Asan'ny Apostoly 10
1 Ary nisy lehilahy anankiray tany Kaisaria, atao hoe Kornelio, kapiteny tamin’ ny antokon’ ny miaramila atao hoe Italiana;
[There was] a man [who lived] in Caesarea [city] whose name was Cornelius. He was an officer who commanded 100 men in a large group of [Roman] soldiers from Italy.
2 ary mpivavaka tsara sady natahotra an’ Andriamanitra izy mbamin’ ny ankohonany rehetra ka nanao fiantrana be tanin’ ny olona sady nivavaka tamin’ Andriamanitra mandrakariva.
He always tried to do what would please God; he and his entire household [MTY] [were non-Jews who] habitually worshipped God. He sometimes gave money to help poor [Jewish] people, and he prayed to God regularly.
3 Ary izy nahita miharihary tamin’ ny fahitana, rehefa tokony ho tamin’ ny ora fahasivy antoandro, fa, indro, nisy anjelin’ Andriamanitra niditra tao aminy ka nanao taminy hoe: Ry Kornelio.
[One day] at about three o’clock in the afternoon [Cornelius saw] a vision. He clearly saw an angel whom God [had sent]. The angel came into [his room] and said to him, “Cornelius!”
4 Ary nony nibanjina azy izy, dia raiki-tahotra ka nanao hoe: Ahoana, Tompoko? Ary izy nanao taminy hoe: Ny fivavakao sy ny fiantranao dia efa tafakatra ho fampahatsiarovana eo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra.
Cornelius stared at the angel and became terrified. Then he asked [fearfully], “Sir, what do you [(sg)] want?” The angel answered him, “You [(sg)] have pleased God because you have been praying [regularly to him] and you often give money to [help] poor people. [Those things have been] like a sacrifice [to God].
5 Koa ankehitriny maniraha olona hankany Jopa, ka ampanalao Simona anankiray, izay atao hoe koa Petera;
So, now command some men to go to Joppa and [tell them to] bring back a man named Simon whose other name is Peter.
6 mitoetra ao amin’ i Simona mpandon-koditra izy, eo amoron-dranomasina ny tranony.
He is staying with a man, [also] named Simon, who makes leather. His house is near the ocean.”
7 Ary rehefa lasa ny anjely izay niteny tamin’ i Kornelio, dia niantso roa lahy tamin’ ny mpanompony izy sy miaramila mpivavaka anankiray isan’ izay nanaraka azy isan’ andro.
When the angel who spoke to Cornelius had gone, Cornelius summoned two of his household servants and a soldier who served him, one who also worshipped God.
8 Ary rehefa nambarany taminy izany rehetra izany, dia naniraka azy hankany Jopa izy.
He explained to them everything [that the angel had said. Then] he told them to go to Joppa [to ask Peter to come to Caesarea].
9 Ary nony ampitso, raha mbola nandeha teny an-dalana izy ireo ka mby teo akaikin’ ny tanàna, dia niakatra teo ambonin’ ny tampon-trano Petera mba hivavaka, rehefa tokony ho tamin’ ny ora fahenina.
About noon the next day those [three men] were traveling [along the road] and were coming near [Joppa. As they were approaching Joppa], Peter went up on the [flat] housetop to pray.
10 Dia noana loatra izy ka te-hihinana; fa raha mbola natao ny nahandro, dia azon-tsindrimandry izy
He became hungry and wanted something to eat. While someone was preparing the food, [Peter] saw [this] vision:
11 ka nahita ny lanitra misokatra, sady nisy zavatra midìna toa lamba lehibe nampidinina tamin’ ny zorony efatra ho amin’ ny tany;
(He saw heaven open/He saw an opening in the sky) and something like a large sheet was being lowered [to the ground]. [It was tied at] its four corners [with ropes].
12 ary tao anatiny nisy ny biby rehetra izay manan-tongotra efatra sy ny zava-mandady sy mikisaka etỳ an-tany ary ny voro-manidina.
Inside the sheet were all kinds of creatures. [These included animals and birds that the Mosaic laws forbade Jews to eat]. Some had four feet, others scurried across the ground, and others were wild birds.
13 Ary nisy feo nanao taminy hoe: Mitsangàna, ry Petera; vonoy, ka hano.
Then [he heard] God [SYN] say to him, “Peter, stand up, kill [and cook some of these] and eat [their meat]!”
