Mabasa Evaapostora
2 Pazuva reMutambo wePendekosti,+ vese vakanga vari panzvimbo imwe chete. 2 Kwakangoerekana kwava nekutinhira kwakaita sekwemhepo inovhuvhuta nesimba kuchibva kudenga, kukazadza imba yese yavakanga vakagara.+ 3 Vakaona aiita semarimi emoto, rimwe nerimwe rakafanana nerurimi achipararira achigara pamusoro pemumwe nemumwe wavo, 4 uye vese vakazadzwa nemweya mutsvene,+ vakatanga kutaura nemitauro yakasiyana-siyana,* sekupiwa kwavaiitwa nemweya kuti vataure.+
5 Mazuva iwayo vaJudha vaitya Mwari vaibva kunyika dzese dziri pasi pedenga vaiva muJerusarema.+ 6 Saka pakaitika kutinhira uku, vanhu vakawanda vakaungana uye vakashamiswa, nekuti mumwe nemumwe akavanzwa vachitaura nemutauro wake. 7 Vakashamisika zvechokwadi vakati: “Tarisai muone! Vese vari kutaura ava havasi vaGarireya+ here? 8 Saka zviri kufamba sei kuti mumwe nemumwe wedu ari kunzwa mutauro wekwaanobva?* 9 VaPatiya, vaMedhiya,+ nevaEramu,+ vagari vekuMesopotamiya, Judhiya neKapadhokiya, Pontasi nenharaunda yeEzhiya,+ 10 Frijiya nePamfiriya, Ijipiti nenharaunda yeRibhiya iri pedyo neKurini, vashanyi vakabva kuRoma, vaJudha nevakatendeukira kuchiJudha,+ 11 vaKrete, nevaArabhiya, tese tiri kuvanzwa vachitaura nemitauro yedu nezvezvinhu zvikuru pamusoro paMwari.” 12 Vese vakashaya neremuromo zvechokwadi uye zvakavanetsa, vachibvunzana kuti: “Zvinoreveiko izvi?” 13 Asi vamwe vaivatsvinyira vachiti: “Vakadhakwa newaini ava.”
14 Asi Petro akasimuka pamwe nevane Gumi Nemumwe,+ akataura kwavari nenzwi guru kuti: “Vanhu vemuJudhiya nemi mese vemuJerusarema, zivai izvi uye nyatsoteererai mashoko angu. 15 Vanhu ava havana kudhakwa, sezvamuri kufunga, nekuti ichiri awa yechitatu.* 16 Asi izvi ndizvo zvakataurwa pachishandiswa muprofita Joeri, zvichinzi: 17 ‘“Mumazuva ekupedzisira,” Mwari anodaro, “ndichadurura mumwe mweya wangu pavanhu vemarudzi ese, uye vanakomana venyu nevanasikana venyu vachaprofita uye majaya enyu achaona zviratidzo uye vakwegura venyu vacharota hope,+ 18 uye kunyange pavarandarume nevarandakadzi vangu ndichadurura mumwe mweya wangu mumazuva iwayo, uye vachaprofita.+ 19 Uye ndichaita zvishamiso kudenga kumusoro uye zviratidzo panyika pasi, ropa nemoto nemakore eutsi. 20 Zuva richasviba uye mwedzi uchava ropa zuva guru nerinoshamisa raJehovha* risati rasvika. 21 Uye munhu wese anodana zita raJehovha* achaponeswa.”’+
22 “Vanhu vaIsraeri, inzwai mashoko aya: Jesu wekuNazareta, aiva munhu wamakaratidzwa pachena naMwari nemabasa esimba nezvishamiso nezviratidzo zvakaitwa naMwari achimushandisa pakati penyu,+ sezvamunonyatsoziva. 23 Murume uyu, uyo akaunzwa kwamuri maererano nekuda kwaMwari uye kuziva kwake zvichaitika,+ makamuturika padanda muchishandisa maoko evanhu vasingateereri mutemo, mukamuuraya.+ 24 Asi Mwari akamumutsa+ nekumusunungura pamarwadzo erufu,* nekuti zvakanga zvisingaiti kuti arambe akabatwa narwo.