Ditiro 18
1 Morago ga mo Paulo a tswa mo Athena a ya kwa Korintha.
After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth.
2 Mme koo a feta a tlwaelana le Mojuta yo o bidiwang Akwila, yo o tsaletsweng kwa Ponto, yo o neng a sa tswa go goroga a tswa kwa Itale le mosadi wa gagwe Peresila. Ba ne ba kobilwe mo Itale ka ntlha ya taolo ya ga Kalaodio Kaesarea ya gore Bajuta botlhe ba lelekwe mo Roma, Paulo o ne a nna nabo a ba a dira le bone, gonne e ne e le badiri ba megope (ditante) fela jaaka ene.
He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,
and because he practised the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.
4 Sabata mongwe le mongwe Paulo o ne a fetolana le batho mo tlung ya thuto, a leka go tlhalosetsa Bajuta le Bagerika.
He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
5 Mme erile Silase le Timotheo ba sena go goroga ba tswa kwa Masedonia, Paulo a dirisa nako ya gagwe yotlhe a rera ebile a bolelela Bajuta gore Jesu ke Mesia.
When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
6 Mme erile fa Bajuta ba mo ganetsa ba kgala se a se buang, ba tlhapatsa Jesu, Paulo a tlhotlhora lorole mo seaparong sa gagwe a re, “A madi a lona a nne mo ditlhogong tsa lona, nna ga ke na molato, go tloga gompieno ke tlaa rerela Badichaba.”
When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!”
7 Morago ga moo o ne a nna le Tito Jeseto, Modichaba yo o neng a obamela Modimo a nna gaufi le ntlo ya thuto.
He departed there and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshipped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
8 Mme le fa go ntse jalo, Kerisepo, moeteledipele wa senagoge, le botlhe ba ntlo ya gagwe ba ne ba dumela mo Moreneng mme ba kolobediwa le Bakorintha ba le bantsi ba ba mo utlwileng ba dumela ba bo ba kolobediwa.
Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptised.
9 Bosigo bongwe Morena o ne a bua le Paulo ka ponatshegelo a re, “O seka wa boifa! Bua! Se didimale!
The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;
10 Gonne ke na le wena mme ga go na ope yo o ka go utlwisang botlhoko. Batho ba le bantsi mo motseng o ke ba me.”
for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”
11 Mme Paulo a nna moo ngwaga e e lateleng le sephatlo, a ruta boammaaruri jwa Modimo.
He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God amongst them.
12 Mme erile Galeo a nna molaodi wa Akaia, Bajuta ba tsogologela Paulo mme ba mo isa fa pele ga molaodi gore a sekisiwe.
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgement seat,
13 Ba ne ba re, “Paulo o molato wa go raya batho a re ba obamele Modimo ka mekgwa e e leng gore e kgatlhanong le molao wa Ba-Roma.”
saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”
14 Mme erile fela jaaka Paulo a simolola go ikarabela, Galeo a retologela kwa go ba ba pegang Paulo molato a re, “Reetsang, lona Bajuta ke lona, fa mo e ka bo e ne e le molato wa borukhutlhi, ke ne ke tlaa tlamega go lo reetsa,
But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
15 mme e re ka e le dipotso fela tse di mabapi le mafoko a lo a ipopetseng, le melao ya lona ya Sejuta ya boeleele, lo tlaa nna lo ipona. Ga ke na kgatlhego mo kgannyeng eo ebile ga ke e ame.”
but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don’t want to be a judge of these matters.”
16 Hong a ba ntshetsa kwa ntle ga ntlo ya tshekelo.
So he drove them from the judgement seat.
17 Mme batho ba tshwara Sosethenese, moeteledipele yo mosha wa tempele, mme ba mo iteela kwa ntle ga ntlo ya tshekelo! Mme Galeo ene o ne a sena sepe.
Then all the Greeks seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgement seat. Gallio didn’t care about any of these things.
18 Mme Paulo o ne a nna mo motseng malatsi a le mantsinyana morago ga moo a sadisa Bakeresete sentle, a bo a tshwara mokoro a leba kwa Siria a tsamaya le Peresila le Akwila. Mme kwa Kenkerea Paulo o ne a ipeola ka ngwao ya Sejuta, ka gonne o ne a ikanne.
Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.
19 Erile fa a goroga kwa boemelong jwa mekoro jwa Efeso, a ba tlogela mo mokorong a ya kwa tempeleng go buisanya le Bajuta.
He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.
20 Mme ba ne ba mo kopa go nna malatsi a se kae, mme a bona a sena nako epe e o ka e senyang nabo.
When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined;
21 Mme a re, “Ke tshwanetse ka bo ke le kwa Jerusalema ka malatsi a boikhutso.” Mme o ne a solofetsa go boela kwa Efeso fa Modimo o mo letla; mme jalo a tswelela le loeto gape.
but taking his leave of them, he said, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.
22 Lefelo le le latelang le go neng ga engwa mo go lone e ne e le Kaesarea kwa o neng a etela phuthego [ya Jerusalema] go tswa foo a ya kwa Antioka.
When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch.
23 Morago ga sebaka koo, a tsamaya mo Galatia le mo Feregia a etela badumedi botlhe, a ba kgothatsa ebile a ba thusa go re ba gole mo Moreneng.
Having spent some time there, he departed and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.
24 Mme ka nako eo Mojuta mongwe yo o neng a bidiwa Apolose, moruti le moreri wa Baebele yo o tumileng, e ne e le gone fela a gorogang mo Efeso a tswa kwa Alekesanderia mo Egepeto.
Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.
25 Erile fa a sa ntse a le mo Egepeto, mongwe o ne a mmoleletse ka ga Johane wa Mokolobetsi le se Johane o se buileng ka ga Jesu, mme moo e ne e le gone fela mo a go itseng. O ne a ise a ke a utlwe polelo yotlhe!
This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.
26 Jalo o ne a rera ka bopelokgale le ka botlhaga mo tlung ya thuto a re, “Mesia o e tla! Ipaakanyetseng go mo amogela!” Peresila le Akwila ba ne ba le teng mme ba mo utlwa, mme e ne e le thero e e nonofileng. Morago ga moo ba kopana nae mme ba mo tlhalosetsa se se diragaletseng Jesu go tloga ka nako ya ga Johane, le gore mo gotlhe go raya eng!
He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
27 Mme Apolose o ne a kile a akanya go ya Gerika, badumedi le bone ba mo kgothatsa go dira jalo. Ba ne ba kwalela bakaulengwe ba bone koo, ba ba raya ba re ba mo amogele. Mme erile fa a goroga kwa Gerika, a dirisiwa ke Modimo go nonotsha Phuthego,
When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him; and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;
28 gonne o ne a ganetsa Bajuta mo pepeneneng a supa ka dikwalo gore Jesu ka boammaaruri ke Mesia.
for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
