¹ Wakati wapfuura nomuAmufiripo neAporonia, wakauya kuwaTesaronika,kwakanga kune imwe sinagogi yewajuda. ² Pauro, dzakanga dziri tsika dzake, akapinda mawari, masabata anoita matatu waibvudzana nyaya dzemagwaro. ³ Achiwatsanagura, nokuwaratidza kuti Kristu aifanira kufa uye agomuka kubva kuwakafa; (iye aiti) Jesu uyu ndiye Kristu, wandinokuparidzirai. ⁴ Amwe akatenda, ndokubatana na Pauro naSirasi; nawazhinji watya; uye newakadzi wazhinji. ⁵ Asi wajuda wasingatende, wakabatwa negudo, wakatora amwe wanhu wakanga wakaipa pamusika, wakaunganidza wanhu wazhinji watotanga bope muguta; ⁶ Wakamanyira kuimba kwaJason, wakatsanga kuwaudza kune wazhinji. awana kuwawona, wakatora Jasoni, newamwe wanhu wakuru weguta, wachiti: Waya wanoisa kusagadzikana munyika yese wauya kuno. ⁷ Uye Jason akawagamuchira muimba yake, wese warikumhura murayiro waKesar, kuti kune umwe mambo, anonzi Jesu. ⁸ Ungano rewazhinji, newakuru weguta, wanswa zvino izvi. ⁹ Wakaita kuti Jason na amwe waripe rubatso ndokubva wamuregerera. ¹⁰ Hama dzakatuma Pauro na Sirasi kuenda kuBheria; pawakasvika ikoko wakaenda kumasinagogi yewajuda. ¹¹ Nekuti iku kwakanga kune tsika kudarika wakanga warikuBheria, wakagamuchira shoko nechido chese, wainzvera magwaro zuwa ne zuwa, kuti waone kuti ndezvechokwandi. ¹² Naizwozwo wazhinji wacho wakatenda, newakadzi waGirike wairemekedzwa; newarume, kwete wachoma. ¹³ Asi wajuda wekuTesaronika pakanzwa kuti kubheria shoko raMwari rakaparidzwa na Pauro, wakauya ikoko, wakakuchidzira bope. ¹⁴ Asi ipapo hama dzakaparadzana na pauro, kuti waende kungugwa; asi Sirasi na Timoti wakaramba waripo. ¹⁵ wakaperekedza Pauro, wakamutora wakaenda naye kuAtene; wakakurudzira Sirasi na timoti, kuti wauye kwaari nekukasika, iwo wakaenda. ¹⁶ Pauro akawamirira kuAtene, mweya wake waishushikana makati make, achiona guta racho rakanga risere nemufananidzo. ¹⁷ Saka akataurirana nawajuda, newatya Mwari; mumusika zuwa ne zuwa, kuti wauya kusvira ikoko. ¹⁸ Boka nawachenjere nawaEpikoro nawaStoikiwaita naro naye; amwe waite: Ko uyu mataurire ake asina maturo arikuendza kutiko? amwe wachiti: Pamwe iye anoparidza wana mwari wokumwe. Nekuti iye aiwaparidzira shoko raJesu Kristu nekumuka kwake. ¹⁹ Wachimutora, wakaenda naye kuAreopagasi wachiti: Tinoda kuziwa kuti dzidziso itsva iyi yauri kudzidzisa? ²⁰ Urikunza pfungwa dzitsva munzewe dzedu; saka tirikuda kuziwa kuti zvinorewei. ²¹ (WaAtene wese newatorwa waigara ipapo wasina nguwa yawo wasina chimwe chawaita kunze kwekungotaura nokuteerera shoko itsva). ²² Pauro, aripaka ti pewaAeropagasi, wakati: Warume weatenes, ini ndinowona kuti muriwatende; ²³ Neiko padaipfura nemaguta yenyu ndaiona zvamunonamata ndakaona aritari, rakanyorwa kunzi: KUNA MWARI ASINGASIWIKANWE. zvino munonmata zvinhu zvisinga ziwekanwe, izvi ndzizvo zvadinokuparidzirai; ²⁴ Mwari akasika nyika, nezvinhu zvose zviri mairi; ariIshe wekudenga nenyika, aagare nguwa wakaitwa nemunhu. ²⁵ Uye haachandirwe ne rwoko remunhu; kunge uchida chinhu; nekuti iye ndiye anopa upenyu wese, kufema, nezvinhu zvose; ²⁶ Neropa imwe iye akaita nyika yose, kuti wagare pasi panyika, wakataurirwa nguwa nezvimbo dzawo chaidzo dzawakagara; ²⁷ Kuti watsake Ishe, zvimwe wagamuona, kunyangwe asiri kure kwedu. ²⁸ Nekuti maari ndimo matinorarama, matinofamba, uye matino gara; sezvonorewa amwe madetembi: Nekuti isuwo tirichibereko chake. ²⁹ Sezvo tirichibereko chaMwari, atifanire kufunga kuti umwari wakaita se wakaita segoridhe, kana sirivha, kana ibwe, chimufananidzo chakawezwa noumhizha wemunhu. ³⁰ Naizwozwo Mwari, arege ake kuragarira nguwa dzakare zvino ndinoparidzira munhu wese, manguwa yose, kuti wazvedembe. ³¹ Iye akamirira umwe musi kuti atonge nyika nekururama nemurume waakagadza; akaratidza izvi kuwanhu, achiwamutsa kuwafi. ³² Wachinzwa kumutswa kwewakafa, amwe wakamutuka; amwe waite: isu tichanzwa zvekare nezvako pauchadzoka. ³³ Nokudaro Pauro akabuda pakati pawo. ³⁴ Amwe arume wakasvika paari, wakatenda; amwe wakanga warikuDhiniasi kuAreopagasi, umwe mukanzi ainzi Dhamarasi, neamwe.