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]
Mayindu ma Sawuli maba kaka mu yamisa ayi mu vonda minlonguki mi Pfumu, wuyenda kuidi Pfumu yi zinganga Nzambi ku Yelusalemi
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].
ayi wunlomba minkanda minata mu zinzo zi zikhutukunu zi Damasi muingi kabaka bukangila babakala voti baketo, bobo banlandakana nzila yi Pfumu ayi kuba nata bakangama ku Yelusalemi.
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.
Bu kaba mu nzila, buna weka nduka tula ku Damasi, kazimbukila kiezilakikienzuka mu diyilu banga lusiemo.
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]”
Bu kabua va tsi, wuwa mbembo yinkamba: —A Sawuli e! A Sawuli e! A bila mbi wulembo ndiamisina e?
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]!
Sawuli wuvutula: —Pfumu, ngeyo widi nani e? Pfumu wunkamba: —Minu Yesu diodi wunyamisanga!
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.”
Vayi telama buabu! Kota ku divula, kuawu maba kamba mambu mawu fueti vanga!
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.
Batu boso baba yandi mu nzila batelama, basia baka kadi dituba ko, bawa mbembov ayi basia mona mutu ko.
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.
Sawuli wutelama. Meso mandi maba mazibuka vayi kasia mona ko. Bansimbidila mu koko, bannata ku Damasi.
9 For the next three days Saul could not see [anything], and he did not eat or drink anything.
Bilumbu bitatu kasia kadi mona, kasia dia voti kadi nua.
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].”
Nlonguki wumosi wuba ku Damasi, dizina diandi Ananiasi. Pfumu wummonikina mu tsongolo ayi wuntela: —“Ananiasi!” Niandi wuvutula: —Tala, Minu kawu Pfumu!
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].
Bosi Pfumu wunkamba: —Telama! Yenda mu nzila yoyi bantedilanga: “nzila yilulama” ayi tomba mutu wumosi bantedilanga Sawuli muisi Talisi widi ku nzo Yuda. Vayi tala mutu wulembo sambila
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.”
ayi wumueni mu tsongolo mutu wumosi, bantedilanga Ananiasiwukotidi ayi wuntetikidi mioko mu diambu di kabuela mona diaka.
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!
Ananiasi wuvutula: —A Pfumu! Ndiwilu batu bawombo banyolukila mambu ma mutu wowo ayi mabienga momo kavangidi banlongo baku mu Yelusalemi.
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]!”
Beki kuaku lulendo lubedi kuidi bapfumu banganga Nzambi, lukangisila babo bansambilanga dizina diaku.
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.
Vayi Pfumu wunkamba: —Yenda bila ndisobudi mutu wowo mu kutsadila; wela zabikisa dizina diama kuidi Bapakanu, mintinu ayi kuidi bana ba Iseli.
16 I myself will tell him that he must often suffer greatly because of [telling people about] me [MTY].”
Bosi ndiela kummonisa mambu mawombo momo mafueti kummonisa phasi mu diambu di dizina diama.
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}.”
Ananiasi wuyenda; wukota muna nzo beni, wutetika Sawuli mioko ayi wunkamba: —A khombꞌama Sawuli, Pfumu Yesu diodi dimonikini mu nzila yoyi wuyizidi, wuthumini muingi wubuela mona diaka ayi wuba wuwala mu pheve Yinlongo.
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].
Vana vawu, bima bidoduka mu meso mandi biba banga makua ma mbizi yi nlangu. Wutona buela mona. Buna wutelama ayi wubotama.
19 After Saul ate some food, he felt strong again. Saul stayed with the [other] believers in Damascus for several days.
Bu kadia zingolo zivutuka. Sawuli wukala ndambu bilumbu ayi minlonguki ku Damasi.
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.
Ayi mu bilumbu bina kaka wutona longa mu zinzo zi zikhutukunu ti Yesu niandi Muana Nzambi.
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]!”
Batu bobo banwa basimina buwombo ayi batuba: —A beno! Niandi ko mutu wowo wubedi yamisanga batu bobo babedi sambilanga dizina diodi ku Yelusalemi ayi wuyizila kuaku mu lukanu lu kuba nata bakanga kuidi bapfumu banganga Nzambi e?
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]).
