Acts 8 (BOSCB)
1 Uye Sauro akanga aripo achibvumirana nokufa kwake.Nomusi uyo kutambudzwa kukuru kwakatanga pakereke yepaJerusarema, uye vose vakaparadzirwa muJudhea rose nomuSamaria, kukasara vapostori chete. 2 Varume vaitya Mwari vakaviga Sitefani uye vakamuchema zvikuru. 3 Asi Sauro akatanga kuparadza kereke. Achipinda muimba neimba, akazvuzvurudza varume navakadzi achivaisa mutorongo. 4 Vaya vakanga vaparadzirwa vakaparidza shoko kwose kwose kwavaienda. 5 Firipi akaburuka akaenda kuguta raiva muSamaria akaparidza Kristu ikoko. 6 Vanhu vazhinji vakati vanzwa Firipi uye vakaona zviratidzo zvaakaita, vose vakanyatsoteerera kune zvaaitaura. 7 Nokuti mweya yetsvina yakabuda muvanhu ichidanidzira nenzwi guru, uye vazhinji vakanga vakaoma mitezo navakanga vakaremara vakaporeswa. 8 Nokudaro kwakava nomufaro mukuru muguta iro. 9 Zvino kwechinguva mumwe murume ainzi Simoni akanga aita unʼanga muguta uye akashamisa vanhu vose veSamaria. Aizvirumbidza achiti iye akanga ari munhu mukuru, 10 uye vanhu vose kubva kuna vakakwirira kusvikira kuna vari pasi pasi, vaimuteerera vachiti, “Munhu uyu ndiye simba guru raMwari.” 11 Vaimutevera nokuti akanga avashamisa kwenguva refu namashiripiti ake. 12 Asi vakati vatenda Firipi sezvo aiparidza vhangeri roumambo hwaMwari nezita raJesu Kristu, vakabhabhatidzwa, vose varume navakadzi. 13 Simoni pachake akatenda uye akabhabhatidzwa. Uye akatevera Firipi kwose kwose, achikatyamadzwa nezviratidzo zvikuru zvaakaona. 14 Vapostori vaiva muJerusarema vakati vanzwa kuti vaSamaria vagamuchira shoko raMwari, vakatumira Petro naJohani kwavari. 15 Vakati vasvika, vakavanyengeterera kuti vagamuchire Mweya Mutsvene, 16 nokuti Mweya Mutsvene akanga asati auya pamusoro paani zvake wavo; vakanga vangobhabhatidzwa muzita raIshe Jesu. 17 Ipapo Petro naJohani vakaisa maoko pamusoro pavo, vakagamuchira Mweya Mutsvene. 18 Simoni akati aona kuti Mweya Mutsvene waipiwa nokuiswa kwamaoko avapostori, akavapa mari 19 akati, “Ndipeiwo simba iri kuti munhu wose wandichaisa maoko pamusoro agamuchire Mweya Mutsvene.” 20 Petro akapindura akati, “Mari yako ngaiparare pamwe chete newe, nokuti wafunga kuti ungatenga chipo chaMwari nemari! 21 Iwe hauna chikamu kana mugove muushumiri uhu, nokuti mwoyo wako hauna kunaka pamberi paMwari. 22 Tendeuka ubve pakuipa uku uye unyengetere kuna She. Zvimwe achakukanganwira pakuva nepfungwa yakadai mumwoyo mako. 23 Nokuti ndinoona kuti iwe uzere nduru inovava uye wakasungwa nechivi.” 24 Ipapo Simoni akapindura akati, “Ndinyengetererei kuna She kuti zvose zvamataura zvirege kuitika kwandiri.” 25 Vakati vapupura uye vakaparidza shoko raShe, Petro naJohani vakadzokera kuJerusarema, vachiparidza vhangeri mumisha yakawanda yomuSamaria. 26 Zvino mutumwa waShe akati kuna Firipi, “Buruka uende zasi kumugwagwa, wokugwenga, unoburuka uchibva kuJerusarema uchienda kuGaza.” 27 Saka akasimuka akapinda munzira uye akasangana nomuyunaki wechiEtiopia, muchinda mukuru aichengeta pfuma yaKandase, mambokadzi weEtiopia. Murume uyu akanga aenda kundonamata kuJerusarema, 28 uye pakudzoka kwake kumusha akanga agere mungoro achiverenga bhuku raIsaya muprofita. 29 Mweya Mutsvene akati kuna Firipi, “Enda kungoro iyo, uswedere pedyo nayo.” 30 Ipapo Firipi akamhanya achienda kungoro akanzwa murume uya achiverenga kubva kuna Isaya muprofita. Firipi akati kwaari, “Uri kunzwisisa zvauri kuverenga here?” 31 Iye akati, “Ndinganzwisisa seiko kana pasina munhu anonditsanangurira?” Saka akadana Firipi kuti akwire mungoro agare nayemo. 32 Muyunaki uyu aiverenga chitsauko ichi choRugwaro:“Akatungamirirwa segwai raindobayiwa,uye segwayana rinyerere pamberi pomuveuri,saka haana kushamisa muromo wake. 33 Mukuninipiswa kwake akashayiwa kururamisirwa.Ndianiko angataura nezvezvizvarwa zvake?Nokuti upenyu hwake hwakabviswa panyika.” 34 Muyunaki uyu akabvunza Firipi akati, “Ndapota, ndiudze, muprofita ari kutaura pamusoro paaniko, anozvireva iye kana mumwe munhuwo?” 35 Ipapo Firipi akatanga nechitsauko ichocho choRugwaro akamuparidzira vhangeri raJesu. 36 Zvavakanga vachifamba nomugwagwa, vakasvika pakanga pane mvura saka muyunaki akati, “Tarirai, heino mvura. Chingandikonesa kubhabhatidzwa chiiko?” 37 Uye Firipi akati, “Kana uchitenda nomwoyo wako wose, zvinogoneka.” Iye akapindura akati, “Ndinotenda kuti Jesu Kristu ndiye Mwanakomana waMwari.” 38 Akarayira kuti ngoro imiswe. Ipapo vose vari vaviri, Firipi nomuyunaki vakapinda mumvura, Firipi akamubhabhatidza. 39 Vakati vabuda mumvura, Mweya waShe wakatora Firipi pakarepo, uye muyunaki haana kuzomuonazve, asi akafamba munzira yake achifara kwazvo. 40 Zvakadaro hazvo, Firipi akazoonekwa paAzotasi uye akafamba achiparidza vhangeri mumaguta ose kusvikira asvika kuKesaria.