Matendu 3
1 Ligono limonga, lukumbi lwa saa tisa ya muhi, Petili na Yohani vavi mukuhamba Kunyumba ya Chapanga lukumbi lwa kumuyupa Chapanga.
[One day] Peter and John were going to the Temple [courtyard]. It was three o’clock in the afternoon, which was the time when people prayed [there publicly].
2 Hinu mundu mmonga mweavi ngagenda tangia peavelekiwi. Kila ligono vandu vamgegayi na kumvika pamlyangu wa Nyumba ya Chapanga weukemelewa “Mlyangu Wabwina.” Muni avayupayi vindu kwa vala veviyingila Munyumba ya Chapanga.
There was a man there who had been lame from the time he was born. He [was sitting by] the gate called Beautiful [Gate], at the entrance to the Temple [area]. People put him there every day, so that he could ask those who were entering [or leaving] the temple courtyard to give him some money.
3 Peavawene Petili na Yohani viyingila Munyumba ya Chapanga, avayupili vampela mashonga.
As Peter and John were about to enter [the Temple courtyard], the lame man saw them and asked them several times to give him some money. (OR, The lame man said to them several times, “Please give me some money!”)
4 Vene vakamlolokesa takataka, ndi Petili akamjovela, “Utilola!”
As Peter and John looked directly at him, Peter said to him, “Look at us!”
5 Ngagenda yula akavalola, ahololela ipewa chindu kuhuma kwavi.
So he looked directly at them, expecting to get some [money] from them.
6 Nambu Petili akamjovela, “Nivii lepi na mashonga amala zahabu, nambu chenivi nachu yati nikukupela. Kwa uhotola wa Yesu Kilisitu wa ku Nazaleti, yima ugendayi!”
Then Peter said to him, “I do not have any money [MTY], but what I [can do], I will [do] for you. Jesus Christ, [who was] from Nazareth [town], has authorized [MTY] me [to heal you! So get up and] walk!”
7 Hinu akamkamula chiwoko cha kulyelela, akamyinula. Bahapo magendelu na mafugamilu gaki gakavya na makakala.
Then Peter grasped the man’s right hand and helped him to stand up. Immediately the man’s feet and ankles became strong.
8 Akahumba, akayima na kutumbula kugenda. Ndi akayingila nawu pamonga Munyumba ya Chapanga, igenda na kuhumba humba kuni akumlumbalila Chapanga.
He jumped up and began to walk! Then he entered the Temple [area] with them, walking and leaping and praising God!
9 Vandu voha vevavi penapo vamuwene igenda na kumlumbalila Chapanga,
All the people [there] saw that man walking and praising God.
10 pavammanyili kuvya mwene ndi yula mweatama papipi na Mlyangu Wabwina Wa Nyumba ya Chapanga, na kuyupa vakakangasa neju hati nakugamanya gegamkolili.
They recognized that he was the man who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate in the Temple [courtyard] and ask [people] for money! So all the people there were greatly amazed at what had happened to him.
11 Lukumbi pavamuwene mundu yula alongosini na Petili na Yohani, vandu voha vakavya mumkangaso ndi vajumbalili pandu pepakemeliwi “Libanji la Solomoni.”
As the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were so surprised [that they did not know what to think] So they ran to the two apostles at the place [in the Temple courtyard] that is called {that [people] call} Solomon’s Porch.
12 Hinu, Petili peavawene vandu, akavajovela, vandu va Isilaeli, ndava kyani mwikangaswa na lijambu ili? Kyani mukutilolokesa takataka ngati kwa makakala gitu amala ndava ya umsopi witu tavete timuhengili mundu uyu ahotola kugenda?
When Peter saw that, he said to the crowd, “Fellow Israelites, (you should not be surprised about what has happened to this man!/why are you so surprised about what has happened to this man?) [RHQ] And you should not stare at us, either! You seem to [RHQ] think that the two of us enabled this man to walk because we [(exc)] ourselves are powerful or because we please God very much!
13 Chapanga wa Ibulahimu na Izaki na Yakobo, ndi Chapanga wa vagogo vitu ampeli amulumbalili mtumisi waki Yesu. Nambu nyenye mwamkamwili na kumgotola kwa vachilongosi na kumng'anamukila na kumbela palongolo ya Pilatu, hati peamwili kumdindulila.
[So I will tell you what is really happening]. Our ancestors, including Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, worshipped God. And now he has greatly honored Jesus, who always served him. Your [leaders] brought Jesus [to the governor, Pilate], so that [his soldiers would kill him]. And [God considers that] in front of Pilate you [were the ones who rejected] Jesus [as your king], after Pilate had decided that he should release Jesus.
14 Mwene avili mweikita geigana Chapanga na msopi, nambu nyenye mwambelili ndi mwayupili mundu yungi mweavimkomaji adinduliwa.
