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].
Si Saulo ay may kinalaman sa kaniyang pagka matay. Kaya nagsimula sa araw na iyon ang malaking pag-uusig laban sa iglesia sa Jerusalem; at ang lahat ng mga mananampalataya ay nagsikalat sa lahat ng rehiyon ng Judea at Samaria, maliban sa mga apostol.
Mga lalaking may takot sa Diyos ang naglibing kay Esteban at nagkaroon ng matinding pagdadalamhati para sa kaniya.
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.
Ngunit pininsala ng matindi ni Saulo ang iglesia; pumupunta siya sa bawat bahay upang kaladkarin ang mga lalaki at babae at inilagay sila sa kulungan.
4 The believers who had left Jerusalem went to different places, where they continued preaching the message about Jesus.
Gayon pa man, ang mga mananampalataya na nagsikalat ay nagpatuloy na mangaral ng salita ng Diyos.
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.
Si Felipe ay pumunta pababa sa lungsod ng Samaria at ipinahayag si Cristo sa kanila.
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.
Nang mapakinggan at makita ng maraming tao ang mga palatandaan na ginawa ni Felipe, nakinig sila ng mabuti sa kaniyang sinabi.
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.
Dahil ang karamihan sa kanila ay nagtataglay ng maruruming espiritu habang sumisigaw ng malakas; at gumaling ang maraming lumpo at mga paralitiko.
8 So [many people] [MTY] in that city greatly rejoiced.
At nagkaroon ng malaking kagalakan sa lungsod.
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.
Ngunit mayroong isang lalaki sa lungsod na ang pangalan ay Simon na gumagawa na noon pang una ng pangkukulam; ginagamit niya ito upang mamangha ang mga tao sa Samaria upang angkinin na siya ay mahalagang tao.
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].”
Binigyang pansin siya ng lahat ng mga Samaritano, mula sa pinaka mababa hanggang sa pinaka dakila, at kanilang sinabi. “Ang taong ito ay ang kapangyarihan ng Diyos na tinatawag na Dakila.”
11 They continued to listen to him carefully, because for a long time he had astonished them by practicing sorcery.
Nakinig sila sa kaniya dahil labis niya silang pinamangha sa mahabang panahon sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang pangkukulam.
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]}.
Ngunit nang paniwalaan nila ang ipinangaral ni Felipe tungkol sa ebanghelyo na tungkol sa kaharian ng Diyos, at ang pangalan ni Jesu-Cristo, sila ay nabautismuhan, kapwa mga lalaki at babae.
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.
At si Simon mismo ay naniwala: pagkatapos niyang mabautismuhan, nagpatuloy siyang kasama ni Felipe; nang makita niya ang mga tanda at mga makapangyarihang gawa, siya ay namangha.
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.
Ngayon nang marinig ng mga apostol sa Jerusalem na ang mga taga-Samaria ay tinanggap ang salita ng Diyos, sinugo nila sina Pedro at Juan.
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.
Nang sila ay dumating, nanalangin sila para sa kanila na tanggapin ang Banal na Espiritu.
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].
Sapagkat ng mga panahong iyon hindi pa dumating ang Banal na Espiritu sa sinuman sa kanila. Nabaustimuhan lamang sila sa pangalan ng Panginoon.
17 [Then Peter and John] placed their hands on [the heads of] each person, and they received the [power of] [MTY] the Holy Spirit.
Pagkatapos ipinatong nina Pedro at Juan ang kanilang mga kamay sa kanila, at tinanggap nila ang Banal na Espiritu.
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,
Ngayon nang makita ni Simon na naipagkaloob ang Banal na Espiritu sa pamamagitan ng pagpatong ng mga kamay ng mga apostol sa kanila, inalok niya sila ng pera.
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].”
Sinabi niya,” Ibigay mo rin sa akin ang kapangyarihang ito upang sinumang patungan ng aking mga kamay ay tatanggap ng Banal na Espiritu.”
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)
Ngunit sinabi ni Pedro sa kaniya, “Masawi ka sana kasama ng iyong pilak, sapagkat iniisip mong makakamit mo ang kaloob ng Dios sa pamamagitan ng pera.
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.)
