Acts 9
1 Meanwhile Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
Nambu lukumbi lwenulo, Sauli ayonjokisi kuvayogofya kwa kuvakoma vamulanda va Bambu. Akahamba kwa Mteta Mkulu,
2 and asked him to give him letters to the Jewish congregations at Damascus, authorizing him, if he found there any supporters of the Way, whether men or women, to have them put in chains and brought to Jerusalem.
akayupa balua ya kummanyisa kwa nyumba za kukonganekela Vayawudi zezavi ku Damasko, muni akavakolela vandu vevilanda Njila ya Bambu, vagosi amala vadala, avakamula na kuvaleta ku Yelusalemu.
3 While on his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, suddenly a light from the heavens flashed around him.
Sauli peavi munjila papipi kuhika ku Damasko, chigafula lumuli kuhuma kunani kwa Chapanga lukamtindila kumlangasa mwene pandi zoha.
4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him – “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
Sauli akagwa pahi ndi akayuwana lwami lukumjovela, “Sauli, Sauli! Ndava kyani ukuning'aha?”
5 “Who are you, Lord?” he asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” the voice answered;
Sauli akakota, “Ndi wayani veve, Bambu?” Na lwami lula lukayangula, “Nene ndi Yesu mweukuning'aha.
6 “Yet stand up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
Nambu hinu yima uhamba kumujini, kwenuko ndi kwewijoviwa chechikugana kuchihenga.”
7 The men traveling with Saul were meanwhile standing speechless; they heard the sound of the voice, but saw no one.
Vandu vevavi mulugendu pamonga na Sauli vayimili nuu ndava ya kukangaswa, vayuwini lwami lula nambu vamuwene lepi mundu yoyoha.
8 When Saul got up from the ground, though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So his men led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus;
Sauli akayinuka, peagubukwili mihu gaki, nakuhotola kulola, hinu vandu vevavi mulugendu nawu vakamkamula chiwoko kumlongosa mbaka ku Damasko.
9 and for three days he was unable to see, and took nothing either to eat or to drink.
Sauli atamili magono gadatu changalola, na lukumbi lwenulo lwoha atamii changalya chindu amala kunywa chindu chochoha.
10 Now there was at Damascus a disciple named Ananias, to whom, in a vision, the Lord said, “Ananias.” “Yes, Lord,” he answered.
Damasko kula ndi kwavili na msadika mmonga liina laki Anania. Mwenuyo akemeliwi kujovewa na Bambu mumawono, “Anania!” Mwene akayidika, “Nivii apa, Bambu.”
11 “Go at once,” said the Lord, “to the Straight Street, and ask at Judas’s house for a man named Saul, from Tarsus. He is at this moment praying,
Mwene Bambu akamjovela, “Ujitendelekahi uhamba kunjila yeyikemelewa Selede mbaka kunyumba ya Yuda ukotayi kumvala mundu yula mweahumili ku Taso, liina laki Sauli. Hinu akumuyupa Chapanga,
12 and he has seen, in a vision, a man named Ananias coming in and placing his hands on him, so that he may recover his sight.”
na Sauli amali kuloleswa mumaono na Bambu, kuvya mundu mweikemiwa Anania avi kuyingila mugati na kumvikila mawoko muni alola kavili.”
13 “Lord,” exclaimed Ananias, “I have heard from many people about this man – how much harm he has done at Jerusalem to your people there.
Nambu Anania akayangula, “Bambu, vandu vamahele nivayuwini mambu gakumvala mundu uyu, niyuwini gahakau neju geavahengili vamsadika vaku ku Yelusalemu kula.
14 And, here, too, he holds authority from the chief priests to put in chains all those who invoke your name.”
Na hinu vamteta vakulu vampeli uhotola Sauli abwela kuni ku Damasko kuvakamula voha vevakukusadika veve.”
15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to uphold my name before the Gentiles and their kings, and the people of Israel.
Nambu Bambu akamjovela Anania, “Uhamba ndu, muni mwenuyo nimuhagwili muni anihengela, kukokosa ndava ya liina langu kwa vandu vangali Vayawudi na vankosi vavi na kwa vandu va Isilaeli.
