Ndu Manzaniba 11

1 Zizan manzani ba, baba mri vayi wa bana he Yahudiya ba wo ndi bi kora ba ngame ba kpa lantre Rji.

Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also received the word of God.

2 Niwa Bitrus a hon ye rhi ni Urushelima, biwa ba he ni grjhi bi hanbru'a ba tre ba;

And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, the men of circumcision contended against him,

3 nda tre ndi, wuka zontu ni biwa bana hanbru na, ndi rhi ni ba!

saying, Thou went in to uncircumcised men, having also eaten with them.

4 Ama Bitrus alu kri mla bla kpi ba ni bawu ndi,

But when Peter began, he expounded to them in order, saying,

5 Mi sia bre ni mi gbu Joppa, u Mi kri hra too ra, toh ekpe si grjhi ye, a rjuto kikle nk'ma bla wa basii chuwo si grji rji ni shulu, ba vuu nji ni nton nza ma. A grji ye ni me.

I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain container descending, as a great sheet being lowered from heaven by four corners, and it came as far as to me,

6 Mi ya'u nzrime ni rhimre nitu ma, Mi toh n'ma rju bi gbungblu meme, bi zren ni za nza, meme bi ki ni tsutsu miji, bi nha ni meme baba nchinche bi shulu.

having gazed at which, I was examining. And I saw the four footed things of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the birds of the sky.

7 Mle mi wo lan tre nda hla nimu ndi, “Lu kri, Bitrus, wuu ndi tan!”

And I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen, Peter, kill and eat.

8 Mi tre ndi, “Ana toki na, Bachi, nitu ni son mu, meme kpe wu kpa ti meme na ri ninyumu na.”

But I said, Not so, Lord, because nothing profane or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.

9 Ama ilan a k'ma sa nimu rji ni shulu ndi, 'Ekpe wa Irji k'ma ti sa'a, wuna yo ndi a ti rji na.

But a voice answered me for a second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, thou shall not make profane.

10 Ikpe yi a zren ti nkpu tra, mle ba gbron k'ma hon hi ni shulu.

And this happened thrice, and all were drawn up again into heaven.

11 Bika mla toh, niki, ndji tra ba kri wruki ni kontra ko wa kina he nimi'a; ba ton ba ye nime rji ni Caesarea.

And behold, immediately three men stood at the house in which I was, who were sent from Caesarea to me.

12 Ruhu a tre gbangban nime du mi huba hi, ni du mi na yaba ti nkan na. Mri vayi tanne biyi ba hume, u ki rihi nimiko igu'a.

And the Spirit told me to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers also went with me, and we entered into the man's house.

13 A vu bla ni tawu nitu wa a toh Maleka a kri ni koma nda hla wu ndi, “Ton ndji me hi ni Joppa du ba hi nji Siman ye, wa ba yo ndi Bitrus.

And he informed us how he saw the agent in his house, who stood and said to him, Send forth men to Joppa, and summon Simon, the man surnamed Peter,

14 Ani tre niyi nitu lan tre wa ani kpayi chuwo, iwu baba bi kome!

who will speak sayings to thee, by which thou will be saved, thou and all thy house.

15 Niwa mi guchi si tre ni ba, Ruhu Tsatsra a kuni tumba, tsra ni wa a ku nita ni mumla'a.

And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as also on us at the beginning.

16 Mi tika ni lan tre Bachi, niwa a tre ndi “Yohana a tie batisma ni mma, ama biyi bi kpa batisma wu Ruhu Tsatsra.”

And I remembered the saying of the Lord, how he said, John indeed immersed in water, but ye will be immersed in the Holy Spirit.

17 Niki, Irji nita nuba kpe tsra niwa a nuta hamma ni du ta han, niwa ki kpanyme ni Bachi Yesu Kristi, me mi nha, wa mi kri sen nyu ni Irji?

If then God gave to them the identical gift as also to us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, but what power was I to hinder God?

18 Niwa ba wo kpi biyi, bana sa tre ni tuma ngana, ama nda nzu nde Irji hon nda tre ndi, “Irji niu kma sron sran vri ni biwa ba bi kora'a ngame.”

And when they heard these things, they relaxed and glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life.

19 Zizan, biwa bana vra nitu iya wa a rirhi ni tu Istifanus, ba zren gbangban ka ri ni Phoenicia, Cyprus mba Antioch, ndani bla lan tre ni Yahudawa ba megen.

Indeed therefore those who were scattered abroad from the persecution that occurred against Stephen passed through as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none except Jews only.

20 Ama bari mba, ndji bi Cyprus mba Cyrene ba ye ni Antioch nda bla ni biwa ba Greek ngame, ndani d'bu ni bau, tre ndindi nitu Bachi Yesu.

And some of them were men, Cyprians and Cyrenians, who, having come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching good news, the Lord Jesus.

21 Iwo Bachi a he niba, gbugbu ndji ba kpanyme nda k'ma ye ni Bachi.

And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

22 Itre ni tu mba aka ku ni ton ekklisiya ni Urushelima, u baka ton Barnabas du rju zren gbagban mu ka ri ni Antioch.

And the word about them was heard in the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they dispatched Barnabas to pass through as far as Antioch,

23 Niwa a ye nda toh ti ndindi wu Irji, a ngri nda nronba duba kri ngbangba ni Bachi ni suron mba riri.

who, having arrived, and having seen the grace of God, rejoiced. And he encouraged all, with purpose of heart, to remain in the Lord.

24 Nitu ana ndji wu ndindi suron, shuni Ruhu Tsatsra mba suron kri ngbangban, u ndji gbugbu ba ka nhani Bachi.

Because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a considerable multitude was added to the Lord.

25 Barnabas alu wruhi Tarsus nitu hi wa to Shawulu.

And Barnabas departed to Tarsus to seek Saul,

26 Niwa a too'a, a njiwu ye ni Antioch, Aye heme ndi ba ki ni ekklisiya wu seri wawu, nda du ba gbrontu yo bubu riri nda zita tsro ndji gbugbu'u. A he ni Antioch mba ba guchi yo mri ko bi hu; a ndi Krista.

and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass a whole year for them to be assembled in the congregation, and to teach a considerable multitude, and to call the disciples Christians, first at Antioch.

27 Zizan ni vi biyi, anabawa bari ba grji ye ni Antioch, rji ni Urushelima.

Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

28 Iri mba, ni nde Agabus, a lu kri, ni chon Ruhu Tsatsra, nda tre ndi mem yon ni ye ku ni ngbran meme wawu. Ekpe a ye he toki ni ba vi wu Claudius.

And one of them named Agabus, after standing up, signified by the Spirit there was going be a great famine in the whole world, which also happened under Claudius Caesar.

29 Nikima, mri ko bi hu'a, tsra ni gbengblen ma, ba zontu nda tru izo mba hi ni mri vayi wa ba he ni Judiya.

And the disciples, as any man prospered, determined, each of them regarding aid, to send to the brothers who dwell in Judea,

30 Ba tie kpeyi, nda tru nklen hi ni bi ninkon'a zu jni wo Barnabas mba Shawulu.

which also they did, having sent it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.