Wala kang kabahagi o karapatan sa bagay na ito, dahil ang iyong puso ay hindi tama sa Diyos.
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]
Samakatuwid magsisi ka sa iyong mga kasamaan, at manalangin sa Panginoon, upang ikaw ay patawarin sa kung ano ang iyong hinahangad.
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]!”
Sapagakat nakikita ko na ikaw ay nasa lason ng kapaitan at naka gapos sa kasalanan.”
24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord [God] that [he] will not do to me what you just said!”
Sumagot si Simon at sinabi, “Ipanalangin mo ako sa Panginoon na hindi mangyari sa akin ang mga bagay na iyong sinabi.”
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].
Nang si Pedro at Juan ay nagpatotoo at nagpahayag ng salita ng Panginoon, sila ay bumalik sa Jerusalem; habang nasa daan, nangaral sila ng ebanghelyo sa maraming nayon ng mga Samaritano.
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.
Ngayon ang anghel ng Panginoon ay nangusap kay Felipe at sinabi, “Tumayo ka at pumunta sa bahaging timog sa daang pababa mula sa Jerusalem papuntang Gaza.”( Ang daang ito ay nasa disyerto).
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],
Siya ay tumayo at umalis. May isang lalaking mula Ethiopia, isang eunoko na may dakilang kapangyarihan mula kay Candace, na reyna ng mga Etiope. Siya ang namamahala sa lahat ng kaniyang kayamanan. Siya ay pumunta sa Jerusalem upang sumamba.
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].
Siya ay bumalik at nakaupo sa kaniyang karwahe at nagbabasa ng aklat ni propeta Isaias.
29 [God’s] Spirit told Philip, “Go near to that chariot and keep walking close to [the man who is riding in] it!”
Sinabi ng Espiritu kay Felipe, “Umakyat ka at sabayan mo ang karwahe.”
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?”
Kaya patakbong lumapit si Felipe, at narinig niyang binabasa ang aklat ni propeta Isaias, at sinabi, “Naiintindihan mo ba ang iyong binabasa?”
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].
Sumagot ang taga-Ethiopia, “Paano ko maiintindihan, maliban kung may magtuturo sa akin?” Nakiusap siya kay Felipe na umakyat sa karwahe at umupo sa tabi niya.
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].
Ito ang bahagi ng kasulatan na binabasa ng taga Ethopia, “Siya ay tulad ng tupa na dinala sa bahay katayan; at tulad ng isang kordero sa harap ng manggugupit na tahimik, hindi niya binubuksan ang kaniyang bibig:
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.
Sa kaniyang kahihiyan kinuha sa kaniya ang katarungan: sino ang magpapahayag sa kaniyang salinlahi? sapagkat ang kaniyang buhay ay kinuha mula sa mundong ito.”
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?”
Kaya nagtanongang eunoko kay Felipe, at sinabi, “Nakikiusap ako sa iyo sino ang tinutukoy ng propeta? ang kaniyang sarili ba mismo o ibang tao?”
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].
Nagsimulang magsalita si Felipe; Nagsimula siya sa kasulatan ni Isaias upang ipangaral si Jesus sa kaniya.
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]”
Habang nagpapatuloy sila sa daan, napunta sila sa ilang bahagi ng tubig; at sinabi ng eunoko, “Tingnan mo, may tubig dito, ano pa ang puwedeng makahadlang sa akin upang ma bautismuhan?”
Sinabi ni Felipe,” kung nananampalataya ka ng buong puso, ikaw ay mag pabautismo. Ang taga Ethopia ay sumagot,” Naniniwala ako na si Jesu-Cristo ay Anak ng Diyos.”
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.
Kaya inutusan ng taga Ethopia na tumigil ang karwahe. Bumaba sila sa tubig, si Felipe at ang eunoko at binautismuhan siya ni Felipe.
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].
Nang umahon sila sa tubig, kinuha ng Espiritu ng Panginoon si Felipe at hindi na siya nakita ng eunuko; at siya ay umalis ng may kagalakan.
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].
Ngunit si Felipe ay lumitaw sa Azoto. Siya ay dumaan sa rehiyong iyon at ipangaral ang ebanghelyo sa lahat ng lungsod, hanggang sa makarating siya sa Ceasaria.
