Sawltakte 15
1 Judah ngam pan hongpai mi pawlkhat te in, Moses thukham bang in vunteap na tan bua uh le, ngupna nga thei ngawl tu nu hi, ci in suapui te hil uh hi.
[Then] some [Jewish] believers went down from Judea [province] to Antioch. They started teaching the [non-Jewish] believers [there, and said], “[You] ([must] be circumcised/must have God’s mark put on you) [to indicate you belong to God], as Moses [commanded] in the laws that [he received from God]. If you do not do that, you will not be saved {[God] will not save you}.”
2 Hite sia Paul le Barnabas te taw thu kisik ngawl na le ki nial na nasia mama nei uh ahikom in, Antioch a om pawlpi te in Paul, Barnabas le mi pawlkhat te sia hi thudokna taw kisai Jerusalem ah sawltak te le upa te kung ah then tu in khensat uh hi.
Paul and Barnabas strongly disagreed with those Jews and started arguing [with them. So the believers at Antioch] appointed Paul and Barnabas and some of the other believers to go to Jerusalem, in order that they would/could discuss this matter with the apostles and [other spiritual] leaders.
3 Pawlpi in lamkal ah amate tha uh a, Phoenicia le Samaria kantan in pai hi, taciang Gentile te i kikhealna thu pualak uh a: suapui te theampo nasiatak in lungdamsak hi.
After Paul, Barnabas, and the others were given things for their trip by the congregation [at Antioch] {After the congregation [at Antioch] gave Paul, Barnabas, and the others things for their trip}, they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria [provinces. When they stopped at different places in those provinces], they reported [to the believers] that [many] non-Jews [in Antioch] had become believers. As a result, all the believers [in those places] rejoiced greatly.
4 Amate Jerusalem a thet uh ciang in pawlpi, sawltak te le upa te in muak a, Pathian in amate tungtawn a vawt nate theampo son uh hi.
And when Paul, Barnabas, and the others arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the apostles, the [other] elders, and the [other members of the] congregation [there] {the apostles, the [other] elders, and the [other members of the] congregation [there] welcomed them}. Then Paul and Barnabas reported the things that God had enabled them to do [among non-Jewish people].
5 Ahihang Pharisee te sungpan thu um pawlkhat te in Gentile thu um te sia vunteap tan kul a, Moses thukham zong zui tu in thupiak kul hi, ci uh hi.
But some of the [Jewish] believers who belonged to the Pharisee sect stood up [among the other believers and] said to them, “The non-Jews [who have believed in Jesus] must be circumcised, and they must be told to obey the laws [that God gave to] Moses.”
6 Taciang hi thu ngaisun khawm tu in sawltak te le upa te munkhat ah ki kaikhawm uh hi.
Then the apostles and [the other] elders met together in order to talk about this matter.
7 Thu tampi a ki nial zawk uh ciang, Peter ding a, amate tung ah, u le nau te awng, Gentile mite in keima kam pan in lungdamna thupha za uh a, a up theina tu in, tuma hiat in Pathian in eite sung pan keima hong teal hi, ci na he uh hi.
After they had discussed it for a long time, Peter stood up and spoke to them. He said, “Fellow believers, you [all] know that a long time ago God chose me from among you [other apostles, in order that] the non-Jewish people might [also] hear me [SYN] tell [them] the good message [about the Lord Jesus], so that they could hear [it] and believe [in him. So Paul and Barnabas are not the first ones to tell non-Jews about Jesus].
8 Taciang thinsung a he Pathian in tettipang a, eite tung ah hongpiak bang in amate zong Tha Thiangtho pia hi;
God knows [and judges] people according to what they think, [not according to who their ancestors were]. By sending the Holy Spirit to [the non-Jews], just like [he had] also done for us [(inc)] Jews, he showed [me and others] that he had accepted them [also to be his people].
