Misala ya Bantoma 8
1 Saulo mpe azalaki na molongo ya bato oyo bandimaki ete baboma Etieni. Kobanda na mokolo wana, minyoko ya makasi ekweyelaki Lingomba kati na Yelusalemi; mpe bandimi nyonso bapalanganaki na Yuda mpe na Samari, longola kaka bantoma.
And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles.
2 Bato oyo batosaka mibeko ya Nzambe bakundaki Etieni mpe balelaki ye mingi.
And devout men carried Stephen [to his burial], and made great lamentation over him.
3 Kasi Saulo akomaki koluka kopanza Lingomba; azalaki kokota na bandako nyonso mpo na kokanga mibali mpe basi, mpe kobwaka bango na boloko.
As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed [them] to prison.
4 Bandimi oyo bapalanganaki bazalaki koteya Liloba na Nzambe bisika nyonso bazalaki kokende.
Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
5 Filipo akendeki na engumba moko ya Samari mpe, kuna, ateyaki Klisto.
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
6 Bongo tango ebele ya bato bayokaki mpe bamonaki bikamwa oyo asalaki, bakangamaki na makambo oyo Filipo azalaki koloba.
And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
7 Pamba te milimo ya mbindo ezalaki kobima kati na bato mingi na koganga makasi, mpe bato mingi oyo bakufa makolo mpe oyo batambolaka tengu-tengu babikaki.
For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed [with them]: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
8 Boye, bato ya engumba yango batondisamaki na esengo makasi.
And there was great joy in that city.
9 Nzokande, wuta kala, kati na engumba yango, ezalaki na moto moko oyo kombo na ye ezalaki « Simona. » Azalaki kosala misala ya maji. Azalaki kokamwisa bato ya Samari mpe komimona moto monene.
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
10 Bato nyonso, kobanda na bana mike kino na mikolo, bayokaki ye na bokebi mpe balobaki: « Moto oyo, azali penza nguya ya Nzambe, nguya oyo babengaka: Nguya monene. »
To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
11 Bazalaki kolanda ye mpo ete, wuta kala, azalaki kokamwisa bango na misala na ye ya maji.
And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
12 Kasi tango bandimaki Sango Malamu oyo Filipo ateyaki na tina na Bokonzi ya Nzambe mpe na tina na Kombo na Yesu-Klisto, mibali mpe basi bazwaki libatisi.
But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
13 Simona mpe andimaki mpe azwaki libatisi; azalaki kolanda Filipo bisika nyonso oyo azalaki kokende, mpe azalaki kokamwa bilembo minene mpe bikamwa oyo ezalaki kosalema na miso na ye.
Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
14 Tango bantoma, kati na Yelusalemi, bayokaki ete bato ya Samari bayambi Liloba na Nzambe, batindelaki bango Petelo mpe Yoane.
Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
15 Tango bakomaki kuna, basambelaki mpo na bandimi ya sika mpo ete bazwa Molimo Mosantu,
Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
16 pamba te Molimo Mosantu akitelaki nanu ata moto moko te kati na bango; bazwaki kaka libatisi na Kombo ya Nkolo Yesu.
(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
17 Bongo, Petelo mpe Yoane batielaki bango maboko, mpe bazwaki Molimo Mosantu.
Then laid they [their] hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
18 Tango Simona amonaki ete bato oyo bandimaki bazwaki Molimo Mosantu, wana bantoma batielaki bango maboko, apesaki Petelo mpe Yoane mbongo;
And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
19 mpe alobaki: — Bopesa ngai mpe nguya oyo, mpo ete moto nyonso oyo nakotiela maboko akoka kozwa Molimo Mosantu.
Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
20 Kasi Petelo azongiselaki ye: — Mpo ete okanisi ete okoki kosomba likabo ya Nzambe na nzela ya mbongo, tika ete yo mpe mbongo na yo bokufa!
But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
21 Solo, ozali na libula te to na makoki te kati na lotomo oyo, pamba te motema na yo ezali sembo te liboso ya Nzambe.
Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
22 Boye, bongwana na mabe na yo mpe bondela Nkolo ete alimbisa yo, soki ekoki kosalema, mpo na makanisi oyo ozalaki na yango kati na motema na yo.
