Matendo 11
1 Mitume na ndugu wale waliokuwa huko Yudea walisikia kuwa wamataifa wamelipokea neno la Mungu.
And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God;
2 Petro alipokuja huko Yerusalemu, lile kundi la watu waliotahiriwa wakaanza kumkosoa, Wakisema,
and when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision contended with him,
3 “Umeshikamana na watu wasiotahiriwa na kula nao!”
saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and hast eaten with them.
4 Lakini Petro alianza kueleza tukio kwa kina; akisema,
But Peter began and set forth [the matter] to them in order, saying,
5 “Nilikuwa naomba katika mji wa Yafa, na nikaona maono ya chombo kikishuka chini kama nguo kubwa ikishuka kutoka mbinguni katika pembe zake zote nne. Kikashuka kwangu.
I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in an ecstasy I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came even to me:
6 Nilikitazama na kufikiri juu yake. Nikaona wanyama wenye miguu minne waishio katika nchi, na wanyama wa polini na wanyama watambaao na ndege wa angani.
on which having fixed mine eyes, I considered, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven.
7 Kisha nikasikia sauti ikisema nami, “Amka, Petro, chinja naj ule!”
And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise up, Peter, slay and eat.
8 Nikasema, “Siyo hivyo, Bwana, mdomoni mwangu hakujawahi kuingia kitu chochote kisicho kitakatifu au kichafu”
And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.
9 Lakini sauti ikajibu tena kutoka Mbinguni, kile Mungu alichokitangaza kuwa ni safi, usikiite najisi,
And a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, do not thou make common.
10 Hii ilitokea mara tatu, na kila kitu kikachukuliwa mbinguni tena.
And this took place thrice, and again all was drawn up into heaven;
11 Tazama, wakati huo watu watatu walikuwa wamesimama mbele ya nyumba ile tulimokuwa; wametumwa kutoka Kaisaria kuja kwangu.
and lo, immediately three men were at the house in which I was, sent to me from Caesarea.
12 Roho akaniambia kwenda nao, na nisitofautiane nao. Hawa wanaume sita wakaenda pamoja na mimi na tuliende kwenye nyumba ya mtu mmoja.
And the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting. And there went with me these six brethren also, and we entered into the house of the man,
13 Alituambia vile alivyomwona malaika amesimama ndani ya nyumba yake akisema, “Nitume Yafa nikamlete simoni ambaye jina lake lingine ni Petro.
and he related to us how he had seen the angel in his house, standing and saying [to him], Send [men] to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter,
14 Atasema ujumbe kwako katika huo utaokoka wewe na nyumba yako yote.”
who shall speak words to thee whereby thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.
15 Nilipoanza kusema nao, Roho mtakatifu akaja juu yao kama alivyokuja kwetu mwanzoni.
And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them even as upon us also at the beginning.
16 Nakumbuka maneno ya Bwana, alivyosema, “Yohana alibatiza kwa maji; lakini mtabatizwa katika Roho mtakatifu.”
And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John baptised with water, but ye shall be baptised with [the] Holy Spirit.
17 Pia kama Mungu ametoa zawadi kama alizotupa sisi tulipoamini katika Bwana Yesu Kristo, mimi ni nani, kwamba naweza kumpinga Mungu?
If then God has given them the same gift as also to us when we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who indeed was I to be able to forbid God?
18 Waliposikia mambo haya, hawakurudisha, bali walimsifu Mungu na kusema, “Mungu ametoa toba kwa ajili ya wa mataifa pia”
And when they heard these things they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then indeed God has to the nations also granted repentance to life.
19 Basi waamini ambao mateso yalianzia kwenye kifo cha Stephano walitawanyika kutoka Yerusalemu-waamini hawa walienda mbali, hadi mpaka Foinike, Kipro na Antiokia. Waliwaambia ujumbe kuhusu Yesu peke yake kwa wayahudi na si kwa mwingine awaye yote.
They then who had been scattered abroad through the tribulation that took place on the occasion of Stephen, passed through [the country] to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one but to Jews alone.
20 Lakini baadhi yao ni watu kutoka Kipro na Krene, walikuja Antiokia na kusema na wayunani na kumhubiri Bwana Yesu.
But there were certain of them, Cyprians and Cyrenians, who entering into Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, announcing the glad tidings of the Lord Jesus.
21 Na mkono wa Bwana ulikuwa pamoja nao, na watu wengi waliamini na kumgeukia Bwana.
And [the] Lord's hand was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
22 Habari zao zikafikia masikioni mwa kanisa la Yerusalem: na wakamtuma Barnaba aende mpaka Antiokia.
And the report concerning them reached the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go through as far as Antioch:
23 Alipokuja na kuona karama ya Mungu alifurahi; na aliwatia moyo wote kubaki na Bwana katika mioyo yao.
who, having arrived and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord;
24 Kwa sababu alikuwa mtu mwema na amejazwa na Roho Mtakatifu na imani na watu wengi wakaongezeka katika Bwana.
for he was a good man and full of [the] Holy Spirit and of faith; and a large crowd [of people] were added to the Lord.
25 Baadaye Barnaba alienda Tarso kumwona Sauli.
And he went away to Tarsus to seek out Saul.
26 Alipompata, akamleta Antiokia. Ikawa kwa mwaka mzima wakakusanyika pamoja na kanisa na kuwafundisha watu wengi. Na wanafunzi wakaitwa wakristo kwa mara ya kwanza huko Antiokia.
And having found [him], he brought him to Antioch. And so it was with them that for a whole year they were gathered together in the assembly and taught a large crowd: and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
27 Na katika siku hizi manabii wakashuka kutoka Yerusalemu mpaka Antiokia.
Now in these days prophets went down from Jerusalem to Antioch;
28 Mmoja wao ni Agabo ndilo jina lake, akasimama akiashiriwa na Roho kuwa njaa kali itatokea ulimwenguni mwote. Hii ilitokea wakati wa siku za Klaudio.
and one from among them, by name Agabus, rose up and signified by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth, which also came to pass under Claudius.
29 Kwa hiyo, wanafunzi, kila mmoja alivyo fanikiwa, waliamua kupeleka misaada kwa ndugu walioko Uyahudi.
And they determined, according as any one of the disciples was well off, each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea, to minister [to them];
30 Walifanya hivi; Walituma pesa kwa mkono wa Barnaba na Sauli.
which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
