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 consenting and participating in his death. And there was, in that day, a great persecution against the church that was at Jerusalem; and they were all dispersed, except the legates, among the villages of Judaea and likewise among the Samaritans.
2 Cathutlae taminaw ni Stiven e a ro teh kahawicalah a kuem awh teh puenghoi a khuikakhai awh.
And believing men gathered up and buried Stephen. And they lamented over him greatly.
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.
And Saul persecuted the church of God, entering houses, and dragging forth men and women and committing them to prison.
4 Voivang lah kâkapek e naw ni lawkkatang teh yuengyoe a pâpho awh.
And they who were dispersed, travelled about and preached the word of God.
5 Filip hai Samaria ram e kho buet touh dawk a cei teh Khrih e kong hah a pâpho van.
And Philip went down to a city of the Samaritans, and preached concerning the Messiah.
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.
And when the people who were there heard his discourse, they gave ear to him, and acquiesced in all that he said; because they saw the signs which he wrought.
7 Bangkongtetpawiteh tami moikapap koe kaawm e kakhine muithanaw teh hramki laihoi a tâco awh. Kamkhuen e hoi khokkhemnaw hai moikapap a dam awh.
For many who were possessed by unclean spirits, cried with a loud voice, and came out of them: and others, who were paralytic and lame, were healed.
8 Hatdawkvah, hote kho thungvah lunghawinae kalenpoung a tawn awh.
And 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.
And there was a certain man there, whose name was Simon, who had resided in that city a long time, and who seduced the people of the Samaritans by his sorceries, magnifying himself, and saying, I am a great personage.
10 Camo matawng pueng ni hete tami teh ka lentoe Cathut e bahu doeh ati awh.
And they all inclined towards him, great and small; and they said, This is the mighty power of God.
11 Ahnimouh ni bangkongmaw a yuem awh, tetpawiteh cam thoum e lahoi kumtha moi kasawlah ahnimouh koe kângairunae a sak dawk doeh.
And they acquiesced in him, because for a long time he had astonished them by his sorceries.
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 gave credence to Philip, as he preached the kingdom of God, in the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah; 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.
And Simon himself also believed, and was baptized, and adhered to Philip. And when he saw the signs and mighty deeds which were wrought by his hand, he was surprised and astonished.
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.
And when the legates at Jerusalem, heard that the people of the Samaritans had received the word of God, they sent out to them Simon Cephas and John.
15 Ahnimouh roi a pha toteh, Kathoung Muitha ahnimouh ni a coe thai awh nahanlah a ratoum pouh roi.
And they went down, and prayed over them, that they might 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 he was not yet on any one of them; and they had only been baptized in the name of our Lord Jesus.
17 Hahoi, Piter hoi Jawhan ni ahnimae van kut a toung hnukkhu ahnimouh teh Kathoung Muitha a coe awh.
Then they laid the hand 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,
And when Simon saw that, by the imposition of a hand of the legates, the Holy Spirit was given, 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.
saying: Give me also this prerogative, that he on whom I impose a hand, 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.
Simon Cephas said to him: Thy money go with thee to perdition! because thou hast supposed, that the gift of God may be purchased by a worldly substance.
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.
Thou hast no part nor lot in this faith; because thy 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.
Nevertheless, repent of this thy wickedness, and entreat of God, if perhaps the guile of thy heart may be forgiven thee.
23 Bangkongtetpawiteh nang teh utnae hoi na kawi teh yon thongkabawt e lah na o e hah ka hmu telah atipouh.
For I perceive that thou art in the bitter gall and in the bonds of 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.
Simon answered and said: Intercede ye with God for me, that nothing of which ye have mentioned may come upon 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 Simon and John, when they had testified, and had taught them the word of God, returned to Jerusalem. And they had preached in many villages of the Samaritans.
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.
And the angel of the Lord spake with Philip, and said to him: Arise, go to the south, along the desert way that leadeth 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,
And he arose and went. And there met him a eunuch, who had come from Cush, an officer of Candace, queen of the Cushites, who had charge of all her treasure; and he had come to worship at Jerusalem.
28 Jerusalem vah bawknae a sak hnukkhu a ban navah amae rangleng van hoi profet Isaiah e Cakathoung hah a touk.
And as he turned to go, he was sitting in his chariot, and was reading in Isaiah the prophet.
29 Hatnavah Kathoung Muitha ni Filip koevah hote rangleng koe cet nateh hnai haw atipouh.
And the Holy Spirit said to Philip: Go near, and join thyself to the chariot.
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.
And when he came near, he heard him reading in Isaiah the prophet; and he said to him: Understandest thou what thou readest?
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.
And he said: How can I understand, unless some one instruct me? And he requested of Philip, that he would 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.
And the section of scripture in which he was reading, was this: As a lamb to the slaughter he was led away, and as a sheep before the shearer is silent, so also he in his humility opened not 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.
From prison and from judgment he was carried: and his generation, who will declare? for his life is taken away 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.
And the eunuch said to Philip: I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other person?
35 Hatteh Filip ni hote kongnaw hno lahoi Jisuh e kamthang hah a dei pouh.
Then Philip opened his mouth and, from that scripture, began to preach to him concerning our Lord 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.
And as they proceeded on the way, they came to a certain place in which there was water. And the eunuch said: Lo, here is water; what doth forbid, that I should be 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.
And Philip said: If thou believest with all thy heart, it is allowable. And he answered, and said: I believe that Jesus Messiah is the Son of God.
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 commanded the chariot to stop; and they both went down to the water, and Philip baptized the eunuch.
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.
And when they came up from the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more; but he went on his way rejoicing.
40 Filip teh Azotus kho a tâco teh, Kaisarea ram totouh kho tangkuem Cathut e kamthang kahawi a pâpho.
And Philip was found at Azotus; and from there he travelled about, and preached in all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.