16 I will myself show him all that he has to suffer for my name.”
Namwene yati nikumlangisa mambu gamahele gegakumgana kung'aiswa ndava yangu.”
17 So Ananias went, entered the house, and, placing his hands on Saul, said, “Saul, my brother, I have been sent by the Lord – by Jesus, who appeared to you on your way here – so that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
Hinu Anania akahamba mbaka panyumba yeniyo, akayingila mugati, kangi akamvikila mawoko Sauli. Akamjovela “Mlongo Sauli, Bambu Yesu ndi mweanitumili, mwene akuhumalili pawakavili munjila kubwela kuni, anitumili nene muni uhotola kulola kavili na kumemeswa Mpungu Msopi.”
18 Instantly it seemed as if a film fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. Then he got up and was baptized,
Bahapo vindu ngati magagau vikagwa pahi kuhuma mumihu mwa Sauli, ndi akalola kavili. Hinu akayima, akabatiziwa,
19 and, after he had taken food, he felt his strength return. Saul stayed for some days with the disciples who were at Damascus,
na peamali kulya chakulya makakala gaki gakamuwuyila. Sauli atamili pamonga na vawuliwa magono gadebe ku Damasko kula.
20 and at once began in the synagogues to proclaim Jesus as the Son of God.
Bahapo akatumbula kukokosa munyumba za kukonganekela Vayawudi, kuvya Yesu ndi Mwana wa Chapanga.
21 All who heard him were amazed. “Is not this,” they asked, “the man who worked havoc in Jerusalem among those that invoke this name, and who had also come here for the express purpose of having such persons put in chains and taken before the chief priests?”
Vandu voha vevamyuwini vakakangasa, vakakota, “Wu, mundu mwenuyu lepi yula mweavakomili vandu vala vevamuyupayi kwa liina la Yesu wa ku Yelusalemu? Na ndava ya mpangu wenuwo ndi abwela penapa, avakamula vandu na kuvapeleka kwa vamteta vakulu!”
22 Saul’s influence, however, kept steadily increasing, and he confounded the Jewish people who lived in Damascus by the proofs that he gave that Jesus was the Christ.
Sauli akayonjokeseka ukekesi na makakala, ndava ya kujova hotohoto kuvya Yesu ndi Kilisitu, Vayawudi va ku Damasko luhala lukavayaga.
23 After some time some of them laid a plot to kill Saul,
Pagamaliki magono gamahele, Vayawudi vakakonganeka na kukita mpangu wa kumkoma Sauli.
24 but it became known to him. They even watched the gates day and night, to kill him;
Nambu Sauli ayuwini mpangu wavi. Kilu na muhi vamlindili mumilyangu ya kuyingalila kumujini muni vahotola kumkoma.
25 but his disciples let him down by night through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.
Lukumbi lwa kilu vawuliwa vaki vakamtola na kumhulusa pahi mugati ya lidengu livaha mufwasi ya luwumba.
26 On his arrival in Jerusalem, Saul attempted to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, as they did not believe that he was really a disciple.
Sauli pahaikili ku Yelusalemu akalinga kujiwunga na vawuliwa vala. Nambu vandu voha vamyogwipi vamsadiki lepi kuvya mwene ndi mulanda wa chakaka.
27 Barnabas, however, taking him by the hand, brought him to the apostles, and told them the whole story of how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord, and how the Lord had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out fearlessly in the name of Jesus.
Kangi Banaba akamtola Sauli na kumpeleka kwa vamitumi, akavadandaulila kumvala Sauli cheamuwene Bambu munjila, na Bambu chealongili nayu. Mewawa avadandaulili kuvya Sauli cheahotwili kukokosa muuhotola wa Yesu changali wogohi, ku Damasko kula.
28 After that, Saul remained in Jerusalem, in close contact with the apostles; and he spoke fearlessly in the name of the Lord,
Hinu Sauli akatama pamonga nawu, akagendelela pa Yelusalemu poha kuni ikokosa liina la Bambu changali wogohi.
29 talking and arguing with the Jews of foreign birth, who, however, made attempts to kill him.
Mewawa alongili na kuhutana na Vayawudi vevilongela Chigiliki, nambu vene vapangili kumkoma.
