Acts 16
1 Paul [and Silas] to Derbe [city and visited the believers there]. Next [they went to] Lystra [city]. A believer whose name was Timothy lived there. His mother was a Jewish believer, but his father was a Greek.
Chuin Paul chu Derbe ah ache masan chujouvin Lystra ah achen ahile hikoma chun seijui khang dong Timothy kiti mikhat anaum in ahi. Ama chu anu Judah mi ahin, apa vang chu Greek mi ahi.
2 The believers in Lystra and Iconium said good things about Timothy,
Timothy chu Lystra le Iconium muna angaisang loi tahu seijui khat ahi.
3 and Paul wanted to take Timothy with him [when he went] to other places, so he circumcised Timothy. [He did that so that] the Jews who lived in those places [would accept Timothy], because they knew that his non-Jewish father [had not allowed him to be circumcised] {[anyone to circumcise his son]}.
Chuin Paul in ama chu alhonpi ding in adei sah in, hijeh chun akilhon khom masang lhonin Judah ten achom mu lou nadinguvin Timothy chu chep tan nading angaiton ahi. Ajeh chu mijousen apa Greek mi ahi chu ahet u ahi.
4 [So Timothy went with Paul and Silas] and they traveled to many other towns. [In each town] they told [the] believers the rules that had been decided by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem {that the apostles and elders in Jerusalem had decided} that [non-Jewish] believers should obey.
Chuin amani chu khopi khat a konin khopi khat'ah avahle lhonin seijui ho chun Jerusalema solchahho le upa ho thulhuhna chu phatecha ajui cheh nadingun thu ahille lhon tan ahi.
5 [God was helping] the believers in those towns to trust more strongly [in the Lord Jesus], and every day more people became believers.
Chuti chun houbung ho chu atahsan nau suh hat in aumin chule nisih in akhanglen jep jep un ahi.
6 Paul and his companions wanted/planned to enter Asia [province] preach the message [about Jesus] there, but they were prevented by the Holy Spirit {the Holy Spirit prevented them} [from going there. So] they traveled through Phrygia and Galatia [provinces].
Chuin Paul le Silas chu Phrygia le Galatia gamsunga akholjin jom lhon tan ahi ajeh chu Lhagao Theng in Asia gamsunga Pathen thulhangsap ding chu ajahda ahi.
7 They arrived at the border of Mysia [province] and they wanted to go [north] Bithynia [province]. But [again] the Spirit of Jesus showed them that they should not [go there].
Chuin Mysia gamgi ahung lhun lhon phat in Bithynia jon ding in akihei toulhon in ahile hiche gam'a achelhon ding jong chu Pakai Lhagao in aphal pon ahi.
8 So they went through Mysia [province] and arrived at Troas, a [port city. I, Luke, joined them there].
Hijeh chun kihei tou talouvin Mysia gamsunga achepeh lhon in Troas kongkaimun chan achelhon tan ahi.
9 That night [God gave] Paul a vision in which he saw a man [who was a native] of Macedonia [province]. He was standing [some distance away], and he was earnestly calling to Paul, “[Please] come over [here] to Macedonia and help us!”
Hiche ni jan chun Paul in mu aneiyin: Athilmu achun Greece sahlam gam'a um Mecedonia akonin mikhat ahung ding in “Mecedonia gam'a hung in lang neihung kithopiuvin,” tin ahung taovin ahi.
10 [The next morning] we [(exc)] immediately got ready to go to Macedonia, because we believed that God had called us to [go and] preach the good message to the people there.
Hijeh chun keiho Mecedonia jonin kache tauvin, hiche gam'a kipana thupha lhangsam dinga Pathen in eikouvu ahi chu kahe tauvin ahi.
11 So we [(exc)] got on a ship in Troas and sailed across [the sea] Samothrace [Island. We spent the night there], and the next day [we sailed again across the sea and arrived] at Neapolis [port/town].
