< Acts 4 >

1 And as they are speaking to the people, there came to them the priests, and the magistrate of the temple, and the Sadducees—
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 grieved because of their teaching the people, and preaching in Jesus the resurrection out of 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 custody until the next day, for it was evening already;
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 and many of those hearing the word believed, and the number of the men became, as it were, 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 the next day, there were gathered together of them the rulers, and elders, and scribes, to Jerusalem,
Esi ŋu ke la, dziɖulawo, amegãwo kple agbalẽfialawo kpe ta le Yerusalem.
6 and Annas the chief priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the chief priest,
Takpekpea me nɔla aɖewo nye Anas si nye nunɔlagã, Kayafa, Yohanes, Aleksandro kple nunɔlagã ƒe ƒometɔ aɖewo.
7 and having set them in the midst, they were inquiring, “In what power, or in what name did you do 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, having been 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 are examined today concerning the good deed to the ailing man, by whom he has been saved,
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 all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that in the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised out of the dead, in Him has this one stood by before you whole.
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 This is the stone that was set at nothing by you—the builders, that became head of a corner;
Eyae nye, “‘Kpe si mi xɔtulawo miegbe la, eya kee trɔ zu dzogoedzikpe.’
12 and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under Heaven that has been given among men, in which it is required of us to 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 And beholding the openness of Peter and John, and having perceived that they are illiterate men and commoners, they were wondering—they were also taking knowledge of them that they had been 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 seeing the man standing with them who has been healed, they had nothing to say against [it],
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 and having commanded them to go away out of the Sanhedrin, they took counsel 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 will we do to these men? Because that, indeed, a notable sign has been done through them [is] apparent to all those dwelling in Jerusalem, and we are not able to 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 may spread no further toward the people, let us strictly threaten them to no longer speak in this Name to any man.”
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 to 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 and Peter and John answering to them said, “Whether it is righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge;
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 we cannot but speak what we saw and heard.”
Asesẽ na mí ŋutɔ be míadzudzɔ nuƒoƒo le nu siwo míekpɔ kple esiwo míese la ŋu o.”
21 And they having further threatened [them], let them go, finding no way how they may punish them, because of the people, because all were glorifying God for that which has been done,
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 above forty years of age was the man on whom had been done this sign of the healing.
Elabena tekunɔ si ŋuti woda gbe le nukunutɔe la xɔ ƒe wu blaeve gɔ̃ hã.
23 And being let go, they went to their own friends, and declared whatever the chief priests and the elders 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, lifted up the voice to God with one accord and said, “LORD, You [are] God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all that [are] 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, through the mouth of Your servant David, said, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate 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 stood up, 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 gathered together of a truth against Your holy child Jesus, whom You anointed, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel,
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 Your hand and Your counsel determined before to 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 on their threatenings, and grant to Your servants to speak Your word with all freedom,
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 the stretching forth of Your hand, for healing, and signs, and wonders, to come to pass through the Name of Your holy child 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 they having prayed, the place was shaken in which they were gathered together, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and were speaking the word of God with freedom,
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 of the multitude of those who believed, the heart and the soul were one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were in 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 the apostles were giving the testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, great grace was also on 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 there was not anyone among them who lacked, for as many as were possessors of fields, or houses, selling [them], were bringing the prices of the thing 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 were laying them at the feet of the apostles, and distribution was being made to each according as anyone had need.
wotsɔnɛ va dana ɖe apostoloawo ƒe afɔ nu eye womanɛ na amewo le woƒe hiahiã nu.
36 And Joses, who was surnamed by the apostles Barnabas—which is, having been interpreted, Son of Comfort—a Levite, of Cyprus by birth,
Yosef, Levitɔ, ame si wodzi le Kipro, eye apostoloawo yɔna hã be Barnabas (si gɔmee nye “dzideƒovi la”),
37 a field being his, 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.

< Acts 4 >