Masengo 9
1 Katema ko che Sauli ŵapundile kwajogoya nnope ŵakwakuya Ambuje kuti chiŵaulaje. Ŵajawile kwa Jwambopesi Jwankulu,
And Saul was still full of threats and deadly hatred against the disciples of our Lord.
2 kukuŵenda ŵaape chikalata chakwamanyisya mmajumba ga kupopelela ga ku Damesiki kula kuti, ŵaasimanaga kweleko ŵandu ŵakulikuya Litala lya Ambuje, achalume atamuno achakongwe ŵakamule ni kwaikanawo ku Yelusalemu.
And he requested that a letter from the high priest might be given him unto Damascus to the synagogues; that if he should find persons pursuing this course, men or women, he might bind and bring them to Jerusalem.
3 Nambo che Sauli paŵaliji mwitala pachiŵandi ni kwika ku Damesiki, chisisimuchile lulanga kutyochela kwinani lwalanguchisye mbande syose.
And as he was going, and began to approach Damascus, suddenly there was poured upon him a light from heaven.
4 Ŵagwile paasi ni kupilikana liloŵe lichasalilaga, “Che Sauli, che Sauli! Ligongo chi nkuunagasya?”
And he fell to the ground; and he heard a voice which said to him: Saul! Saul! why persecutest thou me? It will be hard for thee to kick against the goads.
5 Che Sauli nombe ŵausisye, “Ambuje, ana ŵaani alakwe?” Ni liloŵe lyo lyajanjile, “Uneji ndili Che Yesu junkunlagasya.
He replied, and said: Who art thou, my Lord? And our Lord said: I am Jesus the Nazarean, whom thou persecutest.
6 Nambo sambano njime, njinjile mmusi ni kweleko chansalile chachikummajila kuchipanganya.”
But arise and go into the city, and there it will be told thee what thou oughtest to do.
7 Ni ŵandu ŵaŵaliji pamo nawo mu ulendo ŵala, ŵajimi ali jii, ŵapilikanaga liloŵe lyo nambo nganammona mundu.
And the men who travelled with him in the way, stood amazed; for they heard merely the voice, and no one was visible to them.
8 Che Sauli ŵajimi, nambo paŵatatanukwile meeso gakwe nganakombola kuchiwona chachili chose, nipele ŵandu ŵaŵalongene nawo ŵala ŵankamwile nkono ni kunnongosya mpaka ku Damesiki.
And Saul arose from the ground; and nothing was visible to him, with his eyes opened. And they took him by the hand, and led him into Damascus.
9 Che Sauli ŵatemi moŵa gatatu pangalola, ni nganalya natamuno kung'wa chachili chose.
And he had no sight for three days; and he neither ate nor drank.
10 Ku Damesiki ko jwapali jwakulijiganya ju Che Yesu liina lyakwe che Anania. Ambuje ŵammilasile mu yakwiwona, “Che Anania!” Che Anania ŵajitiche, “Une ndili pelepa Ambuje.”
And there was in Damascus a certain disciple, whose name was Ananias. And the Lord said to him, in a vision: Ananias! And he said: Lo, I am here, my Lord.
11 Ambuje ŵansalile, “Njimuche njaule ku litala lyalikuŵilanjikwa Litala Lyagoloka, nkauchilichisye mu nyuumba ji che Yuda mundu liina lyakwe che Sauli jwa ku Taso. Ni sambano ali nkupopela,
And our Lord said to him: Arise, go to the street which is called Straight; and inquire in the house of Judas, for Saul who is from the city of Tarsus: for, lo, while he prayed,
12 nombewo mu yakwiwona ambweni mundu liina lyakwe che Anania achijinjilaga nkati ni kunsajichila makono gakwe kuti akombole kulola sooni.”
he saw in vision a man named Ananias, who came and laid his hand upon him, that his eyes might be opened.
13 Nambo che Anania ŵajanjile, “Ambuje, mbilikene ngani sya mundu ju kutyochela kwa ŵandu ŵajinji, mbilikene yangalumbana iŵaapanganyichisye ŵaswela ŵenu ku Yelusalemu kula.
And Ananias said: My Lord, I have heard of this man, from many, how much evil he hath perpetrated towards thy saints at Jerusalem.
14 Ni apano aiche ali ni ulamusi kutyochela kwa achakulu ŵambopesi, ŵakamule ŵandu wose ŵakunkulupilila mmwe Che Yesu.”
And, lo, here also, he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all them that call on thy name.
15 Nambo Ambuje ŵansalile che Anania, “Njauleje pe, pakuŵa naasagwile kuti andumichile, ajenesye ngani syangu kwa ŵandu ŵangaŵa Ŵayahudi ni kwa mamwenye ni kwa Ŵaisilaeli nombe.
