Mabasa 26
1 Zvino Agripa akati kuna Pauro: Unotenderwa kuzvitaurira. Ipapo Pauro akatandavadza ruoko, akazvipindurira achiti:
Agrippa sayde vnto Paul: thou arte permitted to speake for thy selfe. Then Paul stretched forth the honde and answered for him selfe.
2 Pane zvese zvandakamhan'arirwa neVaJudha, mambo Agripa, ndinoona ndichifara kuti ndodozvidavirira pamberi penyu nhasi;
I thynke my selfe happy kynge Agrippa because I shall answere this daye before the of all the thinges wherof I am accused of ye Iewes
3 zvikuru nokuti ndinoziva kuti mune ruzivo rwetsika dzese nemakakava ari pakati peVaJudha; naizvozvo ndinokukumbirai, kuti mundinzwe nemoyo murefu.
namely because thou arte experte in all customes and questions which are amonge the Iewes. Wherfore I beseche the to heare me paciently.
4 Naizvozvo mufambiro wangu kubva paudiki, waiva kubva pakutanga pakati perudzi rwangu paJerusarema, VaJudha vese vanoziva,
My lyvynge of a chylde which was at the fyrst amoge myne awne nacion at Ierusalem knowe all the Iewes
5 vaindiziva kubva pakutanga kana vachida kupupura, kuti nenzira yakasimba yeboka rechitendero chedu ndairarama ndiri muFarisi.
which knew me from ye beginnynge yf they wolde testifie it. For after the most straytest secte of oure laye lyved I a pharisaye.
6 Uye ikozvino ndimire ndichitongwa nekuda kwetariro yechivimbiso chakaitwa naMwari kumadzibaba,
And now I stond and am iudged for the hope of the promes made of God vnto oure fathers:
7 marudzi edu gumi nemaviri achishumira akasimba siku nesikati vachitarisira kusvika pachiri. Nekuda kwetariro iyi, mambo Agripa, ndinopiwa mhosva neVaJudha.
vnto which promes oure. xii. tribes instantly servynge God daye and nyght hope to come. For which hopes sake kynge Agrippa am I accused of the Iewes.
8 Sei zvichifungwa kuti zvinhu zvisingatendeseki kwamuri, kana Mwari achimutsa vakafa?
Why shuld it be thought a thinge vncredible vnto you that god shuld rayse agayne the deed?
9 Naizvozvo ini ndaifunga ndomene kuti ndinofanira kuita zvinhu zvizhinji zvinopesana nezita raJesu weNazareta;
I also verely thought in my selfe that I ought to do many cotrary thinges clene agaynst the name of Iesus of Nazareth:
10 neni zvandakaita muJerusarema, uye ini ndakapfigira vazhinji vevatsvene mumatirongo, ndagamuchira simba kubva kuvapristi vakuru; nepavaiurawa ndaizvisarudza.
which thinge I also dyd in Ierusalem. Where many of the sainctes I shut vp in preson and had receaved auctorite of ye hye prestes. And whe they were put to deeth I gave the sentence.
11 Uye ndaivaranga kazhinji mumasinagoge ese, ndichivaroverera kuti vanyombe; zvino ndichinyanya kuvapengera, ndakavashusha kusvikira nekumaguta ekunze.
And I punysshed them ofte in every synagoge and compelled them to blaspheme: and was yet more mad apon them and persecuted the even vnto straunge cities.
12 Ndipo neni ndichienda kuDhamasiko nesimba uye nekutumwa kubva kuvapristi vakuru,
About the which thinges as I went to Damasco with auctorite and licence of the hye Prestes
13 pamasikati makuru, mambo, ndakaona munzira chiedza chichibva kudenga, chaikunda kupenya kwezuva, chichipenya chakandipoteredza nevaifamba neni.
even at myddaye (o kynge) I sawe in ye waye a lyght from heven above the brightnes of the sunne shyne rounde about me and them which iorneyed with me.
14 Zvino takati tese tawira pasi pavhu, ndakanzwa izwi richitaura kwandiri richiti nerurimi rwechiHebheru: Sauro, Sauro, unondishushirei? Zvinokuremera kukavana nezvibayo.
When we were all fallen to the erth I hearde a voyce speakynge vnto me and sayinge in ye Hebrue tonge: Saul Saul why persecutest thou me? It is harde for the to kicke agaynste the pricke.
15 Zvino ini ndikati: Ndimwi ani, Ishe? Akatiwo: Ndini Jesu waunoshusha iwe.
And I sayde: Who arte thou lorde? And he sayde I am Iesus whom thou persecutest.
