Matendo 4
1 Wakati Petro na Yohana walipokuwa wakisema na watu, makuhani, mkuu wa walinzi wa Hekalu na Masadukayo wakawajia,
And as they are speaking to the people, there came to them the priests, and the magistrate of the temple, and the Sadducees—
2 huku wakiwa wamekasirika sana kwa sababu mitume walikuwa wanawafundisha watu na kuhubiri kwamba kuna ufufuo wa wafu ndani ya Yesu.
being grieved because of their teaching the people, and preaching in Jesus the resurrection out of the dead—
3 Wakawakamata Petro na Yohana na kuwatia gerezani mpaka kesho yake kwa kuwa ilikuwa jioni.
and they laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was evening already;
4 Lakini wengi waliosikia lile neno waliamini, idadi yao ilikuwa yapata wanaume 5,000.
and many of those hearing the word believed, and the number of the men became, as it were, five thousand.
5 Kesho yake, viongozi wa Kiyahudi, wazee na walimu wa sheria wakakusanyika Yerusalemu.
And it came to pass the next day, there were gathered together of them the rulers, and elders, and scribes, to Jerusalem,
6 Walikuwepo kuhani mkuu Anasi, Kayafa, Yohana, Iskanda, na wengi wa jamaa ya kuhani mkuu.
and Annas the chief priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the chief priest,
7 Baada ya kuwasimamisha Petro na Yohana katikati yao, wakawauliza, “Ni kwa uwezo gani au kwa jina la nani mmefanya jambo hili?”
and having set them in the midst, they were inquiring, “In what power, or in what name did you do this?”
8 Petro, akiwa amejaa Roho Mtakatifu, akajibu, “Enyi watawala na wazee wa watu,
Then Peter, having been filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
9 kama leo tukihojiwa kwa habari ya mambo mema aliyotendewa yule kiwete na kuulizwa jinsi alivyoponywa,
if we are examined today concerning the good deed to the ailing man, by whom he has been saved,
10 ijulikane kwenu nyote na kwa watu wote wa Israeli kwamba: Ni kwa jina la Yesu Kristo wa Nazareti, ambaye ninyi mlimsulubisha lakini Mungu akamfufua kutoka kwa wafu, kwa jina hilo mtu huyu anasimama mbele yenu akiwa mzima kabisa.
be it known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that in the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised out of the dead, in Him has this one stood by before you whole.
11 Huyu ndiye “‘jiwe ambalo ninyi wajenzi mlilikataa, ambalo limekuwa jiwe kuu la pembeni.’
This is the stone that was set at nothing by you—the builders, that became head of a corner;
12 Wala hakuna wokovu katika mwingine awaye yote, kwa maana hakuna jina jingine chini ya mbingu walilopewa wanadamu litupasalo sisi kuokolewa kwalo.”
and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under Heaven that has been given among men, in which it is required of us to be saved.”
13 Wale viongozi na wazee walipoona ujasiri wa Petro na Yohana na kujua ya kuwa walikuwa watu wa kawaida, wasio na elimu, walishangaa sana, wakatambua kwamba hawa watu walikuwa na Yesu.
And beholding the openness of Peter and John, and having perceived that they are illiterate men and commoners, they were wondering—they were also taking knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus—
14 Lakini kwa kuwa walikuwa wanamwona yule kiwete aliyeponywa amesimama pale pamoja nao, hawakuweza kusema lolote kuwapinga.
and seeing the man standing with them who has been healed, they had nothing to say against [it],
15 Wakawaamuru watoke nje ya Baraza la Wayahudi wakati wakisemezana jambo hilo wao kwa wao.
and having commanded them to go away out of the Sanhedrin, they took counsel with one another,
16 Wakaulizana, “Tuwafanyie nini watu hawa? Hatuwezi kukanusha muujiza huu mkubwa walioufanya ambao ni dhahiri kwa kila mtu Yerusalemu.
saying, “What will we do to these men? Because that, indeed, a notable sign has been done through them [is] apparent to all those dwelling in Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny [it];
17 Lakini ili kuzuia jambo hili lisiendelee kuenea zaidi kwa watu, ni lazima tuwaonye watu hawa ili wasiseme tena na mtu yeyote kwa jina la Yesu.”
but that it may spread no further toward the people, let us strictly threaten them to no longer speak in this Name to any man.”
18 Kisha wakawaita tena ndani na kuwaamuru wasiseme wala kufundisha kamwe kwa hili jina la Yesu.
And having called them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor to teach, in the Name of Jesus,
19 Lakini Petro na Yohana wakajibu, “Amueni ninyi wenyewe iwapo ni haki mbele za Mungu kuwatii ninyi kuliko kumtii Mungu.
and Peter and John answering to them said, “Whether it is righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge;
20 Lakini sisi hatuwezi kuacha kusema yale tuliyoyaona na kuyasikia.”
for we cannot but speak what we saw and heard.”
