¹ Ngesure kwemazuva mashanu, Ananiasi mupristi mukuru wakadzaka pamwepo nevakuru vamweni, noumweni waiya muereketeri, waizwi Teturusi, navo vakaronzera mutongi vechiitira ndaa Phauri. ² Naapo adaidzwa, Teturusi wakatanga kumuitira ndaa echiti: “Kubudikidza ndimwi tinodakara ngokunyarara kukurutu, zviro zvakashata zvinonasiriswa kuneiri dzinza ngenyasha dzenyu. ³ Tinozviashira ngenjira dzeshe nokundau dzeshe, Ferikisi wakanasa kunaka, techikubonga kakurutu. ⁴ Asi andichadi kumunonosa, ndinokupota kuti undizwe ngenyasha dzako mazwi mashomani. ⁵ Ngokuti takaona uyu munhu kuti wakashata yaamho, unomusa bope pakati pevaJudha veshe munyika dzeshe, nomutungamiriri wechikwata chevaNazaretha. ⁶ Wakaedza kusvipisa Temperi, asi takamubata. Takada kumutonga kudai ngemipango yedu. ⁷ Asi nduna huru yemakumi emazana Rusiasi wakauya, akamubvuka ngesimba guru kubva kunyara dzedu,, ⁸ echipanga avo vanomuitira ndaa kuti vauye kwouri. Ngokumubvunzisisa wemene unozokona kuzia izvi zveshe zvetinomuitira ndaa ndizvo.” ⁹ NevaJudha vakapindirawo kumuitira ndaa, vechigwinyisa kuti izvi ndizvo. ¹⁰ Naapo mutongi akopera kwaari kuti aerekete, Phauri wakapingura, akati: “Inini ndinozia kuti iwewe wakaita mutongi wedzinza iri makore mazhinji, ndizvo ndinodakara ngokudzirwira pamberi pako. ¹¹ Kudai ngezvoungakona kudzionera iwewe pachako, kuti aasati apinda mazuva gumi namairi kubvira panguva yendakakwira Jerusarema koodira. ¹² Avazi kundiona muTemperi ndechiitirana hasha nomunhu nokuti ndechivherudza mbungano kuita bope, kunyazwi mumhatso dzokudira nokuti mudhorobha. ¹³ Avakoni zvinopano kuonisa kwouri gwinyiso reizvo zvevanondiitira ndaa ndizvo. ¹⁴ Asi izvi ndinotenda kwouri, kuti kudai ngeNjira yevanodudza kuti kupaukisa, ngokudaro inini ndinodira Mwari wemadzibaba edu, ndechitenda zveshe zviri zveMipango neizvo zvakanyorwa muvaprofeti. ¹⁵ Ndine gonda munaMwari, iro revanotendawo ava, kuti kunozoapo kumuka kwevakafa, kwevakarurama nokwevasikazi kururama. ¹⁶ Ngeiyi ndaa ndinoedza pachangu kugara ndino mwoyo usina ndaa kunaMwari nokunevanhu nguva dzeshe. ¹⁷ Zvino ngesure kwemakore akawanda, ndakauya koopa zvipo nezvokupira mudiro kunevedzinza rangu. ¹⁸ Mukuita izvi vakandiona ndakacheneswa muTemperi, pasina nembungano nokuti bope. Asi vaiyapo vaJudha vamweni vakabva Asia; ¹⁹ avo vaisisira kuti vaapano pamberi pako nokundiitira ndaa, kudai vane ndaa kwendiri. ²⁰ Nokuti ava vanhu vari pano ngavaronze kushata kwevakaona kwendiri, ngeiyo nguva yendakaema pamberi pevatongi, ²¹ ngokubanze kweizwi rimwe rega rendakadaidzira ndakaema pakati pavo ndechiti, ‘Indaa yokumuka kwevakafa, ndiyo ndaa yendinotongwa ndiyo nyamashi pamberi pako.’ ” ²² Asi Ferikisi, echizia kakurutu ngendaa yeNjira iyi, wakavaronzera kuti vaemere echiti: “Apo Rusiasi nduna huru yemakumi emazana adzaka uno, ndinozokwarisisa ndaa yenyu.” ²³ Naye wakapanga nduna yezana kuti iye angwarirwe akasunhurika, pasina hama yake inorambidzwa kumushandira. ²⁴ Ngesure kwemazuva Ferikisi wakauya naDhrusira mukadzi wake, waiya muJudha, naye wakadaidza Phauri, akamuzwa echiereketa ngorutendo ruri munaKristu Jesu. ²⁵ Naapo paaionisa ngokururama nokudzibata nokutongwa kunozouya, Ferikisi wakatyiswa, akati: “Enda hako zvinopano, naapo ndazoona mukuwo kwawo, ndinozokudaidzazve.” ²⁶ Iye waigonda kuti waizopuwa mare ndiPhauri. Ndizvo wakamudaidza mikuwo mizhinji echipangana naye. ²⁷ Asi apo makore mairi apera, Phokiusi Festusi wakagara pandau yeFerikisi mutongi; naFerikisi echida kudiwa ngevaJudha, wakasiya Phauri mutirongo.