¹ Asi ngouwo mukuwo Herodhi mambo wakatambanudza nyara dzake kutambudza vamweni vechiara, ² Wakauraya Jakobe, mukoma waJohani, ngeshoti. ³ Naapo aona kuti zvakadakadza vaJudha, wakaenda mberi kubatawo Petro. Awo aiya mazuva edhiri reChingwa chisina Mumera. ⁴ Naapo amubata, wakamukonyera mutirongo, akamuisa kuzvikwata zvirongomuna zvemajoni, kuti zvimurinde, echipinimidza kumubudisa pamberi pevanhu ngesure kwePhasika. ⁵ Ndizvo Petro wakangwarirwa mutirongo, asi chiara chakaangira kumukumbirira kunaMwari. ⁶ Ngousiku uhwo apo Herodhi paaizomuka echimubudisa, Petro waiya akaata pakati pemajoni mairi, akasungwa ngemaketani mairi, nevarindi vaiya pamusiwo vechingwarira tirongo. ⁷ Apapo ngirosi yaMambo yakaemapo, nokujeka kwakajeka mukamera retirongo; nayo yakatsungudza Petro ngeparutii, ikamumusa yechiti: “Kasira kumiruka.” Nemaketani akarungunuka kubva munyara dzake. ⁸ Nengirosi yakati kwaari: “Dzisimidze usunge magwada ako”, naye wakaita kudaro. Yakati kwaari: “Pfeka chokufuka chako, unditeere.” ⁹ Petro wakabuda kubanze akaiteera; aazi kunasa kuzia zvaiitwa ngengirosi, asi wakapinimidza kuti waiona chioniso. ¹⁰ Naapo vapinda varindi vokutanga nevechipiri, vakaguma pamusiwo wesimbi wokupotera ndiwo mudhorobha. Nawo wakavabeukira wemene; vakabuda, vakahamba ngepato rimwe; paripo ngirosi yakamusiya. ¹¹ Naapo azia ngeizvi, wakaenda kumhatso yaMaria, mai aJohani, mutupo wake waizwi Marako; apo pevaiya vakaungana vazhinji vechikumbira. ¹² Naapo Petro apembenuka, wakati: “Zvino ndinozia ngegwinyiso kuti Mambo wakatuma ngirosi yake, akandinunura kubva munyara yaHerodhi nokubva mukukarira kweshe kwevanhu vevaJudha.” ¹⁵ kwaari: “Unopenga.” Asi iye wakaangira kugwinyisa kuti ndizvo. Asi vakati: “Ingirosi yake!” ¹³ Asi apo azia izwi raPetro, aazi kubeura musiwo ngokudakara, asi wakarumba kupotera, akavaronzera kuti Petro wakaema pamusiwo. ¹⁴ Asi adododza pamusiwo, musikana waizwi ndiRodha wakauya koodaira. ¹⁶ Asi wakaita ngenyara yake kuti vanyarare, wakadudzira kwavari ngenjira yaakabudiswa ndiyo ndiMambo mutirongo. Wakati: “Ronzai izvi kunaJakobe[13] nokunehama.” Wakabvapo, akaenda kundau imweni. ¹⁷ Asi Petro wakaangira kudododza; naapo vabeura vakamuona, vakashamiswa. ¹⁸ Zvino kwaedza, kwaitika bope guru pakati pevarindi, ngendaa yezvakaitika kunaPetro. ¹⁹ Naapo Herodhi amutsvaka, asikamuoni, wakabvunzisisa varindi, akapanga kuti vaurawe. Naye wakadzaka kubva Judhia, akaenda Sizaria, akagarayo. ²⁰ Ngezuva rakaemeswa, Herodhi wakadzisimidza zvokufuka zvoumambo, akagara pachigaro choumambo, wakaereketa kwavari. ²¹ Zvino Herodhi wakatsenekera kakurutu vanhu veThire neveSidhoni; navo vakauya kwaari muchiunga chimwe, naapo vaiyana naBrastusi, nduna yekamera ramambo, vakakumbira kuti vaiyaniswe, ngokuti nyika yavo yaiona zvokudya kubva munyika yamambo. ²² Nevanhu vakadaidzira vechiti: “Iri izwi raMwari, haiwa romunhu!” ²³ Paripo ngirosi yaMambo yakamurova, ngokuti aazi kukudza Mwari; naye wakadyiwa ngehonye, akafa. ²⁴ Zvino Bhanabhasi naSauri vakahwirira Jerusarema, apo vaiya vapedza mushando wavo, vechitora navo Johani uwo waizwi Marako. ²⁵ Asi izwi raMwari rakaangira kupararira nokuwanziswa.