Acts 1
1 [Dear] Theophilus, In my first book [that I wrote for you], I wrote about many of the things that Jesus did and taught
Diofilase, na na: iyado! Na musa: dedei amo ganodini na Yesu Ea degabo hou amola olelesu dedei. Amo hou hamone, asili,
2 until the day on which he was taken {[God] took him} up [to heaven]. Before [he went to heaven], saying what the Holy Spirit [told him], he told the apostles whom he had chosen [the things that he wanted them to know].
E da Hebene sogega heda: i. Be hidadea, Gode Ea A: silibu Hadigidafa Gala amo Ea gasaga, E da Ea ilegei asunasi dunu ilima ilia fa: no hawa: hamomu ilima olelei.
3 After he had suffered [and died on the cross], [he became alive again]. As he appeared to them [often] during [the next] 40 days, the apostles saw him many times. He proved to them in many ways that he was alive again. He talked [with them] about [how] God would rule [MET] [the lives of people who accepted him as their king].
Eso 40 amoga E da ilima bagohame mabeba: le, E da dafawane esala amo ilia mae beda: iwane dafawaneyale dawa: i. Ilia da Yesu ba: i amola E amola ilia, Gode Ea Hina Gode Ea Hou gilisili sia: dasu.
4 [One time] while he was with them, he told them, “Do not leave Jerusalem [yet]. Instead, wait [here] until my Father sends [his Spirit] [MTY] [to you], as he promised [to do]. You have heard me speak [to you] about that.
Amalalu, ilia gilisibiba: le, E da ilima amane adoi, “Yelusaleme moilai bai bagade mae yolema. Be ouesalu, Na Ada ea hahawane dogolegele iasu, Na musa: dilima olelei liligi, amo dilia ba: mu.
5 John baptized people in water [because they said that they wanted to change their lives], but after a few days [LIT] [God] will put the Holy Spirit within you(pl) [to truly change your lives].”
Yone da hanoga fane salawane ba: bodaise hamoi. Be eso bagahame aligili, Gode Ea A: silibu Hadigidafa Gala amoga Na da dili fane salawane ba: bodaise hamomu!”
6 One day when the [apostles] met together [with Jesus], they asked him, “Lord, will you [(sg)] now become the King [MET] over [us] Israelite people [like King David, who ruled long ago]?” (OR, “Lord, will you [(sg)] now [defeat the Romans and] restore the kingdom [to us] Israelite people?”)
Asunasi dunu ilia Yesuma gilisisia, Ema adole ba: i, “Hina! Di da wali Gode Ea Hinadafa Hou ouligibi amo Isala: ili dunu fi ilima bu ima: bela: ?”
7 He replied to them, “You do not [need] to know the time [periods] and days [when that will happen]. My Father alone has decided [when he will make me king].
Be Yesu da bu adole i, “Eso amola ode huluane, Gode Hi fawane da ilegesa. Ilia mabe da dilia liligi hame.
8 But [you do need to know that] the Holy Spirit will make you [spiritually] strong when he comes to live in you. Then you will [powerfully] tell people about me in Jerusalem and in all [the other places in] Judea [district], in Samaria [district], and in places far away all over [IDM] the world.”
Be Gode Ea A: silibu Hadigidafa Gala da gasa bagade dilia dogo ganodini aligila dasea, dilia da gasa bagade hou labeba: le, Yelusaleme soge, Yudia soge, Samelia soge amola osobo bagade soge bega: asili bega: doaga: mu, amo ganodini dilia da Na hou olelemu!”
9 After he said that, he was taken {[God] took him} up [to heaven], while they were watching. [He went up into] a cloud [PRS], which prevented them from seeing him [any more].
Amo sia: i dagoloba, ilia da ba: laloba, E da muagado heda: le, mu mobi amoga uligiba: le, Ea da: i hodo ilia bu hame ba: i.
10 While [the apostles] were [still] staring towards the sky as he was going up, suddenly two men who were wearing white clothes stood beside them. [They were angels].
E asi dagoloba, ilia muagado ba: laloba, dunu aduna ahea: ya: i abula amoga idiniginisi, ela da misini, gadenene lelu.
11 One [of] them said, “You men from Galilee [district], (you do not need to stand [here any longer] looking up at the sky!/why do you still stand [here] looking up at the sky?) [RHQ] [Some day] this same Jesus, whom [God] took from you up to heaven, will come back [to earth]. He will return in the same manner as you [just now] saw him when he went up to heaven, [but he will not return now].”
Ela amane sia: i, “Ga: lili dunu! Dilia da abuliba: le udigili mu ba: lalabala? Amo Yesu, wali Gode da dilima fadegale, Hebene diasu amoga lale gadoi. Be E da Hi heda: be hou defele bu osobo bagadega misunu!”
12 Then [after the two angels left], the apostles returned to Jerusalem from Olive [Tree] Hill, which was about (a half mile/one kilometer) [MTY] from Jerusalem.
Amalalu, Olifede Goumi yolesili, 1gilomida agoane asili, ado ba: su dunu da Yelusaleme moilai bai bagade amoga buhagi.
13 When they entered [the city], they went upstairs to the room [in the house] where they were staying. [Those who were there included] Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, [another] James [the son] of Alphaeus, Simon who belonged to the group that wanted to expel the Romans, and Judas [the son] of [another man named] James.
Moilai ganodini asili, ilia esalebe diasudafa golili sa: i. Dunu gilisi da Bida, Yone, Ya: mese, A:dalu, Filibe, Domase, Badolemiu, Ma: dui, Ya: mese (A: lafiase egefe), Saimone (Selode - E da Isala: ili soge “idibedese” lamu hanai dunu) amola Yudase (Ya: mese egefe),
14 All these apostles agreed concerning the things about which they continually were praying [together. Others who prayed with them] included the women [who had accompanied Jesus], Mary who was Jesus’ mother, and his [younger] brothers.
