Katuma 9
1 Shawulu anyumo ure aje inka tuma ku inza wanu tarsa ugomo asere, ma haa ahira unu udang ullatima.
Meanwhile, Saul angrily continued to say, “I will kill those who believe that [Jesus is] the Lord!” He went to the supreme priest [in Jerusalem]
2 U nyara inyerte mee saa indi nyame nikara nu guna maka mensimanu tarsa asere adi maskus a ma mekiwee ma ehn ujerusalem ahamna wa rumma nan na eeh.
and requested him [to write] letters [introducing him] to [the leaders of] [MTY] the Jewish meeting places in Damascus [city. The letters asked them to authorize Saul] to seize any men or women who followed the way [that Jesus had taught], and to take them as prisoners to Jerusalem [so that the Jewish leaders could judge and punish them].
3 maraa anyumo afanu mamu uribe adamas kas, ma iri masa ma suro asesere ma keteme.
Saul took those letters, and while he [and those with him] traveled toward Damascus, as they were approaching the city, suddenly a [brilliant] light from heaven shone around Saul.
4 Ma dusa ma rizi adizi ma kuna nimyiran unu tissa umme shawulu, shawulu nyanini ya wuna uzin unu yomo uum.
[Immediately] he fell down to the ground. Then he heard the voice [of the Lord] say to him, “Saul, Saul, (stop causing me to suffer!/why are you causing me to suffer?) [RHQ]”
5 Shawulu ma gu hu aveni ugomo asers ma kabirka me ma gumme in manni ugomo asere yesu sa uzin unu yomo umee.
Saul asked him, “Lord, who are you?” He replied, “I am Jesus, [and] you [(sg)] are causing me to suffer [by hurting my followers]!
6 Ma gun me hira ribe anyumo ani pin me adi bukuwe imumme sa udi wuu.
Now instead [of continuing to do that], stand up and go into the city! [Someone there] will tell you [(sg)] what I [want] you to do.”
7 Aroni a tanu ti shawulu wa turin in kufik, wa kunna nimyiran intize sarki u ira unu.
The men who were traveling with Saul [became so frightened that they] could not say anything. [They just] stood there. They only heard the sound [when the Lord spoke], but they did not see anyone.
8 Ma hiri ma kem urubo ya meki me a chanti me tari a riben me adimas kas.
Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see anything. So the men [with him] took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.
9 Tiye tuma ti taru ini rubomee saki mare daki ma saa.
For the next three days Saul could not see [anything], and he did not eat or drink anything.
10 Ure unu tarsa asere maa rani anyumo adimaskas me sa atissa me hananiyai ugomo asere ma buki me tize ati roo.
In Damascus there was [a Jew] named Ananias who believed in Jesus. While [Ananias was seeing] a vision, the Lord [Jesus] said to him, “Ananias!” He replied, “Lord, I [am listening].”
11 Ugomo asere ma gunme hira hana ani kirame sa atisa nin derte a kura a yahuda u ikki una ni zaa shawulu sa ma suro u tasus.
The Lord Jesus told him, “Go to Straight Street to the house that belongs to Judas. Ask [someone there if you(sg) can talk to] a man named Saul from Tarsus [city], because, surprisingly, at this moment he is praying [to me].
12 Ma raa nyumo abi ringara ma irri unu sa atisa hananiya ati roo, ma ehzee madi tarme tari bati aje ameme a pagno.
[Saul has seen] a vision in which a man named Ananias entered [the house where he was staying] and put his hands on him in order that he might see again.”
13 Hananiya ma ugomo asere mamu kumna ahira anu gbardang, uyomome sa unu ugeme mazi anu awemen ujerusalem.
But Ananias [protested], saying, “But Lord, many people have told me about this man! He has done many evil things to the people in Jerusalem who [believe in] you!
14 Anya me nikara ahira unu udandang uka tuma, ma meki vat de sa ma tarsa we.
And the chief priests have authorized him to come here [to Damascus] in order to seize all of us who believe in you [(sg)] [MTY] [and take us to Jerusalem]!”
15 Ugomo asere ma gunme hana ma zauka me, ma kurze me, imum ika tuma kami madi han intize tum a hira andesa wa taa me, nan nagomo wana hana ujerusalem.
But the Lord [Jesus] told Ananias, “Go to [Saul! Do what I say], because I have chosen him to serve me in order that he might speak about me [MTY] both to non-Jewish people and [their] kings and to the Israeli people.
