Guncei 28
1 Kaimouh teh lungmawngcalah hoi a kongteng ka pha awh hnukkhu vah hote tuilum teh Malta tuilum doeh tie ka panue awh.
Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
2 Tamipathunaw ni kaimouh koe lungpatawnae a kamnue sak awh. Kho a rak teh hroung a pâding dawkvah hmai a patawi awh teh kaimouh abuemlah na kamben sak awh.
The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.
3 Pawl ni thingnaw a racum navah a thung hoi tahrun kathout a tâco teh Pawl e a kut dawk a khue pouh.
Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.
4 Tamipathunaw ni Pawl e kut dawk lawng kanghoi e tahrun hah a hmu awh navah, hete tami heh tami ka thet e han doeh, tui dawk hoi a hlout ei nakunghai, phunglawk ni hring sak han ngai hoeh telah buet touh hoi buet touh a kâpankhai awh.
When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
5 Pawl ni hote tahrun hah hmai dawk a kathek, hatei, ama teh bangtelah hai awmhoeh
But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
6 Ahni teh a takbuem a phing han, a kamlei vaiteh a due han, titeh a ring awh. Hatei, bangtelah hai ao hoeh torei teh a lungkâthung awh teh hete tami teh cathut han doeh atipouh awh.
The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
7 Hote hmuen koehoi a hnainae koe vah Publius telah kaw e tuilum khobawi e talai ao. Hote khobawi ni kaimanaw na o sak hloilah hnin thum touh thung rawca totouh na khetyawt awh.
Nearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.
8 Publius khobawi e a na pa teh a pâding e hoi a vontamci lah a pataw teh sut a yan. Hatnavah Pawl ni a kâen sin teh a ratoum pouh hnukkhu a kut a toung pouh teh a dam sak.
The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.
9 Hettelah a hnosak e a hmu awh navah tuilum kho kaawm e kapatawnaw pueng a thokhai awh teh damnae a coe awh.
After this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured as well.
10 Ahnimanaw ni barinae a sin awh teh na bari awh, ka ban awh to hai panki e naw moi a pâseng awh.
The islanders honored us in many ways and supplied our needs when we were ready to sail.
11 Thapa yung thum touh hnukkhu, tuilum koe kaawm e, kut sak kahrai ca kamphei e mei kâbet e Alexandria long hoi ka cei awh.
After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.
12 Sirakus kho ka pha awh teh hote kho dawk hnin thum touh ka roe awh.
Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
13 Haw hoi bout ka cei awh teh Regium kho ka pha awh. Atangtho vah akalae kahlî a tho dawkvah apâhni hnin vah Puteoli kho ka pha awh.
From there we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. After one day, a south wind came up, and on the second day we arrived at Puteoli.
14 Hote kho dawk hmaunawnghanaw hoi kâhmo awh teh hnin sari touh o hanelah na coun awh. Hettelah hoi Rom kho ka pha awh.
There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.
15 Kaimae kamthang ka thai e Rom kho e hmaunawnghanaw teh kaimouh hoi kâhmo hanelah, Rom kho hoi Appius hno yonae hoi bangla kathum touh tie totouh a tho awh. Pawl ni ahnimouh a hmu nah, Cathut koe lunghawi lawk a dei teh a thahmei awh.
The brothers there had heard about us and traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he was encouraged and gave thanks to God.
16 Rom kho a pha awh toteh Pawl teh ama ka ring hane ransa buet touh hoi aloukcalah o hanelah ransabawi ni kâ a poe.
When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
17 Hnin thum touh hnukkhu, Pawl ni Judah kahrawikungnaw a kaw teh, a kamkhueng sak teh, hmaunawnghanaw kai ni Judah miphun ahawihoehnae ka sak hoeh. Mintoenaw e singyoe hai ka pahnawt hoeh. Jerusalem kho thongim na pabo awh, Romnaw e kut dawk na hnawng awh.
After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
18 Romnaw ni lawk bout na pacei awh hnukkhu, due han kamcu e yonnae a hmu awh hoeh dawkvah hlout sak hanelah a ngai awh.
They examined me and wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.
19 Judahnaw ni a ngai awh hoeh torei teh, Sizar siangpahrang koe nganga ka cet e doeh. Ka taminaw koe yon pen han bangcahai ka tawn hoeh.
But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.
20 Hete kong dawk nangmouh na kâhmo teh kâpan han ka ngai dawk na kaw awh e doeh. Isarel miphunnaw ni ngaihawinae kong dawkvah, hete sumbawtarui hoi kai teh na pâkhi awh atipouh.
So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
21 Hattoteh ahnimanaw ni, nange kong dawk Judah ram hoi ca ka hmawt awh hoeh. Haw hoi ka tho e hmaunawnghanaw apinihai nang dawk na yon telah ka dei e awmhoeh.
The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.
22 Hatei, hete bawknae hoi kâkuen lah, kho tangkuem vah na taran awh teh, na pathoe awh tie hah kaimouh ni sut ka panue dawkvah, nang ni bangtelamaw na pouk tie kaimouh ni thai hanelah ka ngai atipouh awh.
But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
23 Hathnukkhu Pawl hoi hnin a kâdawk awh teh, ahni a luennae koe hoe kapap lah a tho awh. Pawl ni amom hoi tangmin lah ditouh ahnimouh koe Cathut uknaeram kong a cangkhai, a kampangkhai teh, Mosi e kâlawk hoi Profetnaw ni a thut e naw hno lahoi Jisuh kong hah a dei pouh.
So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
24 Atangawn teh Pawl ni a dei e hah a yuem awh. Atangawnnaw teh yuem awh hoeh.
Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.
25 Hottelah buet touh hoi buet touh lungkânging hoeh hoi a cei awh navah, Pawl ni lawkkam touh a dei e teh, Kathoung Muitha ni Profet Isaiah hno lahoi a dei e hah atang doeh.
They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
26 Cet nateh dei pouh, a thai awh han ei thai panuek awh mahoeh, a hmu awh han ei hmawt panuek a mahoeh atipouh.
‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
27 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ahnimouh teh a hnâpang, a mitdawn awh teh, a lungthin kamlang awh hoeh. Hoehpawiteh, a mit hoi hmawt awh vaiteh, hnâ hoi thai awh vaiteh, a lung hoi a thaipanuek awh vaiteh, kâthung awh vaiteh, kai ni ka dam sak han a ti.
For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
28 Hatdawkvah Cathut e rungngangnae teh Jentelnaw koe poe lah ao toung dawkvah, ahnimanaw ni teh a ngai awh han tie hah panuek awh telah Pawl ni a dei pouh.
Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
29 Hete lawk hah Pawl ni a dei navah, Judahnaw teh thouk a kâoun awh teh a ban awh.
30 Kum hni touh thung Pawl teh im a hlai e dawk a o, ama koe ka tho e naw pueng a luen sak teh,
Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him.
31 banghai tarawknae awm laipalah, Cathut uknaeram kong hah, taranhawi laihoi a pâpho teh, Bawipa Jisuh Khrih e a kongnaw hah a cangkhai.
Boldly and freely he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.
