Acts 15
1 Olop din pichete, kunba manu Judea jaga pora ahi kene Antioch te thaka bhai khan ke sikhai kene koise, “Jitia tak tumikhan Moses laga niyom te diya nisena sunnot nakore, tumikhan nabachibo.”
[Then] some [Jewish] believers went down from Judea [province] to Antioch. They started teaching the [non-Jewish] believers [there, and said], “[You] ([must] be circumcised/must have God’s mark put on you) [to indicate you belong to God], as Moses [commanded] in the laws that [he received from God]. If you do not do that, you will not be saved {[God] will not save you}.”
2 Etu kotha kowa nimite Paul aru Barnabas logote manu khan mon mila nai aru taikhan uporte khong uthise. Paul aru Barnabas aru ta te kunba khan ke Jerusalem te jabole basi loise aru jai kene apostle aru bura manu khan ke taikhan ki koise etu hudibole nimite pathaise.
Paul and Barnabas strongly disagreed with those Jews and started arguing [with them. So the believers at Antioch] appointed Paul and Barnabas and some of the other believers to go to Jerusalem, in order that they would/could discuss this matter with the apostles and [other spiritual] leaders.
3 Titia taikhan ke girja pora pathaise, aru Phoenicia aru Samaria laga jaga khan pora juwa homoi te Porjati khan mon ghura laga kotha koidi thakise. Sob bhai khan etu khobor paikena bisi khushi korise.
After Paul, Barnabas, and the others were given things for their trip by the congregation [at Antioch] {After the congregation [at Antioch] gave Paul, Barnabas, and the others things for their trip}, they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria [provinces. When they stopped at different places in those provinces], they reported [to the believers] that [many] non-Jews [in Antioch] had become believers. As a result, all the believers [in those places] rejoiced greatly.
4 Jitia taikhan Jerusalem te ponchise, taikhan ke girja laga apostle aru bura khan pora ahibole dise, aru Isor pora taikhan majot ki kori dise etu sob manu khan ke koi dise.
And when Paul, Barnabas, and the others arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the apostles, the [other] elders, and the [other members of the] congregation [there] {the apostles, the [other] elders, and the [other members of the] congregation [there] welcomed them}. Then Paul and Barnabas reported the things that God had enabled them to do [among non-Jewish people].
5 Kintu kunba biswas kora manu, kunkhan Pharisee khan logote mili kene thakise, khara kori kene koise, “Taikhan karone to sunnot kori bole dorkar ase aru Moses laga niyom mani kene thaki bole nimite sikhai dibole lage.”
But some of the [Jewish] believers who belonged to the Pharisee sect stood up [among the other believers and] said to them, “The non-Jews [who have believed in Jesus] must be circumcised, and they must be told to obey the laws [that God gave to] Moses.”
6 Titia apostle aru bura manu khan eke logote joma hoi kene etu kotha patise.
Then the apostles and [the other] elders met together in order to talk about this matter.
7 Jitia etu kotha bisi dangor hoi jaise, Peter khara kori kene taikhan ke koise, “Bhai khan, Isor poila te apuni khan majote te moike basi loise, moi laga mukh pora Porjati khan Isor laga kotha hunibo aru biswas koribo nimite.
After they had discussed it for a long time, Peter stood up and spoke to them. He said, “Fellow believers, you [all] know that a long time ago God chose me from among you [other apostles, in order that] the non-Jewish people might [also] hear me [SYN] tell [them] the good message [about the Lord Jesus], so that they could hear [it] and believe [in him. So Paul and Barnabas are not the first ones to tell non-Jews about Jesus].
8 Isor, Tai manu laga mon jane, aru sob gawahi diye, Pobitro Atma pora bhorta kori diye, jineka Tai moi khan uporte bhi korise;
God knows [and judges] people according to what they think, [not according to who their ancestors were]. By sending the Holy Spirit to [the non-Jews], just like [he had] also done for us [(inc)] Jews, he showed [me and others] that he had accepted them [also to be his people].
