Dɔwɔwɔwo 9
1 Saulo gado adã ɖe xɔsetɔwo ŋu vevie wu tsã, eye wòlé gbɔgbɔtsixe ɖe ƒo ganɔ wo yome tim kple ŋkubiã. Eƒe susu kple didi katã koe nye be yeatsrɔ̃ Aƒetɔ la ƒe nusrɔ̃lawo. Le esia ta la, eyi nunɔlagã la gbɔ
Now Saul, still breathing threats and beatings against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
2 be wòana agbalẽ si ana ŋusẽ ye, ale be yeayi Yudatɔwo ƒe ƒuƒoƒe siwo le Damasko ne woakpe ɖe ye ŋu be yeate ŋu alé xɔsetɔ siwo katã le teƒe siawo, ŋutsuwo kple nyɔnuwo siaa, ade ga wo, eye yeakplɔ wo va Yerusalem.
and he petitioned him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that, if he found any men or women belonging to this Way, he could lead them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
3 Esi wòsusɔ vie ko wòaɖo Damasko dua me la, keklẽ gã aɖe klẽ ɖe edzi tso dziƒo.
And as he made the journey, it happened that he was approaching Damascus. And suddenly, a light from heaven shone around him.
4 Edze anyi kpla enumake. Ke ese gbe aɖe be, “Saulo, Saulo, nu ka ta nèle yonyeme tim alea?”
And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
5 Saulo bia kple vɔvɔ̃ be, “Wò ame kae le nu ƒom, Aƒetɔ?” Gbea ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Nyee nye Yesu, ame si yome tim nèle.
And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he: “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goad.”
6 Azɔ tsi tsitre nàyi Damasko dua me; ne èɖo afi ma la, woagblɔ nu siwo nàwɔ la na wò.”
And he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do you want me to do?”
7 Nyadzɔdzɔ sia wɔ nuku na Saulo ŋumewo ŋutɔ. Woƒe nu ku ale gbegbe be gbɔgblɔ bu ɖe wo, elabena wonɔ gbeɖiɖi aɖe sem pɛpɛpɛ, gake womekpɔ ame si nɔ nu ƒom la o.
And the Lord said to him, “Rise up and go into the city, and there you will be told what you ought to do.” Now the men who were accompanying him were standing stupefied, hearing indeed a voice, but seeing no one.
8 Saulo wɔ ɖɔɖɔɖɔ tso le anyigba, gake nukutɔe la, megate ŋu nɔ nu kpɔm o; eƒe ŋku dzi tsyɔ eya ta wolé eƒe alɔnu kplɔe ɖɔɖɔɖɔ yi Damasko.
Then Saul rose up from the ground. And upon opening his eyes, he saw nothing. So leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus.
9 Enɔ dua me ŋkeke etɔ̃ numaɖumaɖu kple tsimanomanoe.
And in that place, he was without sight for three days, and he neither ate nor drank.
10 Mawudzixɔsela aɖe si ŋkɔe nye Anania la nɔ Damasko dua me ɣe ma ɣi. Mawu yɔe le ŋutega me gbe ɖeka be “Anania.” Etɔ, eye wògblɔ be, “Nyee nye esi, Aƒetɔ.”
Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias!” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.”
11 Mawu gblɔ nɛ be, “Tso nàyi ablɔ si woyɔna be, ‘Mɔ Dzɔdzɔe’ la dzi, eye nàdi ŋutsu aɖe si woyɔna be Yuda la ƒe aƒe me. Ne èkpɔe la, bia ŋutsu aɖe si woyɔna be Saulo tso Tarso la ta se le afi ma. Le gaƒoƒo sia me la, ele klo dzi le gbe dom ɖa nam vevie,
And the Lord said to him: “Rise up and go into the street that is called Straight, and seek, in the house of Judas, the one named Saul of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying.”
