¹ Iye akauya kuDhebhe neRistira; kwakanga kune umwe mudzidzi, ainzi Timoti, mwanakomana weumwe mukadzi mujuda akanga arimutende, asi baba wake wangawari mugirike. ² Aipupurirwa zvakanaka nehama dzake akanga arikuRistira nekuIkonia. ³ Pauro akanda kuenda naye; wachimutora, wakamuchecheudzwa, nekuda kwemajuda, wakanga warikutsvimbo iwowo; nekuti wese waiziya baba wake, kuti akanga arimugireke. ⁴ Iwo, wachipfura nemuguta, wakasvitsa mashoko akanga ataurwa newapostora nawakuruwe wemuJerusarema, kuti wamachegete. ⁵ Nokudaaro makereke akasimbiswa nekutenda, zuwa rimwe ne rimwe wanhu waiwedzera. ⁶ Wachipfura muFirigia, nemaguta yeGaratia, wakarambiswa kutaura shoko neMweya Mutswene kuEzhia. ⁷ Iwo pawakauya kuMisia, wakaendza kuenda kuBhitinia; asi Mweya auna kumubvumira. ⁸ Wapfura kuMisia, wakadzika kuTroasi. ⁹ Pauro akaita chiratidzo mausiku: umwe murume wekuMasedhonia akasviisa pamberi paPauro, akawakumbira achiti, timbatsirei! ¹⁰ Paakaona chiratidzo, wakatsaka kuenda kuMasedhonia, akataura kuti Ishe wanda kuti tiparedze Shoko kwawari. ¹¹ Saka, wakaenda kuTronde, takabva tichimanya nzira reSamotraria, zuwa ramangwana wakaenda Neaporisi. ¹² Kubva ipona wakaenda kuFiripi, guta rekutanga kuMasedhonia, korono; takawepo muguta iri mazuwa mashoma nana. ¹³ Zuwa ramangwana rakanga ririsabata takabuda muguta, kwaitwa munamato; patakagara, takataura newakadzi kuti wakatibatsira. ¹⁴ Umwe mukadzi, ainzi Ridia, waitegesa nguo, muguta reTiatira, aichandira Mwari; ite akatinzwa; moyo Mwari waakabvura, wakanzwisisa Pauro zvaitaura. ¹⁵ Uye pakabhabhatidzwa, neumba yake, Iye akatikumbira, wachiti: Kana muchitonga kuti ini ndakatendeka kunaIshe, wakapnda muimba yake. akatikumbirisi tikatenda. ¹⁶ Zvakaitika, pataenda kundonamata, takasangana neumwe jaya akanga anemweya wekuhuka; achifembera aiudza Mware kuna ana ishe wawo. ¹⁷ Iye kechipiri Pauro neni, akadanidzira, achiti: Warumwe awa waranda waMwari wekumusorosoro, warikuya kuzoparidza nrira dzeruponeso. ¹⁸ Aita zvinyu izvi kumazuwa akawada. Asi, Pauro haana kufara nazvo, akatendeuka akati kumweya: Muzita raJesu Kristu ini ndinokutuma kuti ubude maari. nguwa imwe chete mweya wakabuda. ¹⁹ vanaishe wawo, wachiona kuti tariro remare yangayapera. wakabata Pauro na Sirasi, wakamutora paruzhinji, pamberi pewakuru. ²⁰ Wakaisa pamberi pewatongi, wakati: murume uyu anomutsa bope muguta redu, uye mujuda; ²¹ Iwo wakataura tsika dzawo kuti atigamuchire, kana kuita, nekuti isu tiri maroma. ²² Wazhinji wakawasimukira kwawari; nemasoja,wakabvarura nguwo dzawo, wakawatuma kuti warohwe. ²³ Shure kwekurohwa zvikuru, wakawaisa mutorongo, wakakumbira kuti wachegete wetorongo awachegete kwazzvo. ²⁴ Anzwa mitemo uyu, akwakanda mujere remukati kati, wakawasunga makumbo pamatanga. ²⁵ Pakati pawo usiku, Pauro na Sirasi, wainamata, wakatanga kuimbira Mwari; uye amwe wakanga wakasunga waiwazwagwa. ²⁶ Pakarepo pakawa kudengenyeka kwenyika kukuru zvokuti nheyo dzetorongo dzakasunuguka; uye misuwo dzose dzakanvurika, majeni ose awakanga wakasugwa nawo akavurika. ^{27 28} Muchegete, wetorongo akamuka uye paakaona masuwo; yetorongo azaruka, akavumura munhodo wake; akada kusviuraya, nekuti akafunga kuti wasugwa wakanga wapunyuka. Asi Pauro akadanidzira achiti: usasvikwadza tirimuno tose. ²⁹ wakumbira kuti mwenje, akavura mukati, achitetemera, akapfugama pamberi paPauro na Sirasi. ³⁰ Wakasimuka, akati: Ishe, ndinoita sei kuti ndipone? ³¹ Iwo wakati tenda munaJesu Kristu, uchaponeswa, iwe neumba yako. ³² Wakamuudza masoko yaIshe, wese wakanga warimumba. ³³ Wakaenda nawo, mausiku iwawo, akawasuka zviroda zvakanga warohwa, ipapo wakabhabhatidzwa newese. ³⁴ Akawatora akaenda nawo kumba kwawo, akaisa chikafu; akafara zvikuru, wakatenda kuna Mwari neumba yake ose. ³⁵ Umwe mosi, watongi wakatuma wachegete, wachiti: Bvisai warume awa. ³⁶ Wachegete wetorongo wakataura mashoko akataura Pauro, akati: Watongi ngawakusei; naizwozwo budai, edai nerugare. ³⁷ Asi Pauro akati: Iwo wakatirowa wazhinji waripo, kunyangwe zvedu tirisiri waroma, wakatiisa mutorongo, wakatiisa panze machewande wande? Nokudaro kwete! Asi wakauya usiku wakabviswa. ³⁸ Saka wachegete wakadzoka wachiti kune watongi wakatya pawakanzwa kuti akanga arimuroma. ³⁹ Pawakauya, wakakumbira; achiwabvisa, wakakumbira kuti wabude muguta. ⁴⁰ Uye iwo, wabuda mujeri, wakapinda muumba maRidhia; achiwona hama, wakawanyaradza wakabuda.