Acts 8
1 And Saul fully approved of his murder. At this time a great persecution broke out against the Church in Jerusalem, and all except the Apostles were scattered throughout Judaea and Samaria.
Sawluh naw Stephen ami hnim vai jah tängpüiki. Acuna mhnüp üng Jerusalem mlüha veki sangcim cun aktäa mkhuimkhanak kham lawki he; acunakyase, Ngsäe däk ve hüt u se, jumeikie naküt cun Judah ja Samarih hnea ngpyeng hükie.
2 A party of devout men, however, buried Stephen, and made loud lamentation over him.
Acunüng, Pamhnam jumkie naw, Stephen cun k’ut u lü, aktäa ami kya.
3 But Saul cruelly harassed the Church. He went into house after house, and, dragging off both men and women, threw them into prison.
Acunüng, Sawluh naw sangcime aktäa a jah khuimkha, im naküt üng lut hü lü jumeikia nghnumi kpamie jah man lü jah kaih hü lü, thawngim üng a jah khyum.
4 Those, however, who were scattered abroad went from place to place spreading the Good News of God's Message;
Acunüng, pyeng hükia jumkie naw hne naküt üng cit u lü ngthu pyen hükie.
5 while Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed Christ there.
Philip cun Samarih hnea mlüh ktunga ju citki naw, Mesijaha mawng khyange veia a ju pyen.
6 Crowds of people, with one accord, gave attention to what they heard from him, listening, and witnessing the signs which he did.
Khyange naw, ngja u lü Philip naw a mdana müncam phyaki he ami jah hmu üng, a ngthu pyen cun aktäa ami ngaih.
7 For, with a loud cry, foul spirits came out of many possessed by them, and many paralytics and lame persons were restored to health.
Isetiakyaküng, khawksea jah venake ami k'um üngka naw khawyaie ngpyang u lü lut lawki he. A khaw kceke ja xokie pi ami daw law bea phäha kyaki.
8 And there was great joy in that city.
Acuna mlüh üngkae cun aktäa jekyaikie.
9 Now for some time past there had been a man named Simon living there, who had been practising magic and astonishing the Samaritans, pretending that he was more than human.
Sihmon ngming nakia khyang mat veki; ani naw, ajana acuna mlüh üng, sui pawh lü Samarih khyange jah cäicatsak khawikia kyaki. “Kei cun khyang sawxat am ni” a ti.
10 To him people of all classes paid attention, declaring, "This man is the Power of God, known as the great Power."
Mlüha veki naküt khyang akdik akdäm naküt naw “Ani hin ‘Hlüngtaikia Johit’ tia ngthangkia Pamhnama Johit ni” ti lü a ngthu pyen cun mcek lü ngaikie.
11 His influence over them arose from their having been, for a long time, bewildered by his sorceries.
A sui bilaw am, aksoa cäicat kphyaki he a ja bilawh khawha phäha, a ngthu cun aktäa ami münnak.
12 But when Philip began to tell the Good News about the Kingdom of God and about the Name of Jesus Christ, and they embraced the faith, they were baptized, men and women alike.
Acunsepi, Pamhnama pe thangkdaw ja Jesuh Khritawa ngming thangkdaw Philipa pyen ami jum ja, nghnumi kpami Baptican khan lawki he.
13 Simon himself also believed, and after being baptized remained in close attendance on Philip, and was full of amazement at seeing such signs and such great miracles performed.
Sihmon naw pi jum law hnga lü Baptican a kham law päng ja Philipa hlawnga ve lü, müncamkse ja müncamnak a jah pawh cun hmu lü cäiki.
14 When the Apostles in Jerusalem heard that the Samaritans had accepted God's Message, they sent Peter and John to visit them.
Acunüng, Jerusalema vekia Ngsäe naw Samarih hnea khyange naw pi Pamhnama ngthu jumkie tia ami ksing law üng, ami veia Pita ja Johan ami jah tüih;
15 They, when they came down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit:
acu xawi ani ju pha üng, Ngmüimkhya Ngcim ami yahnak vaia ami jah ktaiyü pet.
16 for He had not as yet fallen upon any of them. They had only been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
Am acun ham üng ta ua khana Ngmüimkhya Ngcim am pha law; Bawi Jesuha ngming am Baptican däk va khan hamkiea kyaki.
17 Then the Apostles placed their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Angsä xawi naw ami khana ani kut taih ni se, Ngmüimkhya Ngcim yaheikie.
18 When, however, Simon saw that it was through the laying on of the Apostles' hands that the Spirit was bestowed, he offered them money.
Acunüng, Ngsäea kut taiha phäha Ngmüimkhya Ngcim pha lawki ti cun Sihmon naw a hmuh. Acunüng ngui cun Pita ja Johana veia lawpüiki naw,
19 "Give me too," he said, "that power, so that every one on whom I place my hands will receive the Holy Spirit."
“Kei pi, khyange khana ka kut taih ngüse, Ngmüimkhya Ngcim ami yahnak thei vaia johit na pe nia” ti lü a jah kthäh.
20 "Perish your money and yourself," replied Peter, "because you have imagined that you can obtain God's free gift with money!
Pamhnama bäkhäknak cun a ngui am khyäi khaia a büa phäha, Pita naw, “Na xünak ja na ngui mulaia cit ni se,
21 No part or lot have you in this matter, for your heart is not right in God's sight.
na mlung Pamhnama hmaia käh ngsungpyunkia kyase, hin üng käh na ngpüi hngaki, na ham pi am ve;
22 Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord, in the hope that the purpose which is in your heart may perhaps be forgiven you.
acunakyase, na mkhyekatnak ngjut lü Bawipa veia ktaiyüa, acunüng, na mlung üng na ngaihnak ni mhlät khai ni.
23 For I perceive that you have fallen into the bitterest bondage of unrighteousness."
“Nang cun püi ng’eihnak am bebang lü mkhyekatnaka thawng kyuma na kyaki ti ksing veng” a ti.
24 "Pray, both of you, to the Lord for me," answered Simon, "that nothing of what you have said may come upon me."
Acunüng, Sihmon naw, nani pyen ka khana am a pha lawnak vaia, nangni naw Bawipa veia na ktaiyü pe nia” ti lü Pita ja Johan a jah mtheh.
25 So the Apostles, after giving a solemn charge and delivering the Lord's Message, travelled back to Jerusalem, making known the Good News also in many of the Samaritan villages.
Acunüng, ani xawi naw saksi ja Bawipa ngthu ami ksingsak käna, Jerusalem mlüha citbeki xawi. Ani ceh sawa Samarih ngnam khawhah üng Thangkdaw sangki xawi.
26 And an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Rise and proceed south to the road that runs down from Jerusalem to Gaza, crossing the Desert."
Bawipaa khankhawngsä mat naw Philipa veia, “Tho law lü Jerusalem üngkhyüh Kaza khawa cehnaka lam üng cita” a ti (Acuna lam cun tuh ta am sumei ti u.)
27 Upon this he rose and went. Now, as it happened, an Ethiopian eunuch who was in a position of high authority with Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, as her treasurer, had visited Jerusalem to worship there,
Acunüng, tho law lü citki. Acua Ethiopia khawa Candace, Ethiopia upki nghnumia khawthem naküt msümcei lü nghnumi awmki cun Jerusalem khawa Pamhnam va hjawkhah khaia citki;
28 and was now on his way home; and as he sat in his chariot he was reading the Prophet Isaiah.
a nglat law be lama, a senghlea khana ngaw lü sahma Hesajah cauk üngka kheki.
29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go and enter that chariot."
Acunüng, Ngmüimkhya naw Philipa veia, “Cana senghle veia cit lü a hlawnga va vea” a ti.
30 So Philip ran up and heard the eunuch reading the Prophet Isaiah. "Do you understand what you are reading?" he asked.
Acunüng, Philip cun acuna ngvaia veia va cit lü sahma Hesajaha cauk khe se ngjaki naw, “Na khea asuilam na ksingki aw?” a ti.
31 "Why, how can I," replied the eunuch, "unless some one explains it to me?" And he earnestly invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
Ani naw, “U naw am a na mtheh cun ihawkba ka ksing thei khai ni?” a ti. Acunüng, a veia ngaw hnga khaia Philip cun a khü.
32 The passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: "Like a sheep He was led to slaughter, and just as a lamb before its shearer is dumb so He opened not His mouth.
Acunüng, Cangcim a khe cun: “Hnim vaia toa mäiha ani cun ami cehpüi; To a mu ami kteih üng käh khihkheh lü a vea mäiha, ani pi käh khihkheh lü veki;
33 In His humiliation justice was denied Him. Who will make known His posterity? For He is destroyed from among men."
Ani cun hnemnak a khamei üng, am cangkia lei ami mtai pet; u naw pi a mjükphyüi mawng am pyen khawh u, isetiakyaküng khawmdeka ania sak cun päihki” kyaki.
34 "Pray, of whom is the Prophet speaking?" inquired the eunuch; "of himself or of some one else?"
Acunüng, ngvai naw Philipa veia, “Sahma naw hin hin ua mawng ni a pyen? Amäta mawng mä, khyang kcea mawng mä? Ni kthäh veng na mtheha” a ti.
35 Then Philip began to speak, and, commencing with that same portion of Scripture, told him the Good News about Jesus.
Philip naw, thangkdaw cun ahina Cangcim üngkhyüh tünei lü Jesuha mawng cun a mtheh.
36 So they proceeded on their way till they came to some water; and the eunuch exclaimed, "See, here is water; what is there to prevent my being baptized?"
Acunüng, lam ani ceh k'um üng, tuia venak pha ni se; ngvai naw, “Tenga, hin üng tui ve ve, Baptican kham vaia i naw na kyawhki ni?” ti se,
Philip naw, “Na mlungmthin avan am na jumei üng na kham theiki” ti se; ngvai naw, “Jesuh Khritaw, Pamhnama Cakpaa kyaki ti ka jumki” ti lü a msang.
38 So he stopped the chariot; and both of them--Philip and the eunuch--went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.
Acunüng, angvai naw senghle ngdüihsak lü, Philipa dä ngvai cun tui da citki xawi. Acun üng Philip naw Baptican a khamsak.
39 But no sooner had they come up out of the water than the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again. With a glad heart he resumed his journey;
Acunüng, tui üngka naw ani thaw law be ja, Bawipaa Ngmüimkhya naw Philip cun cehpüi. Angvai naw Philip am hmu ti kyaw lüpi jekyainak am amäta lama citbeki.
40 but Philip found himself at Ashdod. Then visiting town after town he everywhere made known the Good News until he reached Caesarea.
Acunsepi, Philip cun Azuk mlüha ngdang law be lü; a ceh sawa acuna mlüh üngkhyüh Ketarih am a pha hama küt üng, mlüh naküt üng thangkdaw sang hüki.