12 elabena meɖee fiae le ŋutega me be wò, Anania, àva egbɔ, ada asi ɖe edzi be eƒe ŋkuwo naʋu, ale be wòagate ŋu akpɔ nu.”
(And Paul saw a man named Ananias entering and imposing hands upon him, so that he might receive his sight.)
13 Anania ɖo eŋu gblɔ be, “Aƒetɔ, mese be funyafunya si gbegbe Saulo sia wɔ ame kɔkɔewo le Yerusalem la mele gbɔgblɔ me o ɖe!
But Ananias responded: “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem.
14 Gawu la, míese be ɖe wòxɔ agbalẽ koŋ tso nunɔlagãwo gbɔ be yeava lé ame siwo katã yɔa wò ŋkɔ.”
And he has authority here from the leaders of the priests to bind all who invoke your name.”
15 Ke Aƒetɔ la ɖo eŋu na Anania be, “Yi nàwɔ ɖe nye gbe dzi, elabena nye ŋutɔe tia ame sia be wòanye dɔwɔla nam, eye wòagblɔ nye nya na ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o, fiawo kple Israelviwo ŋutɔ hã,
Then the Lord said to him: “Go, for this one is an instrument chosen by me to convey my name before nations and kings and the sons of Israel.
16 ke nye ŋutɔ magblɔ fu siwo wòakpe ɖe tanye la afiae.”
For I will reveal to him how much he must suffer on behalf of my name.”
17 Anania tso heyi Saulo ƒe aƒe me, eye wòda asi ɖe edzi gblɔ nɛ be, “Nɔvinye Saulo, Aƒetɔ Yesu, ame si ɖe eɖokui fia wò le Damasko mɔ dzi la ɖom ɖa be mada gbe le ŋuwò, eye tso esia dzi la, Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la nayɔ mewò be nàgakpɔ nu.”
And Ananias departed. And he entered the house. And laying his hands upon him, he said: “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, he who appeared to you on the way by which you arrived, sent me so that you would receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
18 Enumake ewɔ abe nane ƒe tsrowoe ge le eƒe ŋkuwo dzi ene. Ŋkuawo ʋu, eye wògade asi nukpɔkpɔ me. Anania de mawutsi ta nɛ enumake.
And immediately, it was as if scales had fallen from his eyes, and he received his sight. And rising up, he was baptized.
19 Ŋusẽ gaɖo Saulo ŋu esi wona nanee wòɖu vɔ. Saulo nɔ nusrɔ̃lawo gbɔ le Damasko hena ŋkeke geɖewo.
And when he had taken a meal, he was strengthened. Now he was with the disciples who were at Damascus for some days.
20 Tete wòdze mawunyagbɔgblɔ gɔme le woƒe ƒuƒoƒewo le gbɔgblɔm be Yesue nye Mawu ƒe Vi la.
And he was continuously preaching Jesus in the synagogues: that he is the Son of God.
21 Ame siwo katã se Saulo ƒe mawunya la ƒe nu ku, eye wobia wo nɔewo be, “Alo menye ame siae wɔ funyafunya geɖe ame siwo yɔa ŋkɔ sia le Yerusalem le woƒe xɔse ta oa? Míese gɔ̃ be ɖe wòva Damasko afi sia be yealé xɔsetɔwo ade ga wo akplɔ yii na nunɔlagãwo le Yerusalem!”
And all who heard him were astonished, and they said, “Is this not the one who, in Jerusalem, was fighting against those invoking this name, and who came here for this: so that he might lead them away to the leaders of the priests?”
22 Saulo yi eƒe mawunyagbɔgblɔ dzi kple ŋusẽ, ale be Yudatɔ siwo nɔ Damasko la mete ŋu tsi tsitre ɖe eƒe nya siwo ɖee fia kɔtɛe be Yesue nye Kristo la ŋu o.
But Saul was increasing to a greater extent in ability, and so he was confounding the Jews who lived at Damascus, by affirming that he is the Christ.
