Acts 21
1 [After] we said goodbye to the elders [from Ephesus], we [got on the ship and] sailed to Cos [Island, where the ship stopped for the night]. The next day we sailed from Cos to Rhodes [Island, where the ship stopped again. The day after] that we sailed to Patara [town, where the ship stopped. This was on Patara Island].
Buna tusia vambana yawu, tuyenda nate ku sanga ki Kosi. Mu lumbu kilanda bosi tuyenda ku Lodi bosi tutula ku Patala.
2 [At Patara we left that ship, and someone told us that] there was a ship that would be going to Phoenicia [region. So] we got on that ship, and it left.
Bu tubuana masuwa maba mvioka ku Fenisi, tukota mu masuwa beni ayi tuyenda.
3 [We sailed until] we could see Cyprus [Island]. We passed to the south of the island and continued sailing until we arrived at [Phoenicia region, in] Syria [province]. We arrived at Tyre [city. The ship was going to stay there several days, because its workers] had to unload the cargo.
Bu tufikama ku sanga ki Sipeli kioki tubika ku koko ku lumoso, beto tuviokila ku ndambu Sili, bosi tutula ku disimu di Tile. Kuawu kufueti kulululu bima biba mu masuwa.
4 [Someone told us] where the believers in Tyre lived, so we [(exc) went and] stayed with them for seven days. Because [God’s] Spirit revealed to them ([that people would cause Paul to suffer/Paul would suffer]) [in Jerusalem], they told Paul that he should not go there.
Tubata minlonguki ayi tsambudi di bilumbu tuvuandila yawu. Balubula Polo mu lutumunu lu pheve Yinlongo mu bika kuenda ku Yelusalemi.
5 But when it was time [for the ship to leave again], we [prepared to] continue going [to Jerusalem]. When we left [Tyre], all the believers, including their wives and children, went with us [to the edge of the sea]. We all knelt down there on the sand/shore and prayed.
Bilumbu bieto bu bimanisa, tuyenda ayi tutatamana nzietolo eto. Minlonguki mioso ayi baketo bawu ayi bana bawu bayenda tuvekisa nate kuna difula di divula. Bu tutula ku dibongo tufukama ayi tusambila.
6 After we all said goodbye, Paul and we [his companions] got on the ship, and the [other] believers returned to their own homes.
Bu tumana bumbakala beto yi beto, tukota mu masuwa bosi bawu bavutuka mu zinzo ziawu.
7 After we [(exc)] left Tyre, we continued on [that ship] to Ptolemais [city]. There were believers there, and we greeted them and stayed with them that night.
Bu tumanisa nzietolo eto mu maza, botuka ku Tile nate ku Pitolemayisi. Kuawu tuvanina bakhomba mboti. Lumbu kimvimba tukadila yawu.
8 The next day we left [Ptolemais] and sailed to Caesarea [city], where we stayed in the home of Philip, who [spent his days] telling others how to become disciples of Jesus. He was one of the seven [men whom the believers in Jerusalem had chosen to care for the widows].
Mu lumbu kilanda, tuyenda ku Sezale. Tukota mu nzo Filipi, nsamuni wu Nsamu Wumboti; wuba wumosi mu tsambudi di bisadi biobi dibundu disobuladibundu. Ku nzoꞌandi tuleka.
9 He had four daughters who were not married. Each of them [frequently] spoke messages that the Holy Spirit had revealed to them.
Bana baya babaketo baba yandi; basi zaba nitu yi dibakala ko. Dikaba di bikula diba yawu.
10 After [we(exc) had been in Philip’s house for] several days, a believer whose name was Agabus came down from Judea [district] and arrived [in Caesarea]. He [frequently] spoke messages that the Holy Spirit had told him.
Bu tuvuanda kuna bilumbu biwombo, buna mbikudi wumosiwuba ku Yuda dizina diandi Angabusi.
11 Coming over to where we were, he took off Paul’s belt. Then he tied his own feet and hands with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] in Jerusalem will tie up [the hands and feet of] the owner of this belt, like this, and they will hand him over to non-Jewish people [as a prisoner].’”
Wuyiza kutu bata; Wubonga sentila yoyi Polo kaba mvuantilanga minledi; wukikanga malu ayi mioko ayi wutuba: —Pheve Yinlongo kakembi: Buawu buabu Bayuda bela kangila ku Yelusalemi mutu vuidi sentila yayi ayi bela kunyekula mu mioko mi Bapakanu.
