Matendo 18
1 Baada ya mambo hayo, Paulo aliondoka Athene kwenda Korintho.
After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.
2 Huko akampata Myahudi aitwaye Akwila mtu wa kabila la Ponto, yeye na mke wake aitwaye Prisila walikuja kutoka huko Italia, kwa sababu Klaudia aliamuru Wayahudi wote waondoke Roma; Paulo akaja kwao;
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,
3 Paulo akaishi na kufanya kazi nao kwani yeye anafanya kazi inayofanana na yao. Wao walikuwa ni watengeneza mahema.
and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.
4 Paulo akajadiliana nao katika sinagogi kila siku ya Sabato. Aliwashawishi Wayahudi pamoja na Wagiriki.
He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
5 Lakini Sila na Timotheo walipokuja kutoka Makedonia, Paulo alisukumwa na Roho kuwashuhudia Wayahudi kuwa Yesu ndiye Kristo.
But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
6 Wakati Wayahudi walipompinga na kumdhihaki, hivyo Paulo akakung'uta vazi lake mbele yao, na kuwaambia, “Damu yenu na iwe juu ya vichwa vyenu wenyewe; Mimi sina hatia. Kutoka sasa na kuendelea, nawaendea Mataifa”.
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 non-Jewish people."
7 Hivyo akaondoka kutoka pale akaenda kwenye nyumba ya Tito Yusto, Mtu anayemwabudu Mungu. Nyumba yake iko karibu na sinagogi.
He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Titius Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
8 Krispo, kiongozi wa sinagogi pamoja na watu wa nyumbani mwake wakamwamini Bwana. Watu wengi wa Korintho waliomsikia Paulo akiongea waliamini na kubatizwa.
Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.
9 Bwana akamwambia Paulo usiku kwa njia ya maono, “Usiogope, lakini ongea na usinyamaze.
The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent;
10 Kwani Mimi niko pamoja nawe, na hakuna atakayejaribu kukudhuru, maana nina watu wengi katika mji huu”.
for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city."
11 Paulo akakaa huko kwa muda wa mwaka mmoja na miezi sita akifundisha neno la Mungu miongoni mwao.
He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12 Lakini Galio alipofanywa mtawala wa Akaya, Wayahudi walisimama pamoja kinyume na Paulo na kumpeleka mbele ya kiti cha hukumu,
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
13 wakisema, “Mtu huyu huwashawishi watu wamwabudu Mungu kinyume cha sheria”.
saying, "This one persuades people to worship God contrary to the law."
14 Wakati Paulo alipokuwa akitaka kusema, Galio akawaambia Wayahudi, “Ninyi Wayahudi, kama ingelikuwa ni kosa au uhalifu, ingekuwa halali kuwashughulikia.
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 Lakini kwa sababu ni maswali, yanayohusu maneno na majina, na sheria zenu, basi hukumuni ninyi wenyewe. Mimi sitamani kuwa hakimu kwa habari ya mambo hayo.”
but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I do not want to be a judge of these matters."
16 Galio akawaamuru waondoke mbele ya kiti cha hukumu,
He drove them from the judgment seat.
17 Hivyo, wakamkamata Sosthene, kiongozi wa sinagogi, wakampiga mbele ya kiti cha hukumu. Lakini Galio hakujali walichokifanya.
Then they all took hold of Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. But none of these things were of concern to Gallio.
18 Paulo, baada ya kukaa pale kwa muda mrefu, aliwaacha ndugu na kwenda kwa meli Siria pamoja na Prisila na Akwila. Kabla ya kuondoka bandarini, alinyoa nywele zake kwani alikuwa ameapa kuwa Mnadhiri.
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 Walipofika Efeso, Paulo alimwacha Prisila na Akwila pale, lakini yeye mwenyewe akaingia kwenye sinagogi na kujadiliana na Wayahudi.
They came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
20 Walipomwambia Paulo akae nao kwa muda mrefu, yeye alikataa.
When they asked him to stay a longer time, he declined;
21 Lakini akaondoka kwao, akawaambia, “Nitarudi tena kwenu, ikiwa ni mapenzi ya Mungu”. Baada ya hapo, akaondoka kwa meli kutoka Efeso.
but taking his leave of them, and saying, "I will return again to you if God wills," he set sail from Ephesus.
22 Paulo alipotua Kaisaria, alipanda kwenda kusalimia Kanisa la Yerusalemu, kisha akashuka chini kwa kanisa la Antiokia.
When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and went down to Antioch.
23 Baada ya kukaa kwa muda pale, Paulo aliondoka kupitia maeneo ya Galatia na Frigia na kuwatia moyo wanafunzi wote.
Having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, strengthening all the disciples.
24 Myahudi mmoja aitwaye Apolo, aliyezaliwa huko Alexandria, alikuja Efeso. Alikuwa na ufasaha katika kuongea na hodari katika Maandiko.
Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.
25 Apollo alikuwa ameelekezwa katika mafundisho ya Bwana. Kwa jinsi alivyokuwa na bidii katika roho, aliongea na kufundisha kwa usahihi mambo yanayomuhusu Yesu, ila alijua tu ubatizo wa Yohana.
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 Apolo akaanza kuzungumza kwa ujasiri katika hekalu. Lakini Prisila na Akwila walipomsikia, walifanya urafiki naye na wakamwelezea juu ya njia za Mungu kwa usahihi.
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 Alipotamani kuondoka kwenda Akaya, ndugu walimtia moyo na kuwaandikia barua wanafunzi walioko Akaya ili wapate kumpokea. Alipowasili, kwa neema aliwasaidia sana wale waliomini.
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 Kwa nguvu zake na maarifa, Apolo aliwazidi Wayahudi hadharani akionesha kupitia maandiko ya kuwa Yesu ndiye Kristo.
for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