+ 25 Nekuti Dhavhidhi anoti nezvake: ‘Ndinoita kuti Jehovha* agare ari pamberi pangu, nekuti ari kuruoko rwangu rwerudyi zvekuti handizombozununguswi. 26 Saka mwoyo wangu wakapembera uye rurimi rwangu rwakafara zvikuru. Uye ndichagara ndiine* tariro; 27 nekuti hamuzondisiyi* muGuva,* uye hamuzoregi munhu wenyu akavimbika achiona kuora.+ 28 Makaita kuti ndizive nzira dzeupenyu; muchandizadza nemufaro mukuru pamberi penyu.’+
29 “Varume, hama, zvinobvumidzwa kuti nditaure nemi ndakasununguka nezvatateguru Dhavhidhi, kuti iye akafa, akavigwa,+ uye guva rake tinaro nanhasi. 30 Sezvo aiva muprofita uye aiziva kuti Mwari akanga amupikira achiita mhiko yekuti aizogadza mumwe wevana vake pachigaro chake cheumambo,+ 31 akagara aona uye ataura nezverumuko rwaKristu, kuti haana kusiyiwa muGuva* uye nyama yake haina kuora.+ 32 Mwari akamutsa Jesu uyu, uye isu tese tiri zvapupu zvacho.+ 33 Saka adurura zvamuri kuona nekunzwa nekuti akakwidziridzwa kuruoko rwerudyi rwaMwari,+ akagamuchira mweya mutsvene waakanga avimbiswa naBaba.+ 34 Nekuti Dhavhidhi haana kukwira kudenga, asi iye pachake anoti, ‘Jehovha* akati kunaShe wangu: “Gara kuruoko rwangu rwerudyi 35 kusvikira ndaita kuti vavengi vako vave sechitsiko chetsoka dzako.”’+ 36 Saka imba yese yaIsraeri ngaizive kuti chokwadi Mwari akaita kuti Jesu uyu wamakaroverera padanda+ ave Ishe+ uye Kristu.”
37 Pavakanzwa izvi, vakabayiwa mwoyo, uye vakati kuna Petro nevamwe vaapostora vese: “Varume, hama, toita sei?” 38 Petro akati kwavari: “Pfidzai+ zvivi zvenyu, uye mumwe nemumwe wenyu ngaabhabhatidzwe+ muzita raJesu Kristu kuti muregererwe zvivi zvenyu,+ uye muchagamuchira chipo chepachena chemweya mutsvene. 39 Nekuti ndimi makavimbiswa+ izvi pamwe nevana venyu, nevamwe vese vari kure, vese vanogona kudaidzwa naJehovha* Mwari wedu kuti vauye kwaari.”+ 40 Uye akaramba achivapupurira nemamwe mashoko akawanda, achivakurudzira, achiti: “Poneswai pachizvarwa chino chisina kururama.”+ 41 Saka vaya vakagamuchira shoko rake nemufaro vakabhabhatidzwa,+ uye musi iwoyo vanhu vangasvika 3 000 vakawedzerwa.+ 42 Uye vakaramba vachizvipira pazvinhu zvaidzidziswa nevaapostora, vachiungana pamwe chete,* nekudya pamwe chete,+ uye vachinyengetera.+
43 Vanhu vese vakatanga kutya zvechokwadi, uye vaapostora vakatanga kuita zvishamiso nezviratidzo.+ 44 Vese vakava vatendi vaiva pamwe chete, vachishandisa zvinhu zvavo zvese pamwe chete, 45 uye vaitengesa zvinhu zvavo+ nepfuma vachigovana nevamwe vese mari yacho, maererano nezvinenge zvichidiwa nemumwe nemumwe.+ 46 Uye vainge vari patemberi zuva rimwe nerimwe nechinangwa chimwe, uye vaidya zvekudya zvavo mudzimba dzakasiyana-siyana, vachipanana zvekudya zvavo nemufaro uye nemwoyo wese, 47 vachirumbidza Mwari uye vachifarirwa nevanhu vese. Ukuwo mazuva ese Jehovha* airamba achivawedzera vaya vakanga vachiponeswa.+