9 Taciang eite le amate kilaklaw ah ki bat ngawlna bangma koi ngawl a, upna tungtawn in amate thinsung te thiangthosak hi.
[God] saved us [Jews] and those [non-Jews] similarly, making them clean spiritually simply as a result of their believing [in the Lord Jesus. That was exactly how he has forgiven us].
10 Tua ahikom, tu in, i pu le pa te le eite in zong i puak zawk ngawl hakkol sia nungzui te ngawng ah koi in banghang Pathian ze-et nu ziam?
[You are wanting to force the non-Jewish believers to obey our Jewish rituals and laws]—laws that God has shown that he does not require them to obey [MET]. [Your doing that is like] putting a heavy burden on them! So then, (stop making God angry by doing that!/why are you making God angry by doing that?) [RHQ] Our ancestors and we [(inc) Jews] have never been able to bear [the burden of obeying those laws]!
11 Ahihang Topa Jesus Christ i thuthiamna tungtawn in amate ngupna a nga uh bangma in eite zong i nga tu hi, ci in ka um hi, ci hi.
But we [(inc) know that it is not because] we [(inc) try to obey those laws that God saves us(inc) Jews. On the contrary], we [(inc)] know that it is because of what the Lord Jesus did for us [(inc)] that we did not deserve that we [(inc)] are saved {that [God] saves us} [from the guilt of our sins. God saves non-Jews who believe in the Lord Jesus] exactly like [he saves] us Jews.”
12 Tua zawkciang in Paul le Barnabas te in Gentile te sung ah Pathian in amate zang in a vawt nalamdang tatuam te a son uh ciang in, mihon pi te in thim khipkhep in ngai uh hi.
All the people [there] became silent [after Peter had spoken]. Then they [all] listened to Barnabas and Paul, [as the two of] them told about the many great miracles that God had enabled them to do among the non-Jewish people, [miracles that showed that God had accepted the non-Jews].
13 Amate thim khipkhep in a om zawk uh ciang in, James in, u le nau te awng, hong ngai tavun:
When Barnabas and Paul had finished speaking, James, [the leader of the group of believers there in Jerusalem], spoke to all of them. [He said], “Fellow believers, listen to me.
14 Ama min atu mi teal tu in Pathian in amasabel in Gentile mite tung ah a pai na thu Simon in hong pualak zo hi.
Simon [Peter] has told you how God previously blessed the non-Jews. God did that by choosing from among them a people who would belong to him [MTY].
15 Taciang hi thu sia kamsang te kammal in zong lungkim uh a,
[These] words that [God spoke], words that were written by [one of] the prophets {that one of the prophets wrote} [long ago], agree with that:
16 Hi thu zawkciang in kong paikik tu a, a puksa David i biakbuk sia ka sa kik tu hi; taciang a lal sa sia kasakik tu a, ka dingsak kik tu hi:
Later on I will return and I will re-establish the kingdom [MET] that David [ruled] and that has been {that [people] have} destroyed. My [doing that will be like] rebuilding [a house] that has been {that [people] have} torn down.
17 Tabang in a tanglai mihing te le Ama min taw a sap Gentile te theampo in Topa zong tu uh hi, ci in hi thu te theampo a vawt Topa in ci hi.
I will do that in order that all other people might seek [me], the Lord [God. I will do that in order that] all the non-Jews whom I have called [to belong] to me [MTY] might seek me. [You can be certain that this will happen because I] the Lord [God], who will do those things, have spoken [these words].
I [caused my people to know about them] long ago.” (aiōn g165)
19 Tua ahikom keima i thukhenna sia, Gentile mite sung pan in Pathian sang ah a kihei te nawngkaisak bua tawng:
[James continued by saying], “Therefore I have decided [that we(inc)] should stop bothering the non-Jewish people who are turning [away from their sins and turning] to God. [That is, we should stop demanding that they obey] all [our laws] and rituals.
