Acts 17
1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
Zvino vakati vagura nemuAmufipori neAporonia, vakasvika paTesaronika, paiva nesinagoge reVaJudha;
2 Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
zvino setsika yaPauro wakapinda kwavari, uye kwemasabata matatu akataurirana navo kubva mumagwaro,
3 explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”
achizarura nekuratidza kuti Kristu waifanira kutambudzika nekumuka kubva kuvakafa, uye kuti: Uyu Jesu, ini wandinoparidza kwamuri, ndiye Kristu.
4 Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas: of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.
Zvino vamwe vavo vakatenda, vakazvibatanidza naPauro naSirasi, nechaunga chikuru cheVaGiriki vaishumira, nekuvakadzi vaikudzwa vasiri vashoma.
5 But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
Asi VaJudha vasingatendi vakaita godo, vakatora vamwe varume vakaipa dzaiva simbe dzepamusika, vakaita chaunga, vakamutsira guta bongozozo; vakawira imba yaJasoni, vachitsvaka kuvabudisira kuvanhu;
6 When they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
asi vakati vasingavawani, vakakakatira Jasoni nedzimwe hama kuvatungamiriri veguta, vachidanidzira vachiti: Ava vakanyonganisa nyika, ivo vasvika panowo,
7 whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”
avo Jasoni vaakagamuchira; uye ava vese vanoita zvinopesana nezviga zvaKesari, vachiti umwe mambo ariko, anonzi Jesu.
8 The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.
Uye vakanyonganisa chaunga nevatungamiriri veguta vachinzwa zvinhu izvi.
9 When they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
Zvino vakati vatora rubatso kuna Jasoni nekuvamwe, vakavaregedza.
10 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
Zvino pakarepo hama dzikatuma Pauro naSirasi kuBheriya neusiku; vakati vachisvika vakabva vakaenda musinagoge reVaJudha.
11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
Ava vakange vakanaka kukunda veTesaronika, vakagamuchira shoko nechido chese, vachinzvera magwaro zuva rimwe nerimwe, kana zvinhu izvi zvaiva zvakadaro.
12 Many of them therefore believed; also of the prominent Greek women, and not a few men.
Naizvozvo vazhinji vavo vakatenda, nevevakadzi vaikudzwa veVaGiriki, nevevarume vasiri vashoma.
13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.
Asi VaJudha veTesaronika vakati vachiziva kuti shoko raMwari rinoparidzwa naPauro paBheriyawo, vakasvikapowo vakabvongodza zvaunga.
14 Then the brothers immediately sent out Paul to go as far as to the sea, and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
Zvino nenguva iyoyo pakarepo hama dzakatuma Pauro seanoenda kugungwa; asi Sirasi naTimotio vakasarapo.
15 But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.
Zvino avo vakaperekedza Pauro, vakamusvitsa kuAtene; ndokuti vagamuchira kuraira kuna Sirasi naTimotio kuti vakurumidzise kuuya kwaari, vakabva vaenda.
16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
Zvino Pauro achakavagarira paAtene, mweya wake wakabvongonyodzeka maari, achiona guta rizere zvifananidzo.
17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who met him.
Naizvozvo wakapikisana neVaJudha musinagoge nevainamata Mwari, nepamusika zuva rimwe nerimwe nevanenge varipo.
18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
Zvino dzimwe nyanzvi dzekufunga dzeVaEpikuro nedzeVaStoiko dzakaita nharo naye. Vamwe ndokuti: Uyu mubvotomoki anoda kurevei? Asi vamwe vakati: Anenge muparidzi wevamwari vekumwe; nokuti neevhangeri wakavaparidzira Jesu nekumuka.
19 They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which you are speaking about?
Zvino vakamubata, vakamuisa paAreopago vachiti: Tingaziva here kuti dzidziso iyi itsva inotaurwa newe chii?
20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”
Nokuti unouisa zvimwe zvinhu zvinoshamisa panzeve dzedu; naizvozvo tinoda kuziva kuti zvinhu izvi zvinoda kuva zvii?
21 Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
Nokuti vese VaAtene nevatorwa vaigarapo vakashandisa nguva yavo kwete pane chimwe chinhu, asi kunzwa kana kutaura chinhu chitsva.
22 Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.
Zvino Pauro amira pakati peAreopago, wakati: Varume VaAtene, pazvinhu zvese ndinoona kuti semune chitendero chikuru.
23 For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription: ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ What therefore you worship in ignorance, I announce to you.
Nokuti ndati ndichipfuura nekucherekedza zvinhu zvenyu zvamunonamata, ndawana aritariwo yakanyorwa kuti: KUNA MWARI ASINGAZIKANWI. Naizvozvo uyo wamunonamata musingazivi, ndiye ini wandinokuparidzirai.
24 The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands.
Mwari wakaita nyika nezvinhu zvese zviri mairi, iye ari Ishe wedenga nepasi, haagari mutembere dzakaitwa nemaoko,
25 He isn’t served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath and all things.
uye haashumirwi nemaoko evanhu, seanoshaiwa chinhu, nokuti iye anopa vese upenyu nekufema nezvinhu zvese;
26 He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons and the boundaries of their dwellings,
uye wakaita kubva paropa rimwe marudzi ese evanhu, kuti agare pachiso chese chenyika, atara nguva dzakagara dzatemwa uye miganhu yeugaro hwavo;
27 that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
kuti vatsvake Ishe, zvimwe zvirokwazvo vamutsvangadzire vamuwane, kunyange asiri kure neumwe neumwe wedu.
28 ‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’
Nokuti maari tinorarama uye tinofamba uye tiripo; sezvo vamwewo vanyanduri vekwenyu vakati: Nokuti tiri zvizvarwa zvakewo.
29 Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.
Naizvozvo zvatiri zvizvarwa zvaMwari, hatifaniri kufunga kuti uMwari hwakafanana negoridhe kana sirivheri kana ibwe, zvakavezwa neumhizha kana murangariro wemunhu.
30 The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
Naizvozvo nguva dzekusaziva Mwari wakarega kurangarira, ikozvino anoraira vanhu vese kwese-kwese kuti vatendeuke.
31 because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”
Nokuti wakatara zuva, raachatonga nyika mukururama, nemurume waakagadza, akasimbisa kune vese, pakumumutsa kubva kuvakafa.
32 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”
Zvino vakati vanzwa zvekumuka kwevakafa, vamwe vakasveveredza, asi vamwe vakati: Tichazokunzwazve pamusoro paizvozvi.
33 Thus Paul went out from among them.
Zvino nokudaro Pauro wakabuda pakati pavo.
34 But certain men joined with him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Asi vamwe varume vakamunamatira, vakatenda; pakati pavo Dhionisiowo muAreopago, nemukadzi wainzi Dhamarisi, nevamwe vanavo.
