Acts 8
1 And Saul approved of his execution. On that day a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem, and all the believers except the apostles were scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.
Uye Sauro akanga aripo achibvumirana nokufa kwake. Nomusi uyo kutambudzwa kukuru kwakatanga pakereke yepaJerusarema, uye vose vakaparadzirwa muJudhea rose nomuSamaria, kukasara vapostori chete.
2 Devout men carried Stephen away for burial and made great lamentation over him.
Varume vaitya Mwari vakaviga Sitefani uye vakamuchema zvikuru.
3 But Saul was ravaging the church. Entering house after house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.
Asi Sauro akatanga kuparadza kereke. Achipinda muimba neimba, akazvuzvurudza varume navakadzi achivaisa mutorongo.
4 Now those who had been scattered went around preaching the message of good news.
Vaya vakanga vaparadzirwa vakaparidza shoko kwose kwose kwavaienda.
5 Philip went down to a city of Samaria and began proclaiming to them the Christ.
Firipi akaburuka akaenda kuguta raiva muSamaria akaparidza Kristu ikoko.
6 With one accord the crowds paid close attention to what Philip said as they listened to him and saw the signs he was performing.
Vanhu vazhinji vakati vanzwa Firipi uye vakaona zviratidzo zvaakaita, vose vakanyatsoteerera kune zvaaitaura.
7 For unclean spirits came out of many who had them, crying out with a loud voice, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.
Nokuti mweya yetsvina yakabuda muvanhu ichidanidzira nenzwi guru, uye vazhinji vakanga vakaoma mitezo navakanga vakaremara vakaporeswa.
8 And there was great joy in that city.
Nokudaro kwakava nomufaro mukuru muguta iro.
9 Now a man named Simon had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, declaring himself to be someone great.
Zvino kwechinguva mumwe murume ainzi Simoni akanga aita unʼanga muguta uye akashamisa vanhu vose veSamaria. Aizvirumbidza achiti iye akanga ari munhu mukuru,
10 From the least to the greatest, they paid close attention to him, saying, “This man is the great power of God.”
uye vanhu vose kubva kuna vakakwirira kusvikira kuna vari pasi pasi, vaimuteerera vachiti, “Munhu uyu ndiye simba guru raMwari.”
11 They all paid close attention to him because he had amazed them with his magical arts for a long time.
Vaimutevera nokuti akanga avashamisa kwenguva refu namashiripiti ake.
12 But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Asi vakati vatenda Firipi sezvo aiparidza vhangeri roumambo hwaMwari nezita raJesu Kristu, vakabhabhatidzwa, vose varume navakadzi.
13 Even Simon himself believed. After he was baptized, he kept close company with Philip and was amazed as he saw miracles and signs taking place.
Simoni pachake akatenda uye akabhabhatidzwa. Uye akatevera Firipi kwose kwose, achikatyamadzwa nezviratidzo zvikuru zvaakaona.
14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John.
Vapostori vaiva muJerusarema vakati vanzwa kuti vaSamaria vagamuchira shoko raMwari, vakatumira Petro naJohani kwavari.
15 These two went down and prayed for the Samaritan believers to receive the Holy Spirit,
Vakati vasvika, vakavanyengeterera kuti vagamuchire Mweya Mutsvene,
16 for the Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.
nokuti Mweya Mutsvene akanga asati auya pamusoro paani zvake wavo; vakanga vangobhabhatidzwa muzita raIshe Jesu.
17 Then Peter and John laid their hands on the Samaritan believers, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Ipapo Petro naJohani vakaisa maoko pamusoro pavo, vakagamuchira Mweya Mutsvene.
18 When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,
Simoni akati aona kuti Mweya Mutsvene waipiwa nokuiswa kwamaoko avapostori, akavapa mari
19 saying, “Give this power to me as well, so that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”
akati, “Ndipeiwo simba iri kuti munhu wose wandichaisa maoko pamusoro agamuchire Mweya Mutsvene.”
20 But Peter said to him, “May yoʋr silver be destroyed with yoʋ, because yoʋ thought yoʋ could acquire the gift of God with money!
Petro akapindura akati, “Mari yako ngaiparare pamwe chete newe, nokuti wafunga kuti ungatenga chipo chaMwari nemari!
21 Yoʋ have no share or portion in this matter, for yoʋr heart is not right before God.
Iwe hauna chikamu kana mugove muushumiri uhu, nokuti mwoyo wako hauna kunaka pamberi paMwari.
22 Therefore repent of this wickedness of yoʋrs, and plead with God in the hope that the intention of yoʋr heart might be forgiven yoʋ.
