Travay 13

1 Nan legliz Antiòch la te gen kèk pwofèt ak moun ki t'ap bay enstriksyon: se te Banabas, Simeon (yo te rele Ti Nwa), Lisiyis, moun Sirèn, Manayèn (ki te grandi ansanm ak Ewòd, gouvènè a), epi Sòl.

Now in the church that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

2 Yon jou, yo t'ap fè sèvis pou Bondye, yo t'ap fè jèn, lè Sentespri di yo: Mete Banabas ak Sòl apa pou mwen, pou yo fè travay mwen chwazi pou yo fè a.

As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them."

3 Lè sa a, yo fè jèn, yo lapriyè, yo mete men sou tèt Banabas ak Sòl, epi yo kite yo ale.

Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

4 Se konsa Sentespri te voye Banabas ak Sòl an misyon. Y' al nan peyi Selesi. Antan yo la, yo pran yon batiman pou lil Chip.

So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.

5 Lè yo rive Salamin yo tanmen anonse pawòl Bondye a nan sinagòg jwif yo. Yo te gen Jan Mak avèk yo pou ede yo.

When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They had also John as their attendant.

6 Yo travèse tout lil la nèt jouk Pafòs. Rive la, yo jwenn yon majisyen ki te rele Bajezi. Se te yon jwif ki te pran pòz pwofèt li.

When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man, a magician, a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus,

7 Li te bon zanmi ak Sèjiyis Polis, chèf lil la. Sèjiyis Polis la te yon nonm lespri. Li fè rele Banabas ak Sòl paske li te vle tande pawòl Bondye a.

who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.

8 Men, Elimas (se te non majisyen an nan lang grèk) t'ap kenbe tèt ak yo. Li t'ap chache detounen gouvènè a pou l' pa t' kwè.

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.

9 Men, Sòl (yo te rele Pòl tou), anba pouvwa Sentespri, fikse je l' sou majisyen an,

But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him,

10 li di li: Ou menm, ou se pitit Satan. Ou plen riz ak mechanste nan kè ou, ou pa vle wè anyen ki bon. Eske ou p'ap sispann vire travay Bondye a lanvè?

and said, "Full of all deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

11 Koulye a, koute: Bondye pral mete men sou ou: ou pral vin avèg, ou p'ap wè limyè solèy pou kèk tan. Menm lè a, je Elimas vin bouche, li wè tou nwa. Li t'ap vire adwat agoch, li t'ap chache yon moun pou pran men l' pou kondi li.

Now, look, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time." Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

12 Lè gouvènè a wè sak te rive a, li kwè. Sa te frape l' anpil lè l' tande tou sa yo t'ap moutre li sou Seyè a.

Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

13 Pòl ak kanmarad li yo pran batiman nan lavil Pafòs, y' al lavil Pèj nan peyi Panfili. Antan yo la, Jan Mak kite yo, li tounen Jerizalèm.

Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia, and John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.

14 Yo kite Pèj, yo pousib wout yo jouk yo rive lavil Antiòch nan peyi Pisidi. Jou repo a, yo antre nan sinagòg la, yo chita.

But they, passing on from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia. They went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down.

15 Apre moun yo te fin li nan liv lalwa a ak nan liv pwofèt yo, chèf sinagòg la voye di yo: Frè m' yo, si nou gen kèk pawòl pou ankouraje asanble a, nou mèt pale koulye a.

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak."

16 Pòl leve kanpe, li fè yon siy ak men l', epi li di: Nou menm moun ras Izrayèl, ak nou menm moun lòt nasyon ki gen krentif pou Bondye, koute mwen.

Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.

17 Bondye pèp Izrayèl la te chwazi zansèt nou yo. Antan yo t'ap viv tankou etranje nan peyi Lejip, li fè pèp la vin yon kantite. Apre sa, ak fòs ponyèt li, li fè yo soti kite peyi a.

The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they stayed as foreigners in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm, he led them out of it.