14 Fa hoy Petera: Sanatria, Tompoko! fa tsy mbola nihinana zava-padina na tsy madio aho.
But Peter replied, “Lord, surely you [(sg)] do not [really want me to do that]! I have never eaten any [meat] that [our Jewish law says] is unacceptable to God or [something that we(exc)] must not eat!”
15 Fa hoy ilay feo taminy fanindroany: Izay efa nodiovin’ Andriamanitra dia aza ataonao ho fady.
[Then Peter heard] [MTY] God talk to him a second time. He said, “[I am] God, [so] if I have made something acceptable [to eat], do not say that it is not acceptable [to eat]!”
16 Ary intelo no nanaovana izany; dia nakarina tany an-danitra niaraka tamin’ izay ilay zavatra.
[This happened] three [times, so Peter knew that he had to think carefully about what it might mean]. Immediately [after God had said that the third time], ([the] sheet [with the animals and birds] was the pulled back into heaven/[someone] pulled the sheet [with the animals and birds] up into the sky again).
17 Ary raha mbola nieritreritra tao am-pony Petera ny amin’ izay anton’ ny fahitana efa hitany, dia, indreo, ny olona izay nirahin’ i Kornelio nanontany ny tranon’ i Simona ka nijanona teo am-bavahady,
While Peter was trying to understand what that vision meant, the men who had been sent by Cornelius {whom Cornelius had sent} [arrived in Joppa. They asked people how to get to] Simon’s house. [So they found his house] and were standing outside the gate.
18 dia niantso ka nanontany na mitoetra ao Simona, izay atao hoe koa Petera, na tsia.
They called and were asking if a man named Simon, whose other name was Peter, was staying there.
19 Fa raha mbola nieritreritra ny fahitana Petera, dia hoy ny Fanahy taminy: Indreo, misy telo lahy mitady anao;
While Peter was still trying to understand [what] the vision [meant], [God’s] Spirit said to him, “Three men [are here who] want to see you.
20 fa mitsangàna ianao, dia midìna, ary mandehana miaraka aminy, ka aza misalasala, fa Izaho no naniraka azy.
So get up and go downstairs and go with them! Do not think that you [(sg)] should not go with them [because of their being non-Jews], because I have sent them [here]!”
21 Ary Petera nidina tany amin’ ireo olona ireo ka nanao hoe: Inty aho izay tadiavinareo; inona no anton’ ny ahatongavanareo atỳ?
So Peter went down to the men and said to them, “[Greetings!] I am [the man] you are looking for. Why have you come?”
22 Dia hoy ireo: Kornelio kapiteny, lehilahy marina sady matahotra an’ Andriamanitra ka tsara laza amin’ ny firenen’ ny Jiosy rehetra, dia efa notoroan’ anjely masìna hevitra hampaka anao ho any an-tranony sy hihaino teny avy aminao.
One of them replied, “Cornelius, who is a [Roman] army officer, [sent us here]. He is a righteous man who worships God, and all of the Jewish people [HYP] [who know about him] say that he is a very good man. An angel (who was sent from God/whom God sent) said to him, ‘Tell some men to [go to Joppa to see Simon Peter and] bring him here, so that you [(sg)] can hear what he has to say.’”
23 Ary Petera nampiantrano azy handry tao. Ary nony ampitso dia niainga Petera ka nandeha niaraka taminy, ary ny rahalahy sasany avy tany Jopa niaraka taminy koa.
So Peter [said that he would go with them, and then he] invited them into [the house] and told them that they could stay [there that night]. Acts 10:23b-26 The next day Peter got ready and went with the men. Several of the believers from Joppa went with him.
24 Ary nony ampitso indray dia tonga tany Kaisaria izy. Ary Kornelio niandry azy sady efa nampiangona ny havany sy ny tena sakaizany.
The day after that, they arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them. He had also invited his relatives and close friends [to come to his house, so they were there, too].
25 Ary raha vao niditra Petera, dia nitsena azy Kornelio ka niankohoka teo amin’ ny tongony sady nitsaoka azy.
When Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and bowed low in front of him to worship him.
26 Fa Petera nampitsangana azy ka nanao hoe: Mitsangàna; fa izaho dia olona ihany.
But Peter [grasped Cornelius by the hand and] lifted him to his feet. He said, “Stand up! [Do not revere/worship me] I myself am only human, [like you]!”