Chuin keiho Troas a konin konga katouvun jangjalin kacheuvin Samothrace twikol a kakinga pauvin, ajingin Neapolis kalhung tauvin ahi.
12 Then we [left Neapolis and] went [by land] to Philippi. It was a very important city in Macedonia [province, where many] Roman citizens lived. We stayed in Philippi several days.
Hichea kon chun Mecedonia gamsunga khopi lenloi Rome te khosatna Philippi kalhung tauvin, hichea chun nikho tampi ka nichongun ahi.
13 On the first (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest) [after we(exc) arrived], we went outside the city gate [down] to the river. We had heard [someone say] that [Jewish] people gathered to pray there. [When we arrived there, we saw] some women who had gathered [to pray]. So we sat down and began to tell them [the message about Jesus].
Chuin cholngah nikhon khopi pamlama naicha a um vadung panga chun miho taokhom inte tia kagel jeh-u chun kacheuvin, hiche muna numei phabep anaum khom ho koma chun katouvun thu kaseiyun ahi.
14 A woman whose name was Lydia was one of those who were listening [to Paul. She was a non-Jewish woman], from Thyatira [city, who bought and] sold [expensive] purple cloth. She had accepted what the Jews believe about God. The Lord [God] caused her to pay attention to the message that Paul preached, and she believed it. [The members of her household also heard the good message and believed in Jesus] [MTY].
Chuin Numei ho lah a chun Lydia kiti Thyatira gammi khat aumin ama chu ponsadup mantam tah a sumkolvei mi ahin chule ama chu Pathen hou jong ahi. Aman ka thuseiju chu phatechan angaiyin ahile Pakaiyin alungthim kot ahin hongin Paul thusei chu ajop tan ahi.
15 After [Paul and Silas] baptized Lydia and the others who lived in her house [MTY] {After Lydia and the others who lived in her house were baptized}, she invited us to [go and stay in] her home. She said, “You [(pl)] know that I [now] believe in the Lord [Jesus], so [please] come and stay in my house.” She persuaded us [to do that, so we(exc) stayed there].
Chuin amanu chu a insung mi jouse to baptize achangun, chule ama nun adongun “Pakai seijui dihtah ahi neitiuva ahile keima in'ah hung lhung unlang kajin in hung pangun,” tin anop tokah uvin angeh tan ahi.
16 Another day, while we [(exc)] were going to the place where people regularly gathered to pray, we met a young woman who was a slave. An evil spirit was enabling her to be a ventriloquist and to tell people what would happen [to them]. People paid a lot of money to [the men who were] her owners, in return for her telling them things that [she said] would happen [to them].
Nikhat taona ding muna kache suh uva ahile lhagaoboh vop soh numei khat kamu uvin, amanu chun khonunga hung lhung ding thu aseiya aPakai tedinga sum tampi pi alo ji ahi.
17 This young woman followed Paul and the rest of us. She continually shouted, “These men serve the God who is the greatest [of all gods]! They are telling you how ([God] can save you [so that he will not punish you/to be] saved)”
Amanu chun Paul le keiho nung ajuiyin aw sangtah in asamin, “Hiche miho hi Chung Nungpen Pathen sohte ahiuvin, chule huhhing'a naum theina dingu thu ahung seiyu ahi,” ati.
18 She continued to do that for many days. Finally Paul became irritated. So he turned [toward the young woman] and rebuked the evil spirit [that was in her. He said], “By the authority [MTY] of Jesus Christ, I command you [(sg)] to come out of this young woman!” Right away the evil spirit left her.
Hiti chun nikho tampi abolin ahile Paul jong alunghang tan, chuin akiheiyin asunga cheng lhagaoboh koma chun aseiyin, “Yeshua Christa mina thu kapeh nahi, amanu sunga konin pot in,” atile, apettah chun adalhatan ahi.
