¹ Zvakaitika kuIkoniamu, wachipida mumasinagoge yewajuda, wakataura uye wazhinji wakatenda, wese majuda nemakireke. ² Asi wajuda wakaramba kutenda wakamutsa moyo wedzvimwe ndudze uye wakawakaganisa pfugwa dzawo kuti wawenge hama. ³ Saka iwo wakataura nguwa yakarepa, wachitaura wasingatye muna Ishe, waipa zvapupu mushoko renyasha, wakaita munana nezviratidzo namawoko awo. ⁴ Uye wazhinji weguta wakapesana; amwe aitsigira majuda amwe wapostori. ⁵ Wakazviisa pamusoro, wajuda newahedeni, newakuru, wakataura zvakaipa , uye akawataka namabwe. ⁶ Iwo wachiswa izvona wakaida kutsvimbo yanziRikonia, nedunhu rese rakanga rakapoteredzana. ⁷ ipapo wadzidzi wakaparidza. ⁸ MuRistira maigara umwe murume akanga arimitanakumbo, akanga akamberekwa akaremera kubva mudubu ramai wake, akanga asati abhofamba. ⁹ Iwo akanzwa Pauro achitaura; akamutarisisa akaona kuti murume uyo akanga anekutenda kuti anopora, ¹⁰ Akati: neinzwi guru simuka nerudye makumbo ako. Iye akasimuka akafamba. ¹¹ Wazhinji waona zvakanga zvaitwa na Pauro, wakasimudza inzwi rawo nerurime rekuRikonia wachiti: wana mwari wafanana newanhu, uye wasimu wauya kwatiri. ¹² Wakadana Bharabhasi weZeusi; Pauro weHerimesi; nekuti awa wakanga wariwakuru pakuataura. ¹³ Waprisita weZeusi, wakanga waripedyo neguta, akauya nehando namaruwa wakapida nepamusuwo, newamwe waiwatera, waida kupa zvibayiro kwavari. ¹⁴ Asi wapostora Bharabhasi na Pauro, pawakanzwa izvi, wakabvarura guo dzawo, wakajamba kune wazhinji, ¹⁵ wachiti: Warume, munoitirei zvadaro? isu ndiri wanhu kunge imi, tichiitawo zvamuitawo; tinokuparidzirai shoko kuti mutendeuke pazvino zvisina maturo kuna Mwari mupenyu, akaita denga nenyika, nyika, negugwa, nezwese zwirimo. ¹⁶ Panguwa dzakapfura akarega ake ndudzi dzosedzchifamba munzira yawo. ¹⁷ Asi, haana kusiya pasi zvangapupurira, muchiita zvakanakakubva kudenga, ichitipa mvura, nguwa yezvimbereko, wachizadza moyo yedu nechikafu chimufaro. ¹⁸ Ndataura izvi, kuti wadziwise wanhu wazhinji awa kuti warege kubayiro. ¹⁹ Asi kwakauya mamwe majuda kubva kuAndioki, e de Ikoniamu, wakasvipidura kuwanhu wazhinji; wachitaka Pauro, wakamutora wakaendesa kunze kweguta, wachikunga kuti afa. ²⁰ Asi, wadzidzi wakamukomberedza, iye akasimuka, akapinda muguta; namangwana wakaenda kuBhebhe. ²¹ Aparidza kuguta iro, akaita wadzidzi wakawanda, wakadzokera kuRistira, Ikoniamu, Andioki, ²² Wachisimbisa wadzidzi, nekuwakurudzira kuti warambe wari pakutenda, tinofanira kutambudzika kuti mupinde Mumabo waMwari. ²³ Pauro na Bharabhasi wakagadza watugamiriri mukereke imwe na imwe, wachinamata nemutsanyu, wakatumwa na Ishe, kune zvawakatenda. ²⁴ Wakapfura nemuPisidhi, wakauya Pamufiria. ²⁵ Wakataura shoko mupega, wakadzika kuAtaria. ²⁶ Ipapo wakaende kuAndioki, wakamikizwa nyasha dzaMwari nemabasa akatozadziswa. ²⁷ Pawakasvika, wakaugana mukereke, wakataura zvino zvikuru zvanga zvatwa na Mwari kwaari; iwo wakavhura musuwo kune wahedeni. ²⁸ Iwo wakagara ipapo kwete nguwa choma