¹ Akati aponeswa, nekudharo akazwiziya kuti guta ranga riri pakati penbvura izwi Marita. ² Uye waridzi wemwenemo akapangidza mwoyo munyoro kwatiri unochamisa; nokuti, akati abhakidza tchoto, akatibvisa tese, ngondaya yonbvura yainaya, ngondayazwe yokutonhora. ³ Pauro akati etchiunganidza huni dzakawanda, etchidzikanda patchoto, pakabhudha imwe nyoka nokupisa komuriro, ikamuruma munyara mwake. ⁴ Nokudharo waridzi wemo pawakawona nyokeyo itchiri panyara pake, akati kuumwe naumwe: Tchokwadhi mwanarume uyu ndibinya, pekuti, pakupukunyuka kwake mudhambudziko mubhahari, kururama akudhi kumusiya kuti apone. ⁵ Pamberipo, iyena wakati avhurudzira patchoto nyokeyo, azii kutambudzika. ⁶ Nokudharo iwona aiimira kuti utchazwimba, kana kufa zwetchibvumbu. Akati aetsera kuzinji, nokuwona kuti apana tchaiitika kwari, akatchindja marangariro, nokudharo aibuya kuti iyena ndimwari. ⁷ Nokudharo paduze pembuto imwe imweyo mwanarume wakakoshesesa wepaguta riri pakati penvhura, waizwi Publiyo, wanga anedzimwe minda; iyena wakati tambira akatitchengeta pamazuwa matatu nomwoyo munyoro. ⁸ Nokudharo zwakaitika kuti bhabha waPubliyo anga aripamubedhe, etchirwara mujararira nonyoka dzokwenda; Pauro wakapindemo, wakati anamata, wakakanda nyara pamusoro wake, akamurapa. ⁹ Pazwakaitika izwona, akawiyawo kwari amweni anga anezwirwere, iwona akarapwawo; ¹⁰ Iwona akatiremekedza kujinji; nokudharo takati tetchidha kutchapa, akatipasa zwiro zwinodhikwana. ¹¹ Kupera komwedzi mitatu, isusu takayenda tiri mungarawa yokuAlexandria, yakange yapedza nguwa yese yokutondyora iri paguta riri pakati penvhura; yanga inotchiratidzo tchakaita se manyambiri Castor na Polux. ¹² Nokudharo akati etchiguma paSirakusa, takagarepo pamazuwa matatu. ¹³ Nopenepo, takati tayenda nokudiwi rekubhahari, takaguma paRegio; pekupera kwezuwa rimwe, takatchapa kwenda kumawirira zuwa, pazuwa retchipiri takawiya paPuteoli. ¹⁴ Pekuti paakawona dzimwe hama, iwona akatikumbira kuti tigare nawo pamazuwa manomwe; nokudharo takawiya kuRoma. ¹⁵ Nokudharo hama, pawakazwa masoko nokudha kwedhu, kubvira kweneyo akabhudha kuwiya kwatiri dzamara patchihungue tchemuguta reApiyo, nomataverna matatu; nokudharo Pauro, akati awona, wakatenda mwari, akashingirira. ¹⁶ Patakaguma kuRoma, Pauro bhasi ndiye wakatenderwa kurarama ega padhii, nomusodja waimutchengeta. ¹⁷ Zwakaitika kuti, pakupera kwemazuwa matatu, Pauro wakadhainza pamwepo wakuru wemadjuda; nokudharo pawakaungana, wakaabvunza: Anarume hama, ndisina kuita tchiro inini kuwanhu, kana zwiro zwisikayenderani nomidjairo dzomadzibhabha, kunyangwe zwakadharo inini ndawiya ndakasungwa kubvira kudjerusarema, ndakaperekwa munyara dzewaroma. ¹⁸ Iwona, akati andiwongorora, aidha kundisunungura, nokusama kuwonekwa kwandiri ndawa imwe hayo yokuwuraya. ¹⁹ Asi madjuda, pakubuya zwisikayenderani, inini ndakamanikidzwa kutcheudzira Cesar; asi azwibuyi kuti inini ndaidhikana kupomhera ndawa kunyika yangu. ²⁰ Nokudharo ngodawa yozwenezwo inini ndakamudhaindzai kuwuya kwaandiri, kuti ndimuwone nokumubvundza; nokuti patariro yoIsirayeri inini ndakasungwa zwino pamapote esimbi aya. ²¹ Asi iwona akamubvunza: Isusu atina kutambira tsamba dzokudjudiya dzeibuya ngondawa yako, kana dzimwe hama, akati awiya kwatiri, anosotibvunza nokutibuira kumwe kushata kwako. ²² Asi isusu taidha kuzwa ndiwe ngazwipi zwaurikurangarira; nokuti, nokudha kwetchinamato itchi, tinoziya kuti kumbuto yese uriyo unobuya kushata nokudha kwatcho. ²³ Nokudharo iwona paakamutongera rimwe zuwa, ajinji akawuya paiirarama; kwari iyena waiyadhudzira nokupa upupuri weumambo waMwari; etchitswaka kwatchetcheudzira kunaDjesu, kana nomumi temo dzaMozesi, kana nomaphorofita, kubvira tchomatchibhesi dzamara manheru. ²⁴ Uye amweni aitendera nozwiro zwaibuya; asi amweni anga asikazwitendi. ²⁵ Nokudharo asikazwirani amwe ne amweni, akayenekana, Pauro akati apera kureketa shoko iri: Mweya Mutswene wakareketa mutchokwadhi kumadzibhabha edhu, kubvira kuna Izaiya muphorofita, ²⁶ Paakati: Énda kune anhu aya uti: Meizwa, munozozwa, uye nemaitire api hawo munozwa, kuwona, munozowona, uye nemaitire api munozwisisa. ²⁷ Nokuti mwoyo yoanhu aya yakawoma, nzewe dzawo adzinyasi kuzwa, uye madziso awo akafungika; kuitira kuti nomushobho umwe upi hawo azowone nomadziso, kana kuzwa nonzewe, kana kunzwisisa nomwoyo; uye atendeuke, inini ndiarape. ²⁸ Nokudharo ngazwizikane nemwi kuti ruponeso raMwari rakatumirwa mahedeni; uye iwona akarizwa''. ²⁹ (Mumasure mwekureketa kwake mazwi aya adjuda akabvapo, etchikanidzana maningi pakati pawo.) ³⁰ Uye pauro wakagara makore mairi ese panyumba yake yaisohera; uye waitambira anhu ese aiwuya kwaari. ³¹ Etchiteketesa Umambo waMwari, uye etchifundisa nosimba mitemo dzaIshe Djesu Kirisitu, pasina mhingapini.