12 When [the rest of] us heard that, we and [other] believers there repeatedly pled with Paul, “Please do not go up to Jerusalem!”
Bu tuwa mambu momo, beto ayi mikhuikizi mi Sezale tuleba Polo muingi kabika kuenda ku Yelusalemi.
13 But Paul replied, “(Please stop crying and trying to discourage me [IDM] [from going!]/Why are you crying and trying to discourage me [IDM] [from going]?) [RHQ] I am willing to be put {[for people] to put me} in prison and also to be killed {[for them] to kill me} in Jerusalem because I [serve] [MTY] the Lord Jesus.”
Vayi niandi wutuvutudila: —A mbi lulembo vangi bu lulembo didi ayi bu lulembo mbonisa kiadi mu ntima e? Bila kuidi minu, ndidi wukubama bika sia ti, mu kota mu nloko, vayi khubimini mu fua ku Yelusalemi mu diambu di dizina di Pfumu Yesu!
14 When [we(exc) realized that] he was determined [to go to Jerusalem], we did not try [any longer] to persuade him [not to go]. We said, “May (the Lord [God] do what he wants/the Lord’s will be done)!”
Bu tusia nunga ko mu balula mabanza mandi, tusia buela kunleba ko ayi tutuba: —Bika luzolo lu Pfumu luvangama!
15 After those days [in Caesarea], we [(exc)] prepared [our things] and [left to] go [by land] up to Jerusalem.
Bilumbu bina bu bivioka, tukubika bima bieto ayi tuyenda ku Yelusalemi.
16 Some of the believers from Caesarea also went with us. [On the way to Jerusalem], we stayed [one night] in the house of [a man whose name was] Mnason. He was from Cyprus [Island], and he had believed [in Jesus] when people were first beginning to hear the message [about him].
Ndambu minlonguki minkaka mi Sezali miyenda yeto. Mitunata ku nzo Nasoni muisi Sipeli; niandi wuba nlonguki wuthama; kuidi niandi tuvuanda.
17 When we arrived in Jerusalem, [a group of] the believers greeted us happily.
Bu tutula ku Yelusalemi, bakhomba zituyakula mu khini.
18 The next day Paul and the rest of us went to speak with James, [who was the leader of the congregation there]. All of the [other] leaders/elders [of the congregation in Jerusalem] were also there.
Mu lumbu kilanda Polo wutunata kuidi Zaki, kuna ku kutakana bakulutuboso ba dibundu.
19 Paul greeted them, and then he reported all of the things that God had enabled him to do among the non-Jewish people.
Buna Polo wuba vana mboti, Polo wuba kamba diambu dimosi-dimosidiodi Nzambi kavanga mu niandi kuidi Bapakanu.
20 When they heard that, James and the other elders said, “Praise the Lord!” Then [one of] them said to Paul, “Brother/Friend, you [(sg)] know that there are very many thousands of us [(inc)] Jewish people [here] who have believed [in the Lord Jesus]. Also, you know that we [(inc)] all continue very carefully to obey the laws [that Moses gave us].
Bu bawa mambu moso momo, bakembisa Nzambi bosi bakamba Polo: —A khomba, ngeyo mueni ti Bayuda bawombo bawilukidi ayi bawu boso bankinzikanga ngolo Mina mi Moyize.
21 [But our fellow Jewish believers] have been told {have heard [people say]} that when you are among non-Jews, you tell the Jewish believers who live there that they should stop obeying [the laws] [MTY] ([of] Moses/[that] Moses [received from God]). [People say that] you tell [those Jewish believers] not to circumcise their sons and not to practice our [other] customs. [We(exc) do not believe that this is true].
Muaki bawilu ti ngeyo wulembo longi Bayuda bobo beti zingila mu mavula ma Bapakanu ti babika buela tumimina Mina mi Moyize. Ngeyo wukuba kambanga ti babika buela zengisanga nitu yi kibakala yi bana bawu bababakala ayi babika buela tumimina bifu bieto.
22 But our fellow [Jewish] believers will certainly hear that you have arrived, [and they will be angry with you]. So [you] need to do something [RHQ] [to show them that what they heard about you is not true].
