Ndu Manzaniba 1
1 Ikpi biwa mina hla niwu'a, Theophilus, a ne nitu ndu u tsro wa Yesu a ti rhi ni mumla.
The former account, indeed, I made concerning all things, O Theophilus, that Jesus began both to do and to teach,
2 Ahe ni iri wa ba bariu hi ni shu, nikima wa a 'mmha manzani wa ana chuba'a ni ruhu tsatsra, a.
until the day in which, having given command through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom He chose out, He was taken up,
3 Niwa baya wa ba tiu ya a stro tuma ni sisren ni bawu ni nkon kankan ni du ba na kpatron ni lunde ni be mana A tsro tuma nibawu wu vi tsotra don za nda tre ni ba nitu koson (shulu) Irjhi.
to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, in many certain proofs, being seen by them through forty days, and speaking the things concerning the Kingdom of God.
4 Niwa a kri ni shubimba ni wu, a'mmha ba du bana don Urishilima na, du ba gben shirjhi wu tima, wa a lha ndi, “Bi wo ni nyumu.
And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, “Which you heard from Me;
5 Ndi a hi janji, Yohanna a ti batisma ni yiwu ni ma, ama ni vi yi, bi kpa batisma wu Ruhu Tsatsra.”
because John, indeed, immersed in water, but you will be immersed in the Holy Spirit not many days after these.”
6 Niwa ba shu ki, ba miye ndi baci, “zizanyi ahi ton yiyi u kma tuchu gbungblua ye ni Israila?
They, therefore, indeed, having come together, were questioning Him, saying, “Lord, do You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
7 A lha bawu ndi “Ana wumbi du yi to nton ko vi waa timu a yo ni gbengble ma na.”
And He said to them, “It is not yours to know times or seasons that the Father appointed in His own authority;
8 Ama bi kpa gbengble wa Ruhu Tsatsra ni ku yiwu, niki bi bla ni tumu, rhi ni Urishilima baba Judiya wawu mba Samaria, ni ka ri ni klekle gbungblu meme.
but you will receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit on you, and you will be witnesses for Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
9 A kle tre kpi bi yi nu, niwa ba ki si ya shulu, ba ban'u lu hon, e clalu a kawu u shishi mba ka la tou na.
And having said these things—they beholding—He was taken up, and a cloud received Him up from their sight;
10 Niwa ba rhisi yo shishi ni ya hon ma hi shulu'a, ndhi ha ni nkon kinkla ba krirhu kri ni mimba.
and as they were looking steadfastly to the sky in His going on, then, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing,
11 Ba tre ndi, “Biyi ndhi bi Galilee, “bi ki ya gye ni shulu? Yesu yi, wa ba banwu hi ni shulu, ni kima ye bibi wa bito ba ban u hi ni shulu'a”
who also said, “Men, Galileans, why do you stand gazing into the sky? This Jesus who was received up from you into Heaven, will so come in what manner you saw Him going on to Heaven.”
12 Mle ba k'ma grhi rhi ni ngblu wa ba yo ndi Olivet, wandi a wiewiera ni Urishilima, hi ni mi gbu Urishislima, ezren vi chanchu sati.
Then they returned to Jerusalem from [that] called the Mount of Olives, that is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath’s journey;
13 Niwa ba ye ri, ba tsi hunhi tra u koshu, wa bah kini mia. Bana ba Yohana, yakubu, andarawus, Filibus, Toma, barthelomen, Matiu, Yakubu Ivren Alphanso Siman wa ini wu ngyegere me, Mba Juda Ivren Yakubu.
and when they came in, they went up into the upper room, where were abiding both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James, of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, of James;
14 Wawu mba ba zontu ki ni bubu riri nda sia bre Rji, baba Mba ba, ni Maryamu ehi Yesu, baba mri vayi ma.
these were all continuing with one accord in prayer and supplication, with women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
15 Niri baki, Bitrus a lu kri ni mi mri vayiba, bana tsra ndhi 120, nda tre ndi.
And in these days, Peter having risen up in the midst of the disciples, said (also the multitude of the names at the same place was, as it were, one hundred and twenty),
16 “Mri vayi, a he nitu du tre wu vunvu tre baci du rhu tsra, nawa Ruhu Tsatsra ana lha ni nyu Dawuda ni tu Juda, wa a tsro biwa baye vu Yesu nkon.
“Men, brothers, it was necessary [for] this Writing to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand through the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus,
17 Ana irimbu wa a kpa ndu wandi anuta ngame.”
because he was numbered among us, and received the share in this ministry.
18 (Zizan ndhi yi a ka le irhu ni nkle wu meme dri wandi a kpa'a, nda ka rhoku nitu u Kpama ka yrahle, ni irhenma ba ka vrale ni meme.
(This one, indeed, then, purchased a field out of the reward of unrighteousness, and falling headlong, burst apart in the midst, and all his bowels gushed forth,
19 Wawu ndhi bi ki ni gbu Urishilima ba wo kpe wa a zren kima ba yonde irhu kima ni lan gbu mba ndi. “Akeldama”, wandi a tsra ni nde “Irhu u yi.”)
and it became known to all those dwelling in Jerusalem, insomuch that this place is called, in their proper dialect, Aceldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
20 Ba tre ni tuma ni vunvu tre zabura, ndi, “Du ba du irhukima du kri ton kpo, e du ko ndior na kruko ni kimana
For it has been written in [the] Scroll of Psalms: Let his lodging-place become desolate, and let no one be dwelling in it, and let another take his oversight.
21 Ani bi du lilon ri wa azi wuta rhini nton wa baci Yesu a zren ri nda rhu ni mi mbu,
It is necessary, therefore, of the men who went with us during all the time in which the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us,
22 Rjhini baptisma wu Yohana, ye ni vi wa ba ban'wu hon ni shishi mbu, nda toh tash'men rhi ni qu ngame.
beginning from the immersion of John, to the day in which He was received up from us, one of these to become with us a witness of His resurrection.”
23 Ba ju nji ha zi, Yusufu wandi ba yondi Barsabbas, wandi bata yondi Justus ngame, mba Matayas.
And they set two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias,
24 Ba bre ndi “Baci, wuhi wu toh suron ndhi ko nha, tsro ta ka ahi nya nimi ndi bihi wa wu chu
and having prayed, they said, “You, LORD, who are knowing the heart of all, show which one You chose of these two,
25 ni du ban bubu son manzani wu bla kpe wa ato, nitu tash'm ma ni mimbu, wandi Juda a k'ma gon tiwu nda hi kpama.”
to receive the share of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas, by transgression, fell, to go on to his proper place”;
26 Ba yo kuriya nitu mba, wa a ku nitu Matayas, e ba bla a yo ni manzani wlo don iri ba.
and they gave their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
