Dagiti Aramid 9
1 Ngem ni Saulo, a mangibagbaga latta iti pangta uray pay iti pammapatay, maibusor kadagiti adalan ti Apo, napan iti nangato a padi
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
2 ket nagkiddaw kenkuana iti sursurat para kadagiti sinagoga idiay Damasco, tapno no adda mabirukanna a kameng iti Dalan, lallaki man wenno babbai, ket ipanna koma ida idiay Jerusalem kas balud.
and asked him to give him letters to the Jewish congregations at Damascus, authorizing him, if he found there any supporters of the Way, whether men or women, to have them put in chains and brought to Jerusalem.
3 Kabayatan nga agdaldaliasat isuna, napasamak nga idi asidegen isuna idiay Damasco, kellaat nga adda lawag manipud langit a nanglawag iti aglawlawna;
While on his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, suddenly a light from the heavens flashed around him.
4 ket natuang isuna iti daga ken nakangngeg iti timek a mangibagbaga kenkuana, “Saulo, Saulo, apay a parparigatennak?”
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him – “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
5 Simmungbat ni Saulo, “Siasinoka, Apo?” Kinuna ti Apo, “Siak ni Jesus nga idaddadanesmo;
“Who are you, Lord?” he asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” the voice answered;
6 ngem tumakderka, sumrekka iti siudad, ket maipakaammonto kenka no ania iti rumbeng nga aramidem.”
“Yet stand up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
7 Siuulimek a nakatakder dagiti lallaki a kadua ni Saulo a nagdaliasat, mangmangngegda ti timek ngem awan makitada.
The men traveling with Saul were meanwhile standing speechless; they heard the sound of the voice, but saw no one.
8 Timmakder ni Saulo manipud iti daga, ket idi inmulagatna dagiti matana, awan a pulos iti makitana; isu a kinibinda isuna ket impanda isuna idiay Damasco.
When Saul got up from the ground, though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So his men led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus;
9 Iti tallo nga aldaw ket saan isuna a makakita, ket saan isuna a nangan wenno imminom.
and for three days he was unable to see, and took nothing either to eat or to drink.
10 Ita, adda maysa nga adalan idiay Damasco a managan Ananias; ket nagsao ti Apo kenkuana iti maysa a sirmata, “Ananias.” Ket kinunana, “Adtoyak, Apo.”
Now there was at Damascus a disciple named Ananias, to whom, in a vision, the Lord said, “Ananias.” “Yes, Lord,” he answered.
11 Kinuna ti Apo kenkuana, “Tumakderka, ket mapanka iti kalsada a maawagan Nalinteg, ket iti balay ni Judas, damagem ti agnagan iti Saulo, maysa a lalaki a naggapu idiay Tarso; ta agkarkararag isuna;
“Go at once,” said the Lord, “to the Straight Street, and ask at Judas’s house for a man named Saul, from Tarsus. He is at this moment praying,
12 ken nakitana iti maysa a sirmata a simrek ti tao a managan Ananias ken impatayna ti imana kenkuana, tapno awatenn ti panagkitana.”
and he has seen, in a vision, a man named Ananias coming in and placing his hands on him, so that he may recover his sight.”
13 Ngem simmungbat ni Ananias, “Apo, nangngegko manipud iti kaaduan ti maipanggep iti daytoy a tao, no kasano ti panangranggas nga inaramidna kadagiti tattaom idiay Jerusalem.
“Lord,” exclaimed Ananias, “I have heard from many people about this man – how much harm he has done at Jerusalem to your people there.
14 Addaan isuna iti karbengan manipud iti panguloen dagiti papadi a mangtiliw iti tunggal maysa ditoy nga umaw-awag iti naganmo.”
And, here, too, he holds authority from the chief priests to put in chains all those who invoke your name.”
15 Ngem kinuna ti Apo kenkuana, “Mapanka, ta isuna ket napili nga agbalin nga instrumentok, a mangawit iti naganko kadagiti Hentil ken ar-ari ken kadagiti annak ti Israel;
But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to uphold my name before the Gentiles and their kings, and the people of Israel.
16 ta ipakitakto kenkuana no kasanonto kadagsen ti masapul a sagabaenna maigapu iti naganko.”