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
23 Pamba te namoni ete motema na yo etondi na zuwa mpe ozali mowumbu ya masumu.
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and [in] the bond of iniquity.
24 Simona azongisaki: — Bobondela Nkolo mpo na ngai mpo ete, kati na oyo bowuti koloba, eloko moko te ekomela ngai.
Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
25 Sima na bango kotatola mpe kosakola Liloba na Nkolo, Petelo mpe Yoane bazongaki na Yelusalemi; na nzela, bazalaki koteya Sango Malamu kati na bamboka ebele ya Samari.
And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
26 Anjelu ya Nkolo alobaki na Filipo: — Telema, kende na sude, na nzela ya esobe, nzela oyo ewuta na Yelusalemi mpe ekenda kino na Gaza.
And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
27 Boye, Filipo atelemaki mpe akendeki; na nzela, akutanaki na soda moko oyo baboma mokongo, moto ya mboka Etiopi; azalaki kalaka moko ya lokumu mpe azalaki na mokumba ya kobatela bomengo nyonso ya Kandase, mwasi mokonzi ya Etiopi. Moto yango ayaki na Yelusalemi mpo na kogumbamela;
And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
28 bongo wana azalaki kozonga na mboka na ye, azalaki ya kovanda kati na shar na ye mpe azalaki kotanga mokanda ya mosakoli Ezayi.
Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
29 Molimo alobaki na Filipo: — Kende mpe pusana pene ya shar wana.
Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
30 Filipo akendeki mbangu pene ya shar yango mpe ayokaki ye kotanga mokanda ya mosakoli Ezayi. Filipo atunaki ye: — Boni, ozali kososola makambo oyo ozali kotanga?
And Philip ran thither to [him], and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31 Azongisaki: — Nakososola ndenge nini soki moto alimboleli ngai yango te? Boye abengaki Filipo ete amata na shar mpe avanda pembeni na ye.
And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
32 Tala eteni ya Makomi oyo azalaki kotanga: « Lokola mpate oyo bazali komema na esika oyo babomelaka banyama, lokola meme liboso ya moto oyo azali kolongola yango bapwale, afungolaki monoko na ye te.
The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
33 Basambwisaki ye mpe baboyaki kolongisa ye. Nani akoyebisa bakitani na ye? Pamba te balongoli bomoi na ye na mokili. »
In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
34 Bongo, soda oyo baboma nzoto ya mibali atunaki Filipo: — Nabondeli yo, yebisa ngai: mosakoli azali koloba makambo oyo na tina na nani? Azali koloba yango na tina na ye moko to na tina na moto mosusu?
And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
35 Filipo azwaki maloba mpe, na nzela ya eteni yango ya Makomi, ateyaki ye Sango Malamu ya Yesu.
Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
36 Wana bazalaki kokoba mobembo na bango, bakomaki na esika moko oyo ezalaki na mayi, mpe soda oyo baboma mokongo alobaki: — Tala mayi, yango oyo. Eloko nini ekoki kopekisa ngai kozwa libatisi? [
And as they went on [their] way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
37 Filipo alobaki: — Soki kaka ondimi wuta na motema na yo mobimba, okoki na yo kozwa libatisi. Moto yango azongisaki: — Nandimi ete Yesu-Klisto azali Mwana na Nzambe!]
And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
38 Mbala moko, apesaki mitindo ete batelemisa shar. Bongo bango mibale, Filipo mpe soda oyo baboma mokongo, bakitaki na mayi, mpe Filipo abatisaki ye.
And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
39 Tango babimaki na mayi, Molimo ya Nkolo alongolaki Filipo, mpe soda oyo baboma mokongo amonaki ye lisusu te, kasi akobaki mobembo na ye na esengo.
And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
40 Nzokande, Filipo amonanaki na Azoti; mpe longwa kuna, akendeki na Sezarea, wana azalaki koteya Sango Malamu kati na bamboka nyonso epai wapi azalaki kolekela.
But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Cæsarea.
