Acts 4
1 And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
Esi Petro kple Yohanes wonɔ nu ƒom na ameawo alea la, nunɔlawo kple gbedoxɔŋudzɔlawo ƒe amegã kple Zadukitɔwo dometɔ aɖewo va do ɖe wo dzi.
2 being distressed on account of their teaching the people and preaching by Jesus the resurrection from among [the] dead;
Petro kple Yohanes wonɔ gbeƒã ɖem be Yesu gagbɔ agbe tso ame kukuwo dome si fia be ame kukuwo ƒe tsitretsitsi aɖe li. Enye nu si medzɔ dzi na wo kuraa o.
3 and they laid hands on them, and put them in ward till the morrow; for it was already evening.
Eya ta wolé Petro kple Yohanes, gake esi fiẽ ɖo xoxo ta la, wokplɔ wo ame eve la de gaxɔ me be woadɔ afi ma ŋu nake.
4 But many of those who had heard the word believed; and the number of the men had become [about] five thousand.
Togbɔ be edzɔ alea hã la, ame geɖe siwo se Petro kple Yohanes ƒe nyagbɔgblɔ gbe ma gbe la xɔe se hetrɔ dzi me, eye wozu xɔsetɔwo. Ale xɔsetɔwo katã ƒe xexlẽme anɔ abe akpe atɔ̃ ene.
5 And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,
Esi ŋu ke la, dziɖulawo, amegãwo kple agbalẽfialawo kpe ta le Yerusalem.
6 and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of [the] high priestly family;
Takpekpea me nɔla aɖewo nye Anas si nye nunɔlagã, Kayafa, Yohanes, Aleksandro kple nunɔlagã ƒe ƒometɔ aɖewo.
7 and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have ye done this?
Wokplɔ Petro kple Yohanes va woƒe ŋkumee. Takpekpea me nɔlawo bia Petro kple Yohanes be, “Ame ka ƒe mɔɖeɖe alo ŋkɔ mee miewɔ nu sia?”
8 Then Peter, filled with [the] Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders [of Israel],
Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la do ŋusẽ Petro, eye wòɖo eŋu na wo be, “Dziɖulawo kple dumegãwo!
9 if we this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed [done] to the infirm man, how he has been healed,
Ne miele gbe biam mí egbe ku ɖe dɔmenyo si míewɔ na tekunɔ sia ta be míagblɔ ale si wòwɔ haya la,
10 be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom ye have crucified, whom God has raised from among [the] dead, by him this [man] stands here before you sound [in body].
ekema minyae kɔtɛe, mi kple Israeltɔwo katã, be le Yesu Kristo Nazaretitɔ, ame si miawo mieklã ɖe ati ŋuti, ame si Mawu fɔ ɖe tsitre tso ame kukuwo dome la ƒe ŋkɔ mee ame si le tsitre ɖe mia ŋkume la kpɔ dɔyɔyɔ le.
11 He is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone.
Eyae nye, “‘Kpe si mi xɔtulawo miegbe la, eya kee trɔ zu dzogoedzikpe.’
12 And salvation is in none other, for neither is there another name under heaven which is given among men by which we must be saved.
Yesu ɖeka pɛ ko dzi ame sia ame ato hafi akpɔ xɔxɔ, elabena ŋkɔ bubu aɖeke mele dziƒoa te si wona amegbetɔwo, esi me wòle be míakpɔ xɔxɔ la le o.”
13 But seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlettered and uninstructed men, they wondered; and they recognised them that they were with Jesus.
Esi takpekpea kpɔ Petro kple Yohanes ƒe dzideƒo, evɔ wonye ame gbɔlo siwo menya agbalẽ o la, woƒe mo wɔ yaa, eye wode dzesii be ame siawo nɔ Yesu ŋu va yi.
14 And beholding the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to reply;
Gawu la, esi wònye be tekunɔ si ŋu woda gbe le hã nɔ tsitre ɖe wo dome ta la, nya aɖeke megale wo si woagblɔ o.
15 but having commanded them to go out of the council they conferred with one another,
Le esia ta la, wona wokplɔ Petro kple Yohanes do goe le xɔa me, ale be woate ŋu akpɔ mɔnu ade adaŋu le wo ŋu.
16 saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed an evident sign has come to pass through their means is manifest to all that inhabit Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
Azɔ Takpekpea me nɔlawo bia wo nɔewo be, “Nu ka tututu míawɔ ame eve siawo? Enye nyateƒe matrɔmatrɔ be woda gbe le tekunɔ sia ŋu vavã eye nukunu sia ɖi hoo le Yerusalem du blibo la me eye míate ŋu asẽ nu o.
17 But that it be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name.
Gake be womegakaka woƒe nya si gblɔm wole o la, mina míayɔ wo agbe na wo be womekpɔ mɔ agagblɔ nya alo afia nu ame aɖeke le Yesu ƒe ŋkɔ me o.”
18 And having called them, they charged [them] not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
Ale wogayɔ Petro kple Yohanes va wo dome, eye wode se na wo vevie be yewomedi be yewoagasee alo akpɔ wo woanɔ nu fiam tso Yesu ŋu le teƒe aɖeke kura o.
