Acts 8
1 Then some men who revered God buried Stephen’s body in a tomb, and they mourned greatly and loudly for him. On that same day [people] started severely persecuting the believers [who were living] in Jerusalem. So most [of the believers] fled [to other places] throughout Judea and Samaria [provinces]. The apostles were the only [believers who remained in Jerusalem].
Landaali bi niba den cili ki wangi Krisiti n yini yaaba, yaaba n ye Jerusalema o falabiado. Jesu tondiba yaaka, yaaba n sieni kuli den yayadi Jude diema nni.
Yaa niba n den fangi U Tienu den piini Etiena ki mua opo i kumoe boncianla.
3 While the people were killing Stephen, Saul was there approving of their killing Stephen. So Saul [also] began trying to destroy the group of believers. He entered houses one by one, he dragged away men and women [who believed in Jesus], and then he [arranged for] them to be put in prison.
Solo den moandi ki baa bolini Krisiti n yini yaaba. O den kua ti diedi nni ki co bi jaba yeni bi puoba kuli, ki kuandi ba li kpaadieli nni.
4 The believers who had left Jerusalem went to different places, where they continued preaching the message about Jesus.
Yaaba n den yayadi yeni, den caa i kaani boncianla ki wangi U Tienu Laabaalŋamo.
5 [One of those believers whose name was] Philip went down [from Jerusalem] to a city in Samaria [province]. There he was telling [the people that Jesus is] [MTY] the Messiah.
Filipiden jiidi ki gadi ya dogu n ye Samali diema nni ki wangi laa niba U Tienu n Gandi yua maama fuuli.
6 Many people there heard Philip [speak] and saw the miraculous things that he was doing. So they all (paid close attention to/listened carefully to) his words.
Bi niba n den gbadi Filipi n yedi yaala ki laa wan tieni ya bancanma, bi den cengi o maama bonŋanla.
7 For [example, when Philip commanded] evil spirits who controlled many people [that they should come out of them], they came out, while those spirits screamed. Also, many people who were paralyzed and [many others] who were lame were healed.
I cicibiadimi den tangi ki ña ban ye yaaba ya niinni. Yaaba ya gbanandi n ffaani yeni a waba boncianla moko den paagi.
8 So [many people] [MTY] in that city greatly rejoiced.
Li pamanli den tieni boncianla laa dogu nni.
9 There was a man in that city whose name was Simon. He had been practicing sorcery for a long time, and he had been amazing the people in Samaria [province by doing that]. He continually claimed that he was a great/important person.
Li den sua ke o nilo ye u dogu yeni niinni ke li waagi, ki yi Simono. O den tiendi ti belbondi ke li paki Samali yaaba, ki jigini o yuli ke o tie niciamo.
10 All the people there, both ordinary and important people, listened to him. [Various ones of] them were saying, “This man works in extremely powerful ways [because] God has caused him to be a great [person].”
Bi niba kuli, a bila yeni a nikpela, den ga o maama boncianla ki tua: «One n tie U Tienu paalu, ban yi yu u paaciamu».
11 They continued to listen to him carefully, because for a long time he had astonished them by practicing sorcery.
Bi den cengi o maama kelima wan n tiendi ya belbondi den paki ba hali ke li waagi.
12 But then they believed Philip’s [message] when he preached to them about [how] God desires to rule [MET] [the lives of people who believe in him], and about Jesus being the Messiah [MTY]. Both the men and the women who believed in Jesus were baptized. {[Philip] was baptizing both the men and the women [who had come to believe in Jesus]}.
Ama Flipi n den wangi ba U Tienu diema Laabaalŋamo yeni Jesu Krisiti yeli, bi den daani o maama ke o wali ba U Tienu ñinma, bani bi jaba yeni bi puoba kuli.
13 Simon himself believed [Philip’s message] and, after he was baptized {after [Philip] baptized him}, he began to constantly accompany Philip. Simon was continually amazed because he often saw [Philip] doing many kinds of miraculous things.
Simono wani oba den daani Filipi ki nua wan tiendi ya sinankeeninba yeni ya bancianma ke li paki o.
14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that [many people] [PRS] [throughout] Samaria [district] had believed the message from God [about Jesus], they sent Peter and John there.
Jesu tondiba yaaba n sieni Jurusalema n den gbadi ke Samali yaaba ga U Tienu maama, bi den sɔni bikani Pieri yeni Jan.
15 When Peter and John arrived in Samaria, they prayed for those [new believers] in order that the Holy Spirit’s [power] would come to them.
