Ọrụ Ndị Ozi 3
1 Otu ụbọchị Pita na Jọn na-aga nʼụlọnsọ ukwu ikpe ekpere nʼoge ekpere nʼelekere atọ nke ehihie.
One day, as Peter and John were going up into the Temple Courts for the three o’clock Prayers,
2 Ma otu nwoke dara ngwụrọ site nʼafọ nne ya ka a na-ebute nʼọnụ ụzọ ama nke ụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ ụbọchị niile ka ọ na-arịọ ndị na-aba nʼime ụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ arịrịọ. Aha ọnụ ụzọ ama ahụ bụ ọnụ ụzọ ama ọma.
a man, who had been lame from his birth, was being carried by. This man used to be set down every day at the gate of the Temple called “the Beautiful Gate,” to beg of those who went in.
3 Mgbe ọ hụrụ Pita na Jọn ka ha na-achọ ịba nʼụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ, o bidoro ịrịọ ha arịrịọ.
Seeing Peter and John on the point of entering, he asked them to give him something.
4 Ma Pita na Jọn legidere ya anya, Pita sịrị, “Lee anyị anya.”
Peter fixed his eyes on him, and so did John, and then Peter said, ‘Look at us.’
5 O legidere ha anya chee na ha ga-enye ya onyinye.
The man was all attention, expecting to get something from them;
6 Ma Pita sịrị, “Enweghị m ọlaọcha maọbụ ọlaedo ma ihe m nwere ka m na-enye gị. Nʼaha Jisọs Kraịst onye Nazaret bilie ọtọ gawa ije.”
but Peter added, ‘I have no gold or silver, but I give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk.’
7 O jidere ya aka nʼaka nri ya, nyere ya aka selite ya elu, ngwangwa, ụkwụ ya na nkwonkwo nke akwara ụkwụ ya nwetara ike.
Grasping the lame man by the right hand, Peter lifted him up. Instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong,
8 Ọ wụliri elu nʼụkwụ ya, bido ịga ije. O soro ha baa nʼụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ, ya na-aga, ya ana-awụlị elu, na-etokwa Chineke.
and, leaping up, he stood and began to walk about, and then went with them into the Temple Courts, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
9 Mmadụ niile hụrụ ya ka ọ na-agagharị na-eto Chineke,
All the people saw him walking about and praising God;
10 ha ghọtara na ọ bụ ya bụ onye ahụ na-anọ nʼọnụ ụzọ ama ụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ, nke a na-akpọ ọnụ ụzọ ama ọma na-arịọ arịrịọ. Ọ gbagwojuru ha anya nke ukwuu, gbakwa ha gharịị ihe mere ya.
and, when they recognised him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, they were utterly astonished and amazed at what had happened to him.
11 Ma dị ka o jidere Pita na Jọn aka, ndị mmadụ niile jiri mgbagwoju anya gbara ọsọ bịakwute ha nʼakụkụ ụlọnsọ ahụ ebe a na-akpọ mgbe ụlọ Solomọn.
While the man still clung to Peter and John, the people all quickly gathered round them in the Colonnade named after Solomon, in the greatest astonishment.
12 Mgbe Pita hụrụ nke a, ọ gwara igwe mmadụ ahụ, “Ndị Izrel, gịnị mere ihe a ji eju unu anya? Gịnị mere unu ji ele anyị anya dịka a ga-asị na ọ bụ site nʼike nke anyị maọbụ nʼịdị nsọ anyị ka anyị jiri mee ka nwoke a gawa ije?
On seeing this, Peter said to the people, ‘People of Israel, why are you surprised at this? And why do you stare at us, as though we, by any power or piety of our own, had enabled this man to walk?
13 Chineke nke Ebraham, nke Aịzik na nke Jekọb, Chineke nke nna anyị ha, ebuliela onye na-ejere ya ozi, bụ Jisọs elu, onye unu nyefere ka e gbuo, ma gọnarịkwa ya nʼihu Pailet, nʼagbanyeghị na o kpebiri ịhapụ ya ka ọ laa.
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has done honour to his servant Jesus – him whom you gave up and disowned before Pilate, when he had decided to set him free.