A buabu mbi tusia e? Bila ma bawa ti wutudidi kuaku.
23 So you should do what we suggest to you. There are four men among us who have strongly promised [to God] about [something].
Diawu tumimina mambu momo tueka kukamba: babakala baya badi yetovava bavengi tsila.
24 Go with these men [to the Temple] and [ritually] purify yourself along with them. Then, [when it is time for them to offer the sacrifices for that ritual], pay for what they offer [as sacrifices]. After that, they can shave their heads [to show that they have done what they promised to do. And when people see you in the courts of the Temple with those men], they will know that what they have been told {what people have told them} about you is not true. Instead, all of them will know that you obey all our Jewish laws [and rituals].
Wuba bongi, wukivedisa va kimosi ayi bawu. Ayi wuba futilazimbongo mu diambu bavukusu dikungulu. Buawu bobo batu boso bakuiza zabila ti mambu moso bawilu mu diambu diaku madi ma luvunu bila ngeyoveka weti kinzikanga Mina.
25 As for the non-Jewish believers, [we elders here in Jerusalem have talked] about [which of our laws] they [should obey, and] we [(exc)] wrote them [a letter, telling them] what we decided. [We wrote] that they should not eat meat that people have offered as a sacrifice to any idol, [that they should not eat] blood [from animals], and that [they should not eat] meat from animals [that people have killed by] strangling [them. We also told them that] they should not have sex with someone to whom they are not married.”
Vayi mu diambu di Bapakanu bawilukila, tubaka lukanu ayi tuba sonikina nkanda mu kuba kandika ti ba bika dianga zimbizi ziozi zitambuku makaba kuidi zinzambi zi bitumba, babika dianga bibulu biobibivondolo mu kambu totuka menga, babika dianga menga ayi babika kitsuza.
26 So Paul [agreed to do what they asked], and the next day he took the [four] men, and together they ritually purified themselves. After that, Paul went to the Temple [courts and] told [the priest] what day they would [finish] purifying themselves [ritually] and when [they] would offer [the animals as sacrifices] for each of them.
Mu lumbu kilanda, Polo wubonga batu beni, wukivedisa va kimosiayi bawu; wukota yawu mu Nzo Nzambi mu diambu di kamba kuidi batu lumbu kiela manisa tsukudulu ayi lumbu kiela vanu dikaba di kadika mutu.
27 When the seven days [for purifying themselves] were nearly finished, Paul [returned] to the Temple [courtyard]. Some Jews from Asia [province] saw him there, [and they were very angry at him]. On another day they had seen Paul [walking around] in Jerusalem with Trophimus, who was a non-Jew. Their laws did not permit non-Jews to be in the Temple, and they thought that Paul had brought Trophimus into the Temple [courtyard that day. So] they called out to many other Jews [who were in the Temple courtyard] to [help them] seize [MTY] Paul. They shouted, “Fellow Israelites, come and help [us punish this] man! This is the one who is [constantly] teaching people wherever [he goes that they] should despise the [Jewish] people. [He teaches people that they should no longer obey] the laws [of Moses] nor respect this holy [Temple]. He has even brought non-Jews here into [the court of] our Temple, causing God to consider it no longer holy!”
Buna tsambuadi di bilumbu bieka nduka duka, Bayuda baba ku Azibayiza bakula Polo muna Nzo Nzambi, batuma batu batotula khindu mu nkangu wu atu ayi bankanga.
Bayamikina: —A basi Iseli! Luiza lu tusadisa! Talanu mutu wawu wetalonga muamo ayi kuidi batu boso mu diambu di vueza batu beto, Mina mieto ayi buangu kiaki. Tala kutu wukotisidi basi Ngelese, mu Nzo Nzambi ayi wusumuni buangu kiaki kinlongo.
Batubila bobo mu diambu bamona Polo, ku divula, va kimosi ayi Tolofime muisi Efeso. Bawu babanzila ti Polo wunnata ku Nzo Nzambi.
30 [People] throughout [MTY] the city heard that there was trouble [at the Temple courtyard], and they came running there. They grabbed Paul and dragged him outside of the Temple [area]. The gates [to the Temple courtyard were shut] {[The Temple guards] shut the doors [to the Temple courts]} immediately, [so that the people would not riot inside the Temple area].
