Acts 13

1 And there were certain in Antioch, in the assembly there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen also — Herod the tetrarch's foster-brother — and Saul;

Antiok mlüha sangcime üngka, sahmae ja sajae vekie; acune cun Banabah, Simeon (Khyang le), (Kurinih) khawa ka Lucia, (Herod jah upnakia dä däm lawkia) Manin ja Sawluha kyakie.

2 and in their ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, 'Separate ye to me both Barnabas and Saul to the work to which I have called them,'

Acunüng, Bawipaa khüibi bi u lü ami ei ami jeih k'um üng, Ngmüimkhya Ngcim naw, “Khutbi khai xawia ka jah mcawna Banabah ja Sawluh cun na jah phyäi hnga ua” a ti.

3 then having fasted, and having prayed, and having laid the hands on them, they sent [them] away.

Ami ei jeih u lu ami ktaiyü law päng üng, ani khana ami kut mtaih u lü, ami ja tüih.

4 These, indeed, then, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, thence also they sailed to Cyprus,

Ngmüimkhya Ngcim naw Banabahh ja Sawluh a jah tüihnak üng Selukih mlüha ju cit ni lü, acun üngka naw Kuparuh kawnga mlawng üng citki xawi.

5 and having come unto Salamis, they declared the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they had also John [as] a ministrant;

Acunüng, Salamih mlüha ani pha üng, Judahea sinakoka Pamhnama ngthu pyenki xawi; Johan ami tia Makuh pi jah kpüi khaia ani cehpüi.

6 and having gone through the island unto Paphos, they found a certain magian, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name [is] Bar-Jesus;

Acuna kyawn avan üng cit hü ni lü, Papos cäpa cit hüki xawi; acunüng Judah khyang mat sui khyaihki a ngming Bar Jesuh naw kei sahmaki tiki ani hmuh.

7 who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man; this one having called for Barnabas and Saul, did desire to hear the word of God,

Sekijah Pawluh cun Bar-Jesuh a nglawipüia kyaki. Sekijah Pawluh cun khyang kthema kya lü Papos kyawn upki kyaki. Ani naw Banabah ja Sawluh jah khü lü, Pamhnama ngthu ngai hlüki.

8 and there withstood them Elymas the magian — for so is his name interpreted — seeking to pervert the proconsul from the faith.

Acunsepi, sui khyaihki Eluma (Krik ngminga kyaki) naw jah upki cun am jumei khaia, angsä xawi a jah mah.

9 And Saul — who also [is] Paul — having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having looked stedfastly on him,

Sawluh naki Pawluh ami ti naw, Ngmüimkhya Ngcim am be lü, acuna Bar Jesuh cun büktengki naw,

10 said, 'O full of all guile, and all profligacy, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the right ways of the Lord?

“Nang khawyaia ca ni, nang cun dawkyanaka ye ni, kpyüpyehnak naküt am na beki, Bawipaa ngthukcange hleihlaka nghlatsak khai na ktha naki!

11 and now, lo, a hand of the Lord [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;' and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead [him] by the hand;

“Tukbäih Bawipa kut na khana pha lawki tia ksinga, khawkdei käh na hmu khaia na mik mü khai” a ti. Acun ja Eluma cun nghmüp naw jin se, a kut kha hü lü kaih khai suiki.

12 then the proconsul having seen what hath come to pass, did believe, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

Acunüng, kyawn upki naw acun hmuh lü, Bawipa mawng mtheimthangnak cun müna lü aktäa kyühei lü jumeiki.

13 And those about Paul having set sail from Paphos, came to Perga of Pamphylia, and John having departed from them, did turn back to Jerusalem,

Pawluh cun a ngkhahpüi xawi am, Papos üngka naw mlawng am cit u lü Pampulih hne Parkah mlüha pha u se, acunüng, Johan naki Makuh naw jah cehta lü, Jerusalem da nglat beki.

14 and they having gone through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia, and having gone into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, they sat down,

Acunsepi, anini cun Parkah mlüh üngka naw cit laihlaih ni lü, Pisidih hne Antiok mlüh pha ni lü, acunüng, sabbath mhnüp üng sinakoka lut ni lü ngawki xawi.

15 and after the reading of the law and of the prophets, the chief men of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, 'Men, brethren, if there be a word in you of exhortation unto the people — say on.'

Mosia Thume ja sahmaea cae ami khe law Päng üng, sinakok ngvaie naw, ani veia khyang tüih u lü, “Bena xawi aw, khyang nani jah mcäinak vaia ngthu a ve üng pyen nia” ami ti.

16 And Paul having risen, and having beckoned with the hand, said, 'Men, Israelites, and those fearing God, hearken:

Pawluh ngdüi law lü a kut säng lü, “Pamhnam kyühkia Isarele ja khyangmjükcee aw, ngai ua.

