Esaamootkaat 13
1 Entiok chaas ni khowah nyia nyootsootte eje angta: Erah loong ah langla Barnabaas, Simoon (mimak ih men rumta), Lusius (Siren nawa angta), Manaen (Kobono Herod ih haakpanta), nyia Sool loong ah ang rumta.
Among [the people in] the congregation at Antioch there were (prophets/those who spoke messages from God) and those who taught [people about Jesus. They were] Barnabas; Simeon, who was also called Niger/Blackman; Lucius, from Cyrene [city]; Manaen, who had grown up with [King] Herod [Antipas]; and Saul.
2 Erah loong ah ih samurangsoom tong rumta doh, Esa Chiiala ih baat rumta, “Barnabaas nyia Sool ngah ih tiim raangtaan ih poon nyuutang, erah moot ah moot suh danje an.”
While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said [to them], “Appoint Barnabas and Saul to [serve] me and to [go and do] the work that I have chosen them [to do]!”
3 Neng loong ah samurangsoom ah tong rum ano rang ah soom ih rumta, eno nengnyi khoh ni taajoh rum ano daapkaat rumta.
So they continued (to fast/to abstain from eating food) and pray. Then having put their hands on Barnabas and Saul and [praying that God would help them], they sent them off [to do what the Holy Spirit had commanded].
4 Esa Chiiala ih kaat thuk nyu ano, Barnabaas nyia Sool Seleukia ni kanyu ano Juuloot ni Sipras hah ni daansoon kanyuuta.
Barnabas and Saul, guided by the Holy Spirit, went down [from Antioch] to Seleucia [port]. From there they went by ship to Salamis [port on Cyprus Island].
5 Salamis ni thoknyu ano, Jehudi rangsoomnok ni Rangte jengkhaap baatkaat nyuuta. Nengnyi damdi Joon Maak ah nengnyi roong chosok suh waksiit nyuuta.
While they were in Salamis, [they went] to the Jewish meeting places. There they proclaimed the message from God [about Jesus]. John [Mark went with them and] was helping them.
6 Paphos maang thokthok juuloot ni hah maathan angta erah di tumkhoom jomrumta, erah di Jehudi nok hah maantaan wasiit heh men ah Bar-Jesus, ngeh ih men rumta warah chomui jomrumta, erah mina rah ih ngah khowah ngeh ih kachaangta.
[The three of] them went across the entire island to Paphos [city]. There they met a magician whose name was Bar-Jesus. He was a Jew who falsely [claimed] (to be a prophet/to speak messages from God).
7 Eno erah mih ah langla juuloot dowa kobono joonte angta, kobono ah men Sergias Paulus ngeh ih angta eno erah mina ah rapne ejat mih angta. Erah warah ih Pool nyia Barnabaas ah heh reeni Rangte jengkhaap boichaat suh poon nyuuta.
He often accompanied the governor [of the island], Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent man. The governor sent [someone] to ask Barnabas and Saul to come to him, because he wanted to hear God’s message. [So Barnabas and Saul came and told him about Jesus].
8 Enoothong maantaan Elimas (Erah men ah Grik jengkhaap lam ih menha) ah ih tanghaam ih nyuuta, timnge liidoh, kobono ih nengnyi jengkhaap ah phomok hanpi ah ngeh ih samthunta.
However, the magician, whose name was Elymas [in the Greek language], was opposing them. He repeatedly tried to persuade the governor not to believe [in Jesus].
9 Eno Sool, Pool ngeh ih uh poon kah ih rumta warah Esa Chiiala te angta; Sool ih maantaan taangko ramram ih sok
Then Saul, who now called himself Paul, empowered by the Holy Spirit, looked intently at the magician and said,
10 ano liita, “An Hakhoh luuwang sah! Mootse kaatse mathan ah erah an raangtaan ih piiara tola. An tenthun mongtham ni ethih totoh thun hu, erah thoidi Teesu tiit ami ah eki eki ih deenbaat hu!
“You [(sg)] are serving the devil and you oppose everything that is good! You are always lying [to people] and doing [other] evil things to them. (You must stop saying that the truth about the Lord [God is a lot of lies!]/When will you stop changing what is true about the Lord [God and saying] what is not true about him?) [RHQ]
11 Amamah doh Teesu ih, edook ih hoon thuk ho eno rangwu latup thang ih pootsiit ang uh.” Lakdamdam di Elimas mik ah nakdat eta, eno heh lak nah joh ano diisiitte taat tum taajota.
