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 da asi ɖe Stefano wuwu sia dzi kpem. Tso gbe ma gbe dzi la, amewo dze xɔsetɔ siwo le Yerusalem la yometiti gɔme vevie, eye esia na be wo katã wosi yi Yudea kple Samaria nutowo me negbe apostoloawo ɖeɖe koe susɔ ɖe Yerusalem.
2 Devout men buried Stephen and lamented greatly over him.
Ke Yudatɔ aɖewo siwo vɔ̃a Mawu la va kɔ Stefano ƒe kukua ɖaɖi, eye wofae ŋutɔ.
3 But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison.
Ke Saulo ɖoe kplikpaa be yeagblẽ hame la. Etsoa aƒe me yia aƒe me, léa ŋutsuwo kple nyɔnuwo siaa ɖadea gaxɔ me.
4 Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word.
Ke xɔsetɔ siwo si dzo le Yerusalem la kaka Yesu ƒe nyanyui la le afi sia afi si woyi la.
5 Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ.
Filipo hã yi Samaria, eye wòɖe gbeƒã le Kristo ŋuti na wo.
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.
Filipo wɔ nukunu geɖewo le Samaria, eya ta amewo va ɖoa toe ɣe sia ɣi.
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.
Enya gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃wo do goe le amewo me, eye ne wodo go le ameawo me alea la, wonɔa ɣli dom sesĩe. Eyɔ dɔ tekunɔwo kple lãmetututɔwo.
8 There was great joy in that city.
Esia wɔe be dzidzɔ blibo yɔ dua me fũu.
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,
Ke ŋutsu aɖe si ŋkɔe nye Simɔn la nɔ Samaria dua me. Enye afakala xɔŋkɔ aɖe, eye wòna Samaria dukɔ la ƒe nu ku; eya ŋutɔ da ŋkɔ ɖe eɖokui dzi be yenye gã.
10 to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is that great power of God.”
Amewo katã ku ɖe eŋu; ame ŋkutawo kple ame gblɔewo siaa, eye woda ŋkɔ ɖe edzi be, “Ame siae nye Mawu ƒe ŋusẽ si woyɔna be Ŋusẽ Gã” la.
11 They listened to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.
Amewo dze eyome hoo, elabena enana be woƒe nu kuna to eƒe afakaka la me ɣeyiɣi didi aɖe.
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.
Ke esi dua me tɔwo se nyanyui la si Filipo gblɔ tso mawufiaɖuƒe la ŋu kple Yesu Kristo ƒe ŋkɔ la, woxɔe se, eye wode mawutsi ta na wo, ŋutsuwo kple nyɔnuwo siaa.
13 Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.
Nukutɔe la, Simɔn, afakala la ŋutɔ hã xɔ mawunya dzi se, ale wode mawutsi ta nɛ. Le esia megbe la, enɔ Filipo ŋu kplikplikpli yia afi sia afi si wòyina la, eye nukunu siwo katã Filipo wɔ la na be eƒe nu ku ŋutɔ.
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,
Esi apostolo siwo le Yerusalem se be mawunya ɖo Samaria la, woɖo Petro kple Yohanes ɖa be woaɖakpɔ ale si nuwo nɔ edzi yimii le afi ma ɖa.
15 who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
Esime ame dɔdɔawo va ɖo Samaria teti ko la, wodo gbe ɖa ɖe xɔsetɔ yeyeawo ta be woaxɔ Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la,
16 for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.
elabena tsi ko wode ta na wo le Aƒetɔ Yesu ƒe ŋkɔ me, ke womexɔ Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la haɖe o.
17 Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Esi Petro kple Yohanes nɔ gbea dom ɖa la, woda woƒe asiwo ɖe xɔsetɔawo dzi, eye enumake woxɔ Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la.
18 Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,
Esi Simɔn kpɔ be wona Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe amewo to apostoloawo ƒe asidada ɖe wo dzi me la, ena ga apostoloawo, eye wògblɔ na wo be,
19 saying, “Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”
“Mina ŋusẽ sia nye hã ale be ame sia ame si dzi mada asi ɖo la naxɔ Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la.”
20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
Petro ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Wò ga natsrɔ̃ kpli wò, elabena èbu be yeate ŋu aƒle Mawu ƒe nunana kple ga!
21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t right before God.
Wɔƒe kple gomekpɔkpɔ aɖeke mele asiwò le subɔsubɔdɔ sia me o, elabena wò dzi menyo le Mawu ƒe ŋkume o.
