richarasika pamusoro paani zvake wenyu.” ³⁵Akati areva izvi, akatora chingwa, akavonga Baba vedu pamberi pavo vose, akachimedura, akatanga kudya. ³⁶Vose vakakurudzirwa, ivowo vakadya zvokudya. ³⁷Tose takanga tiri mungarava taiva mazana maviri namakumi manomwe navatanhatu. ³⁸Vakati vaguta zvokudya, vakarerutsa ngarava nokurasira zviyo mugungwa. ³⁹Kwakati kwaedza, havana kuziva nyika iyo, asi vakaona nzvimbo yegungwa yaipinda munyika ine mhenderekedzo yejecha, vakaronga kuti, kana zvichibvira, vamiswe ngarava ipapo. ⁴⁰Vakagura zvidzikiso vakazvisiya mugungwa, panguva iyoyo vakasunungura mabote echidzoreso chengarava. Ipapo vakasimudza seiri yokumberi kuti ibatwe nemhepo, vakananga kumhenderekedzo. ⁴¹Asi vakati varovera panzvimbo yejecha pakasangana makungwa maviri, vakamisa ngarava—kumberi kwayo kukanamira, kusingazununguki, asi simba remafungu rikaputsa-putsa mushure mwayo.

⁴²Varwi vakaronga kuuraya vasungwa kuti parege kuva nomumwe aizoshambira achitiza. ⁴³Asi mukuru wezana, achida kuponesa Pauro, akavadzivisa pazano ravo, akarayira kuti vaya vaigona kushambira vatange kusvetukira mumvura kuti vasvike kunyika, ⁴⁴vamwe vose—vamwe pamapuranga, vamwe pazvimedu zvengarava. Saka mumwe nomumwe akasvika kunyika akachengetedzeka.