Acts 13
1 Among [the people in] the congregation at Antioch there were (prophets/those who spoke messages from God) and those who taught [people about Jesus. They were] Barnabas; Simeon, who was also called Niger/Blackman; Lucius, from Cyrene [city]; Manaen, who had grown up with [King] Herod [Antipas]; and Saul.
Antioch pawlpi sung ah, kamsang le sya pawlkhat om hi; amate sia Barnabas, Niger a kici Simeom, Cyrene khuami Lucius, ngam uk Herod taw a khang khawm pa Manaen le Saul te a hihi.
2 While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said [to them], “Appoint Barnabas and Saul to [serve] me and to [go and do] the work that I have chosen them [to do]!”
Amate sia Topa naseam uh a, an a tan uh ciang in, Tha Thiangtho in Barnabas le Saul sia amate ka sap nathu nasep seam tu in a tuam in hong koi tuamsak tavun, ci hi.
3 So they continued (to fast/to abstain from eating food) and pray. Then having put their hands on Barnabas and Saul and [praying that God would help them], they sent them off [to do what the Holy Spirit had commanded].
Taciang amate antang in thu a nget zawk uh ciang, Barnabas le Saul tung ah khut nga in, paisak uh hi.
4 Barnabas and Saul, guided by the Holy Spirit, went down [from Antioch] to Seleucia [port]. From there they went by ship to Salamis [port on Cyprus Island].
Tha Thiangtho in a sawl bangma in, Barnabas le Saul sia Seleucia ah pai uh a; tua mun pan in Cyprus ah tembaw taw pai uh hi.
5 While they were in Salamis, [they went] to the Jewish meeting places. There they proclaimed the message from God [about Jesus]. John [Mark went with them and] was helping them.
Taciang amate Salamis ah a om uh laitak in, Judah te synagogue te sung ah Pathian thuhil uh hi: taciang amate a hu tu in John zong om hi.
6 [The three of] them went across the entire island to Paphos [city]. There they met a magician whose name was Bar-Jesus. He was a Jew who falsely [claimed] (to be a prophet/to speak messages from God).
Tuikul sung theampo pai uh a, Pathos dong theng uh hi, tua mun ah mitbum thiam, leilot kamsang, Judah mi Bar-jesus a kici khat taw ki mu uh hi:
7 He often accompanied the governor [of the island], Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent man. The governor sent [someone] to ask Barnabas and Saul to come to him, because he wanted to hear God’s message. [So Barnabas and Saul came and told him about Jesus].
Ama sia Sergius Paulus a kici mipil ngam ukpa taw om khawm hi; tua Sergius Paulus in Pathian thu a zak nop man in Barnabas le Saul sam hi.
8 However, the magician, whose name was Elymas [in the Greek language], was opposing them. He repeatedly tried to persuade the governor not to believe [in Jesus].
Ahihang a min khiakna mitbum thiam a kici Elymas in, ngam ukpa sia a upna pan ki khealsak tu in Barnabas le Saul te khak hi.
9 Then Saul, who now called himself Paul, empowered by the Holy Spirit, looked intently at the magician and said,
Tua zawkciang in Paul zong a kici Saul sia Tha Thiangtho taw kidim in, Elymas a tangtak in en a,
10 “You [(sg)] are serving the devil and you oppose everything that is good! You are always lying [to people] and doing [other] evil things to them. (You must stop saying that the truth about the Lord [God is a lot of lies!]/When will you stop changing what is true about the Lord [God and saying] what is not true about him?) [RHQ]
Nang doaimangpa tapa, leilot thu le seksolna taw a kidim, phatngawlna theampo i ngal, Topa lampi pha te suksiatna pan in tawlnga ngawl lai tu ni ziam?
11 Right now the Lord [God] [MTY] is going to punish you! You will become blind and not [even] be able to see light for [some] time.” At once he became [blind, as though he was] in a dark mist, and he groped about, searching for someone [to hold him by the] hand and lead him.
