Atũmwo 8
1 Nake Saũlũ aarĩ ho, na agĩĩtĩkĩra atĩ ooragwo. Mũthenya ũcio kanitha ũkĩnyariirwo mũno kũu Jerusalemu, nao andũ othe o tiga atũmwo makĩhurunjũkĩra Judea na Samaria.
And Saul fully approved of his murder. At this time a great persecution broke out against the Church in Jerusalem, and all except the Apostles were scattered throughout Judaea and Samaria.
2 Andũ etigĩri Ngai magĩthika Stefano na makĩmũcakaĩra mũno.
A party of devout men, however, buried Stephen, and made loud lamentation over him.
3 No Saũlũ akĩambĩrĩria kwananga kanitha. Aathiiaga nyũmba o nyũmba, akĩrutũrũraga arũme na andũ-a-nja, akĩmaikagia njeera.
But Saul cruelly harassed the Church. He went into house after house, and, dragging off both men and women, threw them into prison.
4 Nao andũ arĩa maahurunjĩtwo nĩmahunjirie kiugo kĩa Ngai o kũrĩa guothe maathiiaga.
Those, however, who were scattered abroad went from place to place spreading the Good News of God's Message;
5 Filipu agĩikũrũka agĩthiĩ itũũra rĩarĩ Samaria, akĩhunjia ũhoro wa Kristũ kuo.
while Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed Christ there.
6 Rĩrĩa ikundi cia andũ ciaiguire Filipu na ikĩona ciama iria aaringaga, othe magĩthikĩrĩria ũrĩa oigaga.
Crowds of people, with one accord, gave attention to what they heard from him, listening, and witnessing the signs which he did.
7 Ngoma thũku nĩcioimaga andũ aingĩ igĩkayũrũrũkaga, na andũ aingĩ maarũarĩte mũrimũ wa gũkua ciĩga, na andũ arĩa maarĩ onju makĩhonio.
For, with a loud cry, foul spirits came out of many possessed by them, and many paralytics and lame persons were restored to health.
8 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio gũkĩgĩa na gĩkeno kĩnene itũũra-inĩ rĩu.
And there was great joy in that city.
9 Na rĩrĩ, itũũra-inĩ rĩu nĩ kwarĩ na mũndũ wetagwo Simoni, nake nĩaragũrĩte kwa ihinda na akagegia andũ othe a Samaria. Nake nĩetĩĩaga na ageetua atĩ aarĩ mũndũ mũnene mũno,
Now for some time past there had been a man named Simon living there, who had been practising magic and astonishing the Samaritans, pretending that he was more than human.
10 nao andũ othe, arĩa anini na arĩa anene, makamũthikagĩrĩria na makoiga na mũgambo mũnene atĩrĩ, “Mũndũ ũyũ nĩwe hinya wa ũngai ũrĩa ũĩkaine ta Hinya Mũnene.”
To him people of all classes paid attention, declaring, "This man is the Power of God, known as the great Power."
11 Maatũũrĩte mamuumaga thuutha tondũ nĩamagegetie hĩndĩ ndaaya na ũragũri wake.
His influence over them arose from their having been, for a long time, bewildered by his sorceries.
12 No rĩrĩa meetĩkirie Filipu akĩhunjia Ũhoro-ũrĩa-Mwega wa ũthamaki wa Ngai na wa rĩĩtwa rĩa Jesũ Kristũ-rĩ, makĩbatithio, arũme o hamwe na andũ-a-nja.
But when Philip began to tell the Good News about the Kingdom of God and about the Name of Jesus Christ, and they embraced the faith, they were baptized, men and women alike.
13 Simoni we mwene agĩĩtĩkia na akĩbatithio. Nake akĩrũmĩrĩra Filipu kũrĩa guothe aathiiaga, agegetio nĩ imenyithia cia hinya na ciama iria onaga.
Simon himself also believed, and after being baptized remained in close attendance on Philip, and was full of amazement at seeing such signs and such great miracles performed.
14 Rĩrĩa atũmwo arĩa maarĩ kũu Jerusalemu maiguire atĩ andũ a Samaria nĩmetĩkĩrĩte kiugo kĩa Ngai-rĩ, makĩmatũmĩra Petero na Johana.
When the Apostles in Jerusalem heard that the Samaritans had accepted God's Message, they sent Peter and John to visit them.