I will myself show him all that he has to suffer for my name.”
17 Pimmanaw ngarud ni Ananias, ket simrek iti balay. Iti panangipatayna iti imana kenkuana, kinunana, “Kabsat Saulo, ni Apo Jesus a nagparang kenka idiay kalsada idi paumayka, ket imbaonnak tapno maawatmo koma ti panagkitam ken mapnoanka iti Espiritu Santo.”
So Ananias went, entered the house, and, placing his hands on Saul, said, “Saul, my brother, I have been sent by the Lord – by Jesus, who appeared to you on your way here – so that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
18 Dagus nga adda kasla siksik a natinnag manipud iti mata ni Saulo, ket inawatna ti panagkitana; timmakder isuna ken nabautisaran;
Instantly it seemed as if a film fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. Then he got up and was baptized,
19 ken nangan isuna ket napapigsa. Nakipagian isuna kadagiti adalan idiay Damasco iti sumagmamano nga aldaw.
and, after he had taken food, he felt his strength return. Saul stayed for some days with the disciples who were at Damascus,
20 Dagus nga inwaragawagna ni Jesus kadagiti sinagoga, imbagbagana a ni Jesus ti Anak ti Dios.
and at once began in the synagogues to proclaim Jesus as the Son of God.
21 Amin a nakangngeg kenkuana ket nasdaaw ken kinunada, “Saan kadi a daytoy ti lalaki a nangidadanes kadagiti adda idiay Jerusalem nga immawag iti daytoy a nagan? Ken immay isuna ditoy tapno ipanna ida a sibabalud kadagiti panguloen dagiti papadi.
All who heard him were amazed. “Is not this,” they asked, “the man who worked havoc in Jerusalem among those that invoke this name, and who had also come here for the express purpose of having such persons put in chains and taken before the chief priests?”
22 Ngem napabileg ni Saulo a mangikasaba ken mangriro kadagiti Judio nga agnanaed idiay Damasco babaen iti panangpaneknekna a daytoy a Jesus ket isu ti Cristo.
Saul’s influence, however, kept steadily increasing, and he confounded the Jewish people who lived in Damascus by the proofs that he gave that Jesus was the Christ.
23 Kalpasan ti adu nga aldaw, sangsangkamaysa a pinanggep dagiti Judio a papatayen isuna.
After some time some of them laid a plot to kill Saul,
24 Ngem naamoan ni Saulo ti panggepda. Binantayanda dagiti ruangan iti aldaw ken rabii tapno patayenda isuna.
but it became known to him. They even watched the gates day and night, to kill him;
25 Ngem innala isuna dagiti adalanna iti rabii ket inyulogda iti pader, impababada babaen iti kuribot.
but his disciples let him down by night through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.
26 Idi immay isuna idiay Jerusalem, pinadas ni Saulo ti makikadua kadagiti adalan, ngem mabutengda amin kenkuana, saanda a mamati nga isuna ket maysa nga adalan.
On his arrival in Jerusalem, Saul attempted to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, as they did not believe that he was really a disciple.
27 Ngem innala isuna ni Barnabas ket impanna isuna kadagiti apostol. Ket imbagana kadakuada no kasano a nakita ni Saulo ti Apo iti dalan kalsada ken imbagana a nakisao ti Apo kenkuana, ken no kasano a situtured a nangasaba ni Saulo idiay Damasco iti nagan ni Jesus.
Barnabas, however, taking him by the hand, brought him to the apostles, and told them the whole story of how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord, and how the Lord had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out fearlessly in the name of Jesus.
28 Nakisinnarak isuna kadagiti apostol ken kadagiti dadduma pay a namati nga adda idiay Jerusalem. Situtured isuna a nagsao iti nagan ni Apo Jesus
After that, Saul remained in Jerusalem, in close contact with the apostles; and he spoke fearlessly in the name of the Lord,
29 ken nakilinnawag isuna kadagiti Judio a taga-Grecia; ngem kanayonda a padpadasen a papatayen isuna.
talking and arguing with the Jews of foreign birth, who, however, made attempts to kill him.
