Mabasa 17
1 Zvino vakati vagura nemuAmufipori neAporonia, vakasvika paTesaronika, paiva nesinagoge reVaJudha;
And they passed through the cities of Amphipolis and Apollonia, and came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews.
2 zvino setsika yaPauro wakapinda kwavari, uye kwemasabata matatu akataurirana navo kubva mumagwaro,
And Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and during three sabbaths he discoursed with them from the scriptures;
3 achizarura nekuratidza kuti Kristu waifanira kutambudzika nekumuka kubva kuvakafa, uye kuti: Uyu Jesu, ini wandinoparidza kwamuri, ndiye Kristu.
expounding and showing, that the Messiah was to suffer, and to arise from the dead, and that this Jesus whom I announce to you is the Messiah.
4 Zvino vamwe vavo vakatenda, vakazvibatanidza naPauro naSirasi, nechaunga chikuru cheVaGiriki vaishumira, nekuvakadzi vaikudzwa vasiri vashoma.
And some of them believed, and adhered to Paul and Silas; and of those Greeks who feared God, a great many; and also of noted women, not a few.
5 Asi VaJudha vasingatendi vakaita godo, vakatora vamwe varume vakaipa dzaiva simbe dzepamusika, vakaita chaunga, vakamutsira guta bongozozo; vakawira imba yaJasoni, vachitsvaka kuvabudisira kuvanhu;
But the Jews were indignant, and gathered to themselves evil men from the marketplace of the city, and formed a great mob; and they alarmed the city, and came and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to draw them from it, and to deliver them up to the mob.
6 asi vakati vasingavawani, vakakakatira Jasoni nedzimwe hama kuvatungamiriri veguta, vachidanidzira vachiti: Ava vakanyonganisa nyika, ivo vasvika panowo,
And when they found them not there, they drew Jason and the brethren who were there, and brought them before the chiefs of the city, crying out: These are they who have terrified all the country; and lo, they have come hither also:
7 avo Jasoni vaakagamuchira; uye ava vese vanoita zvinopesana nezviga zvaKesari, vachiti umwe mambo ariko, anonzi Jesu.
and this Jason is their entertainer: and they all resist the commands of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
8 Uye vakanyonganisa chaunga nevatungamiriri veguta vachinzwa zvinhu izvi.
And the chiefs of the city and all the people, were alarmed when they heard these things.
9 Zvino vakati vatora rubatso kuna Jasoni nekuvamwe, vakavaregedza.
And they took sureties from Jason, and also from the brethren, and then released them.
10 Zvino pakarepo hama dzikatuma Pauro naSirasi kuBheriya neusiku; vakati vachisvika vakabva vakaenda musinagoge reVaJudha.
And the brethren immediately, on the same night, sent away Paul and Silas to the city of Berea. And when they came there, they entered into the synagogue of the Jews.
11 Ava vakange vakanaka kukunda veTesaronika, vakagamuchira shoko nechido chese, vachinzvera magwaro zuva rimwe nerimwe, kana zvinhu izvi zvaiva zvakadaro.
For the Jews there were more liberal than the Jews of Thessalonica; and they gladly heard the word from them daily, and searched from the scriptures whether these things were so.
12 Naizvozvo vazhinji vavo vakatenda, nevevakadzi vaikudzwa veVaGiriki, nevevarume vasiri vashoma.
And many of them believed; and so likewise of the Greeks, many men, and women of note.
13 Asi VaJudha veTesaronika vakati vachiziva kuti shoko raMwari rinoparidzwa naPauro paBheriyawo, vakasvikapowo vakabvongodza zvaunga.
And when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached by Paul in the city of Berea, they came thither also, and they ceased not to excite and alarm the people.
14 Zvino nenguva iyoyo pakarepo hama dzakatuma Pauro seanoenda kugungwa; asi Sirasi naTimotio vakasarapo.
And the brethren sent away Paul, that he might go down to the sea. But Silas and Timothy abode in that city.
15 Zvino avo vakaperekedza Pauro, vakamusvitsa kuAtene; ndokuti vagamuchira kuraira kuna Sirasi naTimotio kuti vakurumidzise kuuya kwaari, vakabva vaenda.
And they who conducted Paul, went with him to the city of Athens. And when they departed from him, they received an epistle from him to Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him speedily.
16 Zvino Pauro achakavagarira paAtene, mweya wake wakabvongonyodzeka maari, achiona guta rizere zvifananidzo.
And while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, he was pained in his spirit; because he saw that the whole city was full of idols.
17 Naizvozvo wakapikisana neVaJudha musinagoge nevainamata Mwari, nepamusika zuva rimwe nerimwe nevanenge varipo.
And in the synagogue he spoke with the Jews, and with those that feared God, and in the market-place with them who daily assembled there.
18 Zvino dzimwe nyanzvi dzekufunga dzeVaEpikuro nedzeVaStoiko dzakaita nharo naye. Vamwe ndokuti: Uyu mubvotomoki anoda kurevei? Asi vamwe vakati: Anenge muparidzi wevamwari vekumwe; nokuti neevhangeri wakavaparidzira Jesu nekumuka.
