Caeltueih 3
1 Pako kah thangthuinah tue ah Peter neh Johan tah bawkim la cet rhoi.
[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 Te vaengah a manu bung khui lamloh aka khawn hlang pakhat te a khuen uh te om tih, bawkim khuila aka kun rhoek taengah doedannah bih sak ham sawtthen la a khue bawkim thohka ah hnin takuem a khueh uh.
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 Anih loh doedannah dang hamla a bih te bawkim khuila kun ham a cai rhoi vaengah Peter neh Johan loh a hmuh.
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 Tedae anih te Peter neh Johan loh a hmaitang tih, “Kaimih rhoi he n'so lah,” a ti nah.
As Peter and John looked directly at him, Peter said to him, “Look at us!”
5 Te dongah amih taengkah khat khat dang hamla a lamtawn tih amih te a laehdawn.
So he looked directly at them, expecting to get some [money] from them.
6 Te vaengah Peter loh, “Tangka neh sui khaw ka khueh moenih. Tedae nang kam paek ham te he ni ka khueh. Nazareth Jesuh Khrih ming neh thoo lamtah cet laeh,” a ti nah.
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 Te phoeiah bantang kut neh a tuuk tih anih te a thoh hatah a kho neh a khocin khaw pahoi caang.
Then Peter grasped the man’s right hand and helped him to stand up. Immediately the man’s feet and ankles became strong.
8 Te dongah cangpet tih, pai tih cet. Te phoeiah amih neh bawkim khuila kun tih a caeh doela soi tih Pathen a thangthen.
He jumped up and began to walk! Then he entered the Temple [area] with them, walking and leaping and praising God!
9 Cet tih Pathen a thangthen te pilnam pum loh a hmuh vaengah,
All the people [there] saw that man walking and praising God.
10 anih te, bawkim kah sawtthen thohka ah doedannah lamtawn ham aka ngol ni tila a ming uh. Te dongah anih soah aka thoeng te ngaihmangnah neh mueimang bangla om uh.
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 Te vaengah anih loh Peter neh Johan te a tuuk. Pilnam boeih loh Solomon impup la a khue kah amih taengah pawk ha capit uh.
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 A hmuh vaengah Peter loh pilnam te, “Israel hlang rhoek, balae tih he dongah na ngai a hmanguh. Anih a caeh thai ham he amah thaomnah neh hingcimnah lamloh a saii bangla balae tih kaimih nan hmaitang uh.
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 Abraham Pathen, Isaak Pathen, Jakob Pathen, a pa rhoek kah Pathen loh, a ca Jesuh te a thangpom coeng. Anih te Pilat mikhmuh ah na voeih uh tih hlah hamla lai a tloek lalah na aal uh.
[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 Tedae nangmih loh hlang cim hlang dueng te na hnawt uh tih hlang aka ngawn hlang vik te khodawkngai ham na bih uh.
[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 Te dongah hingnah a rhuihnun ni na ngawn uh. Tedae anih te Pathen loh duek khui lamkah a thoh coeng dongah a laipai la ka om uh.
[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 A ming neh tangnah dongah aka hoeih te na hmuh uh coeng. Te dongah a ming loh a hoeih sak te miing uh. Amah lamkah tangnah loh anih he nangmih boeih hmaiah hing soepnah a paek.
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 Tedae manuca rhoek, na boei rhoek bangla kotalhnah neh kho na boe bal te ka ming coeng.
“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 Tedae Pathen loh tonghma boeih kah ka neh a thui taengtae amah kah Khrih a patang ham te ni aka soep tangloeng coeng.
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 Te dongah yut uh lamtah ha mael uh laeh. Te daengah ni na tholhnah te hang huih eh.
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 Boeipa mikhmuh kah caihnah tue loh ha pai van saeh tila Khrih Jesuh te nangmih ham a coelh tih han tueih coeng.
[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 Khosuen lamloh a tonghma rhoek, hlangcim rhoek kah a ka dongah Pathen loh a thui boeih te hlinsainah tue a pha duela vaan loh anih a doe ham a kuek. (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 Moses long khaw, “Kai bang tonghma te Boeipa na Pathen loh na manuca khui lamkah nangmih ham a phoe sak bitni. Anih loh nangmih taengah a thui atah a thui te tah a pum la hnatun uh.
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 Ana om saeh, te tonghma ol aka ya pawh hinglu boeih te tah pilnam lamloh a thup ni,” a ti.
[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 Te dongah Samuel lamloh tonghma rhoek boeih neh a hnukthoi boeih long khaw a thui tih tihnin ah a doek uh.
[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 Nangmih tah tonghma rhoek neh paipi kah a ca rhoek la na om uh. Te te Pathen loh na pa rhoek taengah a hal coeng. Te dongah Abraham te, “Na tiingan dongah, diklai nurhui parhui boeih te a yoethen ni,” a ti nah.
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 Na halangnah te rhip na mael tak tih nangmih yoethen sak ham ni Pathen loh a ca te nangmih taengah lamhma la han tueih tih a thoh sak,” a ti nah.
[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].”
