Guncei 8
1 Hat hnin roeroe vah Jerusalem e kawhmoun thungvah rektapnae a tâco. Gunceinaw hoeh e pueng teh Judah ram hoi Samaria ram lah koung a kampek awh.
And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
2 Cathutlae taminaw ni Stiven e a ro teh kahawicalah a kuem awh teh puenghoi a khuikakhai awh.
God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
3 Sawl ni im buet touh hnukkhu buet touh a luen teh, ka yuem e napui tongpanaw hah a man teh thongim a paung teh kawhmoun hah a raphoe.
But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
4 Voivang lah kâkapek e naw ni lawkkatang teh yuengyoe a pâpho awh.
Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.
5 Filip hai Samaria ram e kho buet touh dawk a cei teh Khrih e kong hah a pâpho van.
Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.
6 Tami pueng ni Filip ni a sak e kângairuhnonaw hah a hmu awh navah ahnie a pâpho e naw hah rip a thai awh.
The crowds gave their undivided attention to Philip’s message and to the signs they saw him perform.
7 Bangkongtetpawiteh tami moikapap koe kaawm e kakhine muithanaw teh hramki laihoi a tâco awh. Kamkhuen e hoi khokkhemnaw hai moikapap a dam awh.
With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed.
8 Hatdawkvah, hote kho thungvah lunghawinae kalenpoung a tawn awh.
So there was great joy in that city.
9 Hote kho dawk Simon tie tami buet touh ao. Ahni teh camthoum e lahoi yah. Samaria taminaw koe kângairu ka sak thai e tami doeh telah a mahoima ouk a kâdei.
Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,
10 Camo matawng pueng ni hete tami teh ka lentoe Cathut e bahu doeh ati awh.
and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”
11 Ahnimouh ni bangkongmaw a yuem awh, tetpawiteh cam thoum e lahoi kumtha moi kasawlah ahnimouh koe kângairunae a sak dawk doeh.
They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery.
12 Hatei, Filip ni Cathut uknaeram hoi Jisuh Khrih e min hah a pâpho navah taminaw ni a yuem awh teh, tongpanaw dueng laipalah napuinaw hai tui baptisma a coe awh.
But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
13 Simon ama hai a yuem dawkvah tui baptisma a coe teh Filip koe a kâbang. Mitnoutnae hoi kângairuhnonaw hah a hmu awh teh kângairu laihoi hmawn a ngam awh.
Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.
14 Samaria taminaw ni Cathut a yuem awh toe tie hah Jerusalem khopui kaawm e gunceinaw ni a thai awh navah, Piter hoi Jawhan teh ahnimouh koe a patoun awh.
When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
15 Ahnimouh roi a pha toteh, Kathoung Muitha ahnimouh ni a coe thai awh nahanlah a ratoum pouh roi.
On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.
16 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ahnimouh teh Jisuh min lahoi tui baptisma dueng heh a coe awh rah dawkvah, ahnimouh thung dawk api koehai Kathoung Muitha a pha hoeh rah dawk doeh.
For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
17 Hahoi, Piter hoi Jawhan ni ahnimae van kut a toung hnukkhu ahnimouh teh Kathoung Muitha a coe awh.
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
18 Gunceinaw ni kut toung sin e lahoi taminaw ni Kathoung Muitha a coe awh e heh, Simon ni a hmu navah, gunceinaw koe tangka a sin teh,
When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
19 kai ni kut ka toung sin e tami pueng ni Kathoung Muitha a coe awh nahanelah, het patetlah e hnosakthainae hah kai hai na poe haw atipouh.
“Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
20 Hatnavah Piter ni nang ni Cathut e lungmanae hah tangka hoi ran thai telah na pouk dawkvah nama hoi na tangka teh mek kamko naseh.
But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
21 Na lungthin teh Cathut hmalah a lan hoeh dawkvah hete thaw dawk nang teh na tawk thai hoeh, nange na ham hai awm hoeh.