21 Baada ya vitisho vingi, wakawaacha waende zao. Hawakuona njia yoyote ya kuwaadhibu, kwa sababu ya watu, kwa kuwa watu wote walikuwa wakimsifu Mungu kwa kile kilichokuwa kimetukia.
And they having further threatened [them], let them go, finding no way how they may punish them, because of the people, because all were glorifying God for that which has been done,
22 Kwa kuwa umri wa yule mtu aliyekuwa ameponywa kwa muujiza ulikuwa zaidi ya miaka arobaini.
for above forty years of age was the man on whom had been done this sign of the healing.
23 Punde Petro na Yohana walipoachiliwa, walirudi kwa waumini wenzao wakawaeleza waliyoambiwa na viongozi wa makuhani na wazee.
And being let go, they went to their own friends, and declared whatever the chief priests and the elders said to them,
24 Watu waliposikia hayo, wakainua sauti zao, wakamwomba Mungu kwa pamoja, wakisema, “Bwana Mwenyezi, uliyeziumba mbingu na nchi na bahari, na vitu vyote vilivyomo.
and they having heard, lifted up the voice to God with one accord and said, “LORD, You [are] God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all that [are] in them,
25 Wewe ulisema kwa Roho Mtakatifu kupitia kwa kinywa cha baba yetu Daudi, mtumishi wako, ukasema: “‘Mbona mataifa wanaghadhibika, na kabila za watu zinawaza ubatili?
who, through the mouth of Your servant David, said, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate vain things?
26 Wafalme wa dunia wamejipanga, na watawala wanakusanyika pamoja dhidi ya Bwana na dhidi ya Mpakwa Mafuta wake.’
The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the LORD and against His Christ;
27 Ni kweli Herode na Pontio Pilato pamoja na watu wa Mataifa na Waisraeli, walikusanyika katika mji huu dhidi ya mwanao mtakatifu Yesu uliyemtia mafuta.
for gathered together of a truth against Your holy child Jesus, whom You anointed, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel,
28 Wao wakafanya yale ambayo uweza wako na mapenzi yako yalikuwa yamekusudia yatokee tangu zamani.
to do whatever Your hand and Your counsel determined before to come to pass.
29 Sasa, Bwana angalia vitisho vyao na utuwezeshe sisi watumishi wako kulinena neno lako kwa ujasiri mkuu.
And now, LORD, look on their threatenings, and grant to Your servants to speak Your word with all freedom,
30 Nyoosha mkono wako ili kuponya wagonjwa na kutenda ishara na miujiza kwa jina la Mwanao mtakatifu Yesu.”
in the stretching forth of Your hand, for healing, and signs, and wonders, to come to pass through the Name of Your holy child Jesus.”
31 Walipokwisha kuomba, mahali walipokuwa wamekutanika pakatikiswa, wote wakajazwa na Roho Mtakatifu, wakanena neno la Mungu kwa ujasiri.
And they having prayed, the place was shaken in which they were gathered together, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and were speaking the word of God with freedom,
32 Wale walioamini wote walikuwa na moyo mmoja na nia moja. Wala hakuna hata mmoja aliyesema chochote alichokuwa nacho ni mali yake mwenyewe, lakini walishirikiana kila kitu walichokuwa nacho.
and of the multitude of those who believed, the heart and the soul were one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were in common to them.
33 Mitume wakatoa ushuhuda wa kufufuka kwa Bwana Yesu kwa nguvu nyingi na neema ya Mungu ilikuwa juu yao wote.
And with great power the apostles were giving the testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, great grace was also on them all,
34 Wala hapakuwepo mtu yeyote miongoni mwao aliyekuwa mhitaji, kwa sababu mara kwa mara wale waliokuwa na mashamba na nyumba waliviuza, wakaleta thamani ya vitu vilivyouzwa,
for there was not anyone among them who lacked, for as many as were possessors of fields, or houses, selling [them], were bringing the prices of the thing sold,
35 wakaiweka miguuni pa mitume, kila mtu akagawiwa kadiri ya mahitaji yake.
and were laying them at the feet of the apostles, and distribution was being made to each according as anyone had need.
36 Yosefu, Mlawi kutoka Kipro, ambaye mitume walimwita Barnaba (maana yake Mwana wa Faraja),
And Joses, who was surnamed by the apostles Barnabas—which is, having been interpreted, Son of Comfort—a Levite, of Cyprus by birth,
37 aliuza shamba alilokuwa nalo, akaleta hizo fedha alizopata na kuziweka miguuni pa mitume.
a field being his, having sold [it], brought the money and laid [it] at the feet of the apostles.
