Acts 9
1 Meanwhile, Saul angrily continued to say, “I will kill those who believe that [Jesus is] the Lord!” He went to the supreme priest [in Jerusalem]
ama solo go den baa pia lipabienli leni mi kuuma yantiali o Diedo ŋoadikaaba po, ke o den gedi bi kopadicianba bado kani.
2 and requested him [to write] letters [introducing him] to [the leaders of] [MTY] the Jewish meeting places in Damascus [city. The letters asked them to authorize Saul] to seize any men or women who followed the way [that Jesus had taught], and to take them as prisoners to Jerusalem [so that the Jewish leaders could judge and punish them].
ki ban mia o, wan diani a tila li balimaama bangima diena yudanba yaaba ye damasa po, ke yeni, o yaa ban laa lipo, bi jaba leni bi puoba yaaba n ŋoa laa bangima canma, wan loliba ki cuani jelusalema.
3 Saul took those letters, and while he [and those with him] traveled toward Damascus, as they were approaching the city, suddenly a [brilliant] light from heaven shone around Saul.
nani wan daa den ye u sanu nni, ki nagidi leni damasa, lanyo lanyo mi yenma yaama ñuliti den ñani tanpoli po ki jiidi ki lindi o.
4 [Immediately] he fell down to the ground. Then he heard the voice [of the Lord] say to him, “Saul, Saul, (stop causing me to suffer!/why are you causing me to suffer?) [RHQ]”
o den baa tiipo, ki gbadi ke u nialu yedi o. solo, solo be yaa po yo ke a wangini fala?
5 Saul asked him, “Lord, who are you?” He replied, “I am Jesus, [and] you [(sg)] are causing me to suffer [by hurting my followers]!
o den goa yedi, n Daano, a tie ŋme yo? o Diedo den yedi o. N tie Jesu yo, ŋan wangi yua fala. li baa pa a po. ŋan pua li bonmuukaala u danbu.
6 Now instead [of continuing to do that], stand up and go into the city! [Someone there] will tell you [(sg)] what I [want] you to do.”
ti jawaandi leni migbandigibima den cuo o. ke o yedi. n Diedo a bua min tieni be? lani o Diedo den yedi o, fii ki kua u dogu nni, bi baa waani a, ŋan baa tieni yaala.
7 The men who were traveling with Saul [became so frightened that they] could not say anything. [They just] stood there. They only heard the sound [when the Lord spoke], but they did not see anyone.
ya jaba n yegi leni o, den sedi suoo, bi den gba u nialu, ama baa den nua oba kuli.
8 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see anything. So the men [with him] took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.
solo den fii ki sedi, ba ke o nuni den ŋubidi, waa den nua liba. bi den cuo o nu, ki dadi ki gedini o damasa.
9 For the next three days Saul could not see [anything], and he did not eat or drink anything.
o den tieni dana taa kaa nua, waa dini, waa ñuni.
10 In Damascus there was [a Jew] named Ananias who believed in Jesus. While [Ananias was seeing] a vision, the Lord [Jesus] said to him, “Ananias!” He replied, “Lord, I [am listening].”
li den sua ke damasa dogu nni, pia Jesu ŋoadika, ke bi yi o ananiasa. o Diedo den maadi leni o, li bonlekaala nni. ananiasa den yedi. mini nna n Diedo.
11 The Lord Jesus told him, “Go to Straight Street to the house that belongs to Judas. Ask [someone there if you(sg) can talk to] a man named Saul from Tarsus [city], because, surprisingly, at this moment he is praying [to me].
o Diedo den yedi o, fii ki gedi ya sanu n yi u sansiedu ki ban pundi yua n yi judasa diegu, ki lee ban yi yua solo, tarse yua.
12 [Saul has seen] a vision in which a man named Ananias entered [the house where he was staying] and put his hands on him in order that he might see again.”
kelima o jaandi, ki laa li bonlekaala nni joa ke bi yi o ananiasa, ke o kua ki maani o nii o po ke wan ba ki ya nua. ananiasa den goa ki yedi.
13 But Ananias [protested], saying, “But Lord, many people have told me about this man! He has done many evil things to the people in Jerusalem who [believe in] you!
n Diedo, bi niba boncianla wani nni o joa yeni n tieni a nigagidiŋanba yaaba n ye jelusalema yaa biadima kuli.
14 And the chief priests have authorized him to come here [to Damascus] in order to seize all of us who believe in you [(sg)] [MTY] [and take us to Jerusalem]!”
Bi kopadicianba yudanba puni o li bali u naa dogu nni ke wan cuo ki loli yaaba n jaandi a yeli nni kuli.
15 But the Lord [Jesus] told Ananias, “Go to [Saul! Do what I say], because I have chosen him to serve me in order that he might speak about me [MTY] both to non-Jewish people and [their] kings and to the Israeli people.
Ama o diedo den yedi. gedi, kelima n gandi laa joa ke wan ya tuuni n po, ki gedini n yeli inilanbuoli po leni ŋanduna badicianba po, leni isalele yaaba kuli po.