9 aru Isor dwara Porjati khan aru amikhan majote eku alag bhabona nai, aru taikhan laga mon biswas pora sapha kori dise.
[God] saved us [Jews] and those [non-Jews] similarly, making them clean spiritually simply as a result of their believing [in the Lord Jesus. That was exactly how he has forgiven us].
10 Etu nimite tumikhan kele Isor ke bisar kori ase, chela khan laga gola uporte amikhan aru amikhan laga baba khan pora kitia bhi uthabole napara bhar to kele hali bole bisari ase?
[You are wanting to force the non-Jewish believers to obey our Jewish rituals and laws]—laws that God has shown that he does not require them to obey [MET]. [Your doing that is like] putting a heavy burden on them! So then, (stop making God angry by doing that!/why are you making God angry by doing that?) [RHQ] Our ancestors and we [(inc) Jews] have never been able to bear [the burden of obeying those laws]!
11 Kintu amikhan biswas kore Probhu Jisu laga anugrah aru morom pora poritran pabo, kineka taikhan paise amikhan bhi pabo.”
But we [(inc) know that it is not because] we [(inc) try to obey those laws that God saves us(inc) Jews. On the contrary], we [(inc)] know that it is because of what the Lord Jesus did for us [(inc)] that we did not deserve that we [(inc)] are saved {that [God] saves us} [from the guilt of our sins. God saves non-Jews who believe in the Lord Jesus] exactly like [he saves] us Jews.”
12 Aru ta te thaka sob manu khan chup hoi jaise jitia Paul aru Barnabas pora Porjati khan majote Isor pora ki asurit kaam kori dise etu taikhan ke koise.
All the people [there] became silent [after Peter had spoken]. Then they [all] listened to Barnabas and Paul, [as the two of] them told about the many great miracles that God had enabled them to do among the non-Jewish people, [miracles that showed that God had accepted the non-Jews].
13 Aru jitia taikhan kotha kori kene khotom hoise, James pora koise, “Bhai khan, moi laga kotha huni bhi.
When Barnabas and Paul had finished speaking, James, [the leader of the group of believers there in Jerusalem], spoke to all of them. [He said], “Fellow believers, listen to me.
14 Simon pora poila koise kineka Isor pora Porjati khan ke modot kori dise aru taikhan majot pora Tai laga naam ulabole nimite.
Simon [Peter] has told you how God previously blessed the non-Jews. God did that by choosing from among them a people who would belong to him [MTY].
15 Aru bhabobadi khan etu kotha to manise, jineka etu Shastro te likha ase,
[These] words that [God spoke], words that were written by [one of] the prophets {that one of the prophets wrote} [long ago], agree with that:
16 ‘Etu pichete moi aru bhi ahibo, Aru moi David laga bhangi juwa tombu uporte ghor bonabo; Aru biya hoija khan sob wapas bhal kori kene khara kori dibo,
Later on I will return and I will re-establish the kingdom [MET] that David [ruled] and that has been {that [people] have} destroyed. My [doing that will be like] rebuilding [a house] that has been {that [people] have} torn down.
17 Kelemane manu khan Isor ke bisaribo, Aru sob Porjati khan moi laga naam matibo. Etu Probhu pora koi ase, jun he etu sob kaam to kori dise.
I will do that in order that all other people might seek [me], the Lord [God. I will do that in order that] all the non-Jews whom I have called [to belong] to me [MTY] might seek me. [You can be certain that this will happen because I] the Lord [God], who will do those things, have spoken [these words].
I [caused my people to know about them] long ago.” (aiōn g165)
19 Etu karone, moi laga bhabona eneka ase, amikhan Porjati khan Isor phale aha to digdar nokorile lage.
[James continued by saying], “Therefore I have decided [that we(inc)] should stop bothering the non-Jewish people who are turning [away from their sins and turning] to God. [That is, we should stop demanding that they obey] all [our laws] and rituals.