Tu in, en in, Topa khut na tung ah om hi, na mittaw tu a, a ciangtan hun sung theampo ni na mu batu hi, ci hi. Taciang thakhatthu in a tung ah meikai le khuamial hong theng a; a khut pan a len tu te zong in pai hi.
12 When the governor saw what had happened [to Elymas], he believed [in the Lord Jesus]. He was amazed by [what Paul and Barnabas] were teaching about the Lord [Jesus].
Tua zawkciang in ngam ukpa in a vawt te mu in um hi, Topa hilna sia lamdangsa mama hi.
13 [After that], Paul and the two men with him went by ship from Paphos to Perga [port] in Pamphylia [province. At Perga] John [Mark] left them and returned to [his home in] Jerusalem.
Tu in Paul le a lawm te sia Paphos pan in ngunkuang taw pai uh a, Pamphylia ngam Perga theng uh hi: taciang John sia amate kung pan pai a Jerusalem ah cia kik hi.
14 Then Paul and Barnabas traveled [by land] from Perga, and arrived in Antioch [city] near Pisidia [district in Galatia province]. (On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day) they entered the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place and sat down.
Ahihang Perga pan a pai ciang in, Pisidia ngam Antioch theng a, sabbath ni in synagogue sung ah tum in to hi.
15 [Someone] read [aloud] from what [Moses had written. Then someone read from what the other] prophets [had written] [MTY]. Then the leaders of the Jewish meeting place gave [someone this] note [to take] to Paul and Barnabas: “Fellow Jews, if [one of] you wants to speak to the people [here] to encourage them, please speak [to us(exc) now].”
Taciang thukham le kamsang te a sim zawkciang ulian te in ngual paisak a, no u le nau te, mite atu in hanthotna kammal nei na hi uh le, son vun, ci hi.
16 So Paul stood up and motioned with his right hand [so that the people would listen to him]. Then he said, “Fellow Israelis and you [non-Jewish people] who [also] worship God, [please] listen [to me]!
Tua zawkciang in Paul dingto in, a khut van hi, Israel mite le no Pathian zakta te, ngai vun.
17 God, whom we [(inc)] Israelis worship, chose our ancestors [to be his people], and he caused them to become very numerous while they were foreigners living in Egypt. [Then after many years], God helped them [MTY] powerfully and led them out of there.
Hi Israel mite Pathian in i pu le pa te teal a, Egypt ngam ah peamta bang in a om laitak in lamsang hi, taciang a ban sangpi taw Egypt ngam pan in pusua hi.
18 [Even though they repeatedly disobeyed him, he] cared for them for about 40 years [while they were] in the desert.
Taciang senneal ngam sung ah kum sawmli kiim anvak hi.
19 He [enabled the Israelis] to conquer seven tribal groups [who were then living] in Canaan [region], and he gave their land to us Israelis for us to possess.
Canaan ngam a om minam sali te a suksiat zawkciang in, amate ngam sia aisan in hawm uh hi.
20 [Our ancestors began to possess Canaan] about 450 years after [their ancestors had arrived in Egypt].” Acts 13:20b-22 “After that, God appointed leaders [to rule the Israeli people. Those leaders continued to rule our people] until the time when the prophet Samuel [ruled them].
Tua zawkciang in kamsang Samuel hun hong thet ma kum zali le sawm nga sung, Pathian in thukhenmang te pia hi.
21 Then, [while Samuel was still their leader], the people demanded that he [appoint] a king [to rule them. So] God appointed Saul, the son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, [to be their king]. He [ruled them] for 40 years.
Tua zawkciang in amate in kumpi ngen uh a: Pathian in Benjamin minam Kish i tapa Saul sia kum sawmli sung pia hi.
22 After God had rejected Saul [from being king], he appointed David to be their king. God said about him, ‘I have observed that David, son of Jesse, is exactly the kind of man that I desire [IDM]. He will do [everything that] I want [him to do].’”
