Matendu 16
1 Paulu kaziti Deribi na Listira, kweni katamiti mfundwa yumu yawamshema Timotewu. Mawu gwakuwi mweni vira kaweriti ntundami, kaweriti Myawudi, kumbiti tati gwakuwi kaweriti mgiriki.
Paul went on to Derbe and Lystra, and behold, a disciple named Timothy was there. He was the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.
2 Timotewu kaweriti na nzyumi ngulu pakati pa walii walongu wa Listira na Ikoniu.
He was well spoken of by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.
3 Paulu kafiriti Timotewu kalikoli na yomberi mumwanja, hangu kamyingiziyiti jandu. Katenditi hangu toziya Wayawudi woseri watamiti seemu ayi wavimaniti handa tati gwakuwi Timotewu kaweriti Mgiriki.
Paul wanted this man to go on with him, so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
4 Pawaweriti wankuwuya mlushi zilii wawapananiti wantu malagaliru galii gagalaviyitwi na wantumintumi na wazewi kulii Yerusalemu, wawagambira wantu wagajimiri.
As they went through the cities, they delivered the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and the elders in Jerusalem for the Gentile believers to obey.
5 Su shipinga sha wantu yawamjimira Yesu shiziditi kugangamala munjimiru na shiyongerekiti nentu kila lishaka.
So the churches were strengthened in the faith and increased in number every day.
6 Wawuyiriti Seemu za Firigiya na Galatiya toziya Rohu Mnanagala kawaluusu ndiri kubwera ujumbi awu kumkoa gwa Asiya.
Then Paul and his companions went through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit from speaking the word in Asia.
7 Pawayiziti mumbaka zya Misiya, wajeriti kwingira kumkoa Bituniya, kumbiti Rohu gwa Yesu kawaluusu ndiri.
When they reached Mysia, they tried to go on toward Bithynia, but the Spirit did not allow them.
8 Su, wapitiriti Misiya, wagenda longulongu mpaka Trowa.
So passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas.
9 Pashiru panu. Paulu kawoniti maonu geni kamwoniti muntu yumu gwa Makedoniya kagoloka palii na kumluwa, “Guloki, gwizi Makedoniya gwakatutangatiri.”
During the night Paul had a vision. A Macedonian man was standing there, urging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us!”
10 Katepu pa Paulu kuwona maonu aga, tulitanditi kugenda Makedoniya pota kusherewa, tuwera na nakaka handa Mlungu katushema tuwabweleri shisoweru shiwagira.
After Paul saw the vision, we immediately endeavored to go on to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.
11 Kulawa Trowa, twamwanja longulongu mpaka Samotiraki na Shirawu yakuwi tusulusiya nanga Neopoli.
So we set sail from Troas and followed a straight course to Samothrace, and on the next day we went to Neapolis.
12 Kulawa aku, tugenditi mpaka Filipi, Lushi lya Wilaya ya kwanja ya Makedoniya, na weni viraa ndo Koloni lya Warumi. Tutamiti mulushi alu mashaka gamu.
From there we went on to Philippi, which is a Roman colony and a leading city of that district of Macedonia. We stayed in that city for several days.
13 Lishaka lya kwoyera tulawiti kunja ku Lushi, tugenda mmbeku ya lushemba lweni tulihola kuwera ndo pahala pa kuluwa Mlungu. Tulikaliti, tuyowera na wadala wajojinikiti pahala panu.
On the Sabbath day we went outside the city to a riverside, where it was customary for there to be prayer. We sat down and began speaking to the women who had gathered together.
14 Muwamu wa walii yawatupikiniriti kaweriti mdala yumu mguwira Mlungu yawamshema Lidiya mwenikaya gwa Tuatira, mweni kaweriti kankuwuza nguwu za shitani za langi ya zambalawu. Mtuwa kavuguliti moyu gwakuwi ata kaviyanga visoweru vilii Paulu vyakaweriti katakula.
One of those listening to us was a woman named Lydia. She was a worshiper of God from the city of Thyatira and a seller of purple cloth. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.
15 Shakapanu yomberi pamuhera na wantu wa numba yakuwi wabatizwa. Na yomberi katuluwa pakatakula, “Payiwera mjimira nakaka handa numjimira Mtuwa, mwizi ukaya kwaneni mlikali.” Katuhimiziya tugendi.
After she was baptized, along with her household, she urged us, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come stay at my house.” And she persuaded us to do so.
16 Lishaka limu, patuweriti twankugenda pahali pa kuluwa Mlungu, mhinja yumu yakaweriti na wamshera wana likakala lwa kutunga kaliwoniti na twenga Mhinja ayu kaweriti kankuwapanana watuwa wakuwi mpiya zitangala kwa kutunga gwakuwi.
One day, as we were on our way to prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination. She had brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling.
17 Su, muhinga ayu kamwiziriti Paulu na twenga, kabotanga na kutakula, “Wantu awa ndo wantumintumi wa Mlungu Mkulu. Wankuwabwelera njira ya ulopoziya.”
She followed along behind Paul and us and kept crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation.”
18 Kaweri kankutenda hangu kwa mashaka gatangala ata lishaka limu Paulu kakalariti, kamgalambukira na kumgambira shamshera ayu, “Nukugambira kwa litawu lya Yesu Kristu, gumlawi ayu!” Palaa palii shamshera kamlawa.
She kept on doing this for many days, and Paul became so annoyed that he turned and said to the spirit, “I command yoʋ in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour.