15 Nao maakinya kuo, makĩmahoera nĩguo maamũkĩre Roho Mũtheru,
They, when they came down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit:
16 tondũ nginya hĩndĩ ĩyo Roho Mũtheru ndaakoretwo aikũrũkĩire mũndũ o na ũmwe wao; tiga o kũbatithio maabatithĩtio thĩinĩ wa rĩĩtwa rĩa Mwathani Jesũ.
for He had not as yet fallen upon any of them. They had only been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
17 Hĩndĩ ĩyo Petero na Johana makĩmaigĩrĩra moko, nao makĩamũkĩra Roho Mũtheru.
Then the Apostles placed their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
18 Rĩrĩa Simoni onire atĩ Roho aaheanagwo na ũndũ wa kũigĩrĩrwo moko nĩ atũmwo-rĩ, akĩenda amahe mbeeca,
When, however, Simon saw that it was through the laying on of the Apostles' hands that the Spirit was bestowed, he offered them money.
19 akiuga atĩrĩ, “Heei ũhoti ũyũ o na niĩ nĩgeetha ũrĩa wothe ndaigĩrĩra moko makwa akaamũkĩra Roho Mũtheru.”
"Give me too," he said, "that power, so that every one on whom I place my hands will receive the Holy Spirit."
20 Petero akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Mbeeca ciaku irothiranĩra hamwe nawe, nĩgũkorwo wĩciirĩtie no ũgũre kĩheo kĩa Ngai na mbeeca.
"Perish your money and yourself," replied Peter, "because you have imagined that you can obtain God's free gift with money!
21 Wee ndũrĩ na handũ, o na ndũrĩ na igai ũtungata-inĩ ũyũ, tondũ ngoro yaku ti njagĩrĩru mbere ya Ngai.
No part or lot have you in this matter, for your heart is not right in God's sight.
22 Wĩrire waganu ũyũ na ũhooe Mwathani. Hihi nĩegũkũrekera nĩ ũndũ wa gũkorwo na rĩciiria ta rĩu ngoro-inĩ yaku.
Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord, in the hope that the purpose which is in your heart may perhaps be forgiven you.
23 Nĩgũkorwo nguona ũiyũrĩtwo nĩ marũrũ na ũgatuĩka ngombo ya mehia.”
For I perceive that you have fallen into the bitterest bondage of unrighteousness."
24 Hĩndĩ ĩyo Simoni akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Hooerai harĩ Mwathani nĩgeetha ndikae gũkorwo nĩ ũndũ o na ũmwe wa macio mwagweta.”
"Pray, both of you, to the Lord for me," answered Simon, "that nothing of what you have said may come upon me."
25 Rĩrĩa maarĩkirie kũheana ũira na kũhunjia kiugo kĩa Mwathani-rĩ, Petero na Johana magĩcooka Jerusalemu, o makĩhunjagia Ũhoro-ũrĩa-Mwega tũtũũra-inĩ tũingĩ twa Samaria.
So the Apostles, after giving a solemn charge and delivering the Lord's Message, travelled back to Jerusalem, making known the Good News also in many of the Samaritan villages.
26 Na rĩrĩ, mũraika wa Mwathani akĩĩra Filipu atĩrĩ, “Thiĩ werekeire gũthini, ũkinye njĩra-inĩ, njĩra ĩrĩa ya werũ-inĩ, ĩrĩa ĩikũrũkĩte kuuma Jerusalemu ĩgathiĩ nginya Gaza.”
And an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Rise and proceed south to the road that runs down from Jerusalem to Gaza, crossing the Desert."
27 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio akiumagara, na arĩ njĩra-inĩ agĩcemania na Mũhabashi warĩ mũhakũre, mũndũ mũnene warĩ igweta ũrĩa warũgamĩrĩire kĩgĩĩna gĩa Kandake, mũthamaki-mũndũ-wa-nja wa Ahabashi. Mũndũ ũyũ aathiĩte Jerusalemu kũhooya Ngai;
Upon this he rose and went. Now, as it happened, an Ethiopian eunuch who was in a position of high authority with Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, as her treasurer, had visited Jerusalem to worship there,
28 na arĩ njĩra-inĩ akĩinũka, aaikarĩte ngaari-inĩ yake ya mbarathi agĩthoma ibuku rĩa Isaia ũrĩa mũnabii.
and was now on his way home; and as he sat in his chariot he was reading the Prophet Isaiah.