30 But, when the followers found this out, they took him down to Caesarea, and sent him on his way to Tarsus.
Valongo vala pevayuwini mpangu wenuwo, vakamtola Sauli na kuhamba nayu ku Kaisalia ndi vakamtuma ahamba ku Taso.
31 And so it came about that the church, throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, enjoyed peace and became firmly established; and, ordering its life by respect for the Lord and the help of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
Lukumbi lwenulo msambi wa vandu vevakumsadika Kilisitu vakavya na uteke na mumiji yoha ya ku Yudea na ku Galilaya na ku Samaliya. Layendalili kukula mukuyupa Bambu na kuyonjokeseka na kutangatiliwa na Mpungu Msopi.
32 Peter, while traveling from place to place throughout the country, went down to visit the people of Christ living at Lydda.
Petili peavi mulugendu kila pandi mewa avahikilili vandu va Chapanga vevatamayi kumuji wa Luda.
33 There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years with paralysis.
Kwenuko akamkolili mundu mmonga liina laki Ainea mweavi na utamu wa kupola higa, ndi agonili pa mpasa mulukumbi lwa miyaka nane.
34 “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ cures you. Get up, and make your bed.” Aeneas got up at once;
Petili akamjovela, “Ainea, Yesu Kilisitu akukulamisa. Yimuka, ujitandikila mpasa waku.” Bahapo Ainea akayima.
35 and all the inhabitants of Lydda and of the Plain of Sharon saw him, and came over to the Lord’s side.
Vandu voha va ku Luda na ku Saloni pavawene Ainea, vakamuwuyila Bambu.
36 At Joppa there lived a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which is in Greek ‘Dorcas’ – a Gazelle. Her life was spent in doing kind and charitable actions.
Kumuji wa Yopa kwavili na mulanda mmonga mdala liina laki Tabita, kwa Chigiliki ndi Doka mana yaki huluku. Mdala mwenuyo ahengayi mambu ga kumganisa Chapanga na kuvatangatila vangangu.
37 Just at that time she was taken ill, and died; and they had washed her body and laid it out in an upstairs room.
Magono genago alwalili na kufwa. Hinu vandu vayisambisi higa yaki, vakamgonesa kugolofa.
38 Joppa was near Lydda, and the disciples, having heard that Peter was at Lydda, sent two men with the request that he come to them without delay.
Muji wa Luda wavi papipi na muji wa Yopa, hinu vamsadika vala pevayuwini kuvya Petili avi kwenuko, ndi vakavatuma vandu vavili na ujumbi uwu, “Chondi, ubwela kwitu kanyata.”
39 Peter returned with them at once. On his arrival, he was taken upstairs, and all the widows came around him in tears, showing the coats and other clothing which Dorcas had made while she was among them.
Hinu, Petili akawuka na kulongosana na vajumbi vala, pevamali kuhika vampeliki kugolofa. Valipwela voha vevavi penapo vamtindili Petili vakavembeneka na kumlangisa magwanda na nyula zoha zeatengenezayi Doka pavi mumi.
40 But Peter sent everybody out of the room, and knelt down and prayed. Then, turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha! Stand up.” She opened her eyes, and, seeing Peter, sat up.
Petili avahumisi kuvala vandu voha akafugama akayupa kwa Chapanga. Kangi akahegelela payavi higa pala na kujova, “Tabita, yumuka!” Mwene akagubukula mihu, hinu peamuwene Petili ndi akayinuka na kutama.
41 Giving her his hand, Peter raised her up, and, calling in the widows and others of Christ’s people, presented her to them alive.
Petili akamkamula chiwoko, akamyinula. Kangi akavakemela vamsadika na valipwela vala ndi akavagotolela kuni avi mumi.
42 This became known all through Joppa, and numbers of people came to believe in the Lord.
Malovi ga lijambu lenilo gadandasiki pandu poha ku Yopa, na vandu vamahele vakamsadika Bambu.
43 And Peter stayed some days at Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
Petili atamili ku Yopa kwa magono nunuyu, munyumba ya mundu mweitendelekela vindu vya chikumba liina laki Simoni.
