Ndu Manzaniba 3
1 Niki Bitrus mba yohanna basiya hon ni hi ni tra Rji ninton wu bre, mton wu tiya.
[One day] Peter and John were going to the Temple [courtyard]. It was three o’clock in the afternoon, which was the time when people prayed [there publicly].
2 Ba zontu ni ndhi ri, wa a chon kple rhini nine yimma, ba banu bibanmu ye zi ni kikle nkontra hekali wa ba yondi, “wu bi”. Ba ta kau zi niki chachu ni du ta bre biwa ba si rinimi hekalia.
There was a man there who had been lame from the time he was born. He [was sitting by] the gate called Beautiful [Gate], at the entrance to the Temple [area]. People put him there every day, so that he could ask those who were entering [or leaving] the temple courtyard to give him some money.
3 Niwa a to Bitrus mba Yohana Basia rini hi nimi hekalia a bre ba du ba nuu kpe.
As Peter and John were about to enter [the Temple courtyard], the lame man saw them and asked them several times to give him some money. (OR, The lame man said to them several times, “Please give me some money!”)
4 Bitrus a yo shishi nda gba a me mba Yohana niki, nda tre ndi, “ya ta”.
As Peter and John looked directly at him, Peter said to him, “Look at us!”
5 Ndi wa chon kple'a nzu shishi nda yaba ni yo suron da ni kpakpe ni womba.
So he looked directly at them, expecting to get some [money] from them.
6 Ama Bitrus tre ndi “mina he ni silva mba Zinariya na, ikpe wa mihe niwu, mi nu. Ni nde Yesu Kristi wu Nazarat, lu zren”
Then Peter said to him, “I do not have any money [MTY], but what I [can do], I will [do] for you. Jesus Christ, [who was] from Nazareth [town], has authorized [MTY] me [to heal you! So get up and] walk!”
7 Bitrus a tiwo vu u ni woma wu ko rhi da nzu u lunde, mle iza mba toza ma ba sen ququ.
Then Peter grasped the man’s right hand and helped him to stand up. Immediately the man’s feet and ankles became strong.
8 Gurugu mba a duo lunde kri nda ni zren; nda rhi hu ba Bitrus mba Yohana hinimi haikalia, ni zren da za ndani yose wu gbre Irjhi san
He jumped up and began to walk! Then he entered the Temple [area] with them, walking and leaping and praising God!
9 Ndhi ba wawumbawu ba too si zren ndani yose u gbre Rji san.
All the people [there] saw that man walking and praising God.
10 Ba ya nda to ahi gu wa atason ndani bre nkle ni kikle nkontra haikali wa ba yondi nkontra wu bi a sisiri ni mre a shubawu ni suron nitu kpe wa ba to ni igu'a.
They recognized that he was the man who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate in the Temple [courtyard] and ask [people] for money! So all the people there were greatly amazed at what had happened to him.
11 Niwa a si hu za Bitrus mba Yohana, ndhi ba ba tsutsu hi riba ni nkalhang nyunko wa ba yo hihiwu Sulemanu a ndani bwu nyu yo ni wuo nitu kikle kpe wa a he nitu ma'a.
As the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were so surprised [that they did not know what to think] So they ran to the two apostles at the place [in the Temple courtyard] that is called {that [people] call} Solomon’s Porch.
12 Niwa Bitrus a to toki, a sa ni ndhi ba ndi. “Biyi Ndi lilon bi Israila, a ngye du yi ni bwunyu ni yo ni wuho? Nitu nagye bi sru shishi nita, rhuto kitaayi ki du gua lu zren ni gbengblen mbu koka ni gbugblu mbu
When Peter saw that, he said to the crowd, “Fellow Israelites, (you should not be surprised about what has happened to this man!/why are you so surprised about what has happened to this man?) [RHQ] And you should not stare at us, either! You seem to [RHQ] think that the two of us enabled this man to walk because we [(exc)] ourselves are powerful or because we please God very much!
13 Irjhi wu Ibrahim, mba wu Ishaku, ni wu Yakubu, Irjhi wu ba timbu, wawuyi a gbre veren ma Yesu san. Wa wuyi bina vuu lo di kaambi ni wu ni shishi Pilate, wa a ta son shu chuwo'a.
[So I will tell you what is really happening]. Our ancestors, including Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, worshipped God. And now he has greatly honored Jesus, who always served him. Your [leaders] brought Jesus [to the governor, Pilate], so that [his soldiers would kill him]. And [God considers that] in front of Pilate you [were the ones who rejected] Jesus [as your king], after Pilate had decided that he should release Jesus.