Right now the Lord [God] [MTY] is going to punish you! You will become blind and not [even] be able to see light for [some] time.” At once he became [blind, as though he was] in a dark mist, and he groped about, searching for someone [to hold him by the] hand and lead him.
12 Erah tup ano kobono ih ehanhan ih hanpiita; Teesu tiit nyootsoot nyuuta suh rapne ih paatjaata.
When the governor saw what had happened [to Elymas], he believed [in the Lord Jesus]. He was amazed by [what Paul and Barnabas] were teaching about the Lord [Jesus].
13 Sool nyia heh joonte loong ah Paphos nawa Pamphilia ko Perga ngeh ih samnuthung esiit angta di juulam ih daansoon wang rumta, Joon Maak ah erah hah dowa neng ah thiinhaat rum ano Jerusalem ni ngaak wangta.
[After that], Paul and the two men with him went by ship from Paphos to Perga [port] in Pamphylia [province. At Perga] John [Mark] left them and returned to [his home in] Jerusalem.
14 Neng loong ah Perga nawa Pisidia hadaang Entiok ni thok rum ano, Jehudi naangtongsa ja Jehudi rangsoomnok ni tong karumta.
Then Paul and Barnabas traveled [by land] from Perga, and arrived in Antioch [city] near Pisidia [district in Galatia province]. (On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day) they entered the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place and sat down.
15 Moses Hootthe nyia Khowah loong ih raangthiinta ah weh rum ano, Jehudi rangsoomnok dowa saahaap loong ah ih neng suh maatbaat rumta: “Nga phono loong, noksong paangmeh suh chaankot jengkhaap je abah jeng an.”
[Someone] read [aloud] from what [Moses had written. Then someone read from what the other] prophets [had written] [MTY]. Then the leaders of the Jewish meeting place gave [someone this] note [to take] to Paul and Barnabas: “Fellow Jews, if [one of] you wants to speak to the people [here] to encourage them, please speak [to us(exc) now].”
16 Pool ah toonchap ano, heh lak ah jap damdi jengta: “Ani songtongte Ijirel nok hah nyia Ranglajatte joon awaan loong; nga jeng ah boichaat thaak an!
So Paul stood up and motioned with his right hand [so that the people would listen to him]. Then he said, “Fellow Israelis and you [non-Jewish people] who [also] worship God, [please] listen [to me]!
17 Ijirel mina loong Rangte ih sengte sengwah loong ah Ijip ni nokmah wensang eh songtong kaat suh danje rumta eno erah ni songtong tokdi rapne eh jaat thuk rumta. Rangte ih Ijip hah nawa hechaan hephaan nawa ih doksiit rumta,
God, whom we [(inc)] Israelis worship, chose our ancestors [to be his people], and he caused them to become very numerous while they were foreigners living in Egypt. [Then after many years], God helped them [MTY] powerfully and led them out of there.
18 eno paang rookbaji heh ih phisaang hah ni rapne ih naan rum ano sokboi riikoi rumta.
[Even though they repeatedly disobeyed him, he] cared for them for about 40 years [while they were] in the desert.
19 Rangte ih hah sinat ah jenthuk rum ano Kanaan hah ni hah changte eh hoonthuk rumta.
He [enabled the Israelis] to conquer seven tribal groups [who were then living] in Canaan [region], and he gave their land to us Israelis for us to possess.
20 Chaabaji rookbangnga paang lidi kok semsong rumta. Erah lih adi, Samuel khowah maang dongka di neng mat hoonte nyia tiit hoonte ah dong thukta.
[Our ancestors began to possess Canaan] about 450 years after [their ancestors had arrived in Egypt].” Acts 13:20b-22 “After that, God appointed leaders [to rule the Israeli people. Those leaders continued to rule our people] until the time when the prophet Samuel [ruled them].
21 Eno Luuwang suk rum kano, Rangte ih Benjamin kuh awang dowa Kis sah Sool ah neng Luuwang paang rookbaji raangtaan ih ang thukta.
Then, [while Samuel was still their leader], the people demanded that he [appoint] a king [to rule them. So] God appointed Saul, the son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, [to be their king]. He [ruled them] for 40 years.
