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].
Saulu sì wà níbẹ̀, ó sì fi àṣẹ sí ikú rẹ̀. Ní àkókò náà, inúnibíni ńlá kan dìde sí ìjọ tí ó wà ni Jerusalẹmu, gbogbo wọn sì túká káàkiri agbègbè Judea àti Samaria, àyàfi àwọn aposteli.
Àwọn ènìyàn olùfọkànsìn kan sì gbé òkú Stefanu lọ sin, wọ́n sì pohùnréré ẹkún kíkan sórí rẹ̀.
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.
Ṣùgbọ́n Saulu bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí da ìjọ ènìyàn Ọlọ́run rú. Ó ń wọ ilé dé ilé, ó sì ń mú àwọn ọkùnrin àti obìnrin, ó sì ń fi wọn sínú túbú.
4 The believers who had left Jerusalem went to different places, where they continued preaching the message about Jesus.
Àwọn tí wọ́n sì túká lọ sí ibi gbogbo ń wàásù ọ̀rọ̀ náà.
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.
Filipi sì sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ sí ìlú Samaria, ó ń wàásù Kristi fún wọn.
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.
Nígbà tí ìjọ àwọn ènìyàn gbọ́, tí wọn sì rí iṣẹ́ àmì tí Filipi ń ṣe, gbogbo wọn sì fi ọkàn kan fiyèsí ohun tí ó ń sọ.
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.
Nítorí tí àwọn ẹ̀mí àìmọ́ ń kígbe sókè bí wọ́n ti ń jáde kúrò lára àwọn ènìyàn, ọ̀pọ̀ àwọn arọ àti amúnkùn ún ni ó sì gba ìmúláradá.
8 So [many people] [MTY] in that city greatly rejoiced.
Ayọ̀ púpọ̀ sì wà ni ìlú náà.
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.
Ṣùgbọ́n ọkùnrin kan wà, tí a ń pè ní Simoni, tí ó ti máa ń pa idán ní ìlú náà, ó sì mú kí ẹnu ya àwọn ará Samaria. Ó sì máa ń fọ́nnu pé ènìyàn ńlá kan ni òun.
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].”
Ẹni tí gbogbo èwe àti àgbà fiyèsí tí wọ́n sì ń bu ọlá fún wí pé, “Ọkùnrin yìí ní agbára Ọlọ́run ti ń jẹ́ ńlá.”
11 They continued to listen to him carefully, because for a long time he had astonished them by practicing sorcery.
Wọ́n bu ọlá fún un, nítorí ọjọ́ pípẹ́ ni ó ti ń pa idán fún ìyàlẹ́nu wọn.
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]}.
Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí wọ́n gba Filipi gbọ́ bí ó ti ń wàásù ìyìnrere ti ìjọba Ọlọ́run, àti orúkọ Jesu Kristi, a bamitiisi wọn.
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.
Simoni tìkára rẹ̀ sì gbàgbọ́ pẹ̀lú nígbà ti a sì bamitiisi rẹ̀, ó sì tẹ̀síwájú pẹ̀lú Filipi, ó wo iṣẹ́ àmì àti iṣẹ́ agbára tí ń ti ọwọ́ Filipi ṣe, ẹnu sì yà á.
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.
Nígbà tí àwọn aposteli tí ó wà ní Jerusalẹmu sí gbọ́ pé àwọn ara Samaria ti gba ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run, wọ́n rán Peteru àti Johanu sí wọn.
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.
Nígbà tí wọ́n sì lọ, wọ́n gbàdúrà fún wọn, kí wọn bá à lè gba Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́,
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].
nítorí títí ó fi di ìgbà náà Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́ kò tí ì bà lé ẹnikẹ́ni nínú wọn; kìkì pè a bamitiisi wọn lórúkọ Jesu Olúwa ni.
17 [Then Peter and John] placed their hands on [the heads of] each person, and they received the [power of] [MTY] the Holy Spirit.
Nígbà náà ni Peteru àti Johanu gbé ọwọ́ lé wọn, wọn sí gba Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́.
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,
Nígbà tí Simoni rí i pé nípa gbígbé ọwọ́ lé ni ni a ń ti ọwọ́ àwọn aposteli fi Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́ fún ni, ó fi owó lọ̀ wọ́n,
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].”
ó wí pé, “Ẹ fún èmi náà ni àṣẹ yìí pẹ̀lú, kí ẹnikẹ́ni tí èmi bá gbé ọwọ́ lé lè gba Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́.”
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)
Ṣùgbọ́n Peteru dá a lóhùn wí pé, “Kí owó rẹ ṣègbé pẹ̀lú rẹ, nítorí tí ìwọ rò láti fi owó ra ẹ̀bùn Ọlọ́run!
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.)