20 Kintu taikhan ke likhi kene taikhan murti puja kora aru mangso laga itcha kaam kora, aru janwar laga gola kati kene khun kha etu sob nakoribole koi dibo.
Instead, we should write [a letter] to them [requiring only four things: They should] not eat [meat/food that people] have offered to idols, they should not have sex with someone to whom they are not married, they should not [eat meat from animals that have been killed by] being strangled {[people have strangled]}, and [they should not eat] the blood [of animals].
21 Moses laga kotha sob sheher te ase, poila khandan pora loi kene, aru jun manu tai laga naam loi kene mondoli khan te prochar kore, aru tai laga naam hodai Bisram dinte loi thake.”
In many cities, for a very long time people have been proclaiming [the laws that] Moses [wrote] [MTY], [laws prohibiting those things]. And every (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest) [those laws] are read {someone reads [those laws]} in the Jewish meeting places. [So if the non-Jews want to know more about those laws, they can find out in our meeting houses].”
22 Titia sob apostle khan, bura khan aru girja manu khan etu kotha khan bhal paise, aru basi luwa khan ke Paul aru Barnabas logote Antioch te pathai dibole taikhan sai loise. Titia Judas, kunke Barsabbas bhi mate, aru Silas taikhan biswasi bhai khan majote cholawta thakise, taike pathaise.
The apostles and the [other] elders, along with all the [other] members of the congregation, accepted [what James had said]. Then they decided that they should choose men from among themselves and that they should send them, along with Paul and Barnabas, to Antioch, to [let the believers there know what the leaders] at Jerusalem had decided. So they chose Judas, who was also called Barsabbas, and Silas, who were leaders among the believers [at Jerusalem].
23 Aru taikhan hath pora chithi likhi dise: “Apostle aru bura khan pora, amikhan jun apuni khan laga bhai khan ase, jun khan Antioch, Syria, aru Cilicia te ase, aru Porjati khan ke salam di ase!
Then they wrote the following letter [that they asked Judas and Silas to take to the believers at Antioch]: “[We(exc)] apostles and [other] leaders who are your fellow believers [send our greetings to you as we write this to you] non-Jewish believers [who live] in Antioch and [other places in] Syria and Cilicia [provinces].
24 Amikhan hunise, kunba manu amikhan majot pora ulai jaise, aru amikhan ke eku huda nai, aru apuni khan ke ulta kotha sikhai kene Atma te dukh pabole dise.
People have told us that some men from among us went [to you], although we had not told [them to do that]. They troubled/distressed you [SYN] [by telling you things] that confused your thinking.
25 Etu nimite, amikhan eke logote lok kori kene apnikhan ke pathabole bhal manu basi bo, jun khan logote amikhan bisi morom kora Barnabas aru Paul duijon bhi pathabole ase.
So [while we(exc) met together here], we decided to choose some men and ask them to go to you, along with Barnabas and Paul, whom we [(exc)] love very much.
26 Etu manu khan nijor laga jibon dikene Probhu Jisu Khrista laga naam nimite dukh uthai thake.
Those two have put their lives in danger because of their [serving] our Lord [MTY] Jesus Christ.
27 Etu karone Judas aru Silas ke pathai ase, taikhan bhi etu kotha khan nijor mukh pora apnikhan ke koi dibo.
We [(exc) have also chosen] Judas and Silas to go to you. They will tell you the same things [that we are writing].
28 Kelemane Pobitro Atma pora amikhan nimite etu he bhal ase bhabise, apuni khan uporte eku kaam nathaka laga bhar pora dukh nadibo nimite:
The Holy Spirit and [also] we decided that you should not be required {that we should not require you} to obey a lot of burdensome [Jewish] laws. Instead, [we] only [require you to obey] the following instructions,
29 murti puja ke boli diya pora apuni khan dur thakibo, aru khun para, aru gola kati kene morai diya pora, aru biya paap pora. Jodi apuni khan pora eitu khan sob pora dur thakise koile, apuni khan nijor nimite bhal ase. Bhal pora thakibi.”
