Mabasa 19
1 Zvino zvakaitika, Aporo achiri paKorinde, Pauro wakati agura nemativi ekumusoro akasvika paEfeso; akawana vamwe vadzidzi,
Now it came to pass, that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper parts, came to Ephesus: and finding there some disciples,
2 akati kwavari: Makagamuchira Mweya Mutsvene here pamakatenda? Zvino vakati kwaari: Asi hatina kutongonzwa kana kune Mweya Mutsvene.
he said to them, Have you, on your believing, received the Holy Spirit? And they replied to him, No; we have not so much as heard whether the Holy Spirit is received.
3 Zvino akati kwavari: Ko makabhabhatidzwa mune zvipi? Zvino vakati: Murubhabhatidzo rwaJohwani.
And he said to them, Into what, then, were you immersed? And they said, Into John's immersion.
4 Zvino Pauro wakati: Johwani zvirokwazvo wakabhabhatidza nerubhabhatidzo rwekutendeuka, achiudza vanhu kuti vatende kuna iye anouya shure kwake, ndiko kuti, kuna Kristu Jesu.
And Paul said, John, indeed, administered the immersion of reformation, telling the people that they should believe in Him that was to come after him: that is, in Jesus.
5 Zvino vakati vanzwa, vakabhabhatidzwa muzita raIshe Jesu.
And hearing this, they were immersed into the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 Zvino Pauro wakati aisa maoko pamusoro pavo, Mweya Mutsvene akauya pamusoro pavo; vakataura nendimi, ndokuporofita.
And Paul, laying his hands, on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them; and they spoke with tongues, and prophesied.
7 Zvino varume vese vainge gumi nevaviri.
And they were, in all, about twelve men.
8 Zvino wakapinda musinagoge akataura akashinga, kwemwedzi mitatu achiparidza achipwisa pazvinhu zveushe hwaMwari.
And he went into the synagogue, and discoursed with boldness, disputing for the space of three months, and evincing the things which related to the kingdom of God.
9 Asi vamwe vakati vachiomesa moyo uye vasingatendi, vachitaura zvakaipa pamusoro penzira iyo pamberi pechaunga, akabva kwavari akatsaura vadzidzi, akaparidza zuva rimwe nerimwe muchikoro cheumwe Tiranosi.
But as some were hardened, and would not believe, speaking reproachfully of this way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
10 Zvino izvi zvakaitika kwemakore maviri, zvekuti vese vakange vagere paAsia vakanzwa shoko raIshe Jesu, vese VaJudha neVaGiriki.
And this was done for the space of two years, so that all the inhabitants of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.
11 Mwari ndokuita mabasa esimba asina kujairika nemaoko aPauro,
And God wrought extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul:
12 zvekuti kunyange kuvarwere kwaiiswa micheka yekumeso kana mafasikoti zvaibva pamuviri wake, hosha dzikabva kwavari, nemweya yakaipa ikabuda kwavari.
so that handkerchiefs, or aprons, were carried from his body to those who were sick, and the diseases removed from them, and the evil spirits came out.
13 Zvino vamwe VaJudha vambeyi vadzingi vemweya yakaipa, vakaidza kudana zita raIshe Jesu pamusoro pevaiva nemweya yakaipa, vachiti: Ndinokupikirai naJesu Pauro waanoparidza.
And some of the strolling Jews, who were exorcists, undertook to name the name of the Lord Jesus, over those who had evil spirits, saying, We adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches.
14 Zvino paiva nevamwe vanakomana vanomwe vaSikevha muJudha mupristi mukuru vaiita izvi.
And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.
15 Mweya wakaipa ndokupindura ukati: Jesu ndinomuziva, naPauro ndinoziva nezvake; asi imwi ndimwi vana ani?
But the evil spirit answering, said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?
16 Zvino munhu mweya wakaipa wawaiva paari akavakwakukira, akavakurira, akavakunda, zvekuti vakatiza mumba umo vasina nguvo vakuvadzwa.
And the man in whom the evil spirit was, sprung upon them, and getting master of them prevailed against them, so that they fled out of the house, naked and wounded.
17 Zvino izvi zvikazikanwa kune vese VaJudha neVaGirikiwo vakange vagere paEfeso; kutya ndokuvawira vese; zita raIshe Jesu ndokukudzwa.
And this was known to all the Jews, and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 Zvino vazhinji vevakange vatenda vakauya, vakareurura, nekurondedzera mabasa avo.
And many of them, who believed, came and confessed, and made a declaration of their deeds.
19 Zvino vazhinji vevaiita zveun'anga vakaunganidza mabhuku pamwe vakaapisa pamberi pevese; ndokuverenga mutengo wawo, zvino vakawana masirivheri zvuru makumi mashanu.
And a considerable number of those who had curious arts, bringing their books together, burnt them before all: and they computed the value of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver:
20 Naizvozvo shoko raIshe rakakura nesimba rikakunda.
so powerfully did the word of the Lord grow, and prevail.
21 Zvino izvi zvakati zvapera, Pauro wakazvipira mumweya, ambogura nepaMakedhonia neAkaya, kuenda kuJerusarema, achiti: Shure kwekuva kwangu ikoko, ndinofanirawo kunoona Roma.
Now when these things were fulfilled, Paul proposed in spirit, that, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, it is necessary for me also to see Rome.
