Matendu 5
1 Muntu yumu yawamshema Ananiya na mdala gwakuwi Safira wawuziti lirambu lyawu viravi.
Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.
2 Kumbiti, mdala gwakuwi pakawera kavimana, Ananiya kalitulila seemu ya mpiya zyakazipatiti na seemu imonga ilii kawayupiti wantumintumi.
With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
3 Su, Peteru kamkosiyiti, “Ananiya, mbona shetani kingira mmoyu mwaku na kukutenda gumzyangi Rohu Mnanagala kwa kulitulira seemu ya mpiya zagupatiti kulawilirana na lilambu lilii?
Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?
4 Pamberi pa kuliwuza liweriti lyaku na paguliwuziti kala, isigala mpiya azi ziweriti zaku guzitumii ntambu yagufira. Toziya gaa, gwamuwiti mmoyu mwaku kutenda shitwatira sha ntambu ayi? Gumzyanga ndiri muntu, Gumzyanga Mlungu!”
Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”
5 Ananiya, pakapikaniriti aga kaguwa pasi, kahowa. Wantu woseri wapikiniriti shisoweru sha lilawiru ali watiriti nentu.
On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.
6 Wandemba wasoka, wayigibikira njimba yakuwi, wamlaviya kunja, wamsira.
Then the young men stepped forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.
7 Pa shipindi sha masaa matatu hangu, mdala gwakuwi, pota kuvimana shitwatira shilawiriti, kingira mngati amu.
About three hours later his wife also came in, unaware of what had happened.
8 Peteru kamgambira, “Gung'ambiri! Hashi, shiyasi ashi sha mpiya ndo shampatiti kwa kuwuza lirambu lilii?” Yomberi kankula, “Yina, ndo sheni ashi”
“Tell me,” said Peter, “is this the price you and your husband got for the land?” “Yes,” she answered, “that is the price.”
9 Yomberi Peteru kamgambira, “Mbona mtenda mpangu kumjera Rohu gwa Mtuwa? Gupikiniri! Walii wantu wagenditi kumusira mpalu gwaku, vinu wapanu pamlyangu na wankukutola gwenga viraa.”
“How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”
10 Vumu Safila kaguwa kulongolu kwa magulu ga Peteru, kahowa. Wandemba walii pawingiriti, wamwoniti kahowa kala, hangu wamlaviya kunja, wamsira pakwegera na mpalu gwakuwi.
At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
11 Shipinga shoseri sha wantu yawamjimira Yesu pamuhera na woseri yawapikaniriti shisoweru sha vitwatira avi, watiriti nentu.
And great fear came over the whole church and all who heard about these events.
12 Wantumintumi watenditi mauzauza na makangashu gavuwa pakati pa wantu. Wawumini waweriti wankuliwona pamwera muukumbi wa Selemani.
The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
13 Muntu yoseri gwingi yakaweriti ndiri muumini kajeriti ndiri kuwera pamhera na womberi. Ata hangu, wantu wamonga yawawera ndiri na njimiru ayi wawazyuma.
Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.
14 Walanga ya wantu yawamjimiriti Mtuwa, wapalu na wadala, iyongerekiti.
Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.
15 Toziya ayi, wantu waweriti wankuwajega walweli mnjira na kuwagonjeka pampindi pa shitanda na mikeka su Peteru pakapita, tembera shivuni shakuwi shiwashinkuli wamu wawu.
As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
16 Wantu wavuwa wasokiti kulawa mulushi za kumbekumbeku za Yerusalemu, wankuwajega walweli wawu na walii yawawera na shamshera wadoda na womberi woseri waponiziwa.
Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.
17 Shakapanu mtambika mkulu na wayaguwi yawaweriti pamuhera na shipinga sha Masadukayu, wawera na weya.
Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
18 Su, wawatawa ntumintumi, na kuwajega mngati mnumba nkulu ya shibetubetu.
and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
19 Kumbiti pashiru ntumintumi gwa kumpindi gwa Mtuwa kayivuguliti milyangu ya shibetubetu, kawalaviya kunja, kawagambira,
But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
20 “Mgendi mkagoloki Mnumba nkulu ya Mlungu na kuwagambira wantu kila shintu kuusu makaliru aga gasyayi.”
“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
21 Wantumintumi wajimiriti, wingira Mnumba nkulu ya Mlungu mandawira putiputi, wanja kufunda. Mtambika mkulu na wayaguwi pawasokiti, washemiti mkutanu gwa shizyungu shikulu, ndo shipinga sha wazewi wa Wayawudi, shakapanu wawatuma wantu mushibetubetu wawajegi wantumintumi walii.
At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.
