Baba Vanoporesa Nemaoko aPetro
Murume anopemha pasuo retemberi akatakurwa achiendeswa ikoko mazuva ose oupenyu hwake. Petro haana mari, panzvimbo pacho anomubata ruoko, uye murume anopinda achisvetuka. Kuvanhu vazhinji vakashamisika, Petro anosimbirira kuti simba iri harisi rake asi nderaBaba vedu.
3 1Petro naJohani vakanga vachikwira kutemberi nenguva inenge yechitatu masikati, iyo nguva yokunyengetera. 2Mumwe murume akanga akaremara kubvira pakuberekwa kwake aitakurwa achiiswa zuva nezuva pasuo retemberi rainzi Rakanaka, kuti apemhe kuna avo vaipinda mutemberi. 3Paakaona Petro naJohani voda kupinda mutemberi, akavakumbira mari. 4Petro akamutarisisa pamwe chete naJohani, akati, “Titarise.” 5Akavatarisisa, achitarisira kugamuchira chimwe chinhu kwavari. 6Petro akati, “Handina sirivha kana goridhe, asi zvandinazvo ndinokupa: muzita raJesu Kristu weNazareta, simuka ufambe.” 7Akamubata ruoko rwake rworudyi, akamusimudza; pakarepo tsoka dzake namakakata ake zvakasimba. 8Akasvetuka, akamira, akatanga kufamba, akapinda navo mutemberi, achifamba, achisvetuka, achirumbidza Baba vedu. 9Vanhu vose vakamuona achifamba achirumbidza Baba vedu. 10Vakamuziva kuti ndiye aisipemha agere paSuo Rakanaka retemberi, vakazadzwa nokushamisika nokukatyamara nezvakanga zvaitika kwaari.
Petro Anoparidza Muranda waBaba
11Zvino paakanga akabatirira kuna Petro naJohani, vanhu vose vakamhanyira kwavari paberere rinonzi reSoromoni, vakakatyamara kwazvo. 12Paakaona izvi, Petro akati kuvanhu, “Imi vaIsraeri, seiko izvi zvichikushamisai? Munotitarisireiko, sokunge takaita kuti afambe nesimba redu pachedu kana noumwari hwedu? 13Mwari waAbhurahama, naIsaka, naJakobho, Mwari wamadzibaba edu, akakudza muranda wake Jesu, uyo imi wamakaisa mumaoko mukamuramba pamberi paPirato, Pirato paakanga afunga kumusunungura. 14Asi imi makaramba Mutsvene naWakarurama, mukakumbira kuti mhondi ipiwe kwamuri. 15Makauraya Muvambi woupenyu; asi Baba vedu vakamumutsa kubva kuvakafa. Isu tiri zvapupu zvaizvozvi. 16Zita rake, kubudikidza nokutenda muzita rake, rakasimbisa murume uyu—iye murume wamunoona uye wamunoziva. Uye kutenda muna Jesu kwakamupa utano huzere uhu pamberi pameso enyu chaipo.
17“Zvino hama dzangu, ndinoziva kuti makaita izvi musingazivi, sezvakaitawo vatongi venyu. 18Asi Baba vedu vakazadzisa zvavakanga vagara vataura kubudikidza navaprofita vose, kuti Kristu wavo aizotambudzika. 19Naizvozvo, tendeukai, mudzoke, kuti zvivi zvenyu zvidzimwe, 20kuti nguva dzokuzorodzwa dziuye dzichibva pamberi paBaba vedu, uye kuti vatume Kristu akagadzirirwa imi, iye Jesu, 21uyo anofanira kugamuchirwa nedenga kusvikira zvinhu zvose zvadzorerwa, izvo Baba vedu zvavakataura kubudikidza navaprofita vavo vatsvene kare kare. 22Mozisi akati, ‘Baba venyu vachakumutsirai muprofita akafanana neni, achabva pakati pehama dzenyu. Munofanira kumuteerera pazvinhu zvose zvaachakuudzai.’ 23Munhu wose asingateereri muprofita iyeye achaparadzwa chose pakati pavanhu.’ 24Uye vaprofita vose vakataura, kubvira pana Samueri zvichienda mberi, vakazivisawo mazuva ano. 25Imi muri vanakomana vavaprofita neavesungano Baba vedu yavakaita namadzibaba enyu, vachiti kuna Abhurahama, ‘Nokubudikidza nembeu yako mhuri dzose dzenyika dzicharopafadzwa.’ 26Baba vedu vakamutsa muranda wavo vakamutuma kwamuri kutanga, kuti vakuropafadzei nokutendeutsa mumwe nomumwe wenyu kubva pane zvakaipa zvake.”