16 Barki imumme sa ma wuzam madi sih ijassi.
I myself will tell him that he must often suffer greatly because of [telling people about] me [MTY].”
17 Hananiya ma hirimaka ribe akurame ma tari me tari ma gumme uhaanu (uroni) ugomo asere yesu sa wa gurna nan me unaa mani ma tamman batu aje awe me a pagkino ukuri ukabi bibee biririm.
So Ananias went, and [after he found] the house [where Saul was], he entered it. Then, [as soon as he met Saul], he put his hands on him, and he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus [himself] commanded me to come [to you]. He is the [same] one who appeared to you [(sg)] while you were traveling along the road. [He sent me to you] in order that you might see again and that you might be completely controlled by the Holy Spirit {that the Holy Spirit might completely control you}.”
18 Saarki u dodonkimo ure imum kasi uhama isuri aje shawulu irizi aje me a pagkino a dusa azorome.
Instantly, things like [fish] scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he was able to see again. Then he stood up and was baptized {[Ananias] baptized him} [immediately].
19 Mari imum yaree nan ni kara. ma cukuno nan anu tarsa u yesu adimaskas, thiye gbardang.
After Saul ate some food, he felt strong again. Saul stayed with the [other] believers in Damascus for several days.
20 A birime udenge unu gurmee ma turguno tisa uni za ni yesu memani vana asere.
Right away Saul began to preach [to people about Jesus] in the Jewish meeting places [in Damascus. He told them] that Jesus is (the Son of/the man who is also) God.
21 Vat anu wa tubi uhumoro, in gusa de sa ma huzza anu ujerusalem barki ni zaa nigemee, ma aye ma mensi anu abanamema haa unu udandang ukatuma.
And all the people who heard him [preach] were amazed. [Various ones of] them were saying, “([We(inc) can hardly believe that] this is the [same man] who persecuted the believers in Jerusalem!/Is this really the [same man] who persecuted the believers in Jerusalem?) [RHQ, MTY] And we [(inc)] know that he has [RHQ] come here to seize us and take us to the chief priests [in Jerusalem]!”
22 Mu riba manu dimaskas mu kinki mu hunneme sa mazin mu gusa yesu mama ni kirsti.
But [God] enabled Saul [to preach to many people even] more convincingly. He was proving [from the Scriptures] that Jesus is the Messiah. So the Jewish leaders in Damascus could not think of anything (to refute [what he said/to prove that what he said was not true]).
23 Sa awuna tiye gbardang yahuwawa wa nyari uhuna ume.
Some time later, [after Saul had left Damascus and then returned], the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] [there] plotted to kill him.
24 Wah beh tinaa tukum me unu wai nan niye shawulu ma russi vat imumme sa wa inko.
[During each] day and night those Jews were continually watching [the people passing through] the city gates, in order that [when they saw Saul] they might kill him. However, someone told Saul what they planned to do.
25 A nu tarsa u shawulu me wa zikime inye, wa wume igira waka tuzouzunu a matara.
So some of those whom he had helped [to believe in Jesus] took him [one] night [to the high stone wall that surrounded the city]. They [used ropes to] lower him in a [large] basket through an opening in the wall. [So he escaped from Damascus].
26 Sa shawulu ma aye ujerusalem ma nyara utarsa anu tarsa u yesu, vat uwe wa kina biyau, a nyumo u taa me uguna mamu cukuno unu tarsa u yesu.
When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he began trying to associate with other believers. However, [almost] all of them continued to be afraid of him, because they did not believe that he had become a believer.
27 Barnabas ma ziki me ma hanme a hira ana kaduraka yesu. ma kurzo we u gurna u shawulu nan asere wani tizeme sa asere ma boo me u naa, nan tize sa ma boo aniceh ni yesu adimaskas.
But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He explained to the apostles how, [while Saul was traveling] along the road [to Damascus], he had seen the Lord [Jesus] and how the Lord had spoken to him [there. He] also told them how Saul had preached boldly about Jesus [MTY] [to people] in Damascus. [The apostles believed Barnabas and told the other believers about that].
28 Ma gursuna nan anu ribize nan nu susso anyumo ujerisalem, mazen tize a seseri ani ceh ni yesu ugomo asere.
So Saul began to associate with the apostles [and other believers] throughout Jerusalem, and he spoke boldly [to people] about [MTY] the Lord [Jesus].
29 Ma kuri ma riajen matara nan ma yahuda wa mu brik, wa kuri wa naye unu nyara uhuna umme.
Saul was [also] speaking [about Jesus] with Jews who spoke Greek, and he was debating with them. But they were continually trying [to think] ([of a way] to kill him/of [how they could] kill him).