27 Ary nony niresaka taminy izy, dia niditra tao an-trano ka nahita ny olona maro tafangona tao.
While he was talking to Cornelius, Peter [and the others] entered [a large room inside the house]. Peter saw that many people had gathered together [there].
28 Dia hoy izy taminy: Hianareo mahalala fa fady amin’ ny Jiosy ny hanan-draharaha na hiantrano amin’ ny olona hafa firenena; nefa izaho efa nampahafantarin’ Andriamanitra fa tsy misy olona azoko atao hoe fady na tsy madio.
Then Peter said to them, “You all know that any [of us] Jews think we are disobeying [our Jewish] laws if we [(exc)] associate with a non-Jewish person or [if we even] visit him. However, God has shown me [in a vision] that I should not say about anyone that God will not accept him.
29 Ary amin’ izany dia tsy nandà tsy hankatỳ aho, raha nampanalaina; koa manontany aho: Ahoana moa no nampanalanareo ahy?
So when you sent [some men] to ask me to come [here], I came [right away. I] did not say that I could not go [with non-Jewish people. So, please tell me], why have you asked me to come [here]?”
30 Dia hoy Kornelio: Loak’ andro afak’ omaly, mandra-paha-toy izao ny andro, raha nivavaka teto an-tranoko aho mandritra ny ora fahasivy, dia, indro, nisy lehilahy niakanjo akanjo mamirapiratra nitsangana teto anatrehako
Cornelius replied, “About this time four days ago I was praying [to God] in my house, [as I regularly do] at three o’clock in the afternoon. Suddenly a man whose clothes [shone] brightly stood in front of me,
31 ka nanao hoe: Ry Kornelio, efa re ny fivavakao, ary efa tsarovana eo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra ny fiantranao.
and said, ‘Cornelius, when you [(sg)] have prayed, you have been heard by God {God has heard [when] you [(sg)] have prayed [to him]}. He has also noticed that you have [often] given money to [help] poor people, [and he is pleased with that].
32 Koa maniraha hankany Jopa, ka ampanalao Simona, izay atao hoe koa Petera: mitoetra ao an-tranon’ i Simona mpandon-koditra eo amoron-dranomasina izy.
So now, send [messengers to go] to Joppa, [in order] to ask Simon whose other name is Peter to come [here]. He is staying near the ocean in a house that belongs to [another] man named Simon, who makes leather. [When Simon Peter comes, he will tell you a message from God].’
33 Koa niaraka tamin’ izay dia naniraka tany aminao aho; ary nanao soa ianao no avy. Koa ankehitriny izahay rehetra dia efa eto anatrehan’ Andriamanitra hihaino izay rehetra nandidian’ ny Tompo anao.
So I immediately sent [some men who asked] you [(sg) to come here], and I [certainly] thank you for coming. Now we [(exc)] all are gathered [here, knowing that] God is with us, in order to hear all the things that the Lord [God] has commanded you [to say. So please speak to us].”
34 Ary Petera niloa-bava ka nanao hoe: Hitako marina tokoa izao fa tsy mizaha tavan’ olona Andriamanitra;
So Peter began to speak [MTY] to them. He said, “[Now] I understand that it is true that God does not favor only certain groups [of people].
35 fa amin’ ny firenena rehetra izay olona matahotra Azy ka manao ny marina no ankasitrahany.
Instead, from every group of people he accepts [everyone who] honors him and who does what pleases him.
36 Hianareo mahalala ny teny izay nampitondrainy ho amin’ ny Zanak’ isiraely, mitory teny soa milaza fiadanana amin’ ny alalan’ i Jesosy Kristy (Izy no Tompon’ izao rehetra izao),
[You know] the message that God sent to [us] Israelis. [He] proclaimed [to us the good news that he] would cause [people] to have peace [with him] because of what Jesus Christ [has done]. This [Jesus is Lord not only over us Israelis. He] is [also the] Lord [who rules] over all [people].
37 dia ilay teny natomboka hatrany Galilia ka notorina tany Jodia rehetra teo aorian’ ny batisa izay notorin’ i Jaona, dia ny amin’ i Jesosy avy any Nazareta,
You know what [he] did throughout the land of Judea, beginning in Galilee. He began [to do those things] after John had been proclaiming [to people that they should turn away from their sinful behavior before] he baptized them.
