¹ Zwino nga maduvha a yo, tshi vhalo tsha vha funziwa tshi kho anda, vha Gerika vha tshoma u gungulela vha Heberu ngauri tshilikadzi. dza dzo sedzelwa fhasi musi zwiliwa zwa maḓuvha othe zwi tshi kovhiwa. ² Vha fumi mbili vha vhidza vhafunziwa vhari khavho, ''azwingo tea uri rine ri litshe ufunza fhungo la Mudzimu a ri kovhele vhathu zwiliwa. ³ Notea u nanga, vhakomana, vhanna vha sumbe, ubva kha vho inwi, vhana vho fhalufhedzaho, vho ḓalaho muya na vhuṱali, vhane ra kona u vha kumedza uyo mushumo. ⁴ Rine tshashu, ri ḓo bvela phanḓa kha dzi thabelo na kha mushumo wa u funza.'' ⁵ Ma ipfi avho a takalelwa nga tshivhidzo tshoṱhe. Vha nanga Stephen, munna oḓalaho lutendo na Muya Mukhethwa, na Philipi, Poroxoro, Nikolao, Timoni, Paramena, na Nicolasi, thundu i bvaho Antioka. ⁶ Vha tendi vha imisa a vho vhanna phanḓa ha vha postola, vha rabela vha vhea zwanḓa. ⁷ Zwino fhungo la Mudzimu la bvela phanda litshi funziwa, na tshi vhalo tsha vha funziwa tsha engedza Yerusalema nga mannda, na vho tshifhe vhanzhi vha vhuswa nga lutendo. ⁸ Zwino Stephen, a ḓala tshilidzi na maanda, a ita maḓembe na zwiga kha vhathu. ⁹ Fhedzi ha vuwa vhanwe vhathu vha bvaho Sinagogo livhidzwaho Sinagogo ya Ovhofhololwaho, na Kirene na Alesandria, na vhangwe vha tshi bva Cilicia na Asia. Avha vhathu vhovha vha tshi hanedzana na Stephen. ¹⁰ Fhedzi a vho ngo kona u imedzana na vhuṱali na muya we Stephen a amba. ¹¹ Ndi hone vha tshi fhura vhanwe vhanna uri vhari, ''Ro pfa Stephen a tshikho sema ma ipfi a Mushe na a Mudzimu.'' ¹² Vha ṱuṱuwedza vhathu, vhahulwane, na vha nwali, vha swikelela kha Stephen vha mu hoha vha mu isa kha Magota. ¹³ Vha amba vhuṱanzi ha u zwifha, vhatshi ri, ''Uyu munna ha fhumuli ma ipfi a ulwa na bulege khethwa na mulayo. ¹⁴ Ngauri ro mu pfa a tshiri uyo Yeso wa Nazareta uḓo thutha fhethu afha a shandukisa milayo ye Mushe a tsi sela vhathu kha rine.'' ¹⁵ Vhathu vhoṱhe vha dzulaho tshivhidzoni vha mu lavhelesa vha vhona tshifhaṱuwo tshawe tshi tshinga tsha murunwa.