14 Bi kanmbi ni Tsatra mba wa a hamma ni atre, ni mye du ba chundhi wa a wuu ndi mu chuwo niyiwu.
[Although Jesus] always did what was right/just and good, you rejected him. [Pilate wanted to release him, but] you urgently asked Pilate to release (a murderer/someone who had killed people)!
15 Bi wuu wa ivri rhurhi niwu, wandi jrjhi a nzu lunde baya qu-e kita ki bi wa kito ni shishimbu.
[God considers that] you killed [Jesus], the one who gives people [eternal] life. But God has greatly honored him (by causing him to become alive again after he died/by raising him from the dead). Many of us saw [him after that, and now] we [(exc)] are telling [you] about it.
16 Nitu kpanyme ni suron riri ni ndema; ndema a du guyi, wa bisi ya ni to ou, a lu kri ni gbengblen ma. kpanyme ma ni Yesu a nu si kpa ni shishi mbi wawu.
It is because [we two] trusted in what Jesus [MTY, PRS] [could do, that he] made this man, whom you see and know, strong again. Yes, it is because we [(exc)] trusted in Jesus that he has completely healed this man for all of you to see.”
17 Zizan, mir vayi mi to ndi, bi na tona biyi baba bininko mbi, ekpe wa bi tio.
“Now, my fellow-countrymen, I know that you and your leaders did that [to Jesus] because you [and they] did not know [that he was the Messiah].
18 Ama kpe wa Irjhi ana lhazi ni nyu anabawama, ndi kristi ni ti ya, kima a ye ku tou ki.
However, [your putting him to death] was what God had predicted that people would do. [Long ago] he told all the prophets [MTY] to write [what people would do to the Messiah. They wrote] that the Messiah, whom God [would send], would suffer [and die].
19 Kima gon nu latre di du ba wru latre mbe hlega.
So, turn away from your sinful behavior and ask God [to help you] do what pleases [him], in order that he may completely forgive you for your sins.
20 Niton wa bi he tare ni Baci wa a ni ton kristi wa a mla yo ni yiwu Yesu.
[If you do that], there will be times [when you will know that] the Lord [God is] helping [you]. And some day he will [again] send back [to earth] the Messiah, whom he appointed for you. That person is Jesus.
21 Wa wuyi shulu ni kpa har hi ni nton wa kpi ba k'ma ye ti ndidi Irjhi a tre nisen, ni nyu tsatra anabawa ma'a. (aiōn g165)
Jesus must stay in heaven until the time when God will cause all that he has created to become new. Long ago God promised [to do that, and] he chose holy prophets to tell [that to people]. (aiōn g165)
22 Musa a hla ndi. “Baci Irjhi ni nzu anabi grji kama too me nimi mir vayimbi. Bi woowu ni kpi wa ani tre yiwu nitu mba.
For [example, the prophet] Moses said [this about the Messiah]: ‘The Lord (your God/the God whom you [worship]) will cause someone to become a prophet to tell you [God’s message. God will send him] as [he sent] me, [and he will be] from among your own people. You must listen to everything that this prophet tells you [and obey him] [SYN].
23 Andi ko nah wa a kama bubu wotre anabi kima, ba gbron ba lhe penpenme ni mi mbru ndhi
[Those who] do not listen to [that prophet and obey] him will no longer belong to God’s people, and [God] will get rid of them’.”
24 A toki, anabawa ba wawu rhi ni samuila nibi ye ni kogonba, ba tre nda d'bu lha vi biyi.
[Peter continued], “All the prophets have told [about what would happen during] the time [MTY] [in which we(inc) are living. Those prophets include] Samuel [and all the others who] later also spoke [about these events] before they happened.
25 Bi mi anabawa mba ni shirjhi wa Irjhi a tiniba bacimbi, niwa a lha ni Ibrahim ndi, “Ni zuriya me nnedhi ni gbungblu wawu ba kpa lulu.”
You [as well as we(exc)] are the people [to whom God sent the Messiah, as] the prophets said [MTY] [that he would]. And when God strongly promised [to bless] our ancestors, he also surely promised to bless you. He said to Abraham [concerning the Messiah], ‘[I] will bless all people on the earth as a result of [what] your descendant [will do].’”
26 Ni wa Irjhi a nzu ndi wunduma a tonye niyi guci, nitu du yo lulu niyiwu, ni du konhambi k'ma gon nu meme drimbi.
[Peter concluded], “[So] when God sent [to the earth] (Jesus, the one who always obeys him/his servant Jesus), he sent him first to you [Israelites] to bless you. [God will] enable you to stop doing what is wicked [and to start doing what pleases him].”