Saul a hepkhiat zawkciang Pathian in David sia amate kumpi tu in tungto hi; taciang ama thu Pathian in tettipan na a piak na sia, ka lungtang bang a nei Jesse tapa David ka mu zo hi, ama in ka deina theampo khuangkhim tu hi, ci hi.
23 “From [among] David’s descendants, God brought one of them, Jesus, to [us] Israeli people to save us, just like he had told [David and our other ancestors] that he would do.
Pathian in ama kamciam bang in Israel te ngumtu David suan Jesus tungdingsak hi:
24 Before Jesus began his work, John [the Baptizer] preached to all of our Israeli people [who came to him. He told them] that they should turn away from their sinful behavior [and ask God to forgive them. Then he] would baptize them.
Jesus hongpai ma in John in mawna ki sikkik na taw kisai tuiphumna thu sia Israel mite theampo tung ah hil masa zo hi.
25 When John was about to finish the work [that God gave him to do], he frequently said [to the people], ‘Do you think [RHQ] that I am [the Messiah whom God promised to send]? No, I am not. But listen! The Messiah will [soon] come. [He is so much greater than I am that] I am not [even] important enough to be his slave [MET].’”
Taciang John in a nasep a man tu ciang in, note in keima kua nong ci uh ziam? Keima sia Ama ka hi bua hi. Ahihang, en vun, ka nung pan in khat hongpai a, a peangdap khau sutsak tu zong ka kilawm bua hi, ci hi.
26 “Fellow Israelis, you who are descendants of Abraham, and [you non-Jewish people who] also worship God, [please listen! It is] to [all of] us that [God] has sent the message about [how he] saves people.
U le nau te awng, Abraham tate le note sung ah Pathian a zakta te, hi ngupna thu sia note tung ah hong kipuak a hihi.
27 The people who were living in Jerusalem and their rulers did not realize that this man [Jesus was the one whom God had sent to save them]. Although messages from [MTY] the prophets have been read [aloud] {someone has read [aloud] messages from [MTY] the prophets} every (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest), they did not understand [what the prophets wrote about the Messiah. So] the [Jewish leaders] condemned Jesus [to die], which was just like the prophets predicted.
Banghangziam cile Jerusalem a om te le ulian te in Jesus a heak ngawl uh hang ahizong, sabbath ni sim in a sim kamsang te kammal te zong a heak ngawl lai uh hu in, amate in Jesus mawsak in kamsang te thu tangtungsak uh hi.
28 [Many people accused Jesus of doing wicked things], but they could not prove that he had done anything for which he deserved to die. They insistently asked Pilate [the governor] to command that Jesus be executed {to command soldiers to execute Jesus}. [So Pilate did what they asked him to do].
Amate in Jesus tung ah thi tak mawna a mu bua uh hi, ahihang Ama sia that tu in Pilate kung ah ngen uh hi.
29 They did [to Jesus] all the things that [the prophets long ago had] written [that people would do to] him. [They killed Jesus by nailing him to a cross. Then] his body was taken {[some people took] his body} down from the cross and placed it in a tomb.
Jesus thu a ki atkholsa theampo te sia amate in a tangtunsak zawk uh ciang, thing tung pan in khiasuk uh a, than ah vui uh hi.
30 However, God (raised him from the dead/caused him to live again after he had died)
Ahihang Pathian in Ama sia thina pan thokiksak hi:
31 and for many days he [repeatedly] appeared to [his followers] who had come along with him from Galilee [province] to Jerusalem. Those [who saw him] are telling the [Jewish] people about him now.”
Ama taw Galilee pan Jerusalem dong a pai te in, ni tampi sung mu uh a, tua te sia midang te tung ah Ama i tetti te a hi uh hi.
32 “[Right] now we [two] are proclaiming to you this good message. We want to tell you that God has fulfilled what he promised to [our Jewish] ancestors!
Taciang note tung ah lungdamna thupha sia kote in kong tangko uh hi, tua thu sia i pu le pa te tung a kivawt kamciam a hihi,
33 He has now done that for us [(inc) who are] their descendants, [and also for you who are not Jews], by causing Jesus to live again. That is just like what [David] wrote in the second Psalm that [God said when he was sending his Son], You [(sg)] are my Son; Today I have shown everyone [that I really am] your Father.
