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
Uyettike utakarda utuba sa maa nya, Tiyofilus maa buki.
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].
Vat abanga akatuma ka yeso, yeso maa tubisi katuma ku dungura uwiyi ukaba umeme udi ku. A dungurka una ubi be biriri a tari ta anu tize ta asere sa azauka.
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].
Sa ma marii uzito me ya akaa ma en inice nimeme u huma daki ire imum ya kem ma ba
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.
Uganiya sa ma zin ni'ori nan we ma gbarika we kati wa ceki Ujarusalem ba, ca wa be u'inko utize ta coo abanga ugu ana, ya kuna ya kuna ahira am.
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].”
Yohana anu in mei shi adi zorso in bibe biririin ye cingili sa ti eze.
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?”)
Uganiya sa wa gurna vat, wa iki me “vanaa asere uganiya uge uni udi buri anu tarsa Asere anyimo israila me.”
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].
Ma gun we, azo ka tuma kashi kani ba irusi uganiya nan uwuyi aco mani unurusa uwuyi uginome.
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.”
Shi idi kabi nikara, ingi bibe biriri ba aye shi idi cukuno aje am. Ujarusalem u hana Ujidiya nanu samariya uhana ibinani unee.
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].
Uganiya sa vanaa Asere ma buki ti mum tige me, uganiya sa wa zi unu hira asesere, wadusa wa iri ma hira wadusa aseser niwiri ni dusa ni inpi me daki wa ira me ba.
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].
Sa wa riki aje aseser wazi unu hira ume u dusa u meme wa dusa are anu wa re in turunga tirum pert wa turi ani kira ni we me.
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].”
Wa gun we, “shi anu ugalili, nyanini ya tonno aba me izi hira aseser me? Yesu ugeme sa ma dusa aseser madi kuri ma ze, gusi u dusa sa ya inu dusa me.”
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.
Wa dusa wa kuri uhana Ujarusalem u hana ani poo ni olives, nazi mamu nan Ujarusalem, tanu me ta zi unu wui Asabar ani.
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.
Sa wa biki wa nyene ahira ati gura ana zaa. Ahira sa wa ciki ni wazi Bitrus, Andrawus, Toma, Bartatimawus, Simon, Matiyu, Yakubu ussam u Alfasus, Simon una biyau ba asere nan Yahuda vanaa u Yakubu.
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.
Wa guri ace awe me wa cukuno a inde a nyimo u wuza birigara. Wazi nigo me nan ane; Maryamu a'ino a Yesu nan anu henu umeme.
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,
Anyimo ati ye ti gino me Bitrus ma hiri ma atii ani henu, wazi a'ino ukirau nan na akue are, ma gu.
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.
“Nihenu, kadure kani ta Asere ti myinca, sa bibe biriri ba buki tize usuro anyo a Dauda abanga a Yahudawa, desa ma nya Yesu atari ta desa wa meki me.”
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.”
Barki, mazi nigo me nan haru ma kabi ukalum utanda uka tuma ka Asere.”
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.
Ana me unu ugeme ma kpi uru ini mum me sa ma kem ahira a katuma ka buri sa ma wuzi, abi ni me ani marizi mawi ni, nipum me ni wici, tini me ti kponko amatara.
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].
Ya cukuno unu rusa ahira anu me sa wa ciki anyimo Urshalima vat, wa dusa wa inki niza na hira me in nilem niwe me, “Akeldama,” ya cukuno uru umaye.
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.’”
Anyettike anyimo u zabura; na uru me ucukuno ani me, kati aceki uye ma cukuno anyimo me ba. Na aceki uye ma ziki katuma ka meme.
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.
Idi wu rii desa madi ziki katuma me, ma cukuno a nyimo anu sa ma tarsi vat nan uganiya sa Yesu ma zi nigome nan haru.
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].”
Uzika uganiya uzorso Uyohana, uhana uwui sa aziki me ahira aru, ca ma cukuno ukalum iwono nan uhira umeme.
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.
Wa dusa wa reki anu wa re aje; Yusufu sa atisa me Barnaba akuri atisa me Justus we nan Mathias.
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.”
Wa wuzi birigara wagu, “ugomo Asere sa u rusa mu ruba ma nabu vat, bezi duru desa tidi zauka anyimo anu wa re wa geme.”
Sa ma madi cukuno udura uwe me; anyimo atuma kawe me. ma cukuno ahira a yuhuda me sa ma wuzi ugbas me.
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.
Ba wa dusa rezi uzauka, ba urizi ini nice ni Mathias, madusa macukuno anyimo ana tarsa uYesu ukirau nan u'inde ugino me.
