Dɔwɔwɔwo 12
1 Le ɣe ma ɣi me la, Fia Herodes lé hamevi aɖewo heɖoe be yeawɔ fu wo le xɔse la ta.
And at that time Herod the king, who was surnamed Agrippa, laid hands on some of the church, to maltreat them.
2 Ale wòwu Yakobo, Yohanes nɔvi la kple yi.
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
3 Herodes kpɔ be nuwɔna sia do dzidzɔ na Yudatɔwo ƒe dumegãwo ŋutɔ, eya ta ena wolé Petro hã le esime wonɔ Ŋutitotoŋkeke la ɖum.
And when he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded also to arrest Simon Cephas. And the days of unleavened bread were then passing.
4 Ke esi eƒe asi su edzi la, edee mɔ. Ena asrafo wuiade nɔ eŋu dzɔm. Herodes ɖoe be ne woɖu Ŋutitotoŋkekea vɔ la, yeaɖe asi le Petro ŋu na Yudatɔwo woadrɔ̃ ʋɔnui eye woawui.
He seized him and cast him into prison, and delivered him to sixteen soldiers, who were to guard him; that he might, after the passover, deliver him up to the people of the Jews.
5 Ale Petro nɔ gaxɔ me, gake hame la katã nɔ gbe dom ɖa na Mawu vevie ɖe eta.
And while Simon was in custody in the prison, continual prayer to God in his behalf, was offered to God by the church.
6 Le zã si do ŋgɔ na gbe si gbe Herodes ɖo be woaɖe Petro adrɔ̃ ʋɔnui la, Petro nɔ alɔ̃ dɔm le asrafo eve dome. Wode gakɔsɔkɔsɔ asi nɛ sesĩe. Asrafo bubuwo hã ganɔ gaxɔa ƒe agbonu dzɔm.
And on the night before the morning in which he was to be delivered up, while Simon was sleeping between two soldiers, and was bound with two chains, and others were guarding the doors of the prison;
7 Kasia Aƒetɔ la ƒe dɔla aɖe va do, eye Kekeli klẽ ɖe gaxɔ la me. Dɔla la ƒo Petro ƒe axame henyɔe tso alɔ̃ me. Egblɔ nɛ be, “Netsɔ, tsi tsitre!” Enumake gakɔsɔkɔsɔ la ge le Petro ƒe alɔnu.
an angel of the Lord stood over him, and a light shone in all the building; and he pricked his side, and awaked him, and said to him: Arise, instantly. And the chains fell from his hands.
8 Tete mawudɔla la gblɔ nɛ be, “Do wò awuwo kple wò afɔkpa.” Petro wɔ nenema, eye mawudɔla la yi edzi gblɔ nɛ be, “Bla wò ali dzi sesĩe ne nàdze yonyeme.”
And the angel said to him: Gird thy loins, and put on thy sandals. And he did so. And again he said to him: Wrap thyself in thy cloak, and come after me.
9 Petro wɔ abe ale si mawudɔla la gblɔ nɛ la ene, eye wòdze eyome do go le gaxɔ la me. Mebu nu si nɔ dzɔdzɔm la nu vavã o. Ewɔ nɛ abe drɔ̃e kum wònɔ alo ŋutega kpɔm wònɔ ene.
And he went out and followed him, not knowing that what had been done by the angel was a reality; for he supposed, that he saw a vision.
10 Wozɔ to agbo gbãtɔ eveawo me bɔbɔe, eye esi wova ɖo agbo gã mamlɛa, si wotsɔ gakpo wɔe gbɔ la, agbo la ŋutɔ ʋu le eɖokui si, ale be wodo go hege ɖe dua ƒe ablɔ ŋutɔ dzi. Esi wogazɔ yi ŋgɔgbe vie ko la, mawudɔla la bu le Petro gbɔ.
And when the first ward was passed and the second, they came to the iron gate, and it opened to them of its own accord. And when they had gone out, and had passed one street, the angel departed from him.
11 Azɔ ko hafi Petro nya nu si tututu dzɔ, eye wògblɔ na eɖokui be, “Nyateƒe, Mawu dɔ eƒe dɔla ɖa wòva ɖem le Herodes kple Yudatɔwo ƒe ta me vɔ̃ si woɖo ɖe ŋunye la me.”
Then Simon recognized where he was; and he said: Now I know, in reality, that God hath sent his angel, and delivered me from the hand of Herod the king, and from what the Jews were devising against me.
12 Petro nɔ tsitre, bu ta me sẽe, eye wòɖoe be yeayi Maria si nye Marko Yohanes dada la ƒe aƒe me, afi si hametɔ geɖewo ƒo ƒu ɖo, henɔ gbe dom ɖa le.
And when he had considered, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John surnamed Mark; because many brethren were assembled there and praying.
13 Esi Petro va ɖo aƒea ƒe agbonu la, eƒo ʋɔa, eye dɔlanyɔnuvi aɖe si ŋkɔe nye Roda la va be yeaʋui. Ke gbã la, ebia ame si nɔ ʋɔa ƒom la ƒe ŋkɔ ta se.
And he knocked at the gate of the court; and a maid named Rhoda came to reply to him.