18 Pandan karantan, li pran pasyans ak yo nan dezè a.

For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.

19 Li detwi sèt nasyon nan peyi Kanaran, li pran tout tè yo, li bay pèp li a pou pwopryete pa yo,

When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.

20 pou katsansenkant (450) lanne. Apre sa, li mete jij pou kòmande yo jouk pou rive nan tan pwofèt Samyèl.

All this took about four hundred and fifty years. And after these things he gave them judges, until Samuel the prophet.

21 Lè sa a, yo mande pou yon wa. Bondye ba yo Sayil, pitit gason Kis la, moun branch fanmi Benjamen, pou wa pandan karantan.

Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

22 Lè li wete Sayil, li ba yo David pou wa. Men sa Bondye te di sou David: Mwen jwenn David, pitit gason Izayi a. Se yon nonm ki fè m' plezi. Li va fè tou sa m' vle l' fè.

When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.'

23 Se Jezi, yonn nan pitit pitit David yo, Bondye mete pou delivre pèp Izrayèl la, jan l' te pwomèt la.

From this man's offspring, according to his promise, God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus,

24 Men, anvan Jezi te vini, Jan t'ap mache bay mesaj sa a, li t'ap rele tout pèp Izrayèl la pou yo te tounen vin jwenn Bondye, pou yo te resevwa batèm.

before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

25 Lè Jan te prèt pou fini ak misyon l' lan, li di pèp la: Ki moun nou kwè mwen ye? Moun n'ap tann lan, se pa mwen. Men, koute, moun sa a ap vini apre mwen. Mwen menm, mwen pa bon ase pou m' ta demare kòd sapat ki nan pye li.

As John was fulfilling his course, he said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But look, one comes after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'

26 Frè m' yo, nou menm moun ras Abraram lan ak nou menm moun lòt nasyon isit la ki gen krentif pou Bondye, Bondye voye di nou li vin delivre nou.

Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to us.

27 Paske, moun lavil Jerizalèm ansanm ak chèf yo pa t' konnen ki moun Jezi te ye. Yo pa t' konprann sans pawòl pwofèt yo, pawòl ki li nan zòrèy yo chak jou repo. Men, se yo menm ankò ki fè tout pawòl sa yo rive vre lè yo te kondannen Jezi.

For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

28 Atout yo pa t' jwenn anyen nan sa Jezi te fè ki pou ta fè l' merite lanmò, yo te mande Pilat fè touye li.

Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.

29 Lè yo fin fè tout bagay ki te ekri sou li nan liv yo rive vre, yo desann li sou kwa a, yo mete l' nan yon kavo.

When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree, and placed him in a tomb.

30 Men, Bondye fè l' leve soti vivan nan lanmò.

But God raised him from the dead,

31 Apre sa, pandan plizyè jou, moun ki te moute Jerizalèm soti peyi Galile ansanm avèk li yo, yo te wè l' ak je yo. Se yo menm k'ap sèvi l' temwen koulye a devan pèp Izrayèl la.

and he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.

32 Nou menm, nou vin fè nou konnen bon nouvèl sa a isit la. Bagay Bondye te pwomèt zansèt nou yo,

We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,

33 li fè l' pou nou ki pitit pitit yo: li fè Jezi leve soti vivan nan lanmò, dapre sa ki ekri nan Sòm de a: Ou se pitit mwen. Depi jòdi a se mwen ki papa ou.

that God has fulfilled for us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second psalm, 'You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.'

34 Bondye te fè konnen li t'ap fè l' soti vivan nan lanmò pou l' pa t' janm tounen pouriti ankò. Se sa l' te fè konnen, lè l' te di: M'a ba ou tout benediksyon mwen te pwomèt David yo, ou mèt konte sou yo.

"Concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: 'I will give to you the faithful sacred things of David.'

35 Se poutèt sa, yon lòt kote li di konsa: Ou pa penmèt moun k'ap sèvi ou la pouri anba tè.

Therefore he says also in another psalm, 'You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.'