23 Le ŋkeke aɖewo megbe la, Yudatɔwo ƒe kplɔlawo wɔ ɖoɖo be yewoawu Saulo.
And when many days were completed, the Jews took counsel as one, so that they might put him to death.
24 Ke ame aɖe va fi tofi na Saulo be dzɔlawo le Damasko ƒe agbowo nu dzɔm zã kple keli be ne eva yina la, yewoawui.
But their treachery became known to Saul. Now they were also watching the gates, day and night, so that they might put him to death.
25 Eya ta gbe ɖeka zã la, Saulo yomedzela aɖewo kɔe de kusi gã aɖe me heɖiɖii to do si le dua ƒe gli la me la me heɖiɖii ɖe anyigba.
But the disciples, taking him away by night, sent him over the wall by letting him down in a basket.
26 Esi Saulo va ɖo Yerusalem la, edze agbagba be yeawɔ ɖeka kple xɔsetɔ siwo le afi ma la, gake wonɔ vɔvɔ̃m nɛ, eye womelɔ̃ te ɖe eŋu o, elabena wobu be alakpa dam wònɔ be yezu yewo dometɔ ɖeka.
And when he had arrived in Jerusalem, he attempted to join himself to the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
27 Ke Barnabas kplɔ Saulo va apostoloawo gbɔe. Eƒo nu na wo tso ale si Saulo kpɔ Aƒetɔa le Damasko mɔ dzi, nya siwo wògblɔ nɛ kple ale si Saulo gblɔ mawunya kple ŋusẽ tɔxɛ le Yesu ƒe ŋkɔ me la ŋu na wo.
But Barnabas took him aside and led him to the Apostles. And he explained to them how he had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken to him, and how, in Damascus, he had acted faithfully in the name of Jesus.
28 Esia na be apostoloawo xɔ Saulo ɖe wo dome. Ale tso ɣe ma ɣi dzi la, enɔ xɔsetɔwo ŋu kplikplikpli le Yerusalem henɔ mawunya gblɔm dzideƒotɔe le Aƒetɔ la ƒe ŋkɔ me.
And he was with them, entering and departing Jerusalem, and acting faithfully in the name of the Lord.
29 Ke eva eme be Helatɔ siwo trɔ zu Yudatɔwo la dometɔ aɖewo, ame siwo Saulo he nya kplii la wɔ ɖoɖo be yewoawui.
He also was speaking with the Gentiles and disputing with the Greeks. But they were seeking to kill him.
30 Esi xɔsetɔ bubuawo se be Saulo ƒe agbe ɖo xaxa me alea la, wokplɔe yi Kaesarea, eye tso afi ma la, woɖoe ɖe wo de, Tarso.
And when the brothers had realized this, they brought him to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.
31 Le ɣeyiɣi siawo katã me la, tomefafa blibo nɔ hame siwo le Yudea, Galilea kple Samaria nutowo me la me. Esia wɔ be hame la ƒe xexlẽme dzi ɖe edzi, eye wògasẽ ŋu ɖe edzi wu le gbɔgbɔ me hã, eye wonɔ agbe le Aƒetɔ la vɔvɔ̃ me, eye Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la hã na dzidzeme blibo wo.
Certainly, the Church had peace throughout all of Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and it was being built up, while walking in the fear of the Lord, and it was being filled with the consolation of the Holy Spirit.
32 Esi Petro nɔ tsatsam tso teƒe yi teƒe la, eva Mawu ƒe ame siwo le Lida hã gbɔ.
Then it happened that Peter, as he traveled around everywhere, came to the saints who were living at Lydda.
33 Teƒe sia wòkpɔ ŋutsu aɖe si woyɔna be Aeneas, ame si nɔ lãmetutudɔ lém, eye wòtsi aba dzi ƒe enyi sɔŋ le.
But he found there a certain man, named Aeneas, who was a paralytic, who had lain in bed for eight years.