20 Ahihang milim taw in a thiangtho ngawl te, paktat mawna, tawlsan in a kithat sa te le thisan te pial tu in lai kong thak zaw hi.
Instead, we should write [a letter] to them [requiring only four things: They should] not eat [meat/food that people] have offered to idols, they should not have sex with someone to whom they are not married, they should not [eat meat from animals that have been killed by] being strangled {[people have strangled]}, and [they should not eat] the blood [of animals].
21 Banghangziam cile Moses i thukham sia nidang pek pan in khua tatuam ah ki hil a, synagogue te sung zong ah sabbath nisim in ki sim tawntung hi, ci hi.
In many cities, for a very long time people have been proclaiming [the laws that] Moses [wrote] [MTY], [laws prohibiting those things]. And every (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest) [those laws] are read {someone reads [those laws]} in the Jewish meeting places. [So if the non-Jews want to know more about those laws, they can find out in our meeting houses].”
22 Tua zawkciang in amate sung pan in a tealsa te, Judah a kici Barsabas le suapui te sung ah a thupibel Silas te sia, Paul le Barnabas te taw Antioch ah paisak tu in, sawltak te le elder te sia pawlpi buppi in lungkim uh hi:
The apostles and the [other] elders, along with all the [other] members of the congregation, accepted [what James had said]. Then they decided that they should choose men from among themselves and that they should send them, along with Paul and Barnabas, to Antioch, to [let the believers there know what the leaders] at Jerusalem had decided. So they chose Judas, who was also called Barsabbas, and Silas, who were leaders among the believers [at Jerusalem].
23 Taciang hibang in amate in, sawltak te, elder te le suapui te in Antioch, Syria le Cilicia a om Gentile suapui te hong paupui khu hi:
Then they wrote the following letter [that they asked Judas and Silas to take to the believers at Antioch]: “[We(exc)] apostles and [other] leaders who are your fellow believers [send our greetings to you as we write this to you] non-Jewish believers [who live] in Antioch and [other places in] Syria and Cilicia [provinces].
24 Kote kung pan in mi pawlkhat te note kung ah hongpai uh a, koma thupiak hi ngawl napi, vunteap tan hamtang tu nu hi, ciang thukham zong zui tu nu hi, ci in hong sawl na kammal in note hong nawngkaisak a, na nuntakna uh susia hi, ci thu ka za uh hi:
People have told us that some men from among us went [to you], although we had not told [them to do that]. They troubled/distressed you [SYN] [by telling you things] that confused your thinking.
25 Munkhat ah thu kisi in omkhawm tek a, ka teal uh mihing te sia ka it mama uh Barnabas le Paul taw note kung ah kong paisak tu uh pha ka sa uh hi.
So [while we(exc) met together here], we decided to choose some men and ask them to go to you, along with Barnabas and Paul, whom we [(exc)] love very much.
26 Amate sia i Topa Jesus Christ min atu in a nuntakna dong a pia ngam te a hi uh hi.
Those two have put their lives in danger because of their [serving] our Lord [MTY] Jesus Christ.
27 Tua ahikom Judah le Silas te kong paisak uh a, lai kong thak uh bangma in amate in a kam uh taw hongson tu uh hi.
We [(exc) have also chosen] Judas and Silas to go to you. They will tell you the same things [that we are writing].
28 Banghangziam cile note tung ah hi a kisam nate simngawl a lianzaw vanngit kong sot ngawl tu uh sia Tha Thiangtho le kote in pha kasa uh hi;
The Holy Spirit and [also] we decided that you should not be required {that we should not require you} to obey a lot of burdensome [Jewish] laws. Instead, [we] only [require you to obey] the following instructions,
29 Tabang in note in milim tung ah na piak uh sa te, thisan, tawlsan in a kingo sa te le paktat mawna te pial vun: tabang te pan in noma le noma na ki keamcing uh le, a pha vawt na hi uh hi. Na damtek tavun, ci in laithak at uh hi.
