Acts 10
1 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.
Te vaengah Kaiserea kah hlang pakhat, a ming ah Kornelius, Italian caem la a khue khuikah rhalboei te om.
2 He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.
Anih te cuep tih a imko boeih loh Pathen a rhih. Pilnam taengah doedannah muep a saii tih Pathen taengah a yoeyah la thangthui.
3 One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”
Hnin at tah khonoek pako tluk vaengah a mangthui ah a hmuh. Te vaengah Pathen kah puencawn te anih taengla kun tih, “Kornelius,” a ti nah.
4 Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
Anih te a hmaitang vaengah lakueng ngaiha la om tih, “Balae aka om Boeipa,” a ti nah. Te dongah anih te, “Na thangthuinah neh na doedannah loh Pathen hmaiah kutmuei la cet coeng.
5 Now send men to Joppa to call for a man named Simon who is called Peter.
Te dongah Joppa la hlang pahoi tueih lamtah Simon Peter la a khue hlang pakhat te tah laeh.
6 He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
Anih te tuipuei kaengkah im aka om maehpho Simon taengah pah lah ko,” a ti nah.
7 When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.
Anih aka voek puencawn te a caeh van phoeiah tah imkhut rhoi neh amah aka khuituk rhoek khuikah aka cuep rhalkap te a khue.
8 He explained what had happened and sent them to Joppa.
Amih te a soep la a uen phoeiah Joppa la a tueih.
9 The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
A vuen ah amih te cet uh tih kho a yoei thuem kah khonoek parhuk tluk vaengah Peter tah thangthui ham imphu la yoeng.
10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
Te vaengah a pongnaeng la om tih caak ten ham khaw a ngaih. Tedae a tawn uh vaengah anih te amih taengah mueimang a om pah.
11 He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.
Te vaengah vaan ke ong uh tih hno pakhat loh a kil pali neh himbai len bangla ha suntla tih diklai la a colh te a hmuh.
12 It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.
A khuiah diklai kah rhamsa boeih neh rhulcai khaw, vaan kah vaa khaw om.
13 Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”
Te vaengah, “Peter thoo, ngawn lamtah ca,” tila anih taengla ol halo pah.
14 “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
Tedae Peter loh, “Moenih, Boeipa, tanghnong tangaih neh rhalawt la aka om boeih he ka caak moenih,” a ti nah.
15 The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
Tedae anih te a pabae kah ol bal loh, “Pathen loh a cim sak tangtae te nang loh poeih boeh,” a ti nah.
16 This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.
Te tlam te voei thum a om phoeiah tah hno te vaan la vil a loh.
17 While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
Te dongah mangthui a hmuh te metlam a om poek eh tila Peter loh a khuiah khobing. Te vaengah Kornelius loh a tueih tih Simon im aka toem hlang rhoek khaw vongka ah pakcak ha pai uh.
18 They called out to ask if Simon called Peter was staying there.
Te vaengah pang uh tih, “Peter la a khue Simon te pah mai a he,” a ti uh.
19 As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.
Peter khaw mangthui dongkah te a poek li vaengah Mueihla loh, “Hlang pathum loh nang n'toem uh ke.
20 So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”
Thoo, suntla lamtah boelhkhoeh kolla amih taengah cet laeh. Kai long ni amih kan tueih,” a ti nah.
21 So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”
A suntlak phoeiah hlang rhoek te Peter loh, “Na toem uh te kai ni he. Mebang paelnaehnah nen nim na pai uh te,” a ti nah.
22 “Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
Te dongah amih loh, “Rhalboei Kornelius he hlang dueng la om tih Pathen a rhih dongah Judah namtu boeih long khaw a oep. Nang te amah im la tah tih nang lamkah olka hnatun sak ham hlangcim kah puencawn loh a mangthui coeng,” a ti uh.
23 So Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next day he got ready and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.
Te dongah amih te a khue tih a pah sak. A vuen ah tah thoo tih amih taengla cet. Te vaengah Joppa lamkah manuca hlangvang rhoek loh anih te a puei uh.
24 The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
A vuen patoeng bal vaengah Kaiserea la kun. Amih te Kornelius loh a lamso tih ana om coeng dongah a huiko neh paya tangkik te a hueh thil.
25 As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
Peter ham pha tih a kun vaengah amah te Kornelius loh a doe. A kho kungah a bakop thil tih a bawk.