17 the God of this people Israel did choose our fathers, and the people He did exalt in their sojourning in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm did He bring them out of it;

Hina Isarel khyangmjüe Pamhnam naw, mi pupae jah xü lü, khina kba Egypt pea ami ve üng khyangmjü kdäma a pawh. Pamhnam naw a themnak am Egypt pe üngkhyüh a jah lawpüi be.

18 and about a period of forty years He did suffer their manners in the wilderness,

Kum kphyükip khawkhyawng khawa a jah mcei.

19 and having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He did divide by lot to them their land.

Kanan pea khyangmjü khyüh ja näng lü acun käna acuna pe cun Isarele am a jah kanaksak.

20 'And after these things, about four hundred and fifty years, He gave judges — till Samuel the prophet;

Acun käna, sahma Samuilah am a ve law ham üng, kum phyakphyü ja mhmakip ngthumkhyahkie am a jah na pet law.

21 and thereafter they asked for a king, and God did give to them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years;

Acun käna sangpuxang mso u se, Benjamina mjü üngka Kisah a cakpa Sawluh ngming naki, khawkum kphyükip ami sangpuxang vaia Pamhnam naw a jah pet.

22 and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the [son] of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will.

Acun käna ani ksät lü Isarelea sangpuxang vaia Davit a mcawn be; Pamhnam naw cuna mawng cun ngsingsak lü, ‘Jisea cakpa, Davit, ka mlunga mäi mlung naki hmu veng, ani naw ka ngjakhlü naküt bi khai’ a ti.

23 'Of this one's seed God, according to promise, did raise to Israel a Saviour — Jesus,

Pamhnam naw khyütam a jah peta mäiha, Isarele jah küikyan khai Davita mjü üngka Jesuh a jah pet,

24 John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel;

Jesuh naw khutbi, am a tünei law ham üng, Johan naw ami mkhyekatnak nglata u lü baptican ami khan vaia Isarel khyangea veia ngthu a pyen.

25 and as John was fulfilling the course, he said, Whom me do ye suppose to be? I am not [he], but, lo, he doth come after me, of whom I am not worthy to loose the sandal of [his] feet.

Johana khut binak a päih law hlü üng, Johan naw, ‘U a nami na ngaiki ni? Kei nami ngäng ua am kya nawng. Acunsepi, ngai u, ka hnua law khai khyang ta, kei naw ania khawdawk suh pet khaia pi am nglawi veng’ a ti.

26 'Men, brethren, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you fearing God, to you was the word of this salvation sent,

Abrahama mjü üngka ka püi Isarel khyange ja, hin üng Pamhnam hjawkhah khyangmjükcee aw, hina küikyannaka ngthu cun mi veia a jah kbi lawa kyaki.

27 for those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their chiefs, this one not having known, also the voices of the prophets, which every sabbath are being read — having judged [him] — did fulfil,

Jerusalem mlüha vekie ja ami ngvaie naw, Jesuh cun küikyanaka Bawia, am ami ksinga phäha ja sahmaea ngthu sabbath mhnüp naküt üng ami kheh cun am ami ksinga phäha, acuna ngthue cun Jesuh ami mkat üng kümbesakie.

28 and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain,

A thihnak vai i am hmu u lüpi, Pilata veia hnim vaia msokie.

29 and when they did complete all the things written about him, having taken [him] down from the tree, they laid him in a tomb;

Acunüng, a mawng sahmae naküt naw ami yuk, ami kümsak käna, kutlamktung üngka naw khya u lü lungdüa ami k’ut.

30 and God did raise him out of the dead,

Acunsepi, Pamhnam naw thihnak üngka naw a mthawh be.

31 and he was seen for many days of those who did come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.

Acun käna Kalile üngka naw, Jerusalema a jah cehpüi khyangea veia khaw mhnüp khawvei ngdang be se, acune cun atuh Isarel khyangea veia saksikiea kyakie.

32 'And we to you do proclaim good news — that the promise made unto the fathers,

Keini naw pi, mi pupaea veia khyütam, thangkdaw ka ning jah mtheh lawki ni, acukba Pamhnam naw Jesuh a mthawh benak am, hina khyütam mi cae üng kümsakki, Salan anghnginak üng pi, ‘Nang ka ning cakpaa na kyaki; tungawi na paa ka kyaki’ tia ng’yuki.

33 God hath in full completed this to us their children, having raised up Jesus, as also in the second Psalm it hath been written, My Son thou art — I to-day have begotten thee.

34 'And that He did raise him up out of the dead, no more to return to corruption, he hath said thus — I will give to you the faithful kindnesses of David;

Ng’uh hnüna thukyawnaka käh cit khaia Pamhnam naw ani cun thihnak üngka naw a mthawh be vaia ngthu cun hikba a pyen, ‘Davita veia ngcimcaih lü ngsingkia dawkyanak cän nang üng ka ning pet khai’ a ti.