You should not eat food that people have sacrificed to idols. You should not eat blood from animals, and you should not eat meat from animals that people have killed by strangling them. Also, you should not have sex with someone to whom you are not married. Those things [especially offend Jewish believers. So if] you avoid doing them, you will be doing what is right. That is all.”
30 Jitia taikhan ke jabole dise, taikhan Antioch te ahi punchise; aru sob manu khan ke joma kora pichete, chithi taikhan ke dise.
The [four] men whom [they] had chosen went [from Jerusalem] to Antioch [city. When] all the believers [there] had assembled together, [Judas and Silas] gave the letter to them.
31 Aru jitia girja pora etu porhise, taikhan bisi mon dangor kori diya kotha dikhi kene taikhan bisi khushi korise.
When the believers there read the letter, they rejoiced, [because its message] encouraged them.
32 Judas aru Silas, duijon bhi bhabobadi thakise, aru ta te thaka bhai khan ke nijor kotha pora manu khan laga biswas aru mon dangor kori dise.
[Just like Paul and Barnabas were] ([prophets/men who spoke messages from God]), Judas and Silas were also prophets. They spoke for a long time and encouraged the believers [there], and helped them to trust more strongly [in the Lord Jesus].
33 Aru olop din ta te thaki kene, taikhan ke kun bhai khan pora pathaise, taikhan logot wapas shanti pora pathai dise.
After [Judas and Silas] had stayed in Antioch for some time [and were ready to return to Jerusalem], the believers [there] wished them well, and the believers [prayed that God] would protect [them as they traveled. So the two men] started to go back to the leaders [in Jerusalem] who had asked them to go [to Antioch].
34 Kintu Silas, ta te aru thaki bole mon thakise.
35 Aru Paul aru Barnabas to Antioch te thaki jaise, Isor laga kotha manu khan ke sikhai thakise- dusra khan bhi duijon logote thakise.
However, Paul and Barnabas continued to stay in Antioch. [While they were there], they, along with many others, were teaching [people] and preaching to them the message about the Lord [Jesus].
36 Olop din pichete, Paul pora Barnabas ke koise, “Ahibi amikhan poila jun sheher te jai kene Isor kotha prochar korise ta te laga bhai khan ke jai kene lok koribo, aru taikhan kineka ase etu sabo.”
After some time Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the fellow believers in every city where we [previously] proclaimed the message about the Lord [Jesus. In that way, we will know] how [well] they are continuing [to believe in the Lord Jesus].”
37 Barnabas taikhan logote John kunke Mark bhi mate taike loi jabole mon thakise.
Barnabas [agreed with Paul, and said that he] wanted to take John, whose other name was Mark, along with them [again].
38 Kintu Mark ke loi juwa to thik nohoi eneka Paul pora bhabise, ta te pora John to Pamphylia te jaise aru taikhan ki kaam nimite jaise etu kaam te tai aru age naja hoise.
However, Paul [told Barnabas that he] thought that it would not be good to take Mark [with them, because] Mark had deserted them when they were previously in Pamphylia [region], and had not continued to work with them.
39 Etu nimite tai duijon majot kotha mila nai, aru ta te pora tai duijon alag hoi jaise, aru Barnabas pora Mark ke loi kene naw pora Cyprus te jai jaise.
Paul and Barnabas strongly disagreed [with each other about that], so they separated. Barnabas took Mark [along with him and they got] on a ship and went to Cyprus.
40 Kintu Paul pora Silas ke basi loise aru ta te bhai khan pora duijon ke Isor laga anugraha te rakhi kene sob kaam di dise.
Paul chose Silas, [who had returned to Antioch, to work with him]. The believers [there] asked the Lord [God] to graciously help [Paul and Silas. Then] the two of them departed [from Antioch].
41 Aru tai Syria aru Cilicia te jaise, aru girja khan te jaikena biswasi khan laga mon dangor kori dise.
Paul continued traveling [with Silas] through Syria and Cilicia [provinces]. In those places he was helping the congregations to trust strongly [in the Lord Jesus].
