¹ ''Anarume hama, nemadzibhabha, izwai kuzvivikhira kwangu''. ² Ne kuzwa akareketa nemazuwi etchiyeheberu, aka tonasa ku nyarara. Iye wakati: ³ Inini tchokwadi ndiri mwanarume wedjuda, nekubharwa kuTarso weCilicia, nekutchengetwa paguta pemurenje a Gamaliel, nekufundisa zwakanaka pamitemo wabhabha nerugare raMwari, se zwamuri mwese nyamasi. ⁴ Inini sa ndakateera paguandza dhakara kufa, kusunga maningi warume neakadzi, nekuwakanda mukaribhoso. ⁵ Sa kuita hinga mukuru womaphirisita ndie tchapupu tchangu, kupangira kwa watchenjebvu; kwawo inini, ndakatora tsamba dzehama, ndaka enda kuDamasco kuendera wanga wari kweneio, ininiwo ndaiuya nawo kuDjerusarema akasungwa, kuti wanetswe. ⁶ Zwa kaitika kuti, ndiri mugwanza, ndotchiguma paduze nepa Damasco, kuguma padina, tchibvumbo tchiedza tchikuru tche kudenga tchabvenekera mutcheto mangu. ⁷ Ndogwa pasi, dozwa izwi, randiti: Sauro, Sauro, nguei uno nditeera? ⁸ Inini ndakadhaira: ndimi ani, Ishe? Iye akati: Ini ndiri Djesu, weNazareta, waunotera. ⁹ No ndanga ndinawo zwetchokwadhi awona tchiedza, wagara nekutchia kukuru; iyo azi kuzwa izwi ra ireketa na inini. ¹⁰ Ini ndakati: Ndoitei, Ishe? Ishe a kanditi: Muka, uyende kuDamasco, kweneio unovunzwa zvese zwinodhikanica kuti uite. ¹¹ Pandakanga andisikawoni, ngokudha kwesimba retchiedza, ndakatorwa munhara dzawakange ndinawo, kuguma Damasco. ¹² Ananias, mwanarume akasarudzwa neMutemo, akagara netchapupo tchakanaka pawese wamadjuda wai garepo. ¹³ Pauya pandiri, wogara pamberi pangu, iyena akanditi: Hama Sauro, wona. Panguwa tchiporipotcho ndakatanga kumuwona. ¹⁴ Akati: 'Mwari wemadzibhabha wedho akakusanangura kuti uziwe tchidho tchake, nekuwona mutsweni, iwewe izwa izwi repamuromo pako. ¹⁵ Ngondaa iwe unogara tchapupu tsake pewanhu wese, pazwia zwamunowona nekuzwa. ¹⁶ Zwino, nguei wakaima? Muka, ubabatidzwe, suka zwitema zwako, neku dhainzira zina raIshe. ¹⁷ Zwakaitika kwa inini, pandaka hirira kuDjerusarema, ndotchinamata muthemberi, ndaka dzadzwa nemweia musweni; ¹⁸ Ipapo ndakawona iena otchinditi: Kasika,ku budha kuDjerusarema, ngondaa aatendi tchapupu tchako kwandiri. ¹⁹ Nda kati: 'Ishe, iyo wanozia kuti ndhaisunga ndetchiwanetsa kusinagogi waitenda kunemi. ²⁰ Panganzi, yaEstêvão, tchapupu tchenhu, patcha kayerera, inini ndagandiripoo, ndha bhatiwa nekufa kwake, ndairinda matchira e anhu waimuraia. ²¹ Ipapo iye akanditi: enda, nditchocutuma kuenda kure, kwamahedeni''. ²² Iyona akazwa kuguma masoko aya, pakutera akamutsa maizwi awo, etchiti: ''Mubhudhisei panhyka! Gondaa azwiti kuti ararame''. ²³ Ipapo pakakhuwa, waibvisa matchira awo, wetchithusira mavu kudenga, ²⁴ Mukuro womasodja akatuma womutora nekuenda naye, pambuto yakatsigirwa, wotchimubvunzisa nekumuponda, pakuti azie kuti nguei anhu khuira kudharo. ²⁵ Paanga atchimusunga nomapote esimbi, Pauro akati mukuru wezana ramasodja angaripo: ''Zwingaitika kuponda mwanarume waRoma, asina kutongwa?'' ²⁶ Mukuru wezana ramasodja, pakazwa izwi ayendha wobuya kwamukuru womasodja, kuti: Yona tchi tchaunodha kuita, ngondaa murume uyo ndhi wekuroma''. ²⁷ Mukuru womasodja, aka khwedherera, womuti: ''Ndibvunze, iwewe ndiwe we Roma?'' Iena akati: ''Ndizvo''. ²⁸ Mukuru womasodja akadhaira kuti: Inini nemare ya kawanda ndakaita muroma . Pauro akati: ''Inini ndinaye kubvira pokubharwa kwangu''. ²⁹ Nokudharo ese akafundikira waya waidha kumubvunzisa; nemukuru womasodja akathyia, nekuzia kuti Pauro ngo wekuroma, paanga akasungwa. ³⁰ Pa zuwa rakatera, nekundha kuzia zwirokwazwo ndawa yakuti nguei wamadjuda akamupasa ndawa, aka musudzumura mapote esimbi aya, adhainza akuru wa womaphirista newese Tchianze Tchikuru wawo; pakuunza Pauro, akapanguidzwa pamberi pawo.