[Although Jesus] always did what was right/just and good, you rejected him. [Pilate wanted to release him, but] you urgently asked Pilate to release (a murderer/someone who had killed people)!
15 Nyenye mwamkomili chanzu cha wumi, nambu Chapanga amyukisi kuhuma kwa vafwili, tavete taliwene lijambu lenilo.
[God considers that] you killed [Jesus], the one who gives people [eternal] life. But God has greatly honored him (by causing him to become alive again after he died/by raising him from the dead). Many of us saw [him after that, and now] we [(exc)] are telling [you] about it.
16 Makakala na kumsadika Yesu ndi vyevi mpeli makakala mundu uyu mwemukumlola na kummanya. Sadika kwa Yesu ndi yeyimlamisi hotohoto mundu uyu ngati mwavoha chemukumlola.
It is because [we two] trusted in what Jesus [MTY, PRS] [could do, that he] made this man, whom you see and know, strong again. Yes, it is because we [(exc)] trusted in Jesus that he has completely healed this man for all of you to see.”
17 “Hinu, valongo vangu, nimanyili kuvya nyenye na vachilongosi vinu mwahengili ago ndava mwamanyili lepi.
“Now, my fellow-countrymen, I know that you and your leaders did that [to Jesus] because you [and they] did not know [that he was the Messiah].
18 Nambu Chapanga agahengili ago goha geajovili munjila ya vamlota va Chapanga voha kuvya yamganili Kilisitu ang'aika.
However, [your putting him to death] was what God had predicted that people would do. [Long ago] he told all the prophets [MTY] to write [what people would do to the Messiah. They wrote] that the Messiah, whom God [would send], would suffer [and die].
19 Muleka kubuda na mumuwuyila Chapanga, ndi mwene avalekekesa kumubudila.
So, turn away from your sinful behavior and ask God [to help you] do what pleases [him], in order that he may completely forgive you for your sins.
20 Mukita genago, muni Bambu avapela lusenje lwa kupoleswa mitima na kuvaletela Kilisitu mweavahagulili ndi Yesu.
[If you do that], there will be times [when you will know that] the Lord [God is] helping [you]. And some day he will [again] send back [to earth] the Messiah, whom he appointed for you. That person is Jesus.
21 Yikumgana mwene kusigalila kunani kwa Chapanga mbaka palubwela lukumbi vindu vyoha kukitwa vya mupya, ngati Chapanga cheajovili munjila ya vamlota vaki vamsopi vevatamili kadeni. (aiōn g165)
Jesus must stay in heaven until the time when God will cause all that he has created to become new. Long ago God promised [to do that, and] he chose holy prophets to tell [that to people]. (aiōn g165)
22 Muni, Musa ajovili, ‘Bambu Chapanga winu akuvayinulila mlota wa Chapanga ngati nene kuhuma kwa nyenye mwavene. Mumyuwanila mwene mu mambu goha geakuvajovela nyenye.
For [example, the prophet] Moses said [this about the Messiah]: ‘The Lord (your God/the God whom you [worship]) will cause someone to become a prophet to tell you [God’s message. God will send him] as [he sent] me, [and he will be] from among your own people. You must listen to everything that this prophet tells you [and obey him] [SYN].
23 Mundu yoyoha mwangamyuwanila mlota wa Chapanga mwenuyo, yati ibaguliwa kutali na vandu va Chapanga na kukomewa.’
[Those who] do not listen to [that prophet and obey] him will no longer belong to God’s people, and [God] will get rid of them’.”
24 Vamlota voha va Chapanga kuhuma Samueli na vangi vevagelekili, vakokwisi mambu aga gegihumila magono aga.
[Peter continued], “All the prophets have told [about what would happen during] the time [MTY] [in which we(inc) are living. Those prophets include] Samuel [and all the others who] later also spoke [about these events] before they happened.
25 Na Chapanga alagazili vamlota vaki ndava yinu, na muyingila mu lilaganu leahengili na vagogo vitu, ngati chamjovili Ibulahimu, ‘Mu chiveleku chaku na vandu voha va pamulima yati vimotisiwa.’
You [as well as we(exc)] are the people [to whom God sent the Messiah, as] the prophets said [MTY] [that he would]. And when God strongly promised [to bless] our ancestors, he also surely promised to bless you. He said to Abraham [concerning the Messiah], ‘[I] will bless all people on the earth as a result of [what] your descendant [will do].’”
26 Ndi Chapanga amyukisi mtumisi waki, amtumili hoti kwa nyenye, avamotisa na kumkita kila mmonga winu alekana na uhakau waki.”
[Peter concluded], “[So] when God sent [to the earth] (Jesus, the one who always obeys him/his servant Jesus), he sent him first to you [Israelites] to bless you. [God will] enable you to stop doing what is wicked [and to start doing what pleases him].”