35 wherefore also in another [place] he saith, Thou shalt not give Thy kind One to see corruption,

Acunakyase, Salan kce üng pi, ‘Sitihki na mpya a thukyaw vai am tängki’ a ti sih.

36 for David, indeed, his own generation having served by the will of God, did fall asleep, and was added unto his fathers, and saw corruption,

Davit pi, a xün k'um üng Pamhnama ngjakhlü bi a bi käna, thi se, a pupaea hlawnga k’ut u se, lungdüa kyaw pängki ni.

37 but he whom God did raise up, did not see corruption.

Acunsepi, Pamhnam naw thihnak üngkhyüh amthawh be cun acukba am kya.

38 'Let it therefore be known to you, men, brethren, that through this one to you is the forgiveness of sins declared,

Acunakyase, ka püi Isarele aw, acuna Bawi Jesuh üng mkhyekat mhlätnaka ngthu kami pyen law hin nami ksing vai hlüei veng. Mosi naw am a ning jah mhlät khawh mkhye üngkhyüh ani jumeiki avan cun jah mhlät khawhki.

39 and from all things from which ye were not able in the law of Moses to be declared righteous, in this one every one who is believing is declared righteous;

Au pi ani jumeiki naküt cun Mosia thum naw, am a mhlät thei pi mhlät khai.

40 see, therefore, it may not come upon you that hath been spoken in the prophets:

Acunakyase, sahmae naw ami pyen cän nami khana käh apha law vaia mcei ua.

41 See, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish, because a work I — I do work in your days, a work in which ye may not believe, though any one may declare [it] to you.'

Acun cun, ‘Hleihlakkie aw, bükteng ua, cäicing u lü thi ua; bi mat ka kpäng, acun cun khyang naw ning jah mtheh u sepi, nami xüna küt üng am jum uki” a ti.

42 And having gone forth out of the synagogue of the Jews, the nations were calling upon [them] that on the next sabbath these sayings may be spoken to them,

Pawluh ja Banabah cun Sinakok üngka naw ani lu law be üng, khyange naw, acuna ngthu cun sabbath bekce üng pi ani pyen be vaia ami jah nghuinak.

43 and the synagogue having been dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes did follow Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were persuading them to remain in the grace of God.

Ngkhämkie ami ngpyen be ja, Judahea ja Judah thuma ngpyawtkie khyangmjükcee naw Pawluh ja Banabah jah läk u se, Pamhnama bäkhäknak üng ami ve nglät vaia jah mcäiki xawi.

44 And on the coming sabbath, almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God,

Acunüng, sabbath betü üng, Bawipaa ngthu ngai khaiea, mlüh üngka avan lawki he.

45 and the Jews having seen the multitudes, were filled with zeal, and did contradict the things spoken by Paul — contradicting and speaking evil.

Acunsepi, Judahe naw khyange ami jah hmuh üng, aktäa jah cawkei u lü, Pawluha a ngthu pyen cun ngcuhpüi u lü ami ksenak.

46 And speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, 'To you it was necessary that first the word of God be spoken, and seeing ye do thrust it away, and do not judge yourselves worthy of the life age-during, lo, we do turn to the nations; (aiōnios g166)

Acunüng, Pawluh ja Banabah naw ling ni lü, “Pamhnama ngthu nangmia veia pyen ma vaia kya kungki; acunsepi, mah u lü anglät xünnak am nami yah vaia nami pawha kya se, Pamhnama a jah ah mcäia mäiha khyangmjükceea veia ning jah nghlatak ve ning. (aiōnios g166)

47 for so hath the Lord commanded us: I have set thee for a light of nations — for thy being for salvation unto the end of the earth.'

Acukba Bawipa naw ngthu a na pet cun, ‘Khawmdeka khütnak cäpa küikyanak na bi khaia, khyangmjükceea phäha akvaia ka ning mcawnki’ tia, kyaki” a ti.

48 And the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the Lord, and did believe — as many as were appointed to life age-during; (aiōnios g166)

Acunüng, khyangmjükcee naw acuna ngthu ami ngjak üng je u lü Bawipaa ngthu mhlünmtaikie; acunüng, angläta xüng khaia a xü naküt naw jumkie. (aiōnios g166)

49 and the word of the Lord was spread abroad through all the region.

Bawipa ngthu cun acuna khaw avan üng ngthang päihki.

50 And the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the first men of the city, and did raise persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and did put them out from their borders;

Acunsepi, Judahe naw mlüh ngvaie ja Pamhnam hjawkhahki khyangmjükcee üngka nghnumie ami jah ksük. Ami naw Pawluh ja Banabah jah khuimkhasak u lü acuna khaw üngka naw ami jah ksät.

51 and they having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, came to Iconium,

Acunüng, ngsä xawi naw ani khawpha üngka mput cun khawk hüt ni lü Ikonih khawa citki xawi.

52 and the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.

Antioka vekia jumeikie cun jekyainak ja Ngmüimkhya Ngcim am bekie.