¹ “Hama nemadzibaba, izwai zvino kudzirwira kwendinoita pamberi penyu.” ² Naapo vazwa kuti waiereketa kwavari ngendimi yechiHebheru, vakapinda kunyarara. Zvino wakati. ³ “Inini ndiri muJudha, ndakabarwa muTarsusi reSirisia, asi ndakakurira panapa mudhorobha iri, patsoka dzaGamarieri, ndakadzidziswa kudai ngomushuma wemipango yemadzibaba edu, ndechitsamwirira kunaMwari, kudai ngezvomunoita imwimwi mweshe nyamashi. ⁴ Neni ndakatambudza veiyi Njira metsa parufu, ndechivasunga nokuvakonyera mutirongo, veshe vamuna nevakadzi,, ⁵ kudai ngezvaanondiitira chapupu mupristi mukuru navo veshe vakuru. Ndakaashira kubva kwavari tsamba dzokuenda kunevatendi, ndakaenda Dhamasekusi, kuti ndivaunzezve Jerusarema vakasungwa kuti vaororwe. ⁶ “Zvino ndakati ndechihamba rwendo rwangu, ndechikwedzera Dhamasekusi, ooda kuita masikati, paripo kujeka kukurutu kwakajeka kunditendenedza kwechibva mudenga. ⁷ Ndakawa pashi, ndikazwa izwi rechiti kwendiri, ‘Sauri, Sauri, unonditambudzirenyi?’ ⁸ Neni ndakapingura ndikati, ‘Ndimwi anani, Mambo?’ Naye wakati kwendiri, ‘Ndini Jesu weNazaretha, uwo wounotambudza.’ ⁹ Naavo vaiya neni vakaona kujeka, asi avazi kuzwa izwi rouwo waiereketa kwendiri. ¹⁰ Ndakati, ‘Ndinozoitenyi, Mambo?’ NaMambo wakati kwendiri, ‘Miruka, uende Dhamasekusi; naapo unozoronzerwa zveshe zvowakaemeserwa kuti uite.’ ¹¹ Naapo ndisikakoni kuona ngendaa yokupenya kwokujeka ukwo, avo vaiya neni vakandibata ngenyara, vakanditungamirira, ndakaguma muDhamasekusi. ¹² “Zvino munhu umweni waizwi Ananiasi, wakarurama kudai ngezvinodiwa ngeMipango, unembiri yakanaka mukati mwavaJudha veshe vaigara apo,, ¹³ wakauya kwendiri; echiema pasinde pangu, wakati kwendiri, ‘Mukoma Sauri, chionazve.’ Ngeiro awa ndakaringira neni ndakamuona. ¹⁴ Naye wakati: ‘Mwari wemadzibaba edu wakakuemesa kuti uzie kuda kwake, kuona Uwo Wakarurama nokuzwa izwi rinobva pamuromo wake;, ¹⁵ ngokuti iwewe unozoita uchapupu ndiye kuvanhu veshe cheizvo zvewakaona nezvewakazwa., ¹⁶ Zvino uchagarirenyi? Miruka, ubhabhatidzwe, usukwe zvishaishi zvako, ukumbire ngezina rake.’ ¹⁷ “Naapo ndapetuka Jerusarema, ndechikumbira muTemperi, ndakabatwa ndimweya,, ¹⁸ ndakaona Jesu echiti kwendiri: ‘Kasira, ubude kubva muJerusarema, ngokuti avazoashiri uchapupu hwako ndini.’ ¹⁹ Neni ndakati, ‘Mambo, ivo vemene vanozia kuti ndaivakonyera mutirongo nokuvaponda mumhatso dzeshe dzokudira, avo vakatenda mwemuri. ²⁰ Naapo ngazi yaStefano chapupu chenyu yaparadzwa, ininiwo ndaiema pasinde, ndechitendera nokungwarira zvokufuka zveavo vakamuuraya.’ ²¹ Naye wakati kwendiri: ‘Enda, ngokuti inini ndinozokutuma kuenda kuretu kuvanhu vemadzinza.’”, ²² Navo vakamupurutana metsa azoereketa izwi iri, vakadaidzira ngemazwi avo, vakati, “Bvisai munhu wakadaro panyika! Ngokuti aasisiri kuti apone.” ²³ Vachadaidzira nokukandira zvokufuka zvavo, vechikushira bukuta mudenga,, , ²⁴ nduna huru yakapanga kuti apotedzwe mumhatso yevarwi, echironza kuti abvunzisiswe ngokushwapurwa, kuti vazie kuti indaa yenyi yevakadaidzira kudaro ndiye., ²⁵ Asi apo vamusunga kuti ashwapurwe, Phauri wakati kunenduna yezana yaiema pasinde: “Kunotenderwa here kwomuri ngemipango kuti mushwapure munhu muRoma, asikazi kunyiswa ngendaa?” ²⁶ Naapo nduna yezana yazwa, yakaenda kunduna huru yemakumi emazana, yakamuronzera yechiti: “Unoda kuitenyi? Ngokuti uyu munhu muRoma.” ²⁷ Nduna huru yemakumi emazana yakauya, ikati kwaari, “Ndironzere, uri muRoma here?” Naye wakati: “Eya.”, ²⁸ Nduna huru yemakumi emazana yakapingura, ikati: “Ndakatenga uRoma uhwu ngomutengo mukuru.” NaPhauri wakati: “Asi inini ndakabarwa ndakadaro. ²⁹ Ndizvo vaida kumubvunzisa vakabva kwaari ngokukasira; nenduna huru yemakumi yakatya, apo yazia kuti waiya muRoma, ngokuti yaiya yamusunga. ³⁰ Asi nechimangwani, echida kuzia gwinyiso reizvo zvaakaitirwa ndaa ngevaJudha, wakamusunhura, akapanga vapristi vakuru nevatongi veshe vevaJudha kuti vaungane, wakadzasa Phauri, akamuisa pamberi pavo.