36 Men, apre David te fin sèvi plan Bondye nan mitan moun ki t'ap viv menm lè avè l' yo, li mouri. Yo antere l' menm kote ak zansèt li yo, epi li pouri anba tè.

For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was placed with his fathers, and saw decay.

37 Men, moun Bondye te leve soti vivan nan lanmò a, li pa janm pouri anba tè.

But he whom God raised up saw no decay.

38 -(we vèsè pwochen)

Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you forgiveness of sins,

39 Frè m' yo, nou fèt pou nou konn sa byen: Bondye voye Jezi fè nou konnen l'ap padonnen tout peche nou yo: tout moun ki mete konfyans yo nan Jezi, y'ap delivre anba tout peche lalwa Moyiz pa t' ka wete pou yo.

and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the Law of Moses.

40 Atansyon pou bagay pwofèt yo te di a pa rive nou:

So beware, lest what is said in the Prophets should come about:

41 Gade non, nou menm k'ap meprize moun, sezisman pral touye nou. Paske mwen pral fè yon travay koulye a nan mitan nou, bagay nou pa ta kwè, menm si moun ta rakonte nou li.

'Look, you scoffers, and be amazed, and perish; for I am working a work in your days, a work which you will not believe, if one tells it to you.'"

42 Antan Banabas ak Pòl t'ap soti nan sinagòg la, moun yo mande yo pou yo tounen jou repo k'ap vini an pou pale sou tout bagay sa yo ankò.

So when they went out they urged them to speak about these things on the next Sabbath.

43 Apre reyinyon an, anpil jwif ak anpil moun lòt nasyon ki te konvèti nan relijyon jwif yo te swiv Pòl ak Banabas. Apòt yo menm te pale ak yo, yo te ankouraje yo pou yo rete fèm nan favè Bondye.

Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

44 Jou repo ki vin apre a, prèske tout moun nan lavil la te sanble pou tande pawòl Seyè a.

The next Sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of the Lord.

45 Lè jwif yo wè foul moun yo, yo pran fè jalouzi: yo t'ap demanti tou sa Pòl t'ap di a, yo t'ap joure li.

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and reviled him.

46 Men, Pòl ak Banabas di yo kareman: Se nou menm premye moun ki pou te resevwa Pawòl Bondye a. Men, n'ap repouse l', nou pa konsidere tèt nou bon ase pou n' antre nan lavi ki p'ap janm fini an. Enben, koulye a nou pral vire bò kote moun lòt nasyon yo. (aiōnios g166)

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, "It was necessary that God's word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, look, we turn to the non-Jewish people. (aiōnios g166)

47 Men lòd Bondye te ban nou: Mwen mete ou pou sèvi yon limyè pou lòt nasyon yo, pou ou kapab ale toupatou sou latè, moutre ki jan tout moun ka jwenn delivrans.

For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, 'I have set you as a light to the nations, that you may bring salvation to the farthest part of the earth.'"

48 Lè moun lòt nasyon yo tande sa, yo pa t' manke kontan: yo pran fè lwanj pawòl Bondye a. Tout moun Bondye te chwazi davans pou resevwa lavi ki p'ap janm fini an te kwè. (aiōnios g166)

As the non-Jewish people heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord. As many as were appointed to everlasting life believed. (aiōnios g166)

49 Pawòl Bondye a t'ap gaye toupatou nan peyi a.

The Lord's word was spread abroad throughout all the region.

50 Men, jwif yo moute tèt medam lasosyete ki te konvèti nan relijyon jwif yo, ansanm ak grannèg lavil yo. Yo tout yo pran pèsekite Pòl ak Banabas: yo mete yo deyò nan peyi a.

But the Jews stirred up the devout women of prominence and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.

51 Pòl ak Banabas souke pousyè pye yo sou yo, y' ale lavil Ikoniòm.

But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium.

52 Nan Antiòch menm, disip yo te kontan anpil, Sentespri te plen kè yo.

The disciples were filled with joy with the Holy Spirit.