The Lord said to him: Arise and go; for he is to me a chosen vessel, to carry my name to the Gentiles, and to kings, and among the sons of Israel.
16 Uneji nansyene chinaalosye indu yekulungwa ichaŵajilwe kulagaswa nayo kwaligongo lyangu.”
For I will show him, how much he is to suffer on account of my name.
17 Nipele, che Anania ŵajawile ni kwinjila mu nyuumba jo. Ŵaasajichile makono che Sauli ni kuti, “Nlongo njangu che Sauli, Ambuje Che Yesu juŵakukopochele pamwaliji mwitala kwika apano, andumile kuti nkombole kulola sooni ni kugumbaswa Mbumu jwa Akunnungu.”
Then Ananias went to the house to him; and he laid his hand upon him, and said to him: Saul, my brother, our Lord Jesus, he who appeared to thee by the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thy eyes might be opened, and thou be filled with the Holy Spirit.
18 Papopo yagwile mmeeso mwakwe che Sauli indu mpela ikalaŵesya ni ŵakombwele kulola sooni. Ni ŵajimwiche ni kubatiswa.
And immediately there fell from his eyes something like a scab; and his eyes were opened. And he arose and was baptized.
19 Nipele ŵalile chakulya ni kukola machili sooni. Che Sauli ŵatemi pamo ni ŵakulijiganya ŵa Che Yesu kwa moŵa kanandi ku Damesiki kula.
And he took food, and was invigorated. And he was some days with the disciples of Damascus.
20 Papopo ŵatandite kulalichila mmajumba ga kupopelela ga Ŵayahudi kuti Che Yesu ali Mwana jwa Akunnungu.
And forthwith he announced Jesus, in the synagogues of the Jews, that he is the Son of God.
21 Ŵandu wose ŵaŵampilikene ŵasimosile ni kuti, “Ana jweleju ngaŵa julajula jwaŵauleje aŵala ŵaŵankulupililaga Che Yesu ku Yelusalemu kula? Ni sooni ŵaiche akuno kuti ŵakamule ŵanyawo ni kwajausya kwa achakulu ŵambopesi!”
And all they that heard him were amazed; and they said: Is not this he, who persecuted all them that call on this name in Jerusalem? And lo, for this very thing also, was he sent hither, that he might bind and carry them to the chief priests.
22 Che Sauli ŵapundile kukola machili, ni kwasimosya Ŵayahudi ŵakutama ku Damesiki iŵatite pakulosya pangasisa kuti, Che Yesu ali Kilisito.
But Saul was the more strengthened; and he confounded those Jews who dwelt at Damascus, while be demonstrated that this is the Messiah.
23 Pagapite moŵa gamajinji, Ŵayahudi ŵajilene ni kusosa itajile pakwaulaga che Sauli.
And when he had been there many days, the Jews formed a conspiracy against him, to kill him.
24 Nambo che Sauli ŵapilikene ngani jo. Nipele ŵandu ŵaliji nkwajuŵilila mminango ja kwinjilila mmusi wo muusi ni chilo, kuti ŵaulaje.
And the plot which they sought to execute upon him, was made known to Saul: and they watched the gates of the city by day and by night, in order to kill him.
25 Nambo chilo chimo ŵakulijiganya ŵakwe ŵanjigele mu chitundu ni kumpelesya pepowo pa likumba lya musi ni kunselelesya mpaka paasi.
Then the disciples placed him in a basket, and let him down from the wall by night.
26 Che Sauli paŵaiche ku Yelusalemu ŵasachile kuliwanganya ni ŵakulijiganya ŵane ŵala. Nambo wose ŵanjogwepe, nganakulupilila kuti che Sauli ŵaliji jwakulijiganya njao.
And he went to Jerusalem; and he wished to join himself with the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, and did not believe that he was a disciple.
27 Nipele che Banaba ŵanjigele che Sauli ni kunjausya kwa achinduna, ni kwasalila yankati che Sauli iŵatite pakwawona Ambuje Che Yesu mwitala ni kukunguluka nawo, ni iŵatite pakwalalichila ŵandu ngani si Che Yesu pangali lipamba ku Damesiki kula.
But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the legates, and related to them how the Lord appeared to him in the way, and how he conversed with him; and how, in Damascus, he had discoursed openly in the name of Jesus.
28 Nipele che Sauli ŵatemi pamo nawo, ni ŵajesile mu Yelusalemu mose achilalichilaga ŵandu Liloŵe lya Ambuje pangali lipamba.
And he went in and out with them, at Jerusalem.