You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.
22 Hatdawkvah, na pouknae kahawihoehe hah pankângai nateh Bawipa koe ratoum haw. Hottelah na tetpawiteh na pouknae kahawihoehe naw Bawipa ni doum na ngaithoum yawkaw han doeh.
Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.
23 Bangkongtetpawiteh nang teh utnae hoi na kawi teh yon thongkabawt e lah na o e hah ka hmu telah atipouh.
For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”
24 Simon ni, nangmouh ni na dei e buet touh boehai kai koe a pha hoeh nahanlah Bawipa koe na ratoum pouh awh telah bout a dei pouh.
Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
25 Piter hoi Jawhan teh Bawipa e lawkkatang a kampang laihoi a pâpho roi hnukkhu, Samaria ram thung e khonaw koe kamthang kahawi a pâpho roi teh Jerusalem lah bout a ban roi.
And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.
26 Hahoi Cathut e kalvantami ni Filip koe thaw nateh Jerusalem hoi Gaza kho lah cathuknae lam dawk akalah cet loe atipouh. Hote lamthung teh thingyeiyawn lamthung lah ao.
Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
27 Hatdawkvah, Filip ni a thaw teh a cei. Hatnavah Ethiopia siangpahrangnu Kandeis e bawi lah kaawm ni teh siangpahrangnu e kâtawnnae kalen lah kaawm e Ethiopia tami buet touh teh,
So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
28 Jerusalem vah bawknae a sak hnukkhu a ban navah amae rangleng van hoi profet Isaiah e Cakathoung hah a touk.
and on his return was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet.
29 Hatnavah Kathoung Muitha ni Filip koevah hote rangleng koe cet nateh hnai haw atipouh.
The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”
30 Filip ni hai rek a yawng sin. Ahni teh profet Isaiah ni a thut e heh vawtvawt a la touk. Filip ni, na touk e hah na thai panuek maw atipouh.
So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
31 Hote bawi ni na ka dei pouh e awmhoeh pawiteh bangtelamaw ka thaipanuek han ati teh Filip heh ama koe reirei tahung hanelah a coun.
“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 Ahni ni a touk e teh, ahni teh thei hanlah sut hmoun e tu patetlah a hrawi awh. Tuca ni muen ngaw navah a hram hoeh e patetlah hram laipalah ao.
The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
33 A dudam awh navah, ahni kampangkhai api awm hoeh. A hringnae teh talai van hoi takhoe lah ao dawkvah a catoun hah apinimaw bout a dei thai han va tie doeh.
In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”
34 Hahoi bawi ni Filip hanelah na pacei haw nei, profet ni api e kong maw hettelah a dei aw. Ama e kong ma aw. Hoeh teh alouke buet buet touh e kong ma aw atipouh.
“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”
35 Hatteh Filip ni hote kongnaw hno lahoi Jisuh e kamthang hah a dei pouh.
Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
36 Ahnimouh teh pou a cei awh navah tui koe a pha awh teh bawi ni tui baptisma ka hmu hoeh nahanelah bang ni maw kai na rakhan telah a ti.
As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
37 Filip ni, na lungthin abuemlahoi na yuem pawiteh tui baptisma na hmu han, telah atipouh. Jisuh Khrih teh Cathut capa doeh tie hah ka yuem telah a ti.
38 Hahoi, bawi ni rangleng kâhat hanelah kâ a poe hnukkhu, tui dawk a cei roi teh, Filip ni tui baptisma a poe.
And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.
39 Tui thung hoi bout a tâco roi toteh, Bawipa e Kathoung Muitha ni Filip teh oun a tawm teh, hote bawi ni hmawt hoeh toe. Hateiteh, lunghawi laihoi amae lamthung dawk pou a cei.
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.
40 Filip teh Azotus kho a tâco teh, Kaisarea ram totouh kho tangkuem Cathut e kamthang kahawi a pâpho.
But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