38 Izay nohosoran’ Andriamanitra tamin’ ny Fanahy Masìna sy ny hery sady nandehandeha nanao soa sy nahasitrana izay rehetra azon’ ny herin’ ny devoly, satria Andriamanitra nomba Azy.
You know that God gave [MTY] his Holy Spirit to Jesus, [the Man] from Nazareth [town], and gave him the power [to do miracles. You also know] how Jesus went to many places, always doing good deeds and healing [people. Specifically], he was continually healing all the people whom the devil was causing to suffer. [Jesus was able to do those things] because God was always helping him.”
39 Ary izahay no vavolombelon’ ny zavatra rehetra izay nataony tany amin’ ny tanin’ ny Jiosy sy tany Jerosalema; Izy dia novonoiny nahantony teo amin’ ny hazo;
“We [apostles] tell people about all the things that [we saw Jesus] do in Jerusalem and in the [rest of] Israel. [The leaders in Jerusalem] had him killed by being nailed to a cross.
40 nefa natsangan’ Andriamanitra kosa Izy tamin’ ny andro fahatelo ka nasehony marimarina,
However, God caused him to become alive again on the third day [after he had died]. God [also] enabled [some of us(exc)] to see him [so that we would know that he was alive again].
41 tsy tamin’ ny olona rehetra, fa tamin’ ny vavolombelona izay notendren’ Andriamanitra rahateo, dia taminay izay niara-nihinana sy nisotro taminy, rehefa nitsangana tamin’ ny maty Izy.
God [did] not [let] all the [Jewish] people see him. Instead, he had chosen us [apostles] beforehand to see [Jesus after he became alive again], and to tell others [about him]. We [apostles are the people] who ate meals with him (after he had become alive [again]/after he had risen from the dead).
42 Ary Izy nandidy anay hitory amin’ ny olona ka hanambara fa Izy no voatendrin’ Andriamanitra ho Mpitsara ny velona sy ny maty.
God commanded us to preach to the people and tell them that Jesus is the one whom he has appointed to judge [everyone some day. He will judge all] those who will [still] be living and all those who will have died [by that time].
43 Izy no ambaran’ ny mpaminany rehetra, fa amin’ ny anarany no hahazoan’ izay rehetra mino Azy famelan-keloka.
All of the prophets [who wrote about the Messiah long ago] told [people] about him. [They wrote] that if people believe in the Messiah [MTY], God would forgive [them for] their sins, because of what [the Messiah would do] for them.”
44 Raha mbola nilaza izany teny izany Petera, dia nilatsaka tamin’ izay rehetra nandre ny teny ny Fanahy Masìna.
While Peter was still speaking those words, suddenly the Holy Spirit (came down on/began to control) all [those non-Jewish people] who were listening to the message.
45 Ary talanjona ny mino isan’ ny voafora izay niaraka tamin’ i Petera, satria nilatsaka tamin’ ny jentilisa koa ny fanomezana, dia ny Fanahy Masìna.
The Jewish believers who had come with Peter [from Joppa] were amazed that [God] had generously given the Holy Spirit to the non-Jewish people, too.
46 Fa nandre azy niteny tamin’ ny fiteny tsy fantatra sy nankalaza an’ Andriamanitra izy. Dia namaly Petera ka nanao hoe:
[The Jewish believers knew that God had done that] because they were hearing those people speaking languages [MTY] [that they had not learned] and telling how great God is.
47 Moa misy olona mahazo mandrara ny rano tsy hanaovana batisa ireo, izay efa nandray ny Fanahy Masìna tahaka antsika koa?
Then Peter said [to the other Jewish believers who were there], “[God] has given them the Holy Spirit just like [he gave him] to us [Jewish believers], so (surely all of you would agree that [we(exc)] should baptize these people!/would any of you forbid that these people should be baptized?) [RHQ]”
48 Dia nasainy natao batisa amin’ ny anaran’ i Jesosy Kristy izy. Ary nangatahin’ ireo mba hitoetra ao aminy andro vitsivitsy izy.
Then Peter told those [non-Jewish] people that they should be baptized [to show that they had believed] [MTY] in the [Lord] Jesus Christ. [So they baptized all of them. After they were baptized], they requested that Peter stay [with them] several days. [So Peter and the other Jewish believers did that].