34 Petro yɔe gblɔ nɛ be, “Aeneas, Yesu Kristo da gbe le ŋuwò, eya ta tsi tsitre, eye nàŋlɔ wò aba.” Ŋutsu la ƒe lãme sẽ enumake.
And Peter said to him: “Aeneas, the Lord Jesus Christ heals you. Rise up and arrange your bed.” And immediately he rose up.
35 Nukunu sia wɔe be ame siwo katã le Lida kple Saron la dze Aƒetɔ la yome, elabena wokpɔ Aeneas wònɔ zɔzɔm.
And all who were living in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they were converted to the Lord.
36 Nyɔnu nusrɔ̃la aɖe nɔ Yopa dua me si woyɔna be Tabita (si woyɔna le Helagbe me be Dɔkas). Nyɔnu sia nye xɔsetɔ si wɔa dɔmenyo na amewo ŋutɔ, vevietɔ ame dahewo.
Now in Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which in translation is called Dorcas. She was filled with the good works and almsgiving that she was accomplishing.
37 Le ɣeyiɣi sia me tututu la, nyɔnu sia dze dɔ, eye wòku. Wodzra eƒe kukua ɖo, eye woɖoe aba dzi le dziƒoxɔ aɖe dzi.
And it happened that, in those days, she became ill and died. And when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room.
38 Ke esi nusrɔ̃lawo se Petro ŋkɔ le Lida la, woɖe ame eve ɖo ɖee kple kukuɖeɖe be wòaɖe abla ava yewo gbɔ le Yopa, elabena Lida tsɔ ɖe Yopa gbɔ.
Now since Lydda was close to Joppa, the disciples, upon hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, asking him: “Do not be slow in coming to us.”
39 Petro lɔ̃ va Yopa. Esi wòva ɖo teti ko la, wokplɔe yi dziƒoxɔ dzi le xɔ si me wokɔ Dɔkas ƒe kukua mlɔe. Xɔa me yɔ fũu kple konyifalawo, ame siwo dometɔ geɖewo nye ahosi siwo Dɔkas lɔ̃ avɔ alo awu na le eƒe agbe me. Ɖe sia ɖe nɔ nu siwo Dɔkas wɔ nɛ la tsɔm fia nɔvia.
Then Peter, rising up, went with them. And when he had arrived, they led him to an upper room. And all the widows were standing around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and garments that Dorcas had made for them.
40 Esi Petro ge ɖe xɔa me la, ebia tso wo katã si be woado go ana mɔ ye. Esi wodo go la, Petro dze klo do gbe ɖa, eye wòtrɔ ɖe ame kukua gbɔ gblɔ nɛ be, “Tabita, tsi tsitre!” Enumake ame kuku la ʋu ŋku, eye esi wòkpɔ Petro la, efɔ nɔ abati la dzi.
And when they had all been sent outside, Peter, kneeling down, prayed. And turning to the body, he said: “Tabitha, arise.” And she opened her eyes and, upon seeing Peter, sat up again.
41 Petro lé eƒe alɔnu, eye wòtsi tsitre. Azɔ Petro yɔ xɔsetɔawo kple ahosiawo va xɔa me, eye wòtsɔ Dɔkas gbagbe la de asi na wo.
And offering her his hand, he lifted her up. And when he had called in the saints and the widows, he presented her alive.
42 Nukunya sia kaka ɖe Yopa du blibo la me, eye ame geɖewo ŋutɔ trɔ hexɔ Aƒetɔ la dzi se.
Now this became known throughout all of Joppa. And many believed in the Lord.
43 Petro nɔ Yopa dua me ŋkeke geɖe, eye wònɔ Simɔn si nye lãgbalẽŋutidɔwɔla la gbɔ le eƒe aƒe me.
And it happened that he resided for many days in Joppa, with a certain Simon, a tanner.
