Mabasa 9:32-43

Zvino Petirosi akati achipota nyika kwose, akaburukirawo kuvatsvene vakanga vagere Ridha. Akawanapo mumwe munhu, ainzi Eniyasi, akanga avete panhoo makore masere, mitezo yake yakafa. Petirosi akati kwaari, “Eniyasi, Jesu Kristu anokuporesa; simuka, uzviwarire nhoo dzako!” Akasimuka pakarepo. Zvino vose vakanga vagere Ridha neSaroni vakamuona, vakatendeukira kuna Ishe. Zvino paJopa pakanga pano mukadzi aiva mudzidzi, ainzi Tabhita, ndokuti, Dhokasi, kana zvichishandurwa. Iye aishingaira zvikuru pamabasa akanaka ezvipo. Zvino namazuva iwayo iye akarwara, ndokufa. Vakati vamushambidza, vakamuisa muimba yokumusoro. Zvino Ridha zvayakanga iri pedyo neJopa, vadzidzi vakati vanzwa kuti Petirosi aripo, vakatumira kwaari vanhu vaviri, kuti vandokumbira zvikuru kwaari, vachiti, “Usanonoka hako kuuya kwatiri.” Ipapo Petirosi akasimuka, akaenda navo. Akati asvika, vakamuisa kuimba yokumusoro; chirikadzi dzose dzikamira naye dzichichema, vakamuratidza zvokufuka nenguo, dzavakanga vaitirwa naDhokasi, achiri navo. Zvino Petirosi akavabudisira panze vose, akapfugama, akanyengetera, ndokutendeukira kumutumbi, akati, “Tabhita, muka!” Akasvinura meso ake; zvino akati achiona Petirosi, akagara. Akamubata noruoko rwake, akamusimudza; akadana vatsvene nechirikadzi, akamuisa pamberi pavo ari mupenyu. Zvikazikanwa navose paJopa; vazhinji vakatenda kuna Ishe. Ipapo akagara mazuva mazhinji paJopa, kuno mumwe Simoni, musuki wamatehwe.