22 Sool ah dokphan ano, Rangte ih Dewid ah Luuwang ang thukta. Rangte ih amah liita: ‘Ngah ih ese chohang mina ah langla Jese sah Dewid, ngah ih tiim li ang erah mootkaat ah heh kah ah.’
After God had rejected Saul [from being king], he appointed David to be their king. God said about him, ‘I have observed that David, son of Jesse, is exactly the kind of man that I desire [IDM]. He will do [everything that] I want [him to do].’”
23 Dewid sutom Jisu ah, Rangte ih heh kakham jun ih Ijirel mina puipangte ang thukta.
“From [among] David’s descendants, God brought one of them, Jesus, to [us] Israeli people to save us, just like he had told [David and our other ancestors] that he would do.
24 Jisu maang raara di, Joon ih Ijirel mina loong asuh baat rumta, maama rangdah ah sekthun ano juutem theng.
Before Jesus began his work, John [the Baptizer] preached to all of our Israeli people [who came to him. He told them] that they should turn away from their sinful behavior [and ask God to forgive them. Then he] would baptize them.
25 Eno Joon ih juutem rum ano miloong asuh cheng rumta, ‘Sen ih ngasuh o ngeh ih thun hali? Sen ih bansok han ah ngah tah angkang. Boichaat an! Nga lidoh Heh raaha, ngah bah heh lasong khook haattha uh tah angkang.’
When John was about to finish the work [that God gave him to do], he frequently said [to the people], ‘Do you think [RHQ] that I am [the Messiah whom God promised to send]? No, I am not. But listen! The Messiah will [soon] come. [He is so much greater than I am that] I am not [even] important enough to be his slave [MET].’”
26 “Abraham sutom satoom, Ijirel phoh ano loong, nyia aadi Ranglajatte o mina Rangte rangsoomte eh hoon lan loong asuh jenglang: Khopiiroidong tiit ah seng raangtaan ih kaat thuk hala!
“Fellow Israelis, you who are descendants of Abraham, and [you non-Jewish people who] also worship God, [please listen! It is] to [all of] us that [God] has sent the message about [how he] saves people.
27 Jerusalem ni songte loong nyia neng mihak phokhoh loong ebah neng Pangte ah tajatka, adoleh khowah loong ih raangthiinta le ah naangtongsa rookweh weh rumha ah tajat rumka. Erabah uh khowah jengkhaap ah amiisak ih angla, neng ih Jisu ah kaanju ih rumha.
The people who were living in Jerusalem and their rulers did not realize that this man [Jesus was the one whom God had sent to save them]. Although messages from [MTY] the prophets have been read [aloud] {someone has read [aloud] messages from [MTY] the prophets} every (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest), they did not understand [what the prophets wrote about the Messiah. So] the [Jewish leaders] condemned Jesus [to die], which was just like the prophets predicted.
28 Jisu ah tiim thoilam doh tek haat theng ah lajat rumkaano, Pilat suh tek haat etheng ngeh ih baat rumta.
[Many people accused Jesus of doing wicked things], but they could not prove that he had done anything for which he deserved to die. They insistently asked Pilate [the governor] to command that Jesus be executed {to command soldiers to execute Jesus}. [So Pilate did what they asked him to do].
29 Erah lih adi jirep ah Rangteele ni ban raangthiinta likhiik Jisu ah bangphak dowa datthiin rum ano beng rumta.
They did [to Jesus] all the things that [the prophets long ago had] written [that people would do to] him. [They killed Jesus by nailing him to a cross. Then] his body was taken {[some people took] his body} down from the cross and placed it in a tomb.
30 Eno Rangte ih Jisu ah tek nawa ngaaksaat ih thukta,
However, God (raised him from the dead/caused him to live again after he had died)
31 eno Galili nawa Jerusalem ni heh damdi roong kaatte loong ah reeni hedop hedop dongkhoomta. Amadi neng loong ah Ijirel mina raangtaan ih heh tiit baatte angla.
and for many days he [repeatedly] appeared to [his followers] who had come along with him from Galilee [province] to Jerusalem. Those [who saw him] are telling the [Jewish] people about him now.”
32 Eno aadi sen suh Ruurang Ese ah thok hui hali; sengte sengwah loong asuh Rangte ih kakhamta jun ih kot ih hali; amadi hesuh hesah loong ah raangtaan ih Jisu ah tek nawa ngaakthing ih thukta. Dewid Bong leedap enyi ni raangha, ‘An nga Sah; chiinnyah ngah an Wah eh hoon lang.’