26 But Peter helped him up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”
Tedae Peter loh anih te a thoh tih, “Thoo, kai kamah khaw hlang van ni,” a ti nah.
27 As Peter talked with him, he went inside and found many people gathered together.
Anih te a voek tih a kun vaengah muep a tingtun uh a hmuh.
28 He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.
Amih taengah khaw, “Judah hlang taengah kap tih kholong a paan vaengah a lolh la muep a om te na hmat uh. Tedae hlang te tanghnong neh rhalawt ti nah pawt ham Pathen loh kai n'tueng coeng.
29 So when I was invited, I came without objection. I ask, then, why have you sent for me?”
Te dongah kai aka tah taengla hawt ka lo van. Tedae kan dawt mai eh mebang kawng nen lae kai nan tah uh,” a ti nah.
30 Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
Te vaengah Kornelius loh, “Tahae duela hnin li khuiah khonoek pako kah thangthui neh ka im ah ka om. Te vaengah hlang pakhat loh a himbai cim thik la kai hmaiah pakcak pai tih,
31 and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
Kornelius, na thangthuinah te ka hnatun uh tih na doedannah loh Pathen hmaiah a poek coeng.
32 Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’
Te dongah Joppa la hlang tueih lamtah, Peter la a khue Simon te khue laeh. Anih te tuipuei kah maehpho Simon im ah pah,’ a ti.
33 So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”
Te dongah amih te nang taengla tlek kan tueih. Nang long khaw a then la na saii tih, na pawk coeng. Boeipa loh nang ng'uen boeih te yaak hamla kaimih boeih loh Pathen hmaiah ka phoe uh van coeng,” a ti nah.
34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,
Te dongah Peter loh a ka a ong tih, “Pathen loh tangyahnah a khueh pawt te oltak la ka pom coeng.
35 but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.
Tedae namtom boeih khuiah amah aka rhih tih duengnah aka saii rhoek tah amah kah a uem la om.
36 He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
Ol te Israel ca rhoek taengah a tah tih Jesuh Khrih rhangneh rhoepnah a phong. Anih tah a cungkuem kah Boeipa la a om te na ming uh.
37 You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:
Judea tom ah olthang he om coeng. Johan loh a hoe Baptistma hnukah Galilee lamloh a tong coeng.
38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
Nazareth lamkah Jesuh te Pathen loh Mueihla Cim neh thaomnah neh a koelh. Anih tah tlangnaem tlangphai la pongpa tih Pathen loh anih taengah a om puei dongah rhaithae kah a phaep rhoek khaw boeih a hoeih sak.
39 We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,
Te dongah kaimih tah a cungkuem kah laipai rhoek ni. Te te Judah kho neh Jerusalem ah khaw a saii. Tedae amah te a ngawn uh tih thing dongah a hoei uh.
40 God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—
Anih te Pathen loh a thum hnin ah a thoh tih a phoe sak la om coeng.
41 not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.
Pilnam boeih taengah pawt tih Pathen kah a hmoel laipai rhoek taengah phoe coeng. Duek lamkah a thoh phoeiah anih loh mamih m'vael puei tih mamih loh anih n'ok puei uh.
42 And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.
Hlang duek hlang hing kah laitloekkung la Pathen loh anih a hmoel te pilnam taengah hoe tih uen ham mamih ng'uen.
43 All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”
Tonghma rhoek boeih loh anih te a oep. Amah aka tangnah boeih tah a ming neh tholh khodawkngainah a dang,” a ti nah.
44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.
Peter kah a thui ol te a pangthuem vaengah ol aka hnatun rhoek boeih khaw Mueihla Cim loh a tlak thil.
45 All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.
Namtom rhoek te Cim Mueihla kah kutdoe loh a suntlak thil van vaengah, yahvinrhetnah neh uepom Peter aka puei boeih khaw limlum uh.
46 For they heard them speaking in tongues and exalting God. Then Peter said,
Amih kah ol a thui uh te a yaak uh vaengah Pathen te a oep uh.
47 “Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”
Te dongah Peter loh, “Kaimih van bangla Mueihla Cim aka dang amih he nuem pawt ham u long khaw tui hloh thai mahpawh,” a ti.
48 So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.
Te dongah amih te Jesuh Khrih ming ah nuem ham a uen. Te phoeiah khohnin a yol khaw om ham anih te a hloep uh.
