Dɔwɔwɔwo 11
1 Eteƒe medidi kura hafi apostoloawo kple xɔsetɔ siwo le Yudea la se be ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo hã xɔ Mawu ƒe nya la.
And the apostles and the brethren who are in Judea heard that also the nations did receive the word of God,
2 Ke esi Petro trɔ va ɖo Yerusalem la, xɔsetɔ siwo tso aʋa la he nya ɖe eŋu vevie.
and when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision were contending with him,
3 Wogblɔ be, “Wò la, eɖade ha kple ame siwo metso aʋa o, eye mi kple wo miede asi agba ɖeka me ɖu nu gɔ̃!”
saying — 'Unto men uncircumcised thou didst go in, and didst eat with them!'
4 Esia na be Petro gblɔ ale si nyawo katã va dzɔe la na wo.
And Peter having begun, did expound to them in order saying,
5 Egblɔ na wo be, “Gbe ɖeka la, esime menɔ gbe dom ɖa le Yopa la, mekpɔ ŋutega aɖe. Nu si tututu mekpɔ lae nye be aklala gã aɖe si wotsi ka ɖe eƒe dzogoe eneawo dzi la ɖiɖi ɖe gbɔnye tso dziƒo.
'I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw in a trance a vision, a certain vessel coming down, as a great sheet by four corners being let down out of the heaven, and it came unto me;
6 Esi melé ŋku ɖe aklala la dzi la, mekpɔ anyigbadzilã afɔenewo, lã wɔadãwo kple lã tatawo kple dziƒoxeviwo le afi ma.
at which having looked stedfastly, I was considering, and I saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of heaven;
7 Mese gbe aɖe wònɔ gbɔgblɔm nam be, ‘Petro, tsi tsitre. Wu lã siawo ne nàɖu.’
and I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen, Peter, slay and eat;
8 “Ke meɖo eŋu be, ‘Kpao, Aƒetɔ, nyemate ŋu awɔ esia o. Nyemeɖu lã makɔmakɔ siawo dometɔ aɖeke kpɔ o.’
and I said, Not so, Lord; because anything common or unclean hath at no time entered into my mouth;
9 “Ke megase gbeɖiɖi la tso dziƒo wògblɔ nam be, ‘Ne Mawu da asi ɖe nane dzi be ekɔ la, wò la, mègagblɔ be mekɔ o!’
and a voice did answer me a second time out of the heaven, What God did cleanse, thou — declare not thou common.
10 “Nuwɔna sia yi edzi zi etɔ̃ sɔŋ, eye emegbe la, wohe aklala la kple nu siwo katã nɔ edzi la yi dziƒoe.
'And this happened thrice, and again was all drawn up to the heaven,
11 Le ɣe ma ɣi me tututu la, ame dɔdɔ etɔ̃ aɖewo tso Kaesarea va ɖo aƒe si me menɔ la me be yewoakplɔm ayi Kaesarea.
and, lo, immediately, three men stood at the house in which I was, having been sent from Caesarea unto me,
12 Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la de dzi ƒo nam be magaxa nu be womenye Yudatɔwo o, ke boŋ mayi kpli wo, eya ta nye kple nɔvinye ade siwo le afi sia la míedze mɔ heyi. Eteƒe medidi o la, míeva ɖo ame si dɔ ame ɖo ɖem la ƒe aƒe me le Kaesarea.
and the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting, and these six brethren also went with me, and we did enter into the house of the man,
13 Ŋutsu sia gblɔ ale si mawudɔla aɖe ɖe eɖokui fiae eye wògblɔ na ye be, ‘Dɔ ame ɖo ɖe Yopa ne woayɔ Simɔn si wogayɔna hã be Petro la vɛ na wò.
he declared also to us how he saw the messenger in his house standing, and saying to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter,
14 Atsɔ gbedeasi aɖe vɛ na wò si ana be wò kple wò aƒe siaa miakpɔ ɖeɖe.’
who shall speak sayings by which thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.
15 “Esi mese nya sia la, mede asi nyanyui la gbɔgblɔ me na wo. Ke esi mele nyaa gbɔgblɔ dzi la, Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la ŋutɔ dze wo dzi abe ale si tututu wòdze míawo hã dzii le gɔmedzedzea ene.
'And in my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit did fall upon them, even as also upon us in the beginning,
16 Esi nu sia dzɔ alea ko la, Aƒetɔ ƒe nya si wògblɔ be, ‘Yohanes, de mawutsi ta na amewo kple tsi, ke miawo la, woade mawutsi ta na mi kple Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la’ va ta me nam enumake.
and I remembered the saying of the Lord, how he said, John indeed did baptize with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit;
17 Azɔ esi wònye Mawu ŋutɔe na nunana sia ame siawo abe ale si wòna míawo hã be míaxɔ Aƒetɔ Yesu Kristo dzi se ene ta la, ame kae menye be mahe nya kple Mawu?”
if then the equal gift God did give to them as also to us, having believed upon the Lord Jesus Christ, I — how was I able to withstand God?'
