Travay 16

1 Apre sa, Pòl ale lavil Dèb epi l' rive lavil List. Nan List te gen yon disip yo rele Timote. Manman l' te yon jwif ki te kwè nan Jezi tou, men papa l' te yon moun peyi Lagrès.

And he came also to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a certain disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewess, and of a Greek father.

2 Frè ki t'ap viv nan List ak Ikoniòm yo te bay bon rapò pou Timote.

He was well spoken of by the brothers in Lystra and Iconiun.

3 Pòl te vle mennen l' avèk li. Li pran l', li sikonsi l' paske tout jwif ki te nan peyi a te konnen papa Timote te grèk.

Now Paul, wishing that this man should accompany him on his journey, took him and circumcised him because of the local Jews, who all knew that his father was a Greek.

4 Nan tout lavil kote yo pase yo te mete disip yo an konesans desizyon apòt yo ak ansyen yo te pran lavil Jerizalèm, yo t'ap mande yo pou yo te soumèt devan desizyon an.

And as they went on their way through the cities they handed them the resolutions which the apostles and the elders in Jerusalem had ordained for them to keep.

5 Tout legliz yo t'ap vin pi fèm nan lafwa, chak jou yo t'ap gen plis moun toujou.

So the churches were strengthened in the faith and continued to increase in number daily.

6 Sentespri pa t' kite Pòl ak Timote al anonse pawòl Bondye a nan pwovens Lazi a. Se sak fè yo te pase nan zòn Friji ak zòn Galasi san rete.

Then they went through Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit having forbidden them to proclaim the message in Asia.

7 Lè yo rive toupre lavil Mizi, yo te vle ale Bitini, men Lespri Jezi a pa t' pèmèt yo fè sa.

When they got as far as Mysia, they attempted to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit it;

8 Yo pase nan Mizi san rete, yo desann lavil Twoas.

and so they passed by Mysia and went on down to Troas.

9 Nan mitan lannwit, Pòl fè yon vizyon: li wè yon nonm ki te soti peyi Masedwan kanpe devan l' ki t'ap di li: Tanpri, vin nan peyi Masedwan, vin pote nou sekou.

Here a vision appeared to Paul in the night. There stood a man of Macedonia, entreating him and saying, "Come over into Macedonia and help us!"

10 Apre Pòl te fè vizyon sa a, lamenm nou chache pou n' ale peyi Masedwan. Nou te sèten se Bondye menm ki te rele nou pou n' te al pote bon nouvèl la bay moun ki nan peyi sa a.

So when he had seen the vision, we sought at once to go forth into Macedonia, because we concluded that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

11 Nou pran batiman lavil Twoas, nou fè vwal tou dwat pou lil Samotras. Apre yon jou, nou rive lavil Neapolis.

So we set sail from Troas and ran a straight course to Samothrace. The next day we arrived in Neapolis,

12 Antan nou la, n' al lavil Filip, premye lavil nan distrik Masedwan lan: Se te yonn nan koloni sou zòd lavil Wòm yo. Nou pase plizyè jou nan lavil sa a.

and thence came to Philippi, a city of Macedonia, the fore most in its district, a Roman colony. There we stayed for some time.

13 Jou repo a, nou soti, n' al lòt bò pòtay lavil la bò larivyè a. Nou t'ap chache kote jwif yo te konn lapriyè a. Nou chita, nou t'ap pale ak fanm ki te sanble la yo.

On the Sabbath Day we went outside the city gate, to a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and talked to the women who had gathered there.

14 Yonn ladan yo te rele Lidi. Se te moun lavil Tiyati, yon machann bèl twal koulè wouj yo vann byen chè a. Li te konvèti nan relijyon jwif yo. Li t'ap koute nou. Seyè a louvri lespri l' pou l' te swiv tou sa Pòl t'ap di.

Among them was a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, who belonged to the town of Thyatira. She, since she was a worshiper of God, listened to us, and the Lord opened her heart to attend to what Paul said.

15 Li resevwa batèm, li menm ansanm ak tout fanmi li. Apre sa, li envite nou vin lakay li. Li di nou: Se pou n' vini, se pou n' fè ladesant lakay mwen, si nou kwè mwen mete konfyans mwen tout bon nan Seyè a. Se konsa li fòse nou rete lakay li.

When she was baptized, and her household, she urged us, saying, "If in your judgment I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." And she compelled us to come.

16 Yon jou nou tapral kote yo konn lapriyè a, nou kontre ak yon tifi. Se te yon sèvant, li te gen yon move lespri sou li ki te fè l' konn pase kat pou moun. Lè konsa tifi a te fè mèt li yo fè anpil lajan.

Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a certain slave girl met us, who had a spirit of divination, and who brought her masters great gain by fortune-telling.

17 Li tanmen swiv Pòl ak nou, li t'ap rele byen fò: Mesye sa yo se sèvitè Bondye ki anwo nan syèl la. Y'ap fè nou konnen chemen pou n' pran pou n' ka jwenn delivrans.

She used to follow after Paul and us, crying out again and again, "These men are servants of the most high God, who proclaimed to you the way of salvation."

18 Li t'ap fè sa pandan plizyè jou. Pòl menm te bouke ak fi a. Li vire, li di lespri a: Nan non Jezikri, mwen ba ou lòd, soti sou fi a. Menm lè a, lespri a soti sou li.

She persisted in this for many days, until Paul, worn out, turned round and said to the spirit, "I charge you, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her." In that very hour it came out of her.