Amo dunu amola uda mogili, ili amola Yesu Ea ame amola Yesu Ea eyalali, eso bagohame sia: ne gadomusa: gilisisu.
15 During those days Peter stood up among his fellow believers. There were [at that place] a group of about 120 of [Jesus’ followers]. Peter said,
Eso afaega Yesu Ea fa: no bobogesu dunu 120 agoane, sia: sa: imusa: gilisi. Bida da sia: musa: wa: legadoi.
16 “My fellow believers, [there are words that King] David wrote [MTY] in the Scriptures long ago that needed to be fulfilled {to happen [as he said they would]}. The Holy Spirit, [who knew that Judas would be the one who would fulfill those words], told David what to write.
E amane sia: i, “Na fi dunu! Gode Sia: musa: dedei da didili hamoi dagoi. Gode Ea A: silibu da Da: ibidi ea lafidili amo Yudase ea hou ba: la: lusu. Yudase da amo ba: la: lusu defele, dunu amo da Yesu gagulaligimusa: dawa: i amo Ema oule misi.
17 [Although] Judas had been chosen {[Jesus] had chosen Judas}, along with [the rest of] us [(exc)] to serve [as an apostle], Judas was the person who led to Jesus the people who seized him.”
Yudase ema da hawa: hamomusa: ilegeiba: le, e da ninia gilisisu amo ganodini esalu.
18 [The Jewish leaders] gave Judas money when he [promised to] treacherously/wickedly [betray Jesus. Later Judas returned that money to them]. When Judas [hanged himself], his body fell down [to the ground]. His abdomen burst open, and all his intestines spilled out. [So] the [Jewish leaders] bought a field [using] that money.
(Yudase ea hohonosu hamobeba: le muni lai. Amoga e da soge lale, amo soge ganodini e bogole dafai. Ea hagomo fudagala: le, iga huluane gadili asi.
19 All the people who reside in Jerusalem heard [about that], so they called that field in their own [Aramaic] language, Akeldama, which means ‘Field of Blood’, [because it was where someone bled and died].
Yelusaleme diabe dunu huluane amo hou nabi dagoi. Amaiba: le, ilia sia: ga amo sogega ilia Aseledama dio asuli. Aseledama dawa: loma: ne da Maga: me Soge.)
20 [Peter also said], “[I perceive that what happened to Judas is like what the writer of] Psalms [desired to happen]: ‘May his house become deserted, and may there be no one to live in it.’ (OR, ‘[Judge him, Lord, so that neither he nor] anyone [else] may live in his house!)’ And it seems that [these other words that David wrote also refer to Judas: ] ‘Let someone else take over his work as a leader.’”
Bai Gesami Hea: su Buga ganodini da agoane dedei diala, ‘Dunu da ea diasu fisili, bu amo ganodini hamedafa esalebe ba: mu.’ Eno dedei diala, ‘Eno dunu da ea hawa: hamosu sogebi lamu.’
21 “So it is necessary [for us apostles] to choose a man [to replace Judas. He must be one who] accompanied [MTY] us all the time when the Lord Jesus was with us.
22 [That would be] from [the time when] John [the Baptizer] baptized [Jesus] until the day when Jesus was taken {when [God] took Jesus} from us up [to heaven]. He must be one who saw Jesus alive again [after he died].”
Amaiba: le ninia Hina Gode Yesu E uhini wa: legadoi, amo hou ba: su dunu eno ninia gilisisu amoga madelamu da defea. Amo dunu e da ninia amola Hina Gode Yesu gilisili esalebeba: le hou huluane ba: i, agoai dunu ilegemu da defea. Amo Yesu amola ninia gilisili ahoasu, degabo da Yone ea hanoga fane salasu hou olelei, asili, Yesu da nini yolesili, muagado bu heda: i, amo hou huluane ba: su dunu da defea.”
23 So the [apostles and other believers] suggested [the names of two men who qualified. One man was] Joseph, who was called {whom people called} Barsabbas (OR, Joseph Barsabbas) who [also] had the [Roman] name Justus. The other man was Matthias.
Amalalu, ilia da dunu aduna lai. Ela dio, afae da Basaba: se (ea dio eno Yasadase), eno da Ma: diase.
24 Then they prayed like this: “Lord [Jesus], Judas stopped being an apostle. [He died and] went to the place where he [deserved to be] [EUP]. [So we(exc) need to choose someone] to replace [Judas in order] that he can serve [you(sg) by becoming] an apostle. You [(sg)] know what everyone is really like. So [please] show us which of these two men you have chosen.”
Amalalu, ilia agoane sia: ne gadoi, “Hina Gode! Di da dunu huluane ilia asigi dawa: su dawa: ! Amaiba: le, amo dunu aduna ba: beba: le, Dia ilegei dunu ninima olelema.
Yudase da yolesili, hi sogedafa amoga asiba: le, Dia ilegei dunu da ea hawa: hamosu lamu!”
26 Then they cast lots [to choose between the two of] them, and the lot fell for Matthias. (OR, Then [one of] the [apostles] shook [in a container] small objects/stones [that] they [had marked to determine which man God had chosen]. And the small object/stone [that they had marked] for Matthias fell [out of the container]). So Matthias was considered {they considered Matthias} [to be an apostle] along with the [other] eleven apostles.
Amalalu, ilia ululuale dunu afae ea dio lai. Ilia Ma: daia: se ea dio ba: i. Amaiba: le, Ma: daia: se da eno asunasi dunu gidayale gala amoga gilisi.