Ìwọ kò ni ipa tàbí ìpín nínú ọ̀ràn yìí, nítorí ọkàn rẹ kò ṣe déédé níwájú Ọlọ́run.
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]
Nítorí náà ronúpìwàdà ìwà búburú rẹ yìí, kí ó sì gbàdúrà sọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run bóyá yóò dárí ète ọkàn rẹ jì ọ́.
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]!”
Nítorí tí mo wòye pé, ìwọ wa nínú òróǹró ìkorò, àti ní ìdè ẹ̀ṣẹ̀.”
24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord [God] that [he] will not do to me what you just said!”
Nígbà náà ni Simoni dáhùn, ó sì wí pé, “Ẹ gbàdúrà sọ́dọ̀ Olúwa fún mi, kí ọ̀kan nínú ohun tí ẹ̀yin tí sọ má ṣe bá mi.”
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].
Nígbà tí wọn sì ti jẹ́rìí, tiwọn ti sọ ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa, Peteru àti Johanu padà lọ sí Jerusalẹmu, wọ́n sì wàásù ìyìnrere ni ìletò púpọ̀ ti àwọn ará Samaria.
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.
Angẹli Olúwa sì sọ fún Filipi pé, “Dìde kí ó sì máa lọ sí ìhà gúúsù, sí ọ̀nà ijù, tí ó ti Jerusalẹmu lọ sí Gasa.”
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],
Nígbà tí ó sì dìde, ó lọ; sí kíyèsi, ọkùnrin kan ará Etiopia, ìwẹ̀fà ọlọ́lá púpọ̀ lọ́dọ̀ Kandake ọbabìnrin àwọn ara Etiopia, ẹni tí í ṣe olórí ìṣúra rẹ̀, tí ó sì ti wá sí Jerusalẹmu láti jọ́sìn,
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].
Òun sì ń padà lọ, ó sì jókòó nínú kẹ̀kẹ́ rẹ̀, ó ń ka ìwé wòlíì Isaiah.
29 [God’s] Spirit told Philip, “Go near to that chariot and keep walking close to [the man who is riding in] it!”
Ẹ̀mí sì wí fún Filipi pé, “Lọ kí ó si da ara rẹ pọ̀ mọ́ kẹ̀kẹ́ yìí.”
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 si súré lọ, ó gbọ́ ti ó ń ka ìwé wòlíì Isaiah, Filipi sì bí i pé, “Ohun tí ìwọ ń kà yìí ha yé ọ bí?”
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].
Ó sì dáhùn wí pé, “Yóò ha ṣe yé mi, bí kò ṣe pé ẹnìkan tọ́ mí sí ọ̀nà?” Ó sì bẹ Filipi kí ó gòkè wá, kí ó sì bá òun jókòó.
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].
Ibi ìwé mímọ́ tí ìwẹ̀fà náà ń kà náà ni èyí: “A fà á bí àgùntàn lọ fún pípa; àti bí ọ̀dọ́-àgùntàn tí ń dákẹ́ níwájú olùrẹ́run rẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ ni kò wí ohun kan.
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.
Nínú ìwà ìrẹ̀lẹ̀ rẹ̀ a fi ìdájọ́ òdodo dùn ún. Ta ni ó le sọ̀rọ̀ nípa ti àwọn ìran rẹ̀? Nítorí tí a gba ẹ̀mí rẹ̀ kúrò ní ayé.”
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?”
Ìwẹ̀fà náà sì sọ fún Filipi pé, “Mo bẹ̀ ọ́ sọ fún mi, nípa ta ni wòlíì náà ń sọ ọ̀rọ̀ yìí, nípa ara rẹ̀ tàbí nípa ẹlòmíràn?”
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 sí ya ẹnu rẹ̀, bẹ̀rẹ̀ láti ibi ìwé mímọ́ yìí, ó sí wàásù ìyìnrere ti Jesu fún un.
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]”
Bí wọ́n sì tí ń lọ lọ́nà, wọ́n dé ibi omi kan; ìwẹ̀fà náà sì wí pé, “Wò ó, omi nìyí. Kín ni ó dá mi dúró láti se ìrìbọmi?”
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.
Ó sì pàṣẹ kí kẹ̀kẹ́ dúró jẹ́; àwọn méjèèjì Filipi àti ìwẹ̀fà sì sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ sínú omi, Filipi sì bamitiisi rẹ̀.
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].
Nígbà tí wọ́n sí jáde kúrò nínú, omi Ẹ̀mí Olúwa gbé Filipi lọ, ìwẹ̀fà kò sì rí i mọ́; nítorí tí ó ń bá ọ̀nà rẹ̀ lọ, ó ń yọ̀.
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 sì bá ara rẹ̀ ní ìlú Asotu, bí ó ti ń kọjá lọ, o wàásù ìyìnrere ní gbogbo ìlú, títí ó fi dé Kesarea.