19 But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye;
Ke Petro kple Yohanes ɖo eŋu gblɔ na wo be, “Miawo ŋutɔwo mibu eŋu kpɔ be enyo le Mawu gbɔ be míase amegbetɔ ƒe gbe, agbe eya Mawu ƒe gbedziwɔwɔ hã?
20 for as for us we cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.
Asesẽ na mí ŋutɔ be míadzudzɔ nuƒoƒo le nu siwo míekpɔ kple esiwo míese la ŋu o.”
21 But they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no way how they might punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God for what had taken place;
Esi takpekpea me nɔlawo gaklẽ ŋku de wo hede se na wo vevie la, wona wodzo. Ʋɔnua menya tohehe si tututu woatsɔ na wo o, elabena ameawo katã nɔ Mawu kafum le nu si dzɔ la ta.
22 for the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was above forty years old.
Elabena tekunɔ si ŋuti woda gbe le nukunutɔe la xɔ ƒe wu blaeve gɔ̃ hã.
23 And having been let go, they came to their own [company], and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
Esi woɖe asi le Petro kple Yohanes ŋu teti ko la, woti wo tɔ nusrɔ̃lawo bubuawo yii ɖagblɔ nu siwo katã nunɔlagãwo kple amegãwo gblɔ la na wo.
24 And they, having heard [it], lifted up [their] voice with one accord to God, and said, Lord, thou art the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;
Enumake wo katã woƒo ƒu do gbe ɖa na Mawu hegblɔ be, “O Aƒetɔ Ŋusẽkatãtɔ, wò ame si wɔ dziƒo, anyigba, atsiaƒu kple nu siwo katã le eme.
25 who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have [the] nations raged haughtily and [the] peoples meditated vain things?
ȃo nu to Gbɔgbɔ kɔkɔe la dzi, to mía fofo David, wò dɔla dzi be, “‘Nu ka ta dukɔwo do dziku ɖe Mawu ŋu, eye amewo le bablawo wɔm dzodzro ɖo?
26 The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.
Ɛ̃, Anyigbadzifiawo wɔ ɖeka, eye dziɖulawo bla nu ɖe Aƒetɔ la kple eƒe Amesiamina la ŋu.’
27 For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with [the] nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city
Elabena vavã, Fia Herod kple Pontio Pilato kple ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la katã kple Israelviwo gɔ̃ hã le du sia me wɔ ɖeka hetsi tsitre ɖe Viwò Yesu, wò dɔla kɔkɔe si nèsi ami na la ŋu.
28 to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had determined before should come to pass.
Ke nu si wò ŋutɔ nèɖo da ɖi le wò nunya kple ŋusẽ me xoxo la ko ate ŋu adzɔ.
29 And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and give to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word,
Azɔ míaƒe Mawu, wò ŋutɔ se ale si wole kakam ɖe mía ŋue la ɖa! Na dzideƒo blibo mí wò subɔlawo be míate ŋu agblɔ wò nya la kple dzideƒo.
30 in that thou stretchest out thy hand to heal, and that signs and wonders take place through the name of thy holy servant Jesus.
Do wò asi ɖa be míate ŋu ada gbe le dɔnɔwo ŋu, awɔ nukunu gãwo le wò dɔla Kɔkɔe, Yesu, ƒe ŋkɔ me.”
31 And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness.
Esi wodo gbe ɖa vɔ alea la, xɔ si me wonɔ la ʋuʋu sesĩe. Wo katã yɔ fũu kple Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la, eye wogblɔ Mawu ƒe nya la kple dzideƒo gã blibo.
32 And the heart and soul of the multitude of those that had believed were one, and not one said that anything of what he possessed was his own, but all things were common to them;
Xɔsetɔ siawo katã ƒe dziwo kple susuwo nɔ ɖeka. Wo dometɔ aɖeke mebuna be nu si le ye si la nye ye ɖeka ko tɔ o, ke boŋ womaa nuwo ɖe wo nɔewo dome.
33 and with great power did the apostles give witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.
Apostolowo kpɔ ŋusẽ gblɔ mawunya detowo, heɖe gbeƒã Aƒetɔ Yesu ƒe tsitretsitsi tso ame kukuwo dome, eye amenuveve gã le wo katã dzi.
34 For neither was there any one in want among them; for as many as were owners of lands or houses, selling them, brought the price of what was sold
Hiãtɔ aɖeke menɔ wo dome o, elabena enuenu ame siwo si anyigbawo alo aƒewo nɔ la tsɔ wo dzra, eye ga home si wokpɔ la,
35 and laid it at the feet of the apostles; and distribution was made to each according as any one might have need.
wotsɔnɛ va dana ɖe apostoloawo ƒe afɔ nu eye womanɛ na amewo le woƒe hiahiã nu.
36 And Joseph, who had been surnamed Barnabas by the apostles (which is, being interpreted, Son of consolation), a Levite, Cyprian by birth,
Yosef, Levitɔ, ame si wodzi le Kipro, eye apostoloawo yɔna hã be Barnabas (si gɔmee nye “dzideƒovi la”),
37 being possessed of land, having sold [it], brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles.
dzra eƒe agble hetsɔ ga la katã vɛ na apostoloawo.