19 Lè mèt sèvant lan wè yo te pèdi tout espwa fè lajan ak tifi a, yo mete men sou Pòl ak Silas, yo trennen yo sou plas piblik la devan otorite yo.

But when her owners saw that their hopes of gain were gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them before the magistrates, into the market-place.

20 Yo mennen yo devan chèf lavil Wòm yo, epi yo di: Mesye sa yo ap fè dezòd nan lavil nou an. Se jwif yo ye.

Then they brought them before the praetors, saying. "These fellows are Jews, who are making a great disturbance in our city.

21 Y'ap plede moutre moun yo yon bann bagay lalwa nou an pa pèmèt. Nou menm, se moun lavil Wòm nou ye, nou pa ka asepte fè bagay sa yo.

"They are teaching customs which it is not lawful for us as Romans to adopt or practise."

22 Foul moun yo te moute kont yo tou. Chèf women yo fè rache rad ki te sou Pòl ak Silas, epi yo bay lòd pou bat yo ak fwèt.

The crowd, too, rose up together against them, and the praetors, after having them stripped, and after ordering them to be flogged,

23 Apre yo fin bat yo byen bat, yo mete yo nan prizon. Yo bay chèf prizon an lòd pou veye mesye yo byen.

had many lashes inflicted upon them, and put them in prison, with a charge to the jailer to keep them safe.

24 Lè l' resevwa lòd sa a, chèf prizon an mete yo nan kacho ki jouk nan fon prizon an. Epi l' mete pye yo nan sèp.

On receiving so strict an order he cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

25 Vè menwi konsa, Pòl ak Silas t'ap lapriyè, yo t'ap chante fè lwanj pou Bondye. Lòt prizonye yo menm t'ap koute.

But at midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,

26 Epi, yo rete konsa, tè a pran tranble byen fò, li souke prizon an jouk nan fondasyon li. Menm lè a, tout pòt prizon yo louvri, chenn tout prizonye yo kase.

suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the very foundations of the prison-house were shaken; and instantly all the doors were opened, and every one’s chains fell off.

27 Chèf prizon an leve. Lè l' wè tout pòt prizon yo louvri, li rale nepe l', li tapral touye tèt li paske li te kwè prizonye yo te sove.

The jailer, roused from sleep, and seeing the doors wide open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he thought that the prisoners had escaped.

28 Men, Pòl kriye byen fò: Pa fè tèt ou mal. Nou tout la.

But Paul shouted loudly to him. "Do yourself no harm; for we are all here!"

29 Lè chèf prizon tande sa, li mande yon chandèl, li kouri nan kacho a. Li lage kò l' atè nan pye Pòl ak Silas. Li t'ap tranble kou yon fèy bwa tèlman li te pè.

So he called for lights, and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas,

30 Apre sa, li fè yo soti, li mande yo: Mesye, kisa m' dwe fè pou m' delivre?

and brought them out, saying, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

31 Yo reponn li: Mete konfyans ou nan Seyè Jezi, epi wava delivre, ou menm ansanm ak tout fanmi ou.

"Believe on the Lord Jesus," they answered, "and you will be saved, you and all your household."

32 Epi yo fè l' konnen pawòl Seyè a, limenm ansanm ak tout moun ki te lakay li.

Then they spoke the message of the Lord to him, as well as to all who were in his house.

33 Menm lè a, nan mitan lannwit lan, li pran yo, li mete renmèd sou tout kote yo te blese. Lèfini, Pòl ak Silas batize l' ansanm ak tout fanmi li.

And he took them, the same hour of the night, and washed their wounds, and he was baptized at once, he and all his.

34 Chèf prizon an fè yo moute lakay li, li ba yo manje. Nonm lan te kontan anpil ansanm ak tout fanmi l' paske koulye a yo te kwè nan Bondye.

And after bringing them up into his house, he set food before them, overjoyed with all his household in having believed in God.

35 Lè solèy fin leve, chèf moun lavil Wòm yo voye gad di chèf prizon an: Lage mesye yo.

But in the morning the praetors sent their lictors with the order, "Let these men go."

36 Chèf prizon an ale di Pòl: Chèf yo voye di pou yo lage nou. Nou mèt soti koulye a. Ale ak kè poze.

The jailer reported the words to Paul, saying. "The praetors have sent to release you; so come out, and go in peace."

37 Men, Pòl di gad yo konsa: Gade non! Se sitwayen lavil Wòm nou ye wi. Yo bat nou devan tout moun san yo pa jije nou jan yo te dwe fè l' la. Apre sa, yo mete nou nan prizon. Koulye a yo vle lage nou an kachèt. Non, nou pa nan sa. Se chèf moun lavil Wòm yo menm ki pou vin mete nou deyò.

But Paul said. "They have flogged us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Roman citizens; and have thrown us into prison. Are they now going to get rid of us secretly? No, indeed! Let them come here, themselves and take us out."

38 Gad yo al rapòte pawòl sa yo bay chèf yo. Lè chèf yo tande se sitwayen lavil Wòm mesye yo te ye, yo soti pè.

The lictors reported these words to the praetors, who were frightened when they heard that they were Romans.

39 Yo vin eskize yo bò kote apòt yo, yo lage yo. Lèfini yo mande yo pou kite lavil la.

So they came and conciliated them, and after taking them out of prison, begged them to leave the town.

40 Lè apòt yo soti nan prizon an, yo antre lakay Lidi. Yo wè frè yo, yo ba yo kèk pawòl ankourajman, epi yo pati, y' ale.

So Paul and Silas came out of the prison, and went to Lydia’s house; and after they had seen the brethren and encouraged them, they left Philippi.