30 Sa anu henu me wa tuburko me utaarsus.
When the [other] believers heard that [those Jews were planning to kill him, some of] the believers took Saul down to Caesarea [city. There] they arranged for him to go [by ship] to Tarsus, [his hometown].
31 A bini me anu tarsa asere u judiya, galile nan u samariya wa kem ti lukum ti mang wann reaje anyumo a tana tu tarsa ugomo asere gbardang nan bibee biririn.
So the groups of believers throughout [the entire regions of] Judea, Galilee, and Samaria lived peacefully [because no one was persecuting them any more]. The Holy Spirit was strengthening them [spiritually] and encouraging them. They were continuing to revere/honor the Lord [Jesus, and the Holy Spirit] was enabling many other people [to become believers].
32 Sa bitrus ma mara utarsa uti hihira ma han ma kakem anu asere an de sa wa ciki u lidda.
While Peter was traveling throughout those [regions, once] he went to [the coastal plain to visit] the believers [who lived] in Lydda [town].
33 A bini me maka kem urunua sa a tissa me aniyas, ti weeh uwittitari unn kon uwono nire ni kiraa.
There he met a man whose name was Aeneas. Aeneas had not been able to get up from [his] bed for eight years, because he was paralyzed.
34 Bitrus ma gun me aniyas yesu kirsti wa humanhu hira tonno mahiri matonno.
Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you [(sg) right now]! Get up and roll up your mat!” Right away Aeneas stood up.
35 Ana ti cukum to lidda nan u sharon sa wa ira anime wa kabi tize ti gomo asere.
Most of the people who lived in Lydda and on Sharon [Plain] saw Aeneas [after the Lord had healed him], so they believed in the Lord [Jesus].
36 Uye ma rani u joppa unu tarsa asere atisa tabitha, uneh mani inka tuma karirin ku benki anu dira.
In Joppa [town] there was a believer whose name was Tabitha. [Her name] in the [Greek] language was Dorcas. [Both of these names mean gazelle/deer/antelope]. That woman was continually doing good deeds [for others. Specifically], she was helping poor people [by giving them things that they needed].
37 A tiye me ma zin unukon, sa ma wono a zoro ikisi me aka nata udenge.
During the time [that Peter was in Lydda], she became sick and died. [Some women there] washed her body [according to the Jewish custom so that the people could bury it]. Then they [covered her body with cloth and] placed it in an upstairs room [in her house].
38 Barki u maamu lidda nan u joppa amu tarsa u yeso wa tumi ana wa ree a hira a bitrus ma benkiwe ma ee jibi.
Lydda was near Joppa, so when the believers heard that Peter was [still] in Lydda, they sent two men to [go] to Peter. [When they arrived where Peter was], they repeatedly urged/begged him, “Please come immediately with us [to Joppa]!”
39 Bitrus ma hiri ma tarsiwe. sa ma hana wa riben me udenge sa ikizi me iranrin. a koro wa ketti me ma soo, unu bizizi ume ti runga nan ti mum sa tabita ma wuza we.
So [right away] Peter got ready and went with them. When they arrived [at the house in Joppa], the two men took Peter to the upstairs room [where Dorcas’ body was lying]. All the widows [there] around Peter. They were crying and showing him the cloaks and [other] garments that Dorcas had made for people while she was still alive.
40 Bitrus ma susso we anyumo udenge me, ma tunguno naruu ma wuu biringara ma gamirka u watu ikizi me ma guu”tabita hira” ma pakki aje ma iri bitirus ma hiri macuku no.
But Peter sent them all out of the room. Then he got down on his knees and prayed. Then, turning toward Tabitha’s body, he said, “Tabitha, stand up!” [Immediately] she opened her eyes and, when she saw Peter, she sat up.
41 Bitirus ma witti me tari ma hiri matonno, ma titti anu tarsa asere nan na koro ma nyawe me uhuma.
He grasped one of her hands and helped her to stand up. After he had summoned the believers and [especially] the widows [among them to come back in], he showed them that Tabitha was alive [again].
42 A bangame a samika vat u joppa anu wa kabi tizee ta sere.
[Soon] people everywhere in Joppa knew about that miracle, and as a result many people believed in the Lord [Jesus].
43 Bitrus ma wuu tiye gbardang u joppa nan una riza simon unu duro uti waa.
Peter stayed in Joppa many days with a man named Simon who made leather [from animal skins].