29 Roho akĩĩra Filipu atĩrĩ, “Thiĩ ngaari-inĩ ĩĩrĩa ya mbarathi ũikare hakuhĩ nayo.”
Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go and enter that chariot."
30 Hĩndĩ ĩyo Filipu akĩhanyũka nginya ngaari-inĩ ĩyo ya mbarathi, akĩigua mũndũ ũcio agĩthoma ibuku rĩa Isaia ũrĩa mũnabii, akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Nĩũrataũkĩrwo nĩ ũhoro ũcio ũrathoma?”
So Philip ran up and heard the eunuch reading the Prophet Isaiah. "Do you understand what you are reading?" he asked.
31 Nake agĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Ingĩtaũkĩrwo atĩa, tiga hagĩire mũndũ wa kũndaarĩria?” Nĩ ũndũ ũcio akĩĩra Filipu ahaice ngaari ĩyo ya mbarathi, aikaranie nake.
"Why, how can I," replied the eunuch, "unless some one explains it to me?" And he earnestly invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 Mũndũ ũcio warĩ mũhakũre aathomaga gacunjĩ gaka ka Maandĩko: “Aatwarirwo o ta ngʼondu gĩthĩnjĩro-inĩ, na o ta ũrĩa gatũrũme gakiraga ki karĩ mbere ya mũndũ ũrĩa ũrakenja guoya, noguo o nake ataatumũrire kanua gake.
The passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: "Like a sheep He was led to slaughter, and just as a lamb before its shearer is dumb so He opened not His mouth.
33 Nĩaconorithirio na ndaigana gũtuĩrwo ciira na kĩhooto. Nũũ ũngĩaria ũhoro wa njiaro ciake? Nĩgũkorwo muoyo wake nĩwehererio ũkiuma gũkũ thĩ.”
In His humiliation justice was denied Him. Who will make known His posterity? For He is destroyed from among men."
34 Mũndũ ũcio mũhakũre akĩũria Filipu atĩrĩ, “Ndagũthaitha, ta njĩĩra atĩrĩ, mũnabii araaria ũhoro wa ũ, nĩ ũhoro wake we mwene kana nĩ ũhoro wa mũndũ ũngĩ?”
"Pray, of whom is the Prophet speaking?" inquired the eunuch; "of himself or of some one else?"
35 Hĩndĩ ĩyo Filipu akĩrutia ũhoro hau, akĩmũhe Ũhoro-ũrĩa-Mwega ũkoniĩ Jesũ.
Then Philip began to speak, and, commencing with that same portion of Scripture, told him the Good News about Jesus.
36 Na marĩ njĩra-inĩ magĩthiĩ-rĩ, magĩkinya handũ haarĩ na maaĩ, nake mũndũ ũcio warĩ mũhakũre akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ta rora, maaĩ nĩmo maya. Nĩ kĩĩ kĩngĩgiria mbatithio?”
So they proceeded on their way till they came to some water; and the eunuch exclaimed, "See, here is water; what is there to prevent my being baptized?"
37 (Nake Filipu akiuga atĩrĩ, “Ũngĩĩtĩkia na ngoro yaku yothe, no ũbatithio.” Nake agĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Nĩnjĩtĩkĩtie atĩ Jesũ Kristũ nĩwe Mũrũ wa Ngai.)”
38 Nake agĩathana ngaari ĩyo ya mbarathi ĩrũgame. Hĩndĩ ĩyo Filipu na mũndũ ũcio mũhakũre magĩikũrũka, magĩtoonya maaĩ-inĩ, nake Filipu akĩmũbatithia.
So he stopped the chariot; and both of them--Philip and the eunuch--went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.
39 Na rĩrĩa moimĩrire maaĩ-inĩ, Roho wa Mwathani o rĩmwe akĩoya Filipu, akĩmweheria, nake mũndũ ũcio mũhakũre akĩaga kũmuona rĩngĩ, no agĩthiĩ na mbere na rũgendo akenete.
But no sooner had they come up out of the water than the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again. With a glad heart he resumed his journey;
40 No Filipu nĩonekanire Azota, na agĩthiĩ akĩhunjagia Ũhoro-ũrĩa-Mwega matũũra-inĩ mothe nginya agĩkinya Kaisarea.
but Philip found himself at Ashdod. Then visiting town after town he everywhere made known the Good News until he reached Caesarea.
