Mabasa 21:15-36

Mushure memazuva iwaya takagadzirira tikakwira kuJerusaremu. Vamwe vadzidzi vokuSezaria vakaenda nesu. Vakatisvitsa kumba kwaMunasoni wekuSaipurasi mudzidzi wapakutanga chaipo ane kumba kwataifanira kundogara. Patakasvika kuJerusaremu vehama vakatigamuchira nomufaro. Pazuva rakatevera Pauro akaenda nesu kuna Jemusi uye vakuru vakuru vose vakanga varipo. Pashure pokuvakwazisa akavarondedzera chimwe nechimwe chezvinhu zvakaitwa naMwari pakati pevechirudzi nomubasa rake iye Pauro. Pavakazvinzwa vakarumbidza Mwari. Vakamuti, “Unoona here nhai hama, kuti zviuru zvingani pakati pavaJudha vakatenda, vane shungu noMutemo. Vakataurirwa nezvako zvokuti uri kudzidzisa vaJudha vose vari pakati pevechirudzi kuti vafuratire Mosesi, uchivaudza kuti vasadzingise vana vavo kana kuchengeta tsika dzedu. Zvino zvoitwa sei? Vachazvinzwa kuti wakauya. Iwe chiita zvatinokuudza. Tine varume vana vakaita mhiko! Tora varume ivavo uzvichenure pamwechete navo uvabhadharire kuti vaveure musoro vose. Vanobva vaziva kuti zvavanga vachitaurirwa nezvako hapana zviripo asi kuti iwe pachako muupenyu hwako unochengeta mutemo. Asi kune vechirudzi, vakadavira, takavatumira tsamba ine zvatakatema zvokuti vasiyane nezvinhu zvakabairwa zvifananidzo zvokunamata, varege musiya nenyama isina kusinzwa noupombwe.” Pauro akatora varume vaya. Zuva rakatevera akazvichenura pamwechete navarume vaya akapinda muTemberi kundotaura kuti mazuva okuzvichenura kwavo anopera rini nechibayiro chinopirirwa mumwe nomumwe wavo. Mazuva manomwe paakanga ava kuda kundopera, vaJudha vanobva kuAsia vakanga vamuona muTemberi vakanyandutsa mhomho yavanhu vakamubata vachidaidzira vachiti, “Varume, vaIsiraeri, uyai tibatsirane uyu ndiye murume ari kudzidzisa vanhu kose kose zvinorwisana navanhu vedu uye zvinorwisana nomutemo wedu nezvinorwisana nenzvimbo ino. Chimwezve ndechokuti akaunza vaGiriki muTemberi uye akan'oresa nzvimbo ino tsvene.” Vakanga vamboona Tirofimusi muEfeso ainaye muguta, nezvo vakangofunga kuti Pauro akanga amuunza muTemberi. Guta rose rakanyanduka vanhu ndokubva vati unga unga kuungana. Vakabata Pauro vakamukwekwereretsera kunze kweTemberi. Pakarepo misuo mikuru yakabva yazarirwa. Pavakanga vachiedza kumuuraya shoko rakasvika kumukuru mukuru webato ramasoja rokuti Jerusaremu yose yangova nyonganyonga. Pakarepo akabva atora masoja navatungamiri vezana akamhanya kwavari. Pavakaona mukuru mukuru namasoja vakaregedza kurova Pauro. Mukuru mukuru wamasoja uya paakasvika pedyo akamusunga akati anofanira kusungwa necheni mbiri. Akabvunza kuti ndiani uye kuti aiitei. Vamwe mumhomho iyoyo, vaidaidzira vachiti, ava vanotaura izvi avawo vachitaurawo zvimwe. Zvaasina kukwanisa kuziva mamiriro ezvinhu pamusana pemhirizhonga iyi akati ngaaendeswe munzvimbo inogara masoja. Paakasvika pamadanho okupinda mumba akatoita zvokutotakurwa kwazvo namasoja nokuda kwechisimba chakanga choitwa nebvakapfaka riya nokuti mhomho yakanga yotevera ichiti, “Pasi naye.”