Vayi Sawuli wukinda mu lulendo wukangisa miunu mi Bayuda baba kalanga ku Damasi bu kaba kuba sudikisanga mu bukiedika ti Yesu niandi Klisto.
23 Some time later, [after Saul had left Damascus and then returned], the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] [there] plotted to kill him.
Bilumbu biwombo bu bivioka, Bayuda bawizana mu kumvonda.
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.
Vayi Sawuli wuwa lufiefi beni. Basunga builu ayi muini, mielo mi divula muingi bamvonda.
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].
Vayi, va builu, minlonguki miandi minkuludila mu pani mu yenda baka ki luphangu lu divula.
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.
Bu katula ku Yelusalemi, wutomba fubakana ayi minlonguki, vayi baboso bammona tsisi. Bila basia kikinina ko ti weka nlonguki.
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].
Vayi Balinabasi wumbonga ayi wunnata kuidi bamvuala. Wuba kamba buevi Sawuli kamonina Pfumu mu nzila yi Damasi; Pfumu yoyi yinyolukila ayi buevi kalongila mu kambu tsisi, mu dizina di Yesu ku Damasi.
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].
Wuba kuenda ayi kuiza yawu va kimosi ku Yelusalemi ayi wuyolukila mu kambu tsisi mu dizina di Pfumu.
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).
Wusolula, wufindana ziphaka ayi Bayuda bobo baba tubanga Kingeleki vayi bawu batomba kumvonda.
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].
Vayi bakhomba bu zizaba diambu beni, zinnata ku Sezali bosi zimfidisa ku Talise.
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].
Dibundu diba mu ndembama mu Yuda dioso, mu Ngalili ayi mu Samali bu dikindusu ayi bu dikinzika Pfumu. Batu babuelama mu lusadusu lu Pheve yinlongo.
32 While Peter was traveling throughout those [regions, once] he went to [the coastal plain to visit] the believers [who lived] in Lydda [town].
Bu diba ti Piela wudiengila mu zunga kioso, wuyenda tala banlongo bobo baba kalanga ku Lide.
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.
Kuna kamonina mutu wumosi dizina diandi Ene, wuba dikoka. Nana di mimvu kabela wuleka va mbukꞌandi.
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.
Piela wunkamba: —A Ene! Yesu beti tedila Klisto wubelusidi. Telama kuaku! Kubika mbukꞌaku ngeyo veka. Vana vawu wutelama.
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].
Batu boso baba kalanga ku Lide ayi ku Saloni bammona ayi babaluka kuidi Pfumu.
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].
Kuba nlonguki wumosi wu nketo ku Yope, baba tedilanga Tabita bu dinsundula Dolukasi wuba nketo wu mavanga mamboti ayi minsukami miwombo kasadisa.
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].
Vayi yiyiza ba mu bilumbu beni, bu kabakana kimbevo buna wufua. Bu bamana kunsukula, bantula ku vinga kidi ku yilu banga.
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]!”
Sumbu Lide diba difikama ayi Yope, minlonguki bu miwa ti Piela widi ku divula di Yope, buna mifidisa babakala buadi kuidi niandi ayi bankamba: —Kadi zingila mu kuiza kuidi beto.
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.
Piela wutelama, wuyenda yawu. Buna katumbu tula, bannata ku vinga kidi ku yilu banga. Mafuola moso mayiza ku kaba mu bidilu. Mammonisa biyunga ayi minledi; bima bioso biobi katunga bu kabedi yawu va kimosi.
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.
Vayi Piela bu katotula batu boso ku nganda, buna wufukama, wusambila, wutadisa ku ndambu kubela mvumbi ayi wutuba: —Tabita! Kotuka kuaku! Mbadi Tabita wuzibula meso; Wumona Piela, wuvuanda.
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].
Piela wunsimba mu koko, wuntelimisa, wutumisa banlongo ayi mafuola; bosi wuba monisa niandi wumoyo.
42 [Soon] people everywhere in Joppa knew about that miracle, and as a result many people believed in the Lord [Jesus].
Tsangu beni yimana tembakana mu Yope dioso ayi bawombo bawilukila Pfumu.
43 Peter stayed in Joppa many days with a man named Simon who made leather [from animal skins].
Piela wukala bilumbu biwombo ku Yope, ku nzo Simoni diodi diba salanga kisalu ki vanganga bima mu minkanda mi bibulu.