30 Idi naammoan dagiti kakabsat daytoy, insalogda isuna idiay Cesarea ket kalpasanna, imbaonda isuna idiay Tarso.
But, when the followers found this out, they took him down to Caesarea, and sent him on his way to Tarsus.
31 Ket idin, dagiti iglesia iti amin a Judea, Galilea, ken Samaria ket naaddaan iti talna ken napadakkel; ken, agbibiagda nga addaan panagbuteng iti Apo ken panangliwliwa ti Espiritu Santo, ket immadu ti iglesia.
And so it came about that the church, throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, enjoyed peace and became firmly established; and, ordering its life by respect for the Lord and the help of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
32 Ita, napasamak nga iti ipapan ni Pedro iti entero a rehion, napan met isuna kadagiti tao ti Dios nga agnanaed iti ili ti Lidda.
Peter, while traveling from place to place throughout the country, went down to visit the people of Christ living at Lydda.
33 Sadiay, adda nasarakanna a maysa a tao a managan Eneas, a tallo a tawenen nga adda iti iddana, ta isuna ket paralisado.
There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years with paralysis.
34 Kinuna ni Pedro kenkuana, “Eneas, pinaimbagnaka ni Jesu-Cristo. Tumakderka ket isimpam ta nagiddaam.” Ket dagus a timmakder isuna.
“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ cures you. Get up, and make your bed.” Aeneas got up at once;
35 Isu nga amin dagiti agnanaed idiay Lidda ken Sarona ket nakitada ti lalaki ket namatida iti Apo.
and all the inhabitants of Lydda and of the Plain of Sharon saw him, and came over to the Lord’s side.
36 Ita, adda maysa nga adalan idiay Joppa a managan Tabita, a naipatarus a kas “Dorcas.” Daytoy a babai ket napnoan iti naimbag ken addaan asi nga ar-aramid nga inaramidna kadagiti marigrigat.
At Joppa there lived a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which is in Greek ‘Dorcas’ – a Gazelle. Her life was spent in doing kind and charitable actions.
37 Immay ti kanito kadagidi nga al-aldaw a nagsakit isuna ket natay; idi nabugoandan isuna, impaiddada isuna iti akin-ngato a siled.
Just at that time she was taken ill, and died; and they had washed her body and laid it out in an upstairs room.
38 Gapu ta asideg ti Lidda iti Joppa, ken nangngeg dagiti adalan nga adda ni Pedro sadiay, nangibaonda iti dua a lallaki kenkuana, a nagpakpakaasi kenkuana, “Umayka kadakami a dagus.”
Joppa was near Lydda, and the disciples, having heard that Peter was at Lydda, sent two men with the request that he come to them without delay.
39 Timmakder ni Pedro ket nakikuyog kadakuada. Idi simmangpetdan, impanda isuna iti akin-ngato a siled. Ket amin dagiti balo, nakatakderda iti abayna nga agsangsangit, impakpakitada kenkuana dagiti kagay ken luplupot nga inaramid ni Dorcas idi adda paylaeng isuna kadakuada.
Peter returned with them at once. On his arrival, he was taken upstairs, and all the widows came around him in tears, showing the coats and other clothing which Dorcas had made while she was among them.
40 Pinarruar ida amin ni Pedro manipud iti siled, nagparintumeng, ket nagkararag; tinalliawna ti bagi ket kinunana, “Tabita, bumangonka.” Nagmulagat isuna, ket idi nakitana ni Pedro, nagtugaw isuna.
But Peter sent everybody out of the room, and knelt down and prayed. Then, turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha! Stand up.” She opened her eyes, and, seeing Peter, sat up.
41 Inyawat ni Pedro ti imana kenkuana ket pinatakderna isuna; ket idi inayabanna dagiti namati ken dagiti balo, imparangna isuna a sibibiag kadakuada.
Giving her his hand, Peter raised her up, and, calling in the widows and others of Christ’s people, presented her to them alive.
42 Daytoy a banag ket naammoan iti entero a Joppa, ket adu a tattao ti namati iti Apo.
This became known all through Joppa, and numbers of people came to believe in the Lord.
43 Napasamak ngarud a nakipagian ni Pedro iti adu nga aldaw idiay Joppa iti tao a managan Simon, maysa nga agkurkurti iti lalat.
And Peter stayed some days at Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