And also philosophers of the sect of Epicureans, and others who were called Stoics, disputed with him. And one and another of them said: What doth this word-monger mean? Others said: He announceth foreign deities; because he preached to them Jesus and his resurrection.
19 Zvino vakamubata, vakamuisa paAreopago vachiti: Tingaziva here kuti dzidziso iyi itsva inotaurwa newe chii?
And they took him and brought him to the place of judgments called Areopagus, and said to him: May we know what this new doctrine which thou preachest is?
20 Nokuti unouisa zvimwe zvinhu zvinoshamisa panzeve dzedu; naizvozvo tinoda kuziva kuti zvinhu izvi zvinoda kuva zvii?
For thou scatterest in our ears strange words; and we wish to know what they are.
21 Nokuti vese VaAtene nevatorwa vaigarapo vakashandisa nguva yavo kwete pane chimwe chinhu, asi kunzwa kana kutaura chinhu chitsva.
For all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there, cared for nothing else but to tell or to hear something new.
22 Zvino Pauro amira pakati peAreopago, wakati: Varume VaAtene, pazvinhu zvese ndinoona kuti semune chitendero chikuru.
And as Paul stood in the Areopagus, he said: Men, Athenians, I perceive that in all things ye are excessive in the worship of demons.
23 Nokuti ndati ndichipfuura nekucherekedza zvinhu zvenyu zvamunonamata, ndawana aritariwo yakanyorwa kuti: KUNA MWARI ASINGAZIKANWI. Naizvozvo uyo wamunonamata musingazivi, ndiye ini wandinokuparidzirai.
For, as I was rambling about, and viewing the temples of your worship, I met with an altar, on which was inscribed, TO THE HIDDEN GOD. Him, therefore, whom ye worship while ye know him not, the very same I announce to you.
24 Mwari wakaita nyika nezvinhu zvese zviri mairi, iye ari Ishe wedenga nepasi, haagari mutembere dzakaitwa nemaoko,
For the God who made the world and all that is in it, and who is Lord of heaven and of earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands.
25 uye haashumirwi nemaoko evanhu, seanoshaiwa chinhu, nokuti iye anopa vese upenyu nekufema nezvinhu zvese;
Nor is he ministered to by human hands, neither hath he any wants; for he it is giveth life and breath to every man.
26 uye wakaita kubva paropa rimwe marudzi ese evanhu, kuti agare pachiso chese chenyika, atara nguva dzakagara dzatemwa uye miganhu yeugaro hwavo;
And of one blood hath he made the whole world of men, that they might dwell on the face of all the earth: and he hath separated the seasons by his ordinance; and hath set bounds to the residence of men:
27 kuti vatsvake Ishe, zvimwe zvirokwazvo vamutsvangadzire vamuwane, kunyange asiri kure neumwe neumwe wedu.
that they might inquire and search after God, and, by means of his creations, might find him; because he is not afar off from each one of us:
28 Nokuti maari tinorarama uye tinofamba uye tiripo; sezvo vamwewo vanyanduri vekwenyu vakati: Nokuti tiri zvizvarwa zvakewo.
for in him it is we live, and move, and exist: as one of your own wise men hath said: From him is our descent.
29 Naizvozvo zvatiri zvizvarwa zvaMwari, hatifaniri kufunga kuti uMwari hwakafanana negoridhe kana sirivheri kana ibwe, zvakavezwa neumhizha kana murangariro wemunhu.
Therefore we, whose descent is from God, ought not to suppose that the Deity hath the likeness of gold, or silver, or stone, sculptured by the art and skill of men
30 Naizvozvo nguva dzekusaziva Mwari wakarega kurangarira, ikozvino anoraira vanhu vese kwese-kwese kuti vatendeuke.
And the times of this error God hath made to pass away; and at the present time, he commandeth all men, that each individual, in every place, should repent.
31 Nokuti wakatara zuva, raachatonga nyika mukururama, nemurume waakagadza, akasimbisa kune vese, pakumumutsa kubva kuvakafa.
Because he hath appointed a day, in which he will judge all the earth, with righteousness, by the man whom he hath designated: and he turneth every man to faith in him, in that he raised him from the dead.
32 Zvino vakati vanzwa zvekumuka kwevakafa, vamwe vakasveveredza, asi vamwe vakati: Tichazokunzwazve pamusoro paizvozvi.
And when they heard of the resurrection from the dead, some of them ridiculed, and others of them said: At another time, we will hear thee on this matter.
33 Zvino nokudaro Pauro wakabuda pakati pavo.
And so Paul departed from among them.
34 Asi vamwe varume vakamunamatira, vakatenda; pakati pavo Dhionisiowo muAreopago, nemukadzi wainzi Dhamarisi, nevamwe vanavo.
And some of them adhered to him, and believed; one of these was Dionysius from among the judges of Areopagus, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