16 I myself will tell him that he must often suffer greatly because of [telling people about] me [MTY].”
n baa waani o, wan baa le ya fala kuli kelima n yeli po.
17 So Ananias went, and [after he found] the house [where Saul was], he entered it. Then, [as soon as he met Saul], he put his hands on him, and he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus [himself] commanded me to come [to you]. He is the [same] one who appeared to you [(sg)] while you were traveling along the road. [He sent me to you] in order that you might see again and that you might be completely controlled by the Holy Spirit {that the Holy Spirit might completely control you}.”
Ananiasa den ñiani ki gedi, wan den pundi ki kua ku diegu yeni nni, o den maani o nii solo po, ki yedi o, n kpiilo solo, o Diedo Jesu, yua den doagidi o yuli a po, ŋan den ye u sanu nni ki kpendi yeni, n soani nni a kani ke ŋan go baa ki le, ki go gbie leni Utienu Fuoma yua.
18 Instantly, things like [fish] scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he was able to see again. Then he stood up and was baptized {[Ananias] baptized him} [immediately].
lanyogunu bonla den ñani solo nuni nni ki baa, ke o go nuadi. o den fii, ke bi batisi o.
19 After Saul ate some food, he felt strong again. Saul stayed with the [other] believers in Damascus for several days.
wan den dini, o den baa u fidu. solo go den tieni dana wamu leni bi ŋoadikaaba yaaba n ye damasa.
20 Right away Saul began to preach [to people about Jesus] in the Jewish meeting places [in Damascus. He told them] that Jesus is (the Son of/the man who is also) God.
lanyogunu o den cili ki wangi li bali maama bangima diena nni ke Jesu tie Utienu Bijua.
21 And all the people who heard him [preach] were amazed. [Various ones of] them were saying, “([We(inc) can hardly believe that] this is the [same man] who persecuted the believers in Jerusalem!/Is this really the [same man] who persecuted the believers in Jerusalem?) [RHQ, MTY] And we [(inc)] know that he has [RHQ] come here to seize us and take us to the chief priests [in Jerusalem]!”
Li den pia li pakili yaaba n gba o maama kuli po, Ke bi tua: wan ka tie yua n den wangi fala yaaba n jandi Jesu yeli nni ki ye jelusalema? wa den cua ne ki ba loli ba, ki gedini ba jelusalema bi kopadicianba yudanba po kaa?
22 But [God] enabled Saul [to preach to many people even] more convincingly. He was proving [from the Scriptures] that Jesus is the Messiah. So the Jewish leaders in Damascus could not think of anything (to refute [what he said/to prove that what he said was not true]).
ki sua solo, den paagidi o ba ki pugidi, pugidi, ki maadi ki guliti jufinba yaaba n ye damasa, ki wangi caîn ke Jesu n tie Utienu n gandi yua.
23 Some time later, [after Saul had left Damascus and then returned], the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] [there] plotted to kill him.
dana boncianla, n den pendi, jufinba den juogi ke bi ba kpa o.
24 [During each] day and night those Jews were continually watching [the people passing through] the city gates, in order that [when they saw Saul] they might kill him. However, someone told Saul what they planned to do.
solo den bandi bi juogi biadu; kelima bi den gu a bulñoana yensiinu leni ñiiagu, kuli, ki bua ki kpa o.
25 So some of those whom he had helped [to believe in Jesus] took him [one] night [to the high stone wall that surrounded the city]. They [used ropes to] lower him in a [large] basket through an opening in the wall. [So he escaped from Damascus].
ama, ñayengu nni, bi ŋoadikaaba den kuani solo ku baabuociangu nni ki jiini o u dogu bilincia mu puoli po.
26 When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he began trying to associate with other believers. However, [almost] all of them continued to be afraid of him, because they did not believe that he had become a believer.
solo n goani jelusalema, o den moandi ki baa taani leni Jesu ŋoadikaaba, ama bikuli den jie o, kaa dani ke o tua ŋoadikaa.
27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He explained to the apostles how, [while Saul was traveling] along the road [to Damascus], he had seen the Lord [Jesus] and how the Lord had spoken to him [there. He] also told them how Saul had preached boldly about Jesus [MTY] [to people] in Damascus. [The apostles believed Barnabas and told the other believers about that].
lani banabasa den taa o, ki gedini o Jesu tondiba kani; ki togidi ba solo n den laa o Diedo u sanu po maama, leni o Diedo n den maadi leni o maama, leni solo n den maadi maama leni li papaali Jesu yeli nni.
28 So Saul began to associate with the apostles [and other believers] throughout Jerusalem, and he spoke boldly [to people] about [MTY] the Lord [Jesus].
o den taani leni ba, ki guadi leni bi tondiba jelusalema nni kuli, ki maadi o Diedo Jesu yeli nni leni li papaali.
29 Saul was [also] speaking [about Jesus] with Jews who spoke Greek, and he was debating with them. But they were continually trying [to think] ([of a way] to kill him/of [how they could] kill him).
o den maadi leni yaaba n maadi gilekinba maama mo ko, ki nia nia leni ba, ama bi den li lingi ki ñiani o miale.