Tendeuka ubve pakuipa uku uye unyengetere kuna She. Zvimwe achakukanganwira pakuva nepfungwa yakadai mumwoyo mako.
23 For I see that yoʋ are bitterly envious and in bondage to unrighteousness.”
Nokuti ndinoona kuti iwe uzere nduru inovava uye wakasungwa nechivi.”
24 In response Simon said, “Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said will happen to me.”
Ipapo Simoni akapindura akati, “Ndinyengetererei kuna She kuti zvose zvamataura zvirege kuitika kwandiri.”
25 After Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the good news in many villages of the Samaritans as they went.
Vakati vapupura uye vakaparidza shoko raShe, Petro naJohani vakadzokera kuJerusarema, vachiparidza vhangeri mumisha yakawanda yomuSamaria.
26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south, to the road that goes from Jerusalem down to Gaza.” (This is a desert road.)
Zvino mutumwa waShe akati kuna Firipi, “Buruka uende zasi kumugwagwa, wokugwenga, unoburuka uchibva kuJerusarema uchienda kuGaza.”
27 So he rose and went. And behold, there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians. This man had come to Jerusalem to worship
Saka akasimuka akapinda munzira uye akasangana nomuyunaki wechiEtiopia, muchinda mukuru aichengeta pfuma yaKandase, mambokadzi weEtiopia. Murume uyu akanga aenda kundonamata kuJerusarema,
28 and was sitting in his chariot on his way back home, reading the prophet Isaiah.
uye pakudzoka kwake kumusha akanga agere mungoro achiverenga bhuku raIsaya muprofita.
29 The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join that chariot.”
Mweya Mutsvene akati kuna Firipi, “Enda kungoro iyo, uswedere pedyo nayo.”
30 So Philip ran up to it and heard the man reading the prophet Isaiah. He said, “Do yoʋ understand what yoʋ are reading?”
Ipapo Firipi akamhanya achienda kungoro akanzwa murume uya achiverenga kubva kuna Isaya muprofita. Firipi akati kwaari, “Uri kunzwisisa zvauri kuverenga here?”
31 The man said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
Iye akati, “Ndinganzwisisa seiko kana pasina munhu anonditsanangurira?” Saka akadana Firipi kuti akwire mungoro agare nayemo.
32 This is the passage of Scripture that he was reading: “Like a sheep he was led to slaughter, and like a lamb is silent before its shearer, so he did not open his mouth.
Muyunaki uyu aiverenga chitsauko ichi choRugwaro: “Akatungamirirwa segwai raindobayiwa, uye segwayana rinyerere pamberi pomuveuri, saka haana kushamisa muromo wake.
33 In his humiliation he was denied justice. Who will tell of his posterity? For his life was taken from the earth.”
Mukuninipiswa kwake akashayiwa kururamisirwa. Ndianiko angataura nezvezvizvarwa zvake? Nokuti upenyu hwake hwakabviswa panyika.”
34 The eunuch said to Philip, “I ask yoʋ, who does the prophet say this about? About himself, or about someone else?”
Muyunaki uyu akabvunza Firipi akati, “Ndapota, ndiudze, muprofita ari kutaura pamusoro paaniko, anozvireva iye kana mumwe munhuwo?”
35 Then Philip opened his mouth to speak, and beginning from this Scripture, he told him the good news about Jesus.
Ipapo Firipi akatanga nechitsauko ichocho choRugwaro akamuparidzira vhangeri raJesu.
36 As they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Behold, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?”
Zvavakanga vachifamba nomugwagwa, vakasvika pakanga pane mvura saka muyunaki akati, “Tarirai, heino mvura. Chingandikonesa kubhabhatidzwa chiiko?”
Uye Firipi akati, “Kana uchitenda nomwoyo wako wose, zvinogoneka.” Iye akapindura akati, “Ndinotenda kuti Jesu Kristu ndiye Mwanakomana waMwari.”
38 So he ordered the chariot to stop, and the two of them went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and Philip baptized him.
Akarayira kuti ngoro imiswe. Ipapo vose vari vaviri, Firipi nomuyunaki vakapinda mumvura, Firipi akamubhabhatidza.
39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.
Vakati vabuda mumvura, Mweya waShe wakatora Firipi pakarepo, uye muyunaki haana kuzomuonazve, asi akafamba munzira yake achifara kwazvo.
40 Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through that region, he preached the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
Zvakadaro hazvo, Firipi akazoonekwa paAzotasi uye akafamba achiparidza vhangeri mumaguta ose kusvikira asvika kuKesaria.