Ban den pundi likani, bi den jaandi yaaba n daani po ke ban baa U Tienu Fuoma yua.
16 [Peter and John realized that] the Holy Spirit had not yet begun to empower any of them. They had been baptized {[Philip] had baptized them} [because they had believed] in [MTY] the Lord Jesus, [but they did not know about the Holy Spirit].
U Tienu Fuoma yua daa den jiidi bi siiga oba kuli po. Bi da den wali o Diedo Jesu Krisiti yeli nni baba.
17 [Then Peter and John] placed their hands on [the heads of] each person, and they received the [power of] [MTY] the Holy Spirit.
Lane Pieri yeni Jan den maani bipo bi nui ke bi baa U Tienu Fuoma yua.
18 Simon saw [things that convinced him] that [God] had given the Spirit’s [power to people] as a result of the apostles placing their hands on them. So he offered [to give] money to the apostles,
Simono n den laa ke bi baa U Tienu Fuoma yua kelima bi tondiba maani bipo bi nui, o den cuani bipo i ligi ki yedi:
19 saying, “Enable me also to do what [you are doing], so that everyone on whom I place/put my hands may receive the Holy Spirit’s [power].”
«Pa mani mini moko laa paalu, ke min maani n nui yua ya po, wan baa U Tienu Fuoma yua.»
20 But Peter said to him, “May you [(sg)] and your money go to hell, because you [mistakenly] think that you can buy [from us] what God [alone] gives to [people] (questioned)
Pieri den yedi o: «Fini yeni a ligi kuli n bodi, kelima a tama ke a baa pa i ligi ki baa U Tienu paalu.
21 [God] has not authorized you to have any part of this ministry of giving [the Holy Spirit’s power], because he knows that you are not thinking rightly! (OR, because he knows that you are thinking completely wrongly.)
ŋaa pia biinu yeni ŋantaadoba kuli li naa tuondi nni, kelima a pali naa tiegi U Tienu nintuali.
22 So stop thinking wickedly [like] that, and plead that the Lord, if he is willing, will forgive you [for what] you [wickedly] thought/planned [to do]
Lani ya po ŋan biidi a pali a yanjagibidli po ki ŋa li ki mia o Diedo li ya baa tuo wan pa ŋa sugli ŋan pia ya yanmaalma po.
23 [Turn away from your evil ways], because I perceive that you [(sg)] are extremely envious of [us], and you [are] a slave of your [continual desire to do evil! God will certainly punish you severely]!”
kelima n den nua ke li nunponbiadli gbie n niinni, ti tuonbiadi go lola a mo.»
24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord [God] that [he] will not do to me what you just said!”
Simono den gua ki yedi: «mia n po mani o Diedo ke yin yedi yaala kuli n da cua n kani.»
25 After [Peter and John] told [people there] what they knew personally [about the] Lord [Jesus] and declared to them the message about Jesus, they both returned to Jerusalem. [Along the way] they preached the good message [about Jesus to people] in many villages in Samaria [province].
Pieri yeni Jan n den tiendi siedi o Diedo ki go wani o maama b den gɔ Jerusalema ki wangi Samali dogi boncianla nni, o laabaalŋamo.
26 [One day] an angel whom the Lord [God] had sent commanded Philip, “Get ready and go south along the road that extends from Jerusalem to Gaza.” [That was] a road in a desert area.
O diedo maleki den maadi yeni filipi ki yedi o: «Fii ki gadi u ganu po, ki pundi ya sɔnu n ñani Jerusalema po ki caa Gaza po. Ki ŋɔdi ya sɔnu n pɔndi mi fanpiema yeni nni.»
27 So Philip got ready and went [along that road]. Suddenly he met a man from Ethiopia. He was an important official who took care of all the funds for the queen [of] Ethiopia. [In his language people called their queen] Candace. This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship [God],
Filipi den fii ki gadi. Li den sua ke Etiopi diema nilo yua n tie mɔlga, Kadasi Etiopi pobado, yua n ki o ligkublo, den gadi Jerusalema ki ban kpiagi U Tienu.
28 and he was returning [home] and was seated [riding] in his chariot. [As he was riding], he was reading [out loud from] what the prophet Isaiah [had written] [MTY] [long ago].
Wan den lebdi ke baa guani o denpo, o den ka i taami tolgu nni ki cogi o Sawalpualo Isayi tili.