16 Asi simuka, uye umire netsoka dzako; nokuti ndazviratidzira izvi kwauri, ndikuite mushumiri nechapupu zvese chezvinhu zvawakaona nezvandichazviratidza nazvo kwauri,
But ryse and stond vp on thy fete. For I have apered vnto the for this purpose to make the a minister and a witnes both of tho thinges which thou hast sene and of tho thinges in the which I will appere vnto the
17 ndichikununura kuvanhu nevahedheni, vandinokutumira kwavari ikozvino,
delyverynge the from the people and from ye gentyls vnto which nowe I sende the
18 kusvinudza meso avo, nekuvatendeusa kubva murima vaende kuchiedza, nepasimba raSatani vaende kuna Mwari, kuti vagamuchire kanganwiro yezvivi, uye nhaka pakati pevakaitwa vatsvene nerutendo rwuri mandiri.
to open their eyes that they myght turne from darcknes vnto lyght and from the power of Satan vnto God that they maye receave forgevenes of synnes and inheritauce amonge the which are sanctified by fayth in me.
19 Naizvozvo, mambo Agripa, handina kuramba kuteerera chiratidzo chekudenga;
Wherfore kynge Agrippa I was not disobedient vnto the hevenly vision:
20 asi ndakaparidza kutanga kune veDhamasiko neveJerusarema, nekudunhu rese reJudhiya, nekuvahedheni, kuti vatendeuke, uye vadzokere kuna Mwari, vaite mabasa akafanira kutendeuka.
but shewed fyrst vnto them of Damasco and at Ierusalem and thorow out all the costes of Iewry and to the gentyls that they shuld repent and turne to God and do the ryght workes of repentaunce.
21 Nekuda kwezvinhu izvi VaJudha vakandibata mutembere, vakaidza kundiuraya.
For this cause the Iewes caught me in the temple and went about to kyll me.
22 Naizvozvo ndawana rubatsiro kubva kuna Mwari, ndakamira kusvikira zuva rino, ndichipupura kuvadiki nevakuru, ndisingarevi zvimwe zvinhu kunze kweizvo vaporofita naMozisi zvavakataura kuti zvichaitika,
Neverthelesse I obtayned helpe of God and cotynew vnto this daye witnessyng bothe to small and to greate saying none other thinges then those which the prophetes and Moses dyd saye shuld come
23 kuti Kristu wakafanira kutambudzika, uye kuti ari wekutanga kumuka kuvakafa, achaparidza chiedza kuvanhu ava nekuvahedheni.
that Christ shulde suffre and that he shuld be the fyrst that shulde ryse from deeth and shuld shewe lyght vnto the people and the gentyls.
24 Zvino wakati achazvidavirira zvinhu izvi, Fesitasi akati nenzwi guru: Pauro, unopenga; kudzidza kukuru kunokupenza.
As he thus answered for him selfe: Festus sayde with a lowde voyce: Paul thou arte besides thy selfe. Moche learnynge hath made the mad.
25 Asi wakati: Handipengi, Fesitasi changamire; asi ndinodanidzira mashoko echokwadi uye euchenjeri.
And Paul sayde: I am not mad most dere Festus: but speake the wordes of trueth and sobernes.
26 Nokuti mambo vanoziva zvezvinhu izvi ivo vandinotaura pamberi pavowo ndisingatyi; nokuti ndine chokwadi kuti hapana chimwe chezvinhu izvi chakavanzika kwavari, nokuti chinhu ichi hachina kuitwa pachikona.
The kynge knoweth of these thinges before whom I speke frely: nether thynke I that eny of these thinges are hydden fro him. For this thinge was not done in a corner.
27 Mambo Agripa, munotenda vaporofita here? Ndinoziva kuti munotenda.
Kynge Agrippa belevest thou ye prophetes? I wote well thou belevest.
28 Agripa ndokuti kuna Pauro: Wasara padiki wandipwisa kuva muKristu.
Agrippa sayde vnto Paul: Sumwhat thou bringest me in mynde for to be come a Christen.
29 Pauro ndokuti: Ndinoshuva kuna Mwari, kunyange nediki uye nehuru musava imwi mega, asi nevese vanondinzwa nhasi, vave vakadai sezvandiri ini, kunze kwezvisungo izvi.
And Paul sayd: I wolde to God that not only thou: but also all that heare me to daye were not sumwhat only but altogeder soche as I am except these bondes.
30 Zvino wakati ataura zvinhu izvi, mambo akasimuka, nemutungamiriri, naBhenike, nevakange vagere navo;
And when he had thus spoken the kynge rose vp and the debite and Bernice and they that sate with them.
31 vakati vabuda vakataurirana, vachiti: Munhu uyu haaiti chinhu chakafanira rufu kana zvisungo.
And when they were gone aparte they talked betwene them selves sayinge: This man doeth nothinge worthy of deeth nor of bondes.
32 Agripa ndokuti kuna Fesitasi: Munhu uyu ungadai asunungurwa dai asina kuikwidza kuna Kesari.
Then sayde Agrippa vnto Festus: This man myght have bene lowsed yf he had not appealed vnto Cesar.