Tua thu sia Pathian in ko a tate kung ah Jesus a thawkiksak na tungtawn in khuagkhimsak hi; Psalm ni na sung ah, Nangma sia ka Tapa na hihi, tu ni in kong nei zo hi, ci in ki atkhol hi.
34 [God] has (raised [the Messiah] from the dead/caused [the Messiah] to live again after he had died) and will never let him die again. [Concerning that, God] said [to our Jewish ancestors], ‘I will surely help you, as I [promised] David [that I would do].’
Taciang Ama sia muat ngawl tu in thina pan a thawkik na thu taw kisai in, David i a muantak hesuakna kong pia tu hi, ci hi.
35 So [in writing] another [Psalm, David] said this [to God about the Messiah]: ‘Because I am devoted to you and always obey [you, when I die] you [(sg)] will not let my body decay.’
Mundang Psalm sung ma ah, na mi Thiangtho a muatthong tu na oai bua hi, ci hi.
36 While David was living, he did what God wanted him to do. And when he died [EUP], his [body] was buried, [as] his ancestors’ [bodies had been buried], and his body decayed. [So he could not have been speaking about himself in this Psalm].
Banghangziam cile David in Pathian deina bang in ama hun mihing te atu na a sep zawkciang mu a, a pu le pa te kung ah vui in a pumpi muat hi:
37 [Instead, he was speaking about Jesus. Jesus also died], but God (raised him from the dead/caused him to live again), and [therefore] his body did not decay.”
Ahihang Pathian in a thawkiksak pa sia, a pumpi muat ngawl hi.
38 “Therefore, [my] fellow Israelis [and other friends], it is important for you to know that [we(exc)] are declaring to you [that God] can forgive you for your sins as a result of [what] Jesus [has done]. Because of [what] Jesus [has done], [God] considers that everyone who believes [in Jesus] is no longer guilty (OR, the record has been erased {[God] has erased the record}) concerning everything that they [have done that displeased God. But] when [God] does [that for you], it is not as a result of [your obeying] the laws [that] Moses [wrote].
Tua ahikom u le nau te, hisia pa tungtawn in note tung ah maw maisakna thu kong hil uh hi, ci kong hesak hi:
Moses thukham tungtawn in na san thei ngawl uh thutang suana sia Jesus upna tungtawn in a um theampo na theampo pan in thutang suana nga hi.
40 Therefore be careful that [God] does not judge you [MTY], as one of the prophets said [MTY] that God would do!
Tua ahikom kamsang te sonkhol nate note tung ah hong thet thei ngawl natu in;
41 [The prophet wrote that God said], You who ridicule [me], you will [certainly] be astonished [when you see what I am doing], and [then] you will be destroyed. You will be astonished because I will do something [terrible to you] while you are living. You would not believe [that I would do that] even though someone told you!”
En vun, no ngual selno thei te, lamdangsa vun a, lalcip tavun: banghangziam cile no hun sung ah, ka vawt nasep sia bangbang po ahizong na um bua tu uh hi, a ci thu sia kidawm vun, ci hi.
42 After Paul [finished speaking], while he and Barnabas were leaving the Jewish meeting place, [many of] the people there repeatedly requested that on the next (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest) [the two of them] should speak to them [again] about those things [that Paul had just told them].
Taciang Judah te synagogue sung pan a pusua ciang in, Gentile mite in mai sabbath ni ciang in hi thu te hil tu in ngen uh hi.
43 After they began to leave [that meeting], many [of them] went along with Paul and Barnabas. They consisted of Jews and also of non-Jews who had accepted the things that the Jews believe. Paul and Barnabas continued talking to them, and were urging them to continue [believing the message that] God kindly [forgives people’s sins because of what Jesus did].