14 Esi Roda se Petro ƒe gbe le agboa godo la, dzi dzɔe ale gbegbe be wòƒu du yi ɖe aƒea me ɖagblɔe na ƒuƒoƒe la be “Petro va le agboa nu le eƒom!”
And she recognized the voice of Simon: and, In her joy, she did not open to him the gate, but ran back, and told them: Lo, Simon is standing at the gate of the court.
15 Ameawo mexɔ nyɔnuvi la ƒe nya sia dzi se o eye ame aɖewo gblɔ nɛ gɔ̃ hã be, “Ewɔ abe ɖe wò susu da ene.” Ke eganɔ gbe tem ɖe edzi na ameawo be Petro ƒe gbee yese. Ale wogblɔ be, “Ɖewohĩ eƒe mawudɔlae.”
They said to her: Thou art delirious. But she maintained that it was a fact. They said to her: Perhaps it is his ghost.
16 Ke Petro ganɔ ʋɔa ƒoƒo dzi ŋusẽtɔe. Mlɔeba la, woyi ɖaʋu agboa, eye esi wokpɔ Petro la, gbɔgblɔ bu ɖe wo ŋutɔ.
And Simon was knocking at the gate; and they went out, saw him, and were astonished.
17 Petro tsɔ asi wɔ dzesi na wo be woazi ɖoɖoe kpoo, ale wògblɔ ale si Aƒetɔ la ɖee le gaxɔa me la na wo. Egblɔ na wo be, “Migblɔ nu si va dzɔ la na Yakobo kple ame nɔviawo.” Emegbe eya ŋutɔ dzo yi teƒe bubu.
And he beckoned to them with the hand to be still; and he went in, and related to them how the Lord had released him from the prison. And he said to them: Tell these things to James and to the brethren. And he went out, and departed to another place.
18 Le fɔŋli la, zi gã aɖe tɔ ɖe asrafoawo dome ku ɖe nu si va dzɔ ɖe Petro dzi ŋu.
And when it was morning, there was a great dispute among the soldiers concerning Simon, what had become of him.
19 Esi Herodes dɔ ame ɖo ɖa be woakplɔ Petro vɛ, eye womekpɔe o la, ena wolé asrafo wuiadeawo katã drɔ̃ ʋɔnu wo, eye wotso kufia na wo, hewu wo enumake. Le esia megbe la, Herodes dzo le Yudea yi ɖanɔ Kaesarea vie.
And Herod, when he sought him, and could not find him, arraigned the keepers, and sentenced them to die. And he went from Judaea, and resided at Caesarea.
20 Le esime Herodes nɔ Kaesarea la, ame dɔdɔ aɖewo tso Tiro kple Sidon va egbɔ. Herodes melɔ̃a Tirotɔwo kple Sidontɔwo ƒe nya kura o. Le esia ta la, ame dɔdɔawo va dze xɔlɔ̃ Blasto si nye agbalẽŋlɔla gã le fia la ƒe aƒe me gbɔ, eye wobia tso esi be wòaɖe kuku na Herodes ɖe yewo nu, ale be ŋutifafa nava yewo kple fia la dome. Esia hiã vevie, elabena Tirotɔwo kple Sidontɔwo kpɔa woƒe nunyiame tso dukɔ siwo dzi ɖum Herodes le la gbɔ.
And because he was angry against the Tyrians and Sidonians, they assembled and came to him in a body; and having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they begged of him that they might have peace; because the supplies of their country were derived from the kingdom of Herod.
21 Woɖo ŋkeke na ame dɔdɔawo be woava kpɔ Herodes. Esi ŋkeke la ɖo la, wova ƒo ƒu, eye Herodes do eƒe fiawu nɔ eƒe fiazikpui dzi, heƒo nu na amehawo.
And on a day appointed, Herod was arrayed in royal apparel, and sat on a tribunal, and made a speech to the assembly.
22 Esi wòƒo nu vɔ la, amehawo do ɣli kple dzidzɔ heda ŋkɔ ɖe edzi be, “Eƒo nu abe mawu aɖe ene, eye menye abe amegbetɔ ene o.” Esia na be dzi dzɔ Herodes ŋutɔ, eye wòkɔ eɖokui ɖe dzi hlodzoo.
And all the people shouted, and said: These are the utterances of a God, and not of a mortal.
23 Enumake, mawudɔla aɖe ƒo Herodes ƒu anyi, elabena metsɔ kafukafu na Mawu o. Ŋɔviwo ɖui, eye wòku.
And, because he gave not the glory to God, immediately the angel of God smote him; and he was eaten of worms, and died.
24 Le ɣeyiɣi siawo me la, Mawu ƒe nya la nɔ ta kekem alɔtsɔtsɔe eye ame geɖewo trɔ zu xɔsetɔwo.
And the gospel of God was proclaimed, and made progress.
25 Barnabas kple Saulo gaɖi tsa va Yerusalem, eye esi wowu dɔ si wɔ ge woyi nu teti ko la, wogatrɔ dzo yi Antioxia, eye wokplɔ Marko si wogayɔna be Yohanes hã yii.
And Barnabas and Saul, after they had completed their ministration, returned from Jerusalem to Antioch. And they took with them John, who was surnamed Mark.