19 Su watuwa wa muhinga ulii pawawoniti kuwera litumbiru lwawu lya kupata mpiya lipera, wawakamuliti Paulu na Sila, wawakwega mpaka paweru, kuulongolu kwa wakulu.
When her masters saw that their hope for profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, dragged them to the marketplace, and set them before the authorities.
20 Wasitaki kwa watoza pawatakula, “wantu awa ndo Wayawudi na watenda fuju mulushi lwetu.
After bringing them to the magistrates, they said, “These men are seriously disturbing our city. They are Jews,
21 Wankufunda shitiba sheni twenga wenikaya wa Rumi tuluusiwa ndiri kushijimira pota kushifuta.”
and they are proclaiming customs that are not lawful for us as Romans to accept or practice.”
22 Shipinga sha wantu shingiriti na womberi, shiwakomanga. Na watoza walii wawavula nguwa zawu kwa likakala, wahimiziya wasyatangwi viboku.
The crowd rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their garments off them and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
23 Pakukomwa nentu watatirwa mnumba, na njagira gwa shibetubetu kahimiziwa kuwatula pasi pa ulolera mkulu.
After inflicting many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them under close guard.
24 Kulawirana na malagaliru aga, mnjagira ayu kawatuliti mushumba kati nakamu sha shibetubetu na kugatawa magulu gawu mushibawu.
When he received this order, he put them in the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25 Pakakwegera na pashiru ligonu Paulu na Sila waweriti wankumluwa Mlungu na kuyimba nyimbu za kumzyuma Mlungu, aku watatirwa wamonga wawera wankupikanira.
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
26 Vumu, kulawiriti lilendemeru likulu lya litapaka libegiziya liyanjiru lya shibetubetu. Su, milyangu yoseri ivuguka na minyololu yayiwatawiti watatirwa awa ilekana.
Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors opened, and all the chains came loose.
27 Mlolera gwa shibetubetu pakayumukiti na kuyiwona milyangu ya shibetubetu ivugulwa, kaliholiti handa watatirwa woseri waweriti watoloka, na hangu kausomola upanga wakuwi, kafiriti kulilaga.
Then the jailer was awakened, and when he saw that the doors of the prison were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, assuming that the prisoners had escaped.
28 Kumbiti Paulu kashema kwa liziwu likulu, “Kotukulitenda gwamweni toziya twenga twawoseri twa panu.”
But Paul cried out with a loud voice, “Do yoʋrself no harm, for we are all here.”
29 Pakamshemiti kala muntu kajegi limuliku, mnjagira gwa shibetubetu katugiriti mnumba, kaliyasa paulongolu pa magulu ga Paulu na Sila agawu kankulendemera kwa lyoga.
Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.
30 Shakapanu kawalonguziya kunja, kawakosiya, “Mwatuwa, ndendi shishi mbati kulopoziwa?”
Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31 Womberi wamwankula, “Gumjimiri Mtuwa Yesu na gwenga hagulopoziwi pamuhera na kaya yaku yoseri.”
They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and yoʋ will be saved, yoʋ and yoʋr household.”
32 Su, wamubweleriti shisoweru sha Mtuwa yomberi pamhera na walongu wakuwi.
Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his household.
33 Mnjagira ulii kawatoliti saa iraa ilii ya pashiru kawagulula vironda vyawu, shakapanu yomberi na walongu wakuwi woseri kawabatiza pala palii.
He then took them in that hour of the night and washed their wounds. Then he was baptized at once, along with his entire household.
34 Shakapanu kawatola Paula na Sila ukaya kwakuwi, kawayupa shiboga. Yomberi na walongu wakuwi woseri watenda shereku toziya vinu waweriti wamjimira Mlungu.
After bringing Paul and Silas into his house, he set a meal before them. And he rejoiced, along with his entire household, because he had come to believe in God.
35 Shirawu yakuwi mandawira, watoza wawatumiti maafisa wawu pawalonga, “muwavuguliri wantu walii.”
When daybreak came, the magistrates sent their officers, saying, “Release those men.”
36 Mjagira ulii gwa shibetubetu kamupananiti shisoweru Paulu, “Watoza watumiti ujumbi su mvugulilwi. Vinu muweza kulawa na kugenda zenu kwa ponga.”
So the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent orders for you to be released. Therefore come out now and go in peace.”
37 Kumbiti Paulu kamwakuliti. “Eti shishi? Tembera tuweriti ndiri na likosa, watusyatangiti viboku paweru twenga ndo wana lushi wa Rumi. Kayi, watuyingiziyiti mnumba na vinu wafira kutuvugulira kwa bada! Ata padidini! Ndo mpaka weni wayizi panu watuvuguliri.”
But Paul said to them, “They beat us in public without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and they threw us into prison. And now they are sending us away secretly? Certainly not! Rather, let them come and escort us out themselves.”
38 Maafisa awa wawagambiriti visoweru watoza kuusu shitwatira ashi, naomberi pawapikaniriti handa Paulu na Sila waweriti weni kaya wa Rumi, watiriti.
So the officers reported these words to the magistrates, and the magistrates were afraid when they heard that the men were Roman citizens.
39 Hangu, wagenditi kuwaluwa na pawawalaviiti kala mnumba wawaluwiti wawuki mulushi lulii.
So they came and spoke to them in a conciliatory manner. As they escorted them out, they begged them to leave the city.
40 Paulu na Sila walawiti mushibetubetu, wagenditi ukaya kwa Lidiya. Aku waliwoniti na shipinga sha waumini na pawawagambiriti kala visoweru vya kuwayupa moyu wawuka.
So Paul and Silas came out of the prison and went to Lydia's house. And after seeing the brothers and encouraging them, they departed.