30 When the [other] believers heard that [those Jews were planning to kill him, some of] the believers took Saul down to Caesarea [city. There] they arranged for him to go [by ship] to Tarsus, [his hometown].
bi kpiiba n den bandi lipo, bi den ta o ki gedinni o sesale, ki ban pendi, ki ban caa tasa dogo po.
31 So the groups of believers throughout [the entire regions of] Judea, Galilee, and Samaria lived peacefully [because no one was persecuting them any more]. The Holy Spirit was strengthening them [spiritually] and encouraging them. They were continuing to revere/honor the Lord [Jesus, and the Holy Spirit] was enabling many other people [to become believers].
Kilisiti nitaanli den ye leni miyanduanma jude nii, leni galili nni, leni samali nni kuli. li den pugidi, pugidi li cuali nni, ki go paagidi bi lieba yala o Diedo sanŋoadima nni leni utienu fuoma yua todima.
32 While Peter was traveling throughout those [regions, once] he went to [the coastal plain to visit] the believers [who lived] in Lydda [town].
nani pieli n goadi ki lindi ki fuondi bi nigagidiŋanba kuli yeni, o den jiidi ki gedi yaaba n ye lida dogu po moko.
33 There he met a man whose name was Aeneas. Aeneas had not been able to get up from [his] bed for eight years, because he was paralyzed.
likan den pia joa ke bi yi o Ene, ke o gbanandi kpé, ke o dua ku kaagu po binanii.
34 Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you [(sg) right now]! Get up and roll up your mat!” Right away Aeneas stood up.
pieli den yedi o, Ene, Jesu kilisiti paagi a. fii, ki taa a kaagu! lanyugunu Ene den fii.
35 Most of the people who lived in Lydda and on Sharon [Plain] saw Aeneas [after the Lord had healed him], so they believed in the Lord [Jesus].
Lida leni solono yaaba kuli den laa o, ki lebidi ki ŋoadi o Diedo.
36 In Joppa [town] there was a believer whose name was Tabitha. [Her name] in the [Greek] language was Dorcas. [Both of these names mean gazelle/deer/antelope]. That woman was continually doing good deeds [for others. Specifically], she was helping poor people [by giving them things that they needed].
o pua den ye jafa dogu nni ke bi yi o Tabita, yaali n bundi Dokasa: o den tiendi a tuoŋama, ki puuni a luoda mo mi todima boncianla.
37 During the time [that Peter was in Lydda], she became sick and died. [Some women there] washed her body [according to the Jewish custom so that the people could bury it]. Then they [covered her body with cloth and] placed it in an upstairs room [in her house].
laa dana nni o den yiagi ki kpe, ban den wali o bi den duoni o li dietuadili nni ki duani o.
38 Lydda was near Joppa, so when the believers heard that Peter was [still] in Lydda, they sent two men to [go] to Peter. [When they arrived where Peter was], they repeatedly urged/begged him, “Please come immediately with us [to Joppa]!”
nani lida n ki den foagi leni jafa yeni, Jesu ŋoadikaaba yaaba n ye jafa den gbadi ke pieli ye lida, bi den soani jaba lie ke ban ban mia o, ke wan jaligi ki cua bi kani.
39 So [right away] Peter got ready and went with them. When they arrived [at the house in Joppa], the two men took Peter to the upstairs room [where Dorcas’ body was lying]. All the widows [there] around Peter. They were crying and showing him the cloaks and [other] garments that Dorcas had made for people while she was still alive.
pieli den fii, ki gedi leni bi jaba yeni, wan den pundi bi den ciani ki duoni o lidietuadili yeni po, a kpepuona kuli den nagini ki lindi, ki gani o, ki mua, ki go wangi o Dokasa n den ŋali bipo yaa tiayekaadi leni yaa tialakaadi, wan den ye leni ba ya yogunu.
40 But Peter sent them all out of the room. Then he got down on his knees and prayed. Then, turning toward Tabitha’s body, he said, “Tabitha, stand up!” [Immediately] she opened her eyes and, when she saw Peter, she sat up.
pieli den ñani bikuli, ki gbaani, ki jaandi, li ya puoli, o den pegidi ki nuali o tinkpilo, ki yedi: Tabita fii! o pua yeni den ŋubidi o nuni ki la pieli, o den fii ki kali.
41 He grasped one of her hands and helped her to stand up. After he had summoned the believers and [especially] the widows [among them to come back in], he showed them that Tabitha was alive [again].
pieli den cuo o nuu ki fiini o ke o sedi. lani o den yini bi nigagidiŋanba leni a kpepuona ki doagidi o, ke o fo.
42 [Soon] people everywhere in Joppa knew about that miracle, and as a result many people believed in the Lord [Jesus].
jafa yaaba kuli den gbadi laa labaalo, ke bi siiga niba boncianla den daani o Diedo.
43 Peter stayed in Joppa many days with a man named Simon who made leather [from animal skins].
pieli den tieni dana waamu jafa, ki ye o jabido simono deni.