“[Right] now we [two] are proclaiming to you this good message. We want to tell you that God has fulfilled what he promised to [our Jewish] ancestors!
He has now done that for us [(inc) who are] their descendants, [and also for you who are not Jews], by causing Jesus to live again. That is just like what [David] wrote in the second Psalm that [God said when he was sending his Son], You [(sg)] are my Son; Today I have shown everyone [that I really am] your Father.
34 Eno Rangte ih tek nawa ngaaksaat tiit ah baatta, mangbeng nah mabah uh tachaamka; ‘Ngah ih Dewid damdi kakham tang ah, Ngah ih romseetam kot ih rumha.’
[God] has (raised [the Messiah] from the dead/caused [the Messiah] to live again after he had died) and will never let him die again. [Concerning that, God] said [to our Jewish ancestors], ‘I will surely help you, as I [promised] David [that I would do].’
35 Eho ni uh heh ih li eha, ‘An ih toongtang laksuh ah mabah uh beng nah tachaam thukko,’
So [in writing] another [Psalm, David] said this [to God about the Messiah]: ‘Because I am devoted to you and always obey [you, when I die] you [(sg)] will not let my body decay.’
36 Heh roidong di Dewid ah Rangte tenthun jun ih heh moot ah mokah ano tiita, erah lih adi hete hewah damdi bengkaat ano heh sak ah chaam eta.
While David was living, he did what God wanted him to do. And when he died [EUP], his [body] was buried, [as] his ancestors’ [bodies had been buried], and his body decayed. [So he could not have been speaking about himself in this Psalm].
37 Enoothong tek nawa ngaaksaat thukta warah bah Rangte ih emah chaam thukmuh.
[Instead, he was speaking about Jesus. Jesus also died], but God (raised him from the dead/caused him to live again), and [therefore] his body did not decay.”
38 Ijirel phoh ano loong, Jisu mendoh ba sen rangdah ah biin anaan choh an ngeh ih baat hi; erah raangtaan ih Moses Hootthe jun di biin anaan lachote loong asuh Jisu suh laalom ano biin anaan choh ah ngeh ih baattaan hi.
“Therefore, [my] fellow Israelis [and other friends], it is important for you to know that [we(exc)] are declaring to you [that God] can forgive you for your sins as a result of [what] Jesus [has done]. Because of [what] Jesus [has done], [God] considers that everyone who believes [in Jesus] is no longer guilty (OR, the record has been erased {[God] has erased the record}) concerning everything that they [have done that displeased God. But] when [God] does [that for you], it is not as a result of [your obeying] the laws [that] Moses [wrote].
40 Erah raangtaan ih, maama teewah ih jat etheng, khowah loong ih baatta ah likhiik sen loong ah emah naktoom ang an:
Therefore be careful that [God] does not judge you [MTY], as one of the prophets said [MTY] that God would do!
41 Sok thaak an teemaang mangda loong! Paatja anno ti an! Chiinnyah ngah reelang ah erah sen ih tabaam hanpi kan, o mina ih taat deen jaangbaat han bah uh ah!”
[The prophet wrote that God said], You who ridicule [me], you will [certainly] be astonished [when you see what I am doing], and [then] you will be destroyed. You will be astonished because I will do something [terrible to you] while you are living. You would not believe [that I would do that] even though someone told you!”
42 Pool nyia Barnabaas Jehudi rangsoomnok nawa dokkhoom kanyuuta adi, naangtongsa ja boot nyootsoot esuh we ngaakwang ih hansih ngeh ih miloong ah ih phanbaat rumta.
After Paul [finished speaking], while he and Barnabas were leaving the Jewish meeting place, [many of] the people there repeatedly requested that on the next (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest) [the two of them] should speak to them [again] about those things [that Paul had just told them].
43 Loongkhoon theng nawa miloong ah tiisoon kano, Jehudi mih nyia Ranglajatte hantek mina Rangte rangsoomte eh hoon rumta eno Pool nyia Barnabaas lilih ih khoom rumta. Pool nyia Barnabaas ih Rangte minchan doh songtong an ngeh ih chaankot jengkhaap ah renbaat ih nyuuta.
