Ọrụ Ndị Ozi 12
1 Nʼoge ahụ, eze Herọd jidere ụfọdụ ndị so na chọọchị buru nʼobi ịkpagbu ha.
About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
2 O jiri mma agha gbuo Jemis nwanne Jọn.
He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
3 Mgbe ọ chọpụtara na omume ya tọrọ ndị Juu ụtọ, ọ gara nʼihu jidekwa Pita. Nke a mere nʼoge mmemme Achịcha Ekoghị eko.
And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
4 Mgbe o jidere ya, o tinyere ya nʼụlọ mkpọrọ ebe o mere ka ndị agha chee ya nche, ndị agha anọ nʼotu oge, ndị agha anọ ọzọ nʼoge nke ọzọ. Ebumnobi ya bụ ịkpọpụta ya nʼihu ọha mmadụ kpee ya ikpe mgbe Mmemme Ngabiga gasịrị.
He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
5 Mgbe e debere Pita nʼụlọ mkpọrọ, nzukọ esepụghị aka nʼikpe ekpere nʼihi ya nye Chineke.
So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
6 Ma nʼabalị na-esota ụbọchị ahụ Herọd ga-akpụpụta ya, Pita nọ nʼụra nʼetiti ndị agha abụọ, e jiri eriri igwe kee ya nʼụkwụ nʼaka, ma ndị nche ọzọ nọkwa nʼọnụ ụzọ na-eche ya nche.
On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
7 Na mberede mmụọ ozi Onyenwe anyị bịara guzoro nʼebe ahụ, ìhè nwukwara nʼime ụlọ mkpọrọ ahụ. Ọ kutụrụ Pita aka nʼakụkụ sị, “Ngwangwa, bilie ọtọ!” Eriri igwe ahụ dapụrụ nʼaka ya.
Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
8 Mmụọ ozi ahụ sịrị ya, “Yiri uwe gị na akpụkpọụkwụ gị.” O mere otu ahụ, Mmụọ ozi ahụ gwakwara ya, “Yirikwa akwa mgbokwasị gị soro m.”
“Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
9 Pita sooro ya nʼazụ, o chere na ọ na-ahụ ọhụ, ma ọ mataghị na ihe mmụọ ozi ahụ na-eme bụ ezie.
So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.
10 Ha gafere ndị nche nke mbụ na nke abụọ rute nʼọnụ ụzọ e si abanye nʼime obodo, nke bụ ọnụ ụzọ igwe. Ọnụ ụzọ igwe ahụ meghekwara nʼonwe ya, ha esite na ya gafee. Mgbe ha gara ije ruo ebe tere anya nʼama nke ọzọ, ngwangwa mmụọ ozi ahụ hapụrụ ya.
They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
11 Mgbe ahụ kwa ka Pita ghọtara ihe niile mere. O kwuru, “Ugbu a, amatala m nʼezie, na Onyenwe anyị ezitela mmụọ ozi ya, ka ọ bịa zọpụta m site nʼaka eze Herọd na ihe niile ndị Juu na-atụ anya ya. Ugbu a ọ napụtakwala m site nʼọchịchọ ọjọọ niile nke ndị Juu.”
Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
12 Mgbe ọ ghọtara ihe merenụ, ọ gawara nʼụlọ Meri nne Jọn onye a na-akpọkwa Mak, ebe ọtụtụ mmadụ zukọtararị na-ekpe ekpere.
And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.
13 Mgbe ọ kụrụ aka nʼọnụ ụzọ ama, otu odibo nwanyị aha ya bụ Roda bịara ka o zaa ya.
He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.
14 Mgbe ọ nụrụ olu Pita, ọṅụ juru ya obi nke mere na ọ gbaara ọsọ laghachi azụ nʼemegheghị ụzọ. Ọ gara tisaa, “Ọ bụ Pita nọ nʼọnụ ụzọ!”
When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”
15 Ha sịrị ya na ọ na-ekwu okwu dịka onye uche ya na-ezughị oke. Mgbe ọ nọgidesịrị ike na-ekwu otu ihe ahụ, ha sịrị, “Ọ ghaghị ị bụ mmụọ ozi ya.”
“You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
16 Ma Pita nọgidere na-akụ aka nʼụzọ. Mgbe ha meghere ụzọ hụ ya, ọ gbagwojuru ha anya.
But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.
17 O feere ha aka ka ha mechie ọnụ. Ọ kọọrọ ha otu Onyenwe anyị si dupụta ya site nʼụlọ mkpọrọ. Ọ gwara ha, “Meenụ ka Jemis na ụmụnna anyị niile mata ihe ndị a.” Ọ pụrụ gawa ebe ọzọ.
Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
18 Nʼisi ụtụtụ echi ya, oke ọgbaaghara dị nʼetiti ndị agha, ebe ha na-eche ihe mere Pita.
At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
19 Mgbe Herọd chọgharịchara ya ma ọ chọtaghị ya, ọ jụrụ ndị nche ahụ ajụjụ dị iche iche. Nʼikpeazụ ọ nyere iwu ka e gbuo ha. Emesịa ọ hapụrụ Judịa gaa Sizaria nọdụ nʼebe ahụ.
After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
20 Nʼoge ahụ Herọd na-eweso ndị Taịa na Saịdọn iwe, ha zipụrụ ndị ozi ha izute ya. Ha buru ụzọ mee ka ha na Blastọs bụrụ enyi, onye eze tụkwasịrị obi nke na-elekọtakwa ime ụlọ ndina eze anya. Ha rịọrọ ya ka udo dịrị, nʼihi na a na-esi nʼobodo eze na-enwetara ha ihe oriri.
Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.
21 Nʼụbọchị nzukọ ahụ, Herọd gbokwasịrị uwe ndị eze ya nọkwasị nʼocheeze ya. O weere oke olu dị iche gwa nzukọ ahụ niile okwu.
On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.
22 Igwe mmadụ ahụ nọ na-eti mkpu, “Nke a abụghị olu mmadụ, ọ bụ olu chi!”
And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
23 Nʼotu oge ahụ, mmụọ ozi Onyenwe anyị tiri ya ihe otiti dị egwu nʼihi na o nyeghị Chineke otuto ma otu. Ikpuru ripịara ya ahụ, nke mere ka ọ nwụọ.
Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
24 Ma okwu Chineke gara nʼihu na-aba ụba na-agbasakwa.
But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.
25 Mgbe ha rụchara ọrụ ha, Banabas na Sọl si Jerusalem lọghachi. Ha kpọọrọ Jọn onye a na-akpọkwa Mak nʼije ha.
When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
