¹ Saulo aiwa nochibvumirano nokupfa kwake. Nokudaro nonguwa iyoyo kereke yopaJesusarema yakatambudziwa zvikuru; uye wanotenda wose wakaparadziriwa kumatunhu yose yoJudhia noSamaria, kusara kowapositori. ² Wanhurume wakarurama wakawiga Stefano wakamurira zvikuru. ³ Asi Saulo akaedza kuparadza kereke. Akapinda imba yoga yoga, akabata wose anhurume nowanhukadzi, akawaisa mutirongo. ⁴ Zvino awo wakaparadziwa wakaenda wasiparaidza shoko. ⁵ Firipi akadzika noguta roSamaria uye asiparidza Kirisito. ⁶ Chaunga chowanhu wakanatsotetekera izvo zvaitauhwa naFiripi; nopfungwa dzibodzi vakamunzva, uye wadoona zviratidzo zvaaita. ⁷ Mwoya idoipa idobuda kuno awo waiwa wazadziwa nayo, isirira nomazwi aripamusoro, uye wazinji waiwa wadopfa mutezo nowaikamhina wakaporesewa. ⁸ Nokudaro makawa nokufara kukuru muguta. ⁹ Asi kwaiwa nomumwe munhurume muguta ainzi Simioni, mushure aiwa n'anga. aishamisa wanhu woSamaria asizviita munhu mukuru. ¹⁰ WaSamaria wose kubva kuwadiki kusvika kuwakuru, wakamutetekera; wakati, ¹¹ ''Uyu munhurume isimba guru raMwari rinenzi Guru.'' Waitetekera kwaari nokuti aiwashamisa nohun'anga hwake kwonguwa idoreba. ¹² Asi watenda kuna Firipi paaiparidza nozvoumambo hwaMwari nozita raJeso Kirisito, wose wado bhabhatidziwa, wose wanhurume nowanhukadzi. ¹³ Kunyangwe Simioni akatenda, uye mushure mokubhabhatidziwa akagara na Firipi nguwa yose. Paakaona zviratidzo uye nomabasa aitora nzvimbo, akashamisiwa. ¹⁴ Naizvovzo waapostora waiwa muJerusarema pawadonzva kuti Samaria idotambira shoko raMwari, wakatuma Petro naJohani. ¹⁵ Pawakaburikira ko wakawanamatira, kuti wagamuchire Mwoya Mutsvene. ¹⁶ Sezvo nonguwa iyoyo, Mwoya Mutsvene waiwa usina kusvikika chero pamusoro poumwe wavo; waiwa wakabhabhatidziwa muzita raIshe Jeso. ¹⁷ Nokudaro Petro naJohani wakaisa manja pamusoro pawo, uye wakagamuchira Mwoya Mutsvene. ¹⁸ Zvino Simioni paadoona kuti Mwoya Mutsvene wakapasiwa nokuturika 'manja, nowapostora akawapasa mari. ¹⁹ Adoti, Ndipasei simba iri, kuti, kune wose wandinenge ndaturika manja abatiwe noMwoya Mutsvene.'' ²⁰ Asi Petro akati kwaari, ''Sirivheri yako mbaiparadziwe pabodzi neiwe, nokuti udofunga kutenga chipo chaMwari nomari. ²¹ Hauna chikamu kana mugovepachinhu ichi, nokuti mwoyo wako hauna kururama pamberi paMwari. ²² Naizvozvo tendeuka pakuipa kwako,uye unamate kunaIshe, kuti zvimwe ukanganihwe murangariro womwoyo wako. ²³ Nekuti ndineona kuti wapinda menduru inewawa uye muzvitema. ²⁴ Simioni akapindura uye akati, ''Mundinamatire zvikuru kunaIshe, kuti parege nokuwa zvineitika pane zvamataura.'' ²⁵ Zvino wakati wapupura kwazvo nokutaura shoko raIshe, Petro naJohani wakadzokera Jerusarema, wasiparidza shoko mumisha yomaSamaria. ²⁶ Naizvozvo mutumwa washe akataura naFiripo uye akati, ''Sumuka uende kuchamhembe kunzira inodzika kubva Jerusarema kuenda kuGaza.'' [Nzira iyi iri murenje.] ²⁷ Akasimuka akaenda. Zvino kwakanga kuno mumwe munhurume aibva Etiopia, muranda mukuru kwazvo waKandase, mambokadzi wewaEtiopia. Waichengeta pfuma yake yose. Akanga auya Jerusarema kanamata. ²⁸ Wakanga akudzokera adogara mungoro yake, uye aiwerenga muporofita Isaya. ²⁹ Mwoya udoti kuna Firipo, ''Énda uye ukagare padhuze nongoro.'' ³⁰ Nekudaro adomhanya kwaari, uye akumunzva asiwerenda muporofita Isaya, uye akati, ''Ukuzvinzva zvauri kuwerenga here?'' ³¹ Iye akati, ndingagone senyi, kana mumwe asingandidudzire?'' Adokumbira Firipi kuti auye mungoro agare naye. ³² Zvino ndima yomagwaro yaiwerengewa nomuEtiopia yaiti, ''Wakaisiwa pakubaiya sogwai uye sogwayana ridonyarara pamberi pomubai waro, saizvozvo haana kushamisa muromo wake. ³³ Pakuzvidziwa kwake nokutongewa kwake kwakabvisiwa kwaari; Ndianiko asarondedzera dzinza rake? Nekuti hupenyu hwake hunobvisiwa panyika ³⁴ Nokudaro muranda akabvunza Firipi, uye akati, ''Ndinekumbira kwauri, ndiudze kuti ndiani muporofita anetaura aniko asidaro?'' ³⁵ Firipi adotanga kutaura, uye akatanga magwaro asiparidza shoko kwaari nozva Jeso ³⁶ Pawainga wasifamba munzira, wakasvika panomvura muranda akati, ''Nangara, pano mvura pano. Chinyi chingatadzisa kubhabhatidziwa?'' ^{37 38} Nokudaro muEtiopia adoraira kungoro kuti imire. Wadofamba vasidzika kuenda kunemvura, wose Firipo nomuranda , uye Firipo adomubhabhatidza. ³⁹ Pawadobuda mumvura , Mwoya waIshe udotora Firipo, uye muranda wakaona asisibo, asi akaenda asifara. ⁴⁰ Asi Firipo akazowonekewa paAzoto uye akafamba nomudunhu iri, asiparidza magwaro kuma guta ose kusvika kuKesaria.