¹ Akati ecthiita rwendo kuAfipoli neku Apolonia, akawiya kuTesaronika, painge pane rimwe Sinagogi rewa Djuda. ² Nekudharo Pauro, se zwomudjairo wake, wakapinda mwawari, nekudharo wakaita masabhudhu matatu etchitaura kwaari nezwinyorwa. ³ Etchidhudzira, nekuwabvunza, kuti zwaidhikwana kuti Krisitu afe, nekudharo kuti azomuke muwanyakufa; nekudharo waireketa iyena: ''Djesu uyu ndiKristu, wiya wandinokuzisai''. ⁴ Nekudhro wamwe wawo wakatenda, akabhatana na Pauro na Sira; nezimi rewagregi wakasanangurwa; noanakadzi anokudzwa ajinji. ⁵ Asi madjuda asikatendi, abhatwa no godho, akabhatana noamwene anarume akaipa emubhazari, nekudharo akaunganidza rimwe zimi, akabvungunyudza guta; uye akapwanya nyumba ya Jasau, aitswaga kuwiya naye kurijinji. ⁶ Paasikazi kuwawona, akakwekweredza Jasau, nohama dzimweni akayendanaye kuwakuru eutongi emuguta, etchikuwa: ''Aya anosobvungunyudza nyika awiyawo kuno. ⁷ Etchitambirwa ndiJasau, nekudharo wese wanosoita zwisikatenderwi pamutemo dzaCesari, etchibuya kuti kuno umweni mambo, anozwi Djesu''. ⁸ Iwona akabvungunyudza zimi, neweutongi emuguta, aizwa zwiro izwi. ⁹ Asi akadhyekerwa ndiJasau newamweni, akawasiya. ¹⁰ Nekudharo hama dzakayendesa neusiku Pauro na Sirasi kuBerea; iwona pawakaguma kweneyo, akayenda musinagoga remadjuda. ¹¹ Nekudharo aya akange ane mwoyo munyoro kupinda akange ari kuTesaronika, nokuti iwona akatambira soko notchidho tchakanaka, etchiwongorora matsiku ese zwinyorwa, kuitira kuwona zwirozwo ndizwo here. ¹² Nekudharo wajinji wawo akatenderana nazwo, noanakadzi magregi anokudzwa, noanarume ajinji. ¹³ Asi madjuda ekuTesaronika pawakazwizwa kuti kuBerea soko raMwari raidhudzirwawo naPauro, akawuyawo kweneyo, akakukumidza rujinji. ¹⁴ Nekudharo panguwa imwe imweyo hama dzakaenekana na Pauro, kuti ayende kubhahari, asi Sira na Timoti akaramba aripenepo. ¹⁵ Nekudharo waya wakaperekedza Pauro, akamutora kwendanaye kuAtena; akati atambira mutemo kwenda nawo kuna Sirasi naTimoti, kuti ayende kunaiyena nokukasika, iwona akaenda. ¹⁶ Pauro etchiyaetsera kuAtena, mweya wake waizwinetsa mukati mwake, pakuwona guta retchinyanya kunamata zwifananidzo. ¹⁷ Nekudharo iyena waiphikisana kajinji musinagoge, nemadjuda, noanamati, nomubhazari tsiku notsiku, nowaya waiwiya kwari. ¹⁸ Newamwe wakangwara nemaPekuri nemaEtoiku waireketedzana naye, nekudharo wamweni waiti: muTagari uyu urukudha kubuyei? Amweni aiti: pamweni iyena ndimuparidzi wemadzimwari asikazikwani. Nokuti iyena waiyadhudzira Vangeri raDjesu nekumuka kwanyaakufa. ¹⁹ Nekudharo pakumubhata kwawo, akawuya naye kuayeropago, etchiti: ''Ungatiziwisawo mutemo munyowani upi wauri kubuya? ²⁰ Nguei iwewe urikuunza zwiro zwinonyangadza munzewe dzedhu; hino tinodha kuziya zwirikubuyeyi''? ²¹ (NemaTeniezi newavhakatchi wose wekunza, wanga wasikaiti zwiro zwimweni kunze kwekudhudzira nekuzwa zwiro zwinyowani.) ²² Nekudharo Pauro, atchiri pakati peAeropago, akati: Imwi mateniyesi, ndinosowona pazwese kuti imwimwi muri anhu anonamata kajinji; ²³ Nokuti inini pandaipinda nemuguta ndetchiwona zwitcheneswa zwenyu, ndakawonawo imwe aritari, panga pakanyorwa: ''KUMWARI USIKAZIKWANI''. Uyu wamunozwipira musikamuzii, uyu ndiye wandinomuzisai. ²⁴ Mwari wakaita nyika, nozwiro zwese zwirimo; iyena, ariIshe wekudhenga nepasi, ararami munguwa yakaizwa nenyara. ²⁵ Uyezwe asenzerwi nonyara dzeanhu; semunhu urikudha tchimwe tchiro, nekuti iyena ndiye unopa upenyu kuanhu ese, nekufema, nezwiro zwese; ²⁶ Uye nomutaka umwe wakaita madzinza ese eyanhu, kuti ararame pamberi penyika, etchitongera ngani dzakakandwa kubvira kare, nomugano dzekugara kwawo. ²⁷ Kuitira kuti atswake Ishe, dhangani angamumhamhasira, etchimugumana, kunyangwe iyena etchigara paduze paumwe naumwe wedhu. ²⁸ Nokuti tinorarama munaiyena, tetchifamba, uye tiri; takadharo sewamwe wenyu wanyori wenziyo wakati; nokuti isusu tiri wedzinza rake. ²⁹ Nokudharo riri dzinza raMwari, isusu ngatisarangarire kuti huMwari wakaita segoridi, kana siriveri, kana bhuwe rakatsetswa neutsetsi nemafungidziro yeanhu. ³⁰ Nokudharo Mwari, asina kupa bhasa nguwa yekusaterera kwenyu, zwino unodhudzira kuanhu ese, kumbuto dzese, kuitira kuti azwitchunyukire. ³¹ Nokuti iyena wakasangura rimwe zuwa raatchatonga nyika pakururama kubhudhira kumunhu waakatongera; akapa rugondeso kuwese, etchimumutsa kuwaanyakufa''. ³² Paakazwa nekudha kwekumuka kwaanyakufa, amweni aitswinyira; wamweni waiti: ''Isusu titchazwa nekudha kezwenezwo paumwe mukana''. ³³ Nekudharo Pauro wakabhudha pakati pawo. ³⁴ Pekudharo, akati aguma anarume amweni akatenderanazwo, pakati pawo naDinisio muayeropagiti wanga aripowo, neumwe mwanakadzi waizwi Damari, neamweni naiwona.