Acts 22
1 “Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.”
Varume, hama, nemadzibaba, inzwai kuzvidavirira kwangu ikozvino kwamuri.
2 When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,
Vakati vachinzwa kuti anotaura nerurimi rwechiHebheru kwavari, vakanyanya kunyarara, zvino akati:
3 “I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are today.
Ini ndiri zvirokwazvo murume muJudha, wakaberekerwa muTaso yeKirikia, akarerwa muguta rino pamakumbo aGamarieri, ndikadzidziswa zvakasimba maererano nemurairo wemadzibaba, mushingairiri waMwari, sezvamuri mese nhasi;
4 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women,
waishusha nzira iyi kusvikira parufu, ndichisunga nekukumikidza mutirongo vese varume nevakadzi,
5 as also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.
nemupristi mukuru sezvaanondipupurira, nedare rese remakurukota evakuru, kwandakagamuchirawo kwavari tsamba kuhama, ndikaenda kuDhamasiko kuti ndiuise kuJerusarema avo vaivapowo vakasungwa, kuti varangwe.
6 “As I made my journey and came close to Damascus, about noon suddenly a great light shone around me from the sky.
Zvino zvakaitika kuti ndichifamba ndoswedera Dhamasiko, anenge masikati, pakarepo kwakapenya kubva kudenga chiedza chikuru chakandipoteredza.
7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
Zvino ndakawira pasi, ndokunzwa inzwi richiti kwandiri: Sauro, Sauro, unondishushirei?
8 I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.’
Ini ndikapindura, ndikati: Ndimwi ani, Ishe? Akati kwandiri: Ndini Jesu weNazareta waunoshusha iwe.
9 “Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn’t understand the voice of him who spoke to me.
Zvino avo vaiva neni vakaona chiedza, uye vakatya; asi havana kunzwisisa inzwi rewakataura neni.
10 I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.’
Zvino ndikati: Ndoita chii, Ishe? Ishe ndokuti kwandiri: Simuka uende kuDhamasiko; uye ikoko uchaudzwa maererano nezvinhu zvese zvakatarirwa iwe kuti uite.
11 When I couldn’t see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.
Zvino zvandakange ndisingaoni nekubwinya kwechiedza icho, ndakatungamirirwa neruoko nevaiva neni, ndikasvika kuDhamasiko.
12 “One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,
Zvino umwe Ananiasi, murume waishingaira pakunamata zvinoenderana nemurairo, waipupurirwa zvakanaka neVaJudha vese vakange vagerepo,
13 came to me, and standing by me said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ In that very hour I looked up at him.
akauya kwandiri ndokumira padivi pangu akati kwandiri: Sauro hama, chionazve. Neni nenguva iyo ndikamuona.
14 He said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
Zvino akati: Mwari wemadzibaba edu wakagara akusarudza kuti uzive chido chake, nekuona Wakarurama, uye unzwe inzwi rinobva mumuromo wake.
15 For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.
Nokuti uchava chapupu chake kuvanhu vese chezvawakaona nekunzwa.
16 Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’
Zvino ikozvino uchanonokerei? Simuka ubhabhatidzwe uye usukwe zvivi zvako, uchidana zita raIshe.
17 “When I had returned to Jerusalem and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance
Zvino zvakaitika kuti ndadzokera kuJerusarema, uye ndichinyengetera mutembere, ndikaita chiyeverwa chemweya,
18 and saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.’
ndokumuona achiti kwandiri: Kurumidza uye ubude muJerusarema ikozvino-zvino; nokuti havagamuchiri uchapupu hwako maererano neni.
19 I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.
Ini ndikati: Ishe, ivo vanoziva kuti ini ndaiisa mutirongo nekurova musinagoge rega-rega avo vaitenda kwamuri;
20 When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’
uye pakadururwa ropa raSitefano chapupu chenyu, neni ndakange ndimirepo ndichibvumirana nekuurawa kwake, uye ndakachengeta nguvo dzevaimuuraya.
21 “He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’”
Zvino akati kwandiri: Enda, nokuti ini ndichakutuma kure kuvahedheni.
22 They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice and said, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn’t fit to live!”
Vakamuteerera kusvikira pashoko iri, ndokusimudza inzwi ravo vachiti: Wakadai ngaabviswe panyika; nokuti hazvina kufanira kuti ararame.
23 As they cried out, threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,
Zvino vachidanidzira, nekurasa nguvo, vachikushira guruva mumhepo,
24 the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.
mukuru wechuru wakaraira kuti aiswe kuimba yemauto achiti abvunzurudzwe nekurohwa netyava, kuti azive kuti chikonzeroi chavaidanidzira kudai pamusoro pake.
25 When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?”
Zvino vakati vamutandavadzira mberi nemakashu, Pauro akati kumukuru wezana wakange amirepo: Zviri pamutemo here kwamuri kurova netyava munhu ari muRoma uye asina kupiwa mhosva?
26 When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, “Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!”
Zvino mukuru wezana wakati achizvinzwa, akaswedera akaudza mukuru wechuru achiti: Chenjerai zvamoda kuita; nokuti munhu uyu muRoma.
27 The commanding officer came and asked him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” He said, “Yes.”
Zvino mukuru wechuru akaswedera akati kwaari: Ndiudze, iwe uri muRoma here? Iye akati: Hongu.
28 The commanding officer answered, “I bought my citizenship for a great price.” Paul said, “But I was born a Roman.”
Mukuru wechuru ndokupindura akati: Nemutengo mukuru ini ndakawana ugaro uhu. Pauro akati: Asi neni ndakaberekwa nahwo.
29 Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman, because he had bound him.
Naizvozvo pakarepo vakabva kwaari ivo vaiva vomubvunzurudza. Nemukuru wechuru wakatyawo aziva kuti iye muRoma, uye nokuti wakange amusunga.
30 But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.
Zvino chifume achida kuziva chokwadi, kuti nemhosva yei aipomerwa neVaJudha, wakamusunungura pazvisungo, akaraira kuti vapristi vakuru nedare ravo remakurukota rese vauye, akaburusira Pauro ndokugadzika pamberi pavo.