After they began to leave [that meeting], many [of them] went along with Paul and Barnabas. They consisted of Jews and also of non-Jews who had accepted the things that the Jews believe. Paul and Barnabas continued talking to them, and were urging them to continue [believing the message that] God kindly [forgives people’s sins because of what Jesus did].
44 Jehudi naangtongsa saalih adi samnuh dowa miloong ah Teesu tiitkhaap tiit boichaat ra rumtaha.
On the next Jewish rest day, most of the [people in Antioch came to] the Jewish meeting place to hear [Paul and Barnabas] speak about the Lord [Jesus].
45 Mih khoonthokta loong ah tup rum ano Jehudi nok hah loong ah ih miksuk ih rumta, Pool jengkhaap thoidi rookmui rum ano kaanju ih rumta.
But [the leaders of] [SYN] the Jews became extremely jealous, because they saw that large crowds of [non-Jewish people were coming to hear Paul and Barnabas. So] they began to contradict the things that Paul was saying [and also] to insult [him].
46 Erabah uh Pool nyia Barnabaas ih ehanhan ih lacho laphaan ih baattaan nyu ano li rumta: “Rangte jengkhaap ah sen suh phangbaatjih angta. Enoothong sen ih lakap thoidi nyia khopiiroidong choh theethe tah angke li phiino, Ranglajatte jiinko kati. (aiōnios g166)
Then, speaking very boldly, Paul and Barnabas said [to those Jewish leaders], “[We two] had to speak the message from God [about Jesus] to you [Jews] first [before we proclaim it to non-Jews, because God commanded us to do that. But] you are rejecting God’s message. [By doing that], you have shown that you are not worthy (to have eternal life/to live eternally [with God]). [Therefore], we are leaving [you, and now we] will go to the non-Jewish people [to tell them the message from God]. (aiōnios g166)
47 Seng Teesu ih kotahe jengdang ah langla amah: ‘Ranglajatte loong raangtaan ih sen loong ah weephaak hoon rum taha, timnge liidi arah mongrep dowa loong ah toom puipang rum asuh ah.’”
[We are doing that also] because the Lord [God] has commanded us [to do it]. He said to us, ‘I have appointed you [to reveal things about me] to non-Jewish people [MET] that will be [like] a light to them. [I have appointed] you to tell people everywhere [MTY] in the world [about the one who came] to save [them].’”
48 Ranglajatte loong ah erah japchaat rum ano, rapne ih tenroon rumta eno Teesu jengkhaap ah phoongpha ih rumta; o mina latek roidong chote ah erah loong ah Kristaan eh hoon rumta. (aiōnios g166)
While the non-Jewish people were listening [to those words], they began to rejoice, and they repeatedly said that the message about the Lord [Jesus] was wonderful. And all of the non-Jewish people whom [God] had chosen (to have eternal [life/to live eternally with God]) believed [the message about the Lord Jesus]. (aiōnios g166)
49 Erah hah adi Teesu Jengkhaap ah noongrep ni ruurangta.
[At that time, many of the believers] traveled around throughout that region. As they did that, they were proclaiming the message about the Lord [Jesus] [MTY].
50 Enoothong Jehudi loong ah ih samnuthung dowa Rangte rangsoomte mihak phokhoh nyia Ranglajatte minuh ejat eje loong ah rapne ih dantak rumta. Pool nyia Barnabaas ah miksuk siikhaam ih rum ano erah hah dowa phanjoot haat ih rumta.
However, [some leaders of] [SYN] the Jews incited the most important men in the city, and [some] important/influential women who had accepted what the Jews believe, to oppose [Paul and Barnabas. So those non-Jewish people] incited [other people also] to persecute Paul and Barnabas. As a result they expelled the two men from their region.
51 Kaamwah wanyi ah ih neng jeng phaaki nengnyi lah dowa botla ah jaanak nyu ano Ikoniam ko ih kanyuuta.
So, [as the two apostles were leaving, they] shook the dust from their feet [to show those Jewish leaders that God had rejected them and would punish them. They left Antioch] and went to Iconium [city].
52 Entiok dowa kristaan loong ah sak ni Esa Chiiala kaat kohaano tenroon ih tong rumta.
Meanwhile, the believers [in Antioch] continued to rejoice greatly, and they continued to be completely controlled by the Holy Spirit.