18 Esi wose Petro ƒe nya siawo la, woƒe nu ku, eye wokafu Mawu gblɔ be, “Ekema Mawu na mɔnukpɔkpɔ ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o la hã be woatrɔ dzi me akpɔ agbe.”
And they, having heard these things, were silent, and were glorifying God, saying, 'Then, indeed, also to the nations did God give the reformation to life.'
19 Le ɣeyiɣi siawo me la, xɔsetɔ siwo si le Yerusalem le yometiti si va le Stefano wuwu megbe la dometɔ aɖewo zɔ mɔ yi kekeke Foenisia, Kipro kple Antioxia nutowo me henɔ nyanyui la gblɔm na ame siwo nye Yudatɔwo ko.
Those, indeed, therefore, having been scattered abroad, from the tribulation that came after Stephen, went through unto Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none except to Jews only;
20 Gake xɔsetɔ siwo tso Kipro kple Kirene heyi Antioxia la dometɔ aɖewo ƒo nu na Helatɔ aɖewo hã tso Aƒetɔ Yesu ƒe nyanyui la ŋu.
and there were certain of them men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who having entered into Antioch, were speaking unto the Hellenists, proclaiming good news — the Lord Jesus,
21 Eye Aƒetɔ la ƒe ŋusẽ nɔ kpli wo, eye ameha gã aɖe xɔ se hezu Aƒetɔ la yomedzelawo.
and the hand of the Lord was with them, a great number also, having believed, did turn unto the Lord.
22 Esi Hame si le Yerusalem la se nu si le edzi yim la, woɖo Barnabas ɖe Antioxia be woaɖakpe ɖe xɔsetɔ yeyeawo ŋu.
And the account was heard in the ears of the assembly that [is] in Jerusalem concerning them, and they sent forth Barnabas to go through unto Antioch,
23 Esi Barnabas kpɔ nu gã siwo Mawu wɔ le Antioxia la, dzi dzɔe ŋutɔ. Egado ŋusẽ xɔsetɔawo be woayi edzi alé ɖe Mawu ŋu goŋgoŋgoŋ nenye be nya sia nya le dzɔdzɔm hã.
who, having come, and having seen the grace of God, was glad, and was exhorting all with purpose of heart to cleave to the Lord,
24 Barnabas nye ŋutsu dɔmenyotɔ aɖe si me Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la yɔ fũu eye eƒe xɔse hã li ke sesĩe. To ame sia ƒe dɔwɔwɔ me la, ame geɖewo trɔ zu Aƒetɔ la tɔ.
because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith, and a great multitude was added to the Lord.
25 Tso Antioxia la, Barnabas ti Saulo ƒe mɔ yi Tarso.
And Barnabas went forth to Tarsus, to seek for Saul,
26 Esi wòke ɖe eŋu la ekplɔe, eye wo ame eve la trɔ va Antioxia henɔ afi ma ƒe ɖeka sɔŋ, nɔ nu fiam xɔsetɔwo. Antioxiae wona ŋkɔ xɔsetɔwo le zi gbãtɔ be, “Kristotɔwo.”
and having found him, he brought him to Antioch, and it came to pass that they a whole year did assemble together in the assembly, and taught a great multitude, the disciples also were divinely called first in Antioch Christians.
27 Le ɣeyiɣi sia me tututu la, Nyagblɔɖila aɖewo tso Yerusalem va Antioxia.
And in those days there came from Jerusalem prophets to Antioch,
28 Gbe ɖeka la, wo dometɔ ɖeka si woyɔna be Agabu la gblɔ nya ɖi tso Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la ƒe ŋusẽ me be dɔ gã aɖe gbɔna toto ge le xexea me katã. (Nya sia va eme le Fia Klaudio ƒe dziɖuɣi.)
and one of them, by name Agabus, having stood up, did signify through the Spirit a great dearth is about to be throughout all the world — which also came to pass in the time of Claudius Caesar —
29 Le esia ta xɔsetɔwo ɖo be yewoadzɔ nu, aɖo ɖe yewo nɔvi Kristotɔ siwo le Yudea eye ame sia ame nadzɔ nu abe ale si wòate ŋui ene.
and the disciples, according as any one was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministration to the brethren dwelling in Judea,
30 Wowɔ esia, eye wotsɔ woƒe nunanawo de Barnabas kple Saulo si be woatsɔ ayi na hanunɔlawo le Yerusalem.
which also they did, having sent unto the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