19 And then her owners realized that she could no longer earn money for them [because she could no longer predict what would happen to people, so they were angry]. They grabbed Paul and Silas and forcefully took them to the public square, to [the place where] the government authorities and [a lot of other people were gathered].
Chuin apakaiteu chun haosatna dinga akinepna jouseu akephat in Paul le Silas amanun kailhang muna thunei vaihom ho masanga akailut tauvin,
20 The owners [of the young woman] brought Paul and Silas to the city officials and told them, “These men are Jews, and they are greatly troubling [the people in] [MTY] our city.
“Hiche Judah miho jeh hin khopi sung pumpi boina asou sang tai” tin khopi vaihom ho henga asam tauvin ahi.
21 They are teaching that we [(inc)] should follow customs that our laws do not allow us Romans to consider [to be correct] or to obey!”
Chule “Eiho Rome mite chonna toh kitoh lou chon dan thu ahilui,” atiuvin ahi.
22 Many of the crowd joined [those who were accusing] Paul and Silas, and started beating them. Then the [Roman] authorities commanded [soldiers] to tear the shirts off Paul and Silas and to beat them [with rods/sticks].
Chuin mipi chu Paul le Silas dounan akikhom uvin, thing tenggol mangcha a ajep theina dingun khopi vaihom ho chun mipi chu thu ape tauvin ahi.
23 [So the soldiers] beat Paul and Silas vigorously [with rods]. After that, they [took them and] shoved them into the prison. They told the jailer that he should lock them up securely.
Chuin melsetah a avoh jouvun songkul'a akhumun, songkul ngah ho henga chun phatechan anga tup dingun thu apeuvin ahi.
24 [Because the officials] had [commanded] him [to do that], the jailer shoved Paul and Silas into the cell that was farthest inside. [There, he made them sit down on the floor/ground and stretch out their legs]. Then he fastened their ankles in [grooves] between two large wooden beams, [so that Paul and Silas could not move their legs].
Hijeh chun songkul ngah hon asung dan langpeh a akeng teni akan khomun akoi tauvin ahi.
25 About midnight, Paul and Silas were praying [aloud] and praising God by singing hymns. The [other] prisoners were listening attentively to them.
Chuin jankhangkim laiyin Paul le Silas chu atao lhonin Pathen avahchoi lhonin ahile sonkula tangho chun angaiyuvin ahi.
26 Suddenly there was a very strong earthquake. It shook the entire jail [SYN] and its foundation [SYN]. [The earthquake caused] all the doors [of the jail] to open suddenly, and [caused] all the chains that fastened the prisoners to fall off.
Chuin phulou helouvin lingpi nasatah ahung kihot in, songkul khombul ho chu ahin hottan ahile, songkul kot jouse akihong tan, akihen na jouseu jong akilham tan ahi!
27 The jailer woke up and saw that the doors of the jail were open. He thought that the prisoners had escaped. So he pulled out his sword in order to kill himself, [because he knew that the officials would kill him if the prisoners escaped].
Chuin songkul ngahpa ahung khah doh le songkul kot jouse ana kihon amu phat chun asunga umho jouse jammang gam ahitai tin achem asatdoh in ama le ama akithat kigon ahi.
28 Paul [saw the jailer and] shouted to him, “Do not harm yourself! We [(exc) prisoners] are all here!”
Ahivang in Paul chun asamin, “Khongaiyin nang le nang kithat hih in! keiho kabon chauvin kaum nauve!” atin ahi.
29 The jailer shouted [to someone] to bring torches/lanterns, [and after they brought them], he rushed into the jail and knelt down in front of Paul and Silas. [He was very afraid, so] much so that he was trembling/shaking.
Chuin songkul ngahpa chun mei akidet in asungdan langa alhailut in Paul le Silas masanga kithing pum pumin akisep lhutan ahi.
30 Then he brought Paul and Silas out [of the jail] and asked: “Sirs, what do I need to do to be saved [from being punished for my sins]?”