22 Zvino akatumira kuMakedhonia vaviri vevaimushandira, Timotio naErasto, iye akagara muAsia kwenguva.
And sending two of those that ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself staid some time in Asia.
23 Zvino nenguva iyoyo nyonga-nyonga isati iri diki ikavapo pamusoro penzira iyo.
And there happened, about that time, no small tumult concerning that way.
24 Nokuti umwe, wainzi Dhemetrio, mupfuri wesirivheri, waiita zvitembere zvaDhiana zvesirivheri, waiuisa mubairo usati uri mudiki kumhizha;
For a man whose name was Demetrius, a silversmith, by making silver shrines of Diana, procured no small gain to the artificers:
25 wakadziunganidza pamwe nevamwe vebasa rakadaro, akati: Varume, munoziva kuti nebasa iri tine upfumi hwedu.
whom he gathered together, with the workmen employed about the business, and said, Men, you know that our maintenance arises from this manufacture;
26 Zvino munoona nekunzwa kuti pasati pari paEfeso chete, asi panenge paAsia yese, Pauro uyu wakagombedzera nekutsausa chaunga chikuru, achiti vakaitwa nemaoko havasi vamwari.
and you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded great numbers of people, not only of Ephesus, but almost of all Asia, and has turned them aside, saying that they are not deities which are made with hands;
27 Zvino hazvisi izvi chete kuti chikamu chedu chisvike panjodzi yekuzvidzwa, asi netembere yamwarikadzi mukuru Dhiana ichaitwa chinhu pasina neukuru-kuru hwake huchaderedzwa, iye Asia nenyika yese wavanonamata.
so that there is danger, not only that this occupation of ours should be depreciated, but also that the people of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her grandeur destroyed; whom all Asia and the world worship.
28 Zvino vakati vachizvinzwa vakazara nekutsamwa, vakadanidzira vachiti: Mukuru Dhiana weVaEfeso!
And hearing this, they were filled with rage; and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians!
29 Zvino guta rese rakazadzwa nenyonga-nyonga; vakamhanyira nemoyo umwe panhandare, vakakweva Gayo naArisitako VaMakedhonia, vaperekedzi vaPauro.
And the whole city was filled with confusion; and they rushed with one accord into the theater, dragging thither Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's fellow-travelers.
30 Zvino Pauro akada kupinda muchaunga, vadzidzi havana kumutendera.
And when Paul would have gone in to the people, the disciples would not permit him.
31 Uye nevamwe vevakuru veAsia, vaiva shamwari dzake, vakatuma shoko kwaari, vachikumbira zvikuru kwaari kuti arege kuzvipinza panhandare.
And some, too, the principal officers of Asia, as they had a friendship for him, sent to him, and desired that he would not venture himself into the theater.
32 Zvino vamwe vakadanidzira chimwe vamwe chimwe; nokuti ungano yakange yanyonganiswa, uye vazhinji vasingazivi zvavakaunganira.
Some, therefore, were crying one thing, and some another; for the congregation was confused, and the greater part did not know for what they were come together.
33 Zvino vakabudisira Arekisandiro kunze kubva muchaunga, VaJudha vachimusundira mberi. Zvino Arekisandiro akaninira neruoko, achida kuzvidavirira kuvanhu.
And they thrust forth forward Alexander, from amongst the multitude, the Jews urging him on. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a defense to the people.
34 Asi pavakaziva kuti muJudha, inzwi rimwe rakamuka kune vese, vakadanidzira maawa anenge maviri vachiti: Mukuru Dhiana weVaEfeso!
But when they knew that he was a Jew, one voice arose from them all, crying out, for about the space of two hours, Great is Diana of the Ephesians!
35 Zvino munyori wakati anyaradza vanhu akati: Varume veEfeso, nokuti munhu ndeupi aripo asingazivi kuti guta reVaEfeso ndiro muchengetedzi wetembere yamwarikadzi mukuru Dhiana newechakawa kubva kudenga.
But the chancellor, having pacified the people, said Ephesians, what man is there that does not know that the city of the Ephesians is devoted to the great Diana, and to the image that fell down from Jupiter.
36 Naizvozvo zvinhu izvi zvazvisingagoni kurambwa, munofanira kunyarara musingaiti chinhu nekumhanyirira.
Since, then, these things are incontestable, it is necessary for you to be quiet, and to do nothing in a precipitate manner;
37 Nokuti mauisa varume ava, vasiri makororo edzitembere kana vamhuri vamwarikadzi wenyu.
for you have brought these men, who are neither robbers of temples, nor blasphemers of your goddess.
38 Naizvozvo kana Dhemetrio nemhizha dzinaye vane mhosva neumwe, matare emhosva akazarurwa, nevatongi varipo; ngavakwirirane.
If, therefore, Demetrius, and the artificers that are with him, have a charge against any one, courts are held; and there are the proconsuls; let them implead together.
39 Asi kana muchitsvaka chimwe chinhu maererano nezvimwe zvinhu, zvingatemwa paungano iri pamutemo.
But if you are inquiring anything concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a legal congregation.
40 Nokuti tiri munjodziwo yekupiwa mhosva yebongozozo ranhasi zvapasina chikonzero chatingapa nacho rondedzero yenyongano iyi.
And, indeed, we are in danger of being called in question for the insurrection which has happened this day, as there is no cause by which we can account for this concourse.
41 Zvino wakati ataura izvozvi, akaparadza ungano.
And when he had said these things, he dismissed the congregation.
