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 brethren who were in Jerusalem, heard, that the Gentiles also had 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 was come up to Jerusalem, they who were of the circumcision contended with him,
3 nda tre ndi, wuka zontu ni biwa bana hanbru na, ndi rhi ni ba!
saying, You did go in to men who were uncircumcised, and did eat with them.
4 Ama Bitrus alu kri mla bla kpi ba ni bawu ndi,
And Peter beginning, opened to them the matter 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 praying in the city of Joppa; and, in a trance, I saw a vision, something like a great sheet descending from heaven, let down by the four corners, and it came close 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.
and looking attentively upon it, I observed, and saw four-footed creatures of the earth, and wild beasts, and reptiles, and fowls of the air:
7 Mle mi wo lan tre nda hla nimu ndi, “Lu kri, Bitrus, wuu ndi tan!”
and I heard a voice saying to me, Arise, 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, By no means, Lord; for nothing common 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.
And the voice answered me the second time from heaven, Those things which God has cleansed, do not you call common.
10 Ikpe yi a zren ti nkpu tra, mle ba gbron k'ma hon hi ni shulu.
And this was done three times. And all the things 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, at that instant, three men were come to the house in which I was, sent from Cesarea 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 commanded me to go with them, without any scruple: and these six brethren also went along 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 told us how he had seen a messenger standing in his house, and saying to him, Send to Joppa, and bring hither Simon, whose surname is Peter;
14 Ani tre niyi nitu lan tre wa ani kpayi chuwo, iwu baba bi kome!
who shall speak words to you, by which you and all your family shall be saved.
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 upon them, as as 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 word of the Lord, how he said, John immersed in water; but you shall 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?
Since, therefore, God gave to them the same gift as he did to us, who had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I, that I should be able to obstruct 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 acquiesced, and glorified God; saying, God has, then, given to the Gentile also reformation 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.
Now, indeed, those who had been dispersed, on account of the distress which arose about Stephen, had traveled as far as Phenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none but 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.
Yet some of the, being men of Cyprus, and Cyrene; when they came to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks, announcing the glad tidings concerning 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 believed, and 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 report concerning them came to the ears of the congregation that was at Jerusalem; and they sent Barnabas, to go 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, when he was come, and beheld the favor of God, rejoiced, and exhorted them all to adhere to the Lord, with full determination of heart;
24 Nitu ana ndji wu ndindi suron, shuni Ruhu Tsatsra mba suron kri ngbangban, u ndji gbugbu ba ka nhani Bachi.
for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith: and a considerable number were added to the Lord.
25 Barnabas alu wruhi Tarsus nitu hi wa to Shawulu.
Then Barnabas went 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 finding him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that they assembled with the congregation, for a whole year, and taught considerable numbers; and the disciples were first named Christians at Antioch.
27 Zizan ni vi biyi, anabawa bari ba grji ye ni Antioch, rji ni Urushelima.
And in these days prophets came 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, whose name was Agabus, stood up, and signified by the Spirit, that there should be a great famine over all the land: which came to pass in the days of Claudius.
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 determined, that, according to the respective abilities of each, they should send to the assistance of the brethren who dwelt in Judea.
30 Ba tie kpeyi, nda tru nklen hi ni bi ninkon'a zu jni wo Barnabas mba Shawulu.
And this they did, sending it to the elders, by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