22 Kumbiti wakulu awa pawasokiti aku wawawona ndiri mshibetubetu mlii. Hangu wawuyiti, wawagambira mumkutanu,
But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:
23 Pawatakula, “Tuwoniti shibetubetu shitatwa kila uwega na walolera wankulolera milyangu. Kumbiti patuvuguliti tumwona ndiri muntu yoseri mngati.”
“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
24 Mkulu gwa walolera wa numba nkulu ya Mlungu na watambika wakulu pawapikaniriti shisoweru ashi wawera na lyoga, wavimana ndiri gawawapatiti.
When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
25 Kiza muntu yumu, kawagambira, “wantu walii yamuwatatiriti mshibetubetu, vinu wamunumba nkulu ya Mlungu, wankufunda wantu.”
Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”
26 Panu mkulu gwa walolera wa numba nkulu ya Mlungu pamwera na wantu wakuwi wagenditi mnumba nkulu ya Mlungu, kawajega. Kumbiti wawakamula ndiri kwa likakala, toziya watiriti handa wantu mewawagumi mabuwi.
At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
27 Su wawajega, wawagolisiya kulongolu kushizyungu, Mtambika Mkulu kawagambira,
They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.
28 “Tuwaberiti paweru kufunda kwa litawu lya muntu ayu, vinu mweneza mafunda genu poseri Muyerusalemu na mupanga kututulira lawama ya kuhowa kwa muntu ayu.”
“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
29 Panu Peteru, kiwiti pamwera na walii ntumintumi wamonga, kankula, “Mpaka tumjimiri Mlungu, muntu ndiri.
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
30 Mlungu gwa mbuyi gwetu kamzyukisiyiti Yesu pa mwenga kumlaga kwa kumpingika mlupingika.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
31 Ayu ndomweni ulii yakakwisitwi na Mlungu mpaka uwega wakuwi wa mliwu, kawera mlongoziya na Mlopoziya su katendi wantu wa Israeli waleki vidoda, wapati kulekiziwa vidoda vyawu.
God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
32 Twenga ndo wakapitawu wa lilawiru ali, yomberi Rohu Mnanagala ndo yomberi Mlungu kawayupa walii wawamjimira, wankupitaulira vira lilawiru ali.”
We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”
33 Wajumbi woseri wa shizyunga shilii pawapikaniriti aga, waweriti na maya, ata waamuwa kuwalaga.
When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.
34 Kumbiti Mfalisayu yumu yawamshema Gamalieli mweni kaweriti mfunda gwa Malagaliru na yakapananitwi ligoya nentu kulongolu kwa wantu woseri, kagolokiti kulongolu kushizyungu kulii, kafiriti ntumintumi walii walaviwi kunja katepu.
But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.
35 Shakapanu kawagambira wajumbi walii wa shizyungu, “Walushi lwa Israeli, shondi pamberi pa kutenda ashi shamfira kuwatenda wantu awa!
“Men of Israel,” he said, “consider carefully what you are about to do to these men.
36 Makashu shididini, kulawiriti muntu yumu litawu lyakuwi Teuda, kalitakulira kuwera muntu gwa mana na wantu pakwegera na miya mhanu walijegiti pamhera na yomberi, kumbiti wamlagiti, shakapanu wandundami wakuwi woseri wapalanganika na shipinga shakuwi shifuwa.
Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.
37 Kayi, shakapanu, shipindi shilii sha kuwalangwa wantu, kalawiriti Yuda gwa Galilaya. Ayu na yomberi kwawakwegiti wantu wamfata, Kumbiti na yomberi wamlagiti, na wandundami wakuwi wapalanganikiti.
After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.
38 Na vinu viraa neni nuwagambira kotukuwatendera shintu shoseri wantu awa, muwalekiziyi! Toziya, payiwera shitendu ashi shawu shanjishwa na muntu, hashiwuki sheni.
So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.
39 Kumbiti handa shanjishwa na Mlungu, hera ndiri handa hapeni muwezi kuwakanga, su hamliwoni mmulema Mlungu.”
But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”
40 Su wawashema ntumintumi walii, waamuwa wasyatagwi viboku na kuwaberiziya nawafunda kayi kwa litawu lya Yesu, shakapanu wawaleka wagendi zawu.
At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
41 Su, ntumintumi walawa kunja kushizyungu pawamema nemeru, toziya wafiruwiti kusoniziwa kwajili ya litawu lya Yesu.
The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
42 Mnumba nkulu ya Mlungu na ukaya kwa wantu, womberi wendereyiti kila lishaka kufunda na kubwera Shisoweru Shiwagira sha Yesu kuwera ndo Kristu.
Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.