You should not eat food that people have sacrificed to idols. You should not eat blood from animals, and you should not eat meat from animals that people have killed by strangling them. Also, you should not have sex with someone to whom you are not married. Those things [especially offend Jewish believers. So if] you avoid doing them, you will be doing what is right. That is all.”
30 Tua ahikom amate a paisak uh ciang in Antioch theng uh a: mihon te munkhat ah a ki kaikhop zawk uh ciang in, laithak sia pia uh hi:
The [four] men whom [they] had chosen went [from Jerusalem] to Antioch [city. When] all the believers [there] had assembled together, [Judas and Silas] gave the letter to them.
31 Tua laithak a sim zawk uh ciang in, henepna thu ahikom in lungdam mama uh hi.
When the believers there read the letter, they rejoiced, [because its message] encouraged them.
32 Taciang Judah le Silas te zong kamsang te ahi uh bangma in, suapui te thu tampi taw hanthawn uh a, kipsak uh hi.
[Just like Paul and Barnabas were] ([prophets/men who spoke messages from God]), Judas and Silas were also prophets. They spoke for a long time and encouraged the believers [there], and helped them to trust more strongly [in the Lord Jesus].
33 Tua mun ah tawlkhat sung a om zawk uh ciang in, suapui te kung pan sawltak te kung ah a thimtham in pai uh hi.
After [Judas and Silas] had stayed in Antioch for some time [and were ready to return to Jerusalem], the believers [there] wished them well, and the believers [prayed that God] would protect [them as they traveled. So the two men] started to go back to the leaders [in Jerusalem] who had asked them to go [to Antioch].
34 Ahihang Silas sia tua mun ah om nuam lai hi.
35 Paul le Barnabas sia Antioch ah omsuak a, midang tampi te taw Topa thuhil in tangko uh hi.
However, Paul and Barnabas continued to stay in Antioch. [While they were there], they, along with many others, were teaching [people] and preaching to them the message about the Lord [Jesus].
36 Tawlkhat sung zawkciang in, Paul in Barnabas kung ah, Topa thu ka hil na uh mun khua tatuam ah suapui te ve tu in paikik tawng, bangbang in om ziam, ci en tawng, ci hi.
After some time Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the fellow believers in every city where we [previously] proclaimed the message about the Lord [Jesus. In that way, we will know] how [well] they are continuing [to believe in the Lord Jesus].”
37 Taciang Barnabas in Mark a kici John sia amate taw tonpui tu in ngaisun hi.
Barnabas [agreed with Paul, and said that he] wanted to take John, whose other name was Mark, along with them [again].
38 Ahihang Paul in Pamphylia pan in amate taw kikhen a, nasep na mun ah a pai ngawl hu in, amate taw tonpui tu pha ngawl hi, ci ngaisun hi.
However, Paul [told Barnabas that he] thought that it would not be good to take Mark [with them, because] Mark had deserted them when they were previously in Pamphylia [region], and had not continued to work with them.
39 Tua thu Paul le Barnabas nasiatak in ki nial uh a, khat le khat kikhen uh hi: taciang Barnabas in Mark tonpui a, Cyprus sang ah tembaw taw pai hi;
Paul and Barnabas strongly disagreed [with each other about that], so they separated. Barnabas took Mark [along with him and they got] on a ship and went to Cyprus.
40 Taciang Paul in Silas teal a, suapui te i Pathian thuthiamna sung ah apna taw in pai uh hi.
Paul chose Silas, [who had returned to Antioch, to work with him]. The believers [there] asked the Lord [God] to graciously help [Paul and Silas. Then] the two of them departed [from Antioch].
41 Taciang Syria le Cilicia ngamsung theampo ah pai kakoai uh a, pawlpi te kipsak uh hi.
Paul continued traveling [with Silas] through Syria and Cilicia [provinces]. In those places he was helping the congregations to trust strongly [in the Lord Jesus].
