Matendo 3
1 Sasa Peter na Yohana walikuwa wanaelekea katika hekalu wakati wa maombi, saa tisa.
Peter and John were on their way up to the Temple at the time of the afternoon prayer, around 3 p.m.
2 Mtu fulani, kiwete tangu kuzaliwa, alikuwa akibebwa kila siku na alikuwa akilazwa katika mlango wa hekalu uitwao mzuri, ili aweze kuomba sadaka kutoka kwa watu waliokuwa wakielekea hekaluni.
A man who had been lame from birth was being carried there. Every day he was placed beside the Temple gate called “Beautiful” so he could beg from the people going into the Temple.
3 Alipowaona Petro na Yohana wanakaribia kuingia hekaluni, aliomba sadaka.
He saw Peter and John as they were about to enter the Temple and asked them for some money.
4 Petro, akimkazia macho, pamoja na Yohana, alisema,”tutazame sisi.”
Peter looked right at him. John did, too. “Look at us!” Peter said.
5 Kiwete akawatazama, akitazamia kupokea kitu fulani kutoka kwao.
The lame man gave them his full attention, expecting to get something from them.
6 Lakini Petro akasema, “fedha na dhahabu mimi sina, lakini kile nilichonacho nitatoa kwako. Katika jina la Yesu Kristo wa Nazareth, tembea.”
“I don't have any silver or gold,” Peter told him, “but I'll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk!”
7 Petro akamchukua kwa mkono wake wa kulia, na akamwinua juu: mara moja miguu yake na vifundo vya mifupa yake vikapata nguvu.
Peter took him by the right hand and helped him up. Right away his feet and ankles became strong.
8 Akiruka juu, mtu kiwete alisimama na akaanza kutembea; akaingia hekaluni pamoja na Petro na Yohana, akitembea, akiruka, na kumsifu Mungu.
He jumped to his feet, and then began to walk. He went with them into the Temple, walking and jumping and praising God.
9 Watu wote walimwona akitembea na akimsifu Mungu.
Everyone there saw him walking around and praising God.
10 Wakatambua kwamba alikuwa ni yule mtu ambaye alikuwa akikaa akiomba sadaka kwenye mlango mzuri wa hekalu; walijawa na mshangao na kustaajabu kwa sababu ya kile kilichotokea kwake.
They recognized him as the beggar who used to sit by the Temple's Beautiful Gate, and they were surprised and amazed at what had happened to him.
11 Namna alivyokuwa amewashikilia Petro na Yohana, watu wote kwa pamoja wakakimbilia kwenye ukumbi uitwao wa Sulemani, wakishangaa sana.
He held on tightly to Peter and John while everyone ran to them by Solomon's Porch in complete astonishment at what had happened.
12 Petro alipoliona hili, yeye akawajibu watu, “Enyi watu wa Israel, kwa nini mnashangaa? Kwa nini mnayaelekeza macho yenu kwetu, kama kwamba tumemfanya huyu atembee kwa nguvu zetu wenyewe au uchaji wetu?”
When Peter saw this opportunity he told them, “People of Israel, why are you surprised at what's happened to this man? Why are you staring at us as if it was by our own power or faith that we made him walk?
13 Mungu wa Ibrahimu, na wa Isaka, na wa Yakobo, Mungu wa Baba zetu, amemtukuza mtumishi wake Yesu. Huyu ndiye ambaye ninyi mlimkabidhi na kumkataa mbele ya uso wa Pilato, japo yeye alikuwa ameamua kumwachia huru.
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the God of our forefathers—has glorified his servant Jesus. He was the one you betrayed and rejected in the presence of Pilate, even after Pilate had decided to release him.
14 Mlimkataa Mtakatifu na Mwenye Haki, na badala yake mkataka muuaji aachwe huru.
You rejected the one who is holy and good, and demanded a murderer be released to you.
15 Ninyi mlimuua Mfalme wa uzima, ambaye Mungu alimfufua kutoka kwa wafu - Sisi ni mashahidi wa hili.
You killed the author of life, the one God raised from the dead—and we are witnesses to this.
16 Sasa, kwa imani katika jina lake, mtu huyu ambaye mnamwona na kujua, alifanywa kuwa na nguvu. Imani ambayo inapitia kwa Yesu imempa yeye afya hii kamilifu, mbele yenu ninyi nyote.
By trusting in Jesus' name this man was healed by him. You see this man here; you know him. Through trusting in Jesus this man has received complete healing right in front of all of you.
17 Sasa, Ndugu, najua kwamba mlitenda katika ujinga, ndivyo pia walivyofanya viongozi wenu.
Now I know, brothers and sisters, that you did this in ignorance, like your rulers.
18 Lakini mambo ambayo Mungu aliwaambia mapema kwa vinywa vya manabii wote, kwamba huyu Kristo atateseka, sasa ameyatimiza.
But God fulfilled what he had prophesied through all the prophets: that his Messiah would suffer.
19 Kwa hiyo, tubuni na mgeuke, ili kwamba dhambi zenu ziweze kuondolewa kabisa, kusudi zije nyakati za kuburudika kutokana na uwepo wa Bwana;
Now repent, and change your ways, that your sins can be wiped away, so the Lord can send opportunities for you to heal and recover,
20 na kwamba aweze kumtuma Kristo ambaye ameshateuliwa kwa ajili yenu, Yesu.
and send Jesus, the Messiah appointed for you.
21 Yeye ndiye ambaye lazima mbingu zimpokee mpaka wakati wa kurejeshwa kwa vitu vyote, ambavyo Mungu alizungumzia zamani za kale kwa vinywa vya manabii watakatifu. (aiōn g165)
For he must stay in heaven until the time when everything is restored, as God announced through his holy prophets long ago. (aiōn g165)
22 Hakika Musa alisema, 'Bwana Mungu atainua nabii kama mimi kutoka katika ndugu zenu. Mtamsikiliza kila kitu ambacho atawaambia ninyi.
Moses said, ‘The Lord God will send you a prophet from among your own people who is like me. You must listen to everything he tells you.
23 Itatokea kwamba kila mtu ambaye hasikilizi kwa nabii huyo ataangamizwa kabisa atoke kati ya watu.'
Anybody who doesn't listen to him will be totally removed from the people.’
24 Ndiyo, na manabii wote tokea Samweli na wale waliofuata baada yake, walizungumza na walitangaza siku hizi.
All the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel on, prophesied about these days.
25 Ninyi ni wana wa manabii na wa agano ambalo Mungu alilifanya pamoja na mababu, kama alivyosema kwa Abrahamu, 'Katika mbegu yako familia zote za dunia zitabarikiwa.'
You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers when he said to Abraham, ‘From your descendants all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
26 Baada ya Mungu kumwinua mtumishi wake, alimtuma kwenu kwanza, ili awabariki ninyi kwa kugeuka kutoka katika uovu wenu.”
God prepared his Servant and sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your evil ways.”