29 Ni sooni ŵakungulwiche ni kukanilana ni Ŵayahudi ŵakuŵecheta Chigiliki, nambo ŵanyawo ŵasachile kummulaga.
And he spoke openly in the name of Jesus and disputed with those Jews who understood Greek. But they wished to kill him:
30 Ŵakukulupilila ŵala paŵaimanyilile yeleyo, ŵanjigele che Sauli ni kunjausya ku Kaisalia, ni ŵannesile kweleko kuti ajaule ku Taso.
and when the brethren knew it, they conducted him by night to Caesarea, and from there they sent him to Tarsus.
31 Katema ko mpingo wa ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito ŵala ŵakwete chitendewele ku Yudea kose ni ku Galilaya kose ni ku Samalia kose. Mbumu jwa Akunnungu ŵapele machili ni ŵajonjesyeche ni ŵatemi kwa kwajogopa Ambuje.
Moreover the church, in all Judaea, and in Galilee, and in Samaria, had peace and was edified; and it walked in the fear of God, and abounded in the consolation of the Holy Spirit.
32 Che Petulo paŵaliji nkwendajenda pali pose, ŵaiche sooni kwa ŵakukulupilila ŵakutama ku Luda.
And it occurred, that, as Simon travelled about the cities, he came down to the saints also who dwelt in the city of Lydda.
33 Ŵansimene kweleko mundu jwakuŵilanjikwa che Ainea, juŵagonile pa chindanda kwa yaka nsano ni itatu pakuŵa ŵatatele.
And he found a certain man whose name was 'neas, who had lain on a bed and been paralytic eight years.
34 Nipele, che Petulo ŵansalile, “Che Ainea, Che Yesu Kilisito akunnamisya. Njimuche, ntandiche chindanda chenu.” Papopo che Ainea ŵajimwiche.
And Simon said to him: 'neas, Jesus the Messiah doth heal thee; arise, and spread thy bed. And he rose up immediately.
35 Ŵandu wose ŵaŵatemi ku Luda ni ku Shaloni ŵambweni che Ainea, ni wose ŵankulupilile Ambuje.
And all they that dwelt at Lydda and Saron, saw him; and they turned to God.
36 Ku Yopa ko jwapali jwakulijiganya jwankongwe liina lyakwe che Tabisa, mu Chigiliki che Doka, malumbo gakwe, ngolombwe. Jweleju ŵapanganyaga yambone ni kwakamuchisya ŵakulaga moŵa gose.
And there was in the city of Joppa, a certain female disciple named Tabitha; and she was rich in good works, and in the alms which she did.
37 Moŵa gala ŵalwasile ni ŵajasiche. Ŵandu ŵagajojesye malilo gakwe ni ŵagaŵisile mu chuumba cha mwinani.
And she fell sick in those days, and died; and they washed her, and laid her in an upper room.
38 Ku Yopa nganikutalikangana ni ku Luda, nipele ŵakulijiganya paŵapilikene kuti che Petulo ali ku Luda, ŵalajisye ŵandu ŵaŵili kukwao ni kwachondelela kuti, “Nnyiche chitema pe kukwetu.”
And the disciples heard that Simon was in the city of Lydda, which is near to Joppa; and they sent two men to him, to request of him that he would not delay to come to them.
39 Nipele, che Petulo ŵalongene nawo. Paŵaiche, ŵanlongwesye ku chuumba cha mwinani. Kweleko ŵaŵililwe ni achiŵankwawo wose ŵansyungwile che Petulo achililaga ni kwalosya minjilo ni yakuwala ine iŵaipanganyisye che Doka akanaŵe kwasika.
And Simon arose and went with them. And when he arrived, they conducted him to the chamber; and there were assembled around her all the widows, weeping, and showing him the tunics and the cloaks which Tabitha had given them when alive.
40 Che Petulo ŵaakopwesye paasa wose, ŵatindiŵele ni kupopela. Nipele, ŵagagalauchile malilo gala ni kuti, “Che Tabisa njimuche.” Nombejo ŵatatanukwile meeso gao, ni paŵaweni che Petulo ŵajimwiche ni kutama.
And Simon put all the people out, and fell on his knees and prayed; and he turned to the corpse and said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and when she saw Simon, she sat up.
41 Che Petulo ŵankamwile nkono ni kunjimika, ni ŵaaŵilasile ŵandu ŵakukulupilila ni ŵaŵililwe ni achiŵankwawo ŵala, ŵapele ali jwanjumi.
And he reached to her his hand, and raised her up: and he called the saints and the widows, and presented her to them alive.
42 Ngani jo jajenele papali pose ku Yopa ko, ni ŵandu ŵajinji ŵaakulupilile Ambuje.
And this became known throughout the city; and many believed on our Lord.
43 Che Petulo ŵalonjele ku Yopa kula moŵa gampepe, achitamaga mu nyuumba ja mundu jwakuŵilanjikwa che Simoni jwakukolosya mapende.
And he tarried in Joppa not a few days: and he lodged in the house of Simon a tanner.
