< Travay 18 >

1 Apre bagay sa yo li te kite Athènes e te ale Corinthe.
After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth.
2 Epi li te twouve yon sèten Jwif la ki te rele Aquilas, yon moun Pont ki te fenk vin sòti Italie avèk madanm li Priscille, paske Claude te kòmande tout Jwif yo pou kite Rome. Paul te ale kote yo.
He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,
3 Akoz li te gen menm metye a, li te rete avèk yo, e yo t ap travay, paske se moun ki fè tant yo te ye.
and because he practised the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.
4 Li t ap rezone nan sinagòg la chak Saba pou l konvenk Jwif yo ak Grèk yo pou kwè.
He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
5 Men lè Silas ak Timothée te desann soti Macédoine, Paul te kòmanse dedye tèt li nèt a pawòl la, pou temwaye solanèlman a Jwif yo ke se te Jésus ki te Kris la.
When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Yeshua was the Messiah.
6 Men lè yo te reziste, e te fè blasfèm, li te souke rad li, e te di yo: “Ke san nou vini sou pwòp tèt nou! Mwen inosan. Depi koulye a mwen va ale kote pèp etranje yo.”
When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!”
7 Answit li te kite la pou ale lakay a yon sèten nonm ki te rele Titius Justus, yon adoratè Bondye, ki te gen kay li toupre sinagòg la.
He departed there and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshipped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
8 Crispus, dirijan sinagòg la, te vin kwè nan Senyè a avèk tout lakay li, e anpil nan Korentyen yo, lè yo te tande sa, yo te vin kwè, e yo te batize.
Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were immersed.
9 Epi Senyè a te di Paul nan yon vizyon pandan nwit lan: “Pa pè ankò, men kontinye pale, e pa fè silans;
The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;
10 paske Mwen avèk ou, e nanpwen moun k ap atake ou pou fè ou mal, paske Mwen gen anpil moun nan vil sa a.”
for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”
11 Konsa, li te rete la pandan en an si mwa, e li t ap enstwi pawòl Bondye a pami yo.
He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God amongst them.
12 Men pandan Gallion te pwokonsil Achaië Jwif yo avèk yon sèl vwa te leve kont Paul, e te mennen l devan chèz jijman an.
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgement seat,
13 Yo t ap di: “Nonm sila ap fè moun kwè pou adore Bondye kont lalwa a.”
saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”
14 Men lè Paul te prèt pou louvri bouch li, Gallion te di a Jwif yo: “Si se te yon ka a yon enjistis, oswa yon krim visye, O Jwif yo, li ta rezonab pou m ta bay nou soutyen.
But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
15 Men si gen kesyon konsènan pawòl, oswa non, oswa pwòp lwa pa nou, okipe sa nou menm. Mwen pa gen enterè nan jije bagay sa yo.”
but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don’t want to be a judge of these matters.”
16 Epi li te chase yo sòti devan chèz jijman an.
So he drove them from the judgement seat.
17 Konsa, yo tout te sezi Sosthène, mèt sinagòg la, e te kòmanse bat li devan chèz jijman an. Men Gallion pa t okipe bagay sa yo menm.
Then all the Greeks seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgement seat. Gallio didn’t care about any of these things.
18 Paul, apre li te rete pandan anpil jou ankò, te kite frè yo pou te monte sou lanmè a pou rive Syrie, e avèk li te gen Priscille ak Aquilas. Nan Cenchrées li te fè yo pase razwa sou cheve tèt li, paske li t ap swiv yon ve.
Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.
19 Yo te rive Éphèse, e li te kite yo la. Alò, li menm te antre nan sinagòg la pou te rezone avèk Jwif yo.
He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.
20 Lè yo te mande li pou rete avèk yo pou plis tan, li pa t dakò,
When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined;
21 men li te kite yo e t ap di: “Mwen va retounen kote nou ankò si Bondye vle”. E li te pran bato a vwal pou soti Éphèse.
but taking his leave of them, he said, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.
22 Lè l te rive Césarée, li te monte pou salye legliz la, e li te desann Antioche.
When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch.
23 Lè l te fin pase kèk tan la, li te sòti e te travèse youn apre lòt, nan rejyon a Galatie a ak Phrygie kote li te ranfòse tout disip yo.
Having spent some time there, he departed and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.
24 Alò, yon sèten Jwif ki te rele Apollos, ki te ne nan Alexandrie, yon nonm ki te konn pale byen, e ki te fò nan Ekriti Sen yo te vini Éphèse.
Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.
25 Mesye sa te enstwi nan chemen Bondye a. E avèk fevè Lespri a, li t ap pale e t ap enstwi byen klè tout bagay konsènan Jésus, men te konnen sèlman batèm a Jean an.
This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Yeshua, although he knew only the immersion of Yochanan.
26 Li te kòmanse pale avèk gwo kouraj nan sinagòg la. Men lè Priscille ak Aquilas te tande l, yo te rale l akote pou te eksplike li chemen Bondye a pi klè.
He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
27 Lè Apollos te vle travèse a Achaïe, frè yo te ankouraje li, e te ekri a disip yo pou ankouraje li. Lè l te rive, li te anpil èd pou sila ki te kwè pa gras yo.
When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him; and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;
28 Paske avèk pouvwa li te demanti Jwif yo an piblik, e li te montre atravè Ekriti Sen yo ke Jésus se te Kris la.
for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Yeshua was the Messiah.

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