22 Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
Dzudzɔ ta me vɔ̃ɖi ɖoɖo ne nàdo gbe ɖa na Aƒetɔ la. Ɖewohĩ atsɔ wò susu vɔ̃ɖi sia ake wò,
23 For I see that you are in the poison of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.”
elabena edze nam ƒãa be, èyɔ fũu kple vevesese eye nènye kluvi na nu vɔ̃.”
24 Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me.”
Simɔn ɖo eŋu be, “Do gbe ɖa na Aƒetɔ la ɖe tanye be nu siwo miegblɔ la dometɔ aɖeke madzɔ ɖe dzinye o.”
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.
Ke esi Petro kple Yohanes ɖi ɖase hegblɔ Aƒetɔ ƒe nya la vɔ la, wogatrɔ yi Yerusalem. Wotɔ ɖe Samaria kɔƒe geɖewo hã me le mɔa dzi, hegblɔ nyanyui la na amewo le afi siawo hã.
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.”
Ke le Filipo gome la, mawudɔla aɖe va gblɔ nɛ be, “Tso nàyi mɔ si tso Yerusalem heto Gaza gbegbe la dzi.”
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.
Filipo tso heyi abe ale si wogblɔ nɛ la ene; eye kasia ekpɔ Etiopia ŋutsu aɖe, si nye fianyɔnu Kandake ƒe ŋusẽtɔ kple gadzikpɔla gã la. Etso Yerusalem, afi si wòɖawɔ subɔsubɔ le Mawu ƒe gbedoxɔ la me le,
28 He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
eye wòtrɔ yina aƒe. Esi wònɔ mɔa dzi la, enɔ Nyagblɔɖila Yesaya ƒe agbalẽ xlẽm sesĩe le eƒe tasiaɖam me.
29 The Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.”
Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la gagblɔ na Filipo be, “Te ɖe tasiaɖam la ŋu.”
30 Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
Esi wòɖe abla te ɖe tasiaɖam la ŋu, eye wòse be ele Nyagblɔɖila Yesaya ƒe agbalẽ xlẽm la, Filipo biae be, “Èse nu si xlẽm nèle la gɔmea?”
31 He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
Etiopia ŋutsu la ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Ao, nɔvi, aleke mate ŋu ase egɔme esi ame aɖeke meli aɖe eme nam o?” Azɔ eɖe kuku na Filipo be wòage ɖe tasiaɖam la me anɔ ye xa. Filipo wɔ nenema.
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.
Biblia ƒe akpa si xlẽm wònɔ la gblɔ be, “Wokplɔe abe alẽvi ene yina wuwu ge, eye abe ale si alẽvi nɔa anyi kpoo ne wole eƒe fũwo sẽm ene la, nenema ke eya hã wɔ, meke nu kura o.
33 In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generation? For his life is taken from the earth.”
Le eƒe ɖokuibɔbɔ ta womedrɔ̃ ʋɔnue ɖe mɔ dzɔdzɔe nu o. Ame kae ate ŋu agblɔ ale si dzidzime si me wòdzɔ ɖo la ƒe tagbɔ sẽe la afia? Elabena woɖe eƒe agbe ɖa le anyigba dzi.”
34 The eunuch answered Philip, “Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?”
Etiopia ŋutsu la bia Filipo be, “Nyagblɔɖila Yesaya ŋu eya ŋutɔ nɔ nu ƒom le loo alo ame bubu aɖe ŋuea?”
35 Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him about Jesus.
Tete Filipo wɔ mawunya si wòxlẽ la kple bubuwo ŋu dɔ hegblɔ nyanyui la nɛ le Yesu ŋu.
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?”
Esi wonɔ mɔa dzi yina sẽe ko la, wova ke ɖe tɔsisi sue aɖe ŋu. Etiopia ŋutsua bia Filipo be, “Kpɔ ɖa! Tsie nye esi; nu ka ta nyemade mawutsi ta zi ɖeka o?” [
Filipo ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Nenye be èxɔe se tso wò dzi blibo me ko la, ekema naneke mexe mɔ o.” Etiopia ŋutsu la ɖo eŋu be, “Mexɔe se be Yesu Kristoe nye Mawu ƒe Vi la.]”
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.
Enumake etɔ tasiaɖam la, eye wòɖi ge ɖe tsi la me, eye Filipo de mawutsi ta nɛ.
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.
Esi wòdo tso tsia me teti ko la, Aƒetɔ la ƒe Gbɔgbɔ kɔ Filipo dzoe, ale be Etiopia ŋutsu la megakpɔe o, ke eya hã dze aƒemɔ dzi kple dzidzɔ.
40 But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities until he came to Caesarea.
Egblɔ nyanyui la le afi ma, eye wògagblɔe le du siwo katã le Kaesarea mɔ dzi la hã me.