Mipi te kikhop a man uh ciang in, Judah mi tampi le Judah biakna sung a tum Gentile te in Paul le Barnabas te zui uh hi: Paul le Barnabas in Pathian thuthiamna sung ah om suak tu in hanthawn uh hi.
44 On the next Jewish rest day, most of the [people in Antioch came to] the Jewish meeting place to hear [Paul and Barnabas] speak about the Lord [Jesus].
A mai nipi Sabbath ni ciang in Pathian thu ngai tu in tua khuapi sung om mi bup dektak hongpai uh hi.
45 But [the leaders of] [SYN] the Jews became extremely jealous, because they saw that large crowds of [non-Jewish people were coming to hear Paul and Barnabas. So] they began to contradict the things that Paul was saying [and also] to insult [him].
Ahizong Judah mite in mihonpi a mu uh ciang in, hazatna taw kidim uh a, Paul i thuhil nate langpan le sonsia in pau uh hi.
46 Then, speaking very boldly, Paul and Barnabas said [to those Jewish leaders], “[We two] had to speak the message from God [about Jesus] to you [Jews] first [before we proclaim it to non-Jews, because God commanded us to do that. But] you are rejecting God’s message. [By doing that], you have shown that you are not worthy (to have eternal life/to live eternally [with God]). [Therefore], we are leaving [you, and now we] will go to the non-Jewish people [to tell them the message from God]. (aiōnios g166)
Tua zawkciang in Paul le Barnabas te sia hangsan seseam uh a, Pathian thu note kong hil phot uh kul hi: ahihang note in na vawk uh a, noma le noma tawntung nuntakna nga tu kiphu ngawl in thu na khen uh hi, en vun, ko Gentile te sang ah ka kihei zo uh hi. (aiōnios g166)
47 [We are doing that also] because the Lord [God] has commanded us [to do it]. He said to us, ‘I have appointed you [to reveal things about me] to non-Jewish people [MET] that will be [like] a light to them. [I have appointed] you to tell people everywhere [MTY] in the world [about the one who came] to save [them].’”
Banghangziam cile Topa in thu hongpiakna ah, Gentile mite khuavak hi tu in, lei mong khat dong ngupna atu hi tu in kong koi zo hi, ci hi.
48 While the non-Jewish people were listening [to those words], they began to rejoice, and they repeatedly said that the message about the Lord [Jesus] was wonderful. And all of the non-Jewish people whom [God] had chosen (to have eternal [life/to live eternally with God]) believed [the message about the Lord Jesus]. (aiōnios g166)
Hi thu sia Gentile te in a zak uh ciang in, lungdam mama uh a, Topa thu poktek uh hi: taciang tawntung nuntakna nga tu in a koi sa te in um uh hi. (aiōnios g166)
49 [At that time, many of the believers] traveled around throughout that region. As they did that, they were proclaiming the message about the Lord [Jesus] [MTY].
Topa thu sia tua ngamsung theampo ah kizel hi.
50 However, [some leaders of] [SYN] the Jews incited the most important men in the city, and [some] important/influential women who had accepted what the Jews believe, to oppose [Paul and Barnabas. So those non-Jewish people] incited [other people also] to persecute Paul and Barnabas. As a result they expelled the two men from their region.
Ahihang Judah mite in biakna sang a ki pumpiak te le a zatakhuai nupi te, khuasung a om ulian te hanthawn uh hi, taciang Paul le Barnabas te nasia seseam in vawtsia uh a, amate ngamsung pan in hawlkhia uh hi.
51 So, [as the two apostles were leaving, they] shook the dust from their feet [to show those Jewish leaders that God had rejected them and would punish them. They left Antioch] and went to Iconium [city].
Ahihang Paul le Barnabas te in a peang tung a bang leivui te thin uh a, Iconium sang ah pai uh hi.
52 Meanwhile, the believers [in Antioch] continued to rejoice greatly, and they continued to be completely controlled by the Holy Spirit.
Taciang nungzui te sia lungdamna le Tha Thiangtho taw kidim uh hi.