Chuin polama ahin puidoh lhonin, “Pu huhhing'a kaumna dinga ipi kabol ngaiyem?” ati.
31 [They answered], “Trust in [what] the Lord Jesus [has done for you], and you will be saved {[God] will save you}, and the others who live in [MTY] your house will [also] be saved [if they believe in Jesus].”
Amanin adonbut in “Nang le na insung miten Pakai Yeshua tahsanun chutile huhhing'a naum dingu ahi,” ati.
32 Then the jailer took Paul and Silas into his house, washed their wounds, and gave them a meal. [He woke up all the people in his house, and] Paul and Silas told all of them the message about the Lord [Jesus. They all believed in him]. Immediately [after that, the jailer and all his family were baptized] {[Paul and Silas] baptized the jailer and all his family}. They were very happy, because now they all believed in God.
Hiti chun ama le a insung mite to Pathen thu aseikhom tauvin ahi.
Chuin hiche ni jan ma ma chun songkul ngahpa chun akijepna maha lhon chu asop theng peh lhon in, chuin a insung mite jouse toh baptize achang tauvin ahi.
Hiti chun amani ding chun a insunga ankong aluidoh peh un Pathen atahsan jeh-u chun ainkouvin akipah lheh jengun ahi.
35 The next morning, the [Roman] officials commanded [some] police officers [to go to the jail to say to the jailer], “[Our bosses] say, ‘Let those [two] prisoners go [now]!’”
Ajing jingkah in khopi vaihom ho chun songkul ngahpa henga, “Hiche mite chu soldoh in!” atiuvin ahi.
36 [After the officers went and told that to] the jailer, he [went and] told Paul, “The [Roman] authorities have sent a message [(sg)] saying that I should release you [(sg)] and Silas [from prison]. So you [two] can leave [the jail] now. Now you can go peacefully!”
Chuin songkul ngahpa chun Paul hengah aseiyin, “Khopi vaihom hon nang le Silas soldoh tan atiuvin ahi, hijeh chun lungmong in che hon tan,” ati.
37 But Paul said to the police officers, “The authorities [commanded men to] beat us in front of a crowd before [those authorities] had learned if we [(exc)] had done anything wrong! Then they [ordered men to] shove us into jail! [But that was not legal, because] we [(exc)] are Roman citizens! And now they want [RHQ] to send us away secretly! We will not accept that! Those [Roman] officials must come themselves and [tell us that they are sorry], and take us out [of jail].”
Ahivang in Paul in adonbut in, “Keini hi Rome mi kahi lhon in kholtoh louva mipi angsunga eivoh'u ahin, guhthima eisoldoh got'u chu hithei lou ding ahi. Hijeh chun amaho tah hungu henlang eisoldoh'u hen,” ati.
38 So the police officers [went and] told the city authorities [what Paul had said]. When those authorities heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were afraid [that someone would report to more important officials what they had done, and as a result they would be punished] {[those officials would punish them]}.
Chuin hiche thu chu khopi vaihom hon ajah doh uva Paul le Silas chu Rome mi ahi ahet doh phat un,
39 So the city authorities came to Paul and Silas and told them that they were sorry for what they had done to them. The authorities brought them out of the jail, and repeatedly asked them to leave the city [soon].
Songkul'a ahungun amani koma chun ngaidam athum tauvin ahi. Chujouvin amani chu apuidoh uvin khopi sung dalha hon tan tin ataovun ahi.
40 After Paul and Silas left the jail, they went to Lydia’s house. There they met with her and the [other] believers. They encouraged the believers [to continue trusting in the Lord Jesus], and then the two apostles left [Philippi].
Chuin Paul le Silas chu songkul'a kona ahung potdoh lhon phat in Lydia in'ah akile kit lhon in hiche in a seijui ho chu atilkhou lhonin chuin amanin khopi chu adalha lhon tan ahi.