Divula dioso diyiza ba ntengu-ntengu ayi batu bawombo bayiza kutakana kuna mu nsualu. Bakanga Polo, bankoka nate ku nganda nzo Nzambi ayi bakanga mielo mi Nzo Nzambi.
31 While they were trying to kill Paul, someone [ran to the fort near the Temple] and told the Roman commander that many [HYP] people [MTY] in Jerusalem were rioting [at the Temple].
Bu batomba bu vondila Polo, tsangu yitula nate kuidi Pfumu masodi ma basi Loma ti khindu yeka mu Yelusalemi dioso.
32 The commander quickly took some officers and [a large group of] soldiers and ran to [the Temple area where] the crowd was. When the crowd of people [who were yelling and beating Paul] saw the commander and the soldiers [coming], they stopped beating him.
Muna thangu yina Pfumu masodi ma basi Loma wubonga masodi ayi bapfumu ziawu, bayenda nsualu ku buangu ki kutakana batu. Bu bamona pfumu masodiva kimosi ayi masodi, balembolo buela beta Polo.
33 The commander came to [where Paul was and] seized him. He [commanded soldiers] to fasten a chain to [each of] Paul’s [arms]. Then he asked [the people in the crowd], “Who is this man, and what has he done?”
Pfumu masodi wufikama vaba Polo, wunsimba ayi wutuma masodibakanga polo mu zisieni zizole. Bosi wuyuvula kani Polo niandi nani ayi diambu mbi kavengi.
34 Some of the many people there were shouting one thing, [and] some were shouting something else. Because they continued shouting so loudly, the commander could not understand [what they were shouting. So] he [commanded] that Paul be taken {[the soldiers] to take Paul} into the barracks [so that he could question him there].
Vayi va khatitsika batu bobo bakutakana; bankaka bayamikina diambu dina; bankaka bayamikina diambu diadi. Sumbu pfumu masodi kasia zaba ko diambu diodi ditotula khindu bila divula diba dinneni; buna wutuma banata Polo ku ka ki masodi.
35 [The soldiers] led Paul to the steps [of the barracks], but many people continued to follow them, trying to kill [Paul. So the commander told] the soldiers to carry Paul [up the steps into the barracks].
Polo bu katula va kikada, masodi mannanguna mu diambu di nganzi yi batu bobo bakutakana vana.
36 The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Kill him! Kill him!”
Bila nkangu wu batu wuba kunlandakana wuba yamikina: —Kafua!
37 As Paul was about to be taken {[the soldiers] were about to take Paul} into the barracks, he said [in Greek] to the commander, “May I speak to you?” The commander said, “(I am surprised that you can speak the Greek [language]!/Can you [(sg)] speak the Greek [language]?)” [RHQ]
Mu thangu banzola kotisa Polo ku Ka ki masodi, wukamba pfumu masodi ti: —Ndilenda baka minsua mi kukambila diambu e? Pfumu masodi wuyuvula Polo: —Zebi tuba ki Kingelesi e?
38 “(I [thought] that you [(sg)] were that fellow/Are you not that fellow) from Egypt [RHQ] who wanted to rebel [against the government not long ago], and who took 4,000 violent terrorists [with him] out into the desert, [so that we could not catch him]?”
Ngeyo wisiko muisi Ezipiti, wowo wutotula khindu mu bilumbu bibedi, wuba kuenda natanga mili ziya zi mimvondi mu dikanga e?
39 Paul answered, “[No, I am not!] I am a Jew. I [was born] in Tarsus, which is an important [LIT] city in Cilicia [province]. I ask that you [(sg)] let me speak to the people.”
Polo wumvutudila: —Nana tata! Minu ndidi Nyuda, ndidi muisi Talise, divula dimosi di mfunu didi mu zunga ki Silisi. Ndemvukila, wuphana minsua miyolukila va ntuala batu.
40 Then the commander permitted Paul [to speak. So] Paul stood on the steps and motioned with his hand [for the crowd to be quiet. And after] the people in the crowd became quiet, Paul spoke to them in [their own] Hebrew language [MTY].
Pfumu masodi wumvana minsua. Polo wutelama va kikada, wumuna koko mu diambu di sima biyoko bosi biyoko bimanisa. Biyoko bioso bu bimanisa, bosi wutona yoluka mu mbembo yi ki Ebelewo:
