Acts 8
1 Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.
Saulo mpe azalaki na molongo ya bato oyo bandimaki ete baboma Etieni. Kobanda na mokolo wana, minyoko ya makasi ekweyelaki Lingomba kati na Yelusalemi; mpe bandimi nyonso bapalanganaki na Yuda mpe na Samari, longola kaka bantoma.
2 Devout men buried Stephen and lamented greatly over him.
Bato oyo batosaka mibeko ya Nzambe bakundaki Etieni mpe balelaki ye mingi.
3 But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison.
Kasi Saulo akomaki koluka kopanza Lingomba; azalaki kokota na bandako nyonso mpo na kokanga mibali mpe basi, mpe kobwaka bango na boloko.
4 Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word.
Bandimi oyo bapalanganaki bazalaki koteya Liloba na Nzambe bisika nyonso bazalaki kokende.
5 Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ.
Filipo akendeki na engumba moko ya Samari mpe, kuna, ateyaki Klisto.
6 The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip when they heard and saw the signs which he did.
Bongo tango ebele ya bato bayokaki mpe bamonaki bikamwa oyo asalaki, bakangamaki na makambo oyo Filipo azalaki koloba.
7 For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.
Pamba te milimo ya mbindo ezalaki kobima kati na bato mingi na koganga makasi, mpe bato mingi oyo bakufa makolo mpe oyo batambolaka tengu-tengu babikaki.
8 There was great joy in that city.
Boye, bato ya engumba yango batondisamaki na esengo makasi.
9 But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,
Nzokande, wuta kala, kati na engumba yango, ezalaki na moto moko oyo kombo na ye ezalaki « Simona. » Azalaki kosala misala ya maji. Azalaki kokamwisa bato ya Samari mpe komimona moto monene.
10 to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is that great power of God.”
Bato nyonso, kobanda na bana mike kino na mikolo, bayokaki ye na bokebi mpe balobaki: « Moto oyo, azali penza nguya ya Nzambe, nguya oyo babengaka: Nguya monene. »
11 They listened to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.
Bazalaki kolanda ye mpo ete, wuta kala, azalaki kokamwisa bango na misala na ye ya maji.
12 But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning God’s Kingdom and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Kasi tango bandimaki Sango Malamu oyo Filipo ateyaki na tina na Bokonzi ya Nzambe mpe na tina na Kombo na Yesu-Klisto, mibali mpe basi bazwaki libatisi.
13 Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.
Simona mpe andimaki mpe azwaki libatisi; azalaki kolanda Filipo bisika nyonso oyo azalaki kokende, mpe azalaki kokamwa bilembo minene mpe bikamwa oyo ezalaki kosalema na miso na ye.
14 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,
Tango bantoma, kati na Yelusalemi, bayokaki ete bato ya Samari bayambi Liloba na Nzambe, batindelaki bango Petelo mpe Yoane.
15 who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
Tango bakomaki kuna, basambelaki mpo na bandimi ya sika mpo ete bazwa Molimo Mosantu,
16 for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.
pamba te Molimo Mosantu akitelaki nanu ata moto moko te kati na bango; bazwaki kaka libatisi na Kombo ya Nkolo Yesu.
17 Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Bongo, Petelo mpe Yoane batielaki bango maboko, mpe bazwaki Molimo Mosantu.
18 Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,
Tango Simona amonaki ete bato oyo bandimaki bazwaki Molimo Mosantu, wana bantoma batielaki bango maboko, apesaki Petelo mpe Yoane mbongo;
19 saying, “Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”
mpe alobaki: — Bopesa ngai mpe nguya oyo, mpo ete moto nyonso oyo nakotiela maboko akoka kozwa Molimo Mosantu.
20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
Kasi Petelo azongiselaki ye: — Mpo ete okanisi ete okoki kosomba likabo ya Nzambe na nzela ya mbongo, tika ete yo mpe mbongo na yo bokufa!
21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t right before God.
Solo, ozali na libula te to na makoki te kati na lotomo oyo, pamba te motema na yo ezali sembo te liboso ya Nzambe.
22 Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
Boye, bongwana na mabe na yo mpe bondela Nkolo ete alimbisa yo, soki ekoki kosalema, mpo na makanisi oyo ozalaki na yango kati na motema na yo.
23 For I see that you are in the poison of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.”
Pamba te namoni ete motema na yo etondi na zuwa mpe ozali mowumbu ya masumu.
24 Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me.”
Simona azongisaki: — Bobondela Nkolo mpo na ngai mpo ete, kati na oyo bowuti koloba, eloko moko te ekomela ngai.
25 They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Good News to many villages of the Samaritans.
Sima na bango kotatola mpe kosakola Liloba na Nkolo, Petelo mpe Yoane bazongaki na Yelusalemi; na nzela, bazalaki koteya Sango Malamu kati na bamboka ebele ya Samari.
26 Then an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert.”
Anjelu ya Nkolo alobaki na Filipo: — Telema, kende na sude, na nzela ya esobe, nzela oyo ewuta na Yelusalemi mpe ekenda kino na Gaza.
27 He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.
Boye, Filipo atelemaki mpe akendeki; na nzela, akutanaki na soda moko oyo baboma mokongo, moto ya mboka Etiopi; azalaki kalaka moko ya lokumu mpe azalaki na mokumba ya kobatela bomengo nyonso ya Kandase, mwasi mokonzi ya Etiopi. Moto yango ayaki na Yelusalemi mpo na kogumbamela;
28 He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
bongo wana azalaki kozonga na mboka na ye, azalaki ya kovanda kati na shar na ye mpe azalaki kotanga mokanda ya mosakoli Ezayi.
29 The Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.”
Molimo alobaki na Filipo: — Kende mpe pusana pene ya shar wana.
30 Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
Filipo akendeki mbangu pene ya shar yango mpe ayokaki ye kotanga mokanda ya mosakoli Ezayi. Filipo atunaki ye: — Boni, ozali kososola makambo oyo ozali kotanga?
31 He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
Azongisaki: — Nakososola ndenge nini soki moto alimboleli ngai yango te? Boye abengaki Filipo ete amata na shar mpe avanda pembeni na ye.
32 Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn’t open his mouth.
Tala eteni ya Makomi oyo azalaki kotanga: « Lokola mpate oyo bazali komema na esika oyo babomelaka banyama, lokola meme liboso ya moto oyo azali kolongola yango bapwale, afungolaki monoko na ye te.
33 In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generation? For his life is taken from the earth.”
Basambwisaki ye mpe baboyaki kolongisa ye. Nani akoyebisa bakitani na ye? Pamba te balongoli bomoi na ye na mokili. »
34 The eunuch answered Philip, “Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?”
Bongo, soda oyo baboma nzoto ya mibali atunaki Filipo: — Nabondeli yo, yebisa ngai: mosakoli azali koloba makambo oyo na tina na nani? Azali koloba yango na tina na ye moko to na tina na moto mosusu?
35 Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him about Jesus.
Filipo azwaki maloba mpe, na nzela ya eteni yango ya Makomi, ateyaki ye Sango Malamu ya Yesu.
36 As they went on the way, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?”
Wana bazalaki kokoba mobembo na bango, bakomaki na esika moko oyo ezalaki na mayi, mpe soda oyo baboma mokongo alobaki: — Tala mayi, yango oyo. Eloko nini ekoki kopekisa ngai kozwa libatisi? [
Filipo alobaki: — Soki kaka ondimi wuta na motema na yo mobimba, okoki na yo kozwa libatisi. Moto yango azongisaki: — Nandimi ete Yesu-Klisto azali Mwana na Nzambe!]
38 He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
Mbala moko, apesaki mitindo ete batelemisa shar. Bongo bango mibale, Filipo mpe soda oyo baboma mokongo, bakitaki na mayi, mpe Filipo abatisaki ye.
39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn’t see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing.
Tango babimaki na mayi, Molimo ya Nkolo alongolaki Filipo, mpe soda oyo baboma mokongo amonaki ye lisusu te, kasi akobaki mobembo na ye na esengo.
40 But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities until he came to Caesarea.
Nzokande, Filipo amonanaki na Azoti; mpe longwa kuna, akendeki na Sezarea, wana azalaki koteya Sango Malamu kati na bamboka nyonso epai wapi azalaki kolekela.