29 [God’s] Spirit told Philip, “Go near to that chariot and keep walking close to [the man who is riding in] it!”
U tienu Fuoma den yedi Filipi: «Gadi ki nagni ya tantolgu ne ki yegi yeni gu.»
30 So Philip ran [to the chariot and kept running close to it]. Then he heard the official reading what the prophet Isaiah [had written]. He asked the man, “Do you [(sg)] understand what you are reading?”
Filipi den sani ki nagni gu ki gbadi ke Etiopi yua cogi o Sawalpualo Esayi tili nni. O den buali o: «A ga ŋan cogi yaala n bua ki yedi yaala bi?»
31 He answered Philip, “[No!] (I cannot possibly [understand it] if [there is] no one to explain it to me!/How can I [understand it] if [there is] no one to explain it to me?) [RHQ]” Acts 8:31b-35 Then the man said to Philip, “Please come up [and] sit beside me.” [So Philip did that].
O den gua ki yedi o: «N baa gaa ledi ki bandi, nitɔ yaa bundi npo i?» Lani, o den mia Filipi wan do ki kali yeni o u tantolgu nni ban yegi.
32 The part of the Scriptures that the official was reading was this: He will [be silent when] they lead him away to kill him [like when] a sheep [is led away to be killed]. As a young sheep is silent when its wool is being cut off {someone cuts off its wool}, [similarly] he will not protest [MTY] [when people cause him to suffer].
Wan den cogi iDiani nni naankani n den maadi ya maama ne: «B den dia o nani o pia yeni ki caa yeni o u yankodikaanu po. Nani i pabiga n ŋmimi yua n mɔgidi o kobidi kani maama. Waa den yaadi o ñɔbu.
33 When he will be humiliated by being accused falsely {people will humiliate him [by accusing him falsely]}, [the rulers] (will not consider him innocent/will consider him guilty). No one will possibly be able to tell about his descendants, because he will be killed {people will kill him} without him having [any descendants] on the earth.
Bi den miidi o, ki jia opo ya buudi n ki tiegi. ŋma baa fidi ki togdi o buolu maama? Kelima bi ñani o miali ŋanduna nni.»
34 The official asked Philip [about these words that he was reading], “Tell me, who was the prophet writing about? [Was he writing] about himself or about someone else?”
I mɔliga den yedi Filipi: «N bua ŋan wani nni, Sawaalpualo maadi ŋma ya maama i? O maadi o yuli maama bi nitɔ yaama yo?
35 So Philip began [to explain] that Scripture passage. He told him the good message about [MTY] Jesus. [So the official understood and believed in Jesus].
Filipi den cili yeni laa dianu ki wani o Jesu laabaalŋamo.
36 While they were traveling along the road, they came to [a place where there was a pond of] water [near the road]. Then the official said [to Philip], “Look, [there is a pond of] water! (I would like you to baptize me, because I do not know of anything that would prevent me from being baptized {prevent [you] from baptizing me.}/Do you know of anything that would prevent me from being baptized {prevent [you] from baptizing me}?) [RHQ]”
Ban den ŋua b sani keli suagi liiga, B den pundi mi ñinma kani. I mɔliga den yedi: «Diidi mi ñinma nna. Be n yie npo ke min da wali?»
Filipi den gua ki yedi o: «A ya daani yeni a pali kuli, li baa fidi.» Ke i mɔliga den gua ki yedi: «N daani ke Jesu Krisiti tie U Tienu Bijua.»
38 So the official told [the driver] to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the official went down into the [pond of] water, and [Philip] baptized him.
O den wani yua n gobdi u tantolgu wan sieni gu. Filipi yeni i mɔliga den jiidi ki kua mi ñima nni ke o wali o.
39 When they came up out of the water, suddenly God’s Spirit took Philip away. The official never saw Philip again. But [although he never saw Philip again], the official continued going along the road, very happy [that God had saved him].
Ban den ñani mi ñima nni, o Diedo Fuoma den taa Filipi ke ki mɔliga den suagi liiga yeni o sancenli ke o pali mani.
40 Philip then realized [that the Spirit had miraculously taken him to] Azotus [town]. While he traveled around [in that region], he continued proclaiming the message [about Jesus] in all the towns [between Azotus and Caesarea. And he was still proclaiming] it when he finally arrived in Caesarea [city].
Filipi den sua ke o ye Asota dogu nni. O den ñani Asota ki caa Sesale, ki wangi o Laabaalŋamo wan tagini ya dogi kuli hali ki pan pundi.