14 Unu gọnarịrị onye ahụ dị nsọ bụrụkwa onye ezi omume, ma rịọ ka a hapụrụ unu ogbu mmadụ.
You, I say, disowned the holy and righteous one, and asked for the release of a murderer!
15 Unu gburu onye ahụ na-enye ndụ, ma Chineke akpọlitela ya site nʼọnwụ. Anyị bụ ndị akaebe ihe ndị a.
The guide to life you put to death! But God raised him from the dead – and of that we are ourselves witnesses.
16 Ọ bụ site nʼokwukwe nʼaha ya, ọ bụ aha ya naanị mere nwoke a ka ọ dị ike onye nke unu na-ahụ ma marakwa. Okwukwe nʼime Jisọs mere ka ahụ ya zuo oke nʼihu unu niile.
And it is by faith in the name of Jesus, that this man, whom you all see and know, has – by his name – been made strong. Yes, it is the faith inspired by Jesus that has made this complete cure of the man, before the eyes of you all.
17 “Ugbu a ụmụnna m, amaara m na unu kpara agwa na-amaghị ama, dịka ndị ndu unu sikwara kpaa.
And yet, my friends, I know that you acted as you did from ignorance, and your rulers also.
18 Ma Chineke siri otu a mezuo ihe o kwuru site nʼọnụ ndị amụma niile na Kraịst ya aghaghị ịhụ ahụhụ.
But it was in this way that God fulfilled all that he had long ago foretold, as to the sufferings of his Christ, by the lips of all the prophets.
19 Ya mere, chegharịanụ ugbu a ma lọghachikwutekwanụ Chineke, ka e nwee ike ihichapụ mmehie unu,
Therefore, repent and turn so that your sins may be wiped away; so that happier times may come from the Lord himself,
20 ka enyekwa unu ntute nke ime mmụọ nke sitere nʼihu Onyenwe anyị, ma zitekwara unu Kraịst ahụ, bụ onye ahọpụtara nye unu, nke bụ Jisọs.
and so that he may send you, in Jesus, your long-appointed Christ.
21 Onye eluigwe na-aghaghị ịnabata tutu ruo oge ahụ Chineke ga-eweghachi ihe niile nʼọnọdụ ha, dịka o kwere na nkwa nʼogologo oge gara aga site nʼọnụ ndị amụma ya dị nsọ. (aiōn g165)
But heaven must be his home, until the days of the Universal Restoration, of which God has spoken by the lips of his holy prophets from the very first. (aiōn g165)
22 Mosis sịrị, ‘Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke ga-eme ka onye amụma ga-adị ka m biliere unu site nʼetiti ụmụ nne unu, unu aghaghị ige ntị nʼihe niile ọ ga-agwa unu.
Moses himself said – “The Lord your God will raise up from among yourselves a prophet, as he raised me. To him you will listen whenever he speaks to you.
23 Onye ọbụla jụrụ ige onye amụma ahụ ntị, ka a ga-ekewapụ kpamkpam site nʼetiti ndị ya ma bibiekwa ya.’
And it will be that should anyone among the people not listen to that prophet, he will be utterly destroyed.”
24 “Nʼezie ndị amụma niile site na Samuel na ndị ọzọ so ya nʼazụ, bukwara amụma banyere ụbọchị ndị a.
Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel onwards, and all their successors who had a message to deliver, told of these days.
25 Ma unu bụ ndị nketa nke ndị amụma, nakwa nke ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ Chineke na nna nna unu gbara, mgbe ọ gwara Ebraham, ‘Site na mkpụrụ gị ka a ga-agọzi mba niile nke ụwa.’
You yourselves are the heirs of the prophets, and heirs, too, of the covenant which God made with your ancestors, when he said to Abraham – “In your descendants will all the nations of the earth be blessed.”
26 Mgbe Chineke kpọlitere onyeozi ya, o buuru ụzọ zitere unu ya, ka ọ gọzie unu site nʼime ka onye ọbụla nʼime unu chegharịa site nʼụzọ ọjọọ ya.”
For you, first, God raised up his servant, and sent him to bless you, by turning each one